Ashen Dragon-Chapter 1202 - 351: The Red Dragon Awakens in the Depths of the Volcano (Part 3)
Tiamat unfurled her Dragon Wings that blotted out the sky, a surge of evil Divine Power tearing through space, streaking across the firmament of the Divine Realm like a comet, rushing towards a certain place on the Material Plane.
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Southern Seleucid, Pacaya Volcano.
Here, it was called "Land of Sunset" or "Land of the Setting Sun" by the Seleucid people.
In ancient times of primitive beliefs, people thought the Sun, upon setting, fell onto this land, merging with the Earth, thus releasing the pervasive smoke that enveloped the sky, giving birth to countless active volcanoes brimming with immense heat.
From afar, the pitch-black mountains rose and fell like waves, shrouded in sulfur smoke, with only the faintest outlines visible, akin to giant beasts in the mist.
In the depths of Pacaya Volcano, the Lava Pool was like a massive cauldron, where the scarlet Magma flowed slowly, like the Earth’s blood. Giant bubbles swelled and burst with a heavy sigh.
But at this moment, the volcano’s crater erupted with a searing red light, accompanied by a thunderous roar, as if an ancient Divine power was roaring from the depths of the crust, full of strength, and awe-inspiring.
"Boom——"
The Lava Pool suddenly surged, and at its center, a massive silhouette suddenly rose, stirring up waves of scorching, viscous molten rock that splashed onto the pitch-black rock walls of the pool, sizzled, and released a pungent sulfur gunpowder smoke.
The sky was dyed blood-red, and in the volcanic range, the Magma flowed like a boiling sea, surging out from the cracked crust, magnificent yet terrifying.
And at the center of the Lava Pool, the flowing blood-red Magma was forcibly parted, and an unimaginably immense, scarlet figure covered in thick scales burst forth from the Magma!
Behind this towering silhouette, two wide wings spread suddenly, like two mountains of molten iron rising from the ground, covered in fierce bone spurs and wrinkles. They slowly flapped, stirring up a scorching gale that blew the sulfur smoke away.
As the smoke and ash cleared, the figure revealed its fierce true form.
Magma cascaded from its rugged, protruding cranium, horned like mountain peaks, and from the thickly scaled neck.
Its head seemed crudely forged from volcanic rock and molten iron, its scales like the rusted armor of ancient Heroes, its massive maw slightly open, exuding a pungent sulfuric breath that twisted the air above.
Without a doubt, it was a Red Dragon, and an extremely terrifying ancient Red Dragon at that.
On that ferocious head, a pair of pale golden slitted pupils suddenly opened.
Those eyes were not of an ordinary creature, but rather like two imprisoned and compressed molten Suns within their sockets!
The core of its pupils was an almost solid, heart-palpitating dark gold, radiating an intense light. Rocks swept by its gaze instantly ignited, turning a nearly molten dark red.
Then, the entire head of the Dragon suddenly lifted, bringing up a cascade of molten rock!
"Boom——!"
Accompanied by a tremendous sound of the crust cracking, the Red Dragon’s mountain-like forelimbs fiercely dug into the scorching rocks of the pool’s edge.
The rocks groaned under the unbearable weight, cracking and melting, as more Magma was displaced by its immense body, rushing outward like a receding tide.
This scarlet giant Dragon slowly rose, with a ferocious posture that crushed all obstacles, its rugged back, powerful torso, and thick hind limbs... all gradually emerged from the boiling Lava Pool.
