"Warming up, huh? Then show some real skills, or else you won't have another chance to fight back." Facing Saraf's taunt, Nero casually replied as he used his hand to adjust his not-yet-fully-healed jaw.

"I want to see how long you can maintain that arrogant attitude." Nero's contempt completely ignited Saraf's anger. With a crisp sound of air exploding as he clapped his palms together, Saraf let out a high-pitched dragon roar that resonated throughout the arena.

"Dragon Realm!"

In the midst of the dragon's roar, Saraf's scream in dragon language caused a drastic change in the arena. The originally smooth and white platform burst apart, and a massive amount of lava surged up from the ground like overwhelming tidal waves, engulfing the arena. Sitting at the side, Pei Yan was caught off guard by the surging lava flow and instinctively leaned back, only to realize that the boiling lava had met the thick arena's defense Array, retreating like waves crashing against coastal rocks.

"Phew!" Exhaling a long breath, Pei Yan marveled, "This close-up, live experience is far more realistic than watching a movie."

"Let's raise our seats a bit higher. This Saraf actually released so much lava flow that it has engulfed the entire arena. Sitting here, all we see is scorching lava." Said Gu Shenghui, lightly tapping the chair beneath him. Only then did Pei Yan realize that the row of seats could be adjusted in height as desired—it seemed that the Immortal Palace was quite mindful in preparing for this arena match.

Upon Gu Shenghui's suggestion, Pei Yan and the others adjusted their seats higher. From this elevated vantage point overlooking the arena, they quickly spotted the two contestants on the stage; the blazing lava didn't affect them much as they maintained their opposing stances while hovering above the thick lava layer.

"Is this all you got? You can't possibly think this lava can kill me." Hovering above the lava, Nero remained dismissive of Saraf's actions, even lowering himself on purpose to lightly stir the lava with his foot in mockery. His body, wrapped in source energy, was completely impervious to any damage from the lava enveloping him.

"Of course, sheltered by source energy, you'd ignore this minor damage. But what happens once your source energy collapses?" As Saraf talked, his arms tensed, and his scaled body quickly swelled. Within a few breaths, his body transformed into a dragon size as large as a hill, continually growing to the point where the arena no longer accommodated his existence.

Just as Pei Yan worried whether the arena would be burst open by Saraf, he felt his seat move; all the seats on his side of the spectator's stand flew backward in unison, meanwhile the arena's area began to extend outward until it expanded several hundred meters before slowing down.

While Saraf's massive figure was still expanding, Nero, coldly observing from the spot, appeared as small as an ant before an elephant. Yet he seemed unconcerned by the change, calmly waiting for his opponent to complete the preparations for the final battle.

Saraf's body finally ceased growing when it reached a height of over one hundred thirty meters. This colossal figure, nearly towering over forty floors high, loomed above the arena as his every breath stirred and boiled the lava below. His tail lashed with such force that the winds created tossed up fiery rain that floated from the skies.

Such a spectacular scene left Pei Yan in awe, along with his teammates as they eagerly pulled out their phones to capture the astounding sight, amazedly commenting, "This guy's almost at Godzilla's size—wow! Win or lose, witnessing his transformation makes this trip worthwhile."

Yet, to Pei Yan and others' dismay, the awe-inspiring scene didn't last long as Saraf, newly transformed into his draconic form, rapidly shrunk. Simultaneously, lava flows leaped up to envelop Saraf's body, seeping slowly into him through the gaps in his scales as he shrank back to human-sized.

Seeing Saraf revert to a normal human size, just when Pei Yan thought his transformation was complete, Saraf's body once again expanded into a dragon form, repeating the process a third time, absorbing a third of the ground's lava into his body, shrinking back to human size.

When Saraf's body expanded for the third time, no one was surprised anymore. As Saraf's body swelled to its limit, Wang Wenze suddenly whispered, "He's turned into his dragon form three times in a row. Each time he grows his body gets slightly larger, yet when he shrinks it becomes slightly smaller?"

Having long recorded and analyzed with his left eye, Pei Yan nodded in agreement. "Exactly, his body raised by ten meters during the second swelling and now twenty-five meters higher. When he shrinks back, his total height remains unchanged but his physique and muscles are more compact. He's likely compressing and accumulating his body's strength. I bet this time he'll launch his attack."

As Pei Yan guessed, once Saraf absorbed all the lava from the arena into his body and shrank his form again, his scales became glossy and finely linked, his physique proportionate and explosive, even his tail turned slim and long, generating a cracking sound as it whipped the air.

"Dragon Realm!" After completing all this, Saraf finally ended the dragon transformation process. Just as he uttered Dragon Realm, the arena, which he had just emptied, refilled with lava.

"Hey, are you still going on with this? No matter how brilliant a performance is, seeing it three times makes it less exciting." Watching the lava rise beneath, Nero lifted his gaze towards the newly appeared Saraf, expressing his helplessness.

Faced with ridicule, Saraf, whose strength had skyrocketed, appeared exceptionally confident. Rubbing his wrist swollen from compressing energy three times, he teased, "You could have launched an attack while I transformed but chose not to. Are you sure you'll easily win this duel?"

"Sneak attack? Even if I did, what then? Since you dare do such a thing before me, you've surely prepared precautions. Rather than wasting effort, it's better to let you reveal all your cards so you'll utterly concede with satisfaction." Nero replied to Saraf's challenge with a matter-of-fact tone.

"Making me concede? Haha! So amusing! I hope you can keep telling such funny jokes!" As Saraf spoke, a red glow flashed in his eyes, and the surrounding lava boiled in response.