Chapter 268 Seizing food from the tiger’s mouth
"Devil's Contract"

"It's a joke to expect these extensions of chaos to obey the contract of order."

Cassius teased in his heart, but he still acted impatient and did not hide his greed for power.

The incarnation disappeared from the astral void and turned into a burnt out flame, leaving only the Heavenly Tribulation Dragon Eye to monitor the situation. Cassius completely returned his will to his original body in front of the Astral Prism on the main material plane.

"I don't want to sign the contract."

"But I don't want to give up this body of Karix."

"Then let's take a gamble and take advantage of the opportunity when the seal has not yet been lifted to snatch food from the tiger's mouth."

Cassius stared closely at the astral prism that emitted a faint light, his eyes revealing the excitement of facing a big gamble.

The current Jezalslak definitely has not lifted the seal, at least he is not sure of keeping him here, otherwise the demon would not have gone to such great lengths to lure him into signing the so-called "cooperation contract" by using the precious corpse of the god.

But this lord of revenge who had been sealed for ten thousand years was probably a little too proud of himself and revealed his cards in advance, but forgot that Cassius had the additional option of "turning the table over".

"Then let me see it for myself."

"The so-called devil's wrath."

Cassius thought so with a cold grin.

As the dragon sorcerer's will distorted reality, mana aura and spatial fluctuations suddenly appeared, and the few spells that could have some effect in high-level battles, such as Undead Scales, Agility like a Dragon, Aerial Maneuvers, Energy Scales, and All-Seeing Eye, were cast on his huge dragon body.

Cassius folded his wings and reluctantly entered the portal of the colorful pool filled with starlight.

The red dragon passed through the rainbow-like tunnel of light, traveled an imperceptibly long distance, and arrived in this deep astral void in its true form.

A pure spiritual world, the silver void between all true planes.

But material creatures can still survive here.

"It's a pity that I didn't find the astral projection, otherwise I could have minimized the risk."

Cassius gently flapped his wings and quickly adapted to the special environment of the astral world with almost no gravity. With the help of aerial maneuvers, he mastered the flying skills of traveling in the astral world.

"Casius, you finally came."

"My most perfect partner, sign a contract with me"

"You will share with me an endless source of power and become the creator of a new world."

The devil's whispering call came from far away, erratic, lingering in the red dragon's ears, luring him into the deepest bottomless abyss.

Cassius flapped his wings vigorously, and streaked across the starry sky like a red comet. In just a few breaths, he had flown nearly a thousand meters away. He could even see the floating island and the demon's skinny body from afar.

"Come on, sign a contract with me."

"Rescue me and you will have eternal life!"

Jezalslak, who was hanging in the air, was like a prisoner who was about to be pardoned, and his voice became even more excited.

The contract made of the turbulent abyss was waving in the void, like a living creature, welcoming the arrival of the contractor.

Cassius, however, was strengthening his mental barriers to resist all the whispers of the devil.

He did not come to the demon as promised. Instead, he flapped his wings to speed up again. There was even a red flame tail behind the red dragon. He actually flew directly over the sealed demon and headed straight for the mountain-like dragon corpse in the distance.

"Do not--"

"Casius! What do you want to do? Have you forgotten our agreement?"

The demon called "Lord of Vengeance" who was hanging in the air, his body was shaking violently, and the fire of revenge was blazing in his deep eyes.

The entire floating island was shaking violently, and a huge human face made of chaotic fog appeared in the starry void.

"revenge--"

"destroy--"

"chaos--"

The face was roaring and raging, as if it wanted to swallow up the red dragon that was flying through the void.

Cassius tightened his wings and continued to accelerate, not forgetting to make sarcastic remarks.

"Who told you that I was going to sign a so-called contract?"

"The devil's contract sounds to me like an even more ridiculous joke than 'the devil's conscience'!"

He ignored the obstruction of the chaotic fog and cut through the void like a meteor. His body was surrounded by sulfur-smelling smoke and he landed on the chest of the dragon corpse with a bang.

"This is Karix, the World Cleaner."

Cassius let out a long sigh.

This kilometer-long red dragon has been dead for tens of thousands of years, but when Cassius actually stood in front of it, he still felt an incredible sense of oppression. This was an oppression that came from his blood, inheritance, and even his essence. Even his wings were shaking uncontrollably.

Cassius's target was the heart.

It was impossible for him to bring the entire body back to the main material world.

Although everything about the divine corpse can be said to be priceless, the most valuable part of this dragon corpse is undoubtedly the precious organ with countless basal blood vessels transporting real blood to it, and the heart that is still trembling slightly and still contains one thousandth of the blood power it had in life.

Heart of Karix.

"Casius! You're courting death!"

"You gave up the great gift I gave you and chose ultimate destruction!"

A magnificent shadow of chaos attacked from afar. The angry demon of vengeance released the power leaked from the seal, wantonly venting his anger towards the "traitor".

Cassius knew that his time was running out.

This demon has been sealed by the gods for ten thousand years, but even so, the power of the Lord of the Abyss is definitely not something he can achieve.

"Roar--"

The dragon crystal on Cassius' chest flashed with dazzling light, white smoke spewed out of his pores, and a column of blazing white high-temperature fire came out of his mouth.

Then, two rows of brilliant flame tails emerged from his neck and tail. The dragon crystal on his chest was filled with the light of flames. The blazing white pillar of fire went a step further, and its outer flame actually had a slight blue tint.

However, the terrifying breath of extremely high temperature hit the remains of Karix, but was blocked by the dull scales.

Even if a body has been dead for ten thousand years and has long lost the source of its power, due to its powerful material composition, it cannot be easily destroyed by ordinary fire.

"It's really scary."

"Even the extreme spit is like tickling." Noticing the demon shadow attacking from afar, Cassius gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

Suddenly, the basal blood vessels throughout the red dragon's body glowed faintly, and even penetrated out of the body, revealing a root-like shape on the surface of the body.

The endless energy was transferred to the dragon crystal. Brilliant, high-temperature white flames emerged from the pores on the neck and tail.
Along with extremely terrifying fluctuations, a violent magical fission reaction occurred in the dragon crystal. Light spots and arc lines appeared disorderly in it, and the bursting sparks collided in the chest. The dragon crystal became extremely dazzling, like a miniature star in the universe.

The violent wind spread out from the red dragon, forming a circle of dust on the floating island. There was a moment of silence in the void, and then a deafening explosion was released.

The next moment, blue-white flames shot out from Cassius' mouth.

[Primal Eruption]

A pillar of extremely hot fire rushed towards the body.

This time, the breath finally cut through the dull scales and pierced through the majestic dragon corpse, leaving a huge crack on it.

"huh, huh"

Cassius closed his mouth while panting, his body became somewhat translucent, and hot white smoke came out of his body, showing a state of being on the verge of overload.

But he didn't relax at all, nor did he have time to rest. He drilled into the crack without hesitation and continued to expand it with his sharp claws.

"Hiss-"

Finally, he tore open the thick flesh on the dragon corpse's chest.

The heart, which was leaping with flames and still trembling slightly, was exposed to the air.

This is Karix from ten thousand years ago. The diameter of its heart alone is nearly thirty meters, which is larger than most red dragons of this era.

"This is the heart of Karix."

Cassius exhaled a puff of white smoke, and his light golden pupils were filled with heat.

"Casius! You betrayed my trust!"

"You will bear the wrath of the Lord of the Abyss!"

He turned around and saw the shadow of the demon had arrived. Its body made of chaotic mist stretched out its ferocious giant hands, trying to catch the red dragon.

With the help of [Agile as a Dragon], the red dragon, who was incredibly agile, dodged easily, but was still contaminated by the chaotic aura. All the spells on its body became extremely unstable, and the [Eye of Omniscience] even collapsed directly under this infection.

"This is the true power of the abyss."

"We have to leave as soon as possible."

Cassius felt the disorder infected by the chaos and thought with lingering fear.

The red dragon drilled directly into the chest of the dragon corpse. While dodging the attacks of the demon's phantom, he used his claws and scratching to tear the blood vessels that had long lost their activity.

Finally, the glowing heart that contained the majestic power of the ancestral dragon lost its flesh and blood, and slowly fell out of the chest.

Seeing this, the dragon sorcerer did not hesitate to distort reality with his will and release the spell again.

【Greed Bag】

A bag-shaped force field area gradually formed behind him, allowing him to drag the extremely large heart.

"Roar!"

Cassius flapped his wings vigorously and roared, and he actually flew into the air, dragging the heart that was bigger than his dragon body.

Fortunately, the gravity in the astral realm is almost negligible, otherwise even with the power of a red dragon, it would be difficult to carry such a heavy heart during flight.

The red dragon flapped its wings with almost all its might, and actually flew a hundred meters into the air dragging the heart.

"Ignorant mortal!"

"You don't understand the consequences of angering an Abyss Lord!"

A black spear appeared in the demon's phantom hand and was thrown directly at the red dragon in mid-air that was difficult to dodge.

But at the moment when the power of chaos came into contact with the red dragon and was about to cause fatal injury, a scale on his body suddenly shattered, and a golden light film enveloped his entire body. It turned out that the [Immortal Reverse Scale] had blocked the fatal blow.

Cassius took advantage of this precious opportunity and climbed up with all his strength. He finally left the floating island completely, leaving the demon's shadow roaring weakly on the ground of the floating island.

"Goodbye, no, farewell forever - Jezalslak"

"I will remember your selfless dedication."

Cassius said breathlessly.

The scarred red dragon dragged the "Heart of Karix" and flew hard, and finally arrived at the coordinates of the astral prism. It plunged into the astral colorful pool leading to the main material plane and entered the glittering astral vascular channel.

With the light of the stars, the red dragon disappeared.

Astral Realm, on the floating island of Carix.

The powerful demon shadow disappeared completely, leaving only the skinny demon hanging in the air.

"Sure enough, the smartest fish will often take the last bait without hesitation."

The demon whispered.

At this moment, Jezalslak did not look at all as furious as he had just shown. Instead, he raised his head calmly.

"Haha, as expected of a red dragon known for its greed, this is really a bit beyond my expectations."

He stared in the direction where the red dragon disappeared, as if he was staring at the endless chaos outside the starry sky. A strange and extremely frivolous smile appeared on his face.

"But I am not done yet. Foolish mortals say that Garax is in fact insane, and that is the cause of the endless storms in the Tunnel of Madness."

"But isn't that the distant dream talk of the bottomless abyss?"

"Casius, the mark of Chaos will be deeply engraved on every scale of yours and flow through every vein of yours. When you truly grow and become strong, that will be the time for me to reap the fruits."

"I originally wanted to let you sink into the illusion of power and eventually complete all of this. But you chose a more difficult path that is more difficult to preserve your formal existence."

The imprisoned demon stretched out his skinny arms towards the astral void, and suddenly grabbed something as if he had grabbed it, and the iron chains made a "clattering" sound.

"This is the fate that runs through the universe. You can't escape it."

"After all, dragons are just mortals who don't understand the rules of the world. I don't know whether I should praise you for being smart or call you stupid."

The endless void was still empty, with silver streams floating everywhere, occasionally with unknown lights flashing, and lonely floating islands floating around. It was unknown whether they were giant beasts from the star realm, or the remains of another god.

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