The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Li Si Te didn't know why an Aluminum Dragon was so fond of the metal silver, so much that even its mind world was a shimmering world of metallic silver.

There were no flowers, plants, or trees, only mountains of silver and rivers flowing like silver from the horizon to Li Si Te's feet.

On the opposite bank, an adult Aluminum Dragon with cold, gleaming eyes was giving Li Si Te a malevolent stare.

In the real world, it couldn't resist Li Si Te's oppression, but in the mind world, it was completely in control. With a roar that undeniably declared it was about to use cruel methods to deal with Li Si Te—an approach different from Florenza Chase Wind Arrow's mind battle.

Florenza didn't encounter a battle, merely needing to break through the Aluminum Dragon's liquid transformation and find the Dragon Tooth Platform.

Clearly, such different treatments in the mind battle were entirely determined by the Aluminum Dragon's likes and dislikes; it admired Florenza, so the mind battle hovered near the baseline; it loathed Li Si Te, so the mind battle reached the highest difficulty.

"But, you think this can scare me off, Aluminum Dragon?" Li Si Te held the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword in his hand, his body shrouded by a faint mist.

The mist, representing destiny, slightly flowed and turned the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword a fiery red.

"Roar!"

The Aluminum Dragon moved its nearly sixty-meter-long body slightly; its grayish-white scales looked like candles about to melt, and it spat out a silver-white metallic torrent in response to Li Si Te's challenge.

"Break!"

Li Si Te, holding the sword in both hands, released a surge of Dragon Dou Qi and abruptly cleaved the metallic torrent. The Aluminum Dragon's metallic stream, unlike the Iron Dragon and Copper Dragon's, resembled a dense liquid that, even when split, could still extend and wrap around to completely swallow Li Si Te and turn him into a statue.

However, such a minor technique couldn't trouble Li Si Te; he stimulated his Dragon Dou Qi into flames that exploded around his body, shattering and spurting the metallic torrent in all directions.

"Aluminum Dragon, unleash whatever techniques you have. I'll make you fully understand that whether it's the real world or the mind world, I am the nightmare you cannot escape!" Li Si Te said, as a pair of wings suddenly sprouted from his back, belonging to a Phoenix Incarnation.

With his development of the Phoenix Incarnation, he had long mastered the ability to partially transform.

Flapping the wings of fire, he rose into the air, looking down at the Aluminum Dragon that had yet to take flight.

It was unclear whether it was his ability to fly that enraged the Aluminum Dragon, or his boastfulness, but the Aluminum Dragon suddenly unfolded its sixty-meter wingspan. As it flapped its wings progressively larger, its body also melted more and more. In a blink, it liquified and continuously extended into a pair of wings that could blot out the sun.

These wings ascended continuously, reaching the high skies of the mind world and then swooped down towards Li Si Te.

Enveloped by the force of wind and thunder, it seemed poised to obliterate Li Si Te in one strike.

"Fancy tricks, useless!" Li Si Te's eyes widened as wisps of mist merged into his body, making the already fiery Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword burn even fiercer, as though it were a weapon belonging to a fire god, "A blaze that sets the prairies afire, this sword exists only in dreams!"

Buzz!

Boom!

The flaming longsword, facing the Aluminum Dragon turned into wings of wind and thunder, struck heavily—the flames surged and extended for miles, as if slicing through the world itself, viciously striking the wings of wind and thunder.

Clang, crack, snap!

The wings of wind and thunder were instantly split in two, where the liquid metal aluminum was intensely burned by the red flames, sending out dazzling white flames.

Accompanied by horrible cries from the Aluminum Dragon, it was unclear where they originated: "Roar..."

The two halves of the wings fell directly onto the metallic silver ground. As the white flames died down, the two halves melted and recombined into an Aluminum Dragon.

Throughout this process, Li Si Te didn't intervene, simply speaking coldly, "The mind world is but a dream. You can do as you please in your dream, but I can, too. Because the dream worlds I have visited are beyond your imagination, my understanding of the dream world also surpasses your imagination, Aluminum Dragon."

This was the absolute truth.

He indeed had participated in the dreamscapes of the Fire Dragon, Formless Dragon, Light Green Gemstone Dragon, Grey Iron Dragon, Mountain Copper Dragon, among others—rich in experience. Moreover, he owned the Bewildering Dragon Mind Fruit, a fruit originating from Jade Dragon representing the power of dreams—more terrifyingly, he also had a leg of the Jade Dragon in his collection.

Although the Jade Dragon's Hind Leg was difficult to research, Liszt, or rather, Ach managed to glean some information and tap into a corner of the power of dreams.

To describe it precisely, it was like Neo in "The Matrix" gaining superpowers within the simulation because he understood it was a fictitious networked world, enabling him to manually remove bullets from the heroine and even fly within the matrix.

Liszt experienced something similar, after tapping into a hint of dream power, he too could harness the surrounding mist to augment his own strength.

This was his greatest confidence in dragon riding.

"Roar!"

The Aluminum Dragon, unconvinced, attacked again.

With the Phoenix wings flapping on his back, Liszt gently shook his head, "Foolish Aluminum Dragon, becoming my dragon is an inescapable fate for you. Better realize it sooner!"

Pfft!

The Flame Sword swung again, its giant blade slicing the Aluminum Dragon into two halves, the cut fiercely burning. Not waiting for the Aluminum Dragon's screams of agony, he swung the Flame Sword once more, making a horizontal chop that quartered the bifurcated Aluminum Dragon.

The four pieces of Aluminum Dragon fell to the ground and quickly reformed into one in agonizing screams, panting heavily and staring intently at Liszt.

"Still not convinced?"

"Roar!"

Of course, the Aluminum Dragon was not convinced, its intention clearly communicated to Liszt—defeating it did not mean winning the battle of minds, he had to shatter its liquid transformation, find the Dragon Tooth Platform, and mount it.

At once.

It transformed into a pool of metallic liquid and merged indistinguishably into the silvery river.

"This is indeed challenging, but not enough to stop me!" Liszt felt like he was Erlang Shen fighting Sun Wukong in their transformation duel, his three eyes atop his head seeing everything. No matter how many times Sun Wukong transformed, he could not escape his 'divine sight,' always being discovered, "If you hide, don't blame me for unleashing my powerful moves!"

Whistle!

A Phoenix cry, and Liszt had transformed into a majestic, flame-composed Phoenix, hovering over the metallic silver river, his wings beating and shaking off clusters of flames.

Soon the entire metallic silver river was engulfed in flames, continuously searing.

When the temperature surpassed 660 degrees Celsius, part of the metallic silver abruptly melted into liquid—that was not silver, but aluminum. Silver melts at 962 degrees Celsius, while aluminum melts at 660 degrees Celsius; a single transformation distinguishes silver from aluminum.

In the interplay of the five elements, fire overcomes metal, and Liszt firmly suppressed the Aluminum Dragon.

"Roar!"

Unable to hide any longer, the Aluminum Dragon resentfully regrouped into its dragon form. At that moment, Liszt returned to his human form, diving directly onto the back of the Aluminum Dragon. Amidst the Aluminum Dragon's reluctant twists, he accurately found the position of the Dragon Tooth Platform and settled down onto it.

This time,

Between man and dragon, a true spiritual union and mental connection were established.

Liszt could empathize with the Aluminum Dragon's frustration and helplessness, while the dragon could sense Liszt's spirited mood. Their emotions intertwined and finally transformed into a loud "Roar," soaring into the shiny silver sky, crossing the dazzling brightness in a blink.

The view shifted, returning to the real world.

Smelling the familiar wild scents, sitting no longer on a sixty-meter-long, adult-winged dragon, but on a thirty-meter-long, winged young Aluminum Dragon.

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