The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 416 Fusion
After thinking about it, Barnes decided to at least go down and check the situation.

On the one hand, he felt that if he missed this opportunity, he would miss this opportunity.

If an opportunity arises but you don't seize it, you will regret it later.

On the other hand, Barnes thought that his strength should be on par with Ryan. Even if he couldn't defeat the other party, the other party would definitely not be able to defeat him.

In terms of safety, he believes that there is no major problem.

Finally, one more thing.

If he went to the valley below now, Reagan and Bronson would have to walk less distance, which means the time for the three of them to meet up could be advanced.

So, Barnes put away the things in his hands, picked up the box of the device for collecting blood essence, and quickly headed towards the valley where the battle waves had just come from.

at the same time.

Imperial capital of Tamriel.

The astrologer's platform is in the command hall on the second floor.

"Have you made contact?" General Augustus asked immediately when he saw Tatia coming back from the room next door.

Tatia shook her head, her pretty face solemn, and said:

"I'm sorry, General Augustus. The liaison personnel have been in constant contact, but due to energy interference, fifteen minutes have passed and they still haven't been able to contact any of the three teams."

"In addition, the Imperial Capital Guards just sent news that they are fighting fiercely with cultists at multiple locations in the suburbs of the Imperial Capital. Although the enemy is very determined to resist, they have gradually narrowed the encirclement and wiped out most of them."

"News came from the royal family that Her Royal Highness the Red Queen Menia had gone to Falling Star Lake to deal with the situation five minutes ago."

After hearing the news Tatia summarized one after another, everyone, including Marshal Alfred, nodded to show that they understood.

Since the imperial capital is safe for the time being, the focus now is naturally on the secret realm.

This actually put more pressure on everyone.

"Sir Dallion, has the energy disturbance weakened now? Can we check the situation in the secret realm?" Marshal Alfred asked with his head tilted.

The first priority right now is to find out the situation in the secret realm as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, Dallion silently chanted a spell, and a colorful witchcraft light lingered around him. The next second, the great astrologer Dallion shook his head and said:
"The interference is still there, but it has calmed down a lot. I estimate that in a few minutes, we will be able to check the situation in the secret realm. However, the scene we check at that time may not be very stable."

"I'm glad you can check it." Alfred looked a little better after hearing Dallion's words.

After all, as a commander, if you are completely clueless about the situation in the secret realm, how can you command?

The secret realm of Dragon Valley, in the valley on the west side of Flaming Mountain.

The battle between Ryan and the Erida and Erida sisters continues.

"Sister, be careful!"

After Ryan's first stage of transformation, his speed and strength increased several times. With the help of the dust after the explosion, a huge five-meter-tall figure drew an arc and quickly came to a position seven or eight meters behind Ereda.

The human form has its own way of fighting, and after transforming into a dragon man, there will naturally be the dragon man's own way of fighting!

At this moment, Ryan was running like a bulldozer. Behind the powerful dragon man moving at high speed, a strong air wave was formed after breaking through the air, rolling up a soil dragon that was dozens of meters long.

As for the trees on both sides of him, big and small, they fell down like rice being harvested.

The sound was so loud that the hair on Eredar's neck stood up.

It was as if the whole person was being stared at by some giant beast, and alarm bells immediately rang in his heart!

"hold head high!!!"

Just as Ereda was about to cast an attack, a deafening roar burst out from Ryan's mouth, and several circular air waves swept around, which immediately stunned Ereda.

Before she could fully come to her senses, she saw a huge dragon claw as big as a millstone smashing towards her lower abdomen!
"Boom! Boom!"

The double layer of witchcraft defense on her body surface burst instantly like a bubble, but fortunately, with these two protective layers blocking the witchcraft, she barely reacted, tightened her abdomen and tensed the muscles all over her body.

"Oh!"

The moment of being hit!

Erida was like a cannonball, and her already light body was blown backwards, knocking down seven or eight big trees that two people had to hug together, and blood was spilled all the way!
But she hadn’t landed yet.

The strong body of the dragon man appeared in front of her again, and he swung his dragon claws heavily at her!
For a moment, Ereda was shocked beyond words!

"How can you be so strong!"

If she was hit hard, Erida was sure that she would be turned into a pile of meat on the spot!
"elder sister!"

Not far away, her sister Alida screamed and performed the Twin Shift again.

As the two exchanged positions, sister Alida suddenly appeared in front of Ryan, crossing her swords in front of her chest, trying her best to resist Ryan's dragon claw attack!
"clang!!!"

Although Alida is good at speed and agility, strength is not her strong point and she is inferior to Ryan.

At this moment, Ryan transformed into a dragon warrior, and his strength increased several times. The difference between the two was even greater, and Alida was hit so hard that half of her body sank into the ground.

At this moment, her arms were bent precariously, maintaining a blocking posture, but her eyes had rolled back and her head was buzzing.
She felt as if all her bones were falling apart, her whole body was sore and weak, and she had no strength!
Alida knew that she would never be able to withstand the second blow!
That's the only way!
Although once used, it will cause serious damage to the vitality and subsequent tasks may not be able to be carried out, but at this moment, there is no better choice.

"Sister, merge!!"

In an instant, Alida's eyes turned into a pair of vertical pupils, and dense and fine scales instantly appeared on the surface of her skin. At the same time, a red mist lingered and quickly spread around her body.

Just as Rain's dragon claws were about to chop down again, in an instant, elder sister Erida suddenly appeared beside younger sister Erida.

The two bodies began to merge strangely, and the red mist around them formed a high-intensity energy shield!
With a "bang", Ryan's dragon claw's heavy attack was ineffective, as if it hit an extremely elastic ball, and the dragon claw was actually bounced away.

Huh?
This surprised Ryan a little!

But soon, Ryan made a decision. He did not activate the second form, but used the core skill of the epic profession 'King of Thousand Blades', Weakness Control!

In an instant, a three-dimensional image of the two women's mist energy shields appeared in his eyes. Ignoring the green and yellow dots, Ryan found two small red dots moving on the surface of the shield.

"This is the weakness!"

The sharp dragon claws suddenly accelerated and stabbed into the shield at the red dot!
"Chi!!!"

The dragon claw broke through the shield and broke the two sisters, who had just merged almost completely, in half.

"boom!!!"

The two men were like being hit by a steam engine, and fell directly to the ground more than ten meters away. A meteorite crater was formed instantly, and the ground around them was cracked!
At this moment, there was a bloody hole as big as a bowl on the abdomen of both women, which was caused by Ryan's dragon finger. At the same time, they kept vomiting blood.

"Puff~puff~"

The two men's eyes widened, looking at Ryan with expressions of inexplicable horror!

"How is it possible that the energy shield could be broken!"

"This is an energy shield with a defense power close to the epic level!"

When they merged together, they were protected by a red mist energy shield, which had a similar effect to that of a dominant body. A super-strong energy protection would automatically linger on their body surface, and it had never been broken in previous battles.

But Ryan has the "magic skill" to control the weakness of melee combat, and after transforming into a dragon warrior, his power is too great.

With the combination of the two, the domineering effect of the two Ereda sisters was directly broken!

The combined skills were naturally interrupted, which not only caused the two to suffer backlash, but also caused serious injuries to their bodies.

This is what Barnes witnessed when he arrived nearby.

"Sigh~"

Looking at the scene around him that was like the result of heavy artillery plowing the land, it was not difficult for Barnes to imagine how fierce the battle just now was!
Especially the five-meter-tall dragon man of unknown form in front of him, which showed that his previous guess was correct.

The Ryan in front of him does have dragon blood.

Moreover, judging from the dragon-humanized physical features of the opponent at this moment, it is not the traditional appearance after the transformation of the five-colored giant dragon bloodline.

"No wonder the Second Prince wants this Ryan's blood essence!"

"That's why the sculptor Harold died at the hands of this Ryan."

In an instant, Barnes thought he had figured out a lot.

"Hey, are these two people from the Secret Snake Cult?"

"How did they get into the secret realm?"

When Barnes turned his gaze to the two women, he immediately noticed the red Ouroboros mark on their foreheads. Combined with that special aura, he immediately confirmed the identities of the two women.

Well, this once again puts Barnes in a difficult position.

Should we take action now while Ryan has just finished his transformation and is exhausted?
Or should he wait until Ryan kills the two women before taking action?
The former was suspected of colluding with the enemy. After all, he and Ryan were both from the official department of the empire. If they took action at this time, it would easily lead to misunderstanding.

The latter, that's stupid.

But soon, Barnes figured it out.

Since we have to kill anyway, why not kill Ryan first and then the two women? Isn't that better?

No one was left alive, who knew he killed Ryan?
You can also get the credit for killing the cult!
Barnes, who had made up his mind, put the blood essence collector aside. At the same time, he glanced at the positions of the other two people, Reagan and Bronson, on the positioning crystal, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

Because the two of them are already very close to this place, they should be able to meet up with him in about three to five minutes.

"Then it's even better!"

Just as Ryan regained his human form and walked forward to interrogate the two women about what their cult was planning, he suddenly realized something, turned his head and looked to the west, saying:

"Come out, stop hiding."

"Sir Ryan, what a coincidence!" Barnes walked out with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Barnes, it's a coincidence indeed." Ryan said as he sensed the surroundings. However, he did not find any traces of Reagan and Bronson, the two people who participated in the Dragon Knight preliminary exam with Barnes last time.

"Well, these two are the evil followers of the Secret Snake Cult, right? They seem to be very powerful. Lord Ryan is really strong." Barnes exclaimed.

"It is indeed a cultist of the Secret Snake Cult."

"Sir Ryan, I have a humble request."

As Barnes spoke, he stood between Ryan and the two women, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"Oh? Mr. Barnes, please go on?" Ryan narrowed his eyes and looked at Barnes and said.

"I need some of Lord Ryan's blood essence. The dragon blood in you is very rare. I think it is very meaningful for all of us who have dragon blood to study."

"I hope Mr. Ryan can consider the overall situation and make some sacrifices."

"Of course, if there are any research results, you as a contributor will enjoy all the research results for free."

Since Barnes believed that he had the advantage, he spoke more directly.

Ok?
The sisters Erida and Alida, who were lying on the ground and struggling to get up, froze immediately after hearing Barnes' words.

The two sisters looked at each other, both wondering if they were seriously injured and that was why they were hallucinating?

what's the situation?
They knew very well that blood essence was not something that could be given away casually!
Even if it is just a drop, it is extremely precious, let alone a part of it?

If a portion of blood essence is given away, the strength of a peak legendary warrior will probably drop to the beginning legendary level, or even to the quasi-legendary level!
These two people are enemies? !

"Mr. Barnes, perhaps we can make a deal. How about you give me your blood essence, and I will share it with you after I figure out the results?"

"That's a pity, Lord Ryan, it seems I have to take it myself!" Barnes shook his head and said.

Hearing Barnes' words, Ryan couldn't help but laugh and said:
"Mr. Barnes, this is what I want to say as well."

at the same time.

Imperial capital of Tamriel.

In the command hall on the second floor of the Astrologer Platform.

The great astrologer Dallion suddenly relaxed his frown and said, "Sir Alfred, perhaps I can try to check out the secret realm."

"Oh? That's great." Alfred's face naturally lit up when he heard it.

Dallion immediately began to chant a spell, and rich colorful witchcraft light gathered around him.

As Dallion raised his hand and pointed in front of him, a scene suddenly appeared on the oval stone platform of nearly ten square meters in the center of the hall.

This is the scene happening somewhere in the secret realm of Dragon Valley at this moment.

Seeing this, General Augustus, Major General Tatia and several staff officers nearby immediately gathered together with joy on their faces.

What was shown on the screen at this moment was a middle-aged man holding a two-handed sword, who was performing a killing move and beheading a young green dragon infected by void energy.

The angle, strength and speed of his attacks reveal a sense of hard work.

"Hey, this guy is very powerful." Augustus said in surprise.

"This is Lambert, the eldest disciple of the Tide Sword Saint. He has the strength of a quasi-Sword Saint." Major General Tatia introduced skillfully.

As the head of the intelligence hall of the Sword Bearer Headquarters, Tatia is naturally familiar with some of the famous legendary strongmen in the empire.

"This person shouldn't be a member of the mission, right?"

"No. He has a close relationship with the Durham family. He was not going to participate in the Dragon Knight Reserve Selection this time. It is said that he was invited by the Durham family."

After thinking for a while, Tatia organized her words and answered.

"Hmm? Does Ryan know?" Augustus naturally understood what Tatia meant, and immediately said in a deep voice.

"know."

Marshal Alfred, who was standing by, nodded after listening, but didn't say anything.

At this time, the scene on the circular stone platform changed again, showing two people fighting fiercely.

One of the two men was wearing a military uniform, holding a box in his left hand and a short staff in his right hand. He was performing earth-based magic, the Earth Spike Technique, to attack the opponent.

The man opposite was wearing a black robe and a hood, and his face could not be seen clearly, but there were several streams of blood lingering around him, and his whole body exuded a bloody and evil smell.

The opponent dodged the attack of the ground spike technique with a flash of his body. At the same time, he raised his hand and pointed, and one blood-colored energy cone after another rotated at high speed and bombarded the person in military uniform.

This forced the uniformed military personnel to dodge in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

"Oh no! This is Baldwin, the captain of the military team. They have encountered a cultist. Hmm... They should be the legendary warriors of the Limb Reduction Cult!"

Tatia recognized her own people at first sight. At the same time, she also identified the origins of the enemy from the evil magic they cast.

"Baldwin is at a disadvantage, and the rift closer is still in his hand. Tatia, quickly check who else is nearby among the operatives, and send someone to provide support!"

Augustus saw Baldwin dodging repeatedly and knew that the situation was probably not good, so he immediately gave the order.

"I'll check it out right away, my Lord."

"Hey, Lord Ryan is not far away. It will take about five minutes to get there. Is that right?"

After a quick check, Tatia was surprised to find that the person closest to Baldwin was Ryan.

"Contact Ryan and ask him to go over immediately. The key is to ensure the safety of the rift closer." Hearing that Ryan was nearby, Augustus' expression relaxed, as if he was relieved, and said.

"Yes, sir. I will contact Lord Ryan immediately." Tatia also smiled and nodded.

"Mr. Ryan, Mr. Ryan, I'm Tatia, please reply if you get it!" Tatia called out, holding a thin sheet in her hand.

After a few seconds, nothing happened.

I called again, still no response.

"Hmm? Hasn't the energy interference around the secret realm calmed down?"

"Why can't I get in touch with you? This shouldn't be the case."

General Augustus frowned and whispered.

"Sir Dallion, can you cut the screen to the scene of this member?" Marshal Alfred seemed to have thought of something, pointed to the wall on the other side of the hall, representing the bright spot of Ryan, and asked.

"Of course." The great astrologer Dallion nodded and waved his hand.

The scene on the oval stone platform changed again.

But this time, everyone was stunned!
Because in the picture at this moment, two women who are obviously cultists are lying on the ground, as if they have just been defeated.

But it was obvious that two of them were on our side, and they were fighting each other.

No wonder Ryan didn’t respond to Tatia’s continuous calls just now.

Because even if there is information, the communication device will only vibrate slightly and will not make a direct sound. In the fierce battle, no one will pay attention to it.

"Who is this person?" Augustus asked a little angrily.

"It's Barnes! A member of the Empire's special department, the Earthshaker Headquarters. He has the blood of a red dragon. After transforming into a dragon man, his strength is at the peak of the legendary level."

"The other party has extremely rich combat experience. In more than ten years, he has completed dozens of difficult tasks for the Earthshaker." Tatia reported skillfully again.

"Is that so? Admiral Gobert?" Augustus immediately looked at an old man wearing the uniform of an Army General.

The old man's forehead was covered with sweat. He nodded and said:
"Major General Tatia is right. The other party is from Earthshaker Headquarters. Before this mission, I contacted Barnes, but he declined. He said he would not participate in this selection."

"But then the other party decided to participate one day before the selection deadline, but by then, we had already selected the candidates."

"The question is, why would this Barnes come into conflict with Lord Ryan?" Augustus asked puzzledly.

"This." Admiral Gobert's face turned red, and he didn't know how to explain this problem for a moment.

"Uh, sir, according to our intelligence, the other party seems to have joined the secret organization Dragon Scale Brotherhood. And some time ago, it was said that the Dragon Scale Brotherhood also recruited Lord Ryan." Tatia blinked her beautiful eyes and said at the right time.

"Hmm?" Marshal Alfred and Augustus looked at each other, but they tacitly agreed not to say anything else.

Obviously, both of them knew what kind of organization the Dragon Scale Brotherhood was, and they also thought of the person behind the Dragon Scale Brotherhood.

But even for the Dragon Scale Brotherhood, they had never heard before that the other party had any connection with the cult organization.

"Oh no, both of them have transformed!" Tatia exclaimed.

At this moment, Ryan and Barnes suddenly transformed into dragon men.

After the transformation, Barnes' body shape was similar to Ryan, but the dragon horns on his forehead, the color of the dragon scales on his body, etc. were quite different, one red and the other dark gray, and they started fighting immediately.

Although the two people in dragon form did not use any weapons, their strong limbs and sharp dragon claws were no different from holding sharp blades.

Ryan's body was covered with steel armor, while Barnes' body was also rippling with red witchcraft light, which was one of his innate abilities after his transformation, the armor of fire.

"Oh!"

Barnes' claw attack from top to bottom was blocked by Ryan's elbow. A wave of red and silver-gray air burst out from the point where the two men collided.

The sound of the collision is like a huge bell!
Experts will know if there is one as soon as they take action.

Barnes's expression changed immediately after just one hit!
"How can the opponent's dragon form be so powerful! It is even stronger than the black dragon bloodline owner's power after transformation!"

Barnes could be sure that the Ryan in front of him was also only in the first stage of transformation.

But when Ryan received his attack, his arm did not move at all, and not only was his claw attack deflected, but his palm was also numb. It was obvious that the opponent was stronger than him.

However, Barnes was not afraid, but rather felt excited!
Not to mention that Reagan and Bronson will be arriving here soon. Besides, he has his own trump card and is not afraid of Ryan.

(End of this chapter)