Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

But the good thing is that his body's heat resistance is extraordinary, so he can still hold on if that's all.

With such thoughts in mind, Mercer raised his head and squirted out a large amount of water, pouring it on his head. This was the preparation he made before leaving. He poured himself a lot of water.

After doing this, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes and got into the lava.

This time, he completely used his hearing to explore everything around him, and began to explore into the lava.

The scalding temperature shot through his body and began to burn his skin.But at the same time, Mercer's regeneration ability also activated, repairing his body at the same time.

As he sank deeper and deeper into the lava, Mercer felt that his internal organs were burning - after all, only the outer layer of his body had super heat resistance, and the internal organs were not outstanding in protection against high temperatures.

But at the same time, blood gradually overflowed from the outside of his body, covering his body.

This comes from the ability of [Pupa], which allows Mercer to protect his body from external damage while sleeping, and it also has strong thermal insulation.

The temperature inside his body dropped little by little, making Mercer feel comfortable for a moment.

But soon, a faint sound came into his ears covered by thorns, attracting his attention.

Mercer quickly locked the position and swam in that direction.

He heard strong emotions in that voice.

It was an anger that seemed to destroy everything, a nearly eternal resentment that seemed to destroy everything.

Then, he heard another clanging sound, which was the sound of iron objects colliding.

Mercer continued to swim in the magma, but then he encountered something.

Slender, yet extremely hard.Mercer stretched out his hand and touched it, feeling every line on it, and finally came to a conclusion.

-That's a chain.

Regardless of how the chain did not dissolve under the high temperature, the most important thing was that Mercer could feel what was tied to the chain, and also felt the violent struggle from the other end when he touched the chain.

This chain is tied to something.In other words, is there something trapped in chains, bound in the center of the volcano?

After coming to this conclusion, Mercer felt something bad instinctively, but it was already too late.

He suddenly felt weak in his body, as if something was being pulled out of his body.

Then he felt a strong strange force in his hand holding the chain. The chain straightened instantly, and then seemed to be torn off from the connection at the root.

bang dang...

Mercer seemed to hear a chain break somewhere.

Bang-dang-dang-dang-

The sounds of collisions between chains sounded one after another, and the sounds of struggling became louder and louder.

"Wow!"

Finally, a sharp cry echoed around, sending out huge vibrations throughout the surrounding area.

Mercer felt a pulling force from the chain he was holding, and his entire dragon was pulled up uncontrollably by the chain, rising rapidly in the lava.

Finally, with the sound of breaking rocks, Mercer felt the burning sensation fade away from his surroundings, and a hurricane blew across his cheeks.

He opened his eyes and looked at the sky.

For a moment, Mercer felt slightly absent-minded.

——Above his head, a huge red-feathered bird spread its huge wings and sang its best in the sky.

The whole body is covered with red feathers that sparkle with crystal luster, each one is extremely eye-catching; the long tail feathers are draped under the body, like a luxurious dress; the sharp hooks and claws are shining with cold light, and the long golden beak is sharp and dazzling, more sharp than that of an eagle. More proud and sharper than a falcon.

The only drawback is that it has chains piercing its body everywhere, and its eyes look extremely crazy.

It turned its head and stared at Mercer, or rather the volcano behind him, and suddenly flapped its wings.

With the sound of collision between chains, feathers flew out from the wings, pierced into Mercer's hard scales, and landed on the volcano behind him.

"——Cheer!"

A cry containing a strong desire for destruction was heard, and the next moment, all the feathers on Mercer's body exploded, and one blow left Mercer covered in bruises!

At the same time, the volcano behind him also exploded, and most of the interior of the volcano collapsed.

That red phoenix - Mercer could only think of calling it this name. In Mercer's imagination, if a phoenix really existed, it would be nothing more than that, but this one was obviously more destructive.

It spread its wings and every feather in them trembled.

Then Mercer noticed that something seemed to have changed around him.

A stream of reddish gas drifts through the rocks in the volcano. Although it is not easy to detect, it cannot be tolerated in large quantities.

These red gases gathered on the red phoenix's body, forming new feathers, and it became visibly more energetic.

It recovered its lost power from the rock, and Mercer, who had swallowed the rock, had just become the target of its power.

It stared at Mercer, the first source of venting its long torment pointed at him.

It was not murderous intent or hatred that was directed at Mercer, but a pure desire to vent his destructive desire.

It let out a piercing scream, flapped its wings, and swooped towards Mercer.

"I knew it......"

Sure enough, there still had to be a fight. Mercer cursed secretly in his heart. The inexplicable weakness just now had returned, and Mercer gritted his teeth and rushed towards it.

Chapter 77: Where should I kneel down?

"How is the installation of the refined bed crossbow going?"

"Already done!"

Gulu shouted, looking at the bed crossbows fixed around him.

At first glance, this bed crossbow was much higher than what they had before. Not only that, the captain also gave a few crossbow arrows with binding capabilities. Once the arrow is shot, the high-strength rope attached to the tail of the arrow will aim. The target is completely restrained, even the black dragon will be unable to move.

"Okay, next..." Gulu touched his chin and looked around with complicated eyes.

They had decided to escape from here, so the blacksmiths began to use all the objects around them to prevent Mercer's search. The first thing they thought of was a trap, so that they could hold him back for a little longer after they left here.

"How are the trap tools?" Gulu looked at the forging man aside.

"We're working on it now. It'll be ready in a few days."

"Hurry, we have to race against time..."

Just as Gulu was urging, the ground suddenly shook violently.

boom!boom!boom!

Continuous explosions came from far away, causing strong vibrations to the ground.

Many people sat down on the ground and looked around in panic.

Gulu grabbed the bed crossbow beside him, steadied himself, and looked around in surprise.

"What's going on! Did the volcano erupt!?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a high-pitched roar sounded from the vent.

"Roar--"

"Wow—"

Mercer didn't know how many years the Red Phoenix had been locked in this volcano, but it was certainly not a small number.

He can live in the lava for such a long time without food, but he still has strange strength that is not inferior to Mercer. If he regains his full strength, he will never be its enemy.

Therefore, Mercer immediately interrupted its movements, and Red Phoenix was not discouraged and rushed towards Mercer like crazy, venting its full anger.

Mercer flapped his wings to avoid its flying feathers, leaving a scar on its wings after passing by it.

Mercer continued flying without stopping, until he reached the sky above the volcano and roared provocatively at Red Phoenix.

However, it didn't matter whether Mercer was provocative or not. The red phoenix flung out its feathers and shot at Mercer while flying towards him, its sharp claws and sharp beak attacking quickly.

The sharp claws collided with Mercer's hind limbs. During the brief confrontation, his legs were scratched to pieces by the red phoenix.

Mercer found that it had no defense at all. Even if Mercer's claws scratched its shoulder, it didn't care. This level of damage was recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Just as Mercer raised his hand to block its pointed beak, the red phoenix flapped its wings and pressed its entire body down. With its wings, it wrapped Mercer's wings, causing him to fall from the sky.

It just sat on Mercer's body, its wings pressed tightly against Mercer's wings, its sharp claws dug deeply into the flesh of Mercer's thighs, and its sharp beak was in a stalemate with Mercer's forelimbs.

boom!

Let the two fall from the sky and fall on the volcano. While causing strong vibrations, their bodies also rolled on the volcano.

Mercer did not relax his vigilance at all. On the way to the fall, he was always looking for opportunities to escape. But at this moment, he saw the environment not far away from his peripheral vision. After concentrating his sight, he kicked his thigh violently regardless of the injury. On Hong Huang's belly.

——As the earth shook, under the horrified eyes of the forgers, the huge bird crushed through the vent and landed in the cave where they were.

Then, the black dragon followed and pressed on it before it could react.

"Wow!"

The red phoenix struggled, and its huge wings flew across the cave on the mountain wall, causing the blacksmiths above to flee.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mercer slapped it on the head, causing dense cracks to appear on the ground behind the red phoenix due to the huge force of the waves.

Red Phoenix also fought back without hesitation, its wings trembled slightly, and the feathers on its wings glowed red, detonating directly against him.

--boom!

The explosion echoed in the cave. Mercer's body hit the ceiling with the explosion, but he quickly spread his wings to stabilize his body.

And Red Phoenix rushed forward again and started fighting with Mercer.

Seeing the vibrations around him and the cracks on the wall, Gulu awkwardly stood up holding the crossbow on the bed and looked at the two giant beasts fighting in the cave.

"That is..." He looked at the feathers on the red phoenix, and suddenly his eyes widened: "Lava crystals?"

As a race that has been exposed to ores all year round, he could clearly see that the luster on the Red Phoenix's feathers was the same as the lava crystals he dug up a few years ago. It could even be said that its luster was better than those crystals.

Seeing this, Gulu seemed to understand something.

"Did all those lava crystals come from it?"

In other words, earthquakes and precursors like volcanic eruptions are considered its anger. Is that their punishment, the anger against the greedy?

However, Gulu opened his mouth, then suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted, "Fart! I won't accept this kind of thing!"

If this is really what Gulu thinks, it makes no logical sense at all - lava crystallization has no use for blacksmiths except that it has a high temperature and can be used as firewood, but they who live in volcanoes can completely use it. The temperature of the lava and the so-called lava crystallization are completely dispensable substances.

It was those people on the Floating Island who allowed them to exploit this kind of stuff. If they really needed to be punished, then those people on the Floating Island should be punished even more.

He took a deep breath, panted heavily, looked at the lava bird fighting the black dragon, and held the trigger of the bed crossbow.

For a moment, a lot of messy thoughts flashed through his mind.

——Do you want to deduct it?Attack that big bird?What if you are attacked by it?After all, it was still the lava crystals they mined with their own hands. This kind of thing has nothing to do with them, and it is normal even if they are retaliated against.

But then, he decisively pulled the trigger.

The crossbow arrows turned into a giant net, binding its sharp beak.

The most straightforward thought in people's hearts tells Gulu that he must do this, whether he is currently on a united front with the black dragon, or crawling on the ground to accept the trial.The blacksmiths who had already adapted to the existence of the former made a natural choice.

The sharp beak of the red phoenix was restrained by the sudden large net. Mercer glanced at them in surprise, and then returned his attention to it again.

Its most powerful weapon was temporarily restrained. Naturally, Mercer would not miss this opportunity. He opened his mouth and bit its shoulder, swung it hard, smashed it into the ceiling, and threw it out.

Chapter 78: A machine powered by rage

The red phoenix stabilized its figure in the air. It did not feel angry. All it could do was vent, venting the resentment and fury in the eternal time.

Compared with the restraint in the beak, this is just a spark in the prairie fire.

It lowered its head and was using its sharp claws to cut open the large web on its beak when Mercer rushed out of the hole in the cave and came to it.

The solid body collided with its slightly slender body, pushing it all the way into the sky.

When the two were above the clouds, Red Phoenix kicked Mercer away and let out a long and loud cry.

At the same time, Mercer disappeared into the clouds and disappeared without a trace.

The wet touch made it feel very uncomfortable. It turned its head, looked at the white clouds, and waved its wings.

A large number of feathers scattered around like a goddess scattering flowers. Then it flapped its wings and the surrounding feathers exploded instantly. The airflow caused by the explosion cleared the clouds and became visible again.