The Innkeeper

Chapter 1232 All according to plan

Chapter 1232 All according to plan

While Lex's fire tribulation occurred, he could not control any spiritual energy at all, since even his meridians were burning. In fact, since his muscles were burning as well, he should not have been able to exert much strength either.

In reality, he was already physically weaker than he was when he fought against the lightning bolt. But Lex had the confidence to dominate against anyone in the immortal realm, at least when it came to physical abilities. Once matters of laws got involved, he was not arrogant enough to think that he could suddenly surpass everyone.

After all, even if he had been playing with laws for a few years, most immortals had been learning about laws for at least a few decades or centuries.

He had seen how abstract the world became once laws got involved, so Lex would not make a flat statement that he was unbeatable in the same realm as he had always been. He needed to get used to the rules and combat as far as immortals were concerned. But as far as physique was concerned, Lex did not even fear dragons.

"How does it feel, Jeffery?" Lex asked in his raspy voice, holding onto the Wyvern's head as its body disappeared. He did not allow the head to disappear, putting it instead in his spatial ring. Even then, when the Wyvern was reformed some distance away, it had a new head.

"How does it feel knowing that I can clone your body as much as I want, and feed my cattle Wyvern barbeque for the rest of eternity using only your body? I'm getting pretty good at decapitation. Maybe I can practice skinning next - get myself a Wyvern pelt."

Lex closed his eyes, but even then his aim never missed as he swung Naraka and cut through the Wyverns neck. His sword hungrily drank the Wyverns blood, becoming stronger and more effective against its kind with every drop it absorbed. This was not a feature of the sword Lex knew about, but he was definitely enjoying it.

Every second they fought, Lex was getting weaker and weaker as his insides burnt. Yet even in such a state, Jeffery could barely follow Lex's silhouette as he moved, which infuriated him to no end.

Fortunately, the moment had arrived.

Jeffery mustered his strength and launched an attack on Lex, determined to kill him during the tribulation. Though Jeffery would suffer a mild backlash for interfering with a tribulation, he would accept it in exchange for Lex's death.

His attack, a red beam of fire he breathed out, swiftly approached Lex, but as it touched the boundary of the platform he was standing on, it dispersed.

At some point, undetected by everyone, Lex had laid out numerous protective formations inside the platform where he stood. Such blatant goading infuriated the Wyvern even more, causing it to unleash its strongest attacks as it battled with its sanity and its desire for revenge.

Never had it been so humiliated. It was always Jeffery doing the humiliation! Always him! Yet now, he was being played by a mere... a mere human!

While the Wyvern unleashed its fury, the figure who had been watching everything from a distance shook its head in disappointment. Wyverns were the cousins of dragons, some would say. But they were the disappointment in the family.

The figure stepped forth into the light, revealing deep purple scales adorning its reptilian body and massive wings. He was a newborn dragon, whose early years had been spent on the Black Dwarf that served as the holy land for the newer generation of dragons, being slowly nurtured to match its noble heritage.

It had been sent away from his nursery prematurely, to participate in the inane Champions tourney, all for the sake of reaching the heretic Lex and bringing him to justice. How dare he bear the name of Dragonsbane? He would suffer the consequences. Yet this newborn dragon, while considerably strong, was also smart. There was no reason to take any enemy at his strongest. Now that he was weakened considerably, it was time for the dragon to make his move, and bring glory to his race.

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