“Even the Golden Dragonfather must not be careless, he cannot afford to be distracted.”

“The opponent we’re facing is definitely of demigod caliber.”

“With my current strength, if I were to face a demigod, I’d likely fall short. However, if circumstances allow, my Annihilation Dragon Breath might inflict significant damage that cannot be ignored.”

Gazing towards the direction of the seabed mountains of Ginia, Saga pondered silently.

At the pinnacle of the path of legend, one more step forward, a major leap in the level of life is required to become a demigod.

The gap between a demigod and a legend is even greater than that between a legend and those below.

But based on past experiences, Saga still had full confidence that his Dragon Breath could harm a demigod, as he was still unaware of the upper limit of its damage.

“The key is to hit the target.”

Having fought bloodily without rest, Saga indeed needed to recuperate.

His endurance for continuous combat was strong but not infinite, and he was not at his peak condition.

With a mighty flap of its wings, amidst the rhythm of the seawater, Saga flew towards the still-intact palace of the Golden Dragonfather in the Deep Sea Dragon City, one of the few structures still standing amidst the many ruins.

Upon reaching the palace gate.

Saga saw a familiar figure.

The legendary crab general guarding the door for the Golden Dragonfather.

The first time he saw this massive crab general, Saga felt an overwhelming sense of oppression.

But now, the size of the crab general was no longer impressive in Saga’s eyes, and the sense of oppression was completely gone, replaced by the pressure Saga imposed on the crab general.

At first glance, the crab general was a bit confused and didn’t recognize who Saga was.

“Mighty legendary dragon, who might you be?”

In the presence of a powerful legendary dragon, as a member of the sea tribe serving dragons, the crab general showed ample respect.

Saga smiled slightly, looking down at the big crab blowing bubbles from its mouth.

“Your memory isn’t very good, huh? You’ve already forgotten me.”

“Take a closer look, see who I am.”

After a brief pause, the crab general scrutinized the Golden Dragon before him, his gaze falling on the unique scales and dragon horns, growing more and more familiar.

“Prince Saga, it’s you.”

The crab general hurriedly welcomed Saga into the palace.

“I didn’t expect you to return, and you’ve changed so much.”

In the familiar grand palace, the crab general led Saga to another chamber with more space, serving as his dwelling. The chamber where he had lived as a young dragon was now too cramped for the current Saga.

“Should you need anything here, you can let me know.”

Slowly retreating, the crab general disappeared from Saga’s view.

Then, Saga briefly scanned the structure of the chamber before coiling down in the still resplendent chamber, finding a comfortable position, with his tail curled in front of his head as a pillow.

With his eyes slightly closed, Saga’s spirit gradually relaxed, and he entered a meditative state.

The long journey without rest, along with the continuous battles after reaching the Golden Sea, had left Saga’s spirit somewhat tense and his body feeling a certain fatigue.

In the surrounding seawater, invisible and intangible Force Field energy gathered, unseen by the naked eye.

They were silent and continuous, infusing into the body of the Golden Dragon, replenishing the recent depletion and also nourishing the body, incrementally enhancing its attributes.

Saga recovered quickly, his condition rapidly improving.

Before long, both his spirit and body were restored to fullness.

But due to the lack of rest for a long time, after meditation, Saga did not immediately get up. Focused and undisturbed, he continued to sleep to relax a bit more.

And so, time passed unhurriedly.

Until.

A familiar and intensely dangerous aura approached rapidly, causing the sleeping Golden Dragon to frown slightly and open his eyes, turning his head to look.

Boom!

Without any warning, the solid and heavy metal door was violently pushed open.

Accompanied by countless rolling and sweeping currents, a swift red figure in the deep sea, as fast as fire, entered Saga’s view.

Thirty-six meters in length, the robust and agile dragon body was adorned with blood-red scales as vivid as rubies.

The dragon’s eyes, like rubies, habitually revealed a disdainful look towards everything around.

At this moment, these dragon eyes reflected the majestic and robust Golden Dragon, who had changed tremendously since his youth, yet still bore many similarities.

“My foolish brother, Saga, long time no see.”

“You’ve grown to be… quite handsome. I hope you’re not just a pretty face but also possess the strength that demands my respect.”

Gazing at the Golden Dragon before her, Yekaterina lifted her chin, her words familiar to Saga, who couldn’t help but feel joy in his heart. Despite the urge to praise Saga, she couldn’t help but mock him as was her habit.

Having long been accustomed to Yekaterina’s tsundere ways.

Saga’s heart wasn’t perturbed as he sized up his dragon sister.

On Yekaterina’s blood-red scales, the golden threads that crisscrossed like branching lightning were not as dense as before, but they shone even brighter, like unique energy veins. These radiant golden threads spread all over Yekaterina’s body, even within her pupils, rippling with her movements and emotions, forming golden waves that were stunningly beautiful.

With Yekaterina’s appearance and temperament.

Even the Temple of the Goddess of Beauty would honor her as a distinguished guest.

But behind her beauty lay deadly danger, the entire dragon akin to a thorny rose, a poisonous poppy.

As the golden threads on Yekaterina shone.

Dangerous and lethal radiating energy spread out from her, and Saga observed carefully, noting the familiar neutron stream radiation and other types of invisible rays, all carrying the effect of penetrating and damaging biological tissue.

Most defenses could not withstand her innate radiation.

“You’ve become more dangerous and less approachable,” Saga said.

Hearing this, Yekaterina’s expression hardened, and as her emotions fluctuated, the golden threads on her body began to shine more intensely, and the radiation grew stronger.

“Are you afraid of me too, wanting to stay away from me?” she asked coldly, disappointment showing on her face.

Across from her, the Golden Dragon shook his head, a smile appearing on his face, not hiding the joy of reunion, and said:

“What I meant to say is, your beauty and radiance have become even more dazzling and eye-catching.”

After hearing Saga’s words, Yekaterina was taken aback.

The next moment, her cold demeanor melted away like ice and snow, revealing a rare and radiant smile. Due to her usual indifference and stoicism, this sudden bright smile was dazzling, with a breathtaking beauty like a blooming flower of death, further accentuated by the brilliant shimmer of the golden threads on her body, truly a sight to behold.

Taking a step forward.

Yekaterina approached Saga and then extended her head, pressing it against Saga’s face.

However.

Due to her naturally cold nature and rarity in making such affectionate gestures.

Yekaterina was inevitably a bit nervous, and what was supposed to be a gentle touch between dragons turned into a forceful headbutt due to her failure to control her strength.

Duang!

With a dull sound, fierce currents spread far and wide.

Fortunately, Saga, with his formidable defenses, could withstand his dragon sister’s deadly affection. If it had been another legendary creature of the same rank, its forehead would likely have been smashed to pieces.

The fierce headbutt was brief and quickly ended.

“Ah? Are you alright? I used too much force,” Yekaterina said, aware of her own strength since becoming a legend, which was incomparable to other dragons. She worried she might have seriously hurt Saga and was subconsciously concerned.

Most of the time, Yekaterina seemed indifferent to Saga, even provoking him, but in reality, Saga held an irreplaceable and unique place in her heart.

Across from her, the Golden Dragon shook his head, feeling a barely perceptible dizziness, and grinned:

“It feels like I’m being underestimated…”

Seeing that Saga had taken a heavy headbutt from her and barely budged, standing firm as a mountain, Yekaterina breathed a sigh of relief and felt a touch of pride for Saga’s performance.

Worthy of being my brother… Although not as good as me, he’s as strong as ever.

She thought to herself.

“You’ve become a legend too, that’s good.”

“If you couldn’t keep up with me and became a frail existence in my eyes, I would never acknowledge that we share the same blood.”

The brief display of warmth seemed like an illusion.

Yekaterina took a step back, lifting her head with pride and a look of disdain for everything around her, including Saga.

Seeing Yekaterina’s tail almost reaching for the sky.

Saga revealed a gentle smile and said:

“Keep up with you? Yekaterina, have you forgotten who was the one defeated by whom?”

Hearing Saga’s words, Yekaterina’s haughty expression stiffened slightly.

The scenes of her having to bow down to Saga after he defeated her and became the young dragon champion, as per her promise, flashed before her eyes.

Yekaterina shook her head vigorously, trying to shake these embarrassing memories from her mind.

She said angrily:

“Hmph, that was over a decade ago.”

With Yekaterina’s competitive spirit, she couldn’t stand being Saga’s defeated opponent and wanted to reverse her past failure and regain her dignity.

“Saga, come on, let’s fight again.”

Yekaterina, eager to move, said: “This time I must win against you, make you lick my claws, respect me, fear me!”

Saga: ……

Such an obsession with claw licking, I wonder where this bad taste comes from.

Indeed, there is a culture among dragons where the loser licks the winner’s claws, but proper dragons generally don’t do this.

Saga glanced at Yekaterina’s claws from the corner of his eye, the hooks sharp, the curvature perfect, as if made of exquisite rubies, covered with blood-red scales interwoven with golden threads, flawless and resembling a dangerous yet perfect work of art.

Unnoticeably retracting his gaze, Saga looked at Yekaterina.

“Yekaterina, it’s good to be confident, but overconfidence is not.”

“Do you really think that while you were growing and progressing, I was stagnating?”

Saga said calmly.

“Of course, I know you’ve been growing stronger too.”

“But…”

Her expression softened a bit, and Yekaterina stared at the Golden Dragon before her, continuing seriously:

“When we competed as young dragons, you won because you had experienced real life-and-death battles outside, while I stayed in the peaceful and stable Deep Sea Dragon City, not allowed to truly kill, always restraining myself.”

“But now it’s different, completely different.”

Lifting her head with strong confidence, Yekaterina declared with conviction: “I’ve participated in the war between Deep Sea Dragon City and the abyssal prisoners of Casserly Abyss, danced on the edge of a knife, wandered between life and death, using the blood and bones of those prisoners as fuel, tempering myself in the crucible of war, reborn from the ashes, no longer the same as before.”

“Now, I am definitely stronger than you!”

Saga made no comment on Yekaterina’s words.

The war here in Deep Sea Dragon City was brutal, and survival indeed brought great gains, but Saga’s experiences in the outside world were also extraordinary, with encounters like the Dragon Soul Sanctuary and conflicts with deities.

Saga looked around and then slowly said:

“With our current strength, a true fight to determine a winner would likely destroy everything around us.”

“The crisis brought by the abyssal prisoners is still imminent, so there’s no need for a meaningless battle. Let’s just have a simple test of strength.”

After a pause, Saga stood upright, seriously stating: “Since you believe you’re stronger than me now.”

“Then prove it to me, prove your strength, prove your might.”

Facing the imposing Golden Dragon who seemed to possess infinite power, Yekaterina also slowly stood up, the golden threads radiating on her blood-red scales lighting up with dazzling brilliance, brewing explosive ultimate power within.

After exchanging glances.

Simultaneously, the two dragon figures disappeared from within the palace and then emerged in the deep sea outside.

Both extended their claws and fiercely collided.

Boom!

A massive undercurrent shockwave erupted, rolling unstoppably towards the distance.

This intense disturbance caught the attention of many dragons, who turned their heads to look towards the source.

“To test strength with me, my foolish brother, your courage is commendable.”

Yekaterina roared, flapping her wings, exerting her entire body’s strength, her entire being like a volcano suppressed to the extreme, seemingly ready to explode at any moment. At the same time, the light from the golden threads on her body all converged, turning into a deep golden color, with unimaginable explosive power.

Boom, boom, boom!

Under the surge of Yekaterina’s power, the Golden Dragon opposite her was pushed backwards at high speed, the two dragons plunging into the deep sea like meteorites, stirring up countless undercurrents.

Saga’s expression remained calm.

Feeling the terrifying power coming from Yekaterina’s body, and as his body couldn’t help but retreat, Saga praised: “Yekaterina, your strength is not to be underestimated.”

But then, the Golden Dragon seriously added:

“However, compared to me, you still fall short.”

Saga took a deep breath, power surging within him like a tsunami, gathering countless Force Field energies around him.

An immense gravitational force caused the air and light to distort.

Inch by inch, a deep black luster emerged on the edges of the dragon’s golden scales, exuding an unparalleled sense of heaviness and power.

Infinite strength rose from the black and gold dragon’s body.

The rapidly retreating figure gradually slowed down.

Yekaterina’s expression changed slightly, her wings spread wide, and the surface rippled like waves, turning into even more ferocious explosive power.

However, the resistance coming from Saga became more apparent, seemingly limitless, growing stronger and stronger.

After the speed of retreat slowed to a critical point, the black and gold dragon’s retreating body stopped, then began to move in the opposite direction, pressing Yekaterina inch by inch forward, faster and more unstoppable.

The situation reversed dramatically.

“You can’t win against me again!”

Yekaterina roared, her body shining with a bright and dazzling light, the golden threads on her body trembling at high frequency, flickering rapidly, emitting a dangerous and lethal aura.

An even more ferocious power erupted from within her.

“I’ve already won.”

Reversing the power coming from Yekaterina and combining it with his own, Saga gave a sudden jolt.

If it were a fight to the death, it would be hard to say.

But it was just a test of strength, and with the reversal at hand, Saga had been in an unbeatable position from the start.

Boom!

The red and gold dragon figure shot backward like a comet, until it crashed far into the seabed, creating a huge crater and turning the surrounding seawater extremely murky.

Then, with furious roars, waves of destructive energy fluctuations appeared in the murky water, as if a volcano that could no longer be suppressed was about to erupt, ready to destroy everything around.

Seeing this, the dragons nearby, seemingly experienced in such matters, changed their expressions and quickly moved away.

When the Dragon Empress gets angry, she often doesn’t distinguish between friend and foe and becomes uncontrollable.

Her destructive power affects everyone.

They knew this all too well.

“Yekaterina, it’s over, don’t let your anger break through your will.”

Saga approached Yekaterina, who was about to unleash her destructive power, and said quietly, his whisper reaching directly into her heart.

“Get away quickly! The Dragon Empress in a rage will lose control, become very dangerous.”

A dragon called out to Saga, warning him.

Because there had been precedents, they knew Yekaterina could easily lose control, and her rage made her allies and enemies alike quite fearful.

But contrary to all the other dragons’ expectations, the rapidly flickering golden light in the murky sea area began to calm down, and the destructive energy fluctuations gradually subsided.

Yekaterina flapped her wings, clearing the murky water.

At the bottom of the huge crater, Yekaterina looked up at Saga, her face showing no discouragement or rage, and said: “Hmph, you win this test of strength.”

“But you can’t always win against me.”

For some reason, her uncontrollable rage, which usually melted away quickly in Saga’s presence, seemed to dissipate like ice and snow before fire.

“Anything is possible.”

Saga smiled slightly and said.

Yekaterina opened her mouth, about to say something in rebuttal, but suddenly her gaze shifted, turning her head towards the direction of the Ginia seabed mountains.

Saga also looked over.

Accompanied by a resounding dragon chant, a dazzling golden light and blue cold burst forth in the Ginia battle zone, coming from afar and even illuminating the entire Deep Sea Dragon City.

When the blinding light and piercing cold dissipated, the most intense battle zone in Ginia also calmed down.

The cold seawater rhythmically moved.

A golden light appeared in Deep Sea Dragon City, in front of Saga and Yekaterina, turning from illusion to reality, materializing into the majestic figure of the Golden Dragonfather.

At this moment, the Golden Dragonfather was covered in wounds, his scales full of frostbite marks, almost turning into an ice dragon, with a chilling blue ice spear still embedded in his right shoulder.

Huff!

Golden flames ignited, melting the layers of frost on the scales, and he extended his claw to pull out the ice spear, revealing a shocking blood hole.

However.

Despite returning with a body full of injuries, the Golden Dragonfather’s face was filled with a victorious smile, grinning and laughing, seemingly in a very good mood.

“Father, long time no see, you seem very happy. What just happened?”

Saga asked.

The Golden Dragonfather’s smile faded, he cleared his throat twice, and with a calm but barely concealed self-satisfied tone, he said:

“Oh, nothing much, just slaughtered a demigod, that’s all.”

Saga: ……………

Such a big dragon, still fond of boasting, and the object of his bragging is his own child.