Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

Since the end of his sleep, Cassius has not felt this kind of threat for a long time. Even the new Balor Balrog is only a little troublesome in his eyes.

But now, this call from the void made him feel a great threat.

"It's time to look at the truth behind it all."

After pondering for a moment, Cassius thought this.

If the other party is really capable of getting rid of him, he can take action right after the battle. There is no need to lure him over.

With the red dragon's current strength, the only ones that can prevent him from escaping are the demon lords with similar divine powers in the abyss. However, these existences are rejected by the material world and it is difficult for them to appear in the main material world in their true form.

The existence behind it definitely has interests in Red Dragon, otherwise it would not have cultivated it into a world boss in its previous life. And he might be able to take advantage of this, stage a show of stealing food from the tiger's mouth, and seize the power that should have been given to "Cassius" from the being behind it.

Thinking of this, Cassius folded his wings and attached them tightly to his torso. He lowered his head slightly and carefully got into the passage.

This place is spacious for many demons and fallen giants, but it is a bit too narrow for Cassius, but it is also the only passage leading to the depths of the lair.

Fortunately, his dark vision could see everything clearly, and his pale golden pupils shimmered in the darkness.

Finally, he entered the deepest cave.

The cave is filled with unclean black and red blood, writhing worms, and acid that corrodes everything.

But that's not all there is to it.

"This is."

There was rare surprise in the red dragon's eyes.

I saw a twenty-sided prism suspended in the center of the cave, with chaotic runes engraved on each side, and countless dark yellow lights emitting from it.

Black mist of chaos filled the surroundings, and those tiny particles continued to move irregularly, emitting a harsh scream, almost like a small abyss.

"Astral Prism."

Cassius whispered the name.

In his eyes, this twenty-sided prism is the gateway to the star realm, but it is only temporarily infected by the power revealed by the devil.

Astral realm.

Familiar name.

That is the pure spiritual world, the silver void between all true planes.

This place is boundless, extremely mysterious, but also extremely dangerous. The "Star Pirates" Githyanki warships often drift around with the silver current, launching plunder in various planes, but they are only an insignificant part of the Star Realm. .

There are bigger and uglier things out there - astral leviathans, astral whales, and floating islands formed from the corpses of dead ancient gods.

Even powerful and mysterious planeswalkers view this plane as a way station that is best left as quickly as possible.

They often skip the adventuring step, preferring to use magical devices to complete it. The most direct method is through astral conduits or pots, which can transport a person from the Material Plane directly to any of the outer planes.

"Star realm?"

Cassius would never want to enter the astral realm at this stage if it was not necessary. With his strength, he can already gain a foothold in the star realm, but he is unable to deal with unknown dangers.

"Come on, this is the inevitable destination."

“Don’t be afraid, don’t hesitate, accept it all.”

A low call came from the astral prism again, but this time the sound was stronger, almost like a wave, continuing to wash away the red dragon's mind.

"No……"

"Can't be affected by this voice."

The red dragon shook its head, its pupils flickering.

Even if you are greedy for power, you cannot ignore everything.

After thinking for a moment, he summoned the [Heavenly Tribulation Dragon Eye], breathed out blazing fire, and personally created a dragon-shaped incarnation made of flames.

The Dragon Warlock's powerful will bends reality.

The illusory dragon eyes are embedded in the eyes of the incarnation, becoming the eyes through which it observes the outside world, and also becoming the connection channel for the red dragon to control the flames of these spells.

"Turn it on."

Cassius just mobilized a little will, and every rune on the prism revealed the glimmer of stars, and the star gate slowly opened in front of him.

Under his control, this incarnation of the flame element roared with hot wind, and then went straight into the passage.

Through the [Heavenly Tribulation Dragon Eye], Cassius saw the rainbow-like tunnel of light behind the door. After going through an imperceptible long distance, until the surrounding vision was blurred, he finally passed through the last portal and came to this deep tunnel. Void - the star realm.

"Is this the star realm..."

The flame incarnation of Cassius stood on the dark rock, muttering to himself.

In his previous life, he was just a mercenary wandering around the main material world, and he had not yet accepted high-level cross-dimensional missions. It was not until now that he saw this magnificent scene.

——Surrounded by boundless void, silver turbulence flows in the darkness, dotted with countless twinkling stars. This is not just a light source, but may also be a portal to other planes, or some outer space. projection.

There are huge islands floating in the void, which may be the corpses of giant beasts in the astral world, or even the remains of forgotten ancient gods - their origins have long been lost in the dust of history and are unknown.

The familiar voice came again, this time it had become extremely clear.

"The fire of revenge is burning..."

"Embrace the abyss..."

"bring it on……"

The incarnation of Cassius floated past following the sound.

He shuttled between floating islands one after another, and finally found the source of the sound.

I saw a floating island with a diameter of nearly 10,000 meters, and a three-meter-tall humanoid creature was restrained there. The spread wings, ferocious horns, and exposed red skin all showed its identity - a Barlow from the abyss. Balrog.

This demon has three pairs of wings on its back, but each is asymmetrical. The twisted body was wrapped in heavy chains, its hands and feet were nailed to the stone, and it was surrounded by complex and mysterious magic runes.

The entire floating island seemed to be a huge prison, created just to imprison this devil. There are broken rock fragments floating around the floating island, and there are huge cracks thousands of meters long, which seems to have been a fierce battle.

The demon in front of him was not as big as the ordinary Balrog, and was even a little skinny, but it always exuded an extremely dangerous aura. As long as the seal is slightly loosened, the nearly solid fog of the Chaos Abyss will leak out.

The devil was suspended in mid-air, his head lowered.

Suddenly, as if aware of Cassius's arrival, the Balor Fire Demon raised his head, his deep eyes burning with the fire of revenge, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The trajectory of destiny may change, but the end of the road has long been anchored and cannot be changed easily."

"This is both the destiny of the rules of the world and the final choice of the will of the abyss."

"Cassius, my most perfect and destined contractor, you are still here."

"This is the first time we meet, I am the Lord of Vengeance - Jezarslak, the Balor Balrog from ancient times, the former Lord of the Abyss, and your future collaborator."