Aditya saw this and looked at Arturo who sent a 10 meters giant orb of blue flame.
'This isn't some ordinary flame.' Aditya thought as he proceeded to counter the blue flame orb with a 10 meters big crimson flame orb.
Boooooooom!!!!!
As both attacks collided, Aditya and Arturo continued their chase. Arturo continued to chase after Aditya.
"You cannot get away from me." Just when Aditya looked back, the last thing he saw before turning into a statue of ice was a blue lightning bolt in front of his eyes.
Booom!!!
The crowd watching the fight saw the Crimson ray of light had vanished from their sight. They could only see the Blue ray of light. This made them assume that the Crimson ray of light has been defeated.
Aditya's entire body turned into a statue of ice. His body fell to the ground.
Arturo frowned while staring in Aditya's direction. As he can still sense that the Istarin Empere was still alive.
Crack!!!!
A small crack appeared on the Ice statue of Aditya. Following the small cracks, many other small cracks started appearing.
Shatter!!!
Breaking all the ice, Arturo found his opponent in Crimson Flame. Crimson lightning was violently flickering around his body.
"I expected this to happen. I wonder how you will face this?" As Arturo finished his sentence, the night sky suddenly brightened making everyone look up. When they looked up, they all gasped in shock at seeing thousand of golden shooting stars.
Aditya found over one thousand golden shooting stars over his head. He knew that it was too late to dodge the attack.
«Enlarge!!!»
He grabbed his black sword and used it to shield himself from the attack.
Booom!!!!
Booom!!!!
Boooom!!!
The Adamantite Doomblade which had grown well over 20 meters long and 5 meters wide took all the shooting stars.
Looking at the Peak 5-star black sword, Arturo once again frowned. From their exchange, he can tell that this Black sword is really special.
While Aditya was busy defending himself from the shooting stars, unknown to Arturo, the dark clouds above him started gathering more Crimson lightning bolts. The Crimson lightning in the clouds became more violent.
Even from a far distance, one can see the dark clouds and the Crimson lightning bolts.
Meanwhile, Arturo took out an old rusty-looking Mantle. The Mantle was torn from many sides and had lost its deep red color. It was slightly dirty. No one would imagine a Peak 5th-order wearing this. Other than Appraisers, no one would even think that this old worn-out Mantle is a powerful Artifact.
Just when Arturo finished wearing the Mantle, he sensed something was wrong with the dark clouds. And then…..
Booom!!!
Booom!!!
Booom!!!
«Enraged Lightning Spell!»
The people watching in the distance covered their mouths in shock as they witnessed thousand of Crimson lightning bolts raining down the sky.
Arturo was hit more than thousands of Crimson lightning bolts. At the end, he was sent flying.
He crashed a few thousand meters away from Aditya. As soon as he fell, he didn't even take a second to stand.
"Not good." Arturo body was in pain but he liked this pain very much. How long it has been since he had met someone who could make him feel pain? Even he forgot the last time he had been pushed this far.
At the same time, the shooting stars that was raining upon Aditya also stopped. Extending his Dragon wings, he flew up in the air to meet Arturo.
"You came at the perfect time." Aditya found Arturo wearing a old worn out red Mantle. One thing that he immediately noticed about this mantle was it was made from dragon scales. The Dragon Scales weren't that visible but Aditya was perfectly able to see it.
"What is that?" Aditya couldn't help but ask Arturo.
A dark green Aura surrounded his entire body. Arturo smiled and replied. "Something that you will give me more power."
『Mantle of Dragons!』
『Description - Dragonhide and scales harvested over centuries were used to create this wondrous cloak. Magicks that were the sum of a full coven's efforts were infused into it and the cloak forged a connection to the draconic afterlife as a result. Power radiates from it.
An intoxicating power that calls forth and begs you to don the Mantle of Dragons.
This cloak requires attunement to gain its effects. Once attuned, the wearer learns that the cloak grants the ability to change in a manner similar to the True Polymorph spell. The cloak allows one to transform into a dragon of the same alignment as themselves. All items held or worn during the change are absorbed into the dragon form.』
ROAR!!!!!!
A thunderous spread everywhere. Aditya widened his eyes seeing Arturo's body changing. His entire body was covered in bright blue light. With each second, his body grew in size.
His body gradually changed shape and started to look more like a giant Snake. Dark green scales began covering his skin which increased his defense powers.
When the transformation was over, in front of Aditya, there was a 25 meters giant snake flying in the fly.
'It's an Eastern Dragon.' The green Dragon's whole body was covered in thick and shiny scales. It had sharp claws and large teeth. The color of the dragon remained purple.
"The mantle of Dragon is a Beginner 5th-order artifact that I managed to take after killing a beginner 5th-order cultivator in Westnia." Over the years, in search of powerful cultivators, Arturo has travelled to all the six continents. In his journey, he had challenged countless cultivators.
Each time he defeated a cultivator, he would keep whatever they had. Arturo would keep the valuable things in his possession and give the remaining loot to the Echo Nexus Emperor. This made sure he kept the Echo Nexus Emperor happy as well.
The previous owner of Mantle of Dragon was a beginner 5th-order cultivator from the Dragon Slayer guild. The beginner 5th-order cultivator had been sent to Westnia to slay a Dragon.
Arturo knew about this magical artifact and wanted it for himself. He knew that the Dragon Slayer guild wouldn't agree to give such a valuable artifact if he asked for it. So when he found the beginner 5th-order cultivator alone, he killed the cultivator and took away his possessions. Although some elders from the Dragon Slayer guild suspected that Arturo was behind this, they couldn't take any action against him.
This was because Arturo was the most important asset to the Echo Nexus Empire. And Emperor Lucas wouldn't blame Arturo for what he had done. Arturo even suspected that the Emperor also knew about this but chose to remain ignorant.
In the end, this matter was buried and no one spoke about it. The Dragon Slayer guild received huge support from the Echo Nexus empire and they didn't want to risk damaging their friendship. If the Echo Nexus Empire stopped supporting the Dragon Slayer guild, then the Dragon slayer guild would be destroyed.
"It allows me to temporarily change my race to a Dragon." Aditya could feel it. Arturo's Aura has gotten stronger after he transformed into a Dragon.
"At the end of the day, you're nothing but a FAKE. You're not a real Dragon. You can morph your body into a Dragon but you can never copy the very essence and traits that we Dragons possess."
"And there is no way, this Dragon Monarch will be defeated by a Fake Dragon." This was a matter of pride to Aditya. Aditya was the Dragon Monarch. How can be live up to Name of being the King of all Dragons if he is defeated by a Fake Dragon?
"Dragon Monarch..." Arturo repeated the name after Aditya. The respect that he had for Aditya only increased. This fight could become the most important and the most entertaining fight of his whole life.
"So what are you waiting for? I want to fight you at your greatest."
"I wasn't planning on holding back." Aditya smiled and replied.
ROARRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!
After entering into his dragon form, by instinct, the Dragon Monarch let out a powerful roar that shook the land and pushed the snow away from him.
Aditya was in his dragon form. Aditya's Dragon form was 50 meters in size. He had two large strong beautiful Crimson dragon wings. His arms morphed into dragon claws. His claws were white in color. His entire body was covered in thick red scales. His eyes were dark and his pupils were crimson red with vertical slits in them. He had two large straight horns on top of his head.
His teeth were white and extremely large. Small wisps of crimson flame could form near his nose when he breathed. His tongue was crimson red. The ending of his tail was burning in Crimson flame.
"Heavenly...." Arturo couldn't resist his urge to say this word. Looking at Aditya, he felt he was in the presence of a true divine being.
Looking at Aditya's Dragon form, Arturo felt jealous of someone's bloodline for the first time. If only he possessed Divine Dragon Bloodline like Aditya, how great would that have been?
<Picture of Mantle of Dragons is in the comment section>
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