Mechanical Alchemist-Chapter 531 530: The Dragon That Was Severely Beaten by Society

Tens of thousands of people from Atalan City gathered at the Suspended Coast, watching as the small boat laden with offerings sailed into the deep sea.

Under normal circumstances, the evil dragon would devour the eighteen maidens and then carry the treasures back to its dwelling island to continue its slumber.

However, unbeknownst to everyone, two groups were plotting against the evil dragon at that moment.

Apart from the Dawn Group, several miles away from the city within the forest, hundreds of Dragon Knights from the Silver Dragon Kingdom had long been waiting.

Among the squad, there was also an old man holding a bamboo pole.

Listenging to the news that the huge dragon had set out to sea, the Knight Commander turned to the old man and said, "Mr. Bartolo, His Majesty the King insists on obtaining the Dragon Breath Fruit on the island. When the battle begins, we'll rely on you to slay that lightning blue dragon."

The old man casually responded, "Since I promised to come, I will naturally give my best. But once this is over, tell him that my debt of gratitude is repaid."

Knight Commander: "Alright. I will pass your words along to Lord Garcia."

"..."

The old man said no more, instead turning his indifferent gaze towards the distant city.

Although his mind had long been as still as an ancient well, for some reason, he always remembered the swordsman junior and her companion that he encountered at the gambling house the day before. After pondering for a moment, a trace of reminiscence seemed to emerge in the old man's eyes as he emotionally muttered to himself, "Companion, ah..."

...

The Dawn Group had been navigating the sea these past few days, having already thoroughly explored all the conditions in the nearby sea regions.

They had established observation outposts on various deserted islands, and they would report to Su Lun anytime the blue dragon ventured far enough from Thunder Sea Island.

The lightning blue dragon, named "Kazzak," produced a lot of noise when flying. It was constantly accompanied by a thundercloud, a sign of a highly condensed form of Thunder Magic. The crackling non-stop, like an approaching storm, was immensely terrifying.

In Atalan City, Su Lun, among the crowd, heard the dragon's roar from miles away, which made everyone's hearts quake. He murmured to himself, "Truly a pureblood dragon, such dragon presence is indeed terrifying."

It was merely a seventh-tier giant dragon, yet its dragon presence felt like a rank pressure, striking a deep, vibration-like fear into one's soul.

Although Su Lun remained unharmed, the ordinary women and children and the lower-tier magical beasts in the city were already trembling in fear.

Perhaps because it had been hibernating for more than a decade, the evil dragon hovered in the sky for a while to stretch its limbs, then headed towards the city.

The blue dragon's speed was incredibly fast, like lightning.

Over the communicator, Su Lun had already received detailed data reports.

"Mr. Su Lun, the flying dragon's current speed is 930 meters per second, and it is still increasing..."

"The blue dragon has passed through observation point two, flying speed 1080 meters per second, and it is still increasing..."

"The blue dragon has passed through observation point three..."

"..."

Su Lun listened to the urgent reports coming from the communicator, his gaze sharply focused, always watching that dark spot on the horizon.

The speed of this lightning blue dragon was indeed too fast.

This was a speed almost incomparable by any means except Spatial Teleportation.

In just over a minute, it could travel from its lair a hundred kilometers away to Atalan City.

Correspondingly, it could fly back as well.

With such speed, it was no wonder that no one dared to provoke it.

If this evil dragon targeted them, even those skilled in Teleportation among the Wind practitioners would literally be chased to death.

Seeing the blue dragon charging furiously, its dragon presence growing more terrifying by the moment, the oppressive feeling was like a mountain's collapse, making it feel like even breathing had halted. Ordinary people simply couldn't withstand the pressure facing such a high-level creature.

At that moment, the previously enthusiastic spectators mostly got scared and ran back into the city.

The people around Su Lun also instantly fled.

Yet, he watched expressionlessly, closely feeling the true dragon presence, contemplating, "This dragon presence is quite similar to Dominator's Bodyguard, both being a control over all things..."

The difference was that dragon presence was an innate ability of the dragon race, while Dominator's Bodyguard needed to be understood by humans themselves.

As the dragon presence assaulted him, his own Dominator's Bodyguard gradually surged forth, resisting that invisible pressure.

In just a moment, Su Lun heard that the blue dragon had passed the last observation point.

He did not linger any longer and instantly appeared at a previously prepared remote Spatial Formation.

With a clamp of the Sorcerer's Seals, the Alchemy Formation lit up.

The next step Su Lun took, he was already on a deserted island several kilometers away.

...

The deserted island already had spatial coordinates set up by members of the Dawn Group, being one of the islands closest to Thunder Sea Island.

Su Lun looked back one last time, seeing the blue dragon already at the edge of his vision.

At this distance, it would need at least thirty seconds to return.

He didn't hesitate any longer, switched outfits to a Mage's robe, and looked towards the distant island flickering with thunder, then teleported again.

In just a blink of an eye, Su Lun was already at the lair of the evil dragon.

Where the giant dragon dwelled, no other creature could exist, as no other creature could withstand the dragon presence for an extended period and live next to the giant dragon.

This also spared him a lot of trouble.

However, Su Lun did not dare to be careless, holding a black umbrella and fully extending his senses.

He looked up at the sky, his eyes further confirming some of his speculations: "This blue dragon has left, yet the thunderclouds are still here. This island itself must have issues."

Su Lun had considered this issue before.

"Thunder Sea Island," where the blue dragon resided, was constantly filled with thunder, which was definitely abnormal.

Some speculated it was due to the blue dragon's innate ability to attract thunder, while others guessed it was a region of chaotic laws left over from an ancient gods' battlefield.

But once Su Lun himself landed on the island, he immediately judged that there might be some kind of treasure here!

He noticed right away that the thunder and lightning in the sky seemed to be attracted by a lightning rod, regularly concentrating and striking at the core of the island.

It was clearly attracted by something.

Su Lun knew it was the lair of an evil dragon, so he teleported there.

But he hadn't gone far when the dense air of lightning elements made him stop.

Even with Dominator's Bodyguard, the violent lightning elements were like pins and needles and made his whole body ache.

Su Lun frowned tightly, "Super-tier laws?"

His own flesh was now completely resistant to the force of common lightning.

So this was definitely not something the force of natural lightning could achieve.

He became even more certain of his judgment, there had to be a treasure on this island!

The violent lightning elements formed a huge isolation zone, making it virtually impossible for ordinary people to approach the dragon's nest.

But this was not a problem for Su Lun.

He slapped his mage's seal, and four elemental wax figures guarded around him.

Earth, wind, water, fire—the four basic elements of the universe. In the hands of an alchemist, four wax figures forming an Elemental Domain Field could perform an equivalent exchange with any other elements and also assimilate any other elements.

The moment the wax figures elementalized, the violent lightning elements around Su Lun were immediately assimilated by the wax figures, turning into the four basic elements to sustain the wax figures.

Guarded by the four wax figures, Su Lun smoothly made his way inside.

But as he reached the center of the island, it was as if he had walked into a sea of lightning, surrounded by a flashing silver light.

However, miraculously, there was an area of several hundred square meters at the center that seemed to be insulated, shielding a huge gap from the lightning.

The ground was covered with heaps of gold and silver treasures.

And within the pile of treasures, there was a deep depression that clearly showed the mark of a giant dragon curled up in sleep.

Giant dragons liked to collect shiny treasures, and Su Lun was no longer surprised by this.

Although the pile of treasures contained many fine items and high-tier demon cores, his gaze was instantly drawn to a golden lightning spear that was broken.

[A Fragment of a Broken Lightning Spear]

Details: A mid-tier divine artifact fragment, containing powerful high-tier lightning laws; it can gather lightning elements, and its bearer can command the power of thunder;

"A Divine Artifact fragment?"

A simple introduction, but Su Lun's eyes lit up.

Indeed, he hadn't guessed wrong.

Even as just a magical fragment, it was still a rare treasure.

And what Su Lun saw was not its offensive capability.

As a Puppeteer, he was not short of weapons for battle.

Instead, he valued the function of this fragment even more.

This lightning spear could continuously gather thunder, wasn't this just a "perpetual motion generator"?

Although the power of thunder was uncontrollable, methods for harnessing natural lightning as an energy source had already been developed years ago in the Mafa Empire. Su Lun had personally seen lightning hunters who lived off this energy on the airship to the Mafa imperial capital, Kabithrone.

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If this lightning spear were installed on the "Sky Fortress," wouldn't that provide a continuous energy source?

No energy consumption needed, just continuous attraction of lightning, where else could you find such an ideal generator?

For an alchemist, energy was literally "money"!

With this thunder energy source supporting them, whether for creating super demonic energy cannons or for powering uses, it was an excellent choice.

The Mini Void Realm had Dora and a group of senior mechanics from the Mafa Empire; they would always find a way to utilize this item.

Looking at this, Su Lun felt a surge of excitement.

He had not expected to come here and discover such a treasure.

He glanced over to the side, where there was a small tree with seven or eight purple misty fruits hanging from it.

[Thunder Dragon Breath Fruit]

Details: Dragon Breath nurtured for a hundred years yielding a fruit of laws, rich in the essence of life; consumption increases affinity for lightning by +199, immunity to lightning spell damage by +288;

Looking at these fruits, Su Lun also breathed a sigh of relief.

This was likely one of the materials for an antidote to petrification, bringing him one step closer to curing Tanni's mother's petrification.

Opportunity comes and goes quickly.

Su Lun dared not delay, but he also didn't try to pick the fruits himself.

"Dragon Secret Technique" has a line that warns: "The intelligence of dragonkind is not less than the vast majority of humans; don't treat them like monsters, or you will pay a heavy price."

The Black Dragon encountered in the Dwarves' curse space was just a resentful spirit, not a true member of dragonkind.

Su Lun was now facing a true pure-blood blue dragon.

He raised his hand to beckon, and two corpse dressed in mage robes appeared by his side, one holding a sealing box and the other a bag, and they walked towards the lightning spear and the fruits.

Very smoothly, one corpse was charred by electricity, but also managed to place the lightning spear in the sealing box.

The other corpse managed to pull the whole tree and the fruits into a bag specifically for holding materials.

With the treasures in hand, Su Lun tugged at a thread and quickly stashed the two items into the Mini Void Realm.

However, because he had taken the lightning spear, at the same time, the violent clouds in the sky above the island suddenly quieted down.

The lightning elements no longer gathered, and the clouds showed signs of dissipating instantly.

The sign was clear even from tens of kilometers away.

Through the communicator, various observation points of the Dawn Squad immediately reported, "Mr. Su Lun, be careful, the evil dragon is flying back to the island! Its speed is faster than before, having reached 5.5 times the speed of sound!"

Su Lun wasn't surprised at all; the Thunder Dragon's speed, no matter how fast, wasn't faster than his spatial teleportation.

However, after obtaining the treasure, he didn't intend to flee.

Hearing that the evil dragon was flying back as planned, Su Lun responded through the communicator, "Everyone, move into the designated hunting area, prepare to hunt!"

As he spoke, he didn't even have time to attend to the treasures, leaving only the body that had been scorched earlier, then teleported away from Thunder Sea Island.

...

Elsewhere, in Atalan City.

The Blue Dragon moved as fast as lightning, streaking a blue line across the sky.

It wasn't in a hurry to partake of the human sacrifices offered to it but was patrolling its hunting grounds instead.

The city's crowd, full of trepidation, eagerly watched the evil dragon consume the sacrificed girl, hoping it would be satisfied thereafter and then return to Dragon Island.

The girls floating on the small boats in the sea had mostly fainted from fright; even the ones still awake shuddered under the dragon's might, helplessly waiting for death.

Suddenly, without any warning and for reasons unknown, the evil dragon let out an extremely angry dragon roar that filled the skies, then turned around and flew back?

This scene baffled everyone.

Everyone clearly heard the dragon's fury and faintly sensed that something terrible was about to happen.

People hiding everywhere looked at each other, all guessing what could have enraged the dragon so much.

"That... why did the evil dragon fly back?"

"Could someone have really gone to Thunder Sea Island to steal the Dragon Breath Fruit?"

"It seems that only this possibility would make the dragon react so. "

"We're doomed now; that guy has doomed us all, and Atalán City too. Even if there are sacrifices, after the dragon kills that thief, it's bound to vent its fury on the city..."

"Run for it!"

"..."

At that moment, everyone in the large city fled.

They could already imagine that once the evil dragon returned, Atalan City was bound to turn into ruins.

Meanwhile, the sudden turn of events had also caught the dragon knights deployed outside the city off guard.

They had planned to ambush it near the coast when the dragon approached, then strike.

With "Dragon Hunter" Bartolo Figaro and a full squadron of flying dragons under their command, they were confident of slaying the giant dragon despite some losses and then moving onto the island to search for the Dragon Breath Fruit.

But what was happening now?

"Commander Bennett, the lightning around Thunder Sea Island has dissipated!"

"How is that possible? Did someone really go to the island?"

"The current situation is unclear, our scouts have already been dispatched to investigate."

"..."

People in the Knight Order were also very perplexed.

If their brains were in order, they would never entertain the idea of targeting that evil dragon.

And that Thunder Lightning Blue Dragon flew so fast; even if someone really stole something, they couldn't possibly escape.

It wasn't long before the message came again, "Commander, the latest intelligence from the front line reports that the Blue Dragon returned to the island and then flew southeast, apparently chasing someone."

Hearing this, the man named Bennett pondered for a moment.

He found it hard to understand, besides their royal knights, who else would dare to provoke that evil dragon.

But he quickly made a decision, "Prepare for battle as originally planned. Although we're unsure who went to the island, after the dragon kills that thief, it will surely return to Atalan City to unleash its fury, and we still have a chance."

The crowd responded, "Yes!"

Throughout, the "Dragon Hunter" Bartolo, who was accumulating Sword Qi, remained silent.

He also believed someone had gone to Thunder Sea Island, but he didn't think the dragon would come back.

"Could it be them?"

Bartolo suddenly thought of two young men he had met at the casino the previous day.

But he was unsure, even though he felt they were strong, they shouldn't have the capability to handle a seventh-tier Thunder Lightning Blue Dragon.

Then suddenly, he remembered something, a bright glint flashed through his eyes, and he muttered to himself, "Oh, I almost forgot, they managed to cross the Eternal Night Sea, they must have an excellent team. I underestimated those two young men..."

...

The Blue Dragon "Kaz Kaz" returned to its lair at lightning speed.

The evil dragon found that while most of the gold and silver treasures were still there, its two most prized possessions were missing!

Dragons are not only mighty but also have an extremely keen sense of smell.

It immediately discerned that seven thieves had come to the island!

Four of them carried the scent of death, like undead creatures.

The other three humans were the ones who had stolen the treasures!

Oh, look, the dragon also found a freshly dead body.

It was one of the vile thieves who had attempted to steal the Thunder Spear and had been struck dead by lightning!

"That detestable little thief, after this dragon eats that thief, I must go to that city and eat a thousand humans to quell my rage!"

The arrogant "Kazka" roared furiously into the sky, rising like a bolt of lightning, furiously pursuing the scent.

...

Su Lun had stolen two treasures on Thunder Sea Island and then teleported southeastward.

The "Dragon Taming Secret Techniques" detailed the habits of dragons extensively, so how could he not know their sense of smell was incredibly strong?

Within a few hundred kilometers, the desk blue dragon could smell the scent of its prey.

Su Lun could have used ultra-long-distance teleportation to escape this range and leave the blue dragon with no trail to follow.

But he did not do so.

The direction of his escape led to a temporary camp of a celestial plane mage on Rainbow Island.

A pure-blooded giant dragon in excellent condition and in a state of fury was not something to be trifled with...

Luring disaster to the east was part of the plan.

It turned out that those who fly with wings cannot outrun those who can perform spatial teleportation.

Especially one who possesses the "Isaac Alchemist's Heart" with nearly infinite spiritual power to support a tier-seven alchemist.

Su Lun, to allow this wicked dragon to catch up, also secretly disrupted the teleportation.

Once discovered, he fled "in panic," with the lightning blue dragon closing in behind him.

A few hundred kilometers was but a few minutes' journey for this man and dragon.

Upon checking, the defense barrier of Rainbow Island was already in sight.

With one teleportation, Su Lun had already vanished without a trace.

...

Where was the blue dragon "Kazka" not aware of the human thief's destination?

From afar, it smelled the dense presence of humans on that island.

Moreover, the scent of those humans was identical to that of the corpses previously on the island!

So there were accomplices.

You think hiding here, you can survive?

Hmph, the mighty dragon race is not so easily provoked!

Contempt was all that was in the eyes of the blue dragon.

As a creature at the top of the food chain, it never knew what "fear" was.

A bunch of humans was not enough to make it retreat.

"Kazka" charged towards the magic barrier and unleashed a breath of lightning.

Suddenly, the sky was filled with dense thunderclouds, this breath akin to a tier-eight arcane level magic.

But to "Kazka's" surprise, the breath was actually blocked by the defense barrier?

This made it angrier, its wings flapping as it dived down, whipping up a terrifying storm of thunder and lightning.

At the same time, over a dozen magic towers within the defense barrier also lit up.

The professional mage legion had ample combat experience, and the celestial plane mages had been battling attracted deep-sea leviathans for days. Thinking this giant dragon was another troublemaker, they naturally unleashed a flurry of spells in retaliation.

Those who controlled did so, those who dealt damage did so, various legion magic conduits were also rolled out, and stronger magic forbidden spells were being chanted.

The battle turned fierce from the very first moment.

...

Seeing both sides clash upon encounter, Su Lun, hiding in the sea somewhere, also enjoyed watching while muttering, "It's only been a few days and so many have teleported here. Tsk tsk... That blue dragon's temper will get it beaten."

It turned out, despite being intelligent, the dragon could not possibly understand beings it had never encountered before.

In the dragon's eyes, the humans in this maritime area were merely its hunting grounds, ready to be hunted whenever it was hungry.

But these humans were not the humans it understood.

Not to mention the alchemists, how could it have ever encountered these mages from the celestial plane?

Although the blue dragon was strong, several ten-thousand-person mage legions were stronger.

To know, a ten-thousand-person mage legion could match the power of tier nine!

The result was...

Su Lun witnessed this maritime ruler, the blue dragon, getting thoroughly beaten up by society.

But the blue dragon was, after all, from the pure-blooded dragon race; its dragon scales were almost entirely immune to magic, and the likelihood of it being killed in a short time was not great. Moreover, its speed was extremely fast, and if it wanted to escape, those ten-thousand-person mage legions could not possibly catch up.

However, this was also the scenario Su Lun wanted to see.

From the beginning, he had guessed that the blue dragon and these celestial plane mages would be at an impasse, and a two-sided loss was the best scenario.

Eventually, the blue dragon would certainly flee.

Su Lun watched the intense fight with satisfaction.

The more these mages exhausted the wicked dragon, the easier it would be for the Dawn Brigade to handle it.

Finally, after half an hour of fierce battle, the wicked dragon finally recognized the reality amid its fury; it couldn't do anything to those humans hidden within the magic barrier.

It had already developed the intention to retreat.

Su Lun, seeing the first part of the plan succeed, again notified his people, "Everyone, prepare to intercept the target!"