Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 349: The Encirclement of Dragons
Dragon blood continued to gush out from the face of the Hungarian Horntail Dragon. The moment the hot scarlet liquid came into contact with trees and grass leaves, it made a "sizzling" sound like molten lava.
John's killing curse failed to kill it immediately. For a fire dragon with full magic immunity, normal killing curses could not kill it. It was like a wizard who had never learned the killing curse suddenly used it on someone. At most, it could only make the person bleed from the nose and feel dizzy for a while.
The Horntail's current condition is certainly not so mild. John's two-handed killing curse was not only researched by himself based on the forbidden book, but also under the long-term guidance of Grindelwald. Its power is much stronger than the killing curse used by normal dark wizards.
This degree of death curse caused the Tree Bee Dragon to suffer severe damage. It felt dizzy and did not get up from the ground for a long time. However, the terrifying amount of dragon blood that had spurted out of its seven orifices at the beginning had gradually stopped, leaving only a large pool of blood on the ground.
It was also lucky enough because the flying speed was fast enough, and John himself was constantly moving, so there was not much time for accurate aiming. If this killing curse hit the eye where the defense was weakest, it would not be as simple as it was now, and it would definitely not escape death.
But even so, it did not cause much fear in the heart of the tree wasp dragon, but instead aroused its ferocity even more!
It struggled to get up from the grass, and its huge wings suddenly spread open!
All the trees that were touched were broken on the spot by the enormous force, until a turbulent airflow swept the grass and treetops. The Tree Bee Dragon roared, and the dragon blood that had not yet dried kept sliding and dripping from the surface of its dragon scales, and finally rose into the sky again!
Jon was breathing heavily and kept dodging and moving in the air.
The Norwegian Ridgeback that had been following the Hungarian Horntail before was still chasing him closely, and the dragon's breath that was constantly spewing out had a temperature high enough to melt steel, constantly baking his back.
Casting spells with both hands can enhance the power of the spell, but this method is not without cost and will seriously overdraw the caster's physical strength.
The more advanced the spell, the more physical strength it consumes. The Killing Curse is the most powerful of the dark magic. John thought that the spell he just cast was enough to kill the Hungarian Horntail Dragon even if it couldn't hit the eye directly. But he still underestimated the dragon's powerful resistance to magic.
Even if John could use a second killing curse like this now, he wouldn't dare to use it again.
Even if he succeeded in killing a fire dragon, it would not help his next situation at all. There were at least five or six dragons targeting him and chasing him in the sky. If he forced himself to cast an enhanced killing curse, he would probably lie on the ground for a long time and would not be able to get up. That would be no different from committing suicide.
As for the wand inspection after the game, instead of worrying about being held accountable by the referee team, Jon should think about what ugly words he will use to curse them.
No matter who was behind this accident, the direct responsibility must be the referee in charge of the normal competition. He was forced to use the death curse, so it is not John's fault.
While dodging the attacks of the Norwegian Ridgeback in the air, Jon also noticed that other dragons were getting closer and closer to him.
It was a Hebridean Black Dragon, known for its ferocity and aggressiveness. Flying over from another direction was a Peruvian Venomfang Dragon, which was the smallest known fire dragon, but also the fastest, even faster than the Horned Dragon!
It crossed a distance of dozens of meters almost in the blink of an eye, aiming directly at Jon. Its scarlet pupils were full of madness, and its pair of long fangs full of poisonous substances were so eye-catching in the moonlight!
In addition, the Hungarian Horntail Dragon had already crawled up from the ground. Facing the siege of four fire dragons, Jon knew in his heart that he could not continue to stay in the open sky like this.
If he had the advantage in speed, then getting out of the forbidden forest and placing the battlefield in mid-air would undoubtedly be the best option. In that way, he could observe the direction of the dragons' movements while evading them, thus avoiding the situation like before when Hoss took him running in the woods and happened to collide head-on with the Ukrainian Iron Belly.
But now, it is these fire dragons that have the speed advantage, so Jon must choose to change his strategy and return to the densely wooded forbidden forest.
Given the huge size of these fire dragons, no matter how fast they are, they cannot perform in this forbidden forest. On the contrary, Jon can evade them with his more agile body.
So Jon didn't hesitate and directly changed the direction of flight. At the same time as the Hungarian Horntail Dragon took off again, he also entered the dense woods of the Forbidden Forest.
He did not land between the trees, but kept flying at a low altitude, as nimble as a bird in the forbidden forest, constantly moving forward.
Soon, the ridgeback closest to Jon also crashed into the woods!
That's right, with its body size, it is impossible for it to shuttle through the forbidden forest. The word "collision" is more appropriate to describe it. Countless trees around it collapsed under the heavy pressure, and the indigenous animals of the forbidden forest had no time to react and fled in all directions!
The tall trees deep in the Forbidden Forest, which had taken who knows how many hundreds of years to grow, provided enough resistance to the Ridgeback, so that it could not keep up with Jon's flying speed and was soon left behind.
But these fire dragons are much smarter than Jon imagined!
The Norwegian Ridgeback was frustrated in the Forbidden Forest, but the other three dragons that were approaching Jon had no intention of chasing him at the same level. Their original method of tracking Jon was by smell rather than sight.
After he flew into the woods, the first one to approach was the Peruvian Venomfang Dragon, which was the fastest dragon!
Soon it locked onto Jon's position under the tree through smell, and then without hesitation aimed its pair of long and narrow fangs at the ground, and the entire dragon body began to fall!
"boom!"
Even though it is the smallest species of dragon, the Peruvian Venomfang Dragon is much larger than the average creature. Its size plus the huge impact force generated by falling from the sky caused the nearby ground to vibrate violently!
Jon heard the movement above his head two seconds in advance. He couldn't see the figure of the Venomous Dragon through the tree canopy, but his body had already reacted instantly. As the surrounding trees were broken by the heavy pressure, making a weak and crisp sound, he instantly deviated to the right!
After all, the Venomfang Dragon was not too big. If the one falling was an Ironbelly, Jon would not be able to avoid it no matter what.
But even so, the strong wind caused by the heavy object falling to the ground still blew his body off course, making him unable to control the direction of his flight, and he crashed straight into the trunk of a big tree!
The moment he was hit hard on the back, Jon felt as if his whole body had lost consciousness, and then an uncontrollable fishy and sweet taste surged up in his throat!
Suppressing the urge to vomit blood, he did not stop at all. He immediately reorganized the floating spell on his body and flew away from this place immediately!
Just two or three seconds after he flew away, a golden-red dragon flame fell from the sky!
The high temperature ignited the surrounding trees in an instant, and after the dragon's breath realized that it had not attacked the target correctly, it did not stop, but continued to move in the direction of Jon's escape. In just a few seconds, this place had turned into a sea of fire!
Jon endured the pain and continued to fly forward while grimacing. He had escaped with a carriage before, entered the wolf den in Hogwarts Castle, been to Azkaban prison, been surrounded by Death Eaters, and faced the most cruel dark wizard couple. But today he encountered such a miserable situation in front of a group of beasts.
It can only be said that the person who planned this plan has calculated his abilities accurately. The mobility of being able to fly can be a great advantage when facing wizards, but when facing multiple fire dragons, this is not an advantage. Instead, it will infinitely magnify his target.
In addition, the fire dragon itself has extremely strong defense, and Jon's magic power has not yet fully developed. Normal spells can't break through their defense at all, let alone any effective damage.
The reason they were able to escape so easily in the beginning was entirely due to the speed that Hoss's race gave them. Now that the two of them were fleeing separately, even if Jon was only facing five or six fire dragons, they would still not be easy for him to defeat.
With such a large number, even the most professional dragon slayers would need to gather more than 20 people to barely deal with it, and these people were all well-trained experts in fighting dragons, but Jon was alone now.
Just after Jon escaped from the dragon breath of the Hornet Dragon that was hit by his killing curse and was seriously injured, the next moment, a shadow covering the starry sky enveloped his head!
The Hebrides Black Dragon is much larger than the Peruvian Venomtooth Dragon!
This kind of dragon has always been known for its strong physique, so Jon reacted even faster than before. His body accelerated and leaned forward. In order to increase the speed to the extreme, he even turned his back and silently cast a blasting spell very close behind him!
Under the continuous spells, John was ejected like a cannonball!
Then, the black dragon's figure heavily overwhelmed the forest. Even though Jon had increased his speed to the fastest, he still couldn't avoid its size.
The huge and ferocious head was aimed directly at his open bloody mouth, and a burst of burning sparks came out of it! It seemed that it wanted to swallow Jon directly into its mouth and then roast him into charcoal with its dragon breath!
But at the same time, Jon also raised the wand in his hands with both hands!
The spell-casting action that had almost become muscle memory was instantly performed by him, and the spell came out of his mouth!
"God's sword has no shadow!"
In the magic world, there are only a handful of magic spells that are faster than the Shadowless Magic. Almost at the same time when John recited the spell, countless sharp blades produced a long and narrow vibration in the air!
Then the air was cut, and the piercing sound of breaking air and the sound of flesh being torn suddenly rang out!
Compared with the eyes, the mouth of a fire dragon is not considered a vulnerable part. After all, it can withstand the high temperature of dragon's breath, and the defense inside the mouth is not much inferior to that of its body surface.
But even if it is not much inferior, the internal defense is still not as good as dragon skin. In addition, Jon's Shadowless Divine Strike is a complete and enhanced one, and its power is far beyond the ordinary version!
The invisible blade raged in the black dragon's mouth, causing it to feel unbearable pain. Taking advantage of this gap, Jon accelerated forward as if gliding in mid-air, and finally escaped from the coverage of the black dragon!
The Hebridean black dragon roared in pain, and hot blood continued to flow out of its closed mouth and drip onto the grass.
Just as Jon had escaped from danger, a huge claw suddenly brushed past him and hit the ground!
The Norwegian Ridgeback that had followed him into the Forbidden Forest was now stepping on the black dragon's body, trying to kill Jon with its claws!
Although its attack was off target, some of the rocks splashed by the dragon claws on the ground still hit Jon. This aggravated the injury for Jon, who already felt that one of his ribs was broken. The fishy smell that had been suppressed in his throat surged up again!
This time he didn't hold back any more, and a stream of blood spurted out of his mouth, staining the grass under his feet red.
The scene around was extremely chaotic. The Norwegian Ridgeback stepped on the back of the Hectic Black Dragon and wanted to attack Jon again. The Peruvian Venomous Dragon, which had just pulled out its fangs from the ground, took off again and was looking for Jon's location. The injured and still dizzy Hungarian Treecrest Dragon took a breath again and gathered dragon fire, as if it didn't care at all that the Black Dragon and the Ridgeback were nearby and wanted to launch another dragon breath at Jon!
Just as Jon wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and was about to distance himself from the fire dragons again, a silver-white figure suddenly jumped out from the sea of fire!
The figure moved extremely fast and aimed at Jon with great accuracy. Before Jon could even react, he felt himself being lifted up by a smooth back and then disappeared from the chaos!
After discovering that Jon had disappeared, the four fire dragons became even more violent.
The Hectic Black Dragon turned around and blew a breath of dragon mixed with blood at the Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon. The Hungarian Horntail Dragon, which had already accumulated enough power, did not stop the dragon flame in its mouth the moment Jon disappeared. The high-temperature flame affected the Peruvian Venomfang Dragon that had just flown up.
Dragons have no racial concepts at all, and now that their common enemy, Jon, has disappeared, conflicts naturally arise between them.
