My SSS-Rank Clone Talent: I Level Up Endlessly! novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Supreme Dragon Emperor vs Paragons!

Silence.

A moment of complete stillness hung in the air.

No one dared to speak. Eyes were wide, mouths frozen in silent "O"s.

Drayken turned his dragon head toward them and sneered.

Another bolt of lightning coalesced within his core, ready to blast another foe into oblivion.

It happened in the blink of an eye.

And then, chaos erupted.

The humans attacked, and the dragons retaliated without hesitation.

A deafening boom followed, so thunderous it drowned out the world itself.

The battle ignited, with humans swarming the dragons by sheer numbers.

But quantity doesn’t always overcome quality and that truth was becoming painfully clear.

Dragons possessed formidable defenses, especially their scales, which were harder than what their level alone would suggest.

Even attacks that exceeded their own power often failed to pierce them.

Equally terrifying was their offensive capability, wielding devastating spells with deadly precision.

With both near-impenetrable defense and overwhelming attack power, defeating a single dragon required an enormous amount of energy.

Humans, by contrast, had weaker, more fragile bodies. A single flick of a dragon’s tail could reduce them to nothing more than pulp.

Drayken alone faced twenty opponents, unleashing wave after wave of electric beams to obliterate them.

But to his surprise, all his attacks were blocked by a strange electromagnetic defense field.

"Hmm? Interesting."

His slitted eyes flashed with curiosity as he observed.

He was certainly intrigued by the humans’ telekinetic abilities.

’Perhaps the main body could dispatch a clone to the human side... We could analyze their powers and repurpose them for our own.’

Even as he strategized, Drayken continued his assault, relentlessly launching beams of lightning. The defenders were already at their limit, their faces pale with exhaustion.

He was moments away from ending them all.

But then, a harsh voice thundered from above:

"Enough."

A terrifying force crashed down from the sky, locking Drayken in place, completely frozen, unable to move.

Drayken thrashed and writhed, his massive dragon body twisting with all its might—but he couldn’t move. It was as if an invisible barrier had locked him in place, freezing him completely.

He gritted his teeth.

Veins bulged like thick, coiled pipes across his body, pulsing with raw energy.

The harder he struggled, the tighter the force constricted around him. But instead of fear, rage surged within him.

His roar echoed like thunder, shaking the very air.

For the first time, he felt his bloodline boil, like a volcano erupting from deep within.

Since his evolution into the Lightning Saint Bloodline of unknown grade, he had never lost control. Emotions had always bowed to his will, unlike during his time with the lesser bloodline.

But now, for the first time... his bloodline had erupted on its own.

Dark clouds grew in a cluster in the skies, completely covering the sun.

The thunderous roar in the skies grew louder.

And Drayken opened his jaws forcefully and released a terrifying roar.

Boom!

The lightning gathered, coiling around his entire body before it gradually morphed into an armour that surrounded his body.

Covered in lightning armour, Drayken seemed to have gained newfound strength as he wriggled his muscles again and again until he finally broke free.

[You have awakened a hidden feature of the bloodline]

[You have gained the title <The Awakener>]

...

<The Awakener>

Any hidden ability in your body would be quickly awakened.

...

Lightning surged in Drayken’s core as he tilted his head toward the sky, eyes blazing with unbridled fury.

"Oh?"

A calm, intrigued voice echoed from above.

"An interesting one."

"How dare you!?"

Suddenly, a furious roar split the sky. A colossal shadow descended, casting darkness across the battlefield.

Drayken looked up, his pupils dilated. Though he couldn’t sense its presence directly, his bloodline instinctively began to calm, tamed by sheer pressure.

Above, the towering silhouette of a dragon filled the sky, vast enough to blanket the heavens in its shadow.

The oppressive force pinning Drayken down vanished in an instant, followed by a pained scream from its wielder.

"Supreme Dragon Emperor, there are five Paragons here. And you... you are alone. Shall we fight again?"

"Oh? I’d heard a rumor, a human had reached the Paragon level. Seems it was true, after all," the old dragon mumbled.

"But this is not enough."

They fought in the blink of an eye.

Drayken looked with stunned eyes as the sky started to shatter in front of him like glass.

And from within the crevices of the cracked skies, a terrifying darkness seeped out.