--"hot".
This is Stella's only feeling at this moment.
When Stella drank the small bottle of dragon blood, Stella felt as if a ball of magma had been injected into her body, causing her heartbeat to beat as powerfully as if stimulated. The blood in his body also seemed to turn into magma, becoming hotter than ever before.
That was different from the burning heat caused by the flames when awakening and learning abilities in the past.
The burning of the flame only caused skin trauma.
But this time, the burning heat came from the inside out, as if it had ignited Stella's internal organs, making it extremely painful and uncomfortable.
"Ugh...ah!"
At that moment, Stella bent her body and let out a distressed cry from her throat.
"boom!"
The empty bottle that originally contained dragon blood, but was now drank down, slipped from Stella's hand and fell to the ground, turning into a pile of fragments with a crisp cracking sound.
"Dong dong - dong dong - dong dong -"
The next second, Stella, who was screaming in distress, heard the sound of her heart beating loudly and clearly.
"Hello... !"
Seeing Stella in such pain and abnormality, Zhu Shizuku almost reflexively prepared to get closer.
"Don't go there! Shizuku!"
However, Ikki grabbed Zhu Shizuku fiercely and screamed at Zhu Shizuku.
That cry was full of urgency and tension like never before.
Apparently, Ikki's extraordinary fighting instincts and the power of his "mind's eye" to enter the Tao with the sword made him aware of it.
He realized that a terrifying existence was waking up in front of him.
Of course, if Ikki can detect it, Luo Zhen will not fail to notice it.
At least, through "Spiritual Vision" inspection, Luo Zhen has been able to see that all the Yin Qi in Stella's body, which was originally a human woman, gradually turned into Dragon Qi.
Then...
“Zheng—!”
On Stella's body, dazzling light shone like a scorching sun.
At the same time, an unparalleled high temperature turned into a heat wave and radiated from Stella's body.
"Uh, ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh-!"
Amid the strong light and heat waves, Stella's extremely painful screams could be heard.
"Varied... !?"
"So hot...!"
Ikki and Shushizuku, who were relatively close to Stella, were touched by the light and heat that exploded from Stella's body, as if they were touching red-hot steel, and they retreated subconsciously.
Only Luo Zhen was still standing in the position closest to Stella, enduring the oncoming light and heat. The expression on his face was always so calm. Only the magic power surged like a spring, and while it was acting, he was about to attack. The light and heat seemed to be separated, protecting Luo Zhen's body.
Otherwise, even if Luo Zhen is not melted by the high temperature, he will be burned red instantly.
The storm of light that swept up from Stella's body was so terrifying, blowing in all directions like a hot sickle.
Then the earth began to smoke, and became red and hot again.
As a result, the place under Stella's feet turned into magma and was gradually melted.
Luo Zhen was swallowed up by such a terrible burst of light and heat.
"Luo Zhen...!"
Ikki, who was retreating far away, raised his hands to resist the scorching storm and shouted forward.
"Fool... !"
Zhu Shizuku scolded Luo Zhen for being stupid for enduring such heat at close range.
But the truly astonishing sight is only now beginning to appear.
“Bang—!”
Following an explosion of light and heat, a shadow slowly emerged from behind Stella, who was moaning in pain.
It was a phantom of a dragon slowly spreading its ferocious wings.
The moment the dragon shadow appeared, a crack appeared on Stella's chest, like a red wound, near her heart.
The wound was glowing red like a soldering iron, slowly shining.
The wound seemed to be beating with a pulse, extinguishing bit by bit, making Stella's skin and red hair seem to be echoing its pulse, emitting a burning light from within.
Stella raised her head like this and opened her mouth...
"■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■—!"
In the next moment, Stella roared.
That was not a roar that a human being could make.
That's the roar of the earth.
It was a raging wave.
It was a howl that shook the atmosphere.
There is no doubt that it is the roar of a dragon.
"—!"
Ikki and Zhu Shizuku endured the roaring sound that made their ears whimper, and their whole bodies seemed to be tense and became extremely stiff.
Simply because, as human beings, their instincts were telling the two of them that what appeared in front of them was an existence standing at the top of all living things, the highest end of the food chain.
That is - "Dragon".
As the hot dragon blood blended into her body, the dragon power in Stella was finally awakened.
only...
"Uh, ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh-!"
After Stella let out a shocking roar, her voice immediately turned into a painful scream, causing her to hug her body and tremble as if struggling.
"not good!"
Looking at this scene, Ikki's expression suddenly changed.
"What... what happened...!?"
Zhu Shizuku was a little panicked.
Just at this time...
"This is going to be troublesome."
"It seems that Her Highness the Princess is unable to withstand the sudden burst of powerful power and is already showing signs of falling out of control."
Two figures suddenly appeared next to Ikki and Shushizuku, and their eyes towards Stella became solemn.
"Li... Chairman...!?"
"...!?"
Ikki and Shushizuku recognized the identity of the visitor.
It was Shinguji Kurono and Nishikyo Neon.
"Kurotie, please step back quickly."
Shinguji Kurono threw away the cigarette butts and held a black gun in each hand.
"This is not something you can handle now, so back off quickly."
Xijing Ningyin also floated as if she had lost weight, and her hands each held an iron fan at some point.
Two strong men who were ranked third in the world in the A-level league of appeared here, preparing to intervene.
However, the appearance of the two people was completely unnecessary.
Just when Shinguji Kurono and Nishikyo Neine were about to rush forward...
"Buzz!"
With a trembling sound, countless silver-white chains emerged from the light and heat storm, like chains from heaven. Before the out-of-control Stella could react, they suddenly wrapped around her body.
"Ah! Ah!"
Stella roared in pain while struggling subconsciously.
The terrifying huge force acted on the chains, pulling the silver-white chains straight, making the atmosphere and the earth tremble one after another, and causing strong winds.
In this way, the awakened dragon was imprisoned by the chains forged by the gods.