The Fire Child and the Mutant Giant Lizard

Su Nan’s expression was cold, continually releasing globules of acid that splattered.

He targeted the knight-level Black-scaled Lizardmen.

In just the span of a few breaths, as many as seven Black-scaled Lizardmen fell to his spells.

The Black-scaled Lizardmen were already at a disadvantage, and with Su Nan’s intervention, the situation became increasingly unfavorable for them.

The scales of victory gradually tilted towards Blackstone City.

“Roar!”

Just then, a sudden roar erupted!
The Black-scaled Lizardmen chieftain noticed Su Nan’s threat and intended to eliminate this human with strange powers first.

But just as it made a move, it was intercepted by Brother Ke Yi.

“Lizard head, your opponent is me!”

Brother Ke Yi sneered, swinging his sword in a slashing arc.

The combination of peak knight-level strength and the brute force potion made this strike produce a piercing sound as it cut through the air.

The pupils of the Black-scaled Lizardmen chieftain sharply contracted, not daring to take the blow head-on, hurriedly dodging backward, losing the opportunity to approach Su Nan.

“Gluahara,”

The Black-scaled Lizardmen chieftain uttered a strange, piercing sound.

Brother Ke Yi dismissed it as unwilling cursing and prepared to continue his attack but suddenly sensed something amiss and quickly looked towards Su Nan’s direction.

A massive black shadow had unknowingly appeared from behind the battlefield, rapidly charging towards Su Nan.

Bured was the first to notice the black shadow, abruptly turning around, angrily raising his Black Stone Iron Shield to collide with the approaching shadow!

Boom!
Amidst the ear-splitting thud, Bured was thrown back like a kite with a broken string.

In contrast, the black shadow simply took a few steps back, shook its head, and regained its composure.

Seizing this opportunity, Su Nan also discerned the true form of the black shadow.

It turned out to be a giant lizard, seven or eight meters long, covered in hard black and red scales.

“I didn’t expect these lizard brains could also use diversion tactics.”

Su Nan smirked, showing no sign of panic.

He had discovered this creature earlier than Brother Ke Yi and Bured and had long been ready with a spell, promptly casting a Sleep Curse.

The giant lizard was clearly a mutant with awakened dragon lizard bloodline. It could easily send Bured, who had taken the brute force potion, flying in a power clash, suggesting its combat strength had likely reached the pinnacle knight level. Acid splashes were unlikely to cause it significant harm, and might instead incite its ferocity.

Thus, Su Nan decisively chose the Sleep Curse.

The giant lizard, just about to charge, suddenly shook its head, as if drunken, swaying where it was.

“I must say, it truly lives up to a mutant bloodline, even able to withstand the Sleep Curse.”

Su Nan smiled wryly while swiftly taking out a spell scroll of 【Level 1 Monster Summoning】 and instantly activating it.

In an instant, a brilliant star-shaped array appeared a few meters ahead on the ground.

As the light fluctuated, a creature, less than a meter tall, engulfed in searing flames, vaguely humanoid, appeared out of nowhere, laughing with a child’s crisp voice.

“A Fire Child, not bad luck.”

Su Nan’s lips curved into a smile.

The Monster Summoning spell, as its name implies, can summon beings from other realms to assist in battle following the caster’s command.

The power of the summoned beings depends on the spell’s level, the caster’s mental strength, and luck.

Level 1 Monster Summoning can summon beings with power ranging from a mid-level knight to a junior grand knight.

And the Fire Child, a creature from the plane of fire elements, has fighting strength roughly equivalent to a pinnacle knight.

Although unable to summon a being of junior grand knight level, a pinnacle knight level alien being is already quite good.

Under Su Nan’s command, the Fire Child cheered as it charged toward the still-dazed giant lizard, embracing it.

In almost an instant, the scales where the Fire Child touched the giant lizard’s body softened, shrank, then turned to charcoal.

Blazing flames ignited, the scorching heat sizzling the flesh beneath.

The excruciating pain instantly jolted the giant lizard from the residual effects of the Sleep Curse, letting out an ear-splitting wail.

It swung its massive body, rolling rapidly on the ground, extinguishing the flames on it while distancing itself from the Fire Child, then opened its tooth-filled mouth to fiercely bite the Fire Child.

Unfortunately, physical attacks have very limited damage against the Fire Child, an elemental creature. The teeth passed straight through the Fire Child, causing little harm, while the lizard itself got its mouth burnt by the flames, howling in pain repeatedly.

The Fire Child giggled as it opened its arms to pounce again.

Burning and Flame Aura!
These are the two abilities possessed by the Fire Child.

The former causes any creature touched by the Fire Child to suffer intense fire damage, even metal will melt into slag.

The latter allows the Fire Child to continuously emit high-heat rays, causing sustained burning damage to all creatures within a ten-meter radius.

In simple terms, the Fire Child is a walking source of high heat.

Without a magic item to insulate against high heat, being close to it means constant burning damage from its flames.

The giant lizard evidently had no means to counter the Fire Child.

Its scales couldn’t withstand the blazing flames.

Under the chasing Fire Child, the giant lizard could only flee in dire straits, no longer showcasing the formidable and fierce demeanor it had when it first appeared.

Bured, having just regained his breath and climbed up from the ground, looked up to see this scene, eyes widened in disbelief.

What kind of creature is that?

To actually suppress that terrifying giant lizard!

Not far away, Brother Ke Yi exhaled a sigh of relief, inwardly marveling.

As expected of Su Nan, his methods are endless.

For the Black-scaled Lizardmen to target him for a sneak attack was undoubtedly their worst decision.

“Hehehe,”

The joyful laughter mixed with agonizing screams echoed over the battlefield.

Despite its best efforts to dodge and avoid direct contact, the Flame Aura from the Fire Child still tormented the giant lizard unbearably.

In just a short while, the giant lizard could no longer find intact scales on its body, covered in horrific burn marks.

After extinguishing the flames on it once more, the giant lizard finally couldn’t withstand it anymore, rushing to a distance not far from Su Nan. It lay on the ground, shaking its head up and down, and in its amber vertical pupils, a human-like pleading emotion appeared, as if it was begging him for mercy.

“Quite spirited for a lizard.”
Su Nan clicked his tongue in amazement.

Having encountered such a rare mutant, he didn’t want to kill it outright, so he halted the Fire Child’s pursuit and casually tossed another Sleep Curse.

The severely injured giant lizard was no longer able to resist the effects of the Sleep Curse, its eyelids fluttered, and in the next second, it fell into a deep sleep.

Cautious, Su Nan didn’t stop there. He patted the nearby Blackrock Panther, letting it go forward to suppress the giant lizard, then placed his hand on its body, casting another Fatigue Touch to drain the giant lizard’s energy, ensuring this massive beast was completely incapacitated.

After all this, he finally shifted his attention away from the lizard, turning to look towards the battlefield.

At that moment, all surviving Black-scaled Lizardmen felt a chill run straight up their spines.

In their terrified eyes, the terrifying flame creature was rushing toward them with elated cheerfulness.