Already foolish enough, now he's gotten even more stupid.
He had just opened his mouth to speak when his expression suddenly changed; his dark-gold vertical pupils narrowed into a thin line.
Immediately, the entire magma pool began to churn as if it were boiling.
"Damn it, something's coming."
His words had barely left his lips when the center of the magma pool bulged up into a massive vortex, and a colossal crimson beast burst out of the magma.
The splattering magma rained down onto the rock walls, making a sizzling, corrosive sound.
The creature resembled a gigantic turtle, but it had a dragon's head, a serpent's tail, and its shell was covered in sharp bone spikes, each one glimmering with a ghostly, cold light.
"Is that... is that a Dragon Turtle?"
Malachi Arcanus drew in a chilling breath, his body swaying on the withered tree, terrified he might fall off.
Mael Valerius's face darkened considerably, frowning: "No, that's the Abyssal Flame Turtle!"
