Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

And just then... the Valkyrie phantom had launched an attack on Black Dragon, even strengthening her force, which was so strong that it left her a bit dumbfounded.

A Divine Spell-level defense formation was likely to be shattered by a slap from the Valkyrie phantom.

Such a powerful strike on Black Dragon only caused a slight vibration and descent in its dragon body.

It didn't make Black Dragon's rear swell...

"You really dare to hit me?"

Not paying back the money and attacking one's own creditor?

Even if his appearance wasn't human at the moment, he had made himself quite clear, and with the Valkyrie's intelligence, he didn't believe she couldn't guess that he was Lance.

Moreover, the young dragon was not far off, and the Valkyrie had also seen the young dragon just now.

She guessed it was Lance and still hit his rear without any mercy?

That was outright humiliation!

Sophia hitting his dragon rear, he could brush off, because in his heart, Sophia was just a child; a smack on his rear was impolite, and a little correction later would suffice.

But when the Valkyrie smacked his rear, it was different.

The Valkyrie was an adult, likely living even longer than him, and in his heart, Sophia was his peer, a good friend.

To be smacked on the rear by a peer and a good friend, did he have no shame?

The Valkyrie phantom didn't speak and swung her Divine's Left Hand, imbued with a strong divine aura, to bomb his rear again.

"Don't go too far..."

Lance's immense dragon body instantly vanished from the spot, appearing abruptly behind the Valkyrie phantom. He swung his Dragon Tail, attempting to lash her rear.

Not succeeding, the Valkyrie phantom caught his Dragon Tail with her Divine's Right Hand.

He turned and bit at her.

The Valkyrie phantom released her grip on the Dragon Tail, and she saw that Black Dragon's mouth filled with teeth was enveloped by a black mist.

Sophia stood dazed in the void, having never before in her life seen someone dare to attack a deity... Evil Dragon!

[Evil Dragon, you have consumed my good friend Lance. Offer your gold and jewels to me, or use your treasure to build a Valkyrie Temple, and I may forgive your sins.]

The Valkyrie's divine, cold voice resonated in Black Dragon Lance's mind.

Lance flapped his Dragon Wings, widening the distance between himself and the Valkyrie phantom; the Valkyrie phantom was not Sophia, her power was far greater than Sophia's.

He could easily suppress Sophia, but he couldn't easily suppress the Valkyrie.

Even the Sacred Golden Giant Dragon Constandy might not be certain he could overcome the Valkyrie.

The Valkyrie might have become a deity much earlier than Constandy.

Sophia is a Valkyrie, but the Valkyrie is not Sophia.

Understanding this, Lance was not panicked at all; facing the Valkyrie, he didn't feel the slightest sense of inferiority.

He had thought about scenarios of meeting Sophia, but had never imagined meeting the Valkyrie.

And he certainly hadn't expected that one day, the Valkyrie would slap his dragon rear.

Having slapped his rear, now she even wanted to extort him.

Freeload a temple from him.

Heh...

He didn't think of himself as an old-fashioned traditional Evil Dragon that liked to plunder various races, collect gold and jewels, sleeping on a hoard piled up from Gold Coins...

Living too long, thoughts become rigid.

"Don't recognize me? Or are you unwilling to admit I'm your creditor?"

[I do not know you, nor do I have any creditors.]

"Your actions just now were disgraceful, not even repaying your debts but going as far as to attack your own creditor—you don't think that as a deity, you can skip out on debts, do you?"

[I don't understand what you're talking about.]

The Valkyrie phantom produced a blue and Gold War God Spear in her hand.

Today, She wanted to show this former creditor what the consequences of deceiving a deity would be.

As the War God Spear reached Her hands, it became as large as Lance's previous Black Gold Iron Rod. Just as She was about to thrust the spear at Black Dragon, She suddenly found that Black Dragon had vanished from Her perception.

Her eyes could still see Black Dragon in its previous position, but within her perception... that area was devoid of Black Dragon's presence.

As if merging into that void.

Not as if, but truly merging into that void.

Had Black Dragon already mastered this ability?

No wonder he could see Her.

"Don't play dumb, Sophia. Your convoluted logic won't work on me. The stuff about Sophia being a Valkyrie and Valkyrie not being Sophia, in my eyes Sophia is the Valkyrie and the Valkyrie is also Sophia. If Sophia owes me money, it means the Valkyrie owes me money.

A deity owes a debt, she has to repay it; if not, she can work for me or be my bodyguard for a while."

The Valkyrie phantom thrust out with her spear directly.

The void where Lance was sitting rippled.

The spear that pierced the void... seemed to enter another space.

"It's useless. The reason you hit me just now is that I didn't expect a deity like you to ambush a Black Dragon active in the Human World.

You'd better improve your attitude towards me if you keep this up, this strand of your Divine Consciousness might not be able to return to the Divine Realm for a while.

Truth be told, I really want to see if I can trap a strand of a deity's Divine Consciousness in the Human World."

[That's quite bold and domineering. If Sophia owes you money, what does it have to do with me?]

"You are Sophia."

[Show me the evidence.]

"I can't show evidence right now; how about I keep you here in the Human World and then slowly produce the evidence?"

Lance grinned, a rudimentary version of [Heaven] had just been formed, and it was time to test if a strand of the Valkyrie's Divine Consciousness could leave [Heaven].

With a thought, behind Lance's dragon form, mist swirled, and thousands of golden rays pierced through it, while rainbow auras rose.

Within the mist billowing with rainbow auras, a looming and simple gate faintly appeared, with three big characters written on it.

The Valkyrie phantom saw those three characters, a solemn look appearing in Her divine eyes.

She faintly made out that at the entrance of the ancient gate, there were figures in God Armor, and a few towering presences, vaguely causing Her to feel a bit oppressed...

What was this emerging behind Lance?

A Domain?

Or his own little world?

Whether it was a Domain or a small world, the place behind Lance... seemed like an incredible place.

If Her true body descended, She really wanted to go in and take a look, but now, She was just a strand of Divine Consciousness, and Her instincts told Her... that place behind Lance might really be able to keep Her in the Human World.

[Sophia knew Lance as a human. Why, upon meeting again, has the Lance that Sophia knew... turned into a Black Dragon?

Shouldn't you give me an explanation?]

"Likewise, the Sophia I knew was human. I didn't expect that upon meeting again, she would have become a statue in the Temple, and not just any statue, but the Valkyrie.

I was so good to you. After you died and ascended to your rightful place, you never even thought of me. As for me, after your death, not only did I avenge you, but I also built a cenotaph for you.

I even learned Death Spirit Magic, thinking about summoning you from Hell. I was so good to you, yet when you saw my true form, you slapped me on the dragon butt without saying a word, those who recognize you... know you are the Valkyrie, those who don't... might think you're a female hooligan."

The [Heaven] phantom behind Lance disappeared, recognizing him was enough.

[During the time you disappeared, Sophia also searched for you. Even on the verge of death, she still hoped that you would suddenly appear and resolve the crises she faced.]

"If I hadn't been in deep slumber, I indeed would have been right by Sophia's side to resolve the crises she faced. Unfortunately... at that time, I was in deep sleep, otherwise... I definitely wouldn't have watched a debtor die in front of me."

"Aoow—! What are you doing? Why are you ambushing me again?"

Lance glared angrily at the Valkyrie phantom.

The well-behaved Valkyrie phantom suddenly stabbed him with her spear.

[I couldn't help it, it's Sophia's behavior.]

The Valkyrie phantom looked dumbfounded at Her own right hand, indeed it wasn't Her intention, it was Her right hand that moved on its own.

Otherwise, with Lance's ability, there's no way he could not have dodged that spear.

Probably the words [debtor] made Her feel uncomfortable...

[My money is in the Divine Realm, don't say I won't pay you back. If you have the guts, come to the Divine Realm to collect the debt. At that time, I will certainly repay the money Sophia owes you in full.]

Lance narrowed his vertical pupils slightly, collect the debt in the Divine Realm?

He probably couldn't go there, but he could have Hell Death God Solomon go on his behalf to the Divine Realm to collect the debt...