Chapter 126: The Sentimental And Righteous Iron Armored Fire Dragon
Originally, when facing eighth-level magical beasts like the Iron Armored Fire Dragon, lower-level beasts would avoid them from a distance, but here, this natural law was subverted.
The fifth and sixth-level beasts rushed fearlessly to their deaths, their eyes flashing with a crazy ferocity. Fortunately, the dense population of monsters and beasts here was not just targeting Qi Bei’s group, and they were also fighting each other.
Qi Bei found that when a beast was killed, a faint blue light would escape from their body, which needed to be eliminated again. However, when some of the beasts killed other monster or beasts, their strength would increase by one point.
Upon hearing Qi Bei’s analysis, the others felt a chill in their hearts.
“Master, if this continues, the few surviving beasts after the slaughter of thousands will be extremely terrifying.” Thirteen said in a deep voice.
At this point, Yan Fangfei seemed to have thought of something and her face turned somewhat pale. She spoke with a frightened tone, “There is a legend in our Beast Manor, that there is a way to raise beasts called the ‘Beast Devouring Soul’, where tens of thousands of magic beasts are allowed to gather together, and then the beast tamer’s Beast Spirit is divided into the bodies of these beasts. Then they fight each other, and every time a magic beast kills another, the soul within the dead beast’s body will merge into the Beast Spirit, making it even more powerful. In the end, the last one standing will become the most ferocious beast in the group, and the beast tamer’s Beast Spirit will be condensed into an incredibly powerful form.”
“Beast Devouring Soul?” Qi Bei narrowed his eyes. From this situation, it seemed to be somewhat similar. But obviously, those blue lights that emerged from the blue magma were definitely not a beast tamer’s Beast Spirit.
Anyway, they had to find a way to get out of this place!
For now, they had the Iron Armored Fire Dragon to support them, so they had hardly done anything. However, even the Iron Armored Fire Dragon could not continue to hold on forever. Furthermore, from the increasingly powerful monsters and beasts, he could tell that the remaining ones would probably have the strength of a ninth-level beast.
What is a ninth-level beast? It is an existence comparable to a Saint-level powerhouse. A Saint-level expert, both in body and soul, has transcended the realm of ordinary people and can be called a demigod.
Moreover, the hostility here is too heavy, and being in it, the overwhelming killing intent is difficult to control.
“We’ll fight our way out,” Qi Bei said in a low voice. There are no beasts strong enough to kill the Iron Armored Fire Dragon yet. If they don’t leave now, when will they?
Everyone boarded the broad back of the Iron Armored Fire Dragon. The towering creature pushed forward along the blue magma River like a heavy tank, with Qi Bei and others assisting in the attack, instantly cutting open a bloody path.
However, not long after, Qi Bei and his team’s faces became extremely ugly.
The magma river suddenly turned ninety degrees downward, becoming a lava waterfall. At the edge, there was a huge molten lava pit below, with blue lava churning, but there was no way out on all sides. This was clearly a dead end.
“Let’s go back and check it out over there,” Qi Bei said sternly. The Iron Armored Fire Dragon turned around and headed back.
However, when they arrived at the other end of the magma river, their hearts grew cold. The other end was also a huge molten pit, with no way out.
“What should we do?” Yan Fangfei asked.
Qi Bei’s mouth twitched, his gaze becoming fierce, as if he had returned to the Undead Mountain Range.
“What can we do? Just kill them. Identify the highest-level magic beasts and kill them, then destroy the blue light that floats out.” Qi Bei said coldly, although he was now full of hostility, his heart remained extremely calm. By killing the highest-level ones and destroying the culprit behind the blue light, they can avoid the appearance of a powerful magic beast beyond the Iron Armored Fire Dragon.
Under Qi Bei’s orders, the Iron Armored Fire Dragon charged towards a giant rhinoceros, which was originally only a fifth-level magic beast, but in its frenzy of killing, it was about to reach the strength of an eighth-level magic beast. Its two huge horns thrust out a streak of iron-gray light as it charged, instantly piercing through the horde one by one, and its strength was increasing rapidly.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon roared and charged forward, first slamming its huge body hard into the giant rhinoceros. Although the giant rhinoceros was also quite large, it was no match for the Iron Armored Fire Dragon. After a muffled sound of flesh and skin colliding, the giant rhinoceros was thrown into the air.
Then, the Iron Armored Fire Dragon used the same move it had used to deal with Qi Bei at the time. Its dragon tail flicked out like a whip, causing the space to twist faintly.
“Bang!”
The giant Rhino’s skin ruptured, emitting a roar full of wildness and ferocity. It did not fall as expected after colliding with the rock wall as hard as iron, but instead, it rebounded towards the Iron Armored Fire Dragon like a bullet, taking advantage of the recoil. At the same time, dozens of iron-grey rays of light burst out of its body.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon roared and spewed out silver-purple flames with its breath. Qi Bei already knew that whenever the Iron Armored Fire Dragon spewed out this kind of flame, it was accompanied by its origin power.
The flame hit the giant Rhino’s body, but it was mutually cancelled out by the iron-grey magic energy on its body. At this point, the giant Rhino had already fiercely slammed into the head of the Iron Armored Fire Dragon.
“Roar…” The Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s entire body tilted and it roared in pain. Its dragon tail swung out again and struck the Rhino’s head. At this moment, Qi Bei jumped up and his black long sword pierced into the Rhino’s eye while it was dizzy.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon leaped up tacitly, and its huge body pressed down heavily on the Rhino’s body like a mountain.
The giant Rhino stopped moving, but something unexpected happened. A blue light group swiftly entered the body of the Iron Armored Fire Dragon from the Rhino’s corpse.
“Big dragon, don’t scare me.” Qi Bei was stunned for a moment and called out.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s dragon eyes were full of intense hostility. It glanced at Qi Bei and shook its head. Suddenly, it rushed towards the other magical beasts and began to kill frantically.
Qi Bei and his team gathered together, looking at each other in confusion.
With the strength of the Iron Armored Fire Dragon, it would probably reach the level of a ninth-level magical beast soon. With the blue light group possessing it, would it still listen to Qi Bei’s orders? Qi Bei did not even have confidence in himself.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon killed all the way through. Wherever it went, there were corpses everywhere. The hostility emanating from its body became stronger and its strength became more and more powerful.
On the other side of the blue lava river, an eight-level magical beast, a Centipede Monster, had also appeared. This Centipede Monster was like a magnified giant centipede, with a body divided into fifty sections, each covered with brown scales and two legs. With every movement, it left a string of afterimages in the air.
When the Iron Armored Fire Dragon killed all the monsters on this side of the magma river, the Centipede Monster also killed all the monsters on the other side. The two giant beasts faced each other across the Magma River, each intending to destroy the other.
From the momentum of the two beasts, whichever wins will achieve the strength of a ninth-level magic beast.
After a stalemate for a while, the Centipede Monster suddenly jumped up and flew across the magma river like lightning, rushing towards the Iron Armored Fire Dragon.
The two peak-level eight-grade magic beasts battled each other, and for a moment, the energy in the entire underground space began to erupt. The blue magma in the magma river was hit by the twisted energy and gushed out, and the members of Qi Bei’s team who had retreated to the limit had their faces pale, feeling like their bodies and souls were being continuously hit by giant hammers.
The weakest member, Sa Lingling, and Yan Fangfei, whose souls had already been heavily injured, couldn’t hold on for long and fainted.
At this point, Jin Gang could no longer control his madness, and Qi Bei instantly began to transform into a dragon to barely resist.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon and the Centipede Monster fought in a frenzy, but neither could suppress the other. After the clash, the Centipede Monster and the Iron Armored Fire Dragon withdrew, coincidentally to the side where the Qi Bei’s group was.
Suddenly, the Centipede Monster gave up attacking the Iron Armored Fire Dragon. Its long body swayed, and row after row of legs, like huge blades, emitted an overwhelming energy and attacked Qi Bei’s group, cutting the space apart.
Qi Bei’s eyes shone with golden light, and with a roar accompanied by a loud dragon’s cry, he leaped up like lightning, and his dragon claws grabbed two of the Centipede Monster’s legs. He could have dodged, but his companions behind him would inevitably be unable to escape.
The dragon claws instantly grabbed the Centipede Monster’s two legs, and the leg bones, like sharp blades, instantly cut through the dragon scales in his palms, deeply cutting into his flesh. But the Centipede Monster’s body suddenly paused, and its momentum was blocked.
“Roar!” In pain, Qi Bei suddenly shouted, and his raging dragon power actually crushed the centipede-beast’s two legs.
The Centipede Monster, suffering this huge blow, suddenly curled up in midair, its mouth opening wide, and like lightning, it bit towards Qi Bei’s head.
At this moment, the Iron Armored Fire Dragon leapt up and fiercely slammed into the Centipede Monster. The two giant beasts stirred up a gust of wind and fell towards the huge pit of dark blue magma not far away.
As Qi Bei held onto the centipede beast’s crushed leg, he too was lifted off the ground. However, as he descended, his blood-soaked dragon claw pierced into the unyielding rock wall, securing his grip.
“Big dragon…” Qi Bei watched as the Iron Armored Fire Dragon and the Centipede Monster fell into the magma pit, splashing huge waves of magma, feeling a pain in his heart.
At this time, Jin Gang came over and pulled Qi Bei up.
Qi Bei sat on the edge of the pit, staring blankly below, recalling the journey where the Iron Armored Fire Dragon accompanied him as the main attacker and meat shield, while he had only fed it a few Life Hearts, his eyes unconsciously becoming a little sour.
“Splash!” Suddenly, the Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s head emerged from the magma pit.
Qi Bei was overjoyed, a smile appearing on his lips.
But soon, Qi Bei’s smile stiffened because the Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s dragon eyes were filled with savage and cruel killing intent, aimed at Qi Bei’s group.
“Roar…” The Iron Armored Fire Dragon let out a crazy roar, and suddenly a pair of huge wings unfolded in the magma, and with a shake of its wings, its huge body leapt out of the magma pit with an unrivaled speed.
“Level nine, it’s at level nine.” Qi Bei’s pupils shrank suddenly.
Level nine, the strength of a Saint-level powerhouse. In the face of such a powerful existence, Qi Bei’s group was just a few jumping ants.
Silver-purple smoke spewed from the Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s nostrils, and flames had already formed in its throat.
Jin Gang, Huan Ying, Thirteen, and Xiao Jiu almost simultaneously stood in front of Qi Bei. Even if they were to die, they would die first before it was Qi Bei’s turn.
“Big dragon, don’t you recognize me?” Qi Bei shouted loudly, separating the four and walking to the front. His golden pupils stared at the Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s ferocious dragon eyes.
A struggling look flashed in the Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s eyes, as if Qi Bei’s shout had triggered some memories in it.
Indeed, in the dragon’s memories, Qi Bei’s figure began to appear. Although the Iron Armored Fire Dragon, which had reached level nine, was controlled by slaughter, its intelligence and spirituality were already no different from that of humans.
“Big dragon, well done. I’ll reward you with a Life Heart.” In it’s memory, Qi Bei patted its head and threw a Life Heart into its mouth. The dragon excitedly used its nose, which was emitting smoke, to nudge him.
“I don’t know if we can get out of this ghostly place. If we find Xiao Jiu and can leave, you can come with us. I’ll take you to enjoy good food and drink, and find you a real dragon lady as your wife. Speaking of which, I don’t even know if you are male or female.” Qi Bei said to it while following some clues in the underground world and resting on its back.
The Iron Armored Fire Dragon has always lived alone under the cliff. It doesn’t understand why it’s there. It seems like it was there since the first time it opened its eyes, and it mutated after swallowing a strange stone.
It has been lonely for so long, until it chased Qi Bei, who intruded into its territory. Qi Bei’s Dragon Seal absorbed its dragon power, and the dragon aura on his body was very similar to the aura on the stone it had swallowed. That’s why it surrendered to Qi Bei.
However, after fighting alongside Qi Bei all the way here, it gradually saw Qi Bei as its partner.
The struggle in the eyes of the Iron Armored Fire Dragon became more intense, but suddenly, a touch of blue covered its pupils, and its gaze became violent again.
“Roar…” The Iron Armored Fire Dragon suddenly raised its head and roared wildly.
Jin Gang, Huan Ying, Thirteen, and Xiao Jiu all prepared to attack. Even if they were ants, they would be ants that died in battle.
However, a muffled sound suddenly came from the Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s huge body, as if there was something exploding inside it’s body. Blood flowed out of the dragon’s mouth and nose, mixed with the debris of its organs.
“Boom!” The Iron Armored Fire Dragon’s huge body slammed heavily on the ground, and the blue in its eyes quickly faded.
“Ooh… ooh…” The scattered eyes of the Iron Armored Fire Dragon looked at Qi Bei, making a low moaning sound.
Jin Gang and the others were shocked and backed away, stunned by this scene.
“Big dragon…” Qi Bei walked to it’s front and sat down, reaching out to touch its nose, with tears shining in his eyes.