Chapter 100: The Slashing Dragon Bit Back.
“Retreat!”
The commander instantly made the right call, tossing the Thief Dragon slung over his shoulder to the ground to lighten the load.
He and the hunter quickly left the path where the Slaying Dragon was advancing, hiding behind cover and cautiously watching the heavily armored monster pass by.
The Slaying Dragon’s passing wasn’t an instantaneous event but a process unfolding.
The trees blocking their view became the commander’s measuring stick as they marked off segments of the dragon’s body moving past.
Ten meters… eleven meters… twelve meters… eighteen meters.
As their breaths caught, this process seemed to stretch indefinitely, just like the fact that the Slaying Dragon had barely passed halfway through its length.
Fortunately, those eighteen meters represented the main body; what followed was its long Sword Tail.
Peeking around the cover, they confirmed this Slaying Dragon’s total length exceeded thirty meters.
Impressive.
And unlike the familiar blue of its kind, this Slaying Dragon’s blade section gleamed silver in the sunlight.
Terrifying.
The progress of the Slaying Dragon stopped as it raised its head, looking left and right.
The sheer size of large monsters is obvious, but up close, they tend to overlook short things, having many blind spots when moving normally.
But the two men in the blind spot couldn’t relax. Beast dragons are never quiet reptiles.
They’re always irritable with strong desires to attack and destroy, especially fire-attribute ones.
It’s better not to be seen. If you’re too noticeable in front of them…
They’ll cut once, step once, checking if you’re still there.
If they lock eyes with you, they’ll challenge you to a duel.
The two investigators weren’t prepared for a duel. After confirming their sighting report, they quietly began to move away.
It must be said, both were experienced, but what if I already knew where you were from the start?
The dragon turned its body and stared straight at the two men.
Like when several male classmates were doing something unspeakable in a bathroom stall, only for the principal to burst in, face stern, and rip the door off its hinges.
Staring at each other, a deathly silence fell.
In times like these, shouting might help!
“ROOOAAARR!”
The beast dragon’s loud roar caused the two investigators without earplugs to instinctively cover their ears.
Seeing their reaction, Jié Jié roared again.
But whether the hunters were temporarily deaf or developed resistance, they came back to their senses during his second roar.
The dragon person hunter nudged the commander to run while he swung his Bug Control Stick forward.
Guarding the rear?
The hunter performed a familiar pole vault jump, firing the launcher on the Bug Control Stick. He leveled the weapon’s blade and, using the recoil, stabbed toward the dragon’s head in a thrusting motion.
“Tang~”
A small action, but the bone Bug Control Stick struck the hard shell. The dragon person hunter fell but immediately got up, dodging possible trampling range.
Jié Jié wasn’t fighting seriously. He just wanted to test the hunter’s limits.
At least for now, the Bug Control Stick clearly can’t fly around recklessly like in games, violating Newton’s laws, and falls to the ground after deflecting.
The dragon person hunter also didn’t expect to harm the Slaying Dragon. He merely aimed to keep its attention.
“Truly an unbeatable foe.”
The Bug Control Stick spun deftly in the hunter’s hands, drawing the Slaying Dragon’s attention while keeping a sharp eye on it.
All he needed to do was delay for a bit until the commander retreated far enough to withdraw himself.
But currently, this Slaying Dragon wasn’t very aggressive. Why did it roar so loudly before?
Monsters usually roar to intimidate opponents perceived as threats, trying to scare them off.
Jié Jié looked at the dragon person hunter, recalling being knocked out by a single light cannon shot from the Míng Dēng Lóng in the game’s CG, hesitating to attack.
He knew how lethal his current form was and worried that one strike could split the hunter in two.
Careless! The Slaying Dragon form should have been reserved for Master Swordsmen. Against dragon people hunters, Scratcher Birds should have been summoned!
But changing forms in front of them wasn’t an option; he wasn’t ready to reveal his secrets yet.
Watching the cautious dragon person hunter, Jié Jié treated him as a formidable opponent, too afraid to make any big moves.
The Sword Tail twisted resiliently forward, carefully aiming a slash at the hunter’s position.
It missed. The Bug Control Stick’s ends seemed to have different weights, allowing him to dodge using the rotational momentum.
He expected the hunter to roll around, but this clearly wasn’t a souls-like game.
A light side-slap with the blade connected, knocking the dragon person hunter back with a slight backward lean.
The Bug Control Stick’s vertical spin transitioned to a horizontal spin, and the hunter slid back, continuing to draw the dragon’s attention.
What should he do next? He really feared killing the hunter.
Help me online, urgent!
Eyes don’t grow on tails, worried about mistakes, Jié Jié switched tactics, lunging his head toward the dragon person hunter to bite.
Biting air, the hunter dodged, striking the Slaying Dragon’s head with the blunt end of the Bug Control Stick.
Very powerful.
Feeling the hunter’s strength, Jié Jié retaliated with another bite.
It missed again. The hunter shifted his position, seemingly using a sweeping slash to reposition himself to the side.
The dragon person hunter remained silent. As the Bug Control Stick changed hands, immense centrifugal force accumulated.
Weapon and wielder became one. He gathered strength, leaped, and spun.
Flying Circular Slash.
The final charged slash of the丐version Great Sword struck the Slaying Dragon’s throat.
Unfortunately, this hit didn’t match the damage from a full-strength Spiny Dragon strike. Jié Jié only felt a strong pain.
Is that all?
He lost interest.
Beast dragons should attack boldly, not timidly nibbling and holding back—it was boring.
The dragon person hunter posed no significant threat, unable to elevate to his level of worthy opponents, failing to ignite a full-on release of energy.
Just as Jié Jié decided to leave, the distant forest erupted in bird chatter.
Another massive creature was approaching.
“What?”
The dragon person hunter turned in surprise as well, seeing the commander biting a heart-accelerating mushroom, dashing over to drag him away.
Behind the commander, the commotion rapidly approached.
Another blade tore through the forest.
Another Slaying Dragon—this was the true existence that severed the previous dead Slaying Dragon’s tail, as the commander guessed!
Chapter 101
