"ROAR..."
The green dragon twisted madly, a long, mournful roar emanating from its mouth. The golden dragon had desperately wrapped his body around the green dragon. Known for its physical strength, the green dragon was obviously no match for a golden dragon. Not to mention that the golden dragon had already evolved three times. It wasn't afraid of death at all, as its ferocity erupted when it was wounded.
The golden dragon and the green dragon were locked in close combat. The former used its steel body, hook-like claws and huge mouth full of gleaming white teeth to inflict painful wounds down to the bone on the green dragon. The scales on the green dragon's body were effective against human arrows, but could not withstand the force of the maniacal clawing and tearing of the golden dragon, who was a rank above him.
Due to the distance between the two super-ranked creatures, the green dragon was unable to find an opening to retreat and use its powerful magic attacks. As the two dragons tore at each other, Celt couldn't even stand firmly on the green dragon's back, let alone unleash any attacks.
"Despicable human! I've already warned you. You will pay the price!" The golden dragon let out a roar of madness. With a flick of his shining golden tail, the wretched green dragon was thrown back.
The green dragon was already dizzy and flew straight down to a distant hill. Its huge body, like a green ribbon, fell quickly amidst its howling.
The giant silver ape remained in its hiding place, its blood-red pupils staring intently at the descending green dragon. Waiting until the green dragon had almost hit the ground, the fur on its body suddenly stood erect as it made a beeline for the hill like a bolt of silver lightning.
Rumble...
The green dragon's massive body slammed into the hill, flattening the ten-metre high mound with a rumbling sound that shook the ground.
The golden dragon was dripping with blood, creating a rain of red liquid. It stretched up into the sky and brought its iron hook-like claws down on the screaming green dragon below.
The injured green dragon spat out several green puffs of dragon breath with a strange, sour stench. The golden dragon hadn't dived all the way down and suddenly staggered like a drunkard, changing direction as it came into contact with the dragon breath. It landed on a small hill, ten metres from the green dragon.
A silver bolt of lightning shot out of the bushes. The giant silver ape used its sharp, knife-like claws to attack the green dragon on the golden dragon's steed. His two claws proved to be incredibly sharp as nearly half of his arms penetrated the green dragon's body.
"Aowuuu... Aowuuuu..."
This blow was obviously very painful for the green dragon. Its huge body thrashed violently, destroyed all the trees in a radius of dozens of metres. The giant silver ape also rolled along with the green dragon, as its two claws were still inside the green dragon's body.
However, the toughness of the giant silver ape's body was surprising. He pulled his claws out as soon as he reacted. His entire body turned into a silver bolt, aiming directly at the green dragon's eyes, trying to blind it before slowly torturing it to death.
Whoosh!
A silver dragonlance suddenly thrust forward and nailed the giant silver ape in the chest with an audible sound. The ape was stopped in its tracks by the dragonlance's blow. It let out a shrill, angry howl and swung its claws wildly, slicing the lance in two. Only the tip of the spear remained in its chest.
"Damned beast! Even you seek undue advantage!" Celt casually threw away the broken pieces of the lance and slowly pulled out a strange-looking sword.
A cold presence suddenly began to spread along the blade as soon as the sword was drawn. Ripples of starlight circled the sword before spreading outwards. Celt pointed the tip of the sword at the silver ape. His silver combat aura instantly fused with the starlight and shot straight at the giant silver ape with furious momentum.
Han Shuo was still lurking nearby. When he saw Celt raise the sword, Han Shuo's consciousness immediately felt an infinite, starry presence that shook his very being. He knew instantly that the sword was absolutely exceptional. Otherwise, it wouldn't have possessed such a huge, exotic, hidden atmosphere.
The naturally ferocious giant silver monkey also felt the same boundless presence, especially when the starlight merged with the silver combat aura. A mysterious, terrifyingly dangerous feeling of the unknown descended, along with a small galaxy that had been created by the fusion of the two forces.
The giant silver ape was so close to obtaining the green dragon's magical core, however, because the green dragon was dying after being severely injured. The green dragon needed only a single blow to finish him off. Seeing the silver combat aura glittering with countless starlights approaching, the giant silver ape blinked his bloody-red eyes as if hesitating whether or not to take the risk.
Suddenly, the giant silver ape's fierce eyes shone brightly. The giant silver ape moved like lightning, trying to dodge the starry silver combat aura while killing Celt and digging out the green dragon's magical beast core in one swift move.
"It won't be that easy to escape!" Celt sneered. He twisted the sword in his hand slightly, suddenly changing the direction of the Starry combat Aura in mid-air. It continued to shoot at the giant silver ape's back at an extremely high speed.
A tragic roar came from the giant silver ape's mouth. The Starry Combat Aura pierced more than a dozen bloody holes in its back, each hole overflowing with blood.
"Greedy beast, how does the Divine Artefact 'Starry Sky' taste? Would you like some more?" Celt stood upright on the green dragon's back as he laughed heartily at the giant silver ape.
Divine Starry Sky Weapon! Han Shuo was shocked. He'd originally wanted to use this opportunity to make his move, but once again, he had to restrain himself. Han Shuo looked at the 'Starry Sky' in the sky rider's grasp. He understood that Celt's ability to injure the tyrannical giant silver ape was only due to the power of the divine weapon.
The giant silver ape's bloodshot eyes stared at the divine artefact in Celt's hand. He could feel waves of immense cosmic power pulsing from the weapon.
Fear slowly crept into the giant silver ape. He let out two low growls and slowly backed away. His speed had been extremely fast just now, but the Divine Starry Sky Artefact had still managed to hit him. The giant silver ape possessed an extremely high intelligence. He didn't dare to run with his injured back to Celt, even though his heart was now filled with the desire to avoid him.
"Despicable human, I will tear you to pieces!"
At that moment, the golden dragon approached with a roar. It had transformed into a middle-aged man with a twisted expression on his face as it charged towards Celt.
Obviously, the golden dragon knew that a body that was too large would give him no advantage over Celt and would instead make him an easier target for him. So he switched to his human form to continue his attacks. As his roar rang out, a golden light shot towards Celt. The giant silver ape, who'd been about to dodge, rushed towards the green dragon like a bolt of lightning when he saw the golden dragon fighting furiously with Celt.
But he hadn't reached the green dragon when he suddenly let out a tragic scream. The giant silver ape landed in front of the green dragon, only to find that a large hole had been drilled into its head.
A person wrapped in a black magic shield had taken the green dragon's heart, eyes and horn.
"Hehehe, my mistake. Everything of the green dragon will be mine. I advise you to mind your own business." Han Shuo laughed heartily as he collected the trophies while wielding the Demonslayer's Edge, which was surrounded by a dense bloody light.
The giant silver monkey was about to ignore everything and move closer when he suddenly felt the endless murderous intent emanating from the Demonslayer Edge. Tens of thousands of innocent souls seemed to be crying and screaming from it, ready to drown anyone who dared to approach.
Ever since the Starry Sky divine artefact had left a dozen bloody holes in the giant silver ape's back, it had developed an instinctive fear of strange weapons. Not to mention that the wave of murderous intent emanating from the Demonslayer Edge wasn't as natural and peaceful as the Starry Sky, but an infinite, brutal atmosphere of death and killing intent.
For the giant silver ape, the threat of this kind of atmosphere was even greater than that of Starry Sky.
Therefore, the giant silver ape could only watch dumbly as Han Shuo harvested the treasures one by one, not daring to take a step forward in his hesitation.
"Uraka!"
Celt was still entangled with the golden dragon when he heard the shrill, horrible screams full of grief. It seemed that he had very deep feelings for the green dragon. Its tragic death was a great blow to him.
Distraction was a big no-no in combat. Celt's distraction gave the golden dragon an opening when it flattened Celt's sturdy armour. Celt retreated hastily as he was injured, two streams of blood running from the corners of his mouth. He looked coldly at Han Shuo, who was standing over the green dragon's head, and let out a low cry, "Whoever you are, I will make your life worse than death!"
As his words rang out, Celt screamed with all his resentment and grief before turning to flee. He knew that even with the Starry Sky in his hand, he would have no advantage against three enemies on all sides. Especially for Han Shuo, whose appearance was hidden, Celt could not predict the strength of this new enemy. Therefore, despite the reluctance that filled his heart, he had to flee.
"If the weeds aren't pulled out by the roots, they will grow back with the spring breeze. Since that's the way it is, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Having dug out all the treasures from the green dragon's body, Han Shuo muttered spontaneously before turning to the salivating giant silver ape, "The rest is for you!"
A beam of black light suddenly shot into the sky. The beam chased Celt along with the golden dragon, intending to use Celt's injuries to finish him off so as not to leave endless trouble behind.
After Han Shuo left, the giant silver ape let out a low growl and immediately jumped on the green dragon's corpse. He began to eat the dragon's flesh and brain. Even though these things weren't as nutritious as the core, they would still increase the giant silver ape's strength a little.
Celt fled in the direction of Kassel. He had never expected to find so many experts lurking deep in the Dark Forest. He and the green dragon should have been unhindered. In the end, the green dragon was miserably dead, while Celt was badly wounded.
For him, the exalted commander of the Redbud Knights, this was simply an unacceptable fact. He'd ruled the continent for many years and had rarely tasted failure. Now he was truly angry. As he fled, Celt imprinted the figure shrouded in that black halo in his mind, already planning how to use the power of the Redbud Knights to catch the person who had killed Uraka and cut him into a million pieces.
..."Despicable human, let's fight to the death!" The golden dragon's loud roar carried along the path. He was determined to kill Celt, but it was a pity that his body could no longer withstand the injuries he had suffered. Not only was his roar fading, but his speed was slowing and his mind was becoming dizzy from the loss of blood.
If he hadn't been the strongest member of the Golden Dragon Tribe, he would have collapsed long ago. To have held on until now made him truly worthy of the title of the strongest of the dragon race.
"Since you wish to die, reptile, I will fulfil your wish!" Celt had run some distance. When he saw that the golden dragon was getting weaker and weaker, but still chasing him, Celt couldn't help but scream in his extremely bad mood.
"Starry Sky" burst out again with its orbiting brilliant constellations. The spots of starlight created a beautiful glow amidst the silver combat aura. The huge celestial presence slowly spread out again to surround the incoming golden dragon.
Last time, the golden dragon had attacked Celt so suddenly that he simply hadn't had time to use his divine weapon. The golden dragon had used Celt's distraction to strike at him. Now that the divine artefact had unleashed its full power, the golden dragon suddenly became sombre as he watched the galaxy unfold.
But it was too late to dodge. The golden dragon flew forward at such a speed that it was difficult to stop. He could only use all of his strength to barely change direction as he tried to clear the area shrouded in the Starry Combat Aura.
Suddenly, a sharp, shrill whistle sounded. A streak of black light zigzagged like a snake and suddenly appeared a dozen metres in front of Celt.
Celt glanced coldly at the badly injured golden dragon when he suddenly saw the sharp tip of the black light closing in on him. Scared out of his wits, Celt hastily drew back his Starry Combat Aura. The Combat Aura that had been firing at the golden dragon made a miraculous 180-degree turn, firing directly at the black light instead.