Once vibrant and lively, the enchanting dance of the flower sea is now withering. The noble creature awakening has caused a phenomenon that is returning to her own essence. It is the awakening gift offered by the great powers of the heavens and earth, the nourishment needed for her draconic transformation.
Lu Chen shrugged off his windbreaker and tossed it aside, twisting his neck. His whole body crackled with a burst of sound, as if his time in the academy had left him a bit rusty. But now, he was starting to loosen up.
The enforcement commissioner had already evacuated with the little girl hundreds of meters away. Although he really wanted to see how effective it would be to chop down a fully dragonized third-generation seed, he knew he would definitely be reprimanded by the enforcement department afterwards.
However, the woman in front of him, while not fully dragonized, was still a complete dragon person. Her once smooth and beautiful blue silk gown shattered, replaced by white scales enveloping her body. Her broken arm had also regrown, with bone spurs extending from various joints, flexing and extending like breathing. A pair of huge dragon wings had fully grown, resembling creatures from mythology, blending violence and beauty into one, a perfect work of art!
The woman walked out of the bronze coffin, leaving footprints on the muddy and withered ground.
She walked neither fast nor slow, for she had regained her peak strength. Even in her era, she was among the strongest of the third-generation nobles. How dare a lowly fire thief oppose her pure bloodline!
With a flap of her dragon wings, a fierce wind howled, and rainwater splashed backwards. If there were a high-speed camera to capture this moment, art, violence, and beauty would freeze in this instant, undoubtedly a masterpiece.
In the eyes of the commissioners in the distance, the woman disappeared for a moment, reappearing in front of Lu Chen. In the darkness, sparks lit up brightly, the collision of swords and claws!
And where the woman had originally stood to where Lu Chen was, there lay a long trail, with mud splashing backwards, and the raging wind seeming to lag behind, tossing up floating petals and mud.
"Provide light source for S-class!" Pu Tai'er instructed on the screen. The flower sea wilted, the fluorescence vanished, the full moon obscured by dark clouds, and only occasional lightning illuminated the earth. This was clearly disadvantageous for their ace commissioner.
The dragon race were born warriors, able to adapt to various environments. Even in the dark of night, it did not affect their vision. But hybrids were different.
Lu Chen maneuvered swiftly on the muddy ground, disappearing from the commissioners' view. They could only hear the clashing of metal and claws in the air, and see the brilliant sparks.
Across the entire flower sea, strong winds howled, torrents surged, mud and petals flew around, as if two storms were rolling over this place.
In their high-speed movement, Lu Chen and the woman's gazes met time and time again, seeing each other's anger and disbelief.
Their speed kept increasing, to the point where even the dynamic vision of hybrids couldn't catch up. They were like phantoms in the dark.
The woman swung her claws, but missed.
Her hypnotic incantation was ineffective.
Unable to counterattack, unable to capture!
Her thousands of years of nobility were meaningless in the face of absolute speed, her pride as a pure-blood dragon trampled under the relentless onslaught!
In her moment of distraction, Lu Chen launched another attack. With a swift movement, his blade struck her chest.
The blade of Red Maple slashed across the white scales, sparking dazzling flames. The spurting blood couldn't catch up with the phantom-like blade.
A sudden burst of speed caught the noble third-generation off guard. Blood blossomed everywhere on her body.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, she protected her heart with her claws. Even if her heart were pierced, it wouldn't be fatal for a pure-blood dragon, but it would affect her subsequent combat effectiveness.
But she felt that the youth seemed to be reaching the limit of his incantation time, showing signs of urgency. His attacks became even more fierce. Was her incantation ineffective?
Of course, the woman's incantation was effective. But even if Lu Chen had to bear a weight several times his own, it was only a few thousand kilograms for him, like a light jog for an ordinary person. It was just that the muddy ground made it inconvenient for his movements, but his balance was always excellent.
The woman had already pushed her speed and strength to the limit, but he hadn't.
The woman attacked again, and Lu Chen blocked it, shifting his body to unload the force, stepping and maneuvering, causing lotus flowers to burst open on the muddy ground.
A right slash, blood blossomed splendidly.
Lu Chen frowned. It was right not to use full force. The body of a third-generation seed after dragonization was exceptionally tough. Overexertion might damage Red Maple. Considering the last practical class where he fought Caesar, damaging it might lead to a deduction in the school's scholarship.
The woman's eyes burned with anger. She didn't expect this youth to become even faster, and the dragon blood quickly repaired her body. She couldn't believe that a hybrid could maintain such high-intensity combat for long.
However, Lu Chen's assault did not stop. The dragon's recovery ability was amazing, but if he said he would capture her alive, he had to keep chopping until she couldn't recover. First, he had to dismember her limbs.
In a frenzy of high-speed movement, Lu Chen and the woman's eyes met once more, and she saw the rage and disbelief in his eyes.
Their speed was escalating, so fast that even the woman couldn't catch their movements. They were like phantoms in the dark!
She swung her claws, but missed.
Her hypnotic incantation failed.
Unable to retaliate, unable to capture!
She pushed her speed and strength to the limit, but he hadn't.
In a split second, Lu Chen attacked again, his blade striking her chest.
The blade of Red Maple slashed across her white scales, sparking bright flames. The spurting blood couldn't catch up with the phantom-like blade.
With a sudden increase in speed, the noble third-generation was caught off guard. Blood blossomed all over her body.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, she protected her heart with her claws. Even if her heart were pierced, it wouldn't be fatal for a pure-blood dragon, but it would affect her subsequent combat effectiveness.
But she felt that the youth seemed to be reaching the limit of his incantation time, showing signs of urgency. His attacks became even more fierce. Was her incantation ineffective?
Of course, the woman's incantation was effective. But even if Lu Chen had to bear a weight several times his own, it was only a few thousand kilograms for him, like a light jog for an ordinary person. It was just that the muddy ground made it inconvenient for his movements, but his balance was always excellent.
The woman had already pushed her speed and strength to the limit, but he hadn't.
The woman attacked again, and Lu Chen blocked it, shifting his body to unload the force, stepping and maneuvering, causing lotus flowers to burst open on the muddy ground.
A right slash, blood blossomed splendidly.
Lu Chen frowned slightly. It was wise of him not to use full force directly; the body of a third-generation hybrid dragon was exceptionally tough after dragonization. Overexertion could damage Hong Feng's blade, and he couldn't help but think about the last practice bout with Caesar. Who knew if the Academy would dock his scholarship for damaging equipment?
The woman's eyes blazed with fury. She hadn't expected this young man to be even faster. The dragon's blood swiftly repaired her body. She couldn't believe a half-breed could sustain such intense combat for long.
Yet the young man's assault didn't cease. As the blade passed over his body, a reverse garment cut sliced across the woman's chest.
Hong Feng's blade cut through the white scales, sparking brightly. The spurt of blood couldn't catch up with the phantom-like blade light.
Against the wind, Tang Zhu, withdraw the blade, and suddenly thrust!
The sudden acceleration caught the noble third-generation hybrid off guard, blood spattering from various wounds across her body.
Fortunately, just in time, she protected her heart with her claws. Even though a pierced heart wasn't fatal for a pureblood dragon, it would still affect her subsequent combat abilities.
But she felt that the young man seemed to be pushing the limits of his linguistic time. He appeared urgent, his attacks becoming fiercer. She was already a phantom in the eyes of the commoners, yet the young man moved through the night as fast as a ghost!
She swiped with her claws, but they missed.
Hypnotic linguistic invocation, ineffective.
Unable to counterattack, unable to capture!
Her millennia of nobility meant nothing in the face of absolute speed. The pride of the pureblood dragon was trampled upon!
She hesitated and turned, but she couldn't grasp the young man's clothes. In the flickering sparks, she finally turned her head and saw the young man's face clearly. A pair of crimson-gold pupils carried a deadly, indifferent killing intent, along with a barely visible hint of boredom.
In that instant, she understood. The other party wasn't anxious but bored with this battle game.
This filled her with uncontrollable rage. A lowly fire thief dared to fight against her, such a noble being, and felt bored!?
In her distracted moment, the young man attacked head-on. In the imperceptible moments, she saw the muscles on the young man's arms and chest swell under the rain, infused with regal power, the lion manifest!
Boom!
The roar sounded, and she finally appeared in the sight of the onlookers. The dragon bone in front of her chest was broken, exposing the heart like a bare, frightened girl suddenly exposed to the world, beating hesitantly.
In an instant, Hong Feng sheathed his blade, focused, breathed out, the fish-mouthed cut, drew out, and sliced down!
A series of actions, accompanied by the piercing sound of sonic booms, the forcibly regenerated dragon bones and scales were as weak as paper in the face of absolute violence.
The woman, who had just risen to her feet and hadn't stabilized, left a glaring knife mark on her heart. The gushing blood flowed continuously, like her gradually fading strength.
Lu Chen's attack didn't stop. The recovery ability of pureblood dragons was astonishing. Since he said he would capture her alive, he had to keep cutting until she couldn't recover anymore. The first thing to do was to dismember her limbs.
With a fierce gust, as the woman had not yet stabilized herself, her left arm soared into the air. She turned and swung her right arm, losing sensation in her right arm.
She wanted to leap and dodge, but she fell to the ground. Her legs fell into the muddy ground, and even before her dragon wings could stir up a gust of wind, they broke off at the root.
In less than a second, the young man had completed the magnificent disassembly of the third-generation hybrid. Just because she had a momentary lapse, her inevitable defeat was announced.
The young man wielded his blade again, removing scales, bones, and piercing vital organs one by one!
With thunderous roars and incessant rain, sprinkling on her once extremely noble face, which was now muddy. And that face, at this moment, was pressed against the muddy ground.
At this moment, floodlights lit up all around, and helicopters from above cast down their beams. The wilderness was as bright as day for a moment, with darkness having nowhere to hide. And the young man stood in the center of the light, one foot on the back of the ancient aristocrat.
The downpour also conveniently ceased, and the commissioners from the enforcement department advanced side by side, their gloved hands holding black chains. These were chains from the hands of alchemical masters in history, and even third-generation pureblood dragons would find it difficult to break free once bound.
The noble woman felt a bit lost. Why could the young man still accelerate? So fast that she couldn't even catch his figure?
Was it an instant? No, that's not it! She suddenly showed a shocked expression and turned her head forcefully to look at the young man who was overlooking her.
She spoke for the first time, in ancient Chinese: "You are not..."
However, before she could finish her words, blood mist sprayed from her throat. Lu Chen bent down and locked eyes with the woman. In that instant, she felt a killing intent ten times stronger than before during their battle. She understood that the young man had truly become murderous at this moment.
The commissioners from the enforcement department came behind the young man, quiet and solemn, like soldiers awaiting orders.
The woman looked at these lowly half-breeds in front of her, feeling somewhat dazed for a moment. She remembered the hyenas she had seen on her way here thousands of years ago.
Hyenas, carnivorous animals, weren't individually powerful. They would avoid leopards, but when their pack gathered, they dared to hunt down lone lions under the leadership of their alpha.
Moreover, the alpha of the hyenas now was a monster far surpassing a lion!
At this moment, two F-35 fighter jets streaked across the sky. The woman's expression was even more astonished. They were steel dragons soaring in the sky.
Lu Chen looked quietly at the woman crawling on the ground, feeling somewhat empathetic for a moment, unconsciously sighing: "Times have changed."