The dragon raised its head abruptly.
Compared to the dragon's massive size, the two enormous crossbow bolts that pierced its body were like toothpicks through the flesh of an ordinary person.
It felt pain, but there was no significant damage.
The dragon turned its head and roared angrily at the group of bull clan warriors.
A large amount of black poisonous gas erupted from the gaps in the dragon's teeth. It opened its mouth wide, and a torrent of black smoke and toxic gas rushed forward, sweeping across the wetlands.
Wherever the black smoke and toxic gas passed, large patches of aquatic plants withered and shriveled, and swarms of luminous fireflies fell to the ground.
Among the ten stone giants, five of them rushed out.
They dropped their giant axes and intertwined their arms, forming a strange formation.
With a loud roar, the earth shook violently. A powerful force of the earth's veins surged out from underground and injected itself into the bodies of the five stone giants. Yellow light emitted from their bodies, and intersecting beams of light formed a towering mountain peak.
The mountain peak emitted a large amount of earth-yellow mist, blocking the way.
The black smoke and toxic gas crashed into the earth-yellow mist, but they were forced back. Not a single hint of toxic gas could penetrate the protection of the yellow mist and harm the wielders of the mist blades behind it.
The other five stone giants charged out as well. One stood at the front, while the other four formed a peculiar formation behind him. Their auras merged perfectly into one.
As they leaped over the small earth-yellow mountain peak, a large amount of earth-yellow mist merged into their bodies.
A heavy and ferocious aura emanated from the bodies of the five stone giants.
Accompanied by deafening roars, the five stone giants emitted yellow light from their bodies. A hundred-zhang-tall giant figure rolled out from the tops of their heads, wielding a wolf-toothed battle-ax, and chopped down at the dragon's head.
It all happened very quickly. In the instant the giant figure swung its battle-ax down, the two arrows that had pierced the dragon's body suddenly exploded.
The power of the explosion was a hundred times stronger than the mining explosives used by the Gu family. The explosion covered a radius of tens of meters, causing large waves to churn in the wetlands, with mud shooting up tens of meters high.
The dragon's belly was blown open, leaving a hole over two meters in diameter. A large amount of blood spurted out, and the dragon's body was nearly severed, with only a piece of its dark-green dragon bone and half of its flesh barely connected.
The dragon cried out in pain, tears streaming down its face. Instead of black smoke and toxic gas, it sprayed out a large amount of blood.
It slammed its head into the colorful crystal behind it and eagerly licked the sticky liquid flowing down the crystal.
As a large amount of viscous liquid was swallowed, the massive wound on the dragon's abdomen writhed intensely. The large wound was quickly covered by a thin film of blood, and no more blood flowed out in just a single breath.
The giant figure swung the wolf-toothed battle-ax down, and with a loud "thud," it struck the dragon's forehead.
The dragon's just-healed head was split open with a wound several meters long, spewing out large chunks of scales and tearing open its skull, causing more blood and brain fluid to be sprayed out.
In immense pain, the dragon screamed, and a dazzling dark-green light suddenly appeared around its seven-inch position.
Its flesh seemed to have turned translucent, and a mass of dark-green flames burned inside its body. Through its thick scales and flesh, one could clearly see these flames rapidly fluctuating in size.
A low, deep, and penetrating roar emanated from the dragon's body.
The dragon opened its mouth wide, and a viscous dark-green flame spewed out. Despite being heavily injured, it no longer cared about the severe damage to its spiritual energy, and instead used its trump card.
The five stone giants teamed up to use a terrifying move. Just as the giant figure withdrew its arm, the five stone giants had already fallen heavily to the ground. They had barely landed when the dark-green flames enveloped them.
The earth-yellow mist on the stone giants' bodies was instantly burned clean, and their metal armor turned red and melted into molten iron in an instant.
Painful howls came from the five stoned giants, who were burned to the point that their skin burst open. They rolled around on the ground, completely engulfed in flames.
In the swamp, with a depth of about three feet, the ten-meter-tall stone giants tumbled around in the mud. The dark-green flames clung to their flesh, and the water on the ground couldn't extinguish the flames.
As the water vapor rose, it fueled the flames' might. The five stone giants, soaked in mud, were in a sorry state, and the flames even penetrated deep into their bones.
In just a few breaths, the five stone giants, who had an astonishing presence, stiffened and fell to the ground.
Their flesh was burned to ashes, and their skeletal frames withered and dried up. Their originally ten-meter-tall frames were reduced to only five or six meters in length.
Wu Tie opened his mouth wide, unable to speak for a long time.
This was the true strength of a dragon. The black smoke and toxic gas were nothing but minor techniques it used when hunting for food, not the trump cards for life-and-death battles.
The five formed an earth-yellow mountain peak and protected the stone giants behind them, emitting sorrowful wails.
Although the Mist Blade had an army of elite killers and countless servant warriors and slaves, with the Mist Blade's power, they were merely nurturing a small stone giant tribe.
There were only ten adult warriors in the entire stone giant tribe.
This loss had now halved their numbers.
As blood brothers, the loss of their brothers in battle caused these simple-minded stone giants to roar, mourn, and shed tears endlessly.
Despite the heart-wrenching pain, the five stone giants remained still in their original positions.
Their auras connected, they resonated with the force of the earth's veins, and continued to form the earth-yellow mountain to protect the Mist Blade's main army.
The dark-green flames swept over and violently crashed into the small mountain peak.
The earth-yellow light that composed the small mountain peak fluctuated intensely. Large patches of earth-yellow mist evaporated and vanished, but earth-yellow mist constantly surged out from underground to replenish the small mountain peak.
The dragon cried out, and the dark-green flames near its seven-inch position grew even brighter. The flames it emitted became more intense and covered an area of several hundred meters.
The earth-yellow mountain peak melted away bit by bit, seemingly refined by the flames.
The five stone giants sweated profusely, with sweat flowing like streams from the crevices of their armor.
A group of bull clan warriors nervous reloaded their crossbows, and then, with two loud bangs, two specially-made arrows were shot out and accurately pierced the dragon's coiled body.
The dragon trembled, and the arrows exploded once again.
Scales shattered, fire soared high, and mud surged tens of meters high. The dragon's body was once again blown open, leaving a large two-meter-long hole. A large amount of blood mixed with some fragments of internal organs spurted out.
The dragon's mouth's flames suddenly disappeared, and it turned its head, tears streaming down its face. It opened its mouth wide, swallowed down the crystal, and greedily sucked on the sticky liquid flowing down.
A large amount of viscous liquid flowed out from the crystal, and the wounds on the dragon's body regenerated rapidly. In the span of a single breath, the massive wound was wrapped in a thin film of blood, and no more blood flowed out. The two-meter-long wounds were entirely covered.
The giant figure swung the wolf-toothed battle-ax down, and with a "crack" sound, it split open a wound on the dragon's head several meters long. Large chunks of scales were blown off, and blood and brain fluid sprayed out.
The dragon screamed in pain, and its body convulsed. Suddenly, a dazzling dark-green light appeared near its seven-inch position.
Its flesh seemed to have become semitransparent, and a mass of dark-green flames burned inside its body. Even through its thick scales and flesh, one could clearly see this flame rapidly fluctuating in size.
A low, deep, and terrifying roar emanated from the dragon's body.
The dragon opened its mouth wide, and a viscous black flame spewed out. In great pain, it let out a cry and vomited a large amount of flame and black smoke.
The stone giants were consumed by an astonishingly powerful move. As soon as the giant figure withdrew its arm, the five stone giants had already fallen heavily to the ground. They hadn't even landed yet when the black flames engulfed them.
The earth-yellow mist on the stone giants' bodies burned away with a "hisss" sound, and their metal armor turned red and melted into molten iron, then vaporized.
Horrifying screams resounded as the five stone giants were burned, their bodies bursting into flames. Within a moment, they had turned to ashes. Some were burned to the point of being unrecognizable, lying on the ground, continuously spitting out blood, unable to get up.
A group of brave bull clan warriors roared and wielded their heavy weapons, smashing them randomly at the dragon's body.
The heavy blows landed on the dragon's body, which had been torn apart by the shattered scales. With bloodshot eyes, these bull clan warriors appeared drunk and fearless, and their brute strength had increased significantly.
The dragon was hit and stumbled. It let out an angry roar, then turned around and spewed out a black flame.
Nearly a hundred bull clan warriors were covered in the black flames, letting out a miserable cry. They turned into burning torches, standing in place and burning fiercely. Within moments, they were reduced to ashes.
The dragon gasped for breath and vomited a large amount of flames and black smoke.
But whether it was the lizardmen or the wolf tribe warriors, these skillful Mist Blade members did not approach it again.
Arrows continued to rain down, and throwing knives continued to pierce its damaged flesh.
The dragon's massive body had become its greatest weakness. It was simply too easy to hit.
After fifteen minutes, the dragon staggered, trying to rush back to the crystal to replenish the liquid oozing out of it.
A figure suddenly appeared in mid-air above the dragon's head, right in the middle of its two long horns. The Mist Blade's Grand Commander of the Blades dragged a long afterimage, and a pitch-black straight blade appeared out of thin air. Without a sound, it slashed down.
A cold light flashed, and the straight blade plunged into the dragon's skull, piercing deep into its brain.
A terrible coldness surged out from the straight blade, instantly freezing the dragon's brain into a block of ice.
The seven-colored light in the dragon's eyes suddenly stiffened, and its massive body stumbled forward a few steps before falling to the ground.
The ground trembled slightly. The dragon didn't even let out a dying scream before it fell to the ground.
The total commander of the Mist Blade lightly pulled out the straight blade and looked toward Wu Tie and Lao Tie, who were hiding in the fern forest.
"What? Do you want to take something from me?"
Chapter complete