34: Killing without a knife (Part 2)

The Demon Dragon rampaged for a while, finally venting its anger.

It lay back down in the pool to rest.

The familiar, agonizing pain struck again.

Its Soul felt as if it were being torn apart; a violent dizziness caused its vision to go dark.

“It's that villain again!”

“He's not dead yet!”

The Demon Dragon roared and burst out of the water.

Xu Le was well-prepared; he had cast the “Conceal Aura” skill, hiding the presence of both himself and Li Yang.

Flapping his wings, the massive “demon moth wings” materialized. He exerted himself and flew up, dragging Li Yang's body with him.

On one side were Xu Le and Li Yang, their backs turned, devoid of killing intent, and as still as stones;

On the other side were Tang Wei and his group, facing the dragon head-on and brimming with murderous intent.

If it were you, who would you think the enemy was?

The Demon Dragon felt they both were.

While aiming a blast of “Corrosive Dragon Flame” at Xu Le, it naturally aimed at the surrounding members of the Tang Family as well.

As the black Dragon Flame spewed out, Xu Le flew away in the opposite direction even faster.

Tang Wei, who was just about to calm everyone down for a slow retreat, was stunned.

You're a damn trash Contractor, yet you can fly? And fly that fast?

The members of the Tang Family wailed incessantly.

They threw out various defensive Spells.

But it was completely useless.

That Dragon Flame had corrosive properties; even a shield capable of resisting tens of thousands of health points could only last a second at most.

Kill!

The Tang Family did not lack tank warriors brave enough to charge.

Five figures charged toward the Demon Dragon.

One person couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the Dragon Flame, more than half of his health bar instantly emptying.

But the priest behind him quickly restored his health.

While the Demon Dragon was still spewing Dragon Flame, the five had already reached it. Just as they were about to use a stun skill, a thick tail swept out, sending all five flying.

The Demon Dragon pressed its advantage, rushing into the Tang Family's backline.

Three more off-tank warriors charged forward.

With a cunning glint in its eyes, the Demon Dragon unleashed “True Dragon Roar,” leaving everyone stunned for 3 seconds.

Next came the “Void-Rending Dragon Claws.” As its two claws met, a beam of black light sliced three mages in the crowd in two.

“Wake up!”

The priest with the highest resistance among them snapped out of it in time and immediately cast a mass debuff cleanse.

The stunned warriors hurriedly used their skills to stun the Demon Dragon.

“It's stunned! Those in the back, follow up!”

Before he could finish, the Demon Dragon had already opened its bloody maw.

“How is this possible!”

“My skill clearly should have stunned it for 1.5 seconds.”

Even as his head was crushed, he still couldn't believe it.

The battle between the Demon Dragon and the Tang Family members grew increasingly white-hot.

These five teams were Tang Family elites; they were very strong, with even the weakest being A-Rank.

But the Demon Dragon was even stronger.

Not only was its Rank high, but its Dragon Clan Bloodline granted it incredibly high resistance, weakening most crowd control skills by more than half, and its own skills were insanely powerful.

Tang Wei turned to look at the others on the periphery and shouted loudly.

“Brothers, this Demon Dragon only has these few moves. Let's attack together!”

“Chen Kai, Zhang Xin, Wang Ziyao, tell your families' people to strike together! The 10x points are right in front of us. Time waits for no one, hurry up!”

The Four Great Families were closely linked; they had competition, but also cooperation.

Seeing the usually arrogant Tang Wei asking for help, the three knew it would be inappropriate not to act now.

With a wave of their hands, the elite teams belonging to the three families began to strike.

Xu Le watched Tang Wei still jumping around and shouting, his gaze cold.

Given Tang Wei's character, he would surely keep looking for trouble afterwards.

“Forget it, harsh words hurt one's style too much.”

“I'll just work hard to make sure we both leave this with some dignity!”

Seeing another wave of Dragon Flame about to be spewed out,

A “Mental Shock” slammed into Tang Wei's head, dropping him to critical health and stunning him in place.

Tang Wei's body stiffened, and he was hit directly by the Dragon Flame. His health bar emptied instantly, and he was soon completely corroded by the Dragon Flame, turning into ash and vanishing without a trace of dust remaining.

“Everyone, charge!”

Xu Le shouted along, charging with the main force.

With a wave of his hand, Little Yellow Chicken and Little Black Snake appeared on the battlefield.

???

A Contractor.

And he contracted a chick and a Corn Snake.

The charging teams all paused for half a second.

Everyone knew Contractors were weak and had to personally defeat their contracted beasts to ensure their loyalty.

But you couldn't just find a chick and a Corn Snake, could you?

They might be loyal, but what about their combat power?

Are they going to perform 'chick pecking rice' and 'little snake flicking tongue'?

However, since the great enemy was the Demon Dragon and the wings behind Xu Le were somewhat intimidating, no one laughed out loud.

They just cast intentional or unintentional glances at the two little ones while attacking the Demon Dragon.

Li Yang didn't stay behind Xu Le; instead, he raised his shield and moved toward the Demon Dragon.

He felt that with his current strength, he couldn't protect Xu Le at all, so he might as well take the risk to temper himself and charge a few times.

Xu Le also understood Li Yang's thoughts. During the three days of the exam, he had barely acted, and was likely frustrated.

Through the Mind Link, he commanded Little Black Snake to follow him and protect him in moments of crisis.

He himself mingled in the back row, occasionally casting an Earth Spike or the “Hurricane Howl” that came with his wings to familiarize himself with the skills.

The Demon Dragon's attacks were very strong.

But there were many tanks on the field, and no shortage of crowd control skills.

While they couldn't keep it stunned in place forever, interrupting its skills at critical moments was no problem... At the Examination Center.

Seeing the turn of events on the screen, the expressions on everyone's faces softened slightly.

The strength of the Four Great Families was even greater than they had imagined.

They could actually tie down a Level 40 Demon Dragon.

If this continued for a long time,

The one to die would inevitably be the Demon Dragon.

“If the Tang Family hadn't suffered losses, the Demon Dragon would surely die even faster.”

As they thought this, their hearts sank to rock bottom.

With a quick count, the Tang Family had lost at least ten elites, and even their seed candidate for this year was gone.

How could they, as examination center directors, have an easy time?

The only consolation was that they didn't have to violate the exam regulations and forcibly enter the exam grounds to save people.

Otherwise, they would have their reputations tarnished... Time slowly passed.

Two hours went by.

Everyone had consumed countless bottles of mana potions, and they finally ground the Demon Dragon's health bar down to just 1/5.

This was only because Xu Le occasionally threw out skills; otherwise, with the Demon Dragon's [Dragon Scale Armor] talent and its terrifying recovery ability, it would have taken much longer.

[Dragon Scale Armor] reduced physical and magical damage by 75%.

It was almost comparable to Little Black Snake's [Indestructible Vajra] talent.

“Roar!”

The Demon Dragon roared at the sky. Everyone tightened their fists, guarding against a sudden attack.

It lowered its head and flicked its tail, intending to dive straight into the Black Water Pool.

“Holy crap!”

“How are we supposed to fight if it really goes into the water?”

“Freeze it for me!”

Chen Kai roared, and the Chen Family's tanks and mages hurriedly used binding and stunning skills.

Zhang Xin hurriedly appealed: “Steady, don't get reckless. Save your control skills for critical moments, don't let the ship capsize now.”

Chen Kai sneered: “Save them? If we save them any longer, it'll escape, and these two hours will be for nothing.”

Zhang Xin insisted again: “We still have to save some. Otherwise, when it uses a skill later, are you going to tank it with your life?”

The battle became even more intense.

Various skills flew everywhere.

Most people sided with Chen Kai, fearing the Demon Dragon would escape.

Fortunately, thanks to Zhang Xin's reminder, the Zhang Family and some rational people held back their control skills, barely managing to hold on.

“Roar!”

Another chunk of the Demon Dragon's health bar was taken out.

Only a little over 8,000 health remained.

Now!

Without needing a reminder, everyone saved their strongest skills, preparing to steal the kill.

Little Yellow Chicken split into ten, and ten “Flame Shockwaves” hit the Demon Dragon. At the same time, Xu Le also threw out a “Mental Shock.”

Whoosh!

The Demon Dragon's health bar, which had been sliding down like a snail, was instantly emptied.

The members of the three families rushed toward the Demon Dragon, only to see a smaller version of its body separate and drag its corpse into the Black Water Pool.