8: One punch and he's dead! The Dragon Prince is panicking!
This was the first enemy Su Jue had faced since arriving in this world.
He did not panic in the slightest.
The moment the Storm Crystal Scorpion lunged, his small body moved forward instead of retreating, meeting it head-on.
The 300-fold Gravity was equally effective against the enemy.
The Storm Crystal Scorpion's speed was slowed down several times in his eyes.
【Target locked! Planning attack path...】
【Optimal attack angle: Crouch, dash 1.2 meters to the front right, tilt body upward 37 degrees, punch!】
Following the System's instructions, Su Jue executed a perfect evasive and counter-attack maneuver.
His small figure narrowly slid under the Storm Crystal Scorpion's giant pincers.
Then, he clenched his fair, tender little fist, aiming it at the weak point marked by the System.
He threw a punch!
With this punch, he used all the power of his newly solidified Gang Qi Realm.
"Bang!"
The contact between his fist and the soft flesh at the joint of the carapace emitted a muffled thud.
The Storm Crystal Scorpion's lunging attack, which it had been certain would succeed, suddenly froze.
Its compound eyes were filled with confusion.
The next second.
"Puchi!"
A violent surge of Protective Aura erupted from Su Jue's fist, instantly rushing into the Storm Crystal Scorpion's body and precisely destroying its neural center.
That three-meter-long hideous monster didn't even have time to let out a cry of agony.
Its massive body fell heavily to the ground, twitched twice, and then completely ceased breathing.
One-shot kill!
Su Jue pulled back his fist, looked at the bit of green blood stained on it, and shook it off in disgust.
Then he walked over to the Storm Crystal Scorpion's corpse and gave it a kick.
【Detected absorbable energy: Bone Refining Realm Demon Core.】
【Absorb?】
Su Jue thought about it, then took out his own Star Core instead.
That one doesn't taste good.
He sat back in the corner and started gnawing on his dry rations.
Meanwhile, inside the Ten Thousand Dragon Fortress, in front of the magic mirror.
Those dragons who were waiting to see Su Jue torn to shreds were all frozen in place, as if struck by lightning.
"He... he he he... he one-punched... a Bone Refining Realm Third Layer Storm Crystal Scorpion to death?"
"That movement just now... that angle... it was simply the most perfect counter-attack!"
"Is he really just an Infant?"
Ao Shang's expression had become ugly to the extreme.
"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
A roar of angry Divine Thought exploded over the Ten Thousand Dragon Fortress.
The one roaring was none other than Ao Yuan's eldest son, Ao Shang.
He stared fixedly at Su Jue in the magic mirror, who was hugging his Star Core and gnawing on it with great relish; his dark golden dragon eyes were filled with jealousy and unwillingness.
"A human! An Infant who hasn't even grown all his hair! How could he possibly possess such terrifying combat intuition!"
Ao Shang turned to look at Elizabeth, who was sitting on the throne in the temple, his voice filled with accusation.
"Mother! This isn't fair!"
"He must have used the life-saving trump card Father left for him! Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to kill the Storm Crystal Scorpion in one hit!"
The other dragons echoed him one after another.
"That's right! It must be like that!"
"A mere human, how could he possibly see through the Storm Crystal Scorpion's weak point?"
"He is cheating! This trial is meaningless for him!"
They could not accept that a being they viewed as a bug had displayed talent even more monstrous than their own when they were young.
Therefore, they would rather believe it was cheating.
Elizabeth's cold gaze swept over her indignant children, but she did not speak.
She saw much more clearly than these foolish sons of hers.
That strike just now, Su Jue had not used any external force.
It was purely a perfect combination of power, timing, and combat instinct.
That kind of precise insight into weak points...
Even she felt startled.
This little guy... seems born for battle.
Ao Yuan proudly puffed out his chest and sent a Divine Thought message to Elizabeth: "How about it? My son is amazing, right?"
"All of your useless sons combined aren't worth a single finger of my son!"
Elizabeth shot him a cold glance but did not respond.
However, the slightly raised dragon head betrayed that her mood was actually quite good at the moment.
"Silence."
Elizabeth's voice rang out again, and her majestic will made all the dragons shut their mouths.
"The trial continues."
She only said these four words and then ignored the clamor of Ao Shang and the others.
Ao Shang was trembling with rage.
Mother's attitude was clearly favoring that little bastard!
He looked at Su Jue in the magic mirror, who was full and satisfied, and even started to doze off against the cave wall; the resentment in his eyes was almost becoming tangible.
"You're very proud, aren't you?"
Ao Shang's Divine Thought was filled with cold killing intent.
"Since Mother is unwilling to take action to purge the lineage, then I, as your older brother, will add some ingredients for you."
A vicious thought formed in his mind.
He quietly retreated, his massive dragon body hiding into a side hall.
He stretched out a dark golden dragon claw, and the claw tip lightly traced in the Void Realm.
Strands of profound and complex Space Law runes took shape under his claw tip.
He was constructing an ultra-long-distance micro teleportation array!
This was a top-tier secret technique that only the Dragon Clan royalty could master, capable of performing small-scale material teleportation without alerting the Holy King.
What was he going to do?
He wanted to increase the difficulty of Su Jue's trial.
"There are seven stars in the Origin Trial, and Storm Star is only the first, and also the simplest one."
Ao Shang smiled cruelly.
"Then, let me let you experience in advance... the specialty of the third planet."
His Divine Thought crossed endless space, precisely locking onto a terrifying creature sleeping on the third trial planet.
The space teleportation array was completed!
"Go, my little cutie."
"I hope that little bastard can become your delicious snack."
An imperceptible spatial fluctuation flashed and vanished in the Ten Thousand Dragon Fortress.
Elizabeth seemed to have sensed something, her golden dragon eyes narrowed slightly, and she glanced in the direction where Ao Shang was, but ultimately did not stop him.
She wanted to see what kind of miracles this little guy could create when facing a true desperate situation.
...
Storm Star, inside the cave.
Su Jue was sleeping soundly.
A trace of crystal-clear drool was still flowing from the corner of his mouth.
【Body Tempering, Bone Refining, Marrow Cleansing, Protective Aura... the Foundations of the four realms have been completely solidified.】
【'Primary Demonic Dragon Physique' EXP: 35%】
【'Law of Destruction' Affinity: 1.01%】
【'Law of Life' Affinity: 0.01%】
【'Law of Time' Affinity: 0.001%】
The Data on the System panel quietly increased while he was in his sleep.
But just at this moment.
An extreme premonition of danger, like ice water poured over his head, made him wake up from his sleep instantly!
He opened his eyes wide.
He saw that, at the entrance of the cave, a huge figure had appeared at some unknown time.
It was a monster five meters tall, shaped like a mantis, but with four arms.
Its body was composed entirely of stark white bones, and ghostly blue Soul flames were burning on the bones.
Its four arms were four giant bone blades, each three meters long, with edges sharp beyond compare, flashing with a cold light.
Its aura was more than ten times stronger than that of the Storm Crystal Scorpion from before!