Book 12: Chapter 89
"Humph!!!" The poison dragon glared at Lin Xiang and his group, emitting a vigilant low growl.
"Wanna try killing a dragon yourself?" Yalide made a gesturing motion toward Lin Xiang.
"Seriously?"
"Huff~" Lin Xiang exhaled, moved his bones a bit, and took out the cold sword from the storage ring.
"The cold sword deals more damage to magical creatures. It might work against dragons too," Yalide commented.
Lin Xiang unsheathed the sword, and the blade emitted a deep blue glow, dispersing a faint white chill in the air.
Seeing Lin Xiang taking out a weapon, the poison dragon lay down on the ground, seemingly prepared for its end.
For the first time taking the initiative to kill a dragon, Lin Xiang hesitated. He walked slowly towards the poison dragon, contemplating whether to spare its life or not.
The poison dragon lay there, watching Lin Xiang’s approach, its black pupils reflecting Lin Xiang and the cold blue glow of the sword in his hand.
Yalide folded his arms and watched with a hint of a smile on his lips.
With some distance between them and the dragon, Lin Xiang suddenly halted, "I can spare you, but you can't be with the demon clan."
The poison dragon lifted its head and nodded.
"You understand what I'm saying? I really mean it."
The poison dragon nodded again.
"Good, then you may go." Lin Xiang retracted the cold sword. Seeing the poison dragon showed no hostility, he turned and returned to Yalide's side.
A glint flashed in the poison dragon's black eyes. It lifted its head and spat out a deep purple venom. That venom was even more dreadful than before. It was the poison dragon's life-saving move, accumulated and refined within its body over the years, a purer venom. It was said that even ancient dragons would be poisoned upon contact.
Lin Xiang had a slight hope that the poison dragon truly listened to him. Unfortunately, upon hearing the venom being expelled, he, in his wind speed state, swiftly evaded it.
The deep purple venom dripped on trees and grass, instantly withering them into dry charcoal.
"Ha!!!" Lin Xiang jumped high, aiming a sword strike at the poison dragon's head.
Although the poison dragon's body had been decaying, its dragon bones were not fragile. Lin Xiang felt a shock through his hands and immediately stepped back.
Being struck, the poison dragon kept howling in pain. It felt that it was really unlucky as it was defeated by Lin Xiang, a weak human. Its ambush failed, and now, it was struck once. Furthermore, the poisonous blood in its body could not be sprayed out since its wound was frozen.
Revealing its sharp teeth dripping with purple blood, the poison dragon extended its neck towards Lin Xiang, attempting to bite him.
"Dah!" The poison dragon missed, and although Lin Xiang was not as fast as the wind dragon, he managed to maintain a speed of dozens of meters per second.
With a gust of wind, Lin Xiang appeared in front of the poison dragon. He aimed the cold sword at the exposed chest, piercing it in a single strike.
The poison dragon abruptly turned its head. Its eyes were in turmoil, unable to believe that such a weak human could actually…
"Bang!" The poison dragon's head fell to the ground. Losing all its strength, it collapsed instantly.
"Whoosh~" Visible purple energy floated out of the poison dragon's body, circling Lin Xiang several times before entering his body.
"Hm!" An indescribable coolness surged through Lin Xiang's brain nerves. The dragon energy consumed by the dragon fireball was completely restored, and the amount of dragon energy he could contain had also increased. At that moment, Lin Xiang felt like a balloon that was almost out of air, yet was suddenly inflated, becoming larger than before.
His state of flames gradually faded away.
‘Not bad. Although this dragon’s soul is weaker than the ice dragon, you've made progress after all. Your previous dragon energy would be mostly depleted with only a use of the light blast, but now, you have enough for at least two uses.’
‘Uh… It seems that it wasn’t a huge improvement.’
‘Of course. Our dragon energy is special, it’s pure. However, the purification process of the demonic energy that Yalide absorbed will result in not much dragon energy left.’
‘Yes, having an increase is a good thing.’ Lin Xiang was a person with a contented mind.
"Great~ Congratulations~ Little brat, you've finally taken the first step." Yalide approached and put her arm around Lin Xiang's head, "When you mentioned about sparing it, I almost laughed. I thought I had to intervene, but luckily, you aren't dumb and kept an ace up your sleeve."
"Let go of me." Lin Xiang struggled for a moment, and Yalide released him.
"In the past, during fights, I used to show mercy to others, but later, they showed no remorse and came back with a group to cause trouble. Since then, I no longer show mercy. It was either I don't fight, or fight till they're terrified. That was only a fight after all. This, however, determines life and death. It's a dragon, the same existence as Valarie and Bellina, so I wanted to give it a chance. Yet, it didn't accept my proposal."
"Get used to it. Isn’t there a saying? Kindness to enemies is cruelty to oneself. You can be kind to humans or other creatures, but never to the demon clan because they simply don't understand what kindness is."
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The dragons defeated by the poison dragon were all poisoned and unable to fight for a while. As for the high-flying wind dragon, it was seriously injured but not in grave danger. As Yalide said, the dragons’ scales and skin gave them high defense, so falling from a high altitude did not cause severe injuries like the poison dragon.
They gathered the dragons in one place. The wind dragon assigned a few dragons to protect them, preventing those from the demon clan from disturbing them, then continued forward with Lin Xiang and the others toward the demon abyss.
"Your flames… have improved," walking on the road, Valarie suddenly said to Lin Xiang, not reverting to her previous form but maintaining her mature state.
"Well, how do I put it, it’s all thanks to Valarie. Didn't I ask you about how to control fire before? You said flames are changeable, and one must be good at combining them, so now, I've learned a bit."
"Good. Keep grasping… that feeling," Valarie said, as she looked forward again.
Lin Xiang stole a glance and found the mature Valarie indeed outstanding. She had the perfect figure and facial features. A complete epitome of an ice queen, though, if she could have more expressions, that ice queen status might change.
"What’s wrong," Valarie noticed Lin Xiang looking at her and tilted her head back, puzzled.
"Nothing, ahahaha." Lin Xiang forced a laugh, suddenly feeling two piercing gazes behind him.
"Oh my my my! You vile human! How dare you look at Little Valarie with such an expression!" Bellina gritted her teeth, ready to pounce on him at any moment.
"Hmph! Humans are humans! They’re lowly creatures who like useless and obstructive chest bumps!" A certain golden-haired lady tossed her hair, expressing disdain.
"Kukuku." Wind Chimes stood upright and walked over to Reidy’s side. When Reidy looked over… her veins bulged. She grabbed Wind Chimes’s shoulder and shook vigorously, "What do you mean by this?! Huh! What do you mean?!"
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