"I never expected you to hit that hard when you fought the Dragon King. You knocked out all his teeth! The Dragon King shouldn't have been some minor character, so why did he end up getting beaten into such a pathetic state by you?"
The Dragon King had always been all bark and no bite, so Saint Lord Taichu could naturally deal with him with ease. If he had truly been a powerful opponent, that would have been another matter.
Saint Lord Taichu patted Hundred Spirits Bird on the shoulder and said, "It's nothing. Go wait somewhere else for now. You can wait outside the entrance if you want. This isn't a place you should be."
"You need to understand something. If a fight really breaks out later, with you behind me, the help you can provide will be extremely limited. Most of the time, you'll probably just hold me back."
"Don't you find that especially frustrating?"
"How could I hold you back? My strength may not be at the peak compared to others, but I'm not so weak that I'd become dead weight, am I? Just let me follow you. I can help!"
Before long, Hundred Spirits Bird was pushed outside by Saint Lord Taichu. No matter what, Saint Lord Taichu no longer took him seriously. The torch in Saint Lord Taichu's hand shone especially brightly within the pitch-black cave, while the Butterfly Sword in his other hand stood ready to enter battle at any moment.
Generally speaking, the Dragon King would never leave something as precious as talismans near the entrance. If he were going to hide them, he would place them in the darkest and deepest part of the cave. So, as long as Saint Lord Taichu kept walking inward, he could not go wrong. After destroying