Icefrost Giant Dragon

Flag Mountain, deep in the forest.

The cold wind howled.

The air was so cold it seemed about to freeze.

Every breath carried countless tiny ice crystals that stung his lungs.

Lei Wen stood bare-chested.

Even in this hellish environment of minus ten degrees, steam rose from his body. The moment sweat seeped out, it was frozen into white frost by the cold air.

Before him stood a mountain.

A living mountain of white flesh, radiating terrifying draconic might.

An Icefrost Giant Dragon.

The ruler of a Ninth Rank Flagrant Beast.

Just standing there, it was over a hundred meters tall.

Its enormous scales were like shields, reflecting a chilling light in the dim forest.

Roar!

The dragon's roar shook snow from the surrounding trees.

A freezing stream carrying the stench of blood surged from its ferocious maw.

Lei Wen did not retreat.

The rocks beneath his feet cracked as his entire body shot forward like an arrow leaving the string, advancing instead of retreating.

The black battleaxe spun in his hand.

Though the axe weighed a thousand jin, he wielded it as though it were a straw.

Break!

A thunderous shout.

The battleaxe tore through the cold current, carrying an unstoppable force. Yet the instant it struck the dragon's scales, it exploded with a deafening crash.

Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere.

The dragon scales, enough to withstand high-level magic bombardment, were actually smashed into dense cracks by that single strike.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon let out a pained roar, its massive tail sweeping toward him.

This was no ordinary tail sweep.

It was pure power, an utterly unreasonable blow of several million jin.

The air exploded from the pressure.

Lei Wen's pupils contracted. With nowhere to exert force in midair, he could only raise his heavy axe to block.

Bang!

His body was sent flying, smashing through ten ancient trees thick enough for several people to embrace before crashing viciously into a cliff.

Broken stones rained down, smoke and dust billowing.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon's enormous eyes flashed with humanlike disdain.

A mere human.

Though this human was powerful and sturdy, he was ultimately only a monkey that could swing a weapon.

It spread its wings. Its huge body blotted out the sky, its shadow falling like Death's scythe.

It opened its maw and breathed out dragon breath, determined to freeze the human monkey into an ice sculpture.

Suddenly.

There was a rumble from the pile of rubble.

Lei Wen pushed away the boulder pressing on him, brushed the dust from his shoulder, and walked out while rolling his neck.

The totem on the back of his left hand glowed faintly.

The injuries caused by that tail sweep rapidly healed under the warm current, and in the blink of an eye, he was mostly recovered.

"A good training partner."

Lei Wen exhaled a breath of white mist and grinned.

There was no trace of fear in his smile, only the thrill of a warrior meeting a worthy opponent.

This was the opponent he wanted.

Compared to it, the Purple-Eyed Black Bear he had fought before was just a puppy that could only bare its teeth.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon was stunned.

Its rather simple brain could not understand why, after taking a full-force dragon tail sweep, this human could stand up as if nothing had happened.

That human's strength and physique surpassed even those of a Flagran Beast.

"Again!"

Lei Wen bent his legs and sprang forward, cracking the ground beneath him again.

This time, he did not collide head-on. His body darted and turned between the trees, as fast as a black bolt of lightning.

He would not fly.

But he was clever.

After fighting it for half a month, he had already figured out the attack patterns of this massive beast.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon grew enraged.

It flapped its wings violently, stirring up a gale as its enormous body rose into the air.

If it could not hit him, it would fly. That was the privilege of dragons.

From high above, it unleashed a series of ice arrows, like a rainstorm of death descending from the sky.

Each ice arrow was as thick as a steel spear, and wherever it landed, it left a deep pit.

Lei Wen weaved through the dense barrage.

This was the terrifying reaction speed of a Ninth Rank Warrior.

He was waiting.

Waiting for an opportunity.

Dragons were arrogant, but arrogance was often a flaw.

As long as it believed it had him trapped, it would want to come down and tear its enemy apart with its claws instead of hovering in the sky and wasting dragon breath.

Sure enough.

Unable to strike the slippery human with its ice arrows, the Icefrost Giant Dragon lost its patience.

It swooped down.

Its massive dragon claw, carrying a sharp whistling wind that tore through the air, grabbed at Lei Wen's shoulder.

Now!

A sharp gleam flashed through Lei Wen's eyes.

He did not dodge.

Facing the dragon claw capable of crushing boulders, he actually charged straight at it.

At that instant, the heavy axe in his hand seemed to lose all weight, its speed suddenly multiplying.

But the axe did not strike the dragon claw. It turned lightly and smashed toward the joint beneath the dragon's claw.

This strike relied not on brute force, but skill.

Four ounces moved a thousand pounds.

Crack!

The clear sound of bone breaking rang out.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon let out a miserable cry. Its huge body lost balance and crashed diagonally toward the ground.

Lei Wen gave it no chance to breathe.

He stepped on the dragon wing and leaped onto its back, raising his battleaxe high before bringing it down upon the soft area beneath the dragon's neck.

That was a dragon's reverse scale, and also its vital point.

"Get down!"

The battleaxe came down savagely.

It was not the blade, but the axe shaft.

Boom!

The ground shook.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon's enormous head was smashed hard into the mud. For a long while, it could not rise.

It was crippled.

Not beaten crippled, but enraged crippled. That explosive force had snapped one of its legs.

Lei Wen jumped down from the dragon's back, panting heavily.

The totem on the back of his hand glowed wildly, greedily repairing every damaged part of his body.

That blow had hurt badly.

Every bone in his body felt as though it had been torn apart and reassembled.

Yet he still could not sense "strength."

That feeling of merging with heaven and earth, borrowing the perception of heaven and earth, still felt separated by a layer of gauze—visible, yet untouchable.

"Still not enough."

Lei Wen scratched his head in frustration.

He glanced at the Icefrost Giant Dragon lying motionless on the ground.

It seemed to still be breathing. The white vapor spraying from its nostrils froze the grass on the ground to death.

Kill it?

Then eat its meat?

Lei Wen rubbed his stomach.

Over the past half month, he had eaten who knew how many Flagrant Beasts.

But the totem on the back of his hand had never reacted.

If he ate this dragon, aside from stuffing himself, that black mist probably would not move either.

Wasting ingredients was shameful.

Besides, if he was going to survive in this world, he needed a means of transportation.

He had not yet reached the Saint Domain and could not fly.

Every time he traveled, he had to rely on his own two legs. Though he could run fast, it was hardly impressive.

If only he could ride this thing around...

Lei Wen stroked his chin, sizing up the Icefrost Giant Dragon's elegant streamlined body.

Its appearance was not bad.

Imposing.

It suited the status of the future head of the Bart family.

As he was thinking.

The giant creature on the ground moved.

The Icefrost Giant Dragon slowly raised its head.

Its eyes were muddled, and clearly it had not recovered from the heavy blow.

But when it saw Lei Wen standing before it, the ferocity born from its bloodline erupted once more.

Roar!

It struggled to stand.

But its shattered claw and painfully injured leg made it collapse again.

It could only glare at Lei Wen with those eyes full of venomous resentment.

Human!

Despicable human!

If you want to kill me, then do it quickly!

Though it could not speak, Lei Wen understood the meaning in its gaze perfectly.

The intelligence of a Ninth Rank Flagrant Beast was no longer what it used to be; it was even smarter than many humans.