Slaying the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon!

After dozens of exchanges, sand and ice kept colliding and exploding across the wilderness. The once terrifying Sky Mountain Earth Dragon gradually allowed Lu Yuan to grasp the true extent of its strength.

He sidestepped a dragon claw strike, his toes landing atop an ice platform frozen in midair. A flicker of understanding quietly surfaced between his brows.

Aside from the overwhelming suppression of its Earth Domain and True Dragon Domain, the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon before him had obvious shortcomings in physical explosiveness, tactical adaptability, and actual combat experience. Its overall strength was nowhere near as terrifying as he had expected.

Ultimately, it had suffered greatly from being too young.

Still in its juvenile stage, even with an exceptionally gifted bloodline and an incredibly high starting point, it lacked worldly experience and life-and-death battles. Much of the Dragon race's physical potential had yet to be fully developed, and it lacked refined methods of adapting to changing circumstances.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, had risen through bloody slaughter from the very bottom. Countless battles at the edge of life and death had tempered his incomparably solid combat experience. Combined with the hidden enhancement of his Demon Bloodline and the stable realm built up through System Sublimation Points, he already possessed the formidable foundation to fight opponents above his rank.

Back and forth, the scales of battle slowly began tipping toward Lu Yuan.

The Earth Dragon smashed apart a large expanse of ice before it with one claw, panting as it shook its aching limbs. An incredulous agitation surfaced in its narrow dragon eyes, while the calm, mocking expression it had worn earlier vanished completely. Fine bloody cuts seeped from between its scales, where the Ice Blades had sliced through.

"Impossible! You're merely a Third Order Upper Rank human in