The Heaven-Defying Dragon Demon, the Letter Roc, and the Boundless Celestial Venerable! (6k)

Meng Chuan gripped Demon-Subduing with both arms and twisted its shaft, bursting its icy crescent blade through Bo Gang's belly.

Countless bolts of lightning spilled from the wound, blasting Bo Gang's limbs until they shriveled and split.

His crocodile teeth loosened and sank into the water. A tremendous, bizarre scream erupted from his toothless maw: "Aaaah!"

Bo Gang's shrill screams echoed for miles without fading.

Those who heard them sighed and grieved, unable to help shedding a few crocodile tears.

Whoosh! A terrifying hand seized Bo Gang's corpse and swiftly dragged it to the bottom.

The shadow smiled. Amid the spreading blood and oppressive atmosphere, that smile looked all the more savage and brutal.

His body compressed slightly, and an enormous dragon head emerged from his shoulder.

Meng Chuan dragged Bo Gang over to the Dragon Demon's mouth. "You can eat him, right? He seems to count as a... dragon?"

Even an alligator had "dragon" in its Chinese name. That made them distant relatives, so it probably counted!

Besides, Bo Gang was the alligator god's son. Surely he would be more nourishing than an ordinary dragon species.

The Dragon Demon sniffed, greedily lapping up the blood in the water.

Seeing this, Meng Chuan activated his restored water-control ability again, drawing Bo Gang's blood out of the surrounding water and gathering it into a huge glob. The Dragon Demon leaned forward and siphoned it into his belly.

Then the Dragon Demon paddled through the water with all four limbs, dragging Bo Gang between some rocks with his jaws to keep the hollow corpse from floating up. He burrowed inside and feasted.

A while later, when the Dragon Demon crawled out with a bulging belly, the crocodile monster had become a dried corpse on the riverbed.

"Enjoyed your meal?"

The Dragon Demon