That day, Kolan discovered a Saint-level Giant Dragon—a Saint-level Tyrannosaurus!
The Dragon race was mainly divided into ground dragons, known for their powerful bodies, and flying dragons, known for their strong magic.
The Tyrannosaurus was one of the mightiest among the ground dragons. Its enormous body stretched a hundred meters, and its scales were as hard and terrifying as chunks of black rock.
A dark-attribute Saint-level Tyrannosaurus!
"Who are you?" The Tyrannosaurus noticed Kolan and fixed its enormous, fiery-red eyes on him. They were as big as wagon wheels.
"Kolan," he replied.
"Kolan?" The Tyrannosaurus growled. "I am Puterode, of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Why have you come to my territory?"
"Puterode, I came to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to train. Today, I challenge you!" Kolan drew his greatsword and explained his purpose.
"Roar!" Hellfire suddenly blazed in the Tyrannosaurus Puterode's eyes, burning the surrounding trees and boulders to nothing. "Kolan, I've never heard your name before. You must be a newly risen Saint-level powerhouse. You've come to challenge me, Puterode? That's an insult to the great Puterode! Today, I'll tear you to pieces!"
Saint-level magical beasts were even smarter than ordinary humans.
Especially if they had lived for a long time, they knew the powerhouses of the Yulan Continent well.
Clearly, the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus had never heard the name Kolan before.
The enraged Saint-level Tyrannosaurus felt insulted. Its entire body surged forward at once, moving at a terrifying speed.
"Boom!" A sonic boom rang out as the Tyrannosaurus charged at Kolan with its fearsome body.
"What a cunning Tyrannosaurus!" Kolan darted sideways. This Tyrannosaurus was one of the peak members of the Dragon race, with an exceptionally powerful body. It was among the strongest of all dragons.
Compared with the Saint-level Purple-Eyed Golden-Haired Ape he'd faced before, this Saint-level Tyrannosaurus was undoubtedly more terrifying.
Although Kolan's body was powerful, he had no intention of taking the Tyrannosaurus's charge head-on.
At that moment, a black blur swept past Kolan. It was the Tyrannosaurus's tail.
Bang!
The tail moved so fast that it generated enormous blades of wind. They swept outward, slicing the surrounding trees and boulders in half as easily as tofu. One tree after another crashed to the ground.
If the wind blades produced by the tail's speed alone were this powerful, how terrifying must the tail itself be?
Even Kolan frowned.
This Saint-level Tyrannosaurus was very strong—stronger than he was by a considerable margin.
Even with his powerful body, if the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus's tail struck him, he would be gravely injured, if not killed.
Kolan kept dodging the sweeping tail.
Just then, scorching Hellfire suddenly erupted across the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus's entire body. The temperature of the surrounding air shot up to terrifying levels in an instant.
To attack, Kolan would have to enter the Hellfire's reach.
It was clear how cunning this Saint-level Tyrannosaurus was after living for an unknown number of years. Its intelligence was no different from a human's.
But this posed no difficulty for Kolan.
Air currents churned around him, forming a Battle Qi barrier over his body.
Combined with Kolan's powerful physique, the Hellfire posed no threat to him.
Other Saint-level powerhouses might have struggled to withstand it with their Battle Qi barriers.
But his barrier was formed from fused Battle Qi. It was entirely different.
"How is this possible? How can you use two different kinds of energy at the same time?" the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus roared.
Its Hellfire could do nothing to Kolan's barrier.
And Kolan's strength was simply unbelievable—his body was just as astonishingly powerful.
Other Saint-level magical beasts were no different.
The Saint-level Tyrannosaurus had lived for over ten thousand years. In all that time, it had never seen anyone use two different kinds of energy at once.
There were magical beasts with multiple elemental affinities, but they couldn't use all those energies simultaneously. They could only use one type at a time.
Take the Hydra, for example. Its nine heads possessed the seven elemental energies, as well as Destruction and Death. It could use all nine types at once, but that was because it had nine heads, each independent of the others.
As for humans, this was unheard of.
"Nothing is impossible!" Kolan said. "Puterode, show me your full strength. Otherwise, today will be your last!"
"Foolish human, you're the one who'll die today, not me!" the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus roared.
It was so powerful that only a handful of human Saint-level powerhouses could match it.
As for those even stronger, there were only the High Priest and the War God.
Its sturdy scales and immense physical strength made it virtually invincible.
Unless one was a Deity-level powerhouse, no one could defeat it.
Its strength had made it the supreme ruler of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
There were Saint-level magical beasts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range that could match it, but none were stronger.
Five days and five nights later, unwillingness filled the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus's eyes.
But it had no strength left to fight the human before it.
Kolan's eyes were heavy with exhaustion.
Over those five days and nights, he had been injured countless times, only to recover each time.
But the exhaustion kept washing over him.
After glancing at the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus, Kolan left without killing it.
He couldn't bear to kill such a good opponent just yet.
He had to admit, the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus was indeed powerful. He had used everything except his fused Battle Qi, yet he still hadn't been able to inflict any real damage on it.
The Saint-level Tyrannosaurus was far stronger than him.
By Kolan's estimate, its strength was probably equivalent to the human Saint-level limit.
Even human powerhouses at the Saint-level limit would likely struggle to kill it.
Kolan had only managed to wear the Saint-level Tyrannosaurus down by relying on the advantage of his Soul Mutation.
Of course, that was a feat in its own right. In a fight to the death, he would be the one left standing.
Kolan left and went to a mountain peak thirty miles away. The peak stood about two thousand meters high, and only one tree grew at its summit.
He summoned three Saint-level Undead Lifeforms to guard him.
Then he lay beneath the tree and slept peacefully.
He even heard himself snoring.
It had been a long time since he'd slept. This sleep brought him into a wondrous state.
It was as if he had returned to his mother's womb, enveloped in gentleness, warmth, and comfort.
At that moment, his heart was in perfect harmony with heaven and earth, as though heaven and earth were the womb itself.
He felt safe and relaxed, his whole body completely at ease.
He didn't need to keep even a sliver of his attention on guarding against the outside world. He felt the tree, sensed its carefree joy as it swayed in the breeze, as if it were telling him how happy it was.
He felt the birds flying freely through the sky, roaming wherever they pleased.
He seemed to see a nest in the tree, where a flying magical beast was laying an egg.
At that moment, he seemed to understand what life was. The true meaning of life seemed to transform into a beam of light, flowing through Kolan's heart.
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