Ten-Thousand-Year Variant Sub-Dragon: End

Watching the battle from afar, Wang Chuan furrowed his brows.

Strictly speaking, Red-Headed Jackals are not wolves; these creatures belong to the jackal family.

The jackal in the idiom "jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards."

And what is the fundamental difference between the two?

The difference lies in the fact that while both hunt in packs, wolf packs have a leader, whereas jackal packs do not.

Beyond that, wolf packs assess the situation; they generally won't hunt large, dangerous beasts because it would only cause significant losses to the pack.

Jackals are different; these creatures are far more brutal to the core than wolves. Even when facing beasts far stronger than themselves, they dare to charge in and fight head-on—they are the "honey badgers" of the wolf world.

But compared to a honey badger, the jackal's hunting method is even more vicious, as they act like hyenas, specializing in attacking the enemy's lower regions and other weak points.

Because of this brutality, even though a tiger is far stronger than a jackal, the ancients placed the jackal at the very front of the "jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards" list.

They even went as far as to distinguish jackals from ordinary wolves.

Of course, all of this was something Wang Chuan learned from popular science videos in his past life and had little to do with this world.

In the backward world of the Douluo Continent, the reason jackals are classified separately is because of Yazi, one of the nine sons of the dragon.

Legend has it that Yazi, with a dragon's head and a jackal's body, is the ancestor of this lineage of Spirit Beasts on the Douluo Continent.

However, watching the battle before him, Wang Chuan felt that these Red-Headed Jackals were not much different from the jackals described in the science videos of his past life.

Because these guys were also using the despicable tactic of attacking the lower regions to surround and assault the Copper-Armored Giant Elephant.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Chuan had frowned just now.

He thought to himself that if he had to fight these guys, he would likely be swarmed. Once surrounded and beaten by more than ten Red-Headed Jackals, even with his Observation Haki, Wang Chuan felt his own lower regions wouldn't be safe.

Moreover, Copper-Armored Giant Elephants are generally over five meters tall, while these Red-Headed Jackals have an average height of less than 1.5 meters. How could normal Spirit Beasts fight across such a massive size difference?

This further proved the "honey badger" brutality of these creatures; they really just attack as soon as they see prey.

However, although the battle was brutal, Wang Chuan didn't take it to heart; instead, he felt he could sit back and reap the rewards later.

Wang Chuan then turned his head to look at Jin Lin, which had shrunk and coiled around his arm, and asked.

"Jin Lin, is it these guys?"

Wang Chuan subconsciously assumed Jin Lin would nod.

After all, since Yazi is the ancestor of the jackal species in Douluo, then strictly speaking, these guys... could also count as... Sub-Dragons?

Wang Chuan thought this with a lack of confidence, feeling it was a bit strange.

Because he had previously absorbed a Serpent-Dragon species Spirit Ring, how did he suddenly veer off into a different dragon lineage?

But Jin Lin shook its head and conveyed to Wang Chuan that while the scent of these creatures was similar, it was not the scent that had triggered its instincts just now.

This turn of events immediately put Wang Chuan on high alert.

It meant that some other existence was hidden outside the battlefield, and this existence was related to this pack of Red-Headed Jackals.

Wang Chuan immediately scanned the scene carefully and activated his Observation Haki, searching for the clues he had overlooked.

At the same time, Wang Chuan recalled the specific intelligence regarding Red-Headed Jackals.

The reason Wang Chuan doubted whether these guys counted as Sub-Dragons was that this wasn't taught in the Clan School.

He had learned it from Spirit Beast data he had collected from the outside world.

In the Heaven Dou Empire, there is a family whose inherited Martial Spirit is none other than Yazi.

Although Wang Chuan strongly suspected that they were just bluffing.

After all, if their Martial Spirit were truly Yazi, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would definitely not be considered the number one beast Martial Spirit in the world.

Because compared to Yazi, one of the nine sons of the dragon, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is not just a little bit inferior.

Don't you see that ten thousand years later, even if the Spirit Hall's Supreme Elder Xuan Zi only had the mixed-blood Godly Taotie Bull Martial Spirit, he could still cultivate to level 98 and shake the world, while the Radiant Sacred Dragon could even reach the level 99 limit.

What did the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon have?

Aside from the powerhouses whose settings were forcibly boosted later on, it was a mess in the early stages. The strongest holder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Spirit in this era, Yu Yuanzhen, couldn't even break through to level 96.

And the reason Wang Chuan strongly suspected the Ge Clan's Yazi Martial Spirit was a lie was that their future Marshal Ge Long hadn't even broken through to level 90.

If they couldn't even compare to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, how could they be the Yazi, one of the nine sons of the dragon?

But none of that was the point; the point was that Wang Chuan remembered a note at the bottom of that Spirit Beast data.

[This Spirit Beast species has a mutated individual: the Red-Maned Jackal King.]

[Its primary characteristic is that the red fur originally on its neck forms a mane like that of a male lion-type Spirit Beast, and a pair of horns also grows on its head.]

[Anyone who can provide intelligence on this Spirit Beast may come to the Marshal's Mansion in Heaven Dou City. Once verified, the reward is 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.]

[If captured alive, regardless of age, the bounty starts at one million, with an additional one million Gold Soul Coins for every ten thousand years of cultivation.]

Recalling this information, Wang Chuan's eyes grew a bit more intrigued.

Since it could trigger a primal craving in Golden Scale, I fear this is not as simple as a mere mutation; the word "atavism" should likely be added. A Spirit Beast that has undergone such atavism should not be called a Red-Maned Jackal King.

Since it has even grown dragon horns, it should at the very least be called—the Dragon-Maned Jackal King!

"Don't you think so?"

Wang Chuan whispered in his heart, his Observation Haki already locked onto a patch of grass slightly removed from the battlefield, where a powerful life force was reacting.

In an instant, a wolf howl soared into the clouds, and the group of Red-Headed Jackals that had been surrounding the Copper-Armored Giant Elephant stopped their movements and retreated.

The Copper-Armored Giant Elephant didn't understand the situation, but it knew that if it didn't run now, when would it?

It hurriedly turned its head and bolted!

Wang Chuan, however, felt his scalp tingle, because the gazes of those thirty Red-Headed Jackals were fixed squarely on the spot where he was hiding!

"Damn it! The perception of this Dragon-Maned Jackal King is far too sharp!"

Wang Chuan cursed inwardly, but his feet moved without the slightest hesitation.

Because that pack of Red-Headed Jackals was already leaping through the trees with agile movements, pouncing toward him to kill.

Seeing this, Wang Chuan realized.

This pack of Red-Headed Jackals could no longer be viewed as an ordinary pack of jackals; with the presence of the Dragon-Maned Jackal King, they had transformed into a truly disciplined wolf pack.

The inherently brutal nature of the jackal pack already made Wang Chuan feel like he might be overwhelmed.

Now that they were this disciplined, Wang Chuan dared not let them get close at all.

Because although they might not be able to break through his Armament Haki, just the thought of those sensitive areas being targeted made Wang Chuan's face darken.

Wang Chuan then attempted to capture the ringleader first.

However, this pack of Red-Headed Jackals, possessing extraordinary power, formed a dense protective net in the trees; unless he defeated them, Wang Chuan had no way to hunt the Dragon-Maned Jackal King.

Wang Chuan stepped on Geppo, hovering in the air as he looked down at the vicious jackals, his eyes gradually turning cold.

"I didn't want to go on a killing spree, but you are blocking my path...

Besides, you are of the canine family...

I hope your meat is delicious, top-tier quality, otherwise, I might have trouble stomaching it."

In an instant, as Wang Chuan focused his mind, his entire right arm was rendered in a golden-black hue.