The setting sun cast its gentle glow over the vast stadium, gilding every inch of ground in a faint golden light. In the center of the stadium, a massive Iron Armored Dragon lay motionless. Its heavy armor glinted coldly and mysteriously in the sunset, like a relic of some ancient battlefield, making it look both valiant and formidable.
Liu Yun had already returned to the stadium and was lying low. Several Fishmen stood in front of him. Their appearance was strange, even somewhat frightening, but at this moment they followed quietly behind Liu Yun, their eyes shining with intelligence and loyalty. Their skin shimmered deep blue or dark green in the sunset, standing out sharply against their surroundings and adding to the air of mystery.
Next came the Black Panther and the White Tiger. These two ferocious beasts were enormous, almost as large as the Iron Armored Dragon. They, too, were at the early Lord level, with sleek, powerful muscles. The Black Panther's fur was as dark as midnight, while the White Tiger's was as pure as fresh snow atop a mountain. Both radiated a fearsome authority, yet now they stood quietly, utterly obedient to Liu Yun.
"Hmph, this Iron Armored Dragon needs to stay alive. Its teeth are extremely valuable to me, so I need to make sustainable use of it!"
Looking at the Iron Armored Dragon before him, Liu Yun felt his blood stir. He probably wasn't a match for it, but he still intended to fully subdue the beast and tame it into a battle pet.
Upgrading the base required a steady supply of Iron Armored Dragon teeth. If Liu Yun tamed one, he wouldn't have to worry about upgrade materials for a while.
So he had prepared a large number of tamed monsters to wear down the Iron Armored Dragon's guards. At the same time, he would join the fight himself. The Iron Armored Dragon's armor was absurdly tough, and controlling it would be no easy feat.
Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and the others all thought the task was impossible, and none of them was willing to come. Liu Yun used his Machine Race Clone to suppress his power considerably.
There was no need to band together for a suicide mission. These people were still unwilling to trust Liu Yun, which saved him the trouble of looking after the women. He came alone.
At that moment, in the center of the stadium, fear and unease suddenly enveloped the Iron Armored Dragon.
"Roar!"
The enormous creature slowly rose to its feet. Its fiery red eyes gleamed with a chilling light.
It stood about five meters tall, and its body stretched more than ten meters long. Its tail was just as astonishingly long. Its entire frame was unusually slender, and a curved black horn rose from the center of its forehead, adding to its air of mystery and authority.
For some time, it had felt that something was wrong, though it couldn't say what. It was as if enemies were lurking all around it. But whenever it looked about, it could never find a single one.
More than a hundred enormous monsters had gathered before the stadium's towering gates. Every one of them was at the Beast General level, forming the backbone of this terrifying horde and making anyone who saw them tremble.
At the very front of the horde stood two especially striking beasts, like incarnations of flame. Their bodies were covered in pure red scales, without a hint of any other color, and they radiated scorching heat. Most terrifying of all, three razor-sharp horns curved forward from each of their massive heads, like the keenest blades. Just one look was enough to make anyone's heart race with dread.
These were all its underlings. Among them were even two Fire-Scaled Trident Pigs at the Lord level, each comparable to a human War God.
With such a powerful horde standing guard, the Iron Armored Dragon had finally managed to calm itself a little. But then a roar suddenly rang out from beyond the stadium.
Liu Yun had already declared the battle underway. A controller appeared in his hand, letting him survey everything around the stadium. His own monsters showed up as blue dots, while enemy monsters appeared as red ones. To Liu Yun, it all looked like a game.
As Liu Yun lightly tapped the controller, a carefully planned contest between technology and biological power quietly began inside and outside the stadium. This was more than a battle; it was a display of strategy and intelligence. Liu Yun seemed to become the master of the game, directing an army of monsters implanted with high-tech chips as they launched an unprecedented assault on the Iron Armored Dragon and its horde.
Several modified Pterosaurs took to the skies. Their broad, powerful wings stirred fierce gusts with every beat. Fitted with miniature boosters and navigation systems, they dived into the stadium like precision-guided missiles under Liu Yun's exact commands, aiming straight for the Iron Armored Dragon and the Beast Generals guarding it. Their sharp beaks gleamed, and launchers carrying tranquilizers or signal jammers were mounted on them, meant to weaken the Iron Armored Dragon in the chaos.
On the ground, Liu Yun sent in all kinds of monsters. Some specialized in digging tunnels to launch surprise attacks, while others charged head-on in heavy armor. Still others excelled at long-range attacks, firing powerful energy blasts. Liu Yun monitored their movements in real time on the controller's holographic display. Every action had been carefully calculated to wear down the Iron Armored Dragon and its subordinates as much as possible, both physically and mentally.
Led by the Black Panther and the White Tiger, the two Lord-level beasts, Liu Yun's monster army showed unprecedented strength and coordination. They did not charge blindly. Instead, following Liu Yun's carefully laid tactics, they used the Black Panther and the White Tiger as their vanguard and struck the Iron Armored Dragon and its guards with precise, lethal attacks.
"Hmph, it's all as easy as a game!"
Liu Yun sneered. With high technology in hand, wiping out monsters was practically like playing a game. Even before the world underwent its cataclysm, things had already been trending in this direction.
A huge red dot was moving rapidly at the center of the controller's screen. That was the Iron Armored Dragon. It had finally figured out where its enemies were, and now it was determined to wreak havoc!
At last, the Iron Armored Dragon realized where the threat was coming from. It erupted with unprecedented fury and strength, and the entire stadium seemed to tremble with its roar. Its heavy armor gleamed even more brightly in the sunset, as if every scale held boundless power and rage.
Faced with Liu Yun's carefully planned assault, the Iron Armored Dragon did not flee or retreat. Instead, it counterattacked. Its massive body suddenly leaped like a collapsing mountain, breaking through the ring of Beast General guards in an instant and charging straight at Liu Yun's monster army. Its tail swung like an enormous steel whip, tracing fierce arcs through the air. Each strike split the air with a deafening crack and sent any approaching monster flying several meters away.
The Black Panther and the White Tiger saw this, their eyes flashing with caution, but they did not retreat. Instead, their fighting spirit only grew stronger. The Black Panther flashed aside like a streak of black lightning, circling to the Iron Armored Dragon's flank to look for an opening. The White Tiger used its speed and strength to meet the charge head-on. The two beasts collided in midair, sending sparks flying and producing a thunderous boom.
But it was all in vain. The Iron Armored Dragon was a Lord-peak monster, and neither the Black Panther nor the White Tiger was its match. Their attacks only produced a shower of sparks and had no effect at all.
Though the Black Panther was incredibly fast, it couldn't hurt the Iron Armored Dragon through its defenses. In one misstep, its claws missed the dragon's weak point, and the Iron Armored Dragon's steel-like tail struck it hard. With a heartrending scream, the Black Panther was flung dozens of meters away like a broken kite. It hit the ground heavily, blood spraying everywhere, and lay on the verge of death.
Seeing this, the White Tiger roared. Its fur stood on end as it shot forward like a bolt of white lightning, lunging for the Iron Armored Dragon's neck. Its fangs struck the dragon's neck, but with a sharp crack, they snapped. Overcome by pain, the White Tiger's body trembled uncontrollably.
The Iron Armored Dragon seized the chance to counterattack. Its massive foreclaws lashed out like two enormous blades, ripping open the White Tiger's chest. Blood gushed out like a fountain, staining its snowy fur and the ground around it. Disbelief and despair filled the White Tiger's eyes. It let out one final mournful cry, then collapsed helplessly as the light of life slowly faded from its eyes.
"Roar!"
The dragon-kind monster roared toward the sky. It had turned the tide of battle all by itself. The two Lord-level Fire-Scaled Trident Pigs also came to its side, apparently determined to protect it.
But Liu Yun only smiled faintly. The White Tiger's desperate attack had not been for nothing: it had left a deep gash on the Iron Armored Dragon's neck. Everything had gone according to plan.
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