Outside the bathhouse.
Su Zhe folded his wings and clung to the wall.
A colossal creature lay asleep in the bathhouse lobby.
A High-Level Overlord, the Shadow Dragon!
It was over sixty meters long, its massive body covered in dark scales. Each one was like a steel shield, gleaming with a cold sheen in the dim light.
Its hideous head drooped low, and sulfurous white vapor occasionally puffed from its nostrils. Its thick tail curled beside it, sharp bone spurs growing from the tip. Its entire body trembled faintly with each breath.
Just by first release on the entire web
lying there, it kept every monster within a ten-kilometer radius from daring to approach—except for a few Beast General-level guards.
The Shadow Dragon was asleep.
Shadow Dragons were nocturnal creatures. Most likely, they were dragons evolved from lizards, like Iron-Armored Dragons and other monsters of the same kind. Almost all of them had evolved from lizards.
This Shadow Dragon was only one step away from becoming a King Level Beast.
Perhaps it had sensed the threat above its head—after all, Su Zhe hadn't concealed his aura.
The sleeping Shadow Dragon sensed something amiss and abruptly raised its head. Its amber, slit-pupil eyes instantly locked onto Su Zhe in the air.
"ROAR!!!"
A low growl rang out, rattling the shattered windows nearby.
The Shadow Dragon stared fixedly at Su Zhe, its eyes filled with cold fury and savagery, but it didn't attack right away. As a dragon, it obviously couldn't fly.
"You'll do."
Su Zhe didn't hesitate. At a thought, three daggers shot from his waist. Boosted by his Psychic Power, they became three streaks of Flowing Light and shot toward the Shadow Dragon's eyes!
However—
"Clang!"
The Shadow Dragon whipped its head around, and the daggers bounced right off its tough hide.
Advanced General-Level Psychic Power was still too weak.
But there was nothing he could do. Su Zhe had no talent for Psychic Power. To improve it, he could only devour Psychics or creatures with Psychic Power.
Fortunately, Su Zhe had never expected Psychic Power to be useful. Even those daggers were Series 7 Flying Daggers he'd taken from that "captain" the other day. He couldn't be bothered to buy new ones.
"ROAR—!"
The Shadow Dragon let out a deafening roar. The Beast General-level monsters guarding it rushed toward Su Zhe, surrounding him and blocking his way below.
Their objective was clear: distract and pin down this "flying bug" that dared to provoke their king!
The Beast General-level monsters here were almost all geckos, lizards, and other reptiles capable of climbing walls. The Shadow Dragon didn't rush to attack. It was patient, intending to let its subordinates test Su Zhe's strength first.
The Beast General-level monsters quickly climbed the walls.
"Hmph."
Su Zhe snorted. Pushing off the wall, he spread his wings and instantly became a black-and-red blur, too fast for the eye to follow, charging straight at the monsters.
He didn't even need to use Claw Form.
Relying on his extreme speed, he swept past the monsters, the edges of his black-and-red, gold-patterned wings as sharp as blades!
"Shhk! Shhk! Shhk!"
The terrifying sounds of flesh tearing and bones shattering rang out one after another!
The dozen or so monsters that had climbed the wall were instantly ripped apart in midair the moment they touched his wing blades, as if they'd collided with a high-speed cutting machine!
Blood splattered, staining the bathhouse floor red.
As he never let anything go to waste, Su Zhe didn't spare the monsters' corpses.
[Devoured an Apprentice Level, sixth-tier monster. Gained 0.6 Devour Points] [Devoured an Apprentice Level...] [Devour Points: 9999.2 (10000)]
He was just a little short.
Killing the Shadow Dragon would be enough to reach 10,000 Devour Points!
Su Zhe looked at the Shadow Dragon excitedly, and the Shadow Dragon glared back at him in fury.
"ROAR—!!!"
The bloody slaughter had undoubtedly enraged the giant dragon.
The Shadow Dragon watched helplessly as Su Zhe slaughtered all its guards. It was consumed by fury. Only it knew how much time and effort it had spent gathering so many High-Level Overlord monsters.
"BOOM!"
The Shadow Dragon rose to its feet. The whole building trembled and seemed ready to collapse. It lashed out with its tail, smashing the concrete slabs behind it into pieces. Its sharp bone spurs gouged a deep furrow in the floor.
This was the kind of strength a High-Level Overlord should have.
The Shadow Dragon's tail swept straight toward Su Zhe.
Su Zhe didn't dodge—or perhaps he had no intention of doing so. He wanted to test his current defensive ability.
Fire Scale Form!
Red scales instantly covered Su Zhe's body, and blazing flames surged up, enveloping him like a living inferno.
At the same time, the muscles in his arms bulged and transformed into fearsome silver claws. He crossed them over his chest to block the Shadow Dragon's attack.
"BOOM!!!"
The thick tail slammed squarely into Su Zhe's arms!
A tremendous force struck him. Su Zhe felt as if he'd been hit by a train. The Fire Scale Form absorbed some of the impact, but the force still sent him flying over a hundred meters. He smashed through two walls before finally coming to a stop.
"That strength... really is impressive."
Su Zhe struggled to his feet from the rubble. Black-and-red threads of blood wrapped around his battered body, restoring it in the blink of an eye.
"The Fire Scale Form's defense should be close to that of an SS-class Combat Suit. It's a little stronger than an ordinary Series 9 Combat Suit, but it still can't compare to the Black God Suit or other, higher-level Force Battle Suits."
"Devouring this Shadow Dragon should bring me up to the defensive level of an SS-class Combat Suit, enough to withstand attacks from King Level Beasts."
The test had been a little messy, but Su Zhe had still managed to gauge the Fire Scale Form's defensive power.
No wonder this creature ranked first among pig-type monsters.
The Fire Scale Form granted by the Fire Scale Trident Pig had given Su Zhe a huge surprise in terms of defense.
"ROAR!"
While Su Zhe was thinking, the Shadow Dragon had already reached him. It opened its enormous jaws toward him.
That was... Poison Mist Breath!
The Shadow Dragon's body contained large amounts of Acidic Substance. The poisonous mist it spewed from its mouth could corrode steel in a very short time, and it gave off a nauseating stench.
Su Zhe didn't want to get hit by the poisonous mist.
He blurred out of sight, and the next instant, he was already above the Shadow Dragon's head!
Against a lumbering monster of this size, a speed advantage was the best way to defeat it.
"Squish!"
His claws slipped through the weak spots between the Shadow Dragon's scales and pierced its body. Su Zhe's eyes hardened as the Blacklight Virus seeped into the Shadow Dragon.
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