The Bizarre Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon

This was a Soul Beast whose appearance fell somewhere between a giant lizard and a crocodile. It had a body length of about five meters, and its shoulder height when crouching was a meter and a half.

Its entire body was covered in dark-brown, diamond-shaped scales, every edge as sharp as a knife.

The pair of sharp claws on its forelimbs were especially well-developed, dark gold in color with natural spiral patterns.

The most eye-catching feature was the pair of wings on its back. Dark-brown diamond-shaped scales covered both wings, creating a patch of dark shadow when spread and giving off an incomparably sharp metallic feel.

[Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon (sub-dragon species): Estimated age around 38,600 years.]

Seeing this Soul Beast, the corners of Jiang He's mouth couldn't stop twitching.

This was because the Soul Beast was a rather bizarre species in the Soul Beast world.

As a sub-dragon species Soul Beast with a pair of wings, theoretically, this fellow should have been able to fly.

Combined with its solid Soul Beast scales, its defensive power ought to have been extremely astonishing.

The sharpness of those claws should have given it formidable offensive power.

However... an adult Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon could not fly.

Although its aggressiveness was high, its actual attack power was utterly abysmal.

The only impressive thing about it was the defensive power provided by its coat of scales.

The reason for all this was simply because... once it reached adulthood, it became far too heavy!

Soul Beasts of the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon race all possessed incomparably powerful physical bodies.

They were innately stronger than Soul Beasts of the same rank.

Yet as a sub-dragon species of the giant dragon, this fellow perfectly inherited the base traits of greed, lust, and arrogance characteristic of dragons.

Because their physical bodies were powerful from youth, this type of Soul Beast initially plundered surrounding food and opposite-sex Soul Beasts.

They used them for mating while alive and ate them as food upon death, absorbing the energy within the other's body to strengthen themselves.

Simultaneously, due to their arrogance, they did not practice cultivation diligently, relying solely on the heritage within their bloodline to complete their evolution.

Yet these types of Soul Beasts were all sub-dragon species, and the growth limit of their bloodline was already predestined the moment they were born.

When they grew to their bloodline limit, they would still maintain their previous habits.

Plunder.

Over a long period, an Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon that had grown to its limit would become cumbersome.

Yet because its innate scale defense was astonishing, Soul Beasts of the same rank simply could not kill it. Thus, even after it grew heavy, could no longer fly, and could no longer swing its claws, these fellows would not make any changes.

Every day they drifted along waiting to die, occasionally bullying weak, surrounding Soul Beasts.

When studying theoretical knowledge back then, Jiang He truly felt that his horizons had been broadened by this type of Soul Beast.

"Although the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon doesn't have a very good reputation in the Soul Beast world, it is a sub-dragon species after all, and its age has reached over 35,000 years. It is very suitable for your Martial Soul, especially its astonishing defensive power. It should be able to give you a defensive-type Soul Skill."

Dugu Bo spoke up.

Hearing Dugu Bo's words, Jiang He slightly raised his head and said, "I'll listen to Teacher in everything."

"Good, then it's this one!"

As his voice fell, Dugu Bo released his own Martial Soul.

The familiar Soul Ring configuration appeared beneath his feet, and the phantom of the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor emerged behind him.

The instant Dugu Bo's imposing aura erupted, the previously lazy Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon instantly grew vigilant.

"Roar!!!"

It squatted on the ground, issuing a warning cry toward Jiang He and Dugu Bo.

Earlier, because both of them were in the air and the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon currently couldn't fly, it hadn't taken the two of them seriously.

In its view, these two couldn't break its defense, and since it couldn't fly to kill them anyway, there was nothing to bother about.

Yet the moment Dugu Bo's aura erupted, a sense of mortal crisis welled up within its heart.

This forced it to treat the two figures before it with seriousness.

Facing the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's warning, however, Dugu Bo merely smiled with disdain.

He was now a ninety-fifth-rank Super Douluo; if he couldn't even deal with a Soul Beast under forty thousand years of age, he wouldn't need to mix in the Soul Master world anymore!

Dugu Bo took a single step into the void, appearing less than ten meters from the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon in the blink of an eye. Then the Soul Ring beneath his feet flashed, and purple-green mist drifted from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor phantom behind him, swiftly enveloping both him and the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon.

Sensing the threat emanating from its surroundings, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's throat continuously emitted low roars.

As the mist completely engulfed it, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon could endure no longer. It took the initiative and charged fiercely toward Dugu Bo.

In the distance, Jiang He watched the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's movements and once again twitched the corners of his mouth, a speechless expression appearing on his face.

This was because, not to mention the earlier Ancient Terror Bear, even the Berserk Giant Ape couldn't compare to the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's speed.

Anyone who didn't know better would think this was some thousand-year Soul Beast; it ran far too slowly.

Fortunately, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon was very close to Dugu Bo. It quickly rushed right in front of him and slashed directly at Dugu Bo's face with a claw.

Faced with the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's attack, Dugu Bo's expression remained unchanged as his figure flickered and he appeared in mid-air.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor behind him continued to emit purple-green poisonous mist without interruption.

Gazing at Dugu Bo in the air, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon angrily let out a sound of frustration.

Seeing that Dugu Bo made no further moves, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon turned around and began to flee in the opposite direction.

Yet its speed was truly too slow. Dugu Bo followed unhurriedly behind it, the purple-green poisonous mist perpetually shrouding the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon.

As it inhaled the poisonous mist, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's already sluggish speed slowed down even further.

Gradually, its body began to sway unsteadily from side to side.

If it were any other Title Douluo, although they could also deal with this Soul Beast of under forty thousand years, they definitely wouldn't have had it as easy as Dugu Bo.

After all, this fellow's greatest specialty was defense.

Its coat of scales could immunize it against the vast majority of enemy attacks.

Yet it was facing Dugu Bo.

This Title Douluo was most adept at bullying the weak.

His poison didn't need to engage you in a direct frontal clash.

As long as you breathed, you had to take the hit!

Even if you didn't breathe, you would still be slowly eroded by the poison!

This wasn't the poisonous circle Dugu Bo placed in the Sunset Forest for protection, but a Soul Skill used for offense!

The damage of the two simply wasn't on the same level!

Bang!

Accompanied by a loud crash, the body of the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon collapsed at the edge of its territory.

Until its death, it hadn't even managed to run out of its own domain.

At that moment, Dugu Bo said to Jiang He, "Use your bear claws to pierce in through its eyes."

"Understood!"

Acknowledging the command, Jiang He swiftly dashed to the front of the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon.

Looking at the breath-expiring Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon, Jiang He didn't hesitate in the slightest. He summoned his Martial Soul and drove a claw straight into the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon's eyes.

At this point, the Armor-Piercing Earth Dragon didn't even have the strength left to blink. It could only watch helplessly as Jiang He's bear claws pierced through its eyes and into its brain, extinguishing its final spark of vitality.

When that last thread of life dissipated, a pitch-black Soul Ring floated up from its corpse.

With his previous experience, Jiang He directly sat cross-legged beside the Soul Ring and began circulating the Tyrant Emperor World-Devouring Art to absorb it...