Crossing the Great Whirlpool (Fourth Bonus Chapter, 3/4 for the Ten-Thousand-Coin Reward)

This bonus chapter is for the ten-thousand-coin reward from "Hundred-Thousand-Year Salted Fish."

Dig, dig, dig—the bone chisel hammered wildly.

Excavating shattered emerald from beneath more than ten meters of rock was no ordinary challenge. He had to keep prying apart the upper layers of stone, each excavation clearing out a huge swath. If Liszt had not been a Dragon Knight, it would have taken him at least one or two months. But his long-term cultivation of dragon battle qi had made his physique exceptionally powerful.

Dragon's Breath Body Tempering honed his body every moment, giving him enough strength to kill a Magic Beast with a casual punch.

Of course, the reason he could excavate so violently was that he had discovered just how terrifyingly hard the "shattered emerald" was. Even when the bone chisel struck it with full force, it did not leave the slightest mark. Thus, he continuously chiseled through layers upon layers of piled-up emerald-green shale jade, exposing more and more emerald.

He worked nonstop for an entire day.

At last, he unearthed all the shattered emerald. When its complete form was revealed, Liszt and A Ke suddenly realized that it was a lifelike giant leg—a dragon's hind leg, exquisitely and magnificently carved from emerald. From the dragon claws to the dragon scales, every tiny detail was exquisitely rendered.

At the base of the dragon's hind leg was attached a large chunk of dragon flesh, one end of which bore a clean, level cut.

It looked as though some sharp weapon had severed it in a single stroke, cutting off this dragon's hind leg. It was very likely the hind leg of an Emerald Dragon. From the cross-section of the cut, one could see emerald-green traces of varying shades within, perhaps representing tissues such as dragon bone,