Plunder Claw Dragon

Lin Yao flew while carrying the girl, dodging the giant dragon's frenzied claw strikes behind them as he explained, "I'm Lin Yao, son of Lin Xueli, an official of the Dou Ling Empire. I'm with neither the Heaven Dragon Sect nor the Earth Dragon Sect."

The girl's beautiful eyes shifted slightly. Then she looked back at the giant lesser dragon pursuing them.

This triangular-looking sky dragon seemed determined to kill them right here.

Even though Lin Yao was much faster than it, it still relied on its long claws and kept trying to kill him and the girl.

"This dragon was guarding the Dragon Scale Fruit you tried to take. It's called an Annihilation Horned Dragon. Dragons like this are pretty simple-minded, so I doubt it'll back down easily."

Lin Yao flew quickly by instinct and said to the girl, "Go on. Keep it brief."

The girl forced herself to calm down and said to Lin Yao, "Neither of us can beat it one-on-one. Find a way to drop me on its back, and I'll deliver the killing blow. The dragon is mine, and the Dragon Scale Fruit is yours. Deal?"

Lin Yao glanced back, then nodded. He suddenly turned around and flew toward a dense forest in the other direction.

The girl watched him nervously, then cried out in disbelief, "What are you doing? Those are trees! Trees!"

Lin Yao didn't answer. He just kept charging ahead. When he was about to crash into the trees, he abruptly climbed, his flight path forming almost a right angle. The girl screamed in alarm.

The Annihilation Horned Dragon couldn't react nearly as quickly. It smashed straight into a tree, its sharp claws piercing the trunk without breaking the whole tree in half.

"All right, go!" Lin Yao said, then threw the girl in his arms toward the relatively flat part of the Annihilation Horned Dragon's back.

The girl clearly hadn't expected Lin Yao to throw her so decisively. Her face turned pale, but she still managed to control her body and keep herself steady.

After landing on the Annihilation Horned Dragon's back, the girl didn't dare waste a moment. She drew her dagger and stabbed at the dragon's neck.

Lin Yao couldn't be bothered to keep watching her. He turned back to the tree, plucked the Dragon Scale Fruit, and put it in the Storage Soul Tool he carried with him.

Lin Xueli had given it to Lin Yao on the way here. It wasn't something he'd given him just for this trip; it was more like giving a child a phone after the college entrance exams.

Only after putting away the unusually shaped Dragon Scale Fruit did Lin Yao turn back to the girl.

The girl clearly hadn't expected the Annihilation Horned Dragon to be so powerful. It had pinned her against the tree, and was about to bite her head off.

Seeing this, Lin Yao flew toward her, quickly reached the Annihilation Horned Dragon from behind, and stabbed its head.

Dragon blood sprayed out again. The Annihilation Horned Dragon cried out in pain and thrashed wildly, flinging Lin Yao off its back.

But in the middle of its thrashing, the girl seized the moment and escaped from beneath its claws.

The giant tree couldn't withstand the Annihilation Horned Dragon's movements either. It finally gave way and shattered down the middle.

The Annihilation Horned Dragon turned to look at Lin Yao, its eyes brimming with undisguised killing intent.

Just then, Lin Xueli stepped in.

The elderly Soul Douluo could naturally kill this Soul Beast, which was less than a thousand years old, in an instant. He simply appeared above the Annihilation Horned Dragon and lightly tapped a finger against its spine.

The Annihilation Horned Dragon's massive body collapsed to the ground. Its eyes gazed resentfully at Lin Xueli and the two children.

Lin Xueli turned to the girl. "The agreement between my son and you has been fulfilled. You can finish off this Soul Beast now."

The girl nodded. Lin Yao then asked, "You know my name now. Can you tell me yours?"

The girl hesitated, then first slashed the Annihilation Horned Dragon's throat with her dagger. She casually gave Lin Yao three words: "Nan Qiuqiu."

Lin Yao nodded, then followed Lin Xueli deeper into Heaven and Earth Dragon Valley.

"Thump, thump, thump."

They hadn't gone far when a muffled sound rang through the valley.

Lin Xueli looked up into the distance, the corners of his lips lifting into a smile. "The Soul Beast with the enhancement effect you want may be here. It sounds like a big one. I've seen your combat skills, and they're decent. You react quickly, too, so leave the rest to your father."

As an official of the Dou Ling Empire, Lin Xueli wasn't a rigid person when it came to his students' combat training. He didn't insist that Lin Yao had to fight a bloody battle on his own for it to count as practical experience.

Lin Yao had already shown enough in his ability to dodge and seize the right moment to satisfy him.

After all, in Lin Xueli's eyes, Lin Yao was only a six-year-old child.

The sound drew closer. Lin Yao didn't need to fight, but he still watched where it was coming from.

A giant lesser dragon stood upright like a person. It looked like a Tyrant Dragon variant, with four eyes and a pair of nearly human ears on either side. Its savage face radiated power.

As the giant upright lesser dragon opened its mouth, jagged fangs like sawteeth came into view.

"Roar!!!"

The lesser dragon's furious roar shook the heavens, but Lin Xueli couldn't be bothered with that. He suddenly raised his hand, and several arrows of light struck around the lesser dragon.

Then, with a snap of Lin Xueli's fingers, the arrows converged, pinning the lesser dragon firmly to the ground.

"You're very lucky. This is a Plunder Claw Dragon. It's not a flying lesser dragon, but it's a beneficial variant of the Tyrant Dragon. It ranks among the top three Soul Beasts in Heaven and Earth Dragon Valley."

Nan Qiuqiu had joined them at some point. After seeing the giant dragon Lin Xueli had restrained, she explained this to the two of them.

Hearing this, Lin Yao nodded, then drew the knife Lin Xueli had given him. He swiftly finished off the Plunder Claw Dragon.

The Plunder Claw Dragon fell to the ground, unwilling to die. A deep yellow Soul Ring floated out, and Lin Yao sat down, guiding the ring toward himself.

The Ender Dragon Martial Soul floated behind Lin Yao in phantom form. He guided the Soul Ring into the Ender Dragon's body, while the Ender Dragon flapped its wings as if it were perching above his head.

The Soul Ring gradually shrank and merged into Lin Yao's body.

At the same time, Lin Yao felt a certain shackle inside him break under the Soul Power brought by the Soul Ring. By the time the Soul Ring had been completely absorbed, his Soul Power had already risen to a new level...