Smash!

"Screech!!" A shrill cry came from the sky.

Before any of the magical beasts could react, those dragon claws, like divine weapons, instantly seized one of the Iron-winged Vulture's wings. Its steel-like wing could not withstand the sharpness of the dragon claws. Seeing its wing caught in a single move, the Iron-winged Vulture's expression changed drastically. Wind-attributed Dou Qi surged within its body as it tried to flap its wings and escape the dragon claws.

But the moment Zhu Jin's dragon claws caught it, it was already too late. Those claws had locked tightly around its wing.

With a thunderous boom, Zhu Jin, who had rushed into the air, instantly lifted the Iron-winged Vulture's body and slammed its enormous form into the ground like he was swinging a sack.

A series of deafening crashes rang out. Again and again, Zhu Jin smashed the Iron-winged Vulture's huge body into the ground. In one breath, he pulverized an entire mountain peak, destroying the surrounding forest as splintered wood flew everywhere.

"Screech!!" The Iron-winged Vulture let out a furious roar. Though Zhu Jin had flung it until it was covered in wounds and dripping with blood, it was still a Tier Four magical beast. Even with its wing caught, its sharp beak remained extremely dangerous.

With a sharp whoosh, its spearhead-like beak became a streak of lightning and viciously stabbed toward Zhu Jin.

Yet Zhu Jin ignored the Iron-winged Vulture's lightning-fast thrust. With a wet squelch, its sharp beak pierced the Battle Qi Dragon Armor and sank into flesh, blood dripping from its beak.

Seeing that the Iron-winged Vulture had finally broken through his Battle Qi Dragon Armor and injured him, Zhu Jin only looked disdainful. "Is that it?"

The Iron-winged Vulture's pupils widened. Its strongest Dou Technique had only managed to pierce the dragon scales on the Battle Qi armor, and it had not even gone ten centimeters deep! Forget seriously injuring him—this was probably no worse than nicking a finger with a kitchen knife while cooking.

Zhu Jin grabbed its beak with one hand and pinned it to the ground. His dragon foot came crashing down. At that moment, his dragon claws seemed to weigh a thousand shields, while a faint golden glow spread over his body. Then came a crisp crack as bones shattered beneath Zhu Jin's crushing force.

"Hmph, just a long-haired little chick, yet you dare contend with a dragon? You even wanted to eat dragon meat and drink dragon blood! A dragon is the mark of an emperor. You do not have the makings of one." Zhu Jin smiled coldly as his dragon claws instantly seized both of the Iron-winged Vulture's wings.

"Aah!!" Amid the Iron-winged Vulture's agonized cry came the sound of tearing, followed by spraying blood. Before everyone's eyes, the dragon atop the mountain forcibly ripped off the Iron-winged Vulture's pair of iron wings. The eagle king known as the aerial overlord of the Wild Mountain Range collapsed in a pool of blood.

With its wings torn away, the Iron-winged Vulture had lost all of its previous majesty and splendor. It was barely alive, on the verge of death. Yet all of this had happened in only a few brief moments. From the Iron-winged Vulture launching its attack, to Zhu Jin using Battle Qi Dragon Armor to shoot into the sky and seize it, to tearing off its wings—it had all happened incredibly fast.

By the time the Flame Wolf Unicorn and the Mountain-moving Ape wanted to rescue it, it was already too late.

"Damn it!"

"You... are courting death!"

The Flame Wolf Unicorn and the Mountain-moving Ape knew they absolutely could not let Zhu Jin defeat them one by one. They were only Tier Four magical beasts, and their strength had yet to reach the Dou Wang level, so they could not fly. They had originally thought the Iron-winged Vulture could restrain him from the air, but after only a few exchanges, it had been beaten to the brink of death and even had its wings ripped off.

In that instant, the temperature in the basin suddenly soared. As though a volcano had erupted, crimson light burst forth, and an enraged roar echoed throughout the entire basin.

The Flame Wolf Unicorn's horn emitted an intensely red light. With a deafening boom, a spiral of fire shot straight toward Zhu Jin on the mountain peak, instantly setting the forests along its path ablaze. This was the Flame Wolf Unicorn's furious strike, and also his strongest attack.

A Mystic Tier Intermediate Dou Technique—One-horned Fire Spiral. It consumed the beast flame stored within the Flame Wolf Unicorn's fiery horn to unleash its most powerful blow.

"How many times do I have to say it..." Zhu Jin's golden eyes narrowed slightly. His chest suddenly expanded as violet-gold light gathered in his throat. "Don't play with fire if you don't have the Flame Mantra!"

"Dragon Flame Breath!"

With a roar, Zhu Jin abruptly opened his mouth, and terrifying Dragon Flame Breath erupted from his throat. The two flames collided in an instant.

Just as the book said, beast flames needed to be nurtured. Over the past ten years, Zhu Jin had not focused on fire, nor had he deliberately cultivated his own beast flame. It was not that he did not know how powerful dragon flame was, nor that he did not want to cultivate it—he simply did not have that many resources.

But even without resources to strengthen his dragon flame, no matter how weak it was, it was still the dragon flame of an Ancient Void Dragon. Dragon Flame Breath was innately at least a Mystic Tier Low-level Dou Technique. Even though its Dou Technique grade lagged behind the Flame Wolf Unicorn's One-horned Fire Spiral, dragon flame was of a higher grade than the Flame Wolf Unicorn's beast flame.

Boom boom boom!! The two flames collided, forming a massive fireball as waves of fire instantly spread in all directions.

Seeing his strongest killing move neutralized by Zhu Jin, the Flame Wolf Unicorn's expression finally changed. He realized that he seemed to be the prey!

However, the charging Mountain-moving Ape had not realized this. He was still dreaming of eating dragon meat, drinking dragon blood, breaking through the shackles of his bloodline, and ascending to become a Tier Five magical beast.

The Mountain-moving Ape roared as he charged wildly forward. He leaped from the foot of the mountain, clasped his hands together, and launched a sneak attack at Zhu Jin, whose attention had been drawn by the Flame Wolf Unicorn as he breathed fire.

Zhu Jin turned his eyes toward the Mountain-moving Ape trying to ambush him. Sensing that terrifying, immense power, he secretly laughed.

Among the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, some dragons specialized in fire and devoted all their resources to cultivating beast flames. Others wielded lightning—for example, the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool had been discovered when some ancient Ancient Void Dragon expert tempered his lightning body. Some Ancient Void Dragons also cultivated the arts of the void. Zhu Zong, that little brother Zhu Jin had defeated, specialized in the path of the void.

But Zhu Jin was different. Over these ten years, he had neither strengthened himself in the direction of dragon flame nor cultivated other attributes, much less mastered the void. For the past ten years, Zhu Jin had focused on just one word: smash!

Brute force!

No amount of flashy tricks could compare to having enough strength.

Zhu Jin withdrew his dragon flame and leaped up in an instant, pushing his Dragon Dou Qi to the limit as he collided head-on with the Mountain-moving Ape, who was famed for his boundless strength! It was like two hundred-ton trucks crashing together. The heavyweight impact exploded, and blood sprayed through the air. The Mountain-moving Ape, heavier than Zhu Jin himself, was sent flying a thousand meters by a single headbutt. He smashed through a mountain peak, his blood staining the earth red.

"Trying to run? The duck already in my mouth... Die!" The battle was not over yet. Seeing the Flame Wolf Unicorn trying to flee while he had the chance, Zhu Jin roared and charged forward like a madman. His dragon claws closed into a fist, and with the fastest speed and greatest force, he threw a punch.

"Dou Technique—Normal Punch!"