Brute Force!

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

Before any of the magical beasts could react, dragon claws like divine weapons instantly seized one of the Iron-winged Vulture's wings. Its steel-like wing was completely unable to withstand the claws' sharpness. Seeing its wing grabbed in an instant, the Iron-winged Vulture's expression changed drastically. Wind-attributed battle qi surged within it as it tried to beat its wings and escape the dragon claws.

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

With a thunderous boom, Zhu Jin, who had shot into the air, instantly hoisted the Iron-winged Vulture's body up and smashed its enormous frame brutally into the ground as though he were flinging a sack.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Deafening crashes rang out as Zhu Jin repeatedly smashed the Iron-winged Vulture's massive body into the earth. In one breath, he shattered an entire mountain peak, destroying the surrounding forest as splintered wood flew everywhere.

"Screech!!" The Iron-winged Vulture let out an enraged roar. Though Zhu Jin had flung it until it was covered in wounds and drenched in blood, it was still a fourth-tier magical beast. Its wing had been seized, but its sharp beak remained extremely threatening.

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

Yet Zhu Jin simply ignored the Iron-winged Vulture's lightning-fast thrust. With a squelch, the vulture's sharp beak pierced through the Battle Qi Dragon Armor and plunged 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 merely looked disdainful. "Is that it?"

The Iron-winged Vulture's pupils widened. Its strongest battle technique had only managed to pierce the dragon scales on the battle qi armor, and it had not even penetrated ten centimeters! Forget seriously injuring him—this was probably about the same as nicking one's hand with a kitchen knife while cooking at home.

Zhu Jin grabbed its beak with his backhand and pinned it to the ground. His dragon foot came crashing down. At that moment, Zhu Jin's dragon claws seemed to weigh a thousand shields, while his body glowed with a faint golden light. Then came the sound of cracking bones. Under Zhu Jin's crushing pressure, the Iron-winged Vulture's bones shattered.

"Hmph, you're nothing but a feathered 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 scream, tearing sounds rang out and blood splashed everywhere. Before everyone's eyes, the dragon atop the mountain peak forcibly tore off the Iron-winged Vulture's pair of iron wings. The Eagle King, known as the ruler of the skies in the Wild Mountain Range, now lay in a pool of blood.

Having lost its wings, the Iron-winged Vulture no longer possessed its former majesty and splendor. It was on the verge of death. And 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 charge into the sky and seize it, to ripping off its wings—it had all happened far too quickly.

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 both knew that they absolutely could not let Zhu Jin defeat them one at a time. Moreover, they were only fourth-tier magical beasts, and their strength had not yet reached the level of a Dou Wang, so they could not fly. They had originally thought the Iron-winged Vulture could restrain him from the air, but who would have expected it to be beaten half to death within a few exchanges, with even its wings torn off?

In that instant, the temperature in the basin abruptly rose, as if a volcano had erupted. Red light suddenly exploded outward, and a furious roar echoed throughout the entire basin.

The Flame Wolf Unicorn's horn emitted an intense crimson light. With a thunderous boom, a spiraling torrent of flames 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, as well as its most powerful attack.

A mid-tier Profound-class battle technique—One-horned Fire Spiral. It consumed the beast flame stored within the Flame Wolf Unicorn's fiery horn to unleash its strongest 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 without the Flame Mantra!"

"Dragon Flame Breath!"

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

Just as the book had said, beast flames needed to be nurtured. Over the past ten years, Zhu Jin had not focused on fire as his main path, nor had he deliberately cultivated his 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 low-tier Profound-class battle technique. Though its battle technique rank lagged behind the Flame Wolf Unicorn's One-horned Fire Spiral, dragon flame itself was of a higher grade than the Flame Wolf Unicorn's beast flame.

Boom boom boom!! The two flames collided and formed an enormous fireball, while waves of fire instantly spread in every direction.

Seeing his strongest killing move neutralized, 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. It was still dreaming of eating dragon meat and drinking dragon blood, breaking through the shackles of its bloodline and ascending into a fifth-tier magical beast.

The Mountain-moving Ape roared wildly and charged forward. It leaped up from the foot of the mountain, clasped its hands together, and launched a sneak attack at the protagonist, who was breathing fire and had his attention drawn by the Flame Wolf Unicorn.

Zhu Jin turned his eyes toward the Mountain-moving Ape trying to ambush him. Feeling that terrifying, overwhelming strength, he secretly laughed.

Among the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, some dragons played with fire and devoted all their resources to nurturing their beast flames. Others wielded lightning, such as the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning of the Void Lightning Pool, which had been discovered when an ancient powerhouse of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan tempered his lightning body. Some Ancient Void Dragons cultivated the laws of space, such as Zhu Zong, the little brother Zhu Jin had defeated, who specialized in the path of the void.

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

Raw strength!

No amount of fancy tricks was as dependable as sheer power.

Zhu Jin withdrew his dragon flame and instantly leaped into the air. He pushed his dragon battle qi to the limit and collided head-on with the Mountain-moving Ape, famed for its boundless strength! It was like two hundred-ton trucks crashing into each other. A heavyweight explosion erupted, and blood sprayed through the air. The Mountain-moving Ape, which weighed even more than Zhu Jin, was sent flying a thousand meters by the headbutt. It crashed through a mountain peak, its blood staining the earth red.

"Trying to run? A duck that's reached my mouth... die!" The battle was not over. Seeing the Flame Wolf Unicorn trying to use the opportunity to escape, Zhu Jin charged forward like a madman with a furious roar. His dragon claws clenched into fists, and with the greatest speed and power, he threw a punch.

"Battle technique—Ordinary Punch!"