Despicable!

Its scales seemed forged from divine metal, glittering in the sunlight. Zhu Jin held his head high, his golden dragon eyes gleaming like a soul-reaping envoy from the underworld passing judgment upon living creatures.

At that moment, Zhu Jin, who had shattered a mountain with one punch and displayed the might of a true dragon, descended like a king. Even Xie Dong, the Tier Four deputy chieftain, could not help but shudder at the aura he exuded.

The enemy they had intended to besiege had come to besiege them instead!

"A dragon!" Some Purple Cloud Scorpion Serpents jumped in fright, while the weaker young scorpion serpents were so terrified that they collapsed onto the ground.

Only Xie Dong, the deputy chieftain, showed a subtle change in his expression when he saw Zhu Jin descend from the sky. Only he knew what the dragon before him truly was.

"This dragon beast—no, this dragon... could it be the legendary..."

"Roar—" Zhu Jin leaped into the sky again, soaring through the heavens in an instant. His dragon claw reached down from above and swept toward the dozen or so Purple Cloud Scorpion Serpents surrounding Xie Dong, the strongest among them.

"Defend!"

"Mystic Tier Dou Technique—Purple Cloud Shell!"

The dozen or so Purple Cloud Scorpion Serpent warriors before Xie Dong roared wildly. Several larger scorpion serpent warriors in the front radiated purple energy, their enormous pincers transforming into shields to guard the front. The others attacked in succession: some spat venom, some lashed out with their snake tails, and some wielded giant pincers like sharp divine shears, intending to sever this "dragon beast."

But even though these scorpion serpent warriors possessed Dou Ling cultivation, they were nothing worth mentioning. They were only Tier Three magical beasts, with strength comparable to Da Dou Shi; even those at the peak of Da Dou Shi were rare among them.

"Don't! Run!" Xie Dong shouted himself hoarse, trying to stop the warriors from attempting the impossible, because he knew this was no ordinary dragon beast!

With a single claw, Zhu Jin instantly seized several Tier Three scorpion serpent warriors forming the front line of defense. With only a slight squeeze, those warriors burst like tomatoes, scalding red liquid spraying from his palm. They did not even have the chance to scream.

A series of metallic clangs rang out. The Mystic Tier Dou Techniques unleashed by the Tier Three scorpion serpent warriors landed on Zhu Jin's body, yet they could not even break through the dragon-scale armor formed from Dou Qi. Only the brilliant sparks proved that their attacks had actually struck their target.

"Roar!" As Zhu Jin crushed them, he exhaled a mouthful of dragon flame. The flames poured forth from within him, burning everything in their path. Cracking sounds echoed out as even the earth was scorched open with fissures!

Dragon flame streamed downward, rendering every defense useless. The searing heat spread outward, and even from far away, they felt as if they were being burned alive.

The moment the dragon flame appeared, the outcome was already decided. The remaining dozen or so Tier Three scorpion serpent warriors could not withstand it at all. Contact meant death, their flesh and blood melting away under the flames. Even though Zhu Jin's dragon flame was only at the beginner level and had not improved much, against these weak low-tier magical beasts, it was as terrifying as heavenly fire.

Only Xie Dong, the strongest one there and the one who had never intended to fight, escaped disaster by evading the dragon flame.

Just as Zhu Jin threw the entire Purple Cloud Scorpion Snake Tribe into chaos, a thunderous boom suddenly erupted from the collapsed mountain. A Purple Cloud Scorpion Serpent nearly as large as Zhu Jin, reaching seventeen meters in length, burst out of the ground.

Yet this largest Purple Cloud Scorpion Serpent was covered in blood, and much of its scorpion shell had cracked. It had clearly suffered severe injuries from the successful sneak attack.

"You beast, how dare you!"

Xie Yun, the Purple Cloud Scorpion Serpent chieftain, was consumed by fury and wished he could skin Zhu Jin alive and swallow him whole. He had never imagined anyone could be so despicable as to descend from the sky and launch a sneak attack, smashing apart the cave where he lived.

By the time he came to his senses and burst from the ground, it was already too late. The entire tribe was engulfed in flames, blood covered the ground, and the Tier Three warriors he had painstakingly nurtured were nearly slaughtered! The sudden upheaval made Xie Yun's expression change drastically. With a fierce shout, he stepped into the air and moved to kill the gray dragon beast.

Although Xie Yun was a Tier Four magical beast, his cultivation was formidable. He had already reached the peak of eight-star Dou Ling and was not far from becoming a Dou Wang. He could fly for short periods and remain suspended in the air to some extent.

"Kill!" Xie Yun roared. In an instant, his blood and vitality surged, and a purple giant serpent pattern emerged across his hard shell. His aura erupted to its peak as he unleashed a Mystic Tier enhancement Dou Technique, his enormous pincers sweeping out with overwhelming force.

Facing the charging Xie Yun, Zhu Jin showed no fear. He roared and met him head-on, baring his claws and fangs. For a moment, Xie Yun and Zhu Jin—a scorpion serpent and a giant dragon—clashed in the air.

Xie Yun held nothing back. His powerful offensive seemed capable of sweeping across heaven and earth and scattering the clouds. His massive scorpion pincers were exceptionally vicious, yet no matter how fiercely he fought or how sharp his attacks became, he was still no match for Zhu Jin. After only a few exchanges, the already severely injured Xie Yun fell into a disadvantage and was forced back step by step.

Zhu Jin acted like an expert throughout the battle and did not say a single word, because his eleven years since reincarnation had taught him one thing: real combat was not the same as playing a game. Once injured, one's fighting strength dropped drastically. There was no such thing as defeating someone at full health while on the brink of death.

Once seriously injured, the body became heavy, stamina declined, and even the circulation of Dou Qi slowed. Xie Yun was not weak; he was, after all, an eight-star Dou Ling. But after suffering such grievous injuries, less than one-tenth of his original strength remained, making it even more impossible for him to defeat Zhu Jin.

"Is this an ancient dragon that once ruled the Beast Domain... a real dragon!" Xie Dong's face changed drastically as he watched the giant dragon force the chieftain back after only a few moves. Xie Yun possessed the strength of an eight-star Dou Ling, and he even carried a trace of Nine Netherworld Python bloodline. Even if he was injured, being suppressed so severely by someone of lower cultivation meant his opponent could not possibly be an ordinary dragon beast.

If it was not one of the ancient dragons that had mysteriously vanished thousands of years ago, he could think of no other explanation!

With a thunderous crash, Zhu Jin unleashed Dragon Tail Sweep, lashing Xie Yun hard and smashing him heavily into the ground. Rubble flew everywhere as a small crater formed beneath him.

Xie Yun clutched his caved-in chest, feeling his life slipping away. He had once been filled with ambition to unify the entire region, yet he had never imagined that one day he would be ambushed and die so humiliatingly.

"Damn it! Damn it! You forced my hand!" Xie Yun swiped over his storage item, and a round object emitting a faint glow appeared in his hand.

Seeing the object, roughly the size of a dragon's eye, Zhu Jin's pupils contracted. In his eleven years since reincarnation, he had never seen one before, but he recognized it at a glance because he had read countless descriptions of such things.

A medicinal pill!

The most important item in Battle Through the Heavens!

"How despicable! You actually used a medicinal pill!" Zhu Jin cursed through gritted teeth. This was shameless—using a medicinal pill! I'm so jealous!