Trap

A dragon's roar startled the Beast Domain. Even though Zhu Jin was merely a low-grade mixed-blood with Dragon Blood Level Three, no matter how low-grade he was, he was still an Ancient Void Dragon! He was still a dragon—the highest class and the apex of the food chain on the Dou Qi Continent!

High in the sky, Zhu Jin let out a long roar and dove down through the air. Without another word, his pair of dragon claws pressed down upon the Flame Wolf Unicorn below.

"Low-grade Mystic Tier Dou Technique—Ancient Dragon Claw." Zhu Jin instantly circulated the Dragon Dou Qi within his body and unleashed the most basic bloodline Dou Technique of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan—Ancient Dragon Claw.

Though Ancient Dragon Claw was only a low-grade Mystic Tier Dou Technique, the weakest bloodline Dou Technique of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was still low-grade Mystic Tier. It could be said that as long as one was an Ancient Void Dragon, even with a bloodline level of one, one could use Ancient Dragon Claw. In a sense, it was an instinctive Dou Technique of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.

As Dragon Dou Qi circulated, strands of golden Dou Qi radiance emerged from Zhu Jin's dragon claws. When those Ancient Dragon Claws pressed down, they could split mountains and shatter rocks. No one knew just how terrifying the force behind those ancient claws was. Under those twin dragon claws, even an ordinary Tier Four magical beast would likely struggle to withstand them and could be crushed into a mist of blood by that immense, invincible power.

As though it sensed something, the Flame Wolf Unicorn that had been lowering its head to drink suddenly looked up. In its vision, a black dot in the sky rapidly grew larger. It was a dragon! A baring-fanged, claw-waving... dragon!

Yet this Flame Wolf Unicorn was, after all, a Tier Four magical beast. It had lived in the Wild Mountain Range for a long time and had endured countless life-and-death battles. Faced with this Dou Technique descending from the heavens, the Dou Qi within its body instantly circulated, and a wave of scorching Dou Qi burst forth.

Boom! With a thunderous explosion, the Flame Wolf Unicorn also let out a long howl. Its five-meter-tall body abruptly rose, and once it stood upright, its size exceeded ten meters—not much smaller than Zhu Jin.

"Flame Wolf Fire Claw!"

The Flame Wolf Unicorn likewise unleashed a low-grade Mystic Tier Dou Technique. Flames wrapped around its wolf claws as it launched a fiery claw strike. The terrifyingly scorching flames instantly gathered into a mass, and the fire claw shot toward the sky. Finally, with a deafening boom, the Flame Wolf Unicorn's massive claw collided with Zhu Jin's twin claws, the dragon claws pressing down upon the fire claw.

"A bit of substance, but not much." Zhu Jin smiled. Though both sides were Tier Four magical beasts and the other party's cultivation was even higher, having reached four-star Dou Ling, bloodline was still the most important thing for magical beasts.

Even if Zhu Jin was only a low-grade mixed-blood within the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, the Dragon Dou Qi within him was still mid-grade Mystic Tier. In fact, the Dragon Dou Qi of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was somewhat stronger than ordinary high-grade Mystic Tier cultivation methods. The Flame Wolf Unicorn, meanwhile, was merely an ordinary magical beast. Though its Flame Wolf Dou Qi contained beast fire, it was only ordinary low-grade Mystic Tier Dou Qi.

More importantly, the strongest aspect of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was not Dragon Dou Qi, but their physique!

Boom! Boom! Boom! At that moment, Zhu Jin slowly exerted force. The formidable physique of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan revealed its advantage. Though he was only a one-star Dou Ling, his strength was still far greater than that of the four-star Dou Ling Flame Wolf Unicorn. Beneath the pressure of the twin Ancient Dragon Claws, the Flame Wolf Unicorn's body sank lower inch by inch. Even as the scorching flames burned the dragon claws, it forcefully planted its legs, yet it still could not match the power of Zhu Jin's Ancient Dragon Claws and was unable to resist.

In that instant, Zhu Jin's dragon tail lashed out. It was agile and unbelievably fast; only an afterimage could be seen. The Flame Wolf Unicorn had no time to dodge. With a bang, it was struck by Zhu Jin's dragon tail, its enormous body sent flying a hundred meters as it spat out blood.

Zhu Jin landed and blew on his dragon claws, cooling the lingering heat. "Do you have the Flame Mantra or something? And you think you can play with fire?"

It had to be known that although the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was not skilled in alchemy, Zhu Jin clearly remembered a passage described later in the book. When Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan refine the Dragon-Phoenix Crystal Layer, there had been a massive jade-green cauldron at the volcanic crater on East Dragon Island. Although the book never explained what that cauldron was, any cauldron collected by East Dragon Island had to rank near the top of the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.

That was enough to prove that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was itself a race that played with fire. Not only did they possess Dragon Flame, one of the highest-grade beast fires, but their dragon scales and dragon claws also possessed extremely high fire resistance.

If the appearance of Heavenly Flames made all flames submit, then among beast fires, the Dragon Flame of the Ancient Void Dragon was the king of beast fires!

However, the Dragon Flame within Zhu Jin was of a very low grade. After all, not only was his bloodline relatively low-grade, he also lacked the resources to improve the Dragon Flame within him. Just as Xiao Yan had spent great effort cultivating Purple Flame back then, beast fire also required resources to strengthen. To Ancient Void Dragons, Dragon Flame was similar to a Dou Technique, likewise divided into beginner, minor mastery, major mastery, and peak.

The Dragon Flame within Zhu Jin could at most be considered a tiny beginner flame.

Before long, the Flame Wolf Unicorn crawled out from the rubble. After spitting out blood and wiping the blood from the corner of its mouth with a wolf claw, the fiery markings on its body glowed faintly. Its bones gave off soft cracking sounds, and its injuries actually began to heal slowly. Its eyes still shone brightly as it stared at Zhu Jin a hundred meters away, with not the slightest trace of fear in its gaze.

"So, you really are a small Tier Four dragon." The Flame Wolf Unicorn spoke. Though it had not taken human form, as a Tier Four magical beast, it already possessed considerable intelligence.

Hearing the Flame Wolf Unicorn's words, Zhu Jin's golden eyes shifted slightly, and his vertical pupils narrowed. After all, those words were rather interesting.

"Awoo!" The Flame Wolf Unicorn gave Zhu Jin no time to think. It immediately released a piercing wolf howl, and in the next moment, faint tremors spread throughout the basin. In an instant, fiery-red light appeared from every direction as dozens of Flame Wolf Unicorns came running from all corners of the basin.

However, compared to the five-meter-tall giant wolf before him, these Flame Wolf Unicorns were much smaller. Their horns were not nearly as long, and their flames were much dimmer as well. Even without using Dragon Sense, Zhu Jin knew that these Flame Wolf Unicorns were at most Tier Three, with most still at Tier Two.

A nest! This was a Flame Wolf Unicorn nest. The Flame Wolf Unicorn Zhu Jin had sent flying with a swipe of his tail at the beginning was the leader of this nest.

Clearly, these Flame Wolf Unicorns could not have simply been nearby. They had been waiting here long ago for Zhu Jin to appear.

This was a trap! Those Wild Mountain Goblins had sold Zhu Jin's information. He wanted to eat this Tier Four Flame Wolf Unicorn, but why would the other side not want to eat dragon meat and drink dragon blood?

After all, this was a dragon! Even if he was mixed-blood and his bloodline level was low-grade, a Tier Four young dragon was still treasure from head to toe. If it could obtain Zhu Jin's Dragon Flame Seed, this Tier Four Flame Wolf Unicorn might be able to break through its bloodline and evolve!

For magical beasts, breaking through their bloodline and evolving was absolutely the dream of every magical beast!