The guild elites were baffled, but when they saw the Black Dragon coughing blood and looking battered, ideas began forming in their heads.
After all, the rewards for slaying a dragon would be enormous!
More than a few were tempted, and greed crept into their eyes.
But the moment those looks appeared, the Black Dragon's gaze swept over them.
The Black Dragon looked first at Hashirama and the other two, then in the direction Zeref had gone. He roared, "Just wait... I've memorized your scents. My revenge is coming!"
The Black Dragon turned his gaze on the guild elites. Seeing their greed, he unleashed his killing intent. "Black Dragon's Roar!"
He fired off a roar, then beat his wings and shot into the sky!
He moved so fast that he vanished in the blink of an eye!
The Black Dragon was gone just like that. Madara Uchiha, who had been ready to keep fighting, stared in disbelief. "He just left?"
Qing Zhi nodded, just as surprised. "He did. He really left!"
The Black Dragon's decision to leave made sense. Madara Uchiha and the other two had hammered him from the start. Though he had not suffered much damage then, he knew dragging out the fight would get him nowhere.
Besides, the Black Dragon had heard that more people stood behind the three of them. If a few more powerful fighters arrived, he would be stuck in a prolonged battle.
A prolonged battle would not have mattered on its own. But Zeref's sneak attack and the explosion that followed had dealt him a serious blow.
Zeref appeared to have left, but he could return at any moment. The Black Dragon hated the enemy he had fought countless times, yet he could not kill him.
The Black Dragon knew that continuing the