Inside the Carrefour supermarket, Luo Feng was overjoyed.
He was just about to step forward and pocket the precious monster egg.
But at the very instant before his foot moved-
"Roar!"
A low, hoarse roar, brimming with boundless fury and utter madness,
exploded through the empty supermarket like muffled thunder!
It came from a deeper patch of shadow behind the nest.
Immediately afterward, a pair of enormous eyes, scarlet as blood moons and filled with cruelty and a desire to protect,
suddenly lit up in the darkness!
Amid footsteps that made the ground tremble slightly,
a massive creature slowly emerged from the shadows and blocked the giant egg.
It was a dragon-type monster.
Its entire body was covered in immensely thick black scales that gleamed with a cold metallic sheen.
"Iron-Armored Dragon!"
Luo Feng's pupils contracted sharply. He recognized the infamous lord-level monster.
The Iron-Armored Dragon was one of the most difficult lord-level monsters to deal with.
At the moment, this Iron-Armored Dragon was indeed in a somewhat unusual state.
Luo Feng and the Iron-Armored Dragon locked eyes.
The air seemed to freeze as invisible killing intent clashed and grew wildly between them.
There was no idle talk, nor any need to test each other.
Almost the instant their gazes met, Luo Feng moved!
He had to end the fight quickly.
Luo Feng let out a furious shout, and the ground beneath his feet exploded.
Like a streak of blood-red lightning, he took the initiative and charged!
He raised the Blood Shadow Battle Blade high and hacked fiercely at the relatively vulnerable junction of the Iron-Armored Dragon's neck!
Strike first!
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade crashed down on the Iron-Armored Dragon's neck.
An unimaginably powerful recoil traveled up the blade.
Luo Feng felt his arm shudder violently and the web of his hand go numb. His heart filled with shock.
Such hard scales!
Using the force of the impact, he retreated rapidly, narrowly avoiding the Iron-Armored Dragon's attack.
At that moment, Luo Feng unleashed his Spiritual Force at full power.
His body twisted abruptly in midair.
Luo Feng moved at high speed around the Iron-Armored Dragon's massive body.
He no longer focused on striking with the Blood Shadow Battle Blade at full power.
Instead, he targeted relatively weak points in the Iron-Armored Dragon's defenses, such as its eyes and joints.
His six throwing knives appeared and vanished without a trace.
Guided by his Spiritual Force, they became streaks of silver light, harassing the monster from every tricky angle.
Though they could hardly penetrate its defenses, they greatly disrupted its vision and judgment.
The Iron-Armored Dragon roared again and again.
Thus, relying on the exceptional mobility and agility granted by his Spiritual Force,
Luo Feng gradually gained the upper hand.
An opening!
A gleam flashed in Luo Feng's eyes.
He seized the moment when the Iron-Armored Dragon's attack left it exposed.
He pushed the first of the three blade techniques, which he had only just brought to minor mastery, to its limit.
"Break!"
The instant the blade struck the Iron-Armored Dragon,
a piercing snap rang out, chilling him to the heart.
Unable to withstand the strain, the Blood Shadow Battle Blade broke in two!
The front half of the blade cut into the Iron-Armored Dragon's flesh.
The back half remained in Luo Feng's hand.
"What?!"
Luo Feng went pale with shock, a chill shooting from the soles of his feet to the top of his head!
A weapon was a warrior's second life.
Especially in a life-and-death battle against a lord-level monster.
Losing his main weapon meant an immediate plunge in combat power.
The Iron-Armored Dragon roared in even greater fury at the pain.
It instinctively counterattacked Luo Feng.
Caught off guard, Luo Feng could only hold the broken blade across his body while driving himself backward with his Spiritual Force.
The broken blade collided with the Iron-Armored Dragon.
Luo Feng felt an irresistible force strike him, and his chest tightened.
He was sent flying backward, crashing hard into a row of collapsed metal shelves.
The impact left a deep dent in the shelves.
The battle had turned around in an instant!
The Iron-Armored Dragon pressed its advantage.
At this critical moment, Luo Feng could only put some distance between them.
He discarded the blade and continued to maneuver around the Iron-Armored Dragon.
"Teacher!"
Luo Feng cried out in his mind.
He controlled the throwing knives to keep harassing the Iron-Armored Dragon and stop its charge while rapidly considering a countermeasure.
"Calm down!"
Lin Mo's voice rang out at once, still steady.
"Given the material of your blade, it's no surprise that it broke against a Horde Leader Level Iron-Armored Dragon's scales."
"According to my senses, at the edge of the Iron-Armored Dragon's nest,"
"there's quite a bit of wild top-grade equipment in the open space to the right of the egg."
Wild top-grade equipment?
Luo Feng's heart stirred, and his gaze sharpened like lightning.
He instantly swept his eyes toward the Iron-Armored Dragon's nest.
Sure enough, on the floor in the corner to the right of the giant egg,
there was a pile of equipment.
There were all sorts, including a combat suit and a sword.
A chance at life in a desperate situation!
Luo Feng's spirits soared!
He began looking for an opportunity.
After several exchanges, Luo Feng finally found one!
One of the Iron-Armored Dragon's full-force attacks missed and struck the wall in the distance.
It stiffened for an extremely brief moment.
A sharp light flashed in Luo Feng's eyes, and he stopped retreating.
Instead, he directed all his Spiritual Force into his combat boots and combat suit, instantly pushing his speed to the limit.
Luo Feng became a blurry afterimage, heading straight for the open space at the edge of the nest!
He arrived before the open space and looked at the wild top-grade equipment on the ground.
His eyes instantly locked onto one of the longswords!
In terms of quality, this sword was definitely far superior to his Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
That's the one!
Luo Feng had no time to examine it closely and snatched it up.
It felt heavy in his hand, far heavier than the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
It was exceptionally comfortable to wield.
The instant he gripped the sword, the Iron-Armored Dragon's enormous claw came crashing down!
Luo Feng had no time to think. He instinctively swung the sword to block, and the Origin Force within him flowed naturally into it.
A clearer, longer metallic hum rang out!
The longsword collided fiercely with the Iron-Armored Dragon's sharp claw!
The expected tremendous force struck him, and Luo Feng was driven back another two steps.
But this time, the hand holding his sword was steady as a rock!
To his even greater delight, on the Iron-Armored Dragon's hard, black claw,
a clear slash mark had appeared!
What a sword!
Luo Feng was overjoyed, and his fighting spirit instantly returned to its peak.
Just like that, control of the battle gradually returned to Luo Feng's hands.
The more he fought, the braver he became.
Finally, during another skillful dodge and counterattack,
Luo Feng seized the instant the Iron-Armored Dragon's movement faltered and found an opening.
He gripped the longsword and slashed at its neck.
This time, the longsword sank deep into the Iron-Armored Dragon's neck.
The Iron-Armored Dragon let out a shrill, agonized howl that shook heaven and earth.
Its massive body convulsed violently as it struggled in frenzy.
Its life force rapidly ebbed away with the scorching beast blood that gushed out.
As time passed, its struggles gradually weakened.
Finally, the Iron-Armored Dragon that had ruled the Carrefour supermarket,
the lord-level monster whose name had struck terror into countless warriors,
lost the scarlet light in its eyes entirely.
It crashed to the ground, sending dust billowing into the air.
Panting, Luo Feng pulled the longsword from where it was buried deep in the Iron-Armored Dragon's neck.
He walked up to the Iron-Armored Dragon's enormous head.
He raised the sword high, then chopped down with all his strength!
Inside the Carrefour supermarket, the boss was dead.
Those beast general-level monsters knew they were no match and all fled.
For a time, only Luo Feng's panting could be heard.