Of all the things that truly fascinated Lin Lei about 'Magical Beasts' growing up, it was the time he saw the Rapid Dragon as a young child. That day, the Rapid Dragon had displayed its terrifying power. In Wushan Town, the Rapid Dragon was virtually invincible — one house after another was destroyed. That kind of terrifying power...
It left Lin Lei shaken to the core.
At eight years old, Lin Lei had been nothing but a child. Now at fifteen, he was already a fifth-level dual-system mage.
"Boss, Boss, it's mine!!!" The Shadow Mouse Bei Bei's excited voice rang out in Lin Lei's mind.
Lin Lei looked toward the lake. There, he saw the Shadow Mouse Bei Bei's fur bristling like steel needles, every muscle in its body swelling with a hissing sound. Its claws and head had begun to enlarge as well. The Shadow Mouse Bei Bei, originally only twenty centimeters long, had expanded to roughly half a meter. Half-meter size was the largest transformation Lin Lei had ever seen from little Bei Bei.
But even so, a half-meter Shadow Mouse was nothing more than a tiny speck before the massive Rapid Dragon.
The Rapid Dragon's eyes, red like lanterns, fixed their cold, sinister gaze on the little Shadow Mouse. It let out a furious low growl that echoed through the mountain forest. In response, the Shadow Mouse Bei Bei raised its head and unleashed a piercing screech.
Low growls and shrill shrieks rang out one after another.
Standing on a tree branch at the lake shore, watching the scene unfold, Lin Lei suddenly felt as though the Rapid Dragon and the little Shadow Mouse were like two evenly matched opponents locked in a standoff.
"ROAR~~~" A furious roar erupted without warning.
Without warning, a torrent of flames burst from the Rapid Dragon's mouth, instantly blanketing the space dozens of meters ahead. The lake surface immediately hissed as the water evaporated in waves. And Bei Bei, engulfed in the flames, didn't move a muscle, letting the fire burn freely.
Amid the inferno, Bei Bei remained completely unscathed.
"Bei Bei's body may not be large, but its physical defense is remarkably strong. This fire, which is nearly equivalent to a fifth or sixth-level magic spell, still can't hurt Bei Bei." Lin Lei watched in silence. After spending so much time in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Bei Bei had never yet encountered an opponent it could truly fight to its heart's content.
Bei Bei, who had been sitting motionless in the flames, suddenly moved!
"Yee~~~"
A terrifying screech pierced the air. Bei Bei transformed into a dark afterimage and charged straight at the Rapid Dragon. The Rapid Dragon, still belching flames, saw its gem-like red eyes flare with an intense crimson light. At the same time, its whip-like dragon tail sliced through the air.
The tail's speed was astonishing — nearly matching the Shadow Mouse's own movements.
"Whoosh!" Bei Bei's movement trajectory was eerily unpredictable. It somehow evaded the Rapid Dragon's fastest tail strike and lunged directly for the Rapid Dragon's neck. The Rapid Dragon immediately whipped its head around and opened its massive jaws, attempting to snap down on Bei Bei.
But Bei Bei was clearly much faster. It clamped down hard on the neck, and a series of "crack, crack" sounds rang out as the thick scales on the Rapid Dragon's neck were bitten clean off — and even swallowed by Bei Bei. After all, Bei Bei treated stones, bones, and other hard materials as food. Scales were no exception.
At that moment, the dragon tail came lashing in as well. "Crack!" The sharp, explosive sound of the tail whipping at extreme speed sent chills down Lin Lei's spine. By then, Bei Bei had already darted away.
"The flesh on the Rapid Dragon's neck is incredibly thick. Bei Bei took a bite, but it only dealt a minor wound." Lin Lei held his breath, watching the battle between these two vastly different magical beasts. "The Rapid Dragon's tail is far too unpredictable — it can change direction at extreme speed even while in motion."
The Rapid Dragon's tail was not only fast but also eerily unpredictable in its direction.
"Yee~~~"
Bei Bei became a dark afterimage once more, bursting up from beneath the water's surface. It dodged the dragon tail again, but the moment it did, the tail's trajectory abruptly shifted — curving back in the opposite direction and slamming hard into Bei Bei.
The dark afterimage was sent crashing deep into the distant forest.
"Bei Bei!" Lin Lei's heart tightened.
The Rapid Dragon stared warily toward the depths of the forest. But then the Shadow Mouse Bei Bei suddenly dove at breakneck speed from the top of a towering tree. The Rapid Dragon's tail immediately whipped toward it. Having learned from its earlier mistake, Bei Bei now used its own Shadow Mouse tail to change direction as it moved.