"This is the dragon blood of a peak ninth-level magical beast. What a waste." Lin Lei looked at the large pool of dragon blood splattered across the stone floor and couldn't help but think to himself. According to the records in the Dragon Blood Secret Manual, the living blood of a Saint Realm dragon could definitely awaken the Dragon Blood Warrior bloodline within one's body, but the blood of a ninth-level dragon had a lower chance of doing so.
After all, this Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon was at the peak of the ninth level, just one step away from stepping into the Saint Realm. Moreover, the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon was among the most terrifying categories of dragons. Among dragons of the same level, the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon was always the strongest.
"This Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon is at the peak of the ninth level, and it's the strongest among all ninth-level dragons. Its dragon blood should be hardly any inferior to that of a Saint Realm dragon. Too bad I can't get my hands on it." Lin Lei currently didn't dare to step into that cave at all. Otherwise, the two terrifying magical beasts locked in combat would probably smash him into mince with a single wave of their hands.
"Boss, is this Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon going to die? It doesn't seem to be a match for that big dumb bear." Bei Bei said to Lin Lei through soul transmission.
Lin Lei didn't answer. He stared intently at the cave, watching this decisive battle between the two great magical beasts.
"Hahaha~~~" The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear let out an excited roar of laughter. At the same time, that massive, fur-covered black bear paw clenched into a fist. The fist, nearly a meter across, carried the force of ten thousand tons and smashed brutally downward at the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon below.
Strike while the enemy was down!
"Boom!" The massive, fur-covered fist smashed into the deep pit in the ground, shaking the entire cave so that loose rocks tumbled from above.
"Hmm?" The single eye of the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear flared with red light.
The Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon, which had initially been slapped into the stone floor by a bear paw, slithered through the earth like an earthworm, darting into the ground at lightning speed. As the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon burrowed underground, sections of the stone floor bulged upward one after another.
The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear's punch had missed, striking only the tip of the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon's tail. The dragon had plunged straight into the depths of the earth.
"Haha, Sadias, are you planning to hide underground and never come out?" The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear looked down at the ground and laughed heartily.
The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear knew very well that in terms of burrowing, even though he had reached the Saint Realm, he could not compare to the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon. With the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon's streamlined body and razor-sharp claws, its burrowing ability far surpassed his own. If the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon truly chose to remain hidden underground indefinitely, there really wasn't anything he could do about it.
However, the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear was certain that the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon would not be scared into hiding and refusing to come out and fight.
Because Sadias was a Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon.
"They all say that the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon clan is extremely proud and cannot tolerate the slightest insult. Even facing certain death, they would hold their heads high and fight to the bitter end. But from what I'm seeing now, that doesn't seem to be the case at all, Sadias. You're just a coward." The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear declared in a booming voice. Right now, he could only use words to provoke his opponent.
Hiding against the wall of the passageway, Lin Lei watched the developments in silence.
"Dragons are generally very proud and arrogant. And the especially unique 'Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon' is the most arrogant among all dragons." Derinkoort's voice sounded in Lin Lei's mind.
"Grandpa Derinkoort, why don't you come out?" Lin Lei had just blurted out the question when he laughed at himself.
He really must have been muddled. Grandpa Derinkoort's aura would be relatively easy for a Saint-level powerhouse to detect, and the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear was a Saint-level powerhouse after all.
"I can't come out. Right now, in their eyes, you're just a little ant. They've both noticed you, but they can't be bothered to deal with you. But if I come out and they detect my aura, that would be trouble." Derinkoort remained hidden within the Coiling Dragon Ring.
Lin Lei nodded slightly, his eyes fixed firmly on the cave.
The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear continued to hurl insults, while the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon seemed to have vanished without a trace, not making a single sound.
"He's smiling?" Lin Lei, who was watching the fight, noticed a smug grin appear on the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear's face. Before Lin Lei could figure out why—
Without warning, a tail covered in dense dragon scales burst through the surface like a spinning drill, piercing through the air with a terrifying "whoosh~~~" sound, aimed straight at the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear's abdomen.
The speed was simply too fast to even react.
"Hmph~~"
The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear, however, seemed to have anticipated it perfectly. The moment the dragon tail broke through the ground, his massive body shot backward, and at the same time, those two fur-covered bear paws seized the rapidly spinning tail in a firm grip.
"Hahaha~~~"
The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear roared with wild laughter. At the same time, he gripped the tail with both hands and violently yanked the entire Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon out of the ground. Then he swung the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon overhead and smashed it brutally against the stone floor.
"Wham!"
Just like cracking a whip against the ground, the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear swung the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon and ruthlessly lashed it against the floor over and over.
"Wham!" "Wham!" "Wham!" "Wham!" "Wham!"…
The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear swung the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon's body like a madman, brutally and repeatedly smashing it against the ground. He moved so fast that his entire body blurred into an afterimage, and within the span of a single breath, the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon had slammed into the stone floor at least a hundred times.
The密集 impacts made Lin Lei's scalp tingle.
"It still won't die from that?" Lin Lei watched with mounting tension.
"Haha, Sadias, that's what you get for being so arrogant! That's what you get for blinding one of my eyes! Haha…" The Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear laughed with wild abandon, his two massive arms, each nearly two meters thick, continuously swinging the Spiny Iron-Armored Dragon's body and smashing it against the ground.
The ground cracked and splintered continuously, trenches two or three meters deep and over a dozen meters long appearing one after another.
Rocks from the ceiling of the cave shook loose and fell, but those crumbling stones had no effect whatsoever on the Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear.
"Don't bring the passageway down on us." Loose rocks rained down around Lin Lei's head, and he couldn't help but curse this Saint-level Purple-striped Black Bear under his breath. Lin Lei had no choice but to stand to one side, silently reciting the magic incantation for the "Earth Guardian Armor." Only with a jade armor around his body could he feel even remotely safe.