CHAPTER 631: CHAPTER 88: A CRIPPLED DRAGON

No one expected that an Asian Young Dragon, just awakened, would attack the Dragon Knight.

Lord Zhan didn’t expect it, Yue Minzhi didn’t expect it, and neither did Princess Long Xue in the stands; as for Lie Rou, her heart was in her throat at that moment.

Long Rui’s face turned pale, and she nearly fell to the ground.

Ji Yun’s rowdy group of friends cheered, but Ji Yun showed not a hint of joy; it seemed as though he suddenly understood something.

At that moment, when the teeth of the Asian Young Dragon tore through Yue Minzhi’s flesh, Long Jiuzun thought Yue Minzhi was done for.

You must understand that though the flesh of a Dark Practitioner is tough, it still has fatal vulnerabilities like the neck, heart, and head when facing the immensely strong and attack-powerful Asian Dragon.

If it had been Yue Minzhi before taking the Green Liquid, the major arteries would probably have been torn apart, and he would have bled to death by now.

However, this time, Yue Minzhi surprised everyone.

"Dark Heavenly!"

Duke Xue Ying was already a Dark Heavenly Master.

Realizing the killing intent, Yue Minzhi reacted instantly, forming a Dark Energy Wall around him with a surge of Dark Heavenly Power.

The Asian Young Dragon, just released from a sealing in the Dragon Pillar, charged against the Dark Heavenly Wall, the powerful impact forcing Yue Minzhi three steps back.

The attack was rapid and fierce, unlike what one would expect from a young dragon less than six months old; it resembled the skills of an experienced assassin.

Yue Minzhi was uninjured, so where did that blood come from?

Yue Jinghua’s nose picked up something wrong before her eyes did.

A strong scent of blood, in a flash of lightning, helped Yue Jinghua realize what was attacking Yue Minzhi.

It was a gray Asian Dragon, wingless, obviously not a Flying Dragon, and what surprised people more were its limbs...

"How could this be? How could this happen?" Apart from Long Jiuzun in the stands, the entire field seemed to have erupted in turmoil.

The just awakened Asian dragon was not the legendary Five-Colored Dragon, but a strange mutant dragon the size of a rat pup.

Not only was it small, but its limbs had been chopped off neatly at the root.

Lacking treatment, its bone wounds had rotted, and signs of decay were appearing in the flesh.

The demeanor of that Asian Dragon made it clear it thought Yue Minzhi was the one who had caused its injured, crippled state.

"Oh my God? Shouldn’t all the Asian dragons in the Dragon Pillar be normal and healthy? How could there be a disabled Asian dragon."

"Right, shouldn’t all Asian dragons be beautiful, noble, and large? How is this one worse than a sewer rat?"

"Ugly as hell, this Asian dragon is worse than a common Dark Beast, and it’s even disabled in its limbs."

"Yue Minzhi really messed up this time, wasting two chances on such a worthless creature."

"Worthless, utterly worthless."

Facing the taunting and murmuring voices like a tidal wave, Lord Zhan’s expression grew increasingly solemn.

The Sealing Dragon Pillar was conducted by the Cultivators from the Dragon Cave together with the Empire Array Masters. Before all the Asian Young Dragons were sealed within the Dragon Pillar, he had personally inspected them to ensure they entered the pillar in a healthy and normal state.

What is the matter with this Sky Weasel Dragon then?

The Asian Young Dragon, having lost too much blood, lay on the ground. After its final fatal attack was blocked by the Dark Energy Wall, the Sky Weasel Dragon lay breathlessly, no longer making any sound, as if detached from everything that happened on the field.

"Lord Zhan, this Asian Young Dragon should not be here. Its presence is unfair to the remaining two Quasi-Dragon Knights," Long Rui staunchly defended Yue Minzhi, ignoring the warning looks from the Long Jiuzun as she burst onto the field.

She tried to persuade Lord Zhan to give Yue Minzhi more opportunities.

"All Asian Dragons in the Dragon Pulling Test have been meticulously selected. Regardless of any abnormalities that arise midway, the participating Quasi-Dragon Knights must overcome them. This is a quality every Dragon Knight must possess. Yue Minzhi, I’m sorry that you encountered a disabled Asian Dragon, but that is also your fate. To prevent similar incidents from happening again, I will briefly enforce a Forbidden Space, stopping all Asian Dragons’ attacks and flights," said Lord Zhan as he summoned his Storm Giant Dragon.

The Storm Giant Dragon performed its Dragon Skill, similar to a ’Forbidden Space’ like a Color Worm. During this time of enforcement, no humans or Dark Beasts within the field could fly out of this area.

"Darn it, this cursed Sky Weasel Dragon, even in its dying moments it seeks to drag me down," Ji Xuechen said openly. If it had grown up successfully, its strength would definitely surpass that of Lord Zhan’s Storm Giant Dragon; however, it was still too young to compete with the Storm Giant Dragon.

After Lord Zhan cast the Forbidden Space, he said, "Boy, take off the inner armor you’re wearing. It’s coated with Dragon Eggshell Powder."

"Dragon Eggshell Powder?!" Yue Jinghua and Yue Minzhi then understood why the dying Jiao Dragon emitted such intense hatred.

Upon hearing this revelation, Long Rui’s expression suddenly changed, and seeing the slight astonishment in Yue Minzhi’s eyes, her heart twisted with pain.

She recalled that day, within the room, when Long Jiuzun had tampered with her clothes.

Yue Minzhi, unconcerned about why Long Rui would set him up, took off his inner armor.

"Fortunately, you are deft with your moves, saving your life and earning yourself another valuable opportunity. With the three chances to awaken the Dragon Pillar, you still have one last attempt to try waking the final pillar. Remember, this is your only chance, successful or not, if you fail, you will forever lose the opportunity to become a Dragon Knight," Lord Zhan finished speaking and glanced again at the still-standing Dragon Pillar.

The only and last Dragon Pillar.

Yue Minzhi hesitated briefly before looking towards the stands.

Seeing his mother’s hopeful eyes and his sister’s encouraging gaze, he took them all in.

He took a step forward; as his foot crossed over the carcass of the ugly Sky Weasel Dragon, he seemed to see in the eyes of that rat-sized Asian Young Dragon a flicker of desperation.

The awakened Asian Dragon, unable to gain a Dragon Knight’s recognition, its fate was only demise.

Soon, it would become even lesser than a rat in the gutter.

The weak perish, the strong prevail, this is an eternal truth on the Canglong Continent.

Yue Minzhi stepped over the Asian Young Dragon and resolutely walked towards the snow-white Dragon Pillar.

Inside the Dragon Pillar, the Five-Colored Jiao Dragon Ji Xuechen was also extremely agitated, its notion of escaping being throttled by the sudden event.

Becoming a bound Jiao Dragon was something it could not imagine and never wished to experience.

Damn Human Race, it really must have accumulated eight lifetimes of bad luck to have to bond with a human.

As Ji Xuechen in the Dragon Pillar thrashed around, almost cracking it open, Yue Minzhi had come over, stopping before the pillar. He raised his hand, for the last time placed it on the Dragon Pillar.