Chapter 771: Slaying the Dragon (3)
Chapter 771: Slaying the Dragon (3)
September 25, 2017
The few hundred wandering practitioners eventually left in anger, unable to withstand the might of the Bloodsoaked Legion.
Despite their reputation as top-tier practitioners, they were nothing in Lu Haikong's eyes.
Lu Haikong had initially hoped they would serve as his pathfinders, but he soon realized that they weren't even qualified for that role. Thus, he forcefully expelled them.
If not for certain circumstances preventing Lu Haikong from taking their lives, these few hundred practitioners wouldn't have been able to leave.
However, these practitioners weren't the peaceful type. After being driven away, they didn't truly leave; instead, they gathered on a nearby hilltop a few miles away.
The hilltop was about six or seven kilometers from the Frosty Pool, providing a decent view of the situation there.
Normally, at such a distance, one might be able to see people, but they would appear no larger than ants, making it impossible to discern details.
However, these practitioners were indeed top-notch, and some had excellent eyesight. With some effort, they could make out the situation on the other side, though some might have slightly poorer vision. Fortunately, they had excellent items to assist them, and with their help, they could see the other side even more clearly.
Under these circumstances, over a thousand curious practitioners gathered on the hilltop, eager to witness how Lu Haikong would deal with the terrifying dragon. They wanted to see if Lu Haikong could defeat the dragon or if he would end up with a humiliating defeat.
The practitioners on the hilltop had no fondness for Lu Haikong, and they much preferred to see him humiliated. That way, they might have an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Lu Haikong hesitated for a moment but ultimately decided not to take action against the onlookers, choosing instead to let them stay.
After all, they were six or seven kilometers away in a straight line, and the actual distance might be even greater. At such a distance, they couldn't possibly affect Lu Haikong's battle with the dragon, so there was no need for him to bother with them.
Nonetheless, Lu Haikong dispatched members of the Bloodsoaked Legion to keep an eye on them. If they remained calm, he would ignore them, but if they sought death, he wouldn't show mercy.
Lu Haikong let the distant onlookers be, but he wasn't as lenient with those near the mineral vein.
Although most practitioners near the vein had left, some still harbored hopes and hid nearby, waiting for an opportunity to benefit.
For such individuals, Lu Haikong showed no mercy. He sent Ghost Shadow Guards to capture them, and upon capture, they were immediately executed without any chance for explanation. Their corpses were then displayed outside the mineral vein.
Lu Haikong's brutal methods shocked the distant practitioners, who watched in anger and fear. They were grateful they hadn't stayed, for they might have met the same fate.
Lu Haikong's preparations took five days. During this time, the distant practitioners witnessed him setting up his equipment piece by piece.
Seeing Lu Haikong's meticulous preparations, the practitioners finally understood what professionalism meant.
They had initially rushed to the Frosty Pool with limited information, but now, seeing Lu Haikong's thorough preparations and the terrifying machines near the pool, they began to believe that the dragon might indeed be defeated by Lu Haikong.
However, many practitioners remained unconvinced.
Some of them were biased against Lu Haikong, while others had reached their conclusions through rational thinking.
Although the dragon had only appeared a few times, on that rare occasion, it had displayed its formidable power. Lu Haikong's thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of troops were useless against it.
In this situation, Lu Haikong could only rely on martial generals with strengths of 80 or even 90.
He might be able to gather a few generals with a strength of 80, but those with a strength of 90 were the absolute pinnacle, and there weren't many in the world. The practitioners didn't believe Lu Haikong had many subordinates of such caliber.
Thus, most practitioners on the hilltop predicted Lu Haikong's failure, but one person opened a betting pool during this period.
The odds were heavily stacked against Lu Haikong, with a one-to-one payout for his defeat and a ten-to-one payout for his victory.
When the betting pool was opened, many practitioners eagerly bet on Lu Haikong's failure.
Lu Haikong was unaware of the betting pool on the hilltop, and at that moment, he had no time or inclination to concern himself with such matters.
After five days of preparation, Lu HaiKong's "Slay the Dragon" operation was finally about to commence.
On the sixth day of Lu HaiKong's arrival, outside the Frosty Pool, he walked towards it, carrying a battle axe.
The axe in his hand was a half-finished Mythical-grade battle axe, crafted by Gong Sun Chui over the past two months using Lu HaiKong's original Savage Axe as a base and consuming a large amount of precious materials.
At this point, the axe far surpassed the weight and sturdiness of Legendary-grade weapons, but had no attributes or special abilities. However, its weight and sturdiness alone were enough to make this new Savage Axe Lu HaiKong's weapon of choice.
Carrying the new Savage Axe, Lu HaiKong took one step at a time towards the edge of the Frosty Pool.
Looking at the Frosty Pool, which was only a few square kilometers in size, Lu HaiKong wasted no time and raised the new Savage Axe high above his head.
From the moment Lu HaiKong approached the Frosty Pool, the wandering practitioners on the opposite hill had their attention fixed on him. Everyone realized something was about to happen and eagerly watched with anticipation.
Lu HaiKong's action of raising the axe was naturally noticed by the wandering practitioners.
However, they were perplexed by Lu HaiKong's gesture, wondering what he intended to do.
Could it be that he wanted to split the Frosty Pool with a single axe strike?
Many wandering practitioners joked about this idea.
But just as they were mocking, they saw Lu HaiKong's Savage Axe truly swing down towards the Frosty Pool!
As Lu HaiKong's axe cleaved through the air, the wandering practitioners on the opposite hill burst into laughter.
From their distance, Lu HaiKong's strike seemed to have no effect, not even creating a splash of water.
Seeing Lu HaiKong's long-awaited axe strike result in such a dud, the wandering practitioners couldn't help but laugh out loud.
In the midst of their laughter, some wandering practitioners who were using items to observe the scene were shocked.
The images transmitted by their items were completely different from what they saw with their own eyes. At the moment Lu HaiKong's axe struck down, a waterless area over a hundred meters long and one meter wide appeared in the Frosty Pool in front of him.
It was as if, in the instant Lu HaiKong's axe cleaved down, the Frosty Pool before him had been split open by his strike—a truly awe-inspiring sight!
Even more astonishing was that, as the wandering practitioners roared with laughter, a dragon emerged from the depths of the Frosty Pool.
This sudden turn of events left the wandering practitioners dumbfounded. Was Lu HaiKong just waving his axe around? How did the dragon appear? Could it be that the dragon just happened to want to come up for some air?
While the wandering practitioners on the hill were puzzled, on Lu HaiKong's side, he encountered the dragon for the second time.
Yes, this was the second time Lu HaiKong had met the dragon.
Given Lu HaiKong's personality, he wanted to capture this dragon, and there was no reason not to assess its true strength before taking action. However, the previous encounter with the dragon had not been pleasant.
As the dragon emerged from the Frosty Pool and saw Lu HaiKong, its long, narrow eyes narrowed with a colder intent.
With the dragon's ability to break through a hundred, its intelligence was not much different from that of ordinary humans, and it naturally remembered this human before it.
A month ago, this human had come with a group of ironclad warriors.
The dragon didn't mind Lu HaiKong's provocation with his ironclad warriors, but it was displeased that Lu HaiKong, who didn't know his own limits, actually wanted to subdue it.
What a joke! When had the noble dragon race ever submitted to humans?
So, the last time, the dragon had crushed all of Lu HaiKong's ironclad warriors and chased him, nearly biting him to death.
The dragon had thought that Lu HaiKong would be scared off, but it hadn't expected him to return again.
"Hey, big guy, remember what we talked about before? How about you submit to me?" Lu HaiKong said with a grin, placing the Savage Axe on the neck of the green dragon that had emerged from the pool.
Hearing this, the dragon's eyes instantly enraged, roared and howled at Lu HaiKong!
In its rage, the dragon's tail swept towards Lu HaiKong, aiming at the proud and arrogant human.
"Why be so aggressive? Let's talk this out," Lu HaiKong said with a light smile, swinging the Savage Axe towards the dragon's approaching tail.
Seeing Lu HaiKong's response, the wandering practitioners several miles away were left with their mouths agape.
To dare to confront the dragon head-on—who gave Lu HaiKong such courage?
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
