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The blood-red figure floated high in the sky, the massive dragon wings on its back slowly flapping, stirring up violent gusts of wind.
Aside from those overly large wings, and the scorpion tail more than ten meters long, this Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast looked almost no different from an ordinary human at first glance.
Its appearance, in fact, was strikingly handsome, with a faint trace of sinister charm hidden between those features.
The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's fiery temper seemed as if it had been doused with a bucket of cold water — in an instant, it calmed.
His body slowly descended from the sky, finally hovering in midair a dozen or so meters above the ground. The scorpion tail swayed lightly behind him as his gaze swept across the group, eventually settling on Wei Yang, who faintly stood at the forefront.
Raising his brows, he chuckled, "This king got carried away for a moment and misspoke, offending my guests. I wonder, what business brings you here?"
In the blink of an eye, he shifted his attitude, no longer mentioning anything else and instead becoming rather courteous.
The wise adapt to circumstances — although the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast was by nature cruel and violent, he wasn't entirely ignorant.
Having taken human form, with intelligence no longer lacking, he knew when it was time to yield.
"We are here only to ask you for one thing." Wei Yang gently flicked his sleeve.
"What you need, speak it. So long as I can take it out, I will do my best. Consider it compensation for my earlier discourteous words." The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast furrowed his brows slightly, then smiled.
As he spoke, his gaze couldn't help but sweep surreptitiously toward Xian'er.
In the depths of his eyes, a faint glint of lust and wickedness flickered uncontrollably as his gaze lingered on that alluring figure.
All these years, he had never once encountered a woman who could stir his heart so strongly.
Though he was well aware, this attraction stemmed largely from the allure of her Woeful Poison Body.
As a pure-blooded poison beast, such a body was like an addictive drug to him. Just a whiff of that unique aura was enough to make his very soul tremble, an ecstasy beyond words.
"Very simple. I want your magic core." A sharp gleam of coldness burst forth from Wei Yang's eyes.
The instant his words fell—
Roar!
With a heavy stomp of his two clawed feet, the ground cracked into a small pit beneath him. In the next instant, his body shot forward like a fired cannonball, streaking straight toward the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast in the sky.
The smile on that handsome face slowly froze. The beast's expression grew darkly sinister as he licked his lips. "So, it really is as I thought. The ones who come uninvited are never friendly."
Before the last word finished, the dragon wings behind him gave a sudden, powerful beat. His figure vanished on the spot.
Boom!
The moment the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's body disappeared, a compressed air cannon erupted at where he had been, exploding outward!
A circular shockwave rippled in all directions.
Space itself cracked apart, inch by inch.
Yet this strike failed to hit the beast — with sheer speed, he had already evaded.
Almost at the same moment, Wei Yang's eyes narrowed, his figure flickering as he left behind afterimages while retreating swiftly.
Shhh!
As Wei Yang retreated, a hand tipped with razor-sharp blood-red nails suddenly appeared out of thin air. Like a sword, it ripped through the afterimages he left behind.
Where that hand passed, even space split apart into a pitch-black rift, deep and eerie.
"Hm?"
Having struck nothing but shadows, a voice of faint surprise came from the void.
Clearly, the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast hadn't expected that his full-powered sneak attack would fail to land on a mere Four-Star Dou Zong.
His body then surfaced strangely in the void, eyes darkly shadowed as he glanced at Wei Yang.
Without a word, his figure blurred again — swish! — and he vanished, leaving only a streak of blood-colored light.
At the very instant he disappeared—
Boom!
Another air cannon burst forth, nearly grazing his blood shadow as it erupted in an explosion.
"Hmph!"
Alongside the detonation came the faint sound of a muffled groan.
Elsewhere—
"What speed!" Wei Yang halted, his afterimages collapsing back into his body as if merging seamlessly.
His brows arched, eyes fixed forward in astonishment at how fast this beast was.
Like a ghost, truly.
It was hard to imagine how, with wings ten meters wide and a scorpion tail dragging behind, he could still move with such flash-like swiftness.
Those massive wings — did they really create no air resistance at all?
Hm? Again!
His expanded perception caught a faint ripple. Wei Yang's pupils contracted sharply as his mind moved, retreating with blinding speed once more.
Swish!
A blood shadow darted out like lightning, piercing the void, flashing into existence right before him.
Wei Yang caught a glimpse of it — an extremely sharp scorpion tail tip, shaped like a triangular arrowhead, glinting with a chilling light, thrusting straight for his forehead.
At the tip gleamed a faint crimson stain, reeking of blood and venom — clearly carrying lethal poison.
Whoosh!
With a piercing shriek, the tail tip tore through the void, stabbing straight at Wei Yang's brow, piercing through cleanly.
Yet, not a single drop of blood appeared.
"Another afterimage!"
Seeing this scene, a shadow of gloom instantly flashed across the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's eyes.
For one who prided himself on speed, he had never imagined that one day, his most vaunted swiftness would be thwarted twice in a row — and by a mere Four-Star Dou Zong human.
Even while launching a sneak attack.
His gaze swept about, only to spot, a dozen meters away, that human youth standing there, somehow already appearing in that spot, watching him with a cold, indifferent look.
"Kid, I underestimated you."
The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast licked his lips, his figure trembling once before vanishing once again.
Almost simultaneously, a massive fist once more exploded into being, shattering the air.
At the same time, a streak of dark-green Dou Qi shot forth with a shrill tearing sound, attacking from another direction.
Pfft!
From the void, a scorpion tail lashed out, intercepting that streak of green Dou Qi.
"Heh heh, little beauty, not a bad attack!"
Having blocked the strike, the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast disappeared again, leaving behind only a mocking, relaxed laugh that lingered in the space.
He did not dare to take Du Jiao's blows head-on, always relying on his speed to evade. Yet he deliberately chose to withstand one of Xian'er's attacks.
"Is that so?" At his words, a chill glint flashed through Xian'er's eyes as she replied coldly.
Her palm swept swiftly through the air.
Shoo shoo shoo~
One after another, streaks of dark-green Dou Qi lashes burst forth, wherever they passed silently corroding the void, leaving behind faint black scars.
These lashes seemed to possess a life of their own, weaving and crossing through the void, twisting like serpents.
In an instant, the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's range of movement was drastically restricted, forcing him to confront these lashes directly.
Blood-colored claws clashed endlessly with Dou Qi lashes.
Clang clang clang!
Metallic screeches rang out.
"Heh heh, as expected of the Woeful Poison Body — truly venomous!" the Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast remarked in faint surprise.
Roar!
Seizing the chance, Du Jiao closed in, his fist smashing forward.
"Damn big oaf, you think this king is really afraid of you?!" the beast bellowed, whirling and punching back with equal fury. "Get lost—!"
Two fists of completely disproportionate size collided fiercely in midair.
Boom!
Like muffled thunder exploding.
Du Jiao stood tall and unmoving.
The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast, however, was sent flying back as though he had been rammed by an Ancient Void Dragon itself, his body crashing hard into the cliff wall behind him, embedding deep within it.
The earth trembled violently.
After a brief silence—
Roar!
A furious dragon's cry rang out.
"Bastard, this king will tear you to pieces!" his furious howl shook the air.
Rumble!
The cliff wall instantly collapsed in a massive landslide.
Amid flying rubble, a blood-colored figure burst out.
Pfft!
He spat out a mouthful of blood, raising his eyes toward the charging Du Jiao. With a thought—
Swish!
The scorpion tail shot forth, shrieking as it pierced the void like lightning.
Pfft!
The sharp tail tip easily punched straight through Du Jiao's chest.
Purple blood splattered in a downpour, like a rain of gore.
"Hahaha! Fool! To dare ignore my scorpion tail? Heh heh, big guy, brute force alone is useless. When it comes to speed, I can crush you to death!" The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's lips curled into a sinister smile. "Now that you've been poisoned by my tail, just wait for death."
His tail twitched, trying to pull free.
But no matter how hard he tugged — it didn't budge an inch.
"Hm?"
The beast's brows furrowed slightly. He pulled harder, but still nothing. It was as though his tail had been welded into the other's body.
His heart sank. He quickly raised his head — and his eyes widened.
His tail was being gripped tight in a massive iron hand.
"You… how? You weren't poisoned?" The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's voice trembled in disbelief.
"I… am not… afraid… of poison." Du Jiao raised his head and grinned wide.
"You!" The beast's pupils shrank.
The next instant, he felt the world spinning violently.
Du Jiao had seized his scorpion tail, swung him around, and smashed him viciously into the ground.
Boom!
The Sky Poison Dragon Scorpion Beast's body slammed into the earth, creating a massive crater, cracks webbing across the ground as dust and debris surged skyward.
And then—
Du Jiao's hands still clutched the tail as he spun in place, muscles bulging, and began smashing the beast against the ground again and again.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
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