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Chapter 221 Manipulating Soil (Third Update)
Under the blazing sun, the giant rock dragon's mottled body was covered with marks of all sizes and crisscrossing patterns.

On the back, some of the columnar crystals have fallen off, leaving scars that are either the size of a bowl or a basin.

It roared, and Qin Ziwen's legs went weak, the hard soil beneath his feet seemed to turn into soft cotton.

Du Yu pulled him back several steps.

After leaving the spot, Qin Ziwen looked back at where he had been standing, but the ground was still the same, as if it were just an illusion.

"My lord, it wasn't my imagination. I could feel the ground beneath my feet soften slightly," Du Yu's voice came from beside me.

Upon hearing this, Qin Ziwen's expression turned solemn.

Sure enough, this guy is also an extraordinary creature. If the Tyrannosaurus Rex represents the pinnacle that ordinary creatures can reach on land, then the Giant Rock Dragon has already transcended that category and stands at a higher level.

Just as the harpy eagle can manipulate air currents, this giant rock dragon can influence the soil.

“Now that we know its location, things are much easier. Du Yu, give me the bow, then you and the main force retreat first, while I and the harpy eagle will hold it off for a while longer.”

"Yes, sir." Du Yu was decisive. Judging from the previous test, even though the arrow hit the eye, it did not cause any obvious injury. This showed that ordinary weapons would have difficulty breaking through the giant rock dragon's defenses, so there was no point in him staying here any longer.

Qin Ziwen rode on the back of the horned eagle and looked down from the sky. At the bottom of the rift valley, the giant rock dragon had turned around and headed west. One kilometer to the west, there was a large, gentle slope from which one could climb to the surface.

This shows that it is familiar with the surrounding terrain.

Perhaps I've lived here for quite some time.

But what does it eat?
Qin Ziwen's gaze fell on the cave from which it had emerged.

Perhaps even the Giant Rock Dragon didn't expect that one day its enemy would become a flying creature.

"Horned eagle, lower your height slightly."

As the harpy eagle descended, the giant rock dragon stopped moving and let out a low growl, "Moo~"

It was stomping its feet, causing the surrounding walls and ground to shake.

Even so, it had no way to deal with the person and the bird in the air.

After a while, it seemed to realize the problem itself.

He stopped talking, kept his head down, and continued westward.

"They're in such a hurry and still haven't used any other means. It seems they really don't have a way to attack from a distance." Qin Ziwen understood. Since they didn't have a way to attack from a distance, that made things easier.

When the harpy eagle landed directly above his head, he took out his bow, drew it, and shot an arrow.

The arrow bypassed the prisms on its back and instead pierced its spine, penetrating three inches deep.

But as if bitten by a mosquito, the giant rock dragon, which was nearly ten meters long, continued to walk on its own, its movements unaffected.

He took out another arrow, this time aiming at the indented scars on the other man's back.

puff-

The arrow had penetrated most of its length.

The defenses here are indeed weaker.

The giant rock dragon stopped moving.

It let out a low growl, then knelt down, its jagged back rubbing against the rock wall beside it.

Pieces of sand and debris were ground off and fell onto its back.

When it got up again, many of the scars and holes on its back were filled with sand and gravel.

The sand and gravel gradually melted, turning into mud that covered the hole. From a distance, apart from the color being slightly different from the surrounding skin, it didn't look like a big problem.

Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised to see this. "You can do that? Hand-made mud and stone armor?" Looking at the thick layer of mud on the giant rock dragon's skin, he suspected that the giant rock dragon's skin was covered with a whole layer of this stuff, which was equivalent to wearing a mud shell or pottery armor on the outside.

Its resistance to fire may be higher than imagined.

"But being able to prevent fire doesn't mean it can withstand continuous heat from a fire," Qin Ziwen pondered.

After emerging from the narrow passage at the end of the rift valley, the giant rock dragon found itself still unable to reach the horned eagle in the sky, which made it moo angrily.

It seemed that even the scorching sun was unbearable for it. After pausing for a moment, it turned around and continued walking back to the rift valley, and then returned to the cave.

The harpy eagle circled in the air for a while, and after confirming that the giant rock dragon had not come out again, it carried Qin Ziwen back home.

On the way back, they saw the group still on the road descending from the sky.

"grown ups."

"President."

A crowd gathered around.

"Yeah, that guy went back." Qin Ziwen nodded, then looked at Wei Yu. "The news is true. The Giant Rock Dragon is inside. I owe you a favor."

A group of people is walking towards us.

The leader was Zou Jianghe.

Zou Jianghe and Qin Ziwen exchanged a glance, their eyes flickering as they avoided each other's gazes.

The two groups passed each other. Qin Ziwen turned his head to look at their backs; they were heading in the same direction they had come from.

Zhao Pu said in a low voice, "Guild Master, they might also be looking for the Giant Rock Dragon."

"Hmm, I guessed it." Qin Ziwen's expression remained normal. He wasn't worried that Zou Jianghe and the others could kill the Giant Rock Dragon.

Based on the experiment he just conducted, he was certain that most ordinary melee weapons would likely be unable to penetrate the giant rock dragon's defenses.

Especially considering that the Giant Rock Dragon seems to have the ability to soften rocks, it will definitely not have the upper hand in close combat.

"If they want to go, then let them test the waters." Qin Ziwen smiled faintly, noticing the worry in Zhao Pu's eyes, and said, "The Giant Rock Dragon is not so easy to deal with."

Behind him, Zou Jianghe, who had walked some distance, turned around and looked at Qin Ziwen, who had become a small black dot on the horizon.

He frowned and suddenly said to Huang Tao beside him, "I have a bad feeling. Why don't we go back first?"

He was confident in his understanding of Qin Ziwen. When they passed by earlier, the other party did not stop them from going, which meant that either they thought the Giant Rock Dragon was not easy to find, or they thought the Giant Rock Dragon was too dangerous for them to handle.

"President, if we go back like this, it will be a great loss to your prestige. Others will just think we are afraid of him, and the members will have objections," Huang Tao said in a low voice.

Zou Jianghe looked at him, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

Huang Tao smiled and said, "Let's keep going, but whether we can find it or not is another matter. Anyway, the news about the Giant Rock Dragon is just hearsay, and we don't know its exact location. Isn't it normal that we can't find it?"

“That makes sense, but what if we actually find it?” Zou Jianghe only came here to make an appearance; he wasn’t really prepared to deal with the Giant Rock Dragon.

He was just going to make an appearance and demonstrate the responsibility befitting the leader of the "Great Alliance".

As for actually dealing with the Giant Rock Dragon, he wasn't that overconfident. He might not even be able to handle the Tyrannosaurus Rex, let alone the Giant Rock Dragon, which was of a higher danger level.

Huang Tao suggested, "We can deliberately avoid the footprints they left behind."

Upon hearing this, Zou Jianghe's tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed, and a hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes.

He patted Huang Tao on the shoulder heavily and chuckled in a low voice, "Okay! We'll do it your way!"

(End of this chapter)