The Prodigal Son

The natal Gu is small as a bee, but incredibly fast. Taking advantage of the dragon's unhealed wound, it burrowed straight into the shallow opening.

next moment!

The dragon's massive body trembled violently, its scarlet vertical pupils suddenly contracted, and a piercing pain originating from the depths of its bone marrow instantly swept over its entire body.

"Aww..."

A fierce roar pierced the sky, the massive body twisted and rolled wildly, its thick tail swept wildly in all directions, and its huge head slammed into the ground, causing dust and debris to fly everywhere.

No matter how much it struggled, it couldn't stop the natal Gu from entering its body and invading its meridians, directly attacking its vital organs.

The immense pain unleashed the dragon's ferocity, causing it to recklessly pounce on Qin Yu and his companions.

"Retreat now!"

Qin Yu roared and told Qi Dachui and Nan Que'er to retreat quickly.

However, the dragon relentlessly pursued them, seemingly blaming Qin Yu and the others for the root of its suffering.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ning Huang quickly moved to the side of the dragon, his battle blade radiating intense killing intent.

"Die, you son of a bitch!"

Ning Huang roared and gathered all his strength to slash fiercely at the wound on the dragon's abdomen.

The dazzling flashes of the blade erupted once more.

A massive blade of light struck the dragon's wound with deadly precision.

Without the protection of its scales, the violent force tore a huge wound in the dragon's body.

Fresh blood gushed from that horrific wound.

"Aww..."

Overwhelmed by excruciating pain, the dragon let out a mournful scream and, no longer caring about pursuing Qin Yu and the others, suddenly swung its head and crashed into Ning Huang.

Ning Huang retreated quickly, throwing Duan Yue out at the same time.

The broken mountain transformed into a streak of black light, piercing fiercely into the dragon's body. The dragon howled in pain once more and turned to flee madly into the mist.

Adhering to the principle of striking while the iron is hot, Qin Yu immediately roared, "Quickly chase after it! Don't let it get away!"

Depend on!

That's a dragon!

According to the normal script, there should be an inner core inside this dragon. If you eat it, you will at least gain a huge increase in power, if not ascend to immortality!

Or perhaps, by consuming the flesh and blood of this dragon, their internal injuries would be immediately healed, and their cultivation would greatly improve.

However, the moment he moved, Ning Huang flashed to block his way, "Don't chase it, this thing is basically dead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Huang's body went limp.

Qin Yu reacted quickly, grabbing Ning Huang to support him. "Senior Ning, are you alright?"

"fine."

Ning Huang gasped for breath, "It's just that my true energy is exhausted. I'll recover after resting for a while..."

"Then let me help you to the side to rest!"

As Qin Yu spoke, he quickly helped Ning Huang to sit down to the side, and then instructed Qi Dachui, "Dachui, keep an eye on the surroundings, be careful that the dragon doesn't turn around and attack!"

"oh!"

Qi Dachui nodded, immediately shouldered his golden mace, and stood aside, closely watching the surrounding movements.

"Bullshit dragon."

Ning Huang sat down cross-legged, panting heavily as he recovered his inner energy, and said, "It's just a strange snake! If we really encountered a dragon, we'd only be snacks!"

"Isn't that a dragon?"

Xu Wan looked at Ning Huang with astonishment, "That strange snake looks exactly like the legendary dragon!"

Ning Huang closed his eyes tightly and retorted, "Legend says that dragons can spew poison and fire, and stir up storms. Besides looking like a dragon, what else does this strange snake resemble?"

"this……"

Faced with Ning Huang's question, Xu Wan was speechless.

That's true!

The strange snake's attack methods were too simplistic, completely lacking the characteristics of the legendary dragon. It relied solely on brute force and its steel-like scales to fight them.

If it weren't for the dragon's incredible defensive capabilities, they might have been able to kill this so-called dragon with their agile movements.

"What else could it be but a dragon?"

Qin Yu was filled with curiosity.

"God knows."

Ning Huang snorted in frustration, stopped chatting with them, and focused on regulating his breathing to recover his depleted true energy.

He never dreamed that he would be driven to this point by a beast in his life.

Qin Yu wanted to know what kind of strange snake it was; he really wanted to know!

Once we've recovered, we'll go find the snake's corpse and see what kind of snake it was!

Qin Yu glanced at Ning Huang and gave Xu Wan and Nan Que'er a meaningful look.

The two women understood each other and immediately stood guard with Qin Yu and Qi Dachui in four directions, firmly protecting Ning Huang, who had exhausted his true energy, in the middle.

Ning Huang opened his eyes a crack, glanced at them with a smile, and then quickly closed his eyes again.

While keeping an eye on his surroundings, Qin Yu was lost in thought.

Regardless of whether that thing is a dragon or not, we must find it!

Even if this thing doesn't have an inner core or anything, I still have to taste a piece of its flesh.

Hmm, I'll have to look around here more!

Maybe there are some incredible rare and precious herbs here. That thing grew so big because it ate some rare and precious herbs!

Qin Yu kept fantasizing about various possibilities, his mind filled with all sorts of adventures, and he would occasionally grin foolishly, leaving Nan Que'er and the other two looking on in confusion.

Before we knew it, the sky had gradually darkened, and the surrounding fog had become thicker.

They could no longer see people standing a foot away from them.

When it got completely dark, Ning Huang finally recovered.

"call……"

Ning Huang exhaled a breath of stale air, slowly stood up, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Get some torches and go find that thing!"

"good!"

Qin Yu agreed, then asked Ning Huang, "Senior, how much of your power have you recovered?"

"Around 20%!"

Ning Huang replied.

Only about 20%?

Qin Yu's face darkened.

Ning Huang is their strongest fighting force!

They've only recovered about 20% of their health, what are they even doing playing with snakes?!

Who knows if another strange snake like that will suddenly appear in this place?

"Maybe we should wait until dawn!"

Qin Yu suggested, "It's pitch black here, and the surroundings are shrouded in mist. What if there's more than just that one strange snake? If we wander around in the dark, we could easily be ambushed."

Although he had imagined countless adventures in his mind, the premise of all these adventures was to save his life first!

To be honest, he was a little afraid of encountering another strange snake.

That thing's defensive capabilities are fucking outrageous!

The few of them were completely helpless against this strange snake.

That thing just lay there motionless, letting them chop it down; all they could do was tickle it.

"If there were another one, even if we didn't go looking for it, it would come looking for us!"

Ning Huang didn't care at all. "What I want to do now is find the corpse of that strange snake and see what kind of snake it was!"

Qin Yu thought for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "That seems to be true!"

That's it!

Let's go find the corpse of that strange snake first!

If that thing really does have an inner core or something, the sooner we use it, the sooner we can enjoy it!

They were a bit hungry now, and since they had found the thing's corpse, they cut off a couple of pieces of meat to roast and eat!

With this in mind, Qin Yu quickly called a few people to get some torches. The group lit the torches and followed the trail of blood on the ground.

Surrounded by darkness and thick fog, the group proceeded with extreme caution, remaining silent and closely monitoring their surroundings.

After chasing for about a hundred feet, they finally saw the corpse of the strange snake.

When they arrived, several large, unidentified predators were still gnawing on the snake's carcass.

Before they could make out their presence, the predators swiftly disappeared into the darkness...