173 How to Kill a Dragon Part 2 (2/2)
”Wu…”
Nailisi could sense that the dragon’s heart had tensed up all of a sudden. With a crack, the arm which Nailisi had been using to support her body broke, but it was quickly repaired by the essence of the dragon’s heart. The pain from the reparation was worse than the fracturing of the bone, causing Nailisi to moan in pain. After shrinking vigorously, the dragon’s heart then relaxed for a moment.
Nailisi took this opportunity to curve her tail upwards and pierce the muscle of the heart. Finally, an opening was slashed into the dragon’s heart. Nailisi turned her head to the side and bit into the heart.
This time around, the dragon roared in excruciating pain. Lex and Sika could not withstand the dragon’s roar. Their bodies went limp and they collapsed onto the ground.
With just several bites, Nailisi had created a large hole in the dragon’s heart. The heart was no longer able to shrink after this tremendous trauma, but Nailisi kept biting at it ferociously, fearing that the dragon might undergo further changes. Nailisi had not noticed that her broken claws had regenerated, solidified into a human form this time around. This meant that Nailisi no longer needed to transform into her demonic form in order to unleash her strongest attacks.
That final transformation magic had overcome the barriers created by the blood vessel, allowing Nailisi to possess a power that only supreme demons had.
If a human had entered the dragon’s heart, they would have disintegrated long ago. Only the sturdy bodies of demons were able to survive in such an environment, and this had caused Nailisi to gain an unexpected payoff.
To most people, dragon’s blood was already the best supplement they could ever consume in their lives. However, Nailisi had completely absorbed the essence of the dragon’s heart. This strength was imperative to Nailisi even though she was not a mage.
Only a supreme demon possessed the ability to cast magic. No matter how exquisite a tiny demon’s bloodline was, it could only perform unimportant tricks.
The dragon’s gaze began to dim as it lost the fury and sadness in its gaze. Lex freed herself from the shock and whispered weakly, ”Sika, can you move?”
Ka cha! The bone necklace around Sika’s neck broke and a ray of purple light entered her bones. At the same time, she recovered from the mental damage of the dragon’s roar, and countless ancient messages gushed into Sika’s brain. This was the power Sika had been longing for.
”Ah!” Sika jumped up in a daze. She felt that her muscles were still sore, but she could already move about without any problems.
Lex held a green bottle in her hand and said to Sika, ”Take a sip to regain your strength. Don’t let anyone else near.” As Lex spoke, she brought out another fully constructed puppet from the god's ring. A large amount of her mental power had been drained, so Lex was hardly able to command another puppet.
Fresh blood sprayed out of the dragon’s nose. It seemed like it was going to die, but Lex knew that the trouble was far from over. The injuries on the dragon had been caused by humans, and to cause those types of injuries, at least a golden grand swordmaster and a grade-9 mage were needed. However, that was still not enough. Forbidden equipment was still required in order to cause a tiago to lose its magical abilities.
Forbidden equipment and the god's ring had both been passed down from ancient times, and only the imperial family of the Cloudflow Empire possessed them. If those people who had injured the dragon were indeed the royals of Cloudflow, then they would definitely continue their pursuit. Even if the golden grand swordmaster and grade-9 mage respected the old agreement to not set foot into Qin soil, a simple grade-7 mage would be enough to kill Lex and her team right now.
Hence, Lex needed to try and regain her strength as soon as possible in order to dissect the dragon. Then, she would store it into her spatial equipment and remove all traces of the dragon.
Lex was not certain that the people from Cloudflow would abide by that agreement as that agreement was already nearly one thousand years old. Since the envoys of god from the Holy See had dared to trespass onto Qin land, it was very possible that the people from Cloudflow would take the risk to obtain this dragon.
The tiago was a grade-9 dragon. Its value was unmatched by a mere grade-6 green dragon.
Nailisi’s appetite was enormous. Usually, she would still have been hungry even after devouring a cow. However, this time around, the dragon’s heart had almost overwhelmed her. Nailisi had only eaten one percent of the heart and was unable to ingest anymore. The power from the essence of the dragon’s heart made Nailisi feel that her body had expanded, and if she continued eating, her newly reinforced body might not be able to take it either.
Nailisi used her teeth to tear the heart into smaller pieces before storing them into her bracelet. The golden air in the abdominal cavity of the dragon had faded, leaving behind a bloody mess and forming a huge pile of sticky fluid.
Nailisi did not exit the dragon’s body immediately. She climbed towards its head through its digestive tract, wanting to obtain the dragonshard for Saleen. The magic nucleus of a grade-9 magic beast was priceless, and it would never be exchanged for gold coins. The magic nucleus of a grade-9 dragon was no longer called a magic nucleus. It was simply referred to as a dragonshard.
Nailisi was not going to let the dragonshard be part of the spoils. She was going to take it first, so Lex would not mention it.
If Lex and her master had given birth to a powerful descendant, Nailisi might still have considered giving Lex part of the gains. Nailisi’s thinking was very naïve. Any benefits belonged to Saleen. Through empathizing with her master’s emotions, Nailisi knew that Saleen would not be under someone’s rule his entire life. One day, her master would surpass Lex and be known as the real expert.
Each time she felt emotions like these in Saleen, Nailisi was overjoyed. If Saleen was not powerful enough, the power of the demon under his soul bond would also be constrained.