Chapter 335

Hot, scalding blood flowed from the Dragonman's limbs, and shattered dark golden scales scattered in the air.

"Impossible!"

"How could a human possibly hurt me?"

The Dragonman roared, a sense of disbelief from a strong being after being wounded by a weak creature.

Bang!

The desert in the distance shook.

Tang Zheng rushed over, gripping the magic greatsword, "Ninjutsu · Detection" continuously monitoring the changes in the Dragonman's aura.

The attack of the four magic slashes caused the layer of flame-like energy on the opponent to drop by a notch, but not by much.

Tang Zheng's sharp gaze quickly swept over the Dragonman's limbs; although the seemingly sturdy scales had been shattered, the wounds were not deep.

"I didn't hold back on that last strike; even with a racial advantage, the damage shouldn't be this low."

"No magic items were detected, so the only possibility left is 'Physical Armament'."

While Tang Zheng pondered, he had already rushed in front of the Dragonman, changing his one-handed grip on the magic greatsword to two hands, and swung down heavily from above:

"Rapid Slash · Wind!"

The surface of the magic greatsword was enchanted with a layer of pale cyan, sharp wind elements.

His job build, to put it nicely, was comprehensive; to put it bluntly, it was rather messy, lacking a unified construction system.

However, because of 【Genius】, combined with the fact that all of them were High Rank job builds, the disadvantages of this build system were significantly reduced.

And the benefit became the comprehensiveness of his countermeasures.

He could choose targeted strategies based on different opponents; just like now, the ability Tang Zheng used was the combined power of 【Magic Swordsman】 and 【Mad Mage】.

"Magic Infusion" and "Elemental Attribute Change" were used in coordination!

"Iron Grip"

Seeing the magic greatsword slashing down from the air, the Dragonman's pupils burned with rage, and he swung his dark golden sharp claws, grabbing toward the blade:

"I will crush every bone in your body!"

—Clang!

The blade and claws collided, sparking blinding sparks.

With a "crack" sound.

The layer of sturdier scales covering the claws lasted only a moment before shattering again, and a heavy force far exceeding the Dragonman's imagination poured down from the blade.

"Aura of Courage" triggered.

Bang!!

The Dragonman's body tilted forward uncontrollably, his pupils contracted, and his entire arm was pressed heavily into the sand by the blade.

With the two of them as the center, a large amount of yellow sand was shaken away by this powerful force, forming a spreading sandstorm!

Crack!

The sound of arm bones breaking was clear in the ears of both Tang Zheng and the Dragonman.

"Ah, ah! Who exactly are you!" The Dragonman screamed: "Humans cannot be this strong!"

He had already realized the problem.

The Dragonman's arm was forcibly pressed into the sand by the magic greatsword, causing his body to half-kneel in front of Tang Zheng due to the inertia of leaning forward.

"No matter who you are!"

"I will kill you, I will kill you!" The Dragonman felt the humiliation of his current posture, his dark golden pupils flashing with extreme resentment and anger.

"Flame Breath"

The Dragonman suddenly raised his head, looking at Tang Zheng who was close at hand, the dark golden scales at his throat glowing red, and he opened his mouth.

A crimson flame condensed in his throat!

The Dragonman possessed the innate ability of breath; the type of breath could be judged to a certain extent from his appearance, and because of his body size, the attack range of his dragon breath was much shorter than that of a real dragon.

"Launching a surprise attack at such close range, it's hard for me to pretend I don't see it!"

Tang Zheng's eyes flashed with cold light, his left leg raised high, then slammed down, like a battle axe splitting down.

A muffled "bang" sound.

The Dragonman's open mouth was stepped on, and his entire head was driven into the sand by Tang Zheng due to this force.

Although he possessed a passive fire immunity, he didn't intend to expose this information; besides, the scale color of this Dragonman was dark gold.

It was not a conventional type, and the breath might contain not only the power of fire, but perhaps some negative status effects or toxins.

"Ah—mmph—ah!"

The Dragonman struggled to raise his head, his attack forcibly interrupted, and his posture became even more humiliating; at this moment, he was so frustrated he wanted to go mad.

"Iron Grip"!

He swung his other arm, the sharp sound of breaking air and powerful force viciously grabbing toward Tang Zheng's ankle that was stepping on his head!

"I thought the dragon breath would explode in your mouth."

Finding that it wasn't the situation he had imagined, Tang Zheng felt a bit regretful, while simultaneously activating a martial art:

"Instant Reflex!"

The leg that had just landed raised like a retreating afterimage, dodging the dragon claw attack while simultaneously stepping down again with even more violent force.

Boom!

This strike completely trampled the Dragonman into the desert.

"—Ah, you are a God-kin!"

In the Dragonman's scream this time, there was a hint of terror.

God-kin?

Hearing these two words.

Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed; why would this Dragonman know about the existence of God-kin?

"Qi Blast Palm"

Taking advantage of this brief gap,

The Dragonman activated a skill, this time not aimed at Tang Zheng, but at the desert beneath his body.

"Qi Blast Palm" is one of the few area-of-effect attacks mastered by monks; if it doesn't make contact with an opponent, it releases an area-of-effect shockwave.

Bang—!

With the Dragonman as the center, the desert in the entire area shook violently, yellow sand shot into the sky, and following the intense spreading shockwave, it produced a knockback effect.

Swish, swish.

The yellow sand shooting into the sky began to fall due to gravity, causing a dense rain of yellow sand in this area.

"How could a God-kin appear here?"

The Dragonman retreated quickly, one arm hanging unnaturally, the arrogant expression on his face vanished, and unease rose in his golden pupils.

Ordinary humans could not possess such powerful strength; even demi-humans or heteromorphs could not step into the realm of Demon Gods.

The only possibility was that it was an existence similar to himself!

If he could have discovered it earlier...

A trace of fear rose in the Dragonman's heart; because of his carelessness, one of his arms was now unusable, and as a monk specializing in melee attacks, this had an extremely serious impact on his combat effectiveness.

Leave first!

Taking advantage of the yellow sand obscuring both sides' vision.

The Dragonman turned around and fled quickly toward the depths of the Valley of Despair; the area of this desolate land was vast, and as long as he could escape, the other party would definitely not be able to find him.

Damn bastard!

He cursed internally.

He was confident he could shake off that human; their brief exchange made him realize that the human's strength was actually greater than his, but his speed was clearly a bit weaker.

This proved from the side that the human's strength was greater than his!

"Where are you running to?"

A cold voice came from ahead.

Seeing the human who had suddenly appeared in front, blocking his path, the Dragonman's pupils contracted slightly.

So fast!

This was impossible; the opponent's speed was clearly slower than his own, and even if the opponent had intentionally disguised it, he shouldn't have been unable to track him.

Movement magic?

"It's 'Dimensional Move'."

The Dragonman realized again that the opponent, besides being a powerful warrior, was also a Third Rank magic caster.

Step!

Thick, sharp toes stepped on the gravel, making a faint sound, stopping his attempt to flee.

The Dragonman realized he probably couldn't run anymore; he opened his mouth, revealing sharp teeth, his voice high and solemn: "Mission Plete!"

This name was spoken.

Tang Zheng showed a brief trace of surprise, then quickly reacted; this was the name he had just told this Dragonman, to test whether the other party was an NPC.

Because this name was actually the English "Mission Complete" after finishing a task in the game.

"My name—Dragonman Ladong Typhoeus!"

The Dragonman spoke loudly: "I am a God-kin, the son of the supreme and great God King."

Hearing this name of the other party.

Tang Zheng narrowed his eyes imperceptibly; when he heard the two words "God King," he already had a guess in his heart.

Most of those who called themselves gods in the world were players, especially the name of this Dragonman, which made him further certain.

"You are the offspring of the Eight Greed Kings." Tang Zheng stared at the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong and spoke.

"Shut up!"

"You, a bloodline of defeated gods, dare to address the supreme and great God King like that." Hearing the three words "Eight Greed Kings," the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong reacted extremely violently and roared loudly.

Seeing the other party's excited state.

A look of realization appeared in Tang Zheng's eyes; he felt he had already figured out some things.

The term "Eight Greed Kings" was naturally not what they called themselves after the second batch of players descended, but a derogatory term given to these 8 players by the natives of the Other World in later generations.

"So they called themselves 'God Kings'."

Thinking of the Eight Greed Kings' style of conduct, it indeed had quite the style of the "God Kings" in ancient Greek mythology.

"Dragonman Ladong Typhoeus? That really is a good name." Tang Zheng sneered and raised the magic greatsword in his hand.

If these two names were mentioned separately, Tang Zheng might really not have been able to guess anything, but if they were put together, it would be interesting.

"Dragonman Ladong" (Ladon) in ancient Greek mythology was the hundred-headed dragon guarding the golden apples, and Typhoeus could also be translated as Typhon, one of the Titan giants.

And he was also Ladon's father!

If the Ladon in ancient Greek mythology guarded the golden apples, then the Dragonman Ladon before him should be guarding the humans of this oasis.

However!

Players might give themselves names casually, but if they were to name their offspring after crossing into the Other World, they would definitely be more careful; names of this level could also reflect information from another perspective.

"That is natural!"

"I am the first-generation offspring of the supreme and great God King."

The Dragonman Ladon responded as a matter of course, while his beast pupils focused on Tang Zheng's movements, mobilizing the Qi in his body to inject into his injured arm to alleviate the injury.

The "Monk" job system possessed a relatively comprehensive combat style, including certain healing methods, but for this very reason, this system belonged to a mediocre system that was a jack-of-all-trades but master of none.

"Oh, is that so."

A mocking smile appeared on Tang Zheng's face:

"With your status, you would actually stay in such a remote place all this time, so you were completely abandoned, right?"

"But at least you were lucky enough to escape the destruction that befell other God-kin like you."

According to what Tang Zheng knew, after the Eight Greed Kings resolved the threat of the Dragon race, they later recruited beauties from all races across the world to build a harem.

Since even the Six Great Gods had bloodlines passed down, it was impossible for the Eight Greed Kings, who opened such a large harem, not to have bloodline descendants; theoretically, the number should be very large.

However.

At least in the Northwest Continent where humans lived, it seemed that apart from the Elf King, there were no descendants of the Eight Greed Kings.

This meant that after the Eight Greed Kings died, these descendants must have been purged!

The Dragonman Ladon clenched his fists, his golden pupils turning crimson, as if flames were burning inside.

Seeing that the Dragonman Ladon actually didn't refute this time.

Tang Zheng was a bit surprised in his heart; he had really guessed right.

"Die for me!"

The Dragonman Ladon roared: "Sinful Transformation!"

Thump—

Like a drumstick striking a drum surface, the heartbeat came from within the Dragonman Ladon's body.

His strong body, which was already two meters tall, began to expand again, far more intensely than when he had disguised himself as a human and released the transformation.

Three meters!

Four meters!

Seven meters!

Ten meters!

Fifteen meters!

Twenty meters!

"Roar~"

A golden dragon silhouette appeared in Tang Zheng's field of vision, its massive 20m-tall body casting a shadow that enveloped Tang Zheng below.

The golden scales under the sunlight shone brilliantly, the tail was slender, not like a normal dragon's, but rather like a fish tail with fin-like connections on the top and bottom.

Boom!

The giant dragon claw swung and slammed down forcefully.

Tang Zheng quickly stomped the ground and retreated, looking at the Dragonman Ladon who had transformed from a Dragonman into a giant dragon, his calm heart stirred with violent vibrations.

"How did you do it!!"

Tang Zheng looked at the golden giant dragon, speaking loudly with a hint of astonishment in his voice.

Dragonman is one of the races in "Yggdrasil"; although it has many connections with dragons in the game background, it has nothing to do with dragons in the Other World.

Or rather!

The two are essentially just two different races.

Just like how Shalltear should believe in the initial bloodline "God Ancestor Cain Abel," but in reality, she doesn't care at all.

And in the Other World, races with Dragon Lord bloodlines are even less likely to become dragons; there is an essential gap between them. In the eyes of dragons, even races containing their own bloodline are just inferior creatures.

"Die!"

"Die!"

The Dragonman Ladon continuously swung his dragon claws, taking advantage of his massive size to continuously attack Tang Zheng.

Every strike that landed made a thunderous sound like an earthquake!

"The aura of the level has increased? It's 50lv now."

Tang Zheng dodged quickly while paying attention to the opponent after transforming into a giant dragon; his level had actually changed as well.

Rumble!

The continuous attacks continued.

Dragon claws, tail, wings, biting—almost all beast-like attack methods were continuously unleashed.

Facing such dense and seemingly terrifying attacks.

Tang Zheng frowned instead; although the opponent had transformed into a giant dragon and his level had increased, the sense of threat he gave was not as great as the Dragonman state before.

"Purely relying on the body to attack."

"The monk's skills have also not been used..." Tang Zheng noticed many abnormal points.

"I have more questions I want to ask now."

"So, let's end this!"

Tang Zheng felt at this moment that the opponent should have no more trump cards: "Dimensional Move!"

Swish!

His silhouette disappeared from the spot, and while dodging the golden giant dragon's attack, Tang Zheng had already appeared on top of the Dragonman Ladon's head.

(End of chapter)