Chapter 336

Tang Zheng stepped on the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong's huge golden head, the magic greatsword in his hand swinging: "Four-Light Chain Slash · Wind · Break!"

Whoosh!

Four sharp sword lights condensed in mid-air, then instantly merged into one, forming a point of destruction, slashing at the head.

Blood mist sprayed from the top of the head like a fountain.

"Awooo—"

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong let out a violent, painful howl, and a slash more than a meter long, deep into the skull, appeared on his head.

The massive body, more than 20 meters tall, staggered forward, and just as it was about to fall to the ground, the two pairs of dragon wings on its back flapped forcefully, forming a blast of air to regain its footing.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two dragon claws swung, slapping toward Tang Zheng on his head.

"Dimensional Move!"

Tang Zheng's silhouette disappeared, this time standing on the back of the golden giant dragon.

"It's become harder again; the defense value after transforming into a giant dragon has increased by a notch, and purely based on numerical values, it's already stronger than an Ancient Fire Dragon."

Boom!

The golden giant dragon let out a painful groan, flapping its wings to take off, twisting its body continuously, trying to shake Tang Zheng off its back.

At the same time.

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong, who had transformed into a giant dragon, twisted his somewhat slender neck, aiming the fire accumulated in his mouth at Tang Zheng on his back and spewing it out.

Dragon Breath!

The orange-red flames turned into a sea of fire, covering the entire back.

Waves of fire impacted the silhouette on his back, and the intense high temperature and dense sulfur smell made the entire surrounding air distort.

The blinding red light dyed the sky red!

All the humans in the oasis could already see the golden giant dragon that had suddenly appeared flying in mid-air, and everyone's faces were filled with fear.

Since just a moment ago, they had been hearing terrifying vibrations; that was the Hero fighting the monster that had suddenly appeared.

But they hadn't expected that a legendary dragon would appear!

"Hero." Ya Ya Laer was full of worry.

Even from such a long distance, she could still feel the terrifying aura emanating from the giant dragon in the sky.

This was not a battle she could intervene in at all!

"With such power, only legendary gods could fight it, right?" Ya Ya Laer's eyes contained fear and helplessness.

In mid-air.

"Where are you attacking?"

Tang Zheng's silhouette suddenly came from in front of the golden giant dragon.

This made the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong's action of spewing dragon breath freeze; he hadn't noticed when Tang Zheng had left at all, quickly stopping the spewing of flames and looking at the silhouette hovering in mid-air opposite him.

Third Rank magic "Fly"?

"You bastard!"

The golden giant dragon roared, his head feeling a bit dizzy; the intense, sharp pain from the wound on his head surged through his entire body, blood continuously flowing out, dripping down the golden scales into the desert below.

Third Rank magic could not cause him damage, but among the magic this guy mastered, he possessed movement magic and flight magic.

This made the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong realize that even if he wanted to run, he couldn't.

He couldn't beat him, and he couldn't run away.

This unprecedented experience made him feel the aura of death so close to him, and an inexplicable chill permeated his entire body.

"Fear" caused the irritable and other negative emotions after transforming into a giant dragon to weaken, and his mind seemed to become much clearer.

The supreme and great God King and the bloodlines of these defeated gods were enemies from the start; it was impossible for both sides to reconcile, only a fight to the death!

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong quickly analyzed Tang Zheng's power; Third Rank magic-type magic was not worth mentioning, but what was powerful was the opponent's warrior methods, which could coordinate with elemental magic.

Even knowing this, it didn't seem to be of any use!

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong thought over and over, and only by fighting a "war of attrition" would he have a chance of winning.

The opponent's melee ability was extremely strong; he could only rely on the Dragonman race and the natural resistance to physics and magic after transforming into a giant dragon to continuously use the advantage of the air to delay time.

The opponent specialized in the warrior system, so his magic power must not be much!

As long as he dragged it out until this hateful guy's magic power was exhausted, he could use the aerial advantage to grasp a certain amount of initiative, and at the same time, he could retreat calmly.

Thinking of this.

"Roar!"

The golden giant dragon roared again, flapping its wings to open up the distance; he had already decided to use the advantage of his size and the natural ability to fly to fight a war of attrition.

"Iron Skin"!

A special ability in the Monk job system, which could control Qi to envelop the entire body, making the skin harder, and could even deflect weapons to a certain extent.

"Thick skin and high defense; this kind of opponent is indeed very troublesome."

Tang Zheng noticed the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong's action and guessed the other party's thought: "But I have no interest in playing with you anymore."

"Ninjutsu · Immobilization Technique"

The retreating golden giant dragon's body suddenly froze in mid-air.

"Dimensional Move"

Tang Zheng's silhouette disappeared with a swish, and in an instant, he arrived behind the golden giant dragon, at the left dragon wing.

"Ability Boost"

"Mind's Eye"

"Possibility Perception"

"Four-Light Chain Slash · Wind · Break"

Tang Zheng's eyes flickered slightly, finding a weak spot on the dragon wing; his wrist turned, and the surface of the magic greatsword was covered with a layer of translucent, flowing wind-element energy, following the swing of the blade.

A huge wind-element slash cut down.

Pfft!

The huge golden dragon wing was slashed off amidst screams.

Tang Zheng's silhouette flashed, teleporting to the right dragon wing, and slashed down again.

The matching pair of golden dragon wings were slashed off!

Crimson blood dyed the sky red, turning into blood rain and scattering from mid-air.

"Ah, ah, awooo!"

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong wailed in pain; the intense pain allowed him to break free from the binding skill, but having lost his wings, his body fell uncontrollably from mid-air toward the ground.

Boom!

The massive body produced a huge roar when it fell, then crashed heavily onto the ground, making a dull, loud sound.

The golden giant dragon's body began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming into the previous Dragonman form.

Whoosh!

Tang Zheng also fell from the sky at this time, looking at the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong, who had lost an arm and was twisting his body in pain, and activated magic:

"Charm All Races!"

"Ah—ah—"

"So painful, you bloodline of defeated gods, I will kill you!" The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong cursed continuously, wailing in pain.

Tang Zheng noticed that the charm magic had been resisted and had actually failed, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly: "Having suffered such heavy injuries, you can still resist it?"

Bang!

Casually sticking the magic greatsword into the sand to the side, Tang Zheng walked up and raised his hand to punch the Dragonman on the head.

The astonishing force made the Dragonman dazed, and his screams and curses stopped abruptly.

"Charm All Races!"

"Huh, you can actually still hold on; is it a racial ability?"

Tang Zheng activated the magic behind his back again, finding that it was still resisted, and could only raise his fist to swing again.

Bang!

"Charm All Races"

Bang!

"Charm All Races!"

Bang!

"Wait..."

Bang!

Continuous heavy punches, until the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong's entire head was a bloody mess, did "Charm All Races" finally succeed.

Looking at the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong, whose golden scales on his head had fallen off, his cheeks swollen like buns, and his eyes only revealing a slit, Tang Zheng's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Having continuously used charm magic without success, he guessed that the other party probably possessed a passive ability of charm nullification.

Otherwise, it couldn't be explained.

And the reason it succeeded before him.

It was probably because the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong had subconsciously given up resistance, so the charm magic had finally taken full effect.

"Another useful piece of information."

Tang Zheng shook his somewhat numb fist; the opponent possessed a racial advantage, and his physical defense value might even be higher than his own.

This reminded him of undead like Ainz, who, although possessing passive abilities like fear nullification and calmness, would still experience fear or emotional agitation.

"Where exactly is this?" Tang Zheng asked the first question he wanted to confirm.

"Des... ol... ate... land..."

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong raised his face, which was swollen into a bun shape, and spoke unclearly.

"..." Tang Zheng expressionlessly took out a bottle of regeneration potion and sprinkled it on the other party's face to alleviate the injury.

"This... is the desolate land on the easternmost side of the continent." The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong's gaze was dull, his speech still somewhat unclear, but the meaning could already be heard.

Hearing the other party's answer.

Tang Zheng finally understood the location of this place, and not only did a look of surprise appear on his face,

This Valley of Despair and desert area were located at the easternmost end of this massive continent; one had to know that the map location where humans were was at the northwest corner of the continent.

In other words, one was at the far east, and the other was at the far west.

"No wonder, even using 'Greater Teleportation' couldn't teleport directly here."

Tang Zheng whispered to himself; perhaps only using a higher-level "Gate" would work.

"Why do you want to exterminate the humans here?" Tang Zheng asked again.

"My mission is to protect the humans here; if this group of humans does not die, I cannot leave here."

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong said blankly: "I want to return to the supreme and great land, 【E-Rantel】."

【E-Rantel】?

Tang Zheng knew this place, a city below the floating castle guild base of the Eight Greed Kings.

Tang Zheng did not know the specific location, but he knew that Fluder in the Empire had once gone to the guild where the Eight Greed Kings were to borrow items, although he hadn't succeeded.

The other party knew the location of the floating castle.

And this descendant of the Eight Greed Kings before him would only know more.

"How did the Eight Greed Kings die?" Tang Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he asked.

"I don't know." The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong shook his head.

Hearing this answer, Tang Zheng frowned slightly and asked again.

"After the supreme and great God Kings ended the campaign of the 'War to Exterminate Dragon Lords,' I was dispatched to this place because I did not inherit the power of the 'King's Aspect'."

"As for what happened afterward, I do not know." The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong responded.

Tang Zheng pondered; although there wasn't much information, the amount of information was somewhat shocking.

"King's Aspect?"

"God-kin who possess the power of the 'King's Aspect' can continuously become stronger... and my strength had already stagnated 500 years ago."

"Moreover, I am a failure..." The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong said this, and even in the charmed state, he was still full of disappointment and low spirits.

Under the other party's patient explanation.

Tang Zheng finally figured out the meaning of "King's Aspect"; simply put, only Eight Greed King descendants who broke through level 50 represented possessing the power of the "King's Aspect."

According to the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong, among the many Eight Greed King descendants he knew of, there were only a few who truly inherited the "King's Aspect."

"Failure?"

"Among the powerful Dragon race that could fight against the supreme and great God Kings, dragons that reached the Ancient level or possessed special abilities were called Dragon Lords."

"And dragons among Dragon Lords that could master the power known as 【Wild Magic】 were called True Dragon Lords."

"This was a terrifying power that even the supreme and great God Kings felt was strong; after defeating many True Dragon Lords, the eight supreme and great God Kings wanted to obtain this power known as 【Wild Magic】."

"They launched research into this power..."

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong continuously recounted secrets that were rarely known and had disappeared into history.

The more Tang Zheng listened, the more shocked he became, and seriousness and solemnity appeared on his face; he suddenly felt that he might have overlooked an important matter.

Since he could research the power of the Other World's magic and rituals, how could those who descended earlier, like the Six Great Gods and the Eight Greed Kings, not research the power in the Other World?

No one is a fool!

Ainz had used the NPCs and resources of the "Great Tomb of Nazarick" to conduct various experiments in just a few years.

Let alone other players!

"In order to research the power known as 【Wild Magic】, the supreme and great God Kings collected a large number of True Dragon Lord corpses and conducted various experiments."

"They even activated the supreme treasure, a World-Class Item known as 【Nameless Book of Spells】."

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong said at the end, his tone decadent:

"Because my power could no longer grow, and I possessed the speculation mentioned by the supreme God Kings that the Dragonman race had some connection with dragons, I participated in the experiment."

"After obtaining a True Dragon Lord's heart, I possessed the ability to transform into a dragon, but this power did not increase my strength much; instead, there were various restrictions after transforming, and even some job abilities could not be used."

"The experiment eventually ended in failure; as for whether they continued to conduct the experiment after I left 【E-Rantel】, I do not know."

After Tang Zheng digested this information, he looked at the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong: "Where is that True Dragon Lord's heart?"

The Dragonman Dragonman Ladong weakly raised his hand and pointed to the position of his heart.

Bang!

Tang Zheng swung his arm, using a hand blade to strike the other party's neck; the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong was already seriously injured and very weak, so he was easily knocked unconscious.

Charm magic only affected the spirit and could not make him do things that would harm himself, so Tang Zheng could only knock him unconscious first before checking.

Picking up the magic greatsword stuck in the sand to the side.

Aiming at the other party's chest position.

Tang Zheng injected wind-attribute magic power to increase the sharpness of the blade, and it took some effort to cut open the skin on the other party's chest.

A large amount of blood gushed out—

The next moment.

Tang Zheng saw a weakly beating heart; it was definitely not the appearance of a normal heart, and the entire heart was covered with a golden spiderweb-like plating on the surface.

Faintly, one could see dense magic text swimming in and out on the surface of the heart, flickering with the beating of the heart.

"A True Dragon Lord's heart couldn't be this small; was it modified by special magic?"

Tang Zheng stared at the magic patterns on the heart, and in just a short moment, a feeling of dizziness surged, which made him quickly move his gaze away:

"The ability of 'Magic Master' actually couldn't analyze it immediately? The power of the World-Class Item 'Nameless Book of Spells'?"

Tang Zheng was astonished, subconsciously releasing magic aimed at the heart: "Item Appraisal."

Item: Special Artifact · True Dragon Lord's Heart

Level:??

Restriction:??

Effect:??

Introduction:??

Looking at the series of question marks, there was only a simple name information, and even that was feedback he had learned from the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong's mouth.

"Hero!"

"Hero!"

In the desert in the distance, the shouts of Ya Ya Laer and others came.

Tang Zheng came back to his senses, suppressed the surprise in his heart, took out the healing potion again, and sprinkled it on the other party's chest to let his injuries recover a bit.

He still had many important pieces of information to interrogate, and this 【True Dragon Lord's Heart】 that allowed the Dragonman Dragonman Ladong to transform into a giant dragon.

Its value probably exceeded all the magic items he had seen before.

(End of chapter)