Chapter 169: Fortune Favors the Bold!

At the same time.

High above a certain swamp hundreds of kilometers away.

The figures of three giant beasts — the Venomous Chimera, the Zhen Bird, and the Corrupt Dragon Mother — streaked rapidly through the air.

"Are we there yet?"

The Corrupt Dragon Mother asked; currently, their direction of travel did not seem to be toward the Venomous Chimera's territory, but rather toward the mist-shrouded swamp region.

"Your Majesty, it's just ahead! We'll be there soon!"

The Venomous Chimera said respectfully.

The treasure it spoke of was naturally fake — its "treasure vault" had long since been stripped clean by the Corrupt Green Dragon couple. The Venomous Chimera was now simply stalling for time as much as possible.

It planned to lead the Corrupt Green Dragon into the mist region, then find an opportunity to slip away.

The Corrupt Dragon Mother nodded, her dragon eyes filled with anticipation.

Yet the next second, her expression suddenly changed, and she let out an angry dragon's roar —

"Roar!?" (You actually dare to deceive me!?) The Corrupt Dragon Mother had received the information that "the Emerald King Serpent was leading other Calamity creatures in an assault on the Green Dragon Nest"!

The Dragon Mother also quickly realized —

The two Calamity creatures before her most likely did not have any so-called treasure at all.

They were merely drawing her away at a critical moment, thereby creating an opportunity for the Emerald King Serpent to face the Corrupt Male Green Dragon one-on-one! Clearly, they had already defected to the Emerald King Serpent! However, what truly angered the "greed-driven" Corrupt Dragon Mother was not that these two Calamity creatures dared to deceive her, or that the Emerald King Serpent was "raiding her home."

But rather that the treasure the Venomous Chimera spoke of did not exist!

Seeing this, the Venomous Chimera fled without a second word.

It still lacked the courage to face the Corrupt Dragon Mother in direct combat.

During its escape, the central head wanted to warn the Zhen Bird to run as well, but turned around only to find the Zhen Bird already nowhere to be seen.

The Zhen Bird had already slipped away the instant the Dragon Mother's expression changed. "Roar!"

A deep green corrupt dragon breath erupted from the Corrupt Dragon Mother's maw.

The highly corrosive dragon breath stretched for 3 kilometers through the air at extreme speed, like a green laser, striking half of the Venomous Chimera's wing.

In the blink of an eye, that half of the Venomous Chimera's wing was completely corroded away by the strong acid.

The Venomous Chimera instantly lost stability and stumbled in the air.

But it did not look back; its single remaining wing beat frantically as it continued flying into the distance.

To survive, its potential was fully unleashed.

On the other side, the Zhen Bird had already flown to an altitude of nearly ten thousand meters.

At this height, it would still be very difficult for the Corrupt Dragon Mother to hunt it down.

The Corrupt Dragon Mother glanced in the directions the Venomous Chimera and the Zhen Bird had fled.

But she did not continue the pursuit. Instead, she flapped her sky-obscuring green giant wings and sped toward the Green Dragon Nest!

Killing these two Calamity creatures would take some time.

The urgent priority was to defend the Green Dragon Nest!

That Emerald King Serpent — even she was quite wary of it.

If the male Green Dragon was killed, the Green Dragon Nest's sphere of influence would be greatly affected.

By then, whether she could continue to dominate this Misty Forest would be uncertain! ————————

When the Corrupt Green Dragon opened its eyes again, it let out an earth-shattering roar, spread its massive dragon wings, and rapidly sped toward the Emerald King Serpent.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Like the roar produced by a fighter jet at maximum speed, amid continuous sonic booms, the Corrupt Male Green Dragon had already appeared above the Emerald King Serpent.

"Emerald, you are declaring war on the Green Dragon Nest!"

The Corrupt Male Green Dragon roared, harboring boundless fury.

Then its gaze turned toward the many Calamity creatures behind the Emerald King Serpent.

"And the rest of you!"

"Retreat now, or help me deal with this little green snake, and I can overlook the transgressions you are committing right now!"

Hearing this, Chen Mo was somewhat speechless.

This Green Dragon couple was indeed stingy — even at this point, they still tried to use "overlooking" to turn these rebelling creatures against their side.

The Emerald King Serpent had no intention of paying any attention to the Corrupt Male Green Dragon and went straight for its ultimate move.

While closing in on the Corrupt Green Dragon like a cannonball, it simultaneously rapidly gathered poison-type source energy, condensing it into a green orb of light over 30 meters in diameter that radiated dazzling brilliance.

【Venomous Sun】

Time was precious right now!

It had to kill this Corrupt Male Green Dragon before the Dragon Mother returned! Boom! After the deep green orb of light took shape, it shot toward the Corrupt Green Dragon at astonishing speed, like a small green sun.

However, the Corrupt Male Green Dragon was also quite cunning. It appeared aggressive, seemingly wanting to fight the Emerald King Serpent to the death.

In reality, it had no intention of engaging the Emerald King Serpent in a direct clash at all.

It wanted to bluff, or use trash talk to stall for time until the Dragon Mother returned.

Once it was two against one, dealing with this Emerald King Serpent would be easy.

After realizing the Emerald King Serpent was not falling for it, the Corrupt Green Dragon directly chose to retreat.

It rapidly dove downward, bursting into extreme speed, weaving swiftly among the poison arrow trees.

Boom! 【Venomous Sun】 pierced through dozens of poison arrow trees in succession, expending a massive amount of energy before slowly dissipating.

While dodging, the Corrupt Green Dragon let out an earth-shattering roar.

In an instant, the sky was obscured by dark green-black clouds, and corrupt venom laced with deadly poison fell as torrential rain, sweeping across an area of over a dozen kilometers in radius.

【Corrupt Rainstorm】

Every drop of rain contained poison lethal enough to kill a King-tier creature, and this rain was extremely viscous and carried some kind of mental toxin — once contaminated, the afflicted's movement speed, reaction speed, and various other abilities would all be greatly affected.

Swish! Under the corrosive erosion of the venom, the poison arrow trees collapsed one after another, and the entire forest was melting! This was the destructive power of a Calamity-grade creature.

The Calamity realm was a walking natural disaster! The Emerald King Snake did not dare to be careless either, mobilizing the poison-type spiritual power within its body to construct a layer of spiritual power armor on the surface of its scales, blocking the erosion of the poison rain.

At the same time, the Emerald King Snake rapidly closed the distance between itself and the corrupted male green dragon.

1000 meters. 500 meters. 200 meters! Its flight speed was even greater than the corrupted green dragon's! When only 100 meters remained between them, the Emerald King Snake's wing membrane beat faster, and after one burst of acceleration, shortened the distance once more!

Immediately, its venomous fangs lunged to tear at the corrupted male green dragon's neck.

In a flash of lightning, the corrupted male green dragon's speed likewise suddenly increased. After a sideways dodge, it wanted to spit out venomous dragon breath to counterattack, but the Emerald King Snake's figure had already vanished from its field of vision! The next second, the corrupted male green dragon suddenly felt a burst of intense pain from its abdomen.

The Emerald King Snake had teleported beneath it at some unknown point, then its venomous fangs bit down directly, swiftly injecting the golden-glowing Emerald King Venom into the corrupted green dragon's body.

The bloodline of the mythical creature Huai Snake flowed within the Emerald King Snake.

Although it and the corrupted green dragon were both peak Calamity realm existences.

But as a mythical creature, its physical constitution and combat power were often even more powerful! And it would often awaken certain extremely powerful abilities.

For example, the move just now, teleporting beneath the corrupted green dragon, was called 【Huai Spirit Flash】.

It could flash to any position within several hundred meters at extreme speed.

"Roar!"

Green dragon blood gushed out, but even more deadly was the snake venom! The Emerald King Venom injected by the Emerald King Snake posed a threat even to some low-rank Legendary creatures! The corrupted green dragon reacted swiftly; after pulling away, it actually used its claws to directly slice off a large chunk of flesh from its own abdomen.

Moreover, for Calamity realm creatures, physical wounds were not necessarily fatal.

The Emerald King Snake was somewhat surprised, not expecting this corrupted green dragon to be so decisive, but it did not overthink it and once again chased after the corrupted green dragon.

Now, it had only one thought in its mind, and that was—

To kill the corrupted green dragon before it as quickly as possible!

——————

While the two peak Calamity giant beasts battled, the fighting on the other side had also begun!

Amidst the ceaseless sound of dragon roars, numerous venomous wyverns, poison-powder dragon butterflies, and thorn dragons flew out from the poison arrow trees of the Green Dragon's Nest. They were all the corrupted green dragon's vassal races, having advanced thanks to the corrupted green dragon's king's blood, and were its diehard loyalists and personal guards.

Among them were no shortage of Calamity realm existences, including 4 mid-rank Calamity realm leader-class existences!

As the rulers of the Misty Forest, the green dragon couple had still cultivated quite a few dragon-blood vassal races.

Boom! Accompanied by deafening sonic booms one after another, the several Calamity realm creatures among the green dragon vassal races all launched attacks toward the "traitors."

A mid-rank Calamity poison-powder dragon butterfly flapped its wings, stirring up a storm of poison powder that swept toward the Seven-Color Butterfly. The thorn dragon charged rapidly toward the Poison-Winged Salamander of the same rank. King against king, general against general! Raise an army for a thousand days, use them for a single moment.

Some powerful creatures subjugated vassal races precisely to resist foreign enemies.

Chen Mo concealed his aura as much as possible.

Right now could be said to be his best opportunity to slip away! But Chen Mo did not leave the battlefield; instead, he flew swiftly toward the direction of the Green Dragon's Nest!

Not long ago, when he approached the Green Dragon's Nest, Chen Mo had "smelled" a familiar scent within the green dragon's lair.

This was the aura of a treasure containing origin spiritual power! Now Chen Mo was extremely sensitive to fluctuations of origin spiritual power, and his perception ability could be called terrifying.

So Chen Mo abandoned his original plan to "find an opportunity" and slip away!

Instead, he locked his target onto the green dragon couple's treasury! These two corrupted green dragons had "exploited" the Misty Forest for such a long time, so they must have accumulated quite a few treasures.

These treasures were very likely enough to help him advance to the peak of the Calamity realm! And right now the Emerald King Snake and the corrupted male green dragon were locked in a death battle with no time to spare for him, while the corrupted mother dragon had been lured away.

This was the best opportunity!

The plan had changed!

Seek fortune amid danger! Whoosh! Just when Chen Mo was less than 1 kilometer from the Green Dragon's Nest, a venomous wyvern appeared in front of him.

Compared to other venomous wyverns, its body was even more massive, its scales even darker in color, and it had two tails covered in barbs behind it! This was the deputy chieftain of the venomous wyvern race.

It was likewise a mid-rank Calamity realm existence! This venomous wyvern sensed that Chen Mo's aura was merely low-rank Calamity realm, so it proactively came forward, wanting to use strength against weakness.

This way it would not put itself in danger, and at the same time could earn merit! Under the scan of 【Observation Lion】, Chen Mo quickly obtained the information on the venomous wyvern before him.

Maximum overall combat power no more than 300,000.

One could say... pitifully weak.

Chen Mo naturally did not pay any mind to this kind of ordinary mid-rank Calamity realm creature.

Time was precious right now, so he directly activated Fa Tian Xiang Di.

In an instant, an Ice Lion Dharma Idol with a body length exceeding a thousand meters and a shoulder height also approaching a thousand meters appeared in the center of the battlefield, then charged toward the venomous wyvern at astonishing speed! The moment it saw the giant lion appear, the venomous wyvern that was just about to launch an attack on Chen Mo was dumbfounded.

Wait, what?

How did you suddenly get so huge!? The sudden appearance of this giant lion completely exceeded the venomous wyvern's comprehension! After a momentary daze, it chose to flee without the slightest hesitation!

The aura radiating from this giant lion alone produced a feeling of invincibility in its heart!

Unlucky!

Although it did not know the reason why this giant lion's body was so enormous.

But without a doubt, it had encountered a beast that played the pig to eat the tiger! It originally wanted to squeeze a soft persimmon, but damn it, it was a primordial giant beast! Yet the venomous wyvern had barely flapped its wings and flown less than 20 meters when it suddenly felt an invisible giant force descend from the sky, directly crushing it down from the heavens.

The venomous wyvern plummeted like a crashing plane, its massive body dropping rapidly, but before it could fully land, a giant lion's paw carrying incomparable power slammed fiercely onto its body!

The venomous wyvern's body was already considered massive.

But compared to the Suanni Dharma Idol, it was simply insignificant.

Boom! The Suanni Dharma Idol's lion paw slammed the venomous wyvern onto the ground, just like swatting a mosquito.

Tyrannical power erupted on the venomous wyvern's body, directly crushing it to death.

The next second, it had already become a puddle of bloody mush, completely losing its life aura.

Instant kill!

Even within the mid-rank Calamity realm, there were disparities.

This venomous wyvern leader was among the weakest batch within the mid-rank Calamity realm, while the Suanni Dharma Idol had already reached peak Calamity combat power!

The scene of the Suanni Dharma Idol casually swatting dead the mid-rank Calamity venomous wyvern was naturally also seen by the other creatures of both sides who were fiercely battling.

The Seven-Colored Butterfly's eyes showed a hint of affection; it hadn't expected that this Ice Lion would not only be good-looking, but also surprisingly strong.

As for the Poison-Winged Salamander and other beasts, they felt a lingering fear; fortunately, they had not previously clashed violently with this Ice Lion.

Upon seeing the lion-like beast's dharma manifestation, the followers of the Corrupt Green Dragon dared not continue attacking it, and in unison ignored it.

This gave Chen Mo great convenience in entering the Green Dragon's Nest.

He put away the dharma manifestation and rushed quickly toward the treasure vault location of the Green Dragon's Nest. On the other side.

The battle between the Emerald King Snake and the Corrupt Male Green Dragon also entered a white-hot stage.

Both sides engaged in close combat, unleashing all their means, and began to fight desperately.

The Emerald King Snake's combat strength was clearly somewhat greater than that of the Corrupt Green Dragon, but the Corrupt Green Dragon was likewise a peak existence of the Heavenly Disaster Realm, possessing extremely strong physique and vitality, making it very hard to kill.

(End of Chapter)