Chapter 324: Three Beasts with Different Attitudes

Hearing Li Ang's words, Merlin's face broke into an awkward yet polite smile: "Your joke is quite good."

We're still enemies right now—how can you start talking about assimilation? Besides, he still has some professional integrity.

"I'm not joking."

Li Ang looked utterly serious; he felt far more promising to ally with him than with the Restrainer—after all, calling the Restrainer short-sighted was an insult to the idiom itself.

Too bad he wasn't a Long Aotian, unable to shake his mighty frame and make the opposing Heroic Spirits bow their heads—especially not five Grand Ranks plus three Beasts.

Upon hearing this, Merlin said nothing more; they had accepted a commission from the Restrainer, and no matter what they still had to continue carrying it out.

Of course, if the other side forcibly converts us later, there's nothing to be done, right?

With the delay caused by the Servants, Nemus had long since fled aboard the Nautilus.

Li Ang didn't care at all; after all, what truly mattered wasn't Chaldea, but the Restrainer lurking behind the scenes.

Even without Chaldea, they might still create something else to complete the 【Pruning】.

Fortunately, he already had a rough idea of how to free this world from the fate of 【Pruning】; by then, the Restrainer should no longer be able to stir up trouble.

The reason he brought Arthur and the others here today was merely to collect experimental data, and incidentally to see if he could capture a few more Grand Rank Heroic Spirits.

What he hadn't expected was that after a while, Chaldea had come up with yet another new trick.

Thinking of this, Li Ang turned his gaze toward the group of Chaldea Servants nearby.

'Beasts.'

His eyes flickered—human evils born from civilization were indeed excellent experimental subjects.

The only pity was that among them, only Draco could be counted as a complete Beast; Shashouyuan Qihuang and Tiamat were merely fragments of the original whole.

As Li Ang thought this, Draco moved.

As the crimson demonic sword burst into roaring flames, seven colossal red dragons appeared behind the 666 Beast.

【Seven Beast Crowns】.

Multicolored radiance flickered across her black armor, and Draco's aura began to climb steadily.

The Beast's aura, hostile to humanity, caused the four Grand Rank Heroic Spirits—aside from Merlin—to furrow their brows slightly; it was an innate discomfort.

Perhaps they hadn't imagined that as Heroic Spirits sworn to protect human history, they would one day ally with such a being.

The next instant, amid the roaring of the red dragons, Draco flashed before Li Ang, demonic sword in hand.

A scarlet blade of light swept across the sky, staining it with an ominous hue.

Merely a probing strike—already far beyond the combat power normally displayed by ordinary Heroic Spirits.

Wild winds surged, scattering the surrounding clouds.

Draco stared at the black shield blocking her blade, her expression unchanged.

As the Beast of Revelation, she had sensed something far more malevolent beneath his mild exterior the moment she first saw Li Ang.

A monster capable of destroying a planet.

During this brief exchange, that trait had grown even more evident in her eyes.

Thinking of this, the tall woman clad in black armor spoke with icy coldness: "You truly surprise Me."

As soon as she spoke, she broke the stalemate and retreated.

This was not Draco retreating—rather,

The seven colossal red dragons, symbols of apocalypse, encircled Li Ang and spat forth seven brilliant breaths.

Boom—

In an instant, terrifying energy obliterated everything around—but the faces of the Chaldea Servants showed no trace of joy.

After all, if their enemy were this easily eliminated, they wouldn't have been so desperate before.

As expected, Li Ang remained unharmed by Draco's attack.

A black sphere enveloped him entirely; the already incredibly hard Qiu Dao Jade, reinforced by the Primordial Lu En runes, had reached a defense level that was almost unbelievable.

Then, before everyone's eyes, a gray-white bone spike shot toward Draco at blinding speed.

Draco's magma-like pupils contracted sharply—she sensed an extremely dangerous aura from the bone spike.

Without hesitation, she swung her demonic sword, and a scarlet blade of light lashed out.

Yet to her shock, her own blade shattered upon contact with the gray-white bone spike.

"What!?"

Caught off guard, Draco barely twisted her body to avoid vital areas.

As the gray-white bone spike grazed her left arm, the aura of death immediately swirled around the wound.

At that moment, the 666 Beast finally understood the true nature of the gray-white bone spike.

Instant Death.

Fortunately, as a Beast, she inherently possessed Instant Death resistance.

Even so, Draco still felt her left arm gradually losing its function.

At that moment, Li Ang's voice, tinged with mild exasperation, rang out: "Still too slow."

Gong Sha Hui Gu was indeed powerful—its only flaw was its sluggish speed, making it nearly useless in normal combat.

Even though he had launched a surprise attack, Draco had still managed to avoid the vital spots.

Seeing their ally at a disadvantage, the Grand Rank Heroic Spirits could no longer hold back—they gritted their teeth and prepared to intervene.

"Sorry, everyone—you'll have to defeat me first."