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In his desperation, the hunter even slung his gun over his shoulder and grabbed a pair of axes instead.

"I have to go check! If it manages to escape, it will probably flee to that rift valley. That's the lair of the early-stage Saint-level savage beast, the Sword-Armored Halberd Dragon."

Upon hearing this information, a glint of light flashed in the eyes of the lich, wizard, and druid.

That was a Saint-level savage beast. Although it had thick hide and no magic core, it also lacked ranged abilities like magic. It could only rely on its physical strength to fight.

All four of them are peak ninth-tier experts. The druid can transform into a giant bear, a dire wolf, etc., so he can restrain the savage beast for a period of time.

The lich's necromancy, combined with the advantage that he would not die as long as his life casket was destroyed, could also cause a lot of trouble for that savage beast.

The wizard and hunter, through a combination of magic and gunfire, will wear down the beast... This mission may not be impossible.

"After it's done, the bones and blood of that sword-armored dragon... will be divided equally among the four of us."

Seeing that the Sword-Armored Halberd Dragon was in a dormant state, these four peak ninth-level experts planned to kill two birds with one stone, killing Qin He along with the Sword-Armored Halberd Dragon.

……

As the demonic flames gradually died down, Qin He arrived at the lair of the Sword Armored Dragon.

"Huh...huh..."

Although the splitting headache had eased somewhat, it still made Qin He's face contort in pain.

Naturally, Qin He wouldn't enter the lair of a Saint-level savage beast unprepared. First, he drew a magic circle on his body to conceal his presence.

Deep within the rift valley, Qin He transformed into the natural form of a dragon and carved a cave in the rock wall large enough for him to take refuge.

Thanks to the soundproofing array, even if Qin He caused a huge disturbance here, the savage beast wouldn't notice.

After finding a huge rock to cover the cliff face, Qin He needed to rest as much as possible to recover his condition.

Qin He took out the life potions from the spatial scale and drank them all in one gulp.

After tossing the empty bottle aside, Qin He absorbed all the energy accumulated inside the red crystal in one go, which finally suppressed the dizziness.

"Damn it, this fourth-tier lower-level dragon body is still too fragile."

……

the other side.

"Celesi...is what you're saying true? Where is Qin He right now?!"

While cooking dumplings in front of the pot, Zhong Liuxiu, who had just been beaming with joy, imagined the warm moments with Qin He as she looked at the plump, white dumplings in the pot.

But now, the devastating news that Celesi personally delivered has left her with no heart to care about the kitchen anymore.

"It's true. Qin He was ambushed by a peak ninth-tier musketeer and hit by a high-powered sniper bullet. He's now hiding in the lair of a Saint-level early-stage savage beast."

"He is injured now."

Hearing what Serai said, Zhong Liuxiu immediately prepared her weapons. In this situation... only her and Elulu's flashing lights could be of use.

"Xiuxiu, if this can save Qin He, please don't hesitate to use it!"

As she spoke, Ai Lulu resolutely handed over the Mingmiao in her hand to Zhong Liuxiu.

"Ok!"

After receiving the message, Zhong Liuxiu first used the communication crystal to confirm Qin He's situation.

Trying to suppress her worry, Zhong Liuxiu initiated a communication with Qin He.

……

"Hmm? Xiuxiu..."

Immediately wiping away the blood trickling from his forehead, Qin He cast several light-based healing spells on himself before finally connecting to the communication crystal.

"Qin He... are you alright? Did you encounter any danger outside?"

Judging from her tone, Qin He knew that she must have heard about his danger from Celesi.

"Oh~ I just ran into a musketeer and got shot twice, but luckily I had the Black Xuanwu Scale Armor that Xiuxiu gave me, so I wasn't seriously injured."

"I'm currently inside the lair of the Holy Beasts, waiting to ambush them~"

Seeing Qin He's stubbornness, Zhong Liuxiu blinked slightly... After hesitating for a moment, she smiled and said:

"Honey, I made dumplings for lunch today. Make sure you come home on time, don't be late!"

Eating dumplings...

"Yeah, I know~"

"I'm going to take care of those snipers right now, then I'll come home to be with my wife and have dumplings!"

Qin He held the Dragon Core in his hand, while Zhong Liuxiu held the Magic Core on the other side of the communication crystal.

Chapter 102 Luring the enemy into the trap, the hunter becomes the prey

"Are you really almost fully recovered? Were those dumplings some kind of incredibly delicious thing that made you so full of fighting spirit so quickly, ready to go and die with them?"

Yu Lan clearly didn't believe Qin He's feigned nonchalance; besides the musketeers, they still didn't know how many people the enemy had.

If even a Sword Armored Dragon at the initial stage of Sainthood can't defeat that group of people, wouldn't Qin He be doomed here today?

"Ha, Yulan. It's alright... I know how many people they have now."

While it was still necessary to assess the situation just now, Qin He could easily ascertain the specific strengths and professions of the four people simply by asking Celesi directly.

From what had happened before, Qin He learned one thing: "As long as he asks and Celesi knows, then Celesi will tell him everything she knows."

For example, Celesi knew that this zombie core could be crushed and absorbed.

As a supreme being of godlike caliber and the true spirit manifested from the World Tree, Celestia is absolutely capable of knowing everything about this world.

Qin He had just tried asking, and sure enough, he got all the information about the four people.

Wizards are proficient in fire magic and some spells and witchcraft, and they also possess basic spatial magic to teleport people or objects... or rather, innate spells.

The lich is a master of necromancy. He commands an unspecified number of skeleton undead knights and is skilled with a black scythe of unknown quality.

The hunter possesses the eighth-tier firearm "Grim Reaper," which, when equipped with special bullets and subjected to weapon overload, can unleash destructive power at the peak of the ninth tier. He also possesses ninth-tier battle aura.

Druids possess the power of nature and can transform into various savage beasts such as dire wolves and giant bears...

Each of these four individuals possessed the peak of the ninth rank, and not only that, they were heading towards the rift valley.

"Very good...you're about to die! I'm in a hurry to get home for dinner."

As if he had thought of something, Qin He sat down in the cave he had dug and took out the box of snake soup that Zhong Liuxiu had brought him that morning.

The lunchbox is kept warm and fresh using magic cores, and the outside is even wrapped in a plastic bag made from blue dragon fat. It's incredibly luxurious.

"Mmm...that's nice."

Scooping the snake soup from the lunchbox with a spoon, the delicious and warm sensation flowed into his limbs. Although he finished the lunchbox in just a few seconds, for Qin He it felt like a long period of comfort and rest.

"Alright, now that we've finished eating, it's time to get down to business."

Grasping the dragon core in his hand, Qin He held it in his mouth, preparing for a desperate fight.

He set up the Phantom, but Qin He made an incredibly bold move—he actually went to the place where the Sword-Armored Dragon slumbered, intending to strengthen this terrifying thing.

Upon closer inspection, this Stegosaurus, as a savage beast, does resemble a dinosaur quite a bit. Its limbs are thick and its torso is as heavy as an Ankylosaurus.

Despite this, its tail club was far more agile than that of an ankylosaurus, and it even possessed sharp spikes like those of a stegosaur. It looked quite imposing…

As for its face, it resembles a dragon's head with the flamboyant armor spikes and bone plates of a halberd.

"Heh... big guy, I'm going to use you to take care of those things now~ Of course—"

"I won't let you get away with this either."

After taking out the Bloodthirsty Reaper, Qin He swallowed the Dragon Core and reached the peak of the seventh rank!

It was time. Taking advantage of the moment when his cultivation level was soaring, Qin He fed the dragon blood to the Bloodthirsty Reaper, while also using a magic array to conceal the aura of the dragon blood.

After all, even though it is a dinosaur-like beast, the Saber-Armored Triceratops is still considered a member of the Beast Dragon race.

The Sea Dragon Clan are basically marine creatures with dragon bloodlines, which naturally includes some marine beasts with dinosaur characteristics.

The creature before them, along with many dinosaur-like beasts, was identified as a Beast Dragon.

Savage beasts like the Saber-Armored Dragon, which are related to dragons, are extremely sensitive to dragon blood.

If given the chance to absorb dragon blood and evolve to become more like a dragon, these savage beasts would absolutely not refuse.

The reason why beasts are considered savage is partly due to their inherent ferocity. If Qin He were facing an awake, armored dragon, he would probably have been swallowed whole and used to "enhance his bloodline."

As members of the Beast Dragon race, these dinosaur-like creatures yearn to evolve into dragons.

Whether they could succeed, Qin He didn't know. All he knew was that he wanted this armored dragon and the four treacherous individuals outside to perish together.

"At the peak of the seventh rank, as long as it can pierce the skin, this toxicity is enough to affect the savage beast."

Qin He then used his seventh-tier peak state to extract his venom, which was enough to instantly incapacitate enemies, and then used the Bloodthirsty Reaper to introduce it into the body of the Sword Armored Dragon.

After feeding the Bloodthirsty Reaper with sacrificial dragon blood, it gains the ability to pierce the softest skin of the Saber-armored Dragon and inject venom!

However, Qin He's goal was not to let the Sword Armored Dragon be slaughtered, but to make it possess explosive and terrifying combat power in a short period of time and kill those four people!

To achieve this, Qin He first needed to alter the composition of the toxins in his body. He needed to inject a lethal dose of stimulants and various toxins that would temporarily enhance bodily functions.

At the same time, Qin He also added many ingredients to the poison that could prolong life... ensuring that the Sword Armored Dragon would only die from the poison under suitable conditions.

In other words, what those four people were about to face was not a sword-armored halberd dragon that was either still asleep or had just awakened and was in a weakened state, but a savage beast that was even more terrifying and ferocious than in its prime!

After the toxin is injected, Qin He will have thirty seconds to make his escape. Within those thirty seconds, the Sword-Armored Dragon will fully awaken from its dormant state!

"Heh~ You four wretches, you'd all die right here!"

Immediately using all available resources, Qin He planned to use his escape route to burrow underground and then outflank the four men from behind, leaving these damned bastards nowhere to run.

Thirty seconds later...

Losing consciousness and reason, the Sword Armored Dragon opened its eyes, which had been turned scarlet by the poison!

"Roar……!!!"

At this moment, its nerves were completely filled with a single thought, a single word—

Kill...kill kill kill kill kill!

The powerful tail hammer suddenly shattered the ground of the nest, causing the entire underground rift valley to tremble!

"Roar!!!"

The isolation array left by Qin He was automatically removed after he left.

Subsequently, the scent of the four people who entered the nest was immediately detected by the Sword Armored Dragon due to the "enhanced senses" effect of Qin He's poison!

The sword-armored dragon immediately charged madly toward the place where the alien creature was, killing...killing, killing, killing, killing!

Just by running, the toxins surging in its blood had already ignited the Saber Armored Dragon's fighting spirit and rage! It was now determined to crush the foolish creature that had invaded its lair into dust.

……

"Hmm? Something's not right. There's something going on inside."

The wizards with the strongest mental power and the most keen senses were the first to sense that something was wrong.

"Could it be that the silver dragon is planning an ambush? According to the intelligence, its peak seventh rank is equivalent to the level of a mid-ninth rank dragon... If we fight to the death at all costs, it will indeed be very troublesome."

The hunter guessed that perhaps the silver dragon didn't know this was the lair of a Saint-level Sword Armored Halberd Dragon. In its panic, it alerted its opponent, forcing it to now use its trump card in a desperate fight.

"No, something feels wrong! That thing... it's heading this way!"

With a single summons of the lich's scythe, its army of the dead immediately materializes from the ground.

The undead skeleton knights summoned by the lich were on high alert, but it wasn't the enraged Qin He who emerged from the shadows in the cave...

Instead, it was a saber-armored serpent dragon that was many times more terrifying!

"Damn it! What did that silver dragon do? Did it drive the saber-armored halberd into a berserk state?"

There was no time to dodge; the sword-armored dragon rushing through the tunnel was as unstoppable as a heavy armored vehicle that could not be stopped!

With a deafening crash, the undead knights were shattered into pieces by the primordial brute force of the Saint-level!

"hateful!"

The hunter acted decisively, taking out three more rounds of ammunition from his briefcase that could kill level nine enemies.

"boom--!"