Dragon Tamer

Chapter 545: Chapter 547: Does the Dragon Shepherd Still Need to Team Up?
 

Zhu Minglang watched the open space ahead.

Nothing happened.

Was his Nuwa Dragon lacking skill or did it not receive the proper inheritance…

Just as Zhu Minglang was doubting the purity of his Nuwa Dragon’s bloodline, a huge shadow appeared in the distance, darkening a large stretch of forest.

Zhu Minglang looked up slightly, only to be startled.

A mountain shaped like a five-fingered hand had appeared out of nowhere in mid-air. If it were to fall on that forest, it would surely crush all the plant life to a pulp!

This was not a Falling Rock Technique, it was Mount Tai’s Crushing Weight!

The Nuwa Dragon’s cute little palm withdrew, and the floating five-finger mountain vanished abruptly.

Her kind heart would never harm innocent little creatures; she was just showing Zhu Minglang her Rock Hiding Method.

After all, she was a blend of the Earth Nuwa and the Oceanic Nuwa, with earth spirit arts and Rock Hiding Techniques branded in her blood. Without any need for practice, she could naturally perform them at the highest realm.

“It feels like, in certain environments, even facing King-Level Realm experts, you could handle it with ease,” Zhu Minglang sighed.

He had underestimated the strength of the Nuwa Dragon.

Her spell realm was too high; other people’s Falling Rock Technique in her hands turned into Mount Tai’s Crushing Weight, not to mention other, more powerful Rock Hiding Methods.

“Nyah~”

The Nuwa Dragon suddenly made her customary call and pointed cautiously with her hand toward a large mountain at the far end of her line of sight!

The mountain seemed eroded by some element, its surface turning green and yellow. Furthermore, the trees on the mountain were affected to varying degrees, their bark no longer resembling bark but resembling a coating of solidified grease. The trunks and leaves were like semi-solidified, frozen by colorful ice blocks!

“Looks like there’s a big monster!” Zhu Minglang took in a deep breath, sensing the overwhelming monster aura emanating from the mountain.

The entire mountain was essentially a nest of terror.

Under the influence of the Time Wave, monsters were likewise absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, and their strength was growing explosively just like human cultivators. Moreover, the most terrifying aspect was their rapid reproduction; given enough food and spiritual resources, they could lay a cavern full of eggs!

“It must be them, these half-dragon scorpions,” Zhu Minglang said.

Before him was the nest of the half-dragon scorpions, creatures that enjoyed eating the hardest substances in the world. Ores were their favorite, and after consumption, their exoskeletons would grow an insect armor crystal helmet. If they had superior rations, the exoskeleton of these half-dragon scorpions was even more impregnable than dragon scales!

Of course, these half-dragon scorpions were very combative and had a terrifying sense of territory. They would occupy a vein of ore and then kill all surrounding creatures. The Wutu Land Military Guards had been decimated by these half-dragon scorpions.

Zhang Tuo, the chief of Wutu, had repeatedly called for Dragon Shepherds to deal with these half-dragon scorpions without much success. Zhu Minglang needed to do some dragon taming, so he went into the mountains…

“Brother, are you planning to enter Scorpion Mountain?” At that moment, a Deity-mortals Team appeared at the foot of the mountain, clearly in a quandary.

Seeing a team of divine and mortals at this wild wilderness was not surprising to Zhu Minglang, given that teams from the Supreme Court were scattered everywhere in Li Chuan.

“Yes, are you waiting for others?” Zhu Minglang saw that they had set up camp there, but seemed to have no immediate intention of climbing the mountain.

“One of our martial masters stood us up. Without a martial master to stand before us and fend off the approaching scorpion dragons, it’s difficult for us to use our spells. Are you a martial master, brother, or do you possess some ability to confront those powerful monsters head-on?” asked the man leading the group.

“I am a Dragon Shepherd,” Zhu Minglang replied.

The eyes of the Deity-mortals Team immediately shone with brightness.

A Dragon Shepherd is ten thousand times more reliable than a martial master, for what could be more reassuring than having a few stout and valiant Mad Dragons standing at the forefront?

“Then, brother, might you consider joining us…” the only female member of the Deity-mortals Team softly invited.

“Sorry, I prefer to walk my path alone,” Zhu Minglang declined their invitation.

Having said that, Zhu Minglang walked alone toward the mountain nest. His steps were steady and firm, and his departing figure exuded absolute confidence, sharply contrasting with the group of Deity-mortals who hesitated and dared not enter the mountain.

Hmph!

Does a Dragon Shepherd need to form a team?

He’s always soloing demonic nests!

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This Scorpion Dragon Strange Mountain finally allowed the Refining Ash Black Dragon to fight to its heart’s content.

The unceasing waves of half-scorpion insect dragons, none particularly high in spiritual wisdom, allowed the Refining Ash Black Dragon’s Predator’s Wild Breath to stack like a massive black tornado, which constantly swirled around the Refining Ash Black Dragon…

Thus, the Refining Ash Black Dragon made its way to the mountain’s peak, directly clashing with the Dragon Scorpion Mother. With only a middle-level Monarch Level cultivation base, it was brutally pummeling the scorpion dragon mother that kept calling for her dragon scorpion army.

The Nuwa Dragon also cast a few spells, but as a result, Zhu Minglang didn’t harvest even the tiniest bit of Soul Beads, so he had no choice but to offer the Nuwa Dragon a skewer of candied hawthorns and sat with her to watch the clouds roll by.

“That crystal flower looks pretty; I’ll pick it for you.”

“Come feed me some raisins.”

“It’s been so long since I’ve heard you sing. Sing a song for me. Not the kind that would drastically increase Big Black Tooth and Little Qingzhuo’s strength, just a simple and soothing melody.”

Here, Zhu Minglang was like a dandy out on a spring outing, sitting on the ground covered with silk cloth, sometimes teasing the pure yet alluring Nuwa Dragon, sometimes gazing at the sky as clouds and winds played, and at times picking up an illustrated book placed beside him, savoring its content.

There, the Refining Ash Black Dragon and the Azure Phoenix Azure Dragon were surrounded by a horde of scorpion dragons, locked in fierce combat, with severed limbs flying about, and dragon shells, dragon scales, and dragon bones scattered all around. Although what seeped out of the scorpion dragons wasn’t blood but a greenish-yellow fluid, the battle was extremely brutal. Fights between wild and ferocious beasts could at least cause destruction in the forest, or at worst, lead to mountains collapsing and the earth splitting…

The leisure of humans, the bravery of dragons—it was all a beautiful scene, regardless.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

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Purchasing Void Crystals had plunged this already not-so-wealthy Dragon Shepherd Team into a minor crisis.

However, this time cleaning up the Monster Mountain nest paid off handsomely. These greedy half-dragon scorpion insects were even more lavish than the giant dragons. Not only did each scorpion nest emphasize its own individual lair, but at the beginning of the lair, it had to be covered with crushed crystals. Furthermore, the caves where they laid eggs and slept had to have pure Spirit Crystals hanging from the ceiling.

Luckily, Zhu Minglang had the Wutu Land Military Guards and countless Wutu mountain people at his back.

After clearing the mountain, the military could guard it, and finally, the mountain people could remove all the Crystal Rock from the caves, amounting to an astoundingly huge profit.

After tallying up the gains, it could sell for a million or two in gold. Zhu Minglang took a million in gold for himself, and the rest was rewarded to the soldiers and mountain people of Wutu. He had his meat, and the others got to enjoy the delicious broth.