That beast who stabbed its butt

Hearing Su Ji's almost provocative question, Lin Ranyue was taken aback for a moment.

Then, the expression she gave Su Ji turned a bit strange.

"You..."

She wanted to ask if his brain was broken.

But the words reached her lips and were forcibly swallowed back down.

She quietly shifted half a step back, putting a safe distance between herself and this guy who didn't seem quite normal.

"Daoist Su, this is no time for jokes."

"This Thunder-Fire Wyrm is already at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and who knows where it got a trace of dragon aura. Its temperament is brutal; even the ordinary elders of my holy land would give it a wide berth."

Su Ji, however, acted as if he hadn't heard her warning. Instead, he looked with great interest at the behemoth, which was growing increasingly frantic due to its injuries.

"On its butt, there are still two holes I opened up for it back then."

Lin Ranyue completely lost the desire to speak.

She had already made up her mind: the moment a fight broke out, she would immediately flee far away and absolutely not get involved.

However, Su Ji's next move almost made her jaw drop.

Far from hiding, Su Ji boldly walked out from behind the stalactite, completely exposing himself to the Thunder-Fire Wyrm's line of sight.

Then, channeling his spiritual energy, he stomped on the ground, kicking up a huge rock about half the height of a person.

With a swift side kick, the boulder flew toward the Thunder-Fire Wyrm at high speed with a whoosh.

...

In the center of the lake, the Thunder-Fire Wyrm had been resting with its eyes closed.

It felt like the chosen wyrm, destined to transform into a true dragon in the future.

Thinking back to that sudden heavenly tribulation, its terrifying might was enough to scatter the soul of any great Golden Core demon.

But what about it?

Not only did it survive the catastrophe, but it also found a blessing in disguise. By using that divine lightning to temper its demonic body, its innate fire-attribute demonic energy mutated, gaining a trace of lightning power.

Even more outrageous were the past four months.

In this underground lava cave where it had entrenched itself for hundreds of years, terrifying, earth-shattering noises echoed every other day.

Along with that commotion, a barely detectable yet incredibly pure trace of dragon aura would occasionally leak out.

If it weren't for the fact that it barely belonged to the same category as dragons, even a peak Golden Core cultivator wouldn't have been able to sense it.

That showed how small the amount was.

But it didn't matter.

Many drops make an ocean.

Relying on that tiny bit of leaked dragon aura every day, it had faintly touched the threshold of an Earth Dragon, and its bloodline was boiling.

It once thought this was the heavens spoon-feeding it.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last.

Such a massive commotion eventually attracted some greedy human cultivators.

It had assumed that with its late Golden Core strength and mutated thunder-fire demonic energy, it could crush everything.

And indeed, at the very beginning, it tore those rogue cultivators who trespassed into its territory to shreds.

But it didn't know why humans could sometimes be so wretched.

The more they knew people died here, the more they desperately squeezed their way in, as if their own fathers' ashes were buried here.

The people who came later were getting stronger and stronger.

Even those late Golden Core experts who rarely ventured out were alarmed.

In the great battle a few days ago, it risked severe injuries and lost one eye just to barely drive those guys back.

Just when it thought it was bound to die and prepared to drag the last few enemies down with it in mutual destruction.

Something even more baffling happened.

Those human cultivators, for some unknown reason, started fighting among themselves.

People died in swaths; the scene was even more tragic than when it had fought them itself.

This actually gave it a moment of respite, allowing it to hide back in the center of the lake to heal.

However...

A giant rock tore through the air, smashing toward it with a sharp whistling sound.

Could it be...

Those damn humans had already decided a victor?

Its bloodshot single eye suddenly turned, locking dead onto the direction the boulder flew from.

Then let's fight!

But...

When it saw clearly who was coming...

It froze for a brief moment.

Why...

Did it feel familiar...

Wait?

Could it be...

It was!

That human animal who stabbed it in the butt!

A bone-chilling killing intent instantly enveloped the entire area.

Lin Ranyue felt as if all the blood in her body was about to freeze. Without thinking, she turned to run.

"Roar—!"

A deafening roar exploded like thunder.

That Thunder-Fire Wyrm was thoroughly enraged.

An aura it wouldn't forget even if it turned to ashes.

It was that despicable, shameless human!

Who took advantage of its unpreparedness to sneak attack its noble buttocks!

This was a humiliating disgrace!

A shame engraved in its bloodline, unable to be washed away for all eternity!

"Splash—"

The dark red lake water shot into the sky.

The Thunder-Fire Wyrm's massive body suddenly darted out of the lake, kicking up monstrous waves.

Its single eye was filled with tyranny. Opening its bloody maw, a breath mixed with lightning and fire surged out like a reversing heavenly river, spewing wildly toward Su Ji.

It's over!

Lin Ranyue's heart went completely cold.

Demonic beasts were naturally slightly stronger than human cultivators.

Not to mention a Thunder-Fire Wyrm on the verge of turning into a dragon.

Such a terrifying strike was something even a late Golden Core cultivator wouldn't dare take head-on.

This ignorant disciple of the Xiangsi Sect was dead for sure.

She had already started fleeing in another direction.

But the scene that unfolded next made her beautiful eyes widen perfectly round.

Facing that world-destroying dragon breath, Su Ji not only didn't dodge, but instead took a step forward.

The long spear on his back, covered in crimson dragon scale patterns, was slowly drawn out.

An indescribable feeling explosively erupted from within him.

It was... a pure terror of death that made all things tremble!

Or rather, he was death itself.

"Good timing!"

Su Ji's eyes boiled with battle intent.

The frustration of being pinned down and rubbed against the floor by that little freak Hui Xing for the past four months was entirely transformed into a desire to vent at this moment.

He needed a suitably hefty punching bag to test his results.

And this late Golden Core Thunder-Fire Wyrm before him couldn't be more perfect!

The Fallen Dragon Spear in his hand let out a high-pitched dragon cry.

On the spear shaft, those crimson dragon scale patterns instantly lit up, like ignited sparks.

Su Ji didn't use any flashy techniques; he merely gathered the momentum he had tempered over the past four months unreservedly onto the tip of the spear.

Then, facing the sweeping thunder-fire dragon breath, he thrust out his spear.

The spear acted like a red-hot iron piercing into ice and snow, silently splitting the violent wyrm breath in two from the center.

The parted torrent of thunder and fire whistled past both sides of Su Ji's body, violently crashing into the rock wall behind him.

"Boom! Boom!"

With two loud bangs, the entire lava cave shook violently once again, with countless crushed stones tumbling down and dust filling the air.

Yet Su Ji stood right where he was, his robes fluttering loudly in the wind, completely unharmed.

In the distance, Lin Ranyue was absolutely dumbfounded.

Her small mouth was slightly open, and her incredibly beautiful face was written all over with disbelief.

A peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, with a single spear thrust, broke through the strike of a late Golden Core great demon?

This... how is this possible?!

She felt that her entire understanding of cultivation, built over more than twenty years, was completely overturned in this single moment, shattered until not even dust remained.

Above the lake, the single eye of that Thunder-Fire Wyrm was also filled with astonishment.

It simply could not understand.

A trace of human-like confusion flashed across its solitary eye.

It seemed unable to comprehend how this mere ant, who just a few months ago had to rely on a sneak attack to even scratch it, had suddenly become so incredibly powerful.

Moreover, was that the aura of a true dragon just now?

It was enough to make even its own heart palpitate with fear.

Impossible!

It had to be an illusion!

Very quickly, the confusion was replaced by an even more berserk killing intent.

It did not care what demonic arts this opponent was using. Today, it would tear this creature who dared to desecrate its dignity into absolute shreds!

Roar!

The Thunder-Fire Wyrm bellowed once more. Its massive body stirred the winds and clouds, carrying a world-crushing momentum as it charged viciously toward Su Ji.

Seeing this, Su Ji did not retreat; instead, he advanced.

Bring it on!

He let out a loud laugh. His entire figure transformed into a streak of flowing black light as he took the initiative to meet the beast head-on.

One man and one wyrm collided with an earth-shattering boom within the colossal underground lava cavern.