Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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Or is this dragon actually Norton's dragon servant? Did it come here specifically to dig him out and have him take the place of the Bronze and Fire King?

This thing might fool humans, but a dragon could tell the difference at a glance...

There were so many things to think about all at once, and the information was all jumbled up. Coupled with the interference from the Supreme Being, Xia Mi's head was buzzing and she was almost seeing stars.

Also, should we go up and help?

Theoretically, yes, but practically she shouldn't have the ability to fly and fight. Should she cast a protective spell to cover her? That doesn't seem feasible either; the two, one big and one small, are getting further and further apart in the sky…

"Give me the boat!" she shouted as she turned around.

The ordinary people were already stunned, but the mixed-race people managed to come to their senses and lowered the small boat from the salvage ship.

Xia Mi immediately jumped onto the small boat and chased after the man and the dragon, who were getting further and further away from each other.

……

Fighting a dragon seemed like an extremely heroic act, but as Lu Mingfei looked at the system's analysis log, his heart grew colder and colder.

The dragon's body seemed to be constantly recovering; its agility, strength, and speed were all continuously increasing. Under the interference of the Supreme Being, it also began to regain its footing...

The system, which can unleash both words and magic, is certainly not without its own power, but the problem is that this dragon is just relying on its powerful body to withstand the attack!

The judge's blade struck the dragon's scales, sparks flying, but little blood was drawn, and the judgment on the dragon's internal body had almost no effect...

Lu Mingfei's Black Sun is very strong, but this dragon also knows Black Sun's weaknesses and flaws, so it doesn't confront it head-on at all.

What made Lu Mingfei and the system even more furious was that the dragon seemed to have set its sights on Lu Mingfei and kept relentlessly attacking him.

The system fought and retreated, moving from the center of the river to the shore, but the dragon still clung to it tightly and refused to give up.

Fortunately, they managed to retreat to the shore. If they had been in the water or in the air, the system would have been completely powerless against this increasingly powerful dragon.

The difference between a human body and a dragon's body was obvious at this moment; the dragon's tens of tons of body were not for nothing, it was incredibly fleshy.

The system didn't have time to completely dodge; it was lashed by the opponent's tail and its body flew up again.

This dragon's body was ridiculously agile; despite its mountain-sized body, it moved like a snake even under the attacks of numerous incantations, making it impossible to catch.

Not only can't you catch it, but it can also suddenly whip you twice, which is outrageous. The system is still running at time zero, although it hasn't reached the level of Angers, it's still twenty or thirty times stronger.

It's one thing to be entangled in the air because there's no powerful means of flight, but once on land, the same thing happens—they still can't escape.

This dragon can accurately seize every flaw in the Word of Power... It can only be said that it is worthy of being a dragon. It is too familiar with all kinds of Word of Power. It is all practical experience accumulated little by little in battle.

The dragon actually wanted to use its Word of Power to counterattack, since the opponent had too many Word of Power techniques. Even if it could find a weakness, it would always be at a disadvantage.

However, the system and Lu Mingfei kept interfering, preventing it from successfully unleashing a powerful incantation.

Its body, which had been dormant for hundreds of years, was ultimately too weak, and its gaze was fixed on Lu Mingfei's figure.

His body was made of alchemical matrices, filled with flesh and blood, and wielded a multitude of incantations, including Black Sun and Judgment. Almost every single one of them was activated. This must be the work of another dragon. We absolutely cannot let him escape from here! Otherwise, we'll be in danger.

"I'm on friendly forces, Boss Lu, don't get caught in the crossfire!"

Xia Mi jumped ashore from the small boat and ran over from behind, only to be caught in the crossfire of Lu Mingfei's Word of Power attack...

The scope of this trial is quite broad.

The system could only say that survival was the priority and had no intention of allocating computing power to analyze and care for Xia Mi, who was approaching the battlefield.

It was analyzing the dragon's weaknesses, only to find that it was all for naught. What direct weakness could an adult dragon possibly have? If weaknesses were so easily exposed and dragons so easily brought to their deaths, then dragons wouldn't be so terrifying.

It seems like running away is impossible. This dragon doesn't dare to confront Black Sun head-on, but if the system turns around and runs away, it will be troublesome if it exposes its back. Black Sun's weakness is too obvious; its back is almost undefended.

Does this mean we have to use the Dragon King trial card and die on one side to end this?

After all, this dragon didn't want him to leave at all. Otherwise, if the system had been fighting and retreating on the river, and the dragon had realized that the target was troublesome, it should have withdrawn instead of continuing to pester him relentlessly...

At this moment, seeing Xia Mi risking her life to continue approaching, Lu Mingfei suddenly thought of something: "Bronze City! A 'besieging Wei to rescue Zhao' strategy! System, send Xia Mi to explore Bronze City!"

The system's computing power was focused entirely on analyzing the dragon, leaving no room for analysis on other matters. Only then did they belatedly realize that after reaching the shore, they were already quite a distance from the bronze city underwater.

The distance from Bronze City makes a difference. When it's close to Bronze City, the dragon can return to guard its lair at any time. But once it's some distance away, it can't immediately retreat to guard its lair, especially if there's something in it...

"Xia Mi, go down to the bottom of the water and see what's inside the Bronze City!" the system immediately shouted.

Although she didn't know what the play was about, Xia Mi ran back to the riverbank without hesitation after hearing his words, jumped into the small boat, and drove into the river.

Her first reaction was to think from the dragon's perspective. For a dragon, the most precious thing is itself. As long as the dragon is alive, there are infinite possibilities.

The Bronze City is just an external possession; what could it possibly be precious about... Well, that might be a bit too absolute. If it were me, there would be things that she would value more than her own life.

Can't you?

Xia Mi suddenly felt her heart pounding wildly. If her guess was true, then this was truly the closest she had come to achieving her goal during the more than six months she had been lurking by Lu Mingfei's side.

The dragon that heard Lu Mingfei's words didn't actually feel anything, because it wasn't familiar with the human language and couldn't understand what Lu Mingfei was saying at all.

All it saw was Xia Mi running into the river again...

Oh no! I slept too long and got all groggy. They used a diversionary tactic!

No wonder the opponent kept fighting and retreating, frantically increasing the distance between them.

Without hesitation, it abandoned Lu Mingfei, who was still pestering it, and flew back into the river.

Should we pursue and try to stop them? Or is it better to retreat immediately?

In the system analysis log, the decision to answer this question was made almost instantly: run away first and save your life!

This dragon is too powerful and too outrageous; it's simply impossible to subdue!

If you encountered this dragon instead of the Yamata no Orochi during the New Year, it would be questionable whether you could leave the Red Well alive after entering it.

The system immediately gave chase, not to the dragon, but to tell Xia Mi to make a proper escape, since they couldn't really fight back, it was best to run away first...

"Xia Mi, it's about time to retreat!" the system shouted from afar, its voice cutting through the wind and rain.

Running away again? Xia Mi's mind was reeling from his words; the whole thing had taken so many twists and turns.

Chapter 182 Swearing Loyalty to Boss Lu to the Death!

Whether to run or not, Xia Mi hesitated for only a moment before making her choice.

Until she has the item in her hands, everything she says is meaningless. If she had a Dragon King's Bone Cross in her hands right now, she would definitely have no choice but to run away.

Now, it's hard to say, so let's just run!

The giant dragon flew over Xia Mi's head and then plunged into the water, creating huge waves.

It returned to the water and rushed back to the bronze palace to check the situation, paying no attention to the people and boats on the water.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Mingfei and his group quickly fled this place of trouble.

With the alchemical matrix supporting his body's energy expenditure, Lu Mingfei, who was using all his abilities this time, did not fall into a situation where he might be unable to continue fighting after the battle. He did suffer some injuries, but they were nothing serious compared to the others.

Watching them disappear into the distance, Lu Mingfei, feeling a chill run down his spine, asked Xia Mi, "How did the hybrids in the past slay dragons?"

He knew slaying a dragon was dangerous and difficult, but he hadn't expected it to be this difficult. The dragon was emaciated, and he didn't know if it was at its peak condition, but it probably wasn't; it was still frightening enough.

Aside from the Dragon King trial card given to him by the little devil, he could be said to have used every trick in the book.

Apart from those hybrids who possessed Dragon King-level world-destroying incantations, there shouldn't be any normal hybrid in the world stronger than him, yet he still only managed to fight that dragon to a standstill.

An ordinary hybrid can only have one Word of Power!

"They probably overwhelmed them with sheer numbers, or maybe they took advantage of the dragon's weakened state to launch a sneak attack? In any case, a lot of people would have to die."

Xia Mi was also still in shock, as if she had been greatly frightened. The drive she had shown earlier to rush forward and get closer to the battlefield to join the fun had completely disappeared.

Then she said to Lu Mingfei, "And boss, have you noticed that you lack a pair of extremely effective attack methods against dragons? If you had a knife that could completely break through the dragon's defenses, you could hurt it well, or even kill it effectively."

"An alchemical weapon of this caliber..." Lu Mingfei thought to himself, where could such a top-tier alchemical weapon be found so easily?

You didn't fight that dragon just now, so you have no idea how hard its scales are or how fleshy its body is... Then he remembered Old Tang, who had just given the other side a holiday.

I never expected to be this unlucky, with one dragon after another getting right up close, and each one stronger than the last. That's why I'm so desperate for a weapon that can break through dragon defenses...

If all else fails, why not take back Old Tang's vacation and get him to make a big sword first? Lu Mingfei fell into deep thought.

This is a bit unreasonable. Old Tang has only been working on it for a month and a half, pulling all-nighters every day to complete the entire alchemical matrix. He's only rested for three days and slept for two of them...

Xia Mi thought of Lao Tang and said, "Didn't Lao Tang wake up? Tell him to come back quickly and make you a complete set of alchemical weapons, otherwise you'll be too weak to deal with dragons with high defense."

Lu Mingfei hesitated and said, "It's hard to say how long it will take to succeed. For metal alchemy weapons, if you want the quality to be even higher, the material has to reach the highest level. You have to burn the metal to death and then refine it to that level."

Having the world as his furnace, and possessing extremely high attainments in metal alchemy, he naturally knew how difficult it was, as it was a completely different system of difficulty from designing an alchemical matrix.

"Let Old Tang try it out first. It was really frustrating seeing you fight unarmed, boss," Xia Mi said. "Let Old Tang work overtime. He might not die, but without a suitable weapon, boss, how many lives do you have?"

"Besides, boss, you wouldn't let Lao Tang work overtime for nothing, would you? As long as he's paid enough, he'll naturally be motivated. Just leave the bonus there and tell him he'll get it when he finishes, and he'll come back from his vacation to work overtime on his own. You don't need to force him; it's entirely voluntary!"

This statement is ultimately somewhat different from that of a capitalist. A capitalist ruthlessly exploits people, while this suggestion is a genuine attempt to extract huge sums of money to force people to work.

So many people want to make this money but don't have the connections or the ability!

“That makes sense. Let’s go back and talk about it first.” Lu Mingfei nodded, then asked the system, “What about that Bronze City? Should we just let it sink underwater? Should we inform the government or something to keep an eye on it?”

After all, it's a vital shipping artery, and beneath this artery lies a deadly dragon...

[…What can be done if we tell them? Can we stop shipping? Can we get rid of Bronze City?…]

[...Shipping is highly unlikely to stop, and Bronze City is highly unlikely to be able to handle it. More than 20 meters underwater, and then another 20 meters underground, lies a massive alchemical city. How large of a yield would be needed to deal with it, like a nuclear or hydrogen bomb? And if we used such a large nuclear weapon, would this entire shipping route still exist?...]

[...There must be something very important to that dragon in Bronze City. If it moves it with that thing, we don't need to worry about it. If it closes the city gates and chooses to defend Bronze City to prevent other dragons and humans from coveting it, we don't need to worry about it either...]

[...Moreover, that location is extremely close to the Three Gorges Dam. They'll likely observe for a while; as long as nothing happens, they can pretend nothing has occurred...]

The system calculated the likely reaction from those above if this matter were reported.

Lu Mingfei looked at the system log analysis and fell silent. He felt that this made sense; the Bronze City was not easy to break through.

Apart from forces like the Kassel College, which, under Angers' leadership, are determined to fight dragons to the death, other mixed-race groups are more interested in dealing with local dead servants and dragon blood incidents. They don't even bother to shout slogans about slaying dragons.

After all, slaying dragons requires deaths, and it takes a lot of lives to achieve that, and even then, it might not be effective. As long as the dragon doesn't cause any chaos on my territory, I don't care what it does.

Not slaying a dragon doesn't necessarily mean death, but slaying a dragon will inevitably lead to death, and you might even face the dragon's revenge, just like at Kassel Manor, where you were reduced to ashes.

……

"what?"

Wearing shorts and sunglasses while sunbathing, Old Tang stood up from his lounge chair after hearing what Boss Lu said.

Didn't I just say I was going to take a vacation? Why are you sending me tasks again? Don't you let people rest?