123: Shi Tian drooled: Master, can we eat this loach?

“L... Loach?”

Arrogant Dragon, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon who was still posing mid-air, enjoying the attention of the masses (or so he thought), suddenly stiffened.

His Dragon Eyes, which shone like the sun, slowly lowered, locking onto the... chubby kid next to the barbecue pit behind the mountain, who was currently drooling at him.

What the hell?

Did he just... hear something utterly treasonous?

He was the Crown Prince of the Primordial Dragon Clan! The future Supreme of the Monster Realm! An existence whose noble Bloodline demanded the submission of all yao!

And yet... someone called him... a loach?!

“How dare you!”

Before Arrogant Dragon could even get angry, a furious roar sounded behind him.

It was the Crown Prince of Great Xia, who had been hiding in the clouds watching the battle. Using Phantom Transmission, he yelled exasperatedly, “Brother Long! Stop wasting words on these barbarians! Suppress them quickly and make them realize the immensity of the world!”

However,

Arrogant Dragon completely ignored him.

Because he suddenly felt a wave of... coldness.

A terrifying chill originating from the depths of his Soul that made his Dragon Scales stand on end!

That wasn't Killing Intent.

But a... purer, more primitive... appetite?

He followed that gaze.

He saw Li Daoxuan, the Youth in White Robes who hadn't said much, raising his head in the dilapidated Sect below.

Those deep eyes were sizing him up from head to toe.

The look was very calm.

There was no fear, no reverence.

It was like an experienced butcher examining a piece of pork on the cutting board.

“Hmm...”

Li Daoxuan stroked his chin, nodded seriously, and began his live commentary.

“The meat is firm, and the Qi and Blood are abundant.”

“The scales are glittering gold—clearly wild-raised, not grown quickly on feed.”

“Moreover, it's a pure-blooded Five-Clawed Golden Dragon with refined Bloodline. It should make excellent soup.”

The more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became.

Finally, he turned and, satisfied, waved his hand at his foodie Disciple next to him, who was nearly drooling a river.

The gesture was like giving an extremely ordinary command.

“Second Disciple.”

“Stop just looking.”

“Go.”

“Prepare the ingredients.”

Ingredients?!

Prepare them?!

BOOM—!!!

These two phrases struck Arrogant Dragon's skull like two bolts of Heavenly God Thunder from the Nine Heavens.

His Arrogant Dragon Head instantly went blank.

I... I, the dignified Crown Prince of the Dragon Clan... in the eyes of these bumpkins... am merely... a dish?!

“ROAR—!!!!”

The unprecedented humiliation caused Arrogant Dragon to completely lose control!

“You group of lowly ants! Crawling insects!”

“How dare you... how dare you treat this Crown Prince as food?!!”

“I will make you die! I will crush your bones one by one! I will rip out your Divine Souls and Light Sky Lanterns with them!!”

He opened his massive, bloody maw, and a Golden Dragon Pearl containing energy capable of destroying heaven and earth rapidly condensed within his mouth!

However,

Before he could spit out the Dragon Pearl,

“Alrighty!”

A shout filled with infinite joy and vigor came from below.

Shi Tian, the chubby kid who was just drooling, had now hoisted the seemingly unremarkable... hoe leaning in the corner.

He shot toward the sky like an arrow released from a bow, yelling excitedly, his clear large eyes shining with the fervor of seeing top-tier ingredients!

“Loach, don't run!”

“Here I come!!”

“You're the loach! Your whole family is loaches!!”

Arrogant Dragon was completely driven mad by the two words “loach.”

“Die for this Crown Prince! Dragon Breath—”

“Boom!”

A Golden Dragon Breath capable of melting Divine Gold, burning mountains, and boiling seas, poured down like the Milky Way, fiercely blasting toward the chubby kid who foolishly rushed up!

However,

Facing this strike, which was enough to make even a great Soul Transformation expert pale,

Shi Tian neither dodged nor retreated.

He simply grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth.

“Good timing!”

“It's perfect for... sharpening my hoe!”

“Roar!”

A low growl.

Purple Qi and Blood surged out from Shi Tian's body, instantly dyeing half the sky purple!

Heavenly Tyrant Blood fully activated!

His face, which had originally looked somewhat simple and honest, was now filled with the Supreme dominance of one who believes he is the only one worthy!

He didn't use any fancy Divine Abilities; he simply swung the hoe in his hand at the Golden Dragon Breath... with one strike of the hoe!

He smashed it down!

“BANG—!!!”

A dull, massive sound like a beating war drum erupted.

That terrifying Dragon Breath, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, was actually... shattered by a single hoe strike?!

Golden flames scattered everywhere like fireworks.

Shi Tian's figure burst out from the center, completely unharmed; not even a piece of his clothing was scorched!

“What?!”

Arrogant Dragon's eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

Barehanded... no, using a hoe, he shattered my Dragon Breath?!

What the hell kind of monster is this?!

Before he could react,

Shi Tian had already rushed in front of him.

“Heh heh, big guy, let me see how firm your meat is!”

Shi Tian sneered and tossed away the hoe in his hand.

His seemingly chubby little hands, bolstered by the purple Qi and Blood, became harder than Divine Gold!

“Tear-it... Open!!!”

He roared, and his hands, like two indestructible pincers, plunged directly into the gaps between Arrogant Dragon's impenetrable Golden Dragon Scales!

“SPLATTER—!!!”

A grating, tearing sound rang out!

Fresh blood gushed out like a fountain!

“AH—!!!”

Arrogant Dragon let out the most miserable shriek of his life.

His Dragon Scale defense, which he prided himself on and which even a Saint Weapon couldn't damage in the slightest, was actually... ripped open into a huge gash... by the bare hands... of this brat who looked only a few years old?!

The intense pain instantly made Arrogant Dragon lose his mind.

He frantically twisted his massive, kilometer-long Dragon body, trying to shake off the “flea” on his back.

His Dragon Tail swept horizontally, shattering a mountain peak!

His Dragon Claws swung, tearing apart half the sky!

However.

Shi Tian seemed to be fused to him; no matter how much he thrashed, Shi Tian held tightly to the wound and refused to let go.

“You can still jump around?”

Shi Tian was getting dizzy from the shaking and instantly grew impatient.

“Just... lie down already!”

His arm muscles bulged, and purple light erupted!

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

His small fists, like two indestructible God Hammers pounding the sky, struck Arrogant Dragon's head again and again with unparalleled dominating force!

Every punch was accompanied by a dull crash and Arrogant Dragon's miserable shrieks.

At first, Arrogant Dragon struggled frantically.

After three punches, he started feeling dizzy and disoriented.

After ten punches, he was already foaming at the mouth and unconscious... in just three rounds.

No.

It wasn't even three rounds.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, who had just been so arrogant and called himself the Son of Destiny,

Now had his eyes rolled back, one of his Dragon Horns broken, and fell limply from mid-air like a giant dead snake.

“Rumble!”

He crashed heavily into the center of the Kaoshan Sect's plaza, creating a huge deep pit in the floor paved with enlightenment stones.

As the smoke and dust dissipated,

Shi Tian slowly climbed out of the pit, shouldering the hoe.

He walked up to the Dragon Head, which was bigger than a house, and nudged it with his foot.

Finding no movement,

He then went to the Dragon Tail, grabbed the section thicker than a water bucket, and started hauling it, huffing and puffing, toward the back mountain.

His small, thin body formed an extremely stark and absurd contrast with the massive, kilometer-long Dragon corpse.

“Revered Master! Revered Master!”

Shi Tian shouted back excitedly while dragging the “ingredients.”

“This loach is too big! Should we steam it tonight? Or braise it?”

“Oh, Revered Master, can we turn the Dragon Sinews... into Spicy Strips?”