“Captain Wu!”
Everyone in the mining field was shocked.
“Brother!”
Wu Dalang, who had grown much stronger, cried out anxiously, his face filled with worry. Beside him, Pan Jinlian’s face was ashen, and she nearly fainted.
“Is this your trump card? It seems… it’s nothing special!”
However, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Because Wu Song, clad in a black combat suit, stepped out of the flames, a transparent yellow light circulating on his body, deflecting the engulfing inferno.
The “Guardian Stone” that Xia Tian had given him before the battle had played a crucial role at the critical moment.
On the contrary, the Golden Wyvern’s own body was severely burned by the sweeping flames, especially the golden wings and golden dragon claws that Wu Song had severed and sent to the ground, which now emitted a scent of roasted meat in the boiling lava!
Not all types of dragons could bathe in lava, let alone a hybrid, inferior species that was already severely injured and now on its last breath.
This also explained why it hadn't used this wondrous item at the very beginning; besides fearing self-harm, it was also worried that the power of the “Lava Orb” would directly destroy the Golden Wine Pot.
One must know that while wondrous items contained residual rules from their original worlds, they were not indestructible. The saying “true gold fears no fire” doesn't mean gold won't melt in fire; it simply means that true gold is extremely stable, and even if melted, it will still retain its original composition and weight!
However, it seemed that because the “Golden Wine Pot” itself was a water-storage vessel, it survived the explosion even after being engulfed by the flames.
“With your level of combat skill and awareness, what right do you have to look down on my human race?”
Wu Song’s eyes, sharp as lightning, swept over the Golden Wyvern, which had failed in its desperate attack and was now barely clinging to life, unable to move.
Then, he leaped up, directly onto the Golden Wyvern’s back, his Embroidered Spring Blade enveloped in a bright yellow saber energy symbolizing imperial might. He was about to strike, intending to decapitate the incapacitated Golden Wyvern for all to see.
“Captain Wu, please hold your blade for a moment!”
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted.
It was Li Ru, who, in his haste, even used the imprecise phrase “hold the person.”
“My Lord, I have an item. Please consider whether to slay this monster after seeing it!”
As Li Ru spoke, he held up a small, entirely black, bowl-like object with both hands, presenting it to Xia Tian.
“Is this a wondrous item?”
Xia Tian had a guess in his heart.
According to the Earth Will, every illustrious figure from Earth’s history would bring a wondrous item when they descended upon the Eternal Land.
If the Golden Wyvern, lying on the ground on its last breath, had known this, it would probably have screamed “Impossible, absolutely impossible!” in disbelief even after its head was severed.
Xia Tian looked at the small bowl Li Ru was holding.
【Feather Goblet · Wine Cup (Blue)】
【Type】Wondrous Item
【Properties】1. Poisoned Wine (Can produce highly toxic poisoned wine) 2. Heart Poison (The poisoned wine drunk from the ‘Feather Goblet’ does not take effect immediately, but rather according to the thoughts of the ‘cup’ holder)
【Description】Li Ru’s innate wondrous item. When he successfully employs a “poisonous scheme,” it can increase the upper limit of the amount of poisoned wine he can control.
【Remark】Can you escape my grasp?
Good heavens.
Life-and-Death Talisman, Three Corpses Brain-Eating Pill, Leopard Fetus Meridian-Changing Pill?
Several similar items instantly popped into Xia Tian’s mind.
A “Feather Goblet” was an ancient wine cup, so named because its shape resembled a jue (ancient ritual wine vessel) with two ears on the sides, like a bird’s wings. Poisoned wine, or “zhenjiu,” was wine steeped with the feathers of a zhen bird, rumored to be highly toxic; anyone who accidentally drank it would surely die!
Evidently, these two ancient legends had jointly become the “properties” of this blue wondrous item.
“Truly worthy of being a poison strategist; to be ‘born with’ such a wondrous item.”
After seeing the attributes of this wine cup, Xia Tian naturally understood Li Ru’s meaning.
This Golden Wyvern’s combat power was formidable; if not for the “Embroidered Spring Blade’s” soul-attacking property, it would certainly not have been subdued so easily. Moreover, it could still fly in the sky while carrying two people, and after “secondary fusion,” it might even gain “divine abilities”!
If he chose to control it rather than kill it, it would actually be of great help to Xia Tian’s territory.
“Unfortunately, for such an alien race that has eaten humans, let alone a hybrid dragon, even a true Golden Dragon, I would not spare it!”
“Captain Wu, give me the blade!”
Xia Tian turned his head, not taking Li Ru’s wine cup. Instead, he stepped out of the protective barrier, leaped onto the severely wounded Golden Wyvern’s back, and took the Embroidered Spring Blade from Wu Song’s hand!
Inside the barrier, Li Ru silently put away the wine cup. He had no objection to Xia Tian’s decision.
In fact, the reason he brought out this wine cup was simply because he knew from the Golden Wyvern’s words that such an item was precious, and the cup’s properties were too unique for him to “hoard” it.
And Xia Tian not taking his “innate” wine cup actually indicated a certain attitude.
However, as a strategist, Li Ru also confirmed the character of this “Lord” from Xia Tian’s choice: he was a “hero” who valued the people’s hearts and held firm stances in certain aspects, not a “tyrant” who would stop at nothing for power, treating all his subordinates as mere tools.
Hero and tyrant, a single character difference, yet their paths would be entirely distinct.
“Human, you cannot kill me. My father is the Golden Dragon King who rules the ‘Dragon Kingdom.’ In the future, he will bring tens of thousands of dragons and countless dragon descendants to the Eternal Land.”
“Once you kill me, your human race will face utter annihilation…”
Seeing Xia Tian with the blade in hand, the severely wounded Golden Wyvern’s body was already unable to move.
It could only use its last strength to let out a warning hiss from its throat, attempting to leverage its background to gain a glimmer of survival from this human lord whom it had initially utterly despised!
Clang!
However, in the next moment, its vision began to spin.
As Xia Tian’s hand rose and fell with the blade, a monstrous dragon head covered in golden scales rolled onto the dark ground after the lava had cooled. Its vertically slit eyes remained wide open in death.
It seemed utterly unable to believe that these humans, whom it knew to be lowly servants, caged and enslaved in its world, actually dared to kill it?
Where did they find such courage?
【Your territory has killed the Golden Wyvern (Blue), eliminating a powerful enemy. Territory Fortune +200!】
Xia Tian didn’t care about the so-called “Golden Dragon King.” If the opponent were truly powerful, it wouldn’t have sought offspring with a lizard. Moreover, backed by the “Earth Universe,” his confidence far exceeded the imagination of these otherworldly beings!
Crackling!
After the Golden Wyvern’s death, several illusory chains made of black smoke extended from the Embroidered Spring Blade in Xia Tian’s hand, probing into the Golden Wyvern’s dismembered corpse.
Then, a pattern of a bound black wyvern gradually emerged on the originally blank blade of the Embroidered Spring Blade.
Clearly, the blade’s second property, “Imperial Prison,” had been triggered!
“Not only is it killed, but even its soul cannot escape. Truly worthy of being the weapon of the infamous Embroidered Uniform Guard!”
Xia Tian contentedly put the Embroidered Spring Blade into his Lord’s Space.
“It’s dead! The monster is dead!”
“It was the divine weapon forged by My Lord that chopped off the flying monster’s head, avenging Huowang and Ergou!”
“Thank you, My Lord! Thank you, My Lord!”
And when he killed the Golden Wyvern, the residents from Qingfeng Village were emotionally agitated, all kneeling on the ground. The families of the two deceased individuals were especially weeping bitterly.
【Your territory’s “Popular Support” has increased. Territory Fortune +500!】
Indeed, by the Earth Will’s standards, gaining “Popular Support” was more important than simply killing enemies.
Xia Tian once again confirmed his previous judgment.
Immediately, his gaze fell upon the Golden Wyvern’s corpse. In Western legends, dragons, like tigers, were said to be treasures from head to tail.
Filled with anticipation, Xia Tian used “Gathering Hand” on the Golden Wyvern’s corpse.
【Obtained: Wondrous Item · Lava Fire Pearl (Green), Golden Dragon Blood (Silver), Golden Dragon Scales (Blue), Dragon Sinew (Blue), Dragon Teeth (Green), Dragon Bones (Green)…】
