Chapter 297: Dragon Attack, Facing Terror Directly! (5800)

Chapter 297: Dragon Attack, Facing Terror Directly! (5800)

The next moment, a system prompt appeared.

[Ding! You have been hit by the mental attack of '???'. The Thought of Faith took effect, and this attack has been immunized…]

At this moment, Cao Xing suddenly snapped back to his senses and directly said, "Let's go!"

"Hurry!!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he led the group and sprinted wildly backwards at extreme speed!

"Thud! Thud, thud!"

Frost Moose strode out with its four hooves and fled madly.

At this time, Cao Xing could be said to have run away faster than ever since coming to this world.

He directly made Frost Moose use Soaring Leap, jumping one or two hundred meters at a time.

Including the others, they all sprinted all the way without even looking back!

At the same time, while running, Cao Xing kept screaming madly in his heart!

"Who is that guy? Separated by such a long distance, they can actually launch a mental attack on us!"

"What is she doing here again? Is that magic array this person's doing?"

"Just how strong is this woman?"

Questions arose one after another in his heart.

However, Cao Xing had no mind to confirm it at all.

He could only lower his head and sprint all the way with his subordinates!

Right now, he just wanted to get away from here as soon as possible.

Cao Xing even took out the [Book of the Dead of Ascalon], ready to use this thing to risk his life at any time!

However, that mysterious Dragon Speaker seemed not to have chased after them.

Cao Xing sprinted for half an hour without stopping.

It wasn't until he completely ran out of the mountain range that he gradually let out a sigh of relief.

"Hoo…"

The chaotic team gathered again at the foot of a mountain.

Everyone looked back with lingering fear.

Because just now, everyone had a feeling of being shrouded by death.

Elisa asked with a somewhat trembling voice, "My… My Lord… What was that just now?"

Cao Xing shook his head, "I don't know, it should be some extremely terrifying powerhouse."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions also became somewhat heavy.

Just now, the moment that woman saw them, she launched an attack without hesitation.

If it weren't for the fact that Cao Xing and the others all had the skill [Thought of Faith], I'm afraid the entire crew would have stayed there.

At this moment, Hilda moved her eight long legs forward and said, "That woman's strength is extremely formidable, probably on par with my combat power during my peak period."

As a Blood Spider Queen who once wreaked havoc in a region, Hilda had powerful combat strength,

Cao Xing heard this and asked, "How strong were you at your peak?"

Hilda said indifferently, "Tier 8."

Hearing this number, everyone also looked in astonishment at this bewitching Blood Spider Queen.

After all, Tier 8 powerhouses were rare even in a kingdom.

Looking across the entire continent, they could not be considered weaklings.

Little Elisa exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Big Sister Hilda used to be so amazing!"

The corners of the Blood Spider Queen's mouth curved into a bewitching arc.

Meanwhile, Isabelle beside her showed disdain.

Cao Xing shook his head upon hearing this and said, "Forget it, no matter how strong this fellow is, she's probably doing some important things and can't get away."

"Let's hurry up and run."

Everyone nodded one after another, and then continued to walk forward.

And Cao Xing quickly dialed the communication device on his ear.

"Jonard, Josent, where are you guys?"

"Bzz… Bzz…"

"My Lord, we are at the place where we entered the mountain earlier, waiting for you with the herd of cattle."

Hearing this, Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he led the people to quickly rendezvous with them.

Jonard and Josent seemed to notice the unnatural look on everyone's faces and asked with puzzlement, "My Lord, what's wrong with you guys?"

Cao Xing shook his head, "Let's leave this place first and talk, move quickly."

The two didn't ask any more questions.

Then, leading Da Bai, along with nearly a hundred Light Feather Chickens on its back, and the herd of cattle behind them, they sprinted all the way back along the direction they came from.

"Thud! Thud, thud!"

Everyone advanced at full speed, and the momentum of their running was quite astonishing.

One hour later.

The group had already moved nearly a hundred kilometers away from that mountain range.

That feeling of being shrouded by crisis finally dissipated.

Cao Xing gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

And right at this moment, a highly penetrating roar suddenly sounded from behind!

"Roar!!!"

The sound spread for hundreds of miles, shaking the clouds.

Cao Xing only felt the blood and qi in his entire body churning for a moment.

At this time, Bo Jie, Sun Chaser's expression changed, and he said coldly, "Dragon's roar… This is a dragon's cry!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Subconsciously, they turned their heads to look.

From afar, everyone saw a massive shadow flying into the sky deep within the [Tigern Mountain Range]!

It stretched its huge dragon wings and kept circling above the mountain range.

"Roar!!!"

The loud roar echoed across hundreds of miles around.

In the mountain range, countless birds and beasts were completely silent, prostrating on the ground and trembling incessantly.

On this day, a dragon was born in the [Tigern Mountain Range].

It alarmed who knows how many powerhouses nearby.

And Cao Xing and the others, upon seeing the figure of that dragon, almost without looking back, lowered their heads and sprinted forward.

In the process of sprinting.

That goblin Locke could no longer hold it in and exclaimed loudly, "God of Caves above, what did I see? A dragon!"

"Oh god, there are actually living dragons in the [Tigern Mountain Range], this is simply incredible!"

"I feel like I'm dreaming!"

Including the others, they were so shocked that they still hadn't recovered.

And Cao Xing finally understood the purpose of that Dragon Speaker they encountered in the mountains.

She was summoning a dragon!

Or rather, she was awakening the dragon in the mountain range!

Cao Xing didn't know why she wanted to awaken this dragon, but it was obvious that the dragon and she were not enemies.

Because Cao Xing saw that there was a shadow on the back of the dragon, which was none other than that Dragon Speaker.

"It's truly terrifying, that Dragon Speaker herself was already so powerful, and now she even summoned a dragon to be her mount!"

"With the strength of this person and dragon, it's probably enough to easily destroy a Giant City!"

Cao Xing sighed with emotion.

The others also nodded in deep agreement.

Just when they had run more than a hundred kilometers away and thought they were safe.

Cao Xing suddenly noticed that a black dot appeared in the sky behind them!

That black dot rapidly enlarged in their field of vision.

Stretched dragon wings, massive size.

Cao Xing's pupils instantly constricted.

"Holy shit! That woman is chasing after us with a dragon, run!"

Hearing this, everyone's expressions on the scene changed drastically!

As mentioned before, this Dragon Speaker was extremely powerful in her own right, and now she had a dragon. Even Hilda at her peak would not be her match!

At this instant, everyone began to use all their strength, running wildly for their lives!

"Thud! Thud, thud!"

Da Bai frantically strode out with its four hooves, and Frost Moose and Voli beside it also exerted their fastest speed!

Everyone was anxious!

Running wildly for their lives one by one!

If they were caught up by the dragon, they would surely die without a doubt!

However, no matter how fast their movement speed was, naturally it couldn't compete with that kind of terrifying creature.

In the blink of an eye, the figure of that dragon rapidly approached!

They only felt a fatal sense of crisis coming from behind!

Cao Xing also grumbled incessantly in his heart, "Damn it! This woman is so petty, wasn't it just taking a look at you?"

"To actually fly out of the mountain range just to chase me!"

Cursing aside, Cao Xing was also thinking of ways to cope.

"This woman is too strong. I don't know if summoning the Ascalon Undead Army can stall her for a while."

"If possible, I can use this time to run to a nearby city, hoping that some hidden powerhouse will step in and stop this dragon."

"Although that way, Duke Baradin and the others might be in grave danger, and the residents in the city will also be implicated, there's no other way!"

From beginning to end, Cao Xing never gave up hope of surviving.

As long as there was a sliver of possibility to survive, he would give it a gamble!

He quickly pulled out the [Book of the Dead of Ascalon] from his backpack, preparing to perform a summoning.

And right at this moment.

That blue dragon didn't know what method it used, and its speed instantly surged by a huge margin!

Like a blue lightning bolt cutting across the sky, in the blink of an eye it arrived above everyone's heads, and was less than five hundred meters away from them!

Terrifying dragon might descended!

They also saw the appearance of that dragon clearly.

This was a water-blue dragon whose entire body was covered in scales as hard as crystal, emitting a dazzling radiance under the sunlight.

Its massive dragon wings stretched out to nearly seventy or eighty meters, and that pair of dragon claws carried a soul-stirring cold light!

Just its existence alone brought people a repressive feeling of death!

At this moment, Assam, Andrew, Sarah, Renice, all the fully loyal entities on the field, including Liu Muxue beside them, all blocked in front of Cao Xing.

They were going to use their lives to help Cao Xing buy time to escape.

And the Book of the Dead in his hand also began to flip pages rapidly!

"Clatter!"

The terrifying undead aura was released frantically.

And right at this moment, a cold, clear voice sounded.

"No need to summon. If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead."

"…"

"…"

On the scene, everyone fell silent for a moment.

On top of that dragon's head, a figure gradually appeared.

Wearing a simple plain-colored robe, with a pair of dragon horns on her forehead, making her face filled with bewitching beauty!

It was precisely that Dragon Speaker!

And Cao Xing also stopped the summoning of the [Book of the Dead of Ascalon].

As she said, if she wanted to finish him off, at this distance, a single sweep of the dragon's wing could wipe out their entire army.

No, it might take four or five breaths of dragon breath to do it.

After all, Cao Xing and the others had too many life-saving means.

"Hoo— hoo—"

This blue dragon waved its wings, stirring up strong gale winds, and slowly landed.

Then, this Dragon Speaker stood opposite Cao Xing.

Cao Xing frowned, "What do you want to do?"

"I state first! We have never seen you, nor did I see you perform any summoning ritual. We have completely forgotten everything that happened today!"

Hearing this, the woman opposite still had an extremely indifferent expression.

She parted her vermilion lips slightly and said calmly, "From the moment you dodged my first attack and survived, you already earned a chance to live."

"I came to look for you because I sensed a familiar aura from you."

Cao Xing was somewhat puzzled. He had no idea what he had on him that was related to this Dragon Speaker.

Or could it be related to that giant dragon?

"What is it?"

The woman continued to reply, "The mountain god of the Borealis Mountain Range."

Hearing this, Cao Xing suddenly remembered something.

Then, he took out a beating heart from his backpack, which even had a human face with closed eyes on it!

This was precisely the special item dropped after he killed the goblin king—the Corrupted Heart!

According to the system, this Corrupted Heart could allow someone to change classes into a hidden profession.

It could also be used to head deep into the mountain range to summon the fallen mountain god, involving a hidden quest.

However, this fallen mountain god was extremely powerful; even the system prompted not to approach it before level 60.

"Is it this?" Cao Xing asked.

Seeing the heart in his hand, the Dragon Speaker's pupils constricted slightly.

She gently nodded.

"Yes, give it to me."

This woman was sparing with her words, as if she didn't want to speak a single extra word.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment.

The woman seemed approachable for conversation, so he boldly asked his question.

"What do you want this thing for?"

"To kill it."

The woman still calmly uttered a shocking remark.

Everyone present felt a jolt in their hearts.

That was a mountain god!

In this world, anything involving the word 'god' would be extremely terrifying!

Yet this woman casually said she was going to kill this mountain god, her tone sounding as if she were talking about killing a wild chicken by the roadside.

Cao Xing secretly vowed that he would also be this badass in the future—slaying gods whenever he said he would!

Seeming to know their confusion, the other party explained,

"It is not a true deity, not even a false god, merely a rather powerful special existence."

"Because it can control the mountain spirits of the entire Gale Snowfield mountain range, under the faith of those ignorant humans, this fellow was pushed into the position of a mountain god."

"And it was precisely it that imprisoned Seraphis."

The giant dragon beneath her let out a low sound, turning its head to look at the woman on its back.

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"One last question."

"If I give this thing to you, what will I get?"

Indeed, Cao Xing naturally wouldn't give her the item for nothing.

Even though the other party had the strength to annihilate them, getting something for nothing from Cao was simply out of the question!

Actually, mainly seeing that this woman was communicative, he thought about whether he could fleece some benefits from her.

Hearing him propose conditions, the icy face of this woman curled into a curve for the first time.

The momentary smile bloomed, full of a soul-captivating, enchanting allure!

"You really are an interesting human."

"Take it."

As the words fell, the woman directly tossed over something resembling a totem.

[Obtained: Dragon Speaker's Spirit-Summoning Totem * 1]

"What is this?" Cao Xing asked doubtfully.

"My Spirit-Summoning Totem. After injecting magic power into it, I will sense your location, then rush over in the fastest time possible to make a move for you once."

Cao Xing was instantly startled!

Good heavens, isn't this the same kind of thing as the Book of the Dead of Ascalon?

To actually be able to make an existence of this level take action—wild joy instantly welled up in Cao Xing's heart!

You must know, this woman was far more terrifying than Duke Baradin!

She was at least an Eighth-Tier existence, plus the giant dragon beneath her feet.

It was enough to easily destroy a Giant City!

With this powerful trump card, he could even walk sideways in the Gale Snowfield!

This Corrupted Heart was worth it!

Cao Xing immediately decided to quit while he was ahead.

He directly tossed the heart in his hand to her.

The woman grabbed it, then turned around without hesitation.

"Whoosh— Whoosh—"

The giant dragon flapped its wings, flying toward the sky.

Looking at the figure in the sky, Cao Xing sighed inwardly, "Damn, how cool is that!"

"Turns out there really are Dragon Speakers in this world who can control giant dragons!"

"To be able to tame even this kind of creature and use it as a mount, it's so fucking cool!"

"When I get awesome in the future, I'm going to get a giant dragon to use as a mount too!"

Cao Xing thought to himself.

This wasn't some fantasy!

Given his development speed, Cao Xing felt that in the near future, he could reach that woman's level.

Just at this moment, he suddenly remembered something and quickly shouted to ask, "How fast is the fastest time you mentioned?"

If he used the totem and it took this woman one or two hours to arrive,

and Cao Xing happened to encounter a life-or-death moment, by the time she arrived, he would probably already be dead and cold.

A cold voice came from above.

"Within the Ice Crystal Kingdom, under ten seconds."

Hearing this, Cao Xing also let out a sigh of relief,

Ten seconds of time was still acceptable.

However, this indirectly demonstrated this woman's terrifying nature!

As long as it was within the kingdom's borders, it actually only took a mere few seconds!

You must know, if Cao Xing were to cross the kingdom, even running frantically day and night would take at least a month's time.

Therefore, this woman probably had other means of movement.

Stepping on the back of that giant dragon, this dragon rider quickly flew into the distance.

After snapping out of it, Cao Xing quickly swept away the fright he had just received, turning instead to elation.

"Damn, I originally thought I was dead for sure!"

"Turns out unexpectedly, I managed to get such a powerful trump card!"

Moreover, this trump card was something he fought for himself!

Clearly, given that woman's personality, if Cao Xing hadn't spoken up proactively, the other party definitely wouldn't have given him such an important item.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing appeared extremely excited.

As for the others, they still had lingering fears.

Because all of them were equivalent to having walked through the gates of hell.

Sarah and Assam gazed at the direction the woman left, not knowing what they were thinking.

Cao Xing comforted them, "Alright, we're all fine."

"Let's go home now."

Hearing that latter sentence, the solemnity on everyone's faces gradually disappeared, replaced by gentle smiles.

Including the Cloud Yaks and Light Feather Chickens that had been scared completely motionless earlier due to the giant dragon's descent, they were also gradually becoming active now.

Elisa lay on Wolli's back, saying happily, "Yay! We can finally go home!"

"Captain Elisa will be able to drink lots and lots of milk soon. Lord promised me."

Cao Xing was somewhat speechless; this little girl remembered such things quite clearly.

Tong Chuchu, sitting in the mecha cockpit, said, "Sister Elisa, Chu Chu wants to drink milk too. Chu Chu wants to grow taller quickly…"

"Sure, Chu Chu, come with me."

Amidst the innocent discussions of the two little girls, the tension in everyone's hearts gradually dissipated.

"Let's go, time to head back!"

Then, they led the herd of cattle, a large number of Light Feather Chickens, and a Frost Moose, rushing toward their territory.

Advancing another hundred kilometers or so along the way,

Cao Xing and the others were about to return near their territory.

Then, he vaguely heard a loud crash coming from deep within the Borealis Mountain Range, followed immediately by a miserable scream.

Everyone's expressions shifted slightly.

However, regarding the matter of that mysterious Dragon Speaker, everyone maintained a tacit understanding and did not mention it again.

Half an hour later.

They had already seen that brightly lit and very warm-looking territory in the distance.

Elisa, lying on Wolli's back, asked in surprise, "Eh? How come I haven't been back for just a few days, and our territory seems to have undergone quite a big change again?"

"How come those territory walls turned white?"

"Wow! There are also lots of little goblins over there as ugly as Goblin Uncle!"

Hearing this, Locke the goblin beside them instantly turned dark in complexion.

Cao Xing smiled.

The reason the city walls turned white was naturally because Du An and the others had upgraded the Intermediate City Walls to Intermediate Frost City Walls.

Not only was the defense higher, but it also had a halo effect.

"Let's go, time to head back," Cao Xing said.

As the sky gradually darkened, the territory residents also returned from the wilderness one after another.

As Cao Xing approached, the territory gates automatically recognized his identity as lord.

At the same time, the sharp-eyed Da Zhuang spotted Cao Xing and the others at a glance and immediately said in pleasant surprise, "Oh! Lord has returned!"

"Hurry up and come out everyone, welcome the Lord!"

Hearing this, a large number of workers quickly walked out of their rooms, then stood respectfully to the side.

As for Cao Xing, he was riding the Frost Moose, passing through the crowd.

Every step this moose took left a cluster of white cold Qi in place, looking exceptionally magical.

At the same time, they also noticed the large group of blue-and-white Cloud Yaks following behind Cao Xing.

Then they saw nearly a hundred glowing Light Feather Chickens on Dabai's back, shining like lightbulbs.

Shocked expressions gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.

It seemed they couldn't understand how their lord had just gone out for a trip and brought back so many cattle and chickens!

Old Mel rushed over first, saying with a shocked expression, "Gods above! These are Cloud Yaks, and there are actually so many of them!"

"Lord, did you all capture these?"

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

Old Mel was even more shocked.

"Good heavens, the resources produced by a single Cloud Yak are already unimaginable!"

"There are actually so many heads here! Relying solely on the resources produced by these Cloud Yaks and Light Feather Chickens can support our territory in building a small city!"