Her delicate, jade-white hand patted her chest.
After her robe was torn open, the clothing underneath was revealed.
She wore a black, somewhat form-fitting inner garment that tightly wrapped around her slender figure.
Fortunately, she had dodged in time, and her slightly raised “little buns” remained unharmed.
Shu Yue’s eyes remained fixed on the Darkgold Dragon Beast.
She knew that if she looked away even for a moment, this creature would attack her with incredible speed.
She couldn’t continue using Dragon’s Majesty against the Darkgold Dragon Beast either.
While Dragon’s Majesty applied pressure on a spiritual level and was certainly effective, the consumption was also immense.
Unless her total Spirituality vastly overpowered the opponent’s, using it would drain her first.
She had used a lot of Spirituality dealing with the Rock Dragon Lizard earlier, and after using the Star Tempering Art, her Spirituality was left at less than one-fifth.
While this amount was completely sufficient for casting spells, it was just enough, not to the point where she could squander Spirituality recklessly.
Once Spirituality hit rock bottom, mental exhaustion would prevent her from channeling Magic Power.
She wouldn’t even be able to use Magic Power to enhance her body.
Forcing it further could even cause backlash, severely damaging the caster’s soul.
In about half a second, Shu Yue had already decided on a course of action.
She would keep Dragon’s Majesty as a trump card, reserve only enough Spirituality for Magic Power body enhancement, and rely on the physical strength of her Dragon Maiden form to deal with this Darkgold Dragon Beast.
Shu Yue herself wasn’t too confident.
With her current strength, although her power and speed were forcibly raised to the early Tier 2 level by her Silver Dragon Bloodline, her spellcasting ability was still Tier 1, and the damage she could inflict was limited.
It was less effective than directly using her physical strength.
From the very beginning, she hadn’t considered fleeing.
Shu Yue could sense that this Darkgold Dragon Beast would absolutely not give up easily.
Although she didn’t know how this creature had obtained Dragon Blood, from the moment it acquired it, devouring other Dragon Blood had become an instinct engraved in its genes.
This encounter in a narrow path was destined to be a fight to the death.
Shu Yue felt no extra timidity, nor any thought of escape.
It would be very difficult for her to flee under the Darkgold Dragon Beast’s pursuit, so there was only one path left: to kill it!
These thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.
Shu Yue’s hand reached for the pouch at her waist while her head tilted slightly to the side.
In that very moment, the Darkgold Dragon Beast’s body, which had been crouched low and ready to pounce, shot forward like an arrow from a bow.
It left a trail of black afterimages, crossing fifty meters in almost a single breath, pouncing towards Shu Yue who had just tilted her head.
Its claw-blades gleamed with a dark golden light.
Compared to the Darkgold Dragon Beast, Shu Yue’s figure was like a tiger versus a rabbit.
Who was the hunter and who was the prey was obvious at a glance.
If she were an ordinary human, facing such an attack, she wouldn’t even have time to react before becoming food in this fierce dragon beast’s maw.
She leaped up from her spot.
The speed of her jump surpassed the speed of the incoming claw strike.
The young Dragon Maiden’s body flipped upside down in mid-air.
The hand that had reached for her waist reappeared from under her robe, holding a standard-issue short sword.
Shu Yue held it in front of her chest.
The next moment, a sharp ding rang out as the short sword collided with the tail-blade, sparking a flash of orange-yellow fire.
Shu Yue used the force to fly backward through the air.
Naturally, the Darkgold Dragon Beast wouldn’t let it end there.
It immediately twisted its body to give chase, its mouth half-open as if it intended to swallow Shu Yue whole in one gulp.
Shu Yue threw the short sword in her hand with all her might.
It transformed into a silver-white arrow, shooting towards the Darkgold Dragon Beast’s eye.
The beast tilted its head to dodge the attack; the flying sword only grazed off some fur.
Seeing this, Shu Yue clicked her tongue in annoyance.
After landing again, she swiftly dodged behind a Gray Giant Pine.
She realized this dragon beast seemed to have dealt with humans before.
Whether it had survived encounters with humans or killed hunters who came after it, it was adept at countering human attack methods.
“Didn’t expect it to be a dragon beast well-versed in human nature.”
She silently complained to herself, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
She continuously used the Gray Giant Pines to evade attacks.
The young Dragon Maiden’s figure was ultimately more agile.
The Darkgold Dragon Beast was larger.
Although it was a leopard-shaped magic beast, moving through this forest was clearly not as convenient for its size as it was for Shu Yue’s.
Of course, Shu Yue didn’t plan to keep dodging forever.
After dodging another attack, she had basically figured out the Darkgold Dragon Beast’s fundamental attack patterns.
The Darkgold Dragon Beast’s attack methods were nothing more than claws and tail-blade.
The claws weren’t too hard to dodge; Shu Yue’s burst speed was sufficient.
The difficult part to defend against was that tail-blade hidden behind its massive frame.
Every attack came from a tricky angle, and each one was lethal.
Shu Yue retrieved the thrown short sword and turned to face the incoming claw strike.
She leaped up again, but this time not to dodge.
Instead, she delivered a high kick towards the dragon beast’s paw.
The paw, almost as large as Shu Yue’s entire body, met the girl’s petite jade foot.
The result was that both were knocked back by the impact, neither gaining the upper hand.
However, the dragon beast ultimately had paw pads for cushioning, while Shu Yue’s foot felt a bit numb, and a dull, grating pain throbbed deep in her pelvis.
The pain was bearable, something she could even ignore outright at a time like this.
Shu Yue acted as if she hadn’t noticed the discomfort in her right leg.
Using the recoil, she landed quickly, lowered her stance, and thrust forward with the short sword.
The area in front of the Darkgold Dragon Beast was a blind spot for the tail-blade.
The tail-blade’s essence was a supplement to frontal attacks.
If the frontal attack wasn’t completed, it was difficult to deploy the pursuing tail-blade.
At this moment, the Darkgold Dragon Beast was in such a state.
Its movement hindered, unable to complete a full claw strike, the tail-blade couldn’t sweep forward.
It could only flick behind it, tracing an arc in the air.
Shu Yue channeled the Magic Power within her body, erupting with a lunge speed faster than usual, driving the short sword in her hand towards the dragon beast’s neck.
However, the Darkgold Dragon Beast actually puffed out its chest, forcibly taking the hit with its pectoral region to avoid damage to its most vulnerable neck.
For the Darkgold Dragon Beast, the lower part of its neck, aside from fur and fat, had almost no muscle or bone—an unquestionable weak point.
Attacking there would inflict a fatal wound.
In contrast, while the chest contained the important organ of the heart, it also had thicker fur, substantial pectoral muscles, and hard ribs protecting the internal organs.
Shu Yue’s short sword could only barely pierce to the rib, unable to advance a fraction further.
This wasn’t the limit of Shu Yue’s strength, but the physical limitation of the short sword.
Simply put, it was too short, not even enough to pierce through the fur and pectoral muscle.
That it managed to embed itself in the rib was only due to Shu Yue’s powerful grip.
With one strike unsuccessful, Shu Yue could only sigh inwardly, lamenting her lack of attack methods.
It couldn’t be helped.
Tier 1 combat power had these limitations.
If she could reach a higher tier, the fight would be easier.
At the very least, her means of harming the Darkgold Dragon Beast wouldn’t be limited to the physical level anymore.
Just then, a paw swiped towards her.
Shu Yue had no time to dodge.
She could only release her grip on the short sword’s hilt and block the paw.
As the heavy force landed on the girl’s body, she was sent flying.
While airborne, Shu Yue sucked in a sharp breath through her teeth.
It hurt…
If she had to describe it, it felt like being hit by a large truck.
Shu Yue had never been hit by a large truck in her past life, but she was sure this feeling was accurate.
If not for the Dragon Maiden’s sturdy physique, that single blow would have shattered her entire frame.
Thud!
She crashed into a tree, a dull sensation spreading across her back.
Falling to the ground from a height of five or six meters, Shu Yue couldn’t catch her breath for a moment.
The Darkgold Dragon Beast’s Tier 2 was a Tier 2 of pure strength.
Although its attack methods weren’t as varied as a human’s Tier 2 combat power, its strength was truly immense.
That one slap had left Shu Yue feeling disoriented and seeing stars.
If she had been caught by the claws, she’d probably be in pieces, scattered east and west.
“Hah…”
Taking a fresh breath into her lungs, her blood circulation resumed.
The brief dizziness in her head disappeared, and she turned her gaze towards the Darkgold Dragon Beast.
The other party was clearly enraged.
Shu Yue gave a cold smile and muttered to herself, “Beasts really don’t understand the concept of怜香惜玉 (cherishing the fair and delicate), huh.”
She believed her appearance after transforming into a Dragon Maiden could be considered pretty and cute.
Unfortunately, her opponent was a pure-blooded beast, utterly unaffected by human concepts of beauty or ugliness.
Blood was slowly trickling from the Darkgold Dragon Beast’s chest.
It seemed unable to accept being injured, because in its perception, Shu Yue’s aura was clearly weaker than its own.
A weak female had actually harmed it.
Even without developed intelligence, it felt humiliated.
It opened its bloody maw wide, a low growl rumbling in its throat like rolling thunder, unsettling to the heart.
Shu Yue didn’t move, appearing as if she had lost the ability to resist.
But under her cloak, her hand reached into her small pouch again.
She had another important identity: an Alchemist.
Don’t think this profession was only tied to production; its combat power was not insignificant either.
She slightly tightened her grip on the bottle of Magic Potion.
Her slender, jade-white fingers were already pressed against the bottle cap, ready at any moment to inject Magic Power to break the bottle’s seal and let the Darkgold Dragon Beast have a proper taste of the Magic Potion’s flavor.
The Darkgold Dragon Beast remained very cautious.
However, the agitation of the Dragon Blood in its veins made it difficult to rationally probe Shu Yue.
The Dragon Blood mixed in its bloodstream kept urging it to quickly devour the human before it.
Eat her eat her eat her eat her eat her!
Greed flickered in its crimson eyes.
It was, after all, a magic beast without developed intelligence, unable to suppress its own desires.
It quickly ran towards Shu Yue’s location, opening its large mouth to bite her.
Three meters, just three meters away!
Yes, yes, that’s right!
Shu Yue cheered inwardly.
Next, she would use Dragon’s Majesty for 0.2 seconds, stunning the Darkgold Dragon Beast briefly.
Then she would throw the forcibly stabilized, defective Magic Potion into the dragon beast’s throat.
Once the bottle’s seal was broken and the stable state was actively disrupted, intense energy release would occur within 0.01 seconds.
At that moment, the dragon beast’s entire throat would instantly be subjected to an ultra-high temperature blast of up to 5,000 degrees Celsius, enough to turn even Magic Power-enhanced flesh and blood into charcoal in a very short time.
She was already prepared to withstand the explosion’s impact.
But at that moment, a voice interrupted her carefully planned script, and something slammed into the Darkgold Dragon Beast, whose mind was controlled by the Dragon Blood, forcibly halting its advance.
“Little sister, this time it’s my turn to save you!”
Emily, having done her good deed, smiled at Shu Yue.
“…”
Wait, sister?
Shu Yue was utterly speechless.