Chapter 173-The Evil Capitalist Dragon

【Name: Skeletal Dragon】

【Race: Undead】

【Level: 50】

【Description: Once an evil red dragon soaring through the skies, it wielded its 
immense power to act as it pleased in the world. But fate swept it into a world-shaking Divine War, and in the end, it met a tragic end beneath a sky-blotting rain of arrows from the elves. Its enormous corpse was dragged by other dragons into the mysterious Coiling Dragon Mountains and buried deep underground. Over countless ages, its remains were gradually corroded by the evil power of undeath, until it finally transformed into the gravekeeper of the Dragon Tomb. Its wrath and resentment linger in its eye sockets, and any who dare trespass into this forbidden land will face its boundless fury.】

【Note: "Such a high-quality red dragon corpse—what a waste to just bury it like that! Why not turn it into a bone dragon? That way, even after death, it can guard the place for everyone. What? You say treating your own kind like this is too cruel? Come on, it doesn't even mind, so why do you get a say?" -- So spoke an old red dragon known as the "Evil Capitalist."】

In the depths of the profound darkness, the Skeletal Dragon lurked in silence, like a slumbering mountain of death.

Dense black mist surged and rolled within its hollow frame, as if it wore a cloak of the Grim Reaper.

From its massive eye sockets, ghostly blue flames flickered gently, casting a cold and eerie glow.

Bai Yue Zero broke out in a cold sweat from fright and quickly told Jelly to turn off its glow function.

Why did we just walk straight into the dragon tomb's BOSS room?

Shouldn't there have been a series of intense battles, finding loads of anti-undead items throughout the tomb, before finally challenging this bone dragon BOSS?

The three behind her realized something was off when Bai Yue Zero turned off the light, and whispered, "What's wrong?"

Bai Yue Zero whispered back, "Good news: we've arrived at the Dragon Tomb."

"And the bad news?"

"Right below us is the BOSS room. The BOSS is a level 50 Skeletal Dragon."

"Level 50?" Everyone was a bit stunned.

Bai Yue Zero thought everyone would be scared, but unexpectedly, Lie Lie looked at her eagerly. "Level 50, isn't that a Hero-class BOSS? Xiao Bai, just beat it like you did the Slime Queen last time!"

Zijing Yue added, "Yeah, Xiao Bai has lots of experience defeating high-level BOSSes. Since you succeeded last time, you should be able to do it again, right?"

"Uh... about that..." Bai Yue Zero scratched her head awkwardly.

The Slime Queen was level 50 too, but that time she only won by taking advantage of the corrupted Slime Queen's clone.

If not for the clone, she probably would've been turned into dozens of defeat CGs by now, utterly fallen and made into the Slime King's consort.

"Just because I did it once doesn't mean I can do it again," Bai Yue Zero said seriously.

"What's the difference?"

"There are a lot of differences. The BOSS type, battle environment, teamwork... Of course, the biggest difference is the BOSS's strength." Bai Yue Zero replied earnestly, "Compared to the bone dragon, the Slime Queen was much weaker, I could handle her with ease... Eh?!"

Suddenly, Bai Yue Zero's delicate body shuddered as if struck by lightning, her snowy white toes tensing tightly, trembling like a little fish, and she collapsed weakly onto the ground.

Lie Lie, crouching behind Bai Yue Zero, blew out a little flame and blinked in confusion. For a moment there, she thought she saw something outrageous on the latex suit.

At the back of the group, Zijing Yue couldn't see what happened, so she summed up, "So basically, Xiao Bai isn't fully confident either... Then what about Miss Weiji?"

Weiji was a level 40 Mental Mage, not yet at her second job change, but still the strongest among them.

Weiji shook her head. "My class is Mental Mage, but undead who act purely on instinct are barely affected by my mental magic. At most I can control it for a bit, but I can't really hurt it."

"That makes things tough..."

Everyone racked their brains, but just couldn't think of a solution.

At this point, Bai Yue Zero finally recovered from her excitement, panting a bit as she spoke, "Actually, we don't need to make things so complicated. Our goal is only the dragon blood."

Lie Lie asked, puzzled, "But where's the dragon blood?"

"The bone dragon still has dragon blood, but there's also another drop hidden at the end of the lumbar vertebrae in one of the red dragon skeletons in the tomb." Bai Yue Zero looked down and whispered, "We just need to find that red dragon skeleton."

Lie Lie nodded, half understanding, thinking: Xiao Bai's never been to the Dragon Tomb before, so how does she know all this so well?

The last person who knew this much was "Pure White" from the group chat.

Just then, Zijing Yue asked, "How do we get down there?"

Bai Yue Zero replied, "It's simple. Let the slime wrap around you all and jump down. During this, Weiji will use mental magic to shield us from the bone dragon's senses, then you all just walk slowly on the slime and try not to make any sound."

The group thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright, let's do it."

Jelly left a little split body on Bai Yue Zero as clothing, then suddenly expanded and wrapped up everyone inside.

Next, it slowly squirmed towards the cave opening, dropping toward the tomb chamber, and with the faintest "pat" sound, landed gently on the ground.

Weiji focused on the bone dragon, a faint purple glow in her eyes, using her mental magic to block the dragon's perception of them.

The tomb was so dark you couldn't see your hand before your face, filled with a heavy aura of death, and utterly silent.

The slime skin on Bai Yue Zero's palm gave off a faint glow in the dark, like a weak flashlight shining around.

Though it was a dragon tomb, there were bones of many other races here: humans, dwarves, beasts... but none were as massive as the dragons, so it was easy to tell the dragon skeletons apart.

Bai Yue Zero pointed to the nearest dragon skeleton, and everyone slowly made their way over.

Pat, pat.

The girls' shoes pressed into the slime, making the tiniest sounds. They held hands, feeling each other's warm grip as they advanced carefully through the silent, pitch-black tomb, fearful of stepping on any bones.

Bai Yue Zero reached a dragon skeleton and used Identify on it, clicking her tongue inwardly.

Tsk, that's a green dragon skeleton.

She moved on to the next.

Damn, a white dragon.

A black dragon.

A blue dragon.

Moving around the bone dragon in an arc, after nearly a quarter turn, they finally reached the real target--

It was a dragon skeleton with all four limbs smashed, sprawled on the ground like a serpent's bones. If Bai Yue Zero weren't so experienced, she wouldn't have recognized it as the red dragon they sought.

Bai Yue Zero raised her staff and gently tapped the tailbone. With a soft "crack," a bone half as tall as a person came loose and she took it down.

She handed the bone to Lie Lie. Lie Lie looked down and saw, nestled in a crevice, a clump of crimson blood, glowing like a flame under the dim light.

Staring at the dragon blood, desire flared in Lie Lie's eyes. Taking a deep breath, she hugged the huge bone and gulped down the dragon blood in one go!

Seeing this, Bai Yue Zero's eyes widened in shock.

You dumb dragon, I didn't mean for you to drink it now!