Chapter 32: Fighting the Giant Dragon

In an instant, the group split into three, each led by one person who rushed into the battlefield. Seeing the magical beasts everywhere ahead, Rod frowned and roared angrily, leading his team forward. His expression was grave—the situation was extremely dangerous. From the outbreak of the beast horde to the appearance of the demons today, this could be considered the most perilous day yet. Everyone knew this was just the beginning; from this moment on, the battle truly entered its critical phase. The most crucial and dangerous moment had finally arrived!

With Rod and his team joining forces, although they couldn’t immediately relieve the pressure on the defenders, their arrival greatly boosted everyone’s morale. Their formidable strength also had a significant impact. Thanks to their intense training over time, their tactics had reached a high level. Their sophisticated tactical systems allowed them to maximize their power, rendering ordinary magical beasts utterly insignificant. Even those sacred-grade beasts were forced to retreat under their combined assault. In little time, eight out of ten magical beasts fell to their hands, and the sacred-grade beast before them was on the verge of collapse at any moment.

A long dragon roar echoed, causing everyone’s hearts to sink. The dragons, who had disappeared for days, had returned. The attention of several god-tier warriors was focused on the demons, vampires, and werewolves, leaving them no time to deal with the dragons. Their reappearance was undoubtedly a disaster.

“Damn it! Let’s go deal with that guy!” Rod snapped, frowning deeply.

Two giant dragons appeared in front of their central wall. Today, these armies of magical beasts seemed to have changed their tactics—instead of targeting the western wall, they focused their attacks on the central wall, which appeared to be their main entry point. This was largely because of the appearance of the demons, who had chosen this area.

As soon as the two dragons appeared, they unleashed their immense power. Fire and wind magic raged unchecked, combined with their powerful physical attacks, causing the walls to shake violently, as if on the verge of collapsing.

A few holy-level powerhouses and quasi-divine-level powerhouses had taken time to head toward the two dragons, but given their limited strength, just one round of confrontation left two holy-level powerhouses injured—gaining no advantage at all.
“Nightingale, I leave this to you. Lead them to resist the magical beasts, and if possible, help deal with the demons too. I’ll go help deal with the dragons over there!” Seeing the critical situation over there, Rod frowned deeply and shouted at Nightingale. The team’s tactics had already been coordinated, and Nightingale was fully capable of commanding and leading them, so Rod wasn’t worried about that at all! Yet the dragons’ rampage was truly terrifying, and many people rushed in recklessly, even though they knew their involvement might not make any difference.
Since they were here, none of them were afraid of death—Rod included. He just hoped he could do his part.
“You…” Nightingale called out anxiously as Rod dashed off. The strength of dragons was self-evident, and their previous actions had been terrifying. Naturally, she was worried when Rod rushed in—after all, he was just a beginner imperial-level fighter. Facing a dragon was nothing but seeking death. He wouldn’t stand a chance against it. Perhaps he could use his signature skills, the Shadow Sword and Autumn Wind Sword, to have some effect, but such tactics were clearly unsuitable in this situation. Thus, his fate seemed doomed to be grim!
“Damn you, bastard! Come on, let’s go over there!” But by then, Rod had already rushed at the dragons, and shouting was useless. With a firm stamp of her foot and a fierce curse, Nightingale had no choice but to follow Rod’s orders and lead the team toward the direction of the demons.
By now, the city walls were in complete chaos. Not only their central area but also the western and eastern defense points, which had been set aside today, were in grave danger. With the appearance of dragons and the rampages of vampires and werewolves, the situation there was equally critical.
It seemed as though the city walls could be breached or collapse at any moment, and the tension was palpable.

The troops from entire Tielan Town and the reinforcements had all gathered on this side of the city walls by now. Nearly a hundred thousand soldiers on the walls were fighting fiercely on the front line, with people falling constantly. Cries of pain, shouts of battle, curses, the howls of demons, the roars of dragons, the growls of magical beasts, and the laughter of vampires and werewolves all mixed together. Blood flowed like rivers, cascading down the stairs and reflecting a faint dark red glow under the moonlight. The stench of blood was overwhelming! All over the walls, there were severed limbs, wounded and dead bodies lying in disarray. It was truly a desolate hell.

Those below the walls were not idle either. Under Moro’s command, soldiers from the Black Army and reinforcements from Area C kept sending supplies to the defenders on the walls. It was precisely because of this that the number of fighters on the walls could be maintained, allowing them to hold on. Otherwise, they would likely have collapsed long ago.

At this critical moment, everyone once again united as one. Faced with danger, they finally stood together to fight against their enemies, advancing and retreating together, fearless of life or death.

“Roar…” After a fierce roar, a blast of dragon breath rushed towards Rod and his companions, carrying an earth-shattering force. Under this pressure, it was hard to breathe, as if a heavy weight was pressing down on one’s body, making it impossible to stand steadily. The feet felt as heavy as lead, unable to move.

Pfft… A few weaker fighters spat out blood and collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath. Their faces were pale, with sweat streaming down their foreheads like rain.

Fear was inevitable. A hint of fear flashed in their eyes! They witnessed once again the power of dragons. Especially for Rod, although it wasn’t the first time dragons had appeared, it was his first time encountering one up close. Not only could he hardly get close to it, but its dragon breath alone was so powerful. Looking at the craters in the city walls, ravaged by magic, he couldn’t help but feel terrified. What would happen if such magic hit a person? They would probably be reduced to ashes—chances of survival would be minimal.

As for his physical defense, although he hadn’t attacked directly, some of the people around him had. Who were these people? None of them were not saints at the highest level; at the very least, they were imperial-grade warriors. Their attack power was hardly inferior to his own—in fact, most of them were stronger! But even if they exerted all their strength to get one last chance to attack the dragon, it would either ignore them outright or have their attacks bounce off its scales with a sharp clang, sending sparks flying but only causing minor damage, perhaps just cracking a few scales.

Even those with greater attack power could only manage to pierce through the scales and injure the dragon’s body, but such attacks were rare. Even if they managed to hurt the dragon, it would only be a minor injury—its scales greatly reduced the impact of their attacks. The dragon’s physical defense was also formidable. So, in the end, although the dragon might appear battered, its strength remained intact, and it continued to wreak havoc. As for the attackers, many were killed or injured and in a dire situation—there was nothing they could do.

After the dragon’s breath attack, everyone was gasping for breath. Watching the dragon charge again, they groaned in despair, but they had no choice but to push themselves forward once more to surround and attack it, preventing it from entering the city, whose consequences would be unimaginable.

“Kid, hurt its reverse scales! Though these beasts are low-level, they still have reverse scales. Harming them is the most direct method!” Just as Rod was at a loss, the Xuanyuan Sword Spirit, which hadn’t appeared in ages, called out from within his body to remind him.

Reverse scales—the greatest weakness of dragons. At the base of a dragon’s neck lies a palm-sized scale in a crescent shape, commonly known as the reverse scale. Blood flows from the dragon’s main blood vessels in its heart to this white scale before spreading to various branches. Once a dragon’s reverse scales are touched, it instantly unleashes immense dragon power, like an erupting volcano. Normally, no one dares to touch this area, as it’s fatal. This isn’t just an empty threat—once a dragon erupts, the consequences are unimaginable; it will fight to the death in retaliation! Thus, it’s also one of the taboos. Yet, this taboo is also the dragon’s greatest flaw. Once its reverse scales are damaged, the dragon is doomed to die—there’s no chance of survival if its reverse scales are broken!

The situation ahead was perilous and irreversible. Since they had already angered the dragon, they no longer cared about these precautions. Although the reverse scales were dangerous, it was worth a gamble. They were both the greatest threat and the dragon’s most vulnerable point—truly a double-edged sword. Once broken, death was inevitable.

“Go for it! Break its fatal scale!” Faced with the critical situation, Rod couldn’t care less at this moment, nor about the dragon’s fierce retaliation that might follow. With a loud roar, he shouted at those around him, then mustered his strength and charged at the dragon first.
His target was the fire dragon—the one with the strongest attacking power—so it had to be dealt with first.
Already, one could faintly see a scale under the fire dragon’s neck that appeared differently in color, slightly white, standing out sharply from the rest of its dark red scales. It was undoubtedly a fatal scale.
Staring at that fatal scale, Rod let out a long howl, pushing his speed to its limit, dodging the incoming magic spells as he kept charging at the dragon.