Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Chapter 557: Chapter 290: Powerful Trump Cards, Unexpected Revelations [Subscribe]

The appearance of the Earth Armored Dragon was an anticipated event.

However, when Zhou Mingde and the other two actually faced the attacks of the Earth Armored Dragon and the Green-Faced Zombie at the same time, they still felt immense pressure.

Dealing with the Earth Armored Dragon was manageable, although it was a third-order middle-class Demon Beast. Its attack methods were not particularly strong among its peers, so it was not a significant threat to the three of them.

But the Green-Faced Zombie was a different story.

This Zombie moved incredibly fast, not inferior to the Fire Divine Jackal, another third-order middle-class Demon Beast. In the main tomb chamber, where space was relatively limited, its speed advantage was maximized to the extreme.

Additionally, its defensive capabilities were extremely strong. Not only was the robe it wore resistant to common Magic Artifacts, but its physical constitution was even stronger than that of the Fire Divine Jackal.

If it had any weakness, it would be its limited attack methods.

Born from a special object like the Profound Yin Jade Coffin, the Zombie had very few ways to attack, limited to close-range lunging, spitting poisonous miasma, and shooting corpse flames.

But neither the poisonous miasma nor the corpse flames posed much of a threat to Zhou Mingde and his companions.

The real threat was its lunging attack.

Leveraging its strong physique, the lunging attack was as powerful as a third-order top-class Demon Beast. The corpse energy swirling around its claws had a pervasive penetrating power and was also accompanied by corpse poison.

The Fire Divine Jackal, despite its strong physique as a third-order middle-class Demon Beast, was quickly overwhelmed in a direct confrontation, even sustaining multiple injuries.

Luckily, the Fire Divine Jackal’s own potent Demon Fire had a very strong purifying effect on the corpse poison; otherwise, it might have been poisoned to the point of cardiac arrest after just a few scratches.

Overall, the Green-Faced Zombie’s strength fell somewhat short of a late-stage Purple Mansion Cultivator, so it could be regarded as a strong third-order middle-class Demon Beast.

It was for this reason that after exchanging a few moves with the Green-Faced Zombie and the Earth Armored Dragon, Zhou Mingde and the other two decided to keep fighting.

“Fellow Taoists, it seems difficult to kill this Zombie quickly. We should try to concentrate our efforts to slay the Earth Armored Dragon first!”

After several exchanges, seeing that their attacks had little effect on the Green-Faced Zombie, Zhou Mingde decisively sent a message to Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang to share his view.

Upon hearing him, Shen Borong quickly nodded and responded, “Alright, Taoist Friend Zhou, you hold off the Zombie while Miss Ruan and I deal with the Earth Armored Dragon!”

Zhou Mingde frowned slightly at this.

He had intended for Shen Borong to keep the Green-Faced Zombie busy while he and Ruan Hongzhuang went after the Earth Armored Dragon.

Unexpectedly, Shen Borong took the initiative and pushed the more challenging task onto him.

He found himself in a position where, despite being aggrieved, he could not voice his frustration.

Given the situation at hand, Zhou Mingde hesitated only for a moment before agreeing, for the sake of the bigger picture, albeit reluctantly.

“I’ll do my best!”

With that, he began forcefully channeling his Magic Artifact to aid the Fire Divine Jackal against the Green-Faced Zombie.

With Zhou Mingde fully occupied containing the Zombie, the pressure on Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang was immensely reduced.

No longer needing to worry about the threat from the Green-Faced Zombie, they rallied their spirits and surrounded the Earth Armored Dragon.

Familiar with the Earth Armored Dragon, the two coordinated their efforts and soon had it wailing, unable to fight back.

Yet the main tomb chamber was still underground, and it seemed the Earth Armored Dragon possessed some kind of token left by the Tomb Master, allowing it to freely enter and exit the burial grounds.

After being relentlessly beaten by Shen Borong and unable to retaliate, the Earth Armored Dragon resorted to its Earth Escape Technique to play a cat-and-mouse game with the two of them. It intermittently burrowed into the stone walls and soil, only to suddenly emerge to attack them — or even Zhou Mingde.

This thwarted the trio’s plan to kill the Earth Armored Dragon first.

“Alas! Let’s retreat for now. It seems we won’t succeed in one move today!”

With a deep sigh, Zhou Mingde reluctantly voiced his intention to withdraw.

He was always a pragmatic person, not the type to foolishly pursue what he knew to be unachievable.

Although the treasure was within reach and it would be a pity to give up, he did not want to risk his life for it.

But just as he expressed the intention to retreat, Shen Borong suddenly asked, “Taoist Friend Zhou, if I can find a way to slay the Earth Armored Dragon, may I have the right to first pick when we distribute the loot afterward?”

Hmm?

Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang both turned their gazes to Shen Borong, surprised by his suggestion.

Facing their stares, Shen Borong calmly explained, “There’s no need to look at me like that. If I am to slay the Earth Armored Dragon, I will have to use a precious trump card. Therefore, having the first choice of the treasure is not unreasonable!”

His words made sense since using up a valuable trump card indeed deserved some compensation.

However, considering this involved the belongings of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and without knowing the exact nature of the treasures involved, Shen Borong’s request was somewhat hard to accept.

“First pick is fine, but that does not include any Dharma Treasure!”

After pondering for a good while, Zhou Mingde made a conditional response.

Undoubtedly, the most important relic of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator would be the Dharma Treasure he used in life.