I Picked Up Talents in the Interstellar Battlefield

chapter 416 - Slaying the Dragon the Future of Humanity


Deep within the continuous mountain range, a massive canyon, like a crack, split the earth, its rock walls as steep as if carved by a knife.The bottom of the canyon was permeated with a faint scent of sulfur, mixed with the unique fishy smell of dragons, drifting with the wind and exuding a heart-pounding sense of oppression—this was one of the largest dragon lairs in the region.The rock walls were covered with caves of varying sizes; some large enough to accommodate several giant dragons side-by-side, others small enough for a Sub-dragon Species to curl up inside.Occasionally, huge black shadows could be seen poking out of the caves, which were giant dragons grooming their scales.Some giant dragons spread their sky-obscuring wings, circling and patrolling the canyon, their golden vertical pupils vigilantly scanning for movement below; on the ground, dozens of Sub-dragon Species lay or crouched, some with grey-green scales, gnawing on the bones of unknown giant beasts; others had sharp, distinctive horns, their tails casually swishing, kicking up dust from the ground, and would raise their heads to bare their fangs at the slightest disturbance.Just then, a figure slowly emerged from the bushes at the canyon's entrance.Kalot wore a verdant green cloak, its patterns perfectly blending with the surrounding vegetation, even the veins of the leaves clearly visible, as if he were part of the jungle itself.He suppressed all his aura, his footsteps as light as falling leaves, each step precisely placed on dry leaves or in rock crevices, making no sound at all—this "Shadow-Stealth Cloak" was custom-made for him by Daoist Master Duobao of the Mythology Society; it could not only conceal his form but also block psionic fluctuations, making it difficult even for high-tier dragons to detect his presence.He half-crouched behind a large rock, the verdant cloak completely enveloping him, revealing only a pair of sharp eyes, vigilantly observing the layout of the dragon lair.His gaze swept over the dragon caves on the rock wall, and he could clearly feel the powerful auras emanating from within—a seventh-tier giant dragon, and a dozen sixth-tier giant dragons and Sub-dragon Species, with countless low-tier Sub-dragon Species.Kalot frowned inwardly; after the Red Dragon King was killed by him, a new seventh-tier Dragon King had moved into this dragon lair, and the number of dragons had even increased significantly compared to before.But he did not flinch; to help the village solve its crisis, he had to destroy this dragon lair.A long saber suddenly appeared in his hand, its blade glowing with a faint silver light—it was the second spirit artifact he had asked Daoist Master Duobao to forge, the Dragon-Slaying Blade.His hand gripping the saber was as steady as a rock; he took a deep breath and, using the cloak's concealment, stealthily moved deeper into the canyon like a ghost.The Sub-dragon Species along the way did not notice the approaching danger at all; some were still lazily basking in the sun, while others were playfully tearing at each other.Kalot skillfully avoided their gaze, using the protrusions of the rock wall and the cover of the bushes to continuously approach the core area of the dragon lair—where the strongest seventh-tier black dragon resided in its cave.Suddenly, a massive Iron-Armored Dragon emerged from a cave; its body was covered in thick black scales, like a layer of iron armor, and it had three sharp, distinctive horns on its head, each step making the ground tremble slightly.It seemed to sense something, stopped, raised its head, and sniffed in the direction where Kalot was hiding, a trace of confusion flashing in its golden vertical pupils.Kalot's heart instantly leaped into his throat; he held his breath, completely suppressing his psionic energy, even deliberately slowing his heartbeat.The cloak's concealment effect was maximized at this moment; the Iron-Armored Dragon sniffed for a long time, found no abnormalities, and finally impatiently flicked its tail, turning to walk out of the canyon—it was going hunting.It wasn't until the Iron-Armored Dragon's figure disappeared at the canyon entrance that Kalot slowly exhaled, the sweat on his forehead dried by the wind.He dared not delay and continued to sneak towards the core area, his steps even more cautious than before.Soon, the largest dragon cave appeared before his eyes; the entrance was filled with dense black mist, and a huge black shadow could vaguely be seen lying inside—it was the seventh-tier black dragon.Its breathing was heavy and long, each inhale causing fluctuations in the surrounding air, and its black scales gleamed with a cold luster in the dim light.Kalot lay in wait behind a rock a hundred meters away, his psionic energy already spread out like a spiderweb, imprinting the black dragon's breathing frequency and the weak points in its scale gaps into his mind.The black dragon's chest rose and fell with a mountain-collapsing weight during its sleep, each exhalation stirring up rock debris, but in Kalot's eyes, the weaknesses of this behemoth were nowhere to hide—the junction between the third and fourth scales below its neck was /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ its inverted scale, its weak point."Now!"A sharp glint suddenly erupted in his eyes, and his figure beneath the verdant cloak instantly transformed into a silver streak; psionic energy exploded beneath his feet, launching him into the air with the recoil, the entire person like a soaring falcon, directly pouncing into the depths of the dragon cave.The psionic long saber in his hand hummed and vibrated, silver-white psionic energy flowing along the blade, finally converging into a sharp point at the tip, and the air even resounded with the howl of psionic energy tearing through the atmosphere."Roar—!"The black dragon suddenly opened its eyes, its golden vertical pupils instantly filled with ferocity; the rage of its interrupted sleep intertwined with the warning of mortal danger, causing it to instinctively unleash the pressure of a seventh-tier giant dragon.The powerful dragon's might crushed down towards Kalot like a tsunami; shattered rocks on the rock wall clattered down, and even space seemed to be twisted by this force.But Kalot not only did not retreat, his surrounding psionic energy surged instead, the silver light condensing into a translucent shield, forcefully withstanding the dragon's might, while he inwardly roared: "【Dragon-Slaying Armor-Breaker】!"Before he finished speaking, he flicked his wrist, and the psionic long saber drew a perfect arc, the sharp point of the blade suddenly tripling in intensity, like a lightning bolt cleaving through darkness, precisely stabbing into the scale gap on the black dragon's neck!"Clang—Screech!"First, there was the crisp sound of metal colliding; the black dragon's proudest scales were pierced like thin paper by the psionic sharp point, followed by the harsh sound of flesh tearing.The psionic long saber plunged into the black dragon's neck without hindrance, and silver-white psionic energy exploded at the wound, instantly destroying its cervical spine and blood vessels.The black dragon didn't even have time to let out a complete scream before its massive head, with unwilling inertia, toppled forward, smashing onto the rocky ground with a "bang," kicking up a cloud of dust.Black dragon blood gushed from the severed neck like a fountain, splashing with scorching heat, but it was intercepted mid-air by a red light—Kalot's blood spirit pearl at his waist suddenly flew out, hovering above the severed neck, and the pearl body opened an invisible vortex, sucking in hundreds of pounds of high-tier dragon blood.In the black dragon's golden pupils, there still remained the terror and disbelief from before its death—it had never imagined that it would be so easily pierced by a human with a long saber, nor had it imagined that it would end up decapitated.Kalot raised his hand to recall the blood spirit pearl, then took out a spatial jade pendant and aimed it at the dragon corpse and dragon head; as psionic energy was injected, two faint blue halos flashed, and the massive dragon body and head were absorbed into the jade pendant, leaving only the still-wet bloodstains on the ground."Roar! Roar! Roar!"The black dragon's death aura ignited like dynamite, instantly detonating the entire dragon lair.From the dragon caves on the rock wall, giant dragons poked out their heads, and upon seeing the dragon head and bloodstains on the ground, they immediately let out deafening roars, their golden, red, and cyan dragon eyes filled with fury.The Sub-dragon Species on the ground became even more frantic, rushing towards Kalot.Kalot's figure leaped, psionic energy condensing at his feet, and he floated steadily in mid-air.The next moment, two hundred Explosion iron spheres suddenly appeared, suspended before him under psionic control, like a black cloud."Go!" He let out a low roar, sweeping his arm, and the two hundred iron spheres, like a sky full of black flowers, scattered and flew to various parts of the canyon—some landed precisely at the entrances of dragon caves, some smashed into clustered groups of Sub-dragon Species, and others rolled into the flammable dry branches piled at the bottom of the canyon."Roar!"A sixth-tier red dragon was the first to break through the chaos, its wings carrying flames as it rushed closer, its dragon claws, wrapped in scorching heat, clawing at Kalot. Kalot's eyes narrowed, his fingertips moved slightly with psionic energy, and an invisible detonation signal instantly spread to all the Explosion iron spheres."Boom—!!!"An earth-shattering Explosion suddenly erupted, as two hundred Explosion iron spheres detonated simultaneously.The terrifying shockwave, like an invisible giant fist, instantly overturned the canyon; flames shot into the sky, dyeing half the sky red; rock fragments, dragon scales, and flesh splattered at high temperatures; the dragons' screams were drowned out by the deafening roar; even the earth trembled violently, as if about to collapse.Kalot severed the head of the sixth-tier giant dragon with one strike, while simultaneously raising a thick psionic shield around himself to ward off the flying debris and heat wave.After a long while, the Explosion subsided, and he looked down.He saw that the once steep canyon was now almost leveled, the ground covered with deep pits several meters deep; charred dragon corpses and Sub-dragon Species bodies lay scattered haphazardly, and black dragon blood evaporated in the flames, turning into pungent smoke.As the Explosion gradually subsided, only sporadic groans remained in the canyon.Kalot scanned the battlefield and found that only three dying sixth-tier giant dragons were still struggling; all other dragons had perished.He marveled inwardly—two hundred Explosion iron spheres possessed such destructive power, far exceeding his expectations by several times.Just then, a thought flashed through his mind like lightning.On this planet, humanity had been oppressed by giant dragons for a thousand years, forced to survive like ants in the cracks, with the slightest mistake leading to the destruction of a village.And now, he had awakened psionic energy, his strength even greater than that of the Dragon Blood War God, and he had the help and support of the Mythology Society behind him."Perhaps—I can lead humanity to rise."Kalot clenched his fist, an unprecedented light flashing in his eyes.He was no longer the disheartened youth who hid in his wooden hut because he couldn't awaken dragon blood, nor was he a lone cultivator—he wanted to break these thousand-year shackles, to free humanity from the fate of "ants," and truly carve out a future for humanity on this planet ruled by giant dragons.

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