Sword Spine Armor Dragon

Netherpassage Magical Beast, looks similar to an Earth Dragon.
== Incredible defense ==
“You can’t beat it. It’s the Sword Spine Armor Dragon. Amongst the middle-class dragon races, it stands at the top. Although its bloodline isn’t pure, and it doesn’t have any powerful divine abilities, its physical strength and defensive power are excellent in its class. Fellows like this were just snacks to me before, but now I don’t think we can win. Its skin is too tough. Even before, I would have to skin it before eating it. We should just leave. It’s not that fast, so as long as you want to leave, it won’t be able to stop you,” said Evilmoon.
Even Evilmoon had no choice but to admit that they couldn’t do anything to it. It might not pose a fatal threat, but its immense defensive power and physical strength meant that they also didn’t pose a fatal threat to it either.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon continuously attacked Long Chen, but Long Chen had filled the surroundings with lightning runes and was blinking across them, dodging its attacks.
In front of its giant body, Long Chen was like a tiny ant. However, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s attacks were all very accurate, surprising Long Chen.
“If you were just an ordinary Soul Transformation expert, it probably wouldn’t even see you. Since its vision is only a bit better than a blind person’s, it uses its nose to sense things. The reason it’s attacking you isn’t because of the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art, but because it smells the true dragon essence blood flowing in your veins. That true dragon essence blood might only be from a green dragon, but it is incomparably pure. Amongst the millions of dragon races, only the true dragon is able to shake off the restrictions of any laws and live forever. Other dragons would drool at true dragon essence blood. Even I want to devour your essence blood. Although devouring it has no use to me, it’s practically an instinct,” said Evilmoon.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon was very strong, but it had its own clear weaknesses. Evilmoon refused to believe that Long Chen wouldn’t be able to recognize those weaknesses with his combat experience. As long as he didn’t fight directly, he wouldn’t be in danger.
== Bone spurs ==
It was similar to the Earth Dragon in that it had two giant wings. Long Chen had narrowly avoided being struck by its wings several times. The greatest difference between them though was that the Sword Spine Armor Dragon had twenty sharp bone spurs growing out of its back. Each of them was thousands of meters long.
Those twenty bone spurs were where its energy was condensed, similar to a human’s Dantian. They were incredibly tough, and even divine items couldn’t easily damage them.
== Combat ==
This was an existence that could match Netherpassage experts. Fortunately, its huge body made it a bit clumsy, and its attack speed wasn’t that great. Otherwise, Long Chen would have been forced to run for his life.
With all its attacks missing, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s eyes turned scarlet, and it entered a berserk state. It opened its mouth, condensing a golden sphere once more.
If it was an ordinary Magical Beast, causing their own full-strength attack to explode inside them would definitely be enough to kill them. However, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s defensive power far exceeded its offensive power. It was too tough. Furthermore, with a Magical Beast’s natural recovery abilities, it wouldn’t be long before this injury healed.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s wild attacks were an instinct. It wanted to make sure Long Chen couldn’t get close during this moment to launch a fatal attack. It was buying itself time.
== Quelled by cyan brick ==
The entire world shuddered. Then everything became calm.
There was a huge cyan brick deeply imprinted in the ground. The Sword Spine Armor Dragon was beneath it, with only half its tail sticking out. Its tail was constantly twitching.
Long Chen jumped in shock. He hadn’t expected the Heaven Flipping Seal to be so powerful. It had actually crushed the Sword Spine Armor Dragon in one attack.
The Heaven Flipping Seal transformed back into an ordinary cyan brick and returned into Long Chen’s mind-sea. It was like a child that had made a mistake, just floating there in front of Evilmoon, not daring to move.
Long Chen sensed that the Heaven Flipping Seal’s energy had plummeted after this one attack. It had used up over ninety percent of its power.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon was not dead yet. If Little Heaven had used its power properly, it would have killed it. However, it had unleashed its power a bit too early, before it had been concentrated perfectly, resulting in it wasting thirty percent of its power.
Now, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon was constantly twitching. It was unknown how many of its bones were broken. Its defensive power was truly astonishing. Even with its whole body deformed, it wasn’t in danger of dying. It had just fallen unconscious.
If it was an ordinary person, the divine power contained in the Heaven Flipping Seal’s attack would invade their body. Many people died from the invasion of that divine power even if they survived the actual attack.
On the other hand, the Sword Spine Armor Dragon might be heavily injured and unconscious, but its natural recovery had kicked in. If left like this, it would fully recover.
== Impure bloodline ==
“The dragon breath attack is innate to the dragon race. Low-class dragon races are only capable of the simple dragon breath. Middle-class dragon races can breathe stars. The so-called star breath is comparable to the level of a real star at its stronger point. When I was at my peak, my star breath was enough to destroy an entire minor world. As for its breath, tch, it’s as weak as my spit,” said Evilmoon disdainfully.
One attack to destroy an entire minor world? Long Chen was shocked inside. He knew Evilmoon’s character, and it would disdain to lie.
However, someone as terrifying as Evilmoon was unable to receive a single attack from Sovereign Yun Shang. Just what level of existence was a Sovereign?
“However, this Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s bloodline is too impure, and its divine ability is not only linked to its crystal core and the runes on its skull, but it also requires the twenty bone spurs on its back to activate. A quasi divine item requiring all of those big things is useless. What exactly are you going to use it for? Tell me, don’t you think you’re a fool for wasting so much effort?” Evilmoon’s rage began to boil once again.
“Hehe, if Wilde was present, I would naturally give it to him. However, I don’t think this Sword Spine Armor Dragon is as useless as you say. I can always bring it back and study it. Speaking of which, can I put a slave mark on it and turn it into my housepet?” Long Chen had a sudden thought. If he had a Netherpassage housepet…
The first thing he thought of was giving it to Meng Qi. Cloud’s speed and attacks were unparalleled. Her only weakness was defense. If this Sword Spine Armor Dragon was given to Meng Qi, then with Cloud in charge of attacking and the Sword Spine Armor Dragon in charge of defense, Meng Qi would become the most terrifying asset in the Dragonblood Legion.
“Nice try. You are treating a twelfth rank Magical Beast too simply. That is an existence on the same level as a Netherpassage expert. First of all, let’s ignore whether or not you have enough Spiritual Strength to place a slave mark on such a powerful existence, even if you did, it would easily manage to struggle free. I know you have some special methods to put a special slave mark on it and make it so that it can’t escape, but I’m telling you, you won’t be able to control it. The Sword Spine Armor Dragon is the result of inbreeding. It’s the product of the Sword Spine Nether Dragon and the Sword Spine Earth Dragon. Its head is chaotic, and it has almost no mind. It does not differentiate between friend or foe in battle. With such a housepet, hehe, you’ll sooner or later play yourself to death,” sneered Evilmoon.
“Hehe, the earth doesn’t give birth to nameless grass, and the heavens don’t give birth to useless people. Everything in this world has its own usefulness. The only question is whether you use it properly.” Long Chen suddenly smiled sinisterly.
Long Chen sat on the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s head. He formed a hand seal, and his Spiritual Strength surged. A giant spiritual mark slowly condensed.
== Hypnosis seal ==
“That is a soul bewitching rune. What are you planning?”
Evilmoon was startled. The spiritual rune that Long Chen had condensed was not a slave mark. It was more similar to hypnosis and would keep the Spine Sword Armor Dragon asleep. Long Chen wouldn’t be able to control it like this.
With this kind of spiritual seal, the sleeping Sword Spine Armor Dragon might technically count as his housepet, but as soon as it woke up, the seal would be dispelled. 
Maintaining this seal would be a constant drain on his Spiritual Strength. If he didn’t keep it up, it would wake up. Evilmoon couldn’t understand why Long Chen would choose such an option.
“I already said that all things in this world have their own use. Even dung can be used to nourish trees. However, if it lands on a person’s face, sometimes, it’s even more powerful than a martial weapon,” laughed Long Chen.
Suddenly, it had a thought. “What the fuck, I understand now. You evil scoundrel.”
“Hehe, we don’t produce Magical Beasts. We’re just in charge of transporting them throughout the world? Why would you call that evil?”
“Hmph, fine, I admire you. But, hehe, I really want to see who the unlucky bastard will be,” laughed Evilmoon.
Long Chen smiled and didn’t respond. He continued to pour in his Spiritual Strength. The huge spiritual rune was constantly fluctuating until it shuddered one final time.
The seal was complete. Long Chen wasn’t skilled in spiritual arts, so although he had an ocean’s worth of Spiritual Strength, it took him a long time to condense the seal. If it had been Meng Qi, she would have completed it in the blink of an eye. The seal slowly merged into the Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s head, and its whole body shook intensely. Its wings slammed on the ground repeatedly.
However, after a moment of struggling, it stopped moving. The spiritual seal took effect.
The Sword Spine Armor Dragon’s huge body vanished as it was sucked into Long Chen’s spiritual space. It was chained by many spiritual seals and kept in a deep slumber.
“Nice work.” Long Chen clapped his hands a couple of times and smiled. This was a killer trump card. If he used it well, it could bring him endless benefits.
== Trivia ==
*The Sword Spine Armor Dragon was only a Magical Beast, and its intelligence was very low. Since it was no Xuan Beast, it didn’t know how to fight intelligently, instead relying purely on its physical strength.
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