The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 337: Heart of Corruption (Two chapters in one)

Ryan walked forward and quickly performed the activation spell on the three combat puppets.

With the lv4 activation technique, the three combat puppets stood up flexibly one after another.

That’s right, Ryan just added his last two skill points to Activation, bringing it to level 4.

The description of the lv4 activation technique has naturally changed:
Effect of Activation Level 4: consumes a certain amount of mental power, activates mysterious energy particles, and gives life to a certain humanoid or animal-like dead object, giving it primary intelligence and more flexible mobility, which lasts for two hours.

The highlights are “more flexible” and “two hours”.

At the same time, Ryan also used his innate magic "Metal Transfiguration" to transform the original left-hand shields of the three combat puppets made of different materials into barbed spikes.

A weapon that is difficult to remove once it penetrates the body.

"Puppetry?" The Duke of Munster couldn't help but wonder.

He had always thought that Ryan was a top knight who was proficient in many extraordinary combat skills, but now it seems that he is also a rare puppeteer.

Admiral Edward, who was more familiar with Ryan, was also stunned by this.

Because although he knew that Ryan was a rare metal wizard who was also a wizard, he didn't know that Ryan was also a puppeteer.

Of course, the other people present who were not familiar with Ryan were not focusing on this.

Others were more concerned about how this unfamiliar young man in front of them was going to defeat this corrupt dragon.

You know, there is a very infectious corrupt force field around the opponent, and the Griffin Knights can only hover from a distance and launch long-range attacks.

Including Duke Victor, seeing Ryan's smooth movements, everyone vaguely knew that the young man in front of them must have some plans in his mind. Although they were curious, time was pressing and it was not appropriate to ask.

However, most of the people present are smart.

A few of them thought of what Ryan had just asked for: high explosives, and their eyes lit up immediately, but soon, they looked thoughtful again.

Because even if there are high explosives, how to use them is still a problem.

At this time, three bags of high explosives had been delivered. Ryan had an idea, and saw three combat puppets carrying a bag of heavy high explosives one after another.

Ryan leaped up and rode on the Bloodfeather Hippogryph. Then, in addition to placing the combat puppet with a demonized thorium shell behind him, Bloodfeather grabbed the other two in his claws one by one.

"go!"

As Ryan squeezed his legs, a green airflow surrounded Blood Feather's body. It flapped its wings vigorously and immediately carried Ryan towards the Rotten Dragon not far away.

Everyone on the military airship watched Ryan fly away, and at the same time, they were curious and wondered how this seemingly extraordinary young man planned to defeat the corrupt dragon.

Just now, Ryan felt that the infection ability of this rot dragon was extremely strong, but its physical defense ability was relatively weak.

Simply put, this is an enemy with very obvious advantages and disadvantages.

But hand-to-hand combat is the strong point of him and the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph under his crotch!

Therefore, he must get close and play to his strengths.

Of course, there is a prerequisite here, that is, he must be able to withstand the opponent's yellow-green gas force field, and it would be best if he can also withstand the damage of the opponent's corrupt breath.

Because the brave griffin knights had been fighting the Corruption Dragon desperately, the appearance of a Bloodfeathered Hippogryph, which was about the same size as the griffin, did not attract the attention of the Corruption Dragon Agnes.

At this moment, the Corrupted Dragon Agnes's anger was directed at the giant federal gunboat that had just inflicted heavy damage on it.

"Blood Feather, throw!"

When Blood Feather flew right above the Corrupted Dragon, Ryan quickly gave the order.

The ordinary iron combat puppet on Blood Feather's left claw, carrying high explosives, fell on the huge body of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes with a snap, just like a spider.

"Snapped!"

Agnes, who was tearing apart the giant federal airship with her claws, was slightly startled because she felt an ant landing on her back.

This is because the iron-skin combat puppet uses the axe blade to pierce the surface of the dragon skin to fix its body, so the Corrupted Dragon felt it immediately.

But it shook its head and still didn't care.

Because any living thing will quickly fall into corruption under its corrupting force field and become its follower, referred to as a "blood bag".

But after a while, it found that this matter was not as simple as it thought.

Because it had a slight tingling sensation on its back, and it could feel that the ant-sized thing was actually crawling all the way up and was almost reaching its head.

This made it a little confused?
Why didn't this little thing get corrupted and become its follower?

The rotten dragon Agnes had to retract her claws that were tearing the protective film of the federal gunboat and grab the back of her neck.

next second!
"boom!!!"

A violent flash of fire!
The iron combat puppet 'sacrificed' gloriously.

Although it had not yet climbed to the head of the Corruption Dragon to explode, at this moment, it had almost climbed to the top of the Corruption Dragon Agnes's long neck and the connection with its head.

The explosion created a huge hole in the back of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes' neck, exposing her cervical vertebrae!

"hold head high!!!"

A miserable dragon roar suddenly sounded!

Seeing the self-detonation of the battle puppet, which attracted all the attention of the Corrupted Dragon, Ryan's eyes lit up, and he immediately seized this opportunity, instantly activating the divine spell "Protection of the Goddess" that came with the medal and launched a surprise attack.

"Charge! Blood Feather!"

Ryan covered the surface of the blood feather with a layer of demonized thorium to block the yellow-green mist around the corrupt dragon as much as possible. At the same time, the hardened fine gold in his hand quickly transformed into a lance more than four meters long.

As Blood Feather's wings flapped faster and faster, Ryan and the eagle drew a silver straight line and swooped down from high above the Corrupted Dragon.

The target was directly aimed at the hardest top of the skull of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes!
Why choose the enemy's strongest position?
Because Ryan had a rough understanding of the undead creatures in this world before, destroying the head is still one of the most effective methods.

Therefore, even for a corrupt dragon, the key to controlling the entire body is likely to be in the head.

Of course, Ryan wasn't 100% sure, but he might as well give it a try.

at the same time.

On the Federation's Lancelot-class gunship, at this moment, the Federation's officers and soldiers were no longer as calm as before.

The heroic spirit that they had used to instruct the Empire in battle just now had completely vanished. Now, in the captain's room that was shaking violently, they were shouting at the top of their lungs:

"Activate the defensive energy of the witch formation to the maximum! We must protect it!"

"Close combat team, attack immediately!"

"We've tried it! It doesn't work! As soon as everyone stepped out of the cabin, they were infected by the corrupt force field of the Corruption Dragon. Not only did they lose their combat effectiveness, they quickly became the Corruption Dragon's followers." A colonel at the side quickly reported.

If the cabin had not been reinforced with multiple layers of magic arrays, everyone in the captain's room might have been infected by the corrupt force field.

"Damn it, why aren't the broadside guns firing!" yelled Vice Admiral Ryze.

"The shaking is too violent and the artillery cannot be loaded." The major general who seemed to be in charge of the artillery said solemnly.

Orders were issued one after another.

One after another, difficult situations were reported.

Although the head of the delegation, Trena, looked calm at the moment, her heart was already filled with turbulent waves. At the same time, she cursed the chief engineer of the Lancelot-class gunboat in her heart!

Although she was the representative and leader of the mission, she was still not good at real combat.

However, when she boarded the gunboat, the chief engineer in charge of building the Lancelot-class gunboat introduced that this was a great invention of the Federation whose comprehensive strength was comparable to that of a dragon.

'The fighting power is equal to that of a dragon', she took this to heart.

This is also the reason why she made such a decision before.

Unexpectedly, in actual combat, the shortcomings of the giant gunboat were extremely obvious.

It seems that the firepower is powerful, but when the giant monster gets close to it, there are few means to deal with it. The artillery can't attack because of the violent shaking. Now it all depends on the enough engravings of the defense magic array.

Otherwise, the boat would have been destroyed and everyone on board would have died by now.

"Look! What is that!" A sharp-eyed officer in the captain's room saw Ryan and the Blood-Feathered Hippogryph, his eyes widened, and he pointed and shouted.

So everyone looked up.

As the rotten dragon approached, a miserable dragon roared!

I saw a man and an eagle, their whole bodies protected by dark silver armor. At the same time, they also exuded some kind of sacred luster, pulling out a silver light. They descended from the sky, waving a long lance, and stabbed the rotten dragon's head directly.

The silver light flashed and disappeared, like a falling star!

"Pfft!"

The crisp piercing sound could almost be heard within a radius of 100 meters.

As the federal officers stared in shock, they saw a bird of prey as big as a griffin perched on the Rotten Dragon's head.

The knight on the bird of prey inserted a lance into the head of the rotten dragon Agnes.

The head of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes suddenly drooped down, and its sharp claws broke away from the entanglement with the giant federal gunboat and fell down limply.

Ryan's attack shocked a group of people from the Federation!
At this moment, all the officers, including the powerful and beautiful lady Trena, had Ryan's shot that fell from the sky in their minds!
The beautiful woman Trena's eyes sparkled. She grabbed the telescope and couldn't wait to observe Ryan carefully. She asked:
"The one who just took action should be the guardian of the Dragun Empire, right?"

"It should be, but I didn't see it clearly. In our existing information, there is no guardian who matches this person's appearance." A servant at the side reported quickly.

"However, that sacred light just now felt like the aura of divine magic."

"Huh? That's not right." Treina suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Because she saw through the telescope the handsome young Ryan sitting on the back of the Bloodfeather Hippogryph.

At his age, it is impossible for him to be the guardian of the Dragun Empire.

But the opponent is so powerful.

What is its origin?
Trena couldn't help but become curious.

Ryan's attack also stunned everyone on the Imperial military airship, including Ryan's superior Admiral Edward and the Duke of Munster, who all had their eyes wide open in astonishment. And Duke Victor, who had been very unhappy with Ryan before, was even more dumbfounded at this moment!
After a long while, Duke Victor came to his senses, looked at Admiral Edward, and finally understood what was going on. He cursed in his heart:
"Damn, no wonder we had to wait for this young man to get on the airship. It turns out he is the trump card of the Munster Swordsman branch!"

"Old fox!"

"To be able to pierce the skull of a corrupt dragon, this young man must be a real legendary warrior!"

"Even if he was placed in the Sword Master Headquarters in the Imperial Capital, he would be at least a Mithril-level Sword Master, and he might even be rated as an Adamantite-level Sword Master. Edward actually hid him in a provincial branch."

"What the hell are you talking about a diamond-level swordsman? How treacherous."

"He's so young, but he's already so strong. What a great talent!"

Victor's previous unhappiness with Ryan had long since disappeared.

Now all he was thinking about was whether he should find a suitable reason to transfer Ryan to the imperial capital, preferably so that he could be used by him.

In mid-air, the surviving griffin knights gathered around.

For most of the Griffin Knights, they were actually ready to sacrifice just now.

So, I am naturally overjoyed to be able to survive at this moment!
After all, a good death is worse than a miserable life, and no one doesn't want to live.

"Sir Ryan, you are so awesome. Thanks to you, we finally won!" Fisher was the first to control the griffin to fly over, looking at Ryan with admiration.

Just now, he was almost sprayed by the breath of corruption, and he almost returned to the arms of the goddess.

In addition, after witnessing Ryan's fighting ability many times, Griffin Knight Fisher has now become a die-hard fan of Ryan.

"Sir Ryan, that lance strike you just made is probably at the top level, right?!" Felke could naturally see more, so he asked curiously.

Let’s not talk about how Ryan resisted the extremely powerful corruption force field. If it were him, even if he could resist the corruption infection for a short period of time, he would not be able to shoot through the skull of the Corruption Dragon with one shot!

However, compared to the relaxed expressions on the faces of the griffin knights, Ryan's expression on the Bloodfeather Hippogryph was still solemn. He stared at the falling Corrupted Dragon with full concentration.

Because he knew very well that the Corrupted Dragon Agnes was not dead.

The reason is simple, because the system does not prompt the experience value reward.

But fortunately, Ryan had already prepared a backup plan.

Following Ryan's line of sight, one can see that at this moment, another combat puppet with a hardened platinum shell is lying on the fallen corrupt dragon.

In addition, although Ryan had just activated the divine art 'Shelter of the Goddess' solidified in the second-level Goddess Medal, allowing him to completely resist the corrupt force field of the Corrupted Dragon, he could feel the rapid consumption of the divine art's energy.

The opponent's corrupt force field is indeed difficult to deal with.

Although Ryan has the weakening of the Enchanted Thorium Armor and the top-level talent Steel Body, he should try not to resist it head-on if possible.

"Sir Ryan, what's wrong with you?" Felke immediately noticed Ryan's abnormality.

Logically speaking, Lord Ryan, who killed the Corrupt Dragon, should be the happiest person, but at this moment, he found that Ryan's face was still solemn.

"I can feel that the Corruption Dragon is not dead."

Ryan's voice was not loud, but it silenced the originally joyful and celebratory atmosphere in the air!
"Not really!"

"You won't die in this way?"

Many Griffin Knights were startled and asked doubtfully.

But since the words were said by Ryan, who killed the Corrupt Dragon, most people still believed it and immediately became alert.

On the Imperial military airship, the atmosphere became relaxed when the Corrupted Dragon was shot in the head and fell again.

But at this moment, a messenger suddenly reported:
"Emergency intelligence transmission from the branch."

"It's detailed information about the corrupt dragon."

"Oh? Read it!" said Admiral Edward.

At the same time, he was quite speechless about this "late" information. The information came only after the battle was over.

"Agnes was a ferocious ancient dragon from thousands of years ago, nicknamed 'Ancient Corruption'."

"The opponent's weakness is not the head. If the corrupt heart in the heart of the body is not destroyed, the corrupt dragon Agnes, with the continuous support of her followers, is almost immortal!"

"what!"

Whether it was Duke Victor, Admiral Edward, or Duke of Munster, they all thought the battle was over when they saw the corrupt dragon falling, but they did not expect such a change to happen.

"not good!"

"Ryan is in danger."

"Quick, call Ryan and tell him to be careful!" Admiral Edward realized something instantly.

After all, the target of the recovered Corrupted Dragon must be Ryan!

"As you command, Admiral."

After the corrupt dragon Agnes fell again, just as Ryan expected, thousands of corrupt followers once again acted as "power banks" to heal Agnes' injuries.

"hold head high!!!"

The corrupt dragon Agnes flapped its wings again and flew into the sky, rushing towards Ryan.

This time, the focus of the opponent's hatred was obviously Ryan.

"Sir Ryan, urgent information, the weak spot of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes is in her heart. There is an energy source called the 'Heart of Corruption' there. Only by destroying it can we completely kill her."

A griffin knight flew over quickly from the military airship and spoke quickly.

"Sir Ryan, let's go up and fight, and you look for an opportunity." Felke said with a serious face.

After several battles, Felke, who came from the imperial capital, was completely impressed by Ryan's strength.

If there is anyone who has the opportunity to destroy the 'corrupted heart' of the Corrupted Dragon, it must be Ryan.

"Probably not. I have plans."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan controlled the Blood Feather and dived down.

This scene stunned all the Griffin Knights!
Lord Ryan, is he going to confront the Corrupted Dragon Agnes head-on?

this.
You know, just now Lord Ryan relied on the surprise attack to severely injure the Corrupted Dragon, but this time it was a head-on fight.
This made the Griffin Knights not very optimistic about Ryan.

The same thing happened on the Federation's giant gunships and the Imperial military airships.

Whether it was the beautiful lady Trena and a group of federal officers, or Duke Victor and others, they were all shocked to see Ryan actually confronting the Corrupted Dragon Agnes.

"Isn't this too confident?"

"Just because a sneak attack is successful doesn't mean we can fight head-on!"

I saw two figures in the sky, one silver and one gray, one small and one big, one swooping down from above and the other rushing up from below, drawing two straight lines and about to collide with each other.

However, when it was dozens of meters away, suddenly, a dazzling fireball exploded at the root of the Corruption Dragon's left wing.

It was the second combat puppet that Ryan had arranged long ago that started self-destructing.

The sudden breaking of the dragon's wings caused the Corrupted Dragon to completely lose its balance.

The severe pain also made the Corrupted Dragon Agnes lose consciousness for a moment.

"Shadow Step!"

"Armor-piercing strike!"

Ryan kicked his feet, and his already extremely fast speed due to the blessing of the Blood Feather was further enhanced by the top-level secret. In an instant, he seemed to have performed a flash and suddenly appeared right in front of the chest of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes.

"Pfft!"

Ryan was seen riding along the long lance, resisting the strong corrupt energy, and rushing into the chest of the corrupt dragon Agnes.

In an instant, the stench of rotten dragon pus and blood, which was worse than that of snail noodles and stinky tofu in his previous life and comparable to that of canned herring, poured all over Ryan.

But Ryan had no time to care about that at this moment, because at this moment, he sensed the location of the 'Heart of Corruption' that exuded tremendous energy.

"Hey!"

In an instant, he used his innate magic, 'Metal Transfiguration', to bend the lance and thrust it deeply into the heart-like, still beating heart of corruption.

Suddenly, the whole body of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes began to twitch, and then, the energy field like a magnetic storm became chaotic, and it spread out in all directions with Agnes as the center in an instant, like the shock wave of a thermobaric bomb!
Ryan was also blown away more than ten meters by this invisible force of energy, but was caught by Xueyu's claws behind him.

At the same time, on the ground, all the mushroom people within a radius of several hundred meters fell down in unison, as if wheat was being cut.

At this time, the system prompt also sounded:

[Ding! The host was baptized by the blood and pus of the corrupt dragon Agnes. A moderate amount of absorbable dragon gene fragments were found. Yes/No? ]

(Note: After the dragon gene fragment is absorbed, it can enhance the upper limit of the host dragon's blood concentration to a certain extent.)
"Oh, sure."

"The wording is different now, 'moderate level', 'a certain degree of improvement'!"

"I originally thought that the blood of this corrupt dragon might not be of much use to me. After all, it has been corrupt for many years."

"But now it seems that a real dragon, even if it stinks, is still a real dragon! It is much higher in grade than the legendary earth snakes, earth dragons and other dragon-born creatures."

Ryan immediately chose "Yes!"

Just like last time, Ryan instantly felt a burning sensation rising from the part of his skin that was stained with the blood of the Corrupted Dragon Agnes, as if something had penetrated into his body.

In addition, the entire process lasts about three seconds.

“Is the effect so good?!”

Ryan glanced at the attribute panel and was overjoyed!

Because just as he had predicted, the effect of the dragon bloodline had changed significantly.

(End of this chapter)