The legendary warrior novel Chapter 267

"You dirty beast! Give us your blood essence and we'll show you mercy by at least giving you a decent death!" The eight men shouted ferociously in response to the skeleton dragon's ear-splitting roar. Even though they were all at the ninth grade of Bone Reinforcement, that fight was no easy job for them. They all had to steel their resolve as they called out their battle cries.

Boom!

The blasts from the collision of the two sides' attacks continued. The blows were producing deafening sounds. When the last wave of explosions backfired, both sides were thrown back and onto the ground. The eight warriors vomited mouthfuls of blood as they were struggling to get up onto their knees. For a moment, the wind was knocked out of them and their ears were ringing.

Their injuries were not really serious though. After a while, they managed to catch their breath and stood back up. Soon, they had adjusted themselves and were confident that they could fight at 90 percent of their potential if the skeleton dragon was still not defeated. The energy they used in the head-on collision just then was from eight demi-immortal orbs instead of themselves after all. The backfire was no big deal for them as long as they made sure to preserved enough strength to fight back.

Things sadly looked different for the Skeleton Dragon, however.

Its huge body was flung into the air before being slammed back onto the floor. A crater was formed in the ground where its body struck. Neither the ground nor the crater could stop its suffering. It was forced to roll across the ground by the force of the blast. It broke one thick tree trunks and another as it rolled over them on its way down before its tumbling ceased.

No one moved for a few seconds. When the dragon finally gathered the strength to moan and tried to move, the eight men noticed that it was already covered all over in wounds. Its two relatively small fore-paws were broken off, and one of its hind legs was broken. Worse still, nearly all of the sword-like bony plates on its back and tail were shattered, leaving horrible scars that went all the way down to its bones.

Its once powerful maw that had dagger-like teeth was now twisted and unable to snap at its enemies like before.

Of course, the most fatal wound was an unseen one. After dozens of years, its internal injury had eventually mounted in severity and was killing it. Once re-opened by the strike, the old injury was what finally killed it.

By then, it might already be too late, even if it was willing to refine the Great Dragon's blood essence.

"It seems like it's all over now. I could only expect that the competition between those eight would be as fierce as possible," Ricky grumbled from inside the Chaotic Fire Zone, clearly a bit unsatisfied with what had happened.

If things didn't work out later, he would have to take the risk and exposed his two powerful zones.

Just then, loud whines came from out in the distance.

Seeing that the fearsome Skeleton Dragon had been brought down, the other fierce beasts in the area were terrified that they would be next. So one by one, they fled into the depth of the mountains without even looking back.

The Great Dragon's blood essence was undoubtedly something that they craved, but they cherished their lives more. It seemed that flight was the best policy for them after witnessing the Dragon's defeat.

As soon as the beasts fled the area, the eight advanced Bone Reinforcement warriors went to examine the slain Skeleton Dragon.

"Give us what we want, beast, and you may receive a quick death. We can only promise you that you will be brought back to the Chaotic Region where a painful death awaits you otherwise!" Zarlyk gloated with killing intent in his sharp and cruel eyes.

The same look could also be seen in the other seven men's eyes.

The Skeleton Dragon growled up at the sky upon hearing his words. With its last bit of strength, the dragon raised its head and seemed to be bringing something from deep inside it out.

The next moment, a drop of red blood shot out from its gnarled mouth and into the distance!

The moment the blood drop touched the air, the Fire Dragon Egg in Ricky's Chaotic Fire Zone shook violently, and the resonance he felt became incredibly stronger.

'The Great Dragon's blood essence!' This was the first thing that crossed Ricky's mind when he caught sight of the bright red drop.

The men from the eight Forces recognized the blood essence at once as well. Still in shock, they all made a beeline and rushed in the blood drop's direction.

"It's the Great Dragon's blood essence! Someone get it!" The eight Bone Reinforcement warriors shouted out loud, scrambling for the blood drop because they were all hoping to make it their own. They truly wished they could fly at that moment!