NOVEL NEXT Chapter 708 - 702: Epic Sparring
Chapter 708: Chapter 702: Epic Sparring
As David Jones’s confident words echoed in the reception room, everyone fell silent.
Especially Gees Goldsmith, who had no outlet for the frustration burning within him.
“Interesting!”
Lilith Hoyle cast a glance at Gees Goldsmith, who was starting to simmer with anger, her eyes filled with a hint of amusement.
Gees Goldsmith took a deep breath, suppressing the fire raging inside him, and said in a heavy tone, “Do you speak the truth?”
“Of course,” David Jones replied with a confident smile, then his words took a turn.
“If I lose, Director Goldsmith can naturally take the Dragon Egg of Doom, but if I win, what do you intend to bring to the table?”
Upon hearing this, Gees Goldsmith was at a loss for words; he didn’t have the authority to wager the Ice-Fire Nirvana Pill and Universe Six-turns Golden Elixir meant for trade.
Seeing this, David Jones slowly furrowed his brow, stood up to see his guest out, and said, “Since Director Goldsmith is not interested, then let’s forget about this matter. I have important things to discuss with my teacher next, please, Director Goldsmith, see yourself out.”
In plain terms, David Jones practiced the Tigrex Dossier to break through Levels more effectively and to rapidly enhance his Pets’ strength while also increasing the effect of his Dragon-Wielding power.
What about a body cultivation talent?
David’s goal had always been to become an Epic Dragoon, and even a Saint of Dragon-Wielding.
For that reason, the stakes offered by Director Goldsmith seemed particularly laughable to him.
Compared to an Extreme Emperor Dragon, the Ice-Fire Nirvana Pill and Universe Six-turns Golden Elixir were no different than alms tossed to a beggar.
Gees Goldsmith stared blankly at David Jones, whose attitude had taken a complete turn, and a breath of anger surged within him, making him want to accept the bet out of spite.
But thinking of the consequences of losing, he subconsciously pursed his lips and chose silence, quietly standing up.
As Gees Goldsmith reached the main door, the roaring flames of anger in his heart prevented him from taking the final step.
Each Epic being harbored pride unique to themselves, for without it, they wouldn’t have reached Class VII.
Intuition told Gees Goldsmith that if he left now, his spirit already diminished, it would become even harder for him to break through to Legend in the future.
So Gees Goldsmith suddenly turned around and looked at David Jones.
“Wait, Mister David Jones, newly ascended to Epic, you might still be unaware of some aspects of combat between Epics. Unrelated to the dragon egg, this old man is willing to spar with you. What say you?”
Since his mission from the Deity had already failed, Gees Goldsmith now just wanted to educate David Jones, this young man who didn’t know how to respect his elders, through battle and vent the frustration that had been building inside him.
Just because Gees Goldsmith didn’t dare use the Ice-Fire Nirvana Pill and Universe Six-turns Golden Elixir as his wager didn’t mean he lacked the confidence to defeat David Jones.
After all, David Jones was not an Arcane Star Breakthrough Epic but a physical one.
Compared to a true Epic Trainer, what significance did mere body cultivation have?
A confident smile also appeared on David’s face.
“Please enlighten me, Director Goldsmith.”
…
As the sun set behind the mountains, several Dragon Trainers suddenly appeared atop the towering cloud-piercing range.
David Jones stood on the uneven mountain peaks, looking down at the wildly rushing waterfall at the edge of the cliff.
This place was the Water Roach Peaks, extremely remote, usually devoid of human presence except for a few low-level Beasts, and at a significantly far distance from Waterland City.
Indeed, because the battles between Epic beings were too terrifying, with their intensity capable of altering the climate of a region, the resource-poor Waterland City simply had no suitable battleground for Epic beings to fight. Thus, David Jones and Director Goldsmith had to come to this desolate and remote area for their sparring.
The teachers and others were treading the void between the green mountains on either bank, enjoying the landscape while acting as judges and spectators of the battle.
Grau and Loona, who loved to be entertained, even took out some sunflower seeds, cracking them open in the clouds as if watching a drama unfold.
As the two competitors readied themselves, Lilith Hoyle reminded them, “Since this is a friendly sparring match, both parties may summon their pets in advance. The rules will follow that of the Crown Competition, but with a twist: once a pet is selected, it cannot be changed, and you can only dispatch one pet at a time.”
After speaking, Lilith Hoyle glanced at the evening sky. “It’s getting late. Instead of seven vs seven, how about two vs two in rotation? What do you think?”
David Jones and Gees Goldsmith nodded in agreement and summoned their combat pets simultaneously.
In an instant, the Star Ring on Goldsmith’s finger burst into a splendid purple glow, and the giant light purple Rune Circle that appeared in front of him slowly unveiled a dark dragon shadow, its aura sky-high.
“ROAR!!!!!”
With a deafening roar, a terrifying ancient dragon with skeletal structure of four legs and two wings, with ferocious bony claws at the tips of the wings, thunderously emerged.
Its body was covered in black carapace, with a massive dragon head similar to that of a venomous snake, triangular in shape, and its green dragon eyes gleamed sharply with terror.
The span of its dark dragon wings, roughly twenty meters across, was filled with numerous dark gold blades. The forelimbs had five clawed toes, dyed in a strange purple, while the hindlimbs with four clawed toes were covered in spines resembling reverse scales.
“The Black Gold Storm Dragon is fierce and combative, with a middle-level Class VII strength, so please be careful, Mr. Jones,” Goldsmith confidently introduced.
What Epic Body Cultivation, in front of a Black Gold Storm Dragon capable of tearing giant dragons to shreds, it’s merely prey!
Meanwhile, David Jones extended his wrist, and with an elegant dragon chant, Rainbow’s form visibly swelled at an eye-catching speed.
Under Size Adjustment, Rainbow’s massive dragon body ballooned to hundreds of meters; in front of it, the forty-meter-wide wingspan of the Black Gold Storm Dragon was merely like a little potato of unimpressive height.
“Eee!” (I smell a malicious scent; it seems to view me as prey!)
Displeased, Rainbow’s eyes widened as a terrifying Dragon Domination erupted, shaking the heavens and earth with its momentum.
Daphne had been with Rainbow since infancy, providing nearly equal resources and Dragon-Wielding Strengthening, so Rainbow lacked confidence in winning against higher grades in battle.
But what was this middle-level Class VII reptile in front of it, daring to look down on her!
“Rainbow, don’t underestimate it too much. This Black Gold Storm Dragon isn’t as simple as it seems.”
David Jones activated his Illusion-Piercing Eye, relaying the identified information to Rainbow.
“Pet Name”: Black Gold Storm Dragon
“Pet Type”: Gold, Wind, Dragon
“Species Level”: Epic Overlord
“Species Skill”: Black Gold Storm, Sharp Gold Blade, Infinite Blade Light, Mad Dragon Slash, Overlord Domination
“Pet Profile”: As one of the most formidable beasts among the ancient dragons, the Black Gold Storm Dragon revels in hunting Dragon Type Beasts. Its surface scales, sharp as blades, explode upon slicing into prey, infusing the blood through its entire body, earning it the common name Black Blood Dragon.
“Frost Wyvern, middle-level Class VI, please enlighten me, Director Goldsmith,” said David Jones.
Goldsmith’s lips curled into a smile of anticipated outcome.
As expected, to achieve results in Body Cultivation, David Jones had invested most of his Pet Resources in himself.
Otherwise, with Rosewood’s lineage considerable resources, it would have been possible to quickly cultivate David Jones’s Initial Pet, the Frost Wyvern, to the apex of Class VI.
Sadly, the vast gulf of one entire Level and the small grade were not something David Jones, a newly minted Epic Body Cultivator, could bridge!
Now it was time for Goldsmith to teach this young man a proper lesson!