Chapter 287: Mission Complete
"Roar—!"
Waves of dragon roars echoed across the sky.
A massive black shadow swept through the clouds, rolling and twisting nonstop.
It was the black dragon.
At this moment, Jiang Qize stood atop its head. His left hand gripped a scale tightly, while his right fist hammered again and again against the hard scales of the dragon's skull.
In pain, the black dragon rolled violently, spinning at incredible speed through the sea of clouds, trying to throw Jiang Qize off.
But Jiang Qize clung to it like an unshakable patch, stuck fast to its head. No matter how fiercely it twisted and turned, it couldn't move him in the slightest.
A terrifying surge of Conqueror's Haki enveloped his body, wrapping around the black dragon and suppressing its dragon's might completely.
"Roar—! Roar—!"
The clouds shifted in the sky, and earth-shaking dragon cries rang out.
"Still not willing to submit?"
Jiang Qize's right fist continued striking the same spot on the dragon's head, just as he had done when pounding down Zunesha before.
However, the black dragon was slightly stronger than Zunesha, even though its body wasn't as massive.
Black-gold Armament Haki coated his fist. With every blow, a thread of golden blood seeped out from that spot.
The current Jiang Qize was no longer the same as before. His Armament Haki had gained a special trait—ignoring 40% of defense. Even the black dragon's formidable defenses were rendered almost meaningless.
"If you won't submit, I'll beat you unconscious!"
With each punch, space trembled. Waves of air blasted outward, dispersing the surrounding clouds.
"Roar—!"
The pride in the dragon's blood made the black dragon increasingly enraged, increasingly frenzied.
Boom! Boom! Boom…
Shockwaves resounded through the heavens.
Half an hour later.
"Pass out for me!"
Sensing that the black dragon's stamina was nearly depleted, Jiang Qize raised his black-gold fist high. Carrying the force of tearing through the air, it smashed down onto the spot where the scales had already shattered.
"Roar—!"
The black dragon let out one final mournful cry before its massive body began plummeting downward.
From several thousand meters in the sky, its colossal form fell like a meteor from the heavens. Flames ignited across its body as it descended.
Whoosh— Whoosh—
The fire scorched the air.
Like a gigantic fireball, it slammed violently into the forest below.
Rumble—!!
A terrifying shockwave swept outward in a vacuum-like surge. Ancient trees were snapped in half by the impact, and even the grass and soil were ripped up and flung away.
A massive crater was blasted into the ground.
Everything around it was charred black.
The black dragon lay at the center of the enormous pit.
Jiang Qize slowly stood up.
"You could've avoided all this suffering if you'd just submitted…" He looked at the black dragon, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his lips.
[Ding! Mission complete!]
[Bloodline Evolution opportunity unlocked!]
[Ding! You may spend 10 billion Beli to contract the Black Dragon. After contracting, the Black Dragon Enhancement Interface will be unlocked.]
[Note: The Black Dragon is a True Dragon species and cannot be used as a dinosaur synthesis material!]
"…Huh."
Seeing these notifications, Jiang Qize couldn't help but feel a little speechless.
He had indeed planned to use the black dragon as synthesis material and then enhance it further. He hadn't expected the system to deny him that opportunity.
Well, forget it.
Jiang Qize smiled. He didn't lack combat power at the moment anyway, and he didn't even have the money to contract the black dragon right now. He'd leave it as it was for now.
"But Bloodline Evolution… it sounds pretty powerful."
Jiang Qize shifted his attention to the system reward he had obtained for the first time.
[Do you wish to use the Bloodline Evolution opportunity?]
[Note: Bloodline Evolution applies to the entire dinosaur bloodline. Activation cost required: 50 billion Beli.]
Seeing this prompt, Jiang Qize froze for a moment.