Level 3 (3)

Underneath the rising sun, the orange-red hue colored the entire world.

In the innermost region of the forest, Taotie was standing with Surf under a giant tree.

THUD!

Suddenly the entire earth under the feet of Taotie seemed to tremble slightly where he was standing with Surf and looking towards an Ironclad Dragon and few men and women trying to kill it. This beast was easily two stories high and at least twenty or thirty meters long.

Since he was born, the strongest magical beast which Taotie had ever seen was a berserk mammoth which entered the clan ground and started attacking the Clan members. That huge and powerful berserk mammoth was 4 to 5 meters tall. But in front of this giant creature, that berserk mammoth seemed like nothing more than a baby. The difference was truly astounding.

The Ironclad Dragon's entire body was covered by huge, greyish sharp-edged scales. The scales alone were stunning and frightening to behold. The Ironclad Dragon's scale-covered skin was even more terrifying in its thickness. The Ironclad Dragon's long, scale-covered tail made up over half of its total body length. Like a whip, it swept across the ground. Each time it struck the ground, a deep thud could be heard emanating from below.

"The defensive power of the Ironclad Dragon's scales is astonishing, and its attack power is terrifying as well." Surf explained to Taotie.

But what was surprising Taotie more was another fact that Surf told him about the Ironclad Dragon.

"Uncle, really that dragon is Level 9 magical beast?" With a doubtful face, Taotie asked Surf.

The group fighting was made-up of Surf's trusted men and women; every one of them was at least level 5 either Warrior or Magus.

He could not believe that few Level 5 warriors and magus were containing a Level 9 magical beast. Between them and the beast, there was an insurmountable abyss of 4 levels but still, they were able to harm the dragon repeatedly.

Roar! The frustrated dragon let out an angry sound and decided to escape but before it could even flap its wing a spear nailed its wings to the ground.

"Tao, everything depends on strategy and timing. You notice that they are not giving a chance to that dragon to even attack one person?" Surf while observing the fight between the ironclad and his men, asked.

"Yes…" Taotie nodded in affirmative, today was the first time he was seeing a Level 9 magical beast, a mighty being in the world only two steps away from saint level magical beast but even that was being played by a group of made up of Level 5 people.

"Tao, you have to remember that when the enemy is stronger than you then you have to fight using your brain. If you think you cannot defeat the enemy then retreat and look up or create a suitable timing to attack." Surf tried to teach him the survival technique.

"Careful."

ROAAAAR!

Suddenly an alarming voice was heard and following it, the huge Ironclad Dragon opened its mouth, and tried to devour the man in front of him alive.

"Careful."

Surf shouted seeing that attack.

Immediately the man standing at the right of the Ironclad Dragon wielded an enormous claymore in his two hands. With rapid speed, he fiercely swung it against a nearby tree, and with a thundering sound, the tree collapsed right before the mouth of the dragon, stopping it for few moments and giving the man a few seconds to get away from that position.

Swish… Swish… Swish…

The moment the dragon stopped one after another a barrage of attacks landed on it from all the sides.

Seeing this battle in front of him, Taotie's hands were tightly clenched.

"How incredible." He was awed watching the group unceasingly attacking and making a Level 9 Ironclad Dragon helpless before them. Even his blood was bubbling now.

"Tao, to fight an enemy stronger than you, you must find its weak spot and after finding it you have to use your full force to land a decisive blow there." Surf explained.

Swish…

Suddenly a woman standing near the neck of Ironclad Dragon shot out a gleaming spear. The target seemed to be the lower region of the dragon's neck.

Whoosh…

Immediately the whip-like tail of Ironclad Dragon shot out like lightning and in the blink of an eye, it hit the spear before it can even touch its neck.

Immediately afterward, its tail swept back towards that woman.

Seeing a giant whip coming towards her with a loud howling sound, the expression on that woman's face changed drastically. Following her instinct, she tried to leap backward.

But the draconic tail was too fast and within a blink of an eye, it reached her.

Crash…

The woman didn't manage to dodge in time and the giant tail directly struck her on the chest before sending her in the sky.

One of the men dropped his sword and leaped forward in air to catch the falling female. But within a blink of an eye, the tail flipped reaching near him. Before the man could even get a chance to jump in the air, the tail curled up around him and tightly wrapped him up.

Previously the Ironclad dragon was trying to attack everyone who was attacking him but right now instead of trying to attack all the attackers, he was focusing everyone near his neck, enduring all the other attack it was receiving.

"Careful!"

Taotie was watching all of that with great attention when a voice sounded near him and like a shadow, the man next to him leaped forward.

Surprise written all over his face, Taotie looked at the direction in which Surf went.

With but a flick, the draconic tail tossed man directly towards the Ironclad Dragon's mouth. The Ironclad Dragon opened its jaws, revealing its bloody maw.

Crash…

But before that man could even land inside the jaw of the dragon and it could chomp him down, a huge boulder crashed against its mouth followed by more boulders, filling its mouth with blood and almost dislocating the jaw.

ROAR...

In the middle of the barrage storm, the Ironclad Dragon's mighty but painful roar could be heard, as it threw a mouthful of blood out its huge mouth.