Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

Under the brilliant firelight, Lu Mingfei touched his aching chest in the cold water. He looked at the burning dragon and said coldly.

Chapter 58 The End

The Three Gorges Reservoir of the Yangtze River, the ancient "Kuimen", above Baidi City.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. The sky seems to have cracked open a huge crack, and heavy rain is irrigating the world like a flood. The water level in the gates of the entire upper reaches of the Yangtze River has risen so much that it is about to submerge the green island in the middle of the river.

A long, long time ago, this small island was a high mountain. Standing on the mountain, you could see Kuimen on the opposite bank from afar. When the spring breeze blew, the two banks, as steep as city walls, were all green; when the autumn wind howled, the forest was blown into a gorgeous piece, like a crimson flame lighting up the distant mountains on both sides.

That was also someone else's hometown.

A huge dragon shadow was tumbling in the water, and the waves were getting higher and higher. Even at the edge of the dike a thousand meters away, circles of ripples could be seen.

The huge creature was struggling and roaring, and the loud and mighty dragon roar echoed between the mountains on both sides, filled with a strong sense of desolation.

The flames burned away the blood on his hideous face. His two huge pupils were as dark as death. The wings on his back stirred up the surging waves. The dragon was struggling and twisting like a spent force.

"Professor Mans!" Lu Mingfei, floating in the water and bobbing with the waves, watched the scene from afar, then shouted towards the Moniach, "Is there a signal on the console?"

"What signal?" Professor Mans was stunned. He didn't react for a moment to what Lu Mingfei meant by "signal".

"Bomb! The underwater bomb that was swallowed by that guy before, has the bomb's signal been restored?" Lu Mingfei stared at the dragon's bloody mouth opened to the sky.

As expected, looking down from above, one can see rows of sharp red lights flashing at a fixed frequency in the shadows of those rows of sharp teeth.

"Control cabin, control cabin!" Mans shouted after reacting, "Has the signal from the underwater bomb been restored?"

"The signal has been restored!" The second mate stared at the row of glaring red signals on the console display. "Captain, do you want to detonate the bomb immediately?"

"Lu Mingfei!" Professor Mans shouted to Lu Mingfei who was underwater not far away, "The signal of the underwater bomb has been restored. It can be detonated at any time. Hurry and get on board!"

"Then you go first. I have to stay here. I want to shut him up."

Lu Mingfei stared at the thrashing giant not far away and said darkly, "If it still has its mouth open when the bomb explodes, the immense force will turn into a stream of scorching dragon fire that it will spit high into the sky. It won't die, and everything we've done before will be wasted."

"No!" Professor Mans frowned and shook his head. "How can you seal his mouth? Climb onto his head again? Even at this distance, you'll be affected by the aftermath of the bomb explosion!"

"Then is there any other way to kill a creature with such strong vitality and recovery ability? Should we release this big monster back into the mountains?" Lu Mingfei asked back. Professor Mans was instantly speechless.

"Trust me, Professor." Lu Mingfei gave Professor Mans a firm look. "You've trusted me so many times, this time shouldn't be a problem!"

"No time, Professor!"

Mans glanced at the dark dragon shadow not far away. The scene where Moniach was almost overturned several times was still vivid in his mind. The shrill roar rang in his ears. He could never forget the dragon's mocking smile at them.

"Moniach, full speed ahead!" Mans finally made a decision. He had no choice but to choose to trust Lu Mingfei, that little madman, their only "S" class!

Chu Zihang stood at the stern and looked at Lu Mingfei from a distance. Lu Mingfei raised Murasame and waved at him, "Brother, don't worry, I won't let you lose your sword!"

"Don't die." Chu Zihang said.

"Sure!" Lu Mingfei grinned.

The Moniach broke through the wind, rain and waves and accelerated to its maximum speed, leaving a long white trail on the surface of the Yangtze River. Lu Mingfei and the dragon were left far behind.

"Ready the bomb... three... two... one... detonate!"

Following Professor Mans's order, the second mate slammed his fist down on the red detonation button on the console, and the red signal light on the screen jumped and flashed like crazy.

A whole row of bombs made a "beep, beep" sound one after another in the dragon's stomach. Lu Mingfei knew that it was a signal that the bombs were about to explode.

The giant dragon opened its huge black mouth towards the sky. It was smart and knew that a grand fireworks display was about to happen in its body. It was already covered in wounds and could not withstand the power of the explosion, but it could spit out the scorching and angry flames like dragon breath at the moment of the explosion!

"Do you think you are so smart?" Lu Mingfei sneered at the dragon.

"I'm sorry, Senior Brother. Please let me be a liar for once. I won't die, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to return your knife to you."

Guan Ze Masamune and Murasame were thrown out by him fiercely. Two silver-white lights suddenly appeared, like two arrows piercing the night sky, and were accurately shot by the archer Lu Mingfei under the jaws of the dragon.

Poof!

The two sharp knives cut through the tender flesh without hesitation and penetrated deeply into the dragon's throat. The scales there had been pried open by Lu Mingfei early on in order to block the bloody mouth of this guy!

The dragon's upper and lower jaws were nailed shut by two sharp blades like giant nails, and its painful wail was blocked in its mouth.

Whether it was because of the unbearable pain of the sword piercing his throat or because he knew his death was near, he twisted his huge body like crazy, as if fighting against fate, squandering his remaining strength to make a final roar.

All the depth charges on the Moniach have been transformed into alchemical weapons. They will expand the surrounding air at the moment of explosion, and then the gunpowder will send hundreds of alchemical shrapnel in all directions like sharp blades in an instant!

Ten powerful alchemical depth charges exploded simultaneously in the dragon's stomach and food cavity. The dragon's huge body expanded rapidly and then shattered in an instant. Huge black scales wrapped in broken flesh were blown into the sky in chunks!

The river water boiled, hot white steam rose into the sky, and a thunderous roar came, echoing between the two banks for a long time.

The surface of the river was cracked, and a dark hole suddenly appeared. Tons of boiling river water with white smoke rushed into the sky accompanied by dazzling flames, like a spectacular and magnificent fountain and fireworks.

Lu Mingfei, who was quite close to the explosion, had blood oozing from his earlobes, as if tens of millions of drones were buzzing in his head. The alchemical bullets penetrated into the dragon's flesh from the inside, but the residual heat wave still swept towards Lu Mingfei.

In fact, he was already so tired that he could hardly stand. His body was immersed in the cold river water. The wounds on his body had become numb with pain, and his consciousness and vision began to blur.

In the dim firelight, Lu Mingfei used up the last of his strength and muttered two words that no one could hear, covered by the deafening explosion.

"This world has always been like this, so cruel!"

"I hope that in your next life, you can live in the world you belong to, a world that... can tolerate monsters and aliens."

It's like a eulogy, but also like a sigh.

Chapter 59 Doubts

The upper reaches of the Yangtze River, at the huge gate of the Three Gorges Reservoir.

A white searchlight swept across, and a black helicopter hovered in the air like a giant eagle. The center of the landing gear at the bottom of the aircraft was painted with the pattern of a half-rotten world tree.

The ladder was lowered, and a tall old man climbed down the ladder. He was wearing a neat black suit, and his posture was as straight as a sharp and deadly spear that could pierce the darkness.

The heavy rain was still falling. The old man held up a black umbrella to shield himself from the wind and rain and silently stepped onto the Moniah which was moored on the shore.

"headmaster."

Professor Mans put out his cigar, and all the crew members stood up and bowed deeply to the old man who was walking towards them.

"Well done." Principal Ange patted Professor Mance's shoulder gently. Perhaps he felt that the praise was a little light, so he repeated it again, "Very good."

Professor Mans listened to the principal's praise, smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Compared to these children, what I have done is nothing. You really have a good eye. Our 'S' class is the most outstanding young people I have ever seen!"

Professor Mans's bitter smile was filled with emotion. In fact, when the freshman named Lu Mingfei took the initiative to apply to replace Ye Sheng and Jude Aki to participate in the Kuimen Project, he, like Professor Schneider, couldn't help but label the freshman as "overestimating his own abilities" in his heart.

He is the mentor of Ye Sheng and Shude Aki. In his opinion, no one is more suitable than those two to be the executors of this plan. Even among the duos who have worked together for a longer time in the execution department, there is no underwater partner with better tacit understanding than them.

But now thinking back, if it was really his two students who participated in this mission, Professor Mans did not think they would be able to compete with that behemoth. If he analyzed rationally, the entire Moniach would most likely be wiped out under the icy river water!

The image of the huge dragon emerging from the water cast a deep shadow in his heart.

What dispelled his shadow was Lu Mingfei's tiger-like leap. The sharp blade penetrated deeply into the dragon's pupil, and the hot dragon blood splashed in front of his eyes. The repression and fear hidden in his blood disappeared in that instant.

"Lu Mingfei is really great. He is the most outstanding young man I have ever met!" Principal Angers praised sincerely.

"Only after meeting this child did I realize there truly are natural-born dragon slayers!" Professor Mans couldn't help but sigh. "Who would have believed that a child who had just passed the 'Triple E' exam and had never flown a single mission could annihilate the Bronze and Fire King, one of the Four Great Lords, with just a week of coordinated underwater training?"

"The King of Bronze and Fire?" Ange shook his head slightly. "I regret to inform you that the one you killed wasn't the King of Bronze and Fire. He was probably just a dragon servant under the Dragon King Norton. He doesn't possess the destructive power and recovery ability of the first generation."

"The Dragon King won't be killed by just ten depth charges. Even if those bombs have been modified by the equipment department, if Norton releases the world-destroying Word Spirit Candle Dragon, it can instantly boil billions of tons of water in the upper Yangtze River reservoir."

"So that's how it is..." Professor Mans' smile became even more difficult and bitter.

Just a Dragon Servant? A mere second-generation being was already nearly indestructible by human power. As for a true Dragon King… Mance couldn't imagine it.

"Don't be discouraged." Ange's deep eyes flashed with a fiery light. "The children haven't had time to grow up yet. Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, Caesar... these outstanding young men will grow up. One day, their shoulders will be broad enough to carry the banner of slaying dragons. What we have to do is to be their leaders and provide them with the strongest support."

"Where's our 'S' class?"

"In the cabin. When we found him on the water, he had already fainted from exhaustion and was seriously injured. Chu Zihang is guarding him now." Mans brought the principal to the rear cabin.

This is the crew's lounge. It is surrounded by walls and has no windows. When not in use, the alloy doors will be closed and completely sealed. It is the only dry space on the entire Moniach.

Lu Mingfei was lying on a low bed in the corner, covered with a clean white blanket. His face was soaked in the cold river water, with unhealthy white lines on it and covered with fine, crisscrossing wounds.

"headmaster."

When he saw Ange, Chu Zihang stood up and bowed slightly.

"Very good!" The old man stared at Chu Zihang's golden pupils and patted the young man's shoulder heavily with his broad palm.

"I didn't do anything." Feeling the old man's warm palm like an elder, Chu Zihang shook his head seriously, "It's Lu Mingfei's credit."

"Being too modest is not a good thing. You are all the best young people in the academy. When I see you, I can't help but think of my younger self." A long-lost trace of nostalgia flashed across Angers' weathered eyes.

The old man couldn't help but smile as he thought about it. In fact, compared to Lu Mingfei or Chu Zihang, the old man looked more like Caesar when he was young.

They all have the image of a cynical playboy. Even if they take off their exquisite suits and put on the same old casual clothes, they still stand out in the crowd and their noble aura cannot be concealed.

"Principal, there is actually something very... incredible." Professor Mans closed the alloy door behind him and spoke in a low voice.

"When we pulled Lu Mingfei out of the water, his injuries were so severe that he had to be put in a full-body cast like a mummy. He had two broken ribs, his internal organs were bleeding and dislocated, he had six broken bones, and countless wounds, both large and small."

"But his current condition doesn't seem as bad as you described." Ange looked at the unconscious Lu Mingfei.

Apart from his pale face and numerous wounds, the latter did not look at all like the dying person described by Mance. At least a person who almost lost his life would not breathe as steadily as someone who was sleeping.

"That's the strange thing." Mans leaned over and gently lifted the blanket off Lu Mingfei.

"After only half an hour, his broken bones and damaged internal organs had almost recovered, and his wounds were healing at a speed a thousand times faster than that of an ordinary person. He originally had a hideous wound extending from his left chest to his right waist, but now..."

The blanket was lifted, and Lu Mingfei was not wrapped in any bandages or gauze. His strong body was exposed to the air. There was indeed a large wound on his left chest, but it was far from as horrible as Professor Mans described. It was only half the length of a palm.

And the wound was healing visibly right before their eyes.

"This isn't the recovery speed of a human or even a normal hybrid. This recovery ability reminds me of... a dragon!"

Mance's tone was suppressed and suffocated, with a hint of unspeakable fear hidden in it. These words were like a ghost lingering in the narrow room, not leaving for a long time.

Chapter 60 Dawn

The atmosphere in the room was dull and solemn. Professor Mans' words were like a thick layer of ice in the room, and the air seemed to freeze a little.

Ange looked deeply at the scarlet wound on Lu Mingfei's chest. The wound was like a shrinking reptile slowly wriggling in his sight. He looked at Lu Mingfei's pale face again, and his hard-toed leather shoes rose and fell, gently hitting the metal deck, making a crisp sound.

It seemed as if someone had stuffed a huge problem into Ange's mind. He pondered for a long time, feeling torn between his own conscience and his own desires.

"Principal." Chu Zihang suddenly spoke, "The injuries I suffered just now were no less serious than Lu Mingfei's. I was even close to death, but now the wounds have almost healed."

Chu Zihang tore off the bandage wrapped around his abdomen. Originally there was a hideous bloody hole, but now even the blood scab had peeled off, turning it into a dark scar embedded in the flesh.

The subtext of Chu Zihang's words was obvious. If Lu Mingfei was a dragon, then he was also a dragon, and no one could escape responsibility. If they were to be caught, they would be caught together and die together, and their heads would be covered with scars as big as bowls.

Ange smiled and shook his head slightly, as if trying to shake out some distracting thoughts from his mind.

"Mance." Ange forced his eyes away from Lu Mingfei. "Can you fight a second-generation breeder alone?"

"No." Professor Mans shook his head and answered truthfully. If the second-generation dragon servant wanted to catch up with the Moniach and kill him, it would probably only take five minutes. No, maybe even shorter!

"But he can." Ange pointed at the comatose Lu Mingfei. "We hybrids are already considered aliens. We live alone, caught in the middle, under the strange gazes of both dragons and humans."

"Children can achieve things we can't, and we should be proud of them. Don't casually label them as suspicious and alien. This is not what they should endure."

"Principal, you are right." Professor Mans lowered his head, his tone revealing a hint of shame.

"But let's try to keep this news secret. We understand, but those money-obsessed guys on the school board might not agree," Ange said helplessly, rubbing his temple with his fingertips. "If they find out, they'll have another reason to impeach me. Even though they haven't succeeded, it's still a headache to see them making a minor fuss every three days and a major one every five days."

As the old man said this, his eyes were still glancing at the boy on the bed who had just experienced a life-and-death game. A fleeting sigh trailed off at the end of his words.

"By the way, Principal, we have salvaged as much of the dragon's shattered scales, flesh, and bones as we could. We estimate that about one-third of it has sunk to the bottom of the river." Mans reported.

"It's a huge haul. Once we get it back to the academy, Norma and the professors should still have time to analyze and extract the DNA." Angers nodded heavily. "I'll discuss the rest with the top officials at the Yangtze River Navigation and Maritime Safety Administration. Our people will be responsible for salvaging the rest, and we'll destroy it on the spot once it's brought ashore."

"Also, Principal, we also found these during the salvage process." Mans walked out of the alloy door and quickly turned back, holding two Japanese long swords that were burned black and had blurred blades.

When Chu Zihang saw the two knives that had been burned almost beyond recognition by the violent explosion, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch. He opened his mouth but remained silent.

If I'm not mistaken, this is probably his Murasame and Lu Mingfei's Guanze Masamune?

Well, the knife is indeed not lost. Junior brother, you are really a person of integrity!

"These two swords are crafted with alchemical materials added. They are difficult to damage. It's just that the blades were burnt black by the explosion. Just take them back to the academy and let the equipment department repair them a little." Ange said to Professor Mans, and Mans nodded.

"The 'Kuimen Plan' ends here." Ange finally put the final nail in the coffin for Mans and his team's trip.

Dragon King Norton was obviously not in the Bronze City, otherwise, with such a fierce battle happening at his doorstep, the tyrannical Dragon King would not have turned a blind eye and watched his dragon servants being slaughtered by ant-like humans.

Ange opened his black umbrella and walked onto the deck, followed by Professor Mans and Chu Zihang. Dazzling lights came towards them from all directions. They were the well-equipped local military and police, who were blocking the entrance to the river embankment gate. The searchlights shone on the Moniach, and the white light was so dazzling that people could not open their eyes.

"The rain seems to have stopped." Chu Zihang looked up at the sky, and the gray clouds gradually dissipated.