CHAPTER 582: CHAPTER 39: DRAGON’S KISS

Zhan Tian finished speaking and waited for Yue Minzhi to repent and beg for mercy, but to his surprise, after hearing about the punishment, not only did Yue Minzhi not beg for mercy, but he calmly and foolishly asked, "The usual rule?"

"Hmph, keep pretending, boy, and see how long you can last," Zhan Tian puffed his cheeks and glared his eyes, "You even dare to forget the usual rule, Yue Minzhi, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know? The old rule at the Reserve Camp is the ’Dragon’s Kiss’."

Dragon’s Kiss? Yue Jinghua immediately remembered Jin Nuo’s Black Dragon, which always pounced on her like it had found honey whenever it saw her, frantically nibbling away in excitement.

It’s just that Zhan Tian’s dragon was much larger than Black Beauty.

Yue Jinghua glanced upward at the gray dragon above her; from her angle, she could only see the dark nostrils of the gray dragon, large like cave entrances.

"Lord Zhan Tian, Minzhi he..." Long Rui worriedly mentioned that Yue Minzhi had not yet fully recovered, fearing his body couldn’t withstand another "Dragon’s Kiss."

"If he can’t withstand it, are you supposed to take it instead?" Zhan Tian gave Long Rui a cold look, silencing her completely.

Although Yue Jinghua and Long Rui had only just met, seeing her repeatedly protect her brother several times, Jinghua knew she sincerely cared for Yue Minzhi and felt a growing fondness for her.

Her brother, Yue Minzhi, though very protective of his family, was somewhat wooden in emotional matters, and as his sister, she naturally wanted to help him.

"Ruru, each person should face their own consequences. I will accept the punishment," Yue Jinghua gave Long Rui a gentle look and calmly accepted the punishment.

Long Rui felt sweetened by the affectionate call of "Ruru," and dazed, she no longer protested.

Shortly after Yue Jinghua spoke, dozens of sympathetic gazes fell on her from the training field.

It was well known that in the past few months, most people here had either experienced or witnessed the ferocity of the "Dragon’s Kiss."

Yue Minzhi was a person who strictly kept to his duties, and had never been late before.

Yue Jinghua also felt the crowd’s gazes were strange, muttering to herself, when suddenly, she noticed the grey dragon above her.

The dragon opened its mouth, releasing a foul stench that immediately dazed people’s minds.

But the stench was only the beginning; immediately after, a hurricane-force wind blew over.

The Dragon’s Kiss was merely a euphemistic name; in reality, it was the Dragon Breath of the grey dragon Nuoyan.

The grey dragon was massive like a hill, and its breath could, if you were lucky, toss you dozens of meters away, leaving you bruised and swollen.

The heavier impact resulted in some people being blown off the cliff, breaking legs and fracturing bones, bound to the bed for days.

By the time Yue Jinghua realized the danger, the Dragon Breath had already hit her face, her body uncontrollably about to fly into the air.

Behind her was the several-thousand-meter-high cliff of Yun Jiu Peak, a fall would mean severe injury if not partial paralysis.

In the critical moment, without hesitation, Yue Jinghua thought of the Dark Techniques taught by Old Kuru, concentrating all her Dark Power at her feet.

Suddenly, two beams of Dark Light burst forth from her feet, and instead of being blown away by the Dragon Breath, her feet went "puff puff", and like a pile driver, shattered the solid rocks of the training ground beneath her.

His body plunged straight down, his knees sinking directly into the rock.

Indeed, a few Quasi-Dragon Knights standing close by, unguarded, were blown away, tumbling awkwardly far off.

When the Dragon Breath ceased, everyone staggered, and Long Rui also managed to stand upright.

Unexpectedly, they saw "Yue Minzhi" standing firm, only his knees sunken into the training ground, currently struggling to pull his legs out.

The actions of "Yue Minzhi" seemed clumsy, but all these Quasi-Dragon Knights present, coming from highly renowned and noble lineages, clearly understood that being able to instantly channel Dark Energy into one’s feet within such a short time and stabilize the lower body in one smooth motion, one must have mastered controlling Dark Energy to perfection, otherwise it would be impossible.

Previously, people’s impressions of Yue Minzhi had been quite average, even somewhat poor.

In their eyes, Yue Minzhi was just a fallen nobility whose presence in the Dragon Rider Reserve Camp was mostly due to his fiancée Long Rui; he himself did not possess any real talent.

Yet today, "Yue Minzhi" had impressively demonstrated his skills, subtly elevating his reputation within the camp.

Seeing this, Long Rui’s eyes shone brightly.

"Tsk, Lord Zhan Tian, your Grey Dragon seems to have a poor stomach, breath too heavy. I suggest it eats less meat and more vegetables regularly to freshen its breath and live a long life," Yue Jinghua struggled as he pulled out his legs, while simultaneously complaining.

Just now, Yue Jinghua had also unexpectedly discovered something - Zhan Tian’s Grey Dragon showed no reaction towards him.

Theoretically, having practiced the Nine Revolutions Star Creation Technique, Yue Jinghua should attract immense attention from Dark Beasts, especially from High-level Dark Beasts, as was evident with Jin Nuo’s Black Dragon.

However, Zhan Tian’s Grey Dragon seemed completely immune to Yue Jinghua’s charm.

As Yue Jinghua tried to probe the Grey Dragon with his Divine Sense, he discovered an insurmountable barrier existed between him and the Grey Dragon.

Zhan Tian remained silent, his face stern, "Smart kid, hiding deep. Start the training, anyone who talks nonsense gets one ’Dragon’s Kiss’," he declared, sweeping his hand and uncompromisingly signaling everyone to begin the day’s training.

After a full day, Yue Jinghua truly experienced the hardships of training at the Dragon Rider Reserve Camp and the extreme rigor of Dragon Rider Zhan Tian’s training methods.

Training twelve hours a day, beginning at around five in the morning, Dragon Rider Reserve Camp’s activities lasted a full day, approximately eight hours.

There was only a half-hour meal break, even bathroom breaks were minimized by Zhan Tian to the utmost, allowing each person only one bathroom break maximum during training.

Yue Jinghua witnessed firsthand a Quasi-Dragon Knight who after drinking too much water at lunch, requested a second bathroom break during the training.

Zhan Tianhu glared and bluntly scolded, "Get lost, a lazy person urinates more. When you’re riding a giant dragon, do you think it will stop and wait for you to relieve yourself? Not allowed, handle it right here!"

The look on that Quasi-Dragon Knight’s face, Yue Jinghua thought afterwards, could only be described as pitiful.

After a day of training, even Yue Jinghua felt light-headed and heavy-legged, returning to his living quarters drenched in stench.

Luckily, he carried enough Green Liquid with him. After soaking his body in the Green Liquid and taking a comfortable bath, Yue Jinghua finally felt somewhat rejuvenated.