Chapter 289: The Beauty in the Room

The youth with black hair and a golden dragon did not reveal any of his true forms. To do so would have been pointless. Maintaining his human form was somewhat more entertaining.

Even in his human form, where most of his strength could not be exerted, none of the mutated tooth dragons could withstand a single palm strike from Muria.

With his strength suppressed, Muria's skills honed in battle against his own kind and in fighting demons were still intact. These skills were integrated into his instincts; he could use them without thinking, even unconsciously.

Muria reached out and grabbed the tail tip of one of the mutated tooth dragons before it could react. Its tail, forked into a pair of huge scythe-like bone blades capable of easily slicing through steel, couldn't even scratch his skin.

With a "snap!" realizing it couldn't escape from Muria's grasp, the tooth dragon instinctively turned to bite him. But just as it turned its head, an irresistible force from its tail caused it to collide violently with another tooth dragon.

Broken bone plates and black-red blood splattered... Muria, holding one tooth dragon, smashed it into another, the eerie force affecting both dragons.

Under Muria's control, the two colliding tooth dragons exploded into fragments upon impact, the smell of blood pervading the air.

Muria discarded the tail in his hand and charged towards another mutated tooth dragon... In less than five minutes, Muria had slaughtered all the mutated tooth dragons.

In fact, within a minute of Muria charging into the group of tooth dragons, these sinister dragons, which had slaughtered countless beings alongside the Pale Blood Devourer, broke down mentally and began to flee.

Even those who delighted in slaughter and spread death, like these evil dragons, feared death. So, seeing Muria effortlessly killing their kind with his every move, these evil dragons genuinely opted to flee, abandoning any thought of resistance.

But it was futile. In front of Muria, who mastered spatial teleportation spells, not a single mutated tooth dragon could escape. They were mercilessly killed by him, merely costing Muria a bit more time since these creatures weren't foolish enough to flee in one direction.

"Too slow." After crushing the last tooth dragon in his sight, Muria looked towards Otreras, which was still slaughtering those monsters, even though they were already cowering and trembling on the ground under its dragon might.

"All these monsters, kill them all." Muria had no sympathy for these chaotic and evil creatures of no value, issuing a death order to the red dragon, "I'll check out this mutated dragon's castle first."

"Roar!" Seeing Muria entering the castle, Otreras showed a hint of anxiety. It also wanted to enter the castle. Although tooth dragons were a sub-dragon species, they were still dragons and likely had the habit of collecting treasures.

But it dared not defy Muria's order. Otreras had seen how Muria dealt with rebellion.

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"Interesting, this is a mutated dragon with a penchant for cleanliness." Entering the castle, Muria was slightly surprised by the nearly spotless interior. Dragons, creatures with an extraordinary ability to adapt to environments, were unlikely to be finicky about cleanliness.

"Intriguing!" Muria extended his hand forward, lightly touching a long sword thrusting towards him with his index finger, easily deflecting the somewhat ornate and impractical weapon, "I didn't expect to find vampires here."

Muria looked at the handsome men with red eyes before him, sniffing the slightly sweet scent of blood, and smiled, "The Pale Blood Devourer has quite the plan, enslaving so many of its kind and numerous monsters, still unsatisfied, and even subduing a vampire clan."

The vampires remained silent, attacking Muria with coordinated sword strikes, indicating they were from a substantial vampire clan trained for combat.

With a thunderous boom, Muria, with an indifferent expression, stepped over a pile of bat carcasses, continuing into the deeper parts of the castle. Occasionally, it was amusing to toy with his enemies, but continuous easy victories were boring, so he chose to end it swiftly.

Navigating through the castle's complex layout, Muria's impatience grew. He reached back and swatted at a hidden vampire assassin, who was revealed under his palm and then exploded into tiny pieces, scattering against the corridor wall.

"Maybe I should just break through the wall." After killing a golden-level assassin, Muria looked at a wall and kicked it down.

A buzzing sound followed, and amidst Muria's calm gaze, dark red runes appeared, forming a barrier that stopped his foot. A moment later, a flash of light from the sole of Muria's combat boot appeared, shattering the barrier and collapsing the wall.

Following this, the castle of the evil dragon was filled with the sound of collapsing heavy objects, which suddenly stopped. Because Muria had reached his destination—the main bedroom of the castle.

With a creak, Muria indifferently pushed open the door of the main bedroom and, unsurprisingly, saw a dignified and elegant red-haired woman sitting in the luxuriously decorated room.

The castle of the evil dragon and the beauty within... For a moment, Muria felt like a hero coming to slay the dragon and rescue the princess. Unfortunately, the room did not contain a princess captured by the evil dragon.

"Are you the leader of the vampire clan in this castle?" Muria looked at the strongest vampire in the castle, with some curiosity, "Why didn't you lead your clan to escape, instead choosing to wait for death here?"

"I will not betray my partner." The stunningly beautiful vampire woman looked steadily at Muria, then gradually showed a hint of killing intent, "Besides, who lives and who dies is yet to be determined."

As the third-tier vampire woman spoke, runes appeared in every part of the room, forming a barrier that enveloped the entire room with a sharp intent to kill, directly targeting Muria.

"Partner?" Muria, unconcerned about the killing array in the room, became somewhat interested in the vampire woman's mention of a partner, "You're the partner of that mutated tooth dragon."

"Correct!" The vampire woman, seeing Muria's calm demeanor, felt her heart sink. Still holding a sliver of hope, she activated the killing array.

But the moment she activated the array, all the runes exploded, turning into specks of blood-colored light that dissipated into the air, filling it with a sweet scent.

"How is this possible?" The vampire woman's face showed a moment of stupefaction. The array she had meticulously set up had collapsed completely. Could anything be more absurd?

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