With Taihou's command, the battle progressed with difficulty, but at least there were gains. After a quarter of an hour of combined effort, the three of them destroyed the black head.
"Now kill the white one!" Taihou spoke again. Did
this even need a specific order?
Qin Chuan could actually sense that these heads were interconnected by the five elements, and there were other elements as well. If they weren't killed one by one according to specific characteristics, the three of them, with their current combat strength, would never be able to kill this mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent.
However, this mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent was really too careless. At first, it didn't take Qin Chuan and the other two seriously at all.
If it hadn't had several life-saving techniques, it would already be dead.
Moreover, it lost three lives in a row before using some of its real life-saving techniques and trump cards. Although it was still in danger, it was at least much better than before.
However, with Taihou around, anything was possible. Taihou had everything under control with this mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent, which was enough to show Taihou's determination to obtain the treasure here.
Therefore, Qin Chuan was well aware that once the mutated seven-headed demonic dragon-snake died, Tai Hou would definitely turn against him and Yu Qing. Given Tai Hou's cautious nature, Qin Chuan was genuinely worried.
Qin Chuan also had ways to protect himself, but he feared Tai Hou might possess some special trump card, even capable of ignoring the existence of treasures.
However, he thought the possibility was unlikely. Aside from the rarity and preciousness of such treasures, Tai Hou would definitely underestimate him; his strength and realm were certainly not in Tai Hou's eyes.
That's how everyone saw it; a significant difference in strength and realm was difficult to bridge, almost impossible. It's said that extraordinary talents can overcome many combat levels, but that's just a legend. Besides, everyone considered themselves extraordinary talents. Those
who had reached this level were not mediocre, so even if there were differences, they were limited. It was impossible for someone to overcome a major realm and defeat you; that was unrealistic.
Tai Hou was wary of Yu Qing's strength. He mainly didn't want to kill Yu Qing; such a beautiful woman was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he couldn't bear to kill her. But doing so would be dangerous; if they were caught off guard, he would truly regret it for the rest of his life.
But he couldn't bear to part with it. For a normal man, the greatest temptation isn't treasure, but a woman, especially a peerless beauty.
Taihou had ways to protect himself, so while fighting, he was also figuring out how to eliminate Qin Chuan and cripple Yu Qing's cultivation without harming Yu Qing's life.
He'd consider that later; for now, he had a way to deal with Yu Qing. His trump card was incredibly powerful—he possessed a one-time-use, binding magic artifact.
It could suppress a person's cultivation by half for an hour. Those below the War God realm couldn't avoid it and wouldn't recover within that hour. It was a
one-time use artifact, but a heaven-defying existence, an absolute treasure, incredibly powerful, a deadly weapon.
He would use this artifact on Yu Qing, crippling him within an hour. As for Qin Chuan, he wasn't worried at all; dealing with someone of Qin Chuan's strength would be easy within an hour.
Then he considered whether to cripple Yu Qing's cultivation. For now, he should first kill the mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent to increase his own strength. Then, even without crippling Yu Qing, he could control her.
The white head disappeared, replaced by the red head…
the halo flickered, and this time the fight lasted a full hour, taking another life from the mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent.
Actually, the mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent was already somewhat confused. After all, if it died again, it couldn't die again; it only had two lives left. In other words, it could only die once; a second death meant certain death.
It wanted to run. Although its combat power doubled with each death, the controlled suppression had caused it to die several times without increasing its combat power.
If it weren't for the suppression, it was already at the War God realm; after dying four times, its combat power would be terrifying. But now it could only helplessly wait to die.
It was furious, wishing it could devour the three people in front of it, but it knew that its only way to survive was to run.
The mutated seven-headed demonic dragon serpent was filled with regret. If it had retreated from the beginning, how much better it would be now, with six lives remaining and its mind unbroken.
But now, forced into this situation, his resolve wavered. Although he knew that his strength was merely suppressed and that these people were easily defeated,
this was still a fatal weakness. If someone kept a close eye on him, it could be fatal, as many treasures possessed abilities.
Therefore, this fatal weakness was extremely dangerous. For a whole day, thankfully everyone's strength was aligned, but today he discovered that these people seemed to have somehow obtained information, and he was completely outmaneuvered.
"It's going to run. Attack its tail three meters from the end while it's running," Tai Hou said.
Every time Tai Hou spoke, Qin Chuan felt a chill. This Tai Hou was not pure of heart. It wouldn't have been a problem to conceal things, but given the immense danger of coming to the Ancient Dragon Tomb, he had actually hidden so much, even exposing his purpose to Qin Chuan and Yu Qing.
The mutated seven-headed demonic dragon was truly terrified. He had thought he could escape if he couldn't win, but now he realized he had underestimated his opponent. Even his weakness for escape had been thoroughly investigated.
If she tried to escape, her opponent would attack a very subtle weakness. If she kept running away, she would be killed by the constant attacks.
This was because an attack on that spot would cause her vital energy to leak out, a weakness in her current cultivation level. However, this was temporary; once she mastered that technique, the weakness would disappear.
But now it was a fatal flaw. She couldn't escape, and staying meant she couldn't win. Less than half a day had passed, and if things continued like this, she would be killed soon.
Unable to win, unable to escape? What to do?
The mutated seven-headed demonic dragon was frantic, like an ant on a hot pan, constantly resisting the attacks of Qin Chuan and his companions while trying to escape.
Whoosh!
Unable to withstand the onslaught, it directly burrowed into the massive dragon palace within the mountain. "
Break down this mountain!"
Tai Hou shouted, leading the attack on the massive mountain range. But to the three of them's surprise, the special dragon palace remained completely unscathed.
Taihou didn't know why, but Qin Chuan knew that this massive mountain range was engraved with runes. Because of these runes, the mountain was indestructible unless the runes were broken first.
The runes were very complex, but Qin Chuan could understand them. If it took a long time to decipher them, all their efforts today might be in vain.