Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start-Chapter 318 Array, Hand of Death

This move indeed had a certain effect, but since most of the Earth Dragon’s muscle tissue was made up of fat, the cushioning effect of the fat only made Xiao Zhan feel somewhat stifled.

Other than that, Xiao Zhan didn’t have any major issues.

Thus, just like a bone-burrowing maggot, Xiao Zhan forced the Earth Dragon to constantly shuttle through the ground. The Earth Dragon tried every possible method to get rid of Xiao Zhan but to no avail.

Finally, a flesh tunnel over three meters long was cleared.

Ding!

The Death Demon Scythe struck something firm, and a glint of joy flashed through Xiao Zhan’s eyes—he had finally reached the bottom.

Without even thinking, he knew it was the Earth Dragon’s scales.

He immediately swung the Demon Scythe at the scales!

Ding!

Again, the sound of metal colliding sparked a flurry of sparks.

Xiao Zhan’s expression turned to disappointment because his full-force strike only left a shallow scratch on the Dragon’s scale armor, without any sign of real damage.

"The Earth Dragon has two layers of scale armor, an inner armor and an outer armor. If this inner armor is so tough, not to mention the outer one. Without the activation of Spirit Manipulation Energy, we really can’t break through!"

Xiao Zhan frowned as he spoke.

If he had enough Spirit Manipulation Energy inside him at this moment, he would definitely be able to break through this scale armor’s defense.

But the problem was, he didn’t have it now.

Xiao Zhan started to tense up because if the scale armor couldn’t be broken and the air in the Earth Dragon’s belly was almost used up, if they couldn’t find a good way out soon, Xiao Zhan and his companion might really die here.

Just as the two were deeply furrowed in thought, suddenly, Xiao Zhan felt that the Earth Dragon’s direction of movement seemed to have changed a bit.

"This Earth Dragon seems to be moving upwards, and at quite a fast speed too?"

Ye Youlong was also puzzled, "Indeed, it’s a bit faster than before; did something happen?"

Sadly, they were both trapped inside the Earth Dragon’s belly, completely unaware of what was happening outside.

At that moment, Xiao Zhan suddenly caught a whiff of a peculiar scent.

It was a faint fragrance, but remarkably invigorating and refreshing.

Just one sniff made Xiao Zhan feel much more clear-headed.

Even the dizziness caused by the lack of oxygen was completely dispelled by this fragrance.

"What is this fragrance, so peculiar?" Xiao Zhan couldn’t help but blurt out.

But at that moment, Ye Youlong suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "I’ve got an idea!"

"What idea?

"Since we can’t break through the Earth Dragon’s scales, we can directly destroy its core and kill it from the inside!"

Xiao Zhan’s eyes immediately lit up, "You mean we directly smash its Demon Beast Crystal Core!"

"Exactly!" Ye Youlong said excitedly, "Its crystal core is within its brain. Trying to break through its skull from the outside is a fool’s dream. But from the inside, it’s well within our grasp!"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhan immediately sprung into action.

He withdrew from the flesh seam and returned to the throat passage, then started crawling towards the mouth.

However, since the Earth Dragon was now positioned upright, it was a bit difficult for Xiao Zhan to crawl, but in the face of survival, he had to overcome this difficulty.

Fortunately, with the help of that peculiar fragrance, although Xiao Zhan still couldn’t make use of Spirit Manipulation Energy, his mental state was exceptionally good.

This greatly boosted his confidence.

The Earth Dragon also felt Xiao Zhan climbing towards the outside.

It constantly manipulated its muscles, attempting to swallow Xiao Zhan whole; Xiao Zhan was immediately subjected to severe pressure by this muscle movement, making his climb extremely difficult.

But to Xiao Zhan’s surprise, the wriggling only lasted a moment before stopping.

Xiao Zhan was puzzled, did the Earth Dragon know that this would not stop him, so it gave up?

Obviously, that wasn’t possible.

But Xiao Zhan couldn’t be bothered to think too much; it was best if the Earth Dragon didn’t wriggle. He immediately exerted his full strength and swiftly climbed upwards.

Soon, Xiao Zhan returned to the Earth Dragon’s mouth.

But the Earth Dragon also felt his presence in its mouth, so it continuously gathered its mouth, trying to use the teeth that filled its mouth to tear Xiao Zhan to shreds.

However, Xiao Zhan had already anticipated this and immediately released his Perception to quickly determine a relatively safe spot.

This location was where Xiao Zhan had previously used the Spirit Manipulation Technique to blast open, where some teeth were smashed, so standing here was slightly safer.

But the intense muscle movements in the Earth Dragon’s mouth still reminded Xiao Zhan to stay steady; a slight carelessness would cause him to fall into the throat.

Fortunately, the Earth Dragon didn’t have a tongue, or else Xiao Zhan would have been truly overwhelmed in dealing with it.

Perception released again, Xiao Zhan immediately found the location of the Earth Dragon’s Crystal Core, right at the center of its head.

Inside the head, there was no scale armor protection, but there was still a thick layer of flesh.

Xiao Zhan needed to split these layers of flesh.

Without hesitation, Xiao Zhan swung his scythe, the sharp blade slicing through the flesh as easily as cutting tofu, smoothly opening it.

Immediately, a fountain-like stream of blood poured over Xiao Zhan’s head.

At the same time, perhaps because the flesh and nerves in this area were abundant, this cut caused the Earth Dragon to react violently, its body shaking intensely, colliding with the cave’s stone walls.

Xiao Zhan almost lost his balance and fell.

Fortunately, he firmly grasped the scythe in his hand.

"No mouth opening even with such a big reaction, this guy’s mouth is firm!" Xiao Zhan grunted and then continued with another slash.

...

Meanwhile,

Outside.

Feeling the tremors coming from the ground, Han Dingxiang and the others were instantly delighted.

The Dragon-Attracting Willow was working!

"Everyone get ready, we cannot let the Earth Dragon dive back in! Set up the formation!" Li Teng immediately shouted.

They couldn’t defeat the Earth Dragon, but to rescue Xiao Zhan, they were willing to sacrifice everything if necessary!

Upon his command, the members of the Hand of Death reacted immediately.

They all took their positions, calmly spreading out on the ground, each holding black scythes with the Artifact Spirits emitting Death Aura, coalescing into a black Energy Iron Chain.

Members maintained a certain distance from each other, seemingly unrelated, but with the appearance of this Energy Iron Chain, several black traction threads also appeared on their bodies.

These threads attracted and intertwined with the nearest person,

From one to many, eventually, all were connected, forming a solid piece.

Suddenly, a powerful aura was unleashed from them.

At this moment, if one were to look down from above, they would see a giant black hand formed by them.

This was their core formation of the Hand of Death.

Hand of Death!

This was also why they were called the Hand of Death!