Wizard starting from shoeing donkeys

Chapter 1217: Chapter 411: Secret Contest (Part 2)

That’s why, even though there are quite a few people present, once the initial test begins, the speed of progression is very fast.

In less than two minutes on average, it’s the next person’s turn.

"Will the ninth candidate, Barnes, please come on stage," the attendant called out.

"Oh, it’s him," Rein suddenly noticed a familiar figure stepping forward.

The person, riding on the ugly Bone-devouring Vulture, arrived at the center of the arena, one of the three who had been observing him from the side earlier.

This time, the opponent the person drew was a Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk.

Rein narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the opponent with interest to see how he would respond.

The Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk, as a typical melee-type flying Fierce Species, was very similar to the Blood Feathered Horned Eagle.

But clearly, as a creature with Legendary strength, it was far superior to the Blood Feathered Horned Eagle.

The Dragon Eagle, as its name implies, appears to be a cross between dragon and eagle, with a head resembling an eagle, a red and sharp beak, and particularly large wings, reminiscent of those of a giant butterfly, with blood-red feathers covering the wing surface.

The body, like a dragon’s, is covered in red scales, with thick hind limbs and a pair of sharp claws.

As the Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk was released from the iron fence on one side of the camp, its first sight was the Bone-devouring Vulture on the field, immediately screeching and aggressively charging towards it.

With each flap of its broad wings, the speed of the Dragon Eagle increased accordingly.

"Chirp!"

Just when everyone thought the Dragon Eagle would choose melee combat directly, suddenly, the Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk, at a distance of just over ten meters from Barnes, took a deep breath and spewed flames.

At this point, many remembered that the Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk also possessed the common breath ability of dragon creatures, called Dragon Hawk Breath, which carried formidable flame damage.

Faced with the Dragon Hawk’s breath attack, most people thought Barnes would choose a safe response, either dodging or using defensive witchcraft to resist.

But to everyone’s astonishment, Barnes chose to counter-attack!

Facing the incoming conical Dragon Hawk Breath, Barnes’s body suddenly expanded, with red scales faintly appearing on him, and the Bone-devouring Vulture beneath him seemed to be affected as well, suddenly dipping from mid-air.

"Roar!"

In his Dragon-man form, Barnes suddenly opened his mouth, and also spewed Flame Breath towards the Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk.

Immediately, the two Flame Breaths clashed fiercely in mid-air!

For a time, the flames blazed intensely!

It was like two flamethrowers blasting each other, with the heat waves rolling and sweeping around.

Meanwhile, Rein, who was observing from the sidelines, was quite surprised looking at Barnes in Dragon-man form!

Because the form was very similar to his First Stage Dragon-man Warrior transformation’s form, with a short tail, a height of about four or five meters.

Also, the opponent should have a Red Dragon Bloodline, but for some reason, the red dragon scales faintly glimmered with a hint of black.

This matched the information Cleya had mentioned, most likely related to the potions the opponent had taken in the Dragon Scale Brotherhood.

Just as Rein was slightly shifting his thoughts, the situation in the battle on the field suddenly changed.

Suddenly, the Dragon Hawk’s breath came to an abrupt stop.

Its beak was tightly gripped by a robust Dragon Claw.

Barnes, after transforming, used the visual obstruction caused by the two Flame Breaths’ collision to rush over.

Unable to open its beak, naturally, it could not perform its breath attack, and in such a situation, the Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk seemed extremely furious, with many worm-like blood vessels suddenly emerging on its body, rapidly inflating.

"This is the Talent Ability Bloodthirst!" another candidate beside Rein said.

But regardless of the Dragon Hawk activating Bloodthirst, its Strength enhanced, and its fierce struggle, that Dragon Claw still held the Dragon Hawk’s head firmly, unmoving.

"Crack!"

The sound of bone breaking was heard, and the Dragon Hawk struggled even more desperately.

"Pop!"

With the closing of the Dragon Claw, the Dragon Hawk’s head was crushed like a watermelon.

This was a Legendary-strength Dragon Hawk, with the hardest skull, yet it was simply crushed by Barnes in Dragon-man form.

"Hiss~ such Strength!"

"Is this the Red Dragon Bloodline?"

"Only took five seconds?!"

...

The onlookers gasped collectively.

At this moment, Barnes’s body began to rapidly shrink, returning to human form.

And the Bone-devouring Vulture beneath him cried out excitedly a few times, quickly descending beside the deceased Bloodthirsty Dragon Hawk, starting to devour the remains ferociously.

Barnes did not stop his mount’s behavior, but looked around, his gaze lingering slightly on Rein’s side.

Rein could see a well-hidden provocation in the opponent’s eyes.

As if saying ’Look, I’ve done it, now it’s your turn.’

Interesting....

"Ten!"

"Ten!"

...

Even Second Prince Everton gave a perfect score of ten.

A total of fifty points, the first perfect score candidate appeared.

The next few candidates, although their strength was also good, with two finishing the battle within a minute,

but with Barnes, the ’Five-second man’, setting a high bar, the highest of the remaining candidates only reached forty-five points.

...

"Will the thirteenth candidate, Rein, please come on stage," the attendant called out loudly.

This focused the attention of Luther and Halowin on Rein, as they were also curious to see how long it would take Rein, and whether he could surpass Barnes’s five seconds.

As Rein entered the arena, there were many who started whispering among themselves.