Worthless Profession: Dragon Tamer

Chapter 653, Corrupt Withered Diamond

Translator: Silavin

It seemed that something had been lying in wait here.

However, Lu Fan’s Black Dragon Perception had been operating at maximum capacity, yet he had not detected any potential danger.

This made Lu Fan proceed with even greater caution as he advanced forwards.

When Lu Fan had travelled approximately three thousand metres, an anomaly finally appeared!

The decayed ruins of the Valley of Life suddenly began to stir at this moment. The withered trees suddenly melted, resembling a pool of purplish black mud.

Simultaneously, this mud appeared to come alive, extending countless tentacles and converging at a single point.

In the blink of an eye, something resembling a slime formed in front of Lu Fan. The mud contracted and fibered, actually forming a being composed of purplish black fibres with a peculiar shape!

Lu Fan found it difficult to describe this existence as a Monster.

This was because ordinary Monsters could generally be regarded as a form of life. Even Undead Type or Ghost Type Monsters, despite being merely spiritual entities, still retained some characteristics from their lives as living beings.

Yet the existence before him completely overturned Lu Fan’s understanding of the term ‘Monster’.

Although it possessed four legs, it resembled merely a lump of flesh with four appendages. Moreover, its flesh was purplish black in colour, gradually transforming from a muddy texture into an unknown material with a fibrous, meat-like quality.

It appeared both stone-like and wood-like, yet also resembled flesh. Alternatively, one could say it bore no resemblance to any material he knew of. It was an entirely aberrant existence.

Lu Fan considered himself well-verse and well-travelled within the Human Race and had acquired considerable knowledge of many things. However, he was unable to identify what manner of existence this was.

He even attempted to use Appraisal on it, but the Skill proved entirely ineffective.

It seemed this entity was not a Life Form, but rather a pure environmental feature of the Map.

Yet if one were to classify it as a Map environmental feature, that would be strange too. After all, it had begun moving and was charging towards Lu Fan!

This existence was neither large nor small, possessing the volume of a truck.

Such a form charging towards would certainly deliver a tremendous impact.

At the very least, Lu Fan was unwilling to engage in combat with this unknown being.

However, as it charged forth, it had clearly seen through Ye Sha’s Concealment Skill. In short, it was not up to Lu Fan to decide whether to fight or not. He would have to engage.

The opponent did not appear to be a Boss, so Lu Fan was not so alarmed as to immediately flee the area.

Unless he confirmed it was a genuine danger, Lu Fan preferred to resolve the immediate situation and continue advancing.

“Ye Sha! Shadow Advance!” Lu Fan calmly commanded Ye Sha to launch a proactive attack. Simultaneously, he employed Dragon Language Replication to copy Ye Sha’s Shadow Advance and released it in conjunction.

The Skill Effect of Dragon Language Resonance was also triggered, directly doubling the Skill Power of both Lu Fan and Ye Sha!

The quadruple-powered Shadow Advance swept forth, with countless wind blades unleashing without reservation towards the opponent.

Only the continuous *swoosh swoosh* sounds could be heard as countless wind blades struck this mysterious existence, immediately lacerating the opponent!

Its purple fibrous muscle strands were actually not particularly fragile. On the contrary, through this probing attack, Lu Fan discerned that if the opponent truly qualified as a Monster. Its Endurance Attribute was quite high, conservatively estimated at over one million.

However, regardless of how strong its defence might be, when facing Ye Sha, an Assassin Type Dragon, it appeared as fragile as paper.

Furthermore, Lu Fan’s Dragon Language Replication and Dragon Language Resonance had increased the power of Shadow Advance by a full four times!

Even a Level 119 Epic Grade Boss would suffer severe injury, if not instant death, from such an attack.

Nevertheless, witnessing this single strike directly divide the opponent into countless purple fibrous fragments of flesh, Lu Fan remained somewhat surprised that the opponent was truly weaker than he had anticipated.

If the anomaly in the Valley of Life that caused such changes was related to such existences, it seemed rather inadequate. After all, Monsters of this calibre could not possibly pose a threat to the Dragon Race.

As Lu Fan puzzled over this, his gaze sharpened.

Those severed fragments had not lost their vitality. Instead, they began writhing in fibrous movements, resembling twisting worms!

They were gathering the flesh pieces in one direction, apparently attempting to reconstitute into a complete entity.

Lu Fan’s brow furrowed deeply. [As I thought, this thing is more than meets the eye!]

The opponent was not a normal Monster, nor did it possess the concept of a Health Pool. In such circumstances, how could one eliminate such an opponent?

Perhaps when Lu Fan underwent his Fifth Profession Change and gained the ability to influence Map Mechanics, he might find some method to annihilate such an opponent.

However, at present, regardless of Lu Fan’s strength, he seemed unable to affect this being that resembled a Map Mechanic than a Monster.

[How troublesome…] Lu Fan needed to vex while realising that the anomaly in the Valley of Life was certainly more complex than he had imagined.

Just as Lu Fan prepared to employ Shadow Advance once more to further segment the opponent and prevent its reconstitution, a sharp *whooshing* sound approached from behind him.

Through Black Dragon Perception, Lu Fan did not need to turn his head to sense a massive entity diving towards him.

Almost instantaneously, Lu Fan commanded Ye Sha through their spiritual connection to execute Shadow Assassination, directly transforming into a black light and slashing backwards with tremendous force.

Another light *swoosh* sounded, and as Lu Fan and Ye Sha steadied themselves, they observed a second existence similar to the previous one had been cleaved in two.

This second existence possessed an external form similar to that of the first, composed entirely of these purplish black fibres.

However, its shape more closely resembled a giant bird in soaring flight, possessing a pair of wings but lacking limbs and head.

At this moment, having been bisected by Lu Fan, its body crashed to the ground due to inertia, colliding precisely with the existence Lu Fan had dismembered earlier.

Subsequently, a bizarre scene unfolded.

The purplish black fibres of both beings simultaneously extended, resembling spore-like mycelium that interconnected with each other.

When the fibres of both entities made contact, they immediately began pulling and connecting. They commenced reconstitution in a manner that proved nauseating to the viewer!

In the blink of an eye, the two fused together, transforming into an unknown entity lacking a head but possessing both limbs and wings.

Simultaneously, its flesh, transformed from purplish black fibres, formed a black carapace, appearing to possess even greater defensive capabilities.