Dragon Tamer

Several knife-wielding bandits escorted Li Shaoying and Uncle Zhan inside, and Li Shaoying looked to find that the villagers had been tied up and laid on the ground, but their heads were gone!

Blood-soaked heads littered the ground.

Li Shaoying’s face was filled with horror, nearly scared out of his wits.

People had been slaughtered like animals, including those he had grown up with in the village—the aunts, the old men, and even the young children!

The entire village had been butchered!!

“Number Two, you’re the smart one, eh? With the soldiers busy hunting the Cannibal Monster, they won’t care about us. We can raid village after village, and the money will be enough for us to live in luxury for a lifetime!” said the man who looked like a butcher.

“Kill them all and then throw them out for the wolves. No one will find out it was us, with those soldiers and Dragon Shepherds still looking for the Cannibal Monster!” laughed the deputy bandit leader with the viciousness of a jackal.

“After we deal with these two, we can leave. Let’s start with the younger one.” The butcher leader, holding a knife, approached with a cold smile.

Li Shaoying was completely petrified. The scene before his eyes was too bloody and shocking, and he had even forgotten to struggle or dodge.

At that moment, Uncle Zhan stepped in front of Li Shaoying, standing between him and the butcher leader.

“You’re so eager to die; I shall grant you your wish.” With these words, the butcher leader placed his cleaver on Uncle Zhan’s face and slapped it twice heavily, creating an ominous sound, as if ready to carve flesh!

Uncle Zhan didn’t avert his gaze. He took a deep breath and said, “The last man to slap my face like that was Li Ying. I chopped three of his dragons.”

“Who the hell is Li Ying? A mere herdsman acting like some big shot with us? My cleaver never dulls when chopping meat!” retorted the butcher leader with a smirk, as he swung his large knife back.

Uncle Zhan stood there, his brown eyes suddenly blazing with a sharp light!

“Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble! !! ”

Suddenly, the distant waterwheel began to spin violently, and by the light of the fire at the village entrance, one could see the lake churning furiously as if something were climbing out.

The water level began to plummet, dropping to half its height!

“BOON”I!!!!!!”

Far away, the lake exploded terrifyingly, and a Black Serpent emerged, crashing through the waterwheel the size of a house and rampaging through the village entrance…

The Black Serpent moved too swiftly; the butcher leader hadn’t finished his swing when the serpent was already upon him. Just like a python biting a young mouse, it flung the ferocious butcher into the air.

The butcher leader was thrown high, then plummeted straight down, and in that moment, the Black Serpent opened its mouth wide, allowing the butcher to slide into its elongated esophagus!

Swallowed alive!

The butcher leader was devoured alive by the Black Serpent under everyone’s gaze, his form clearly visible within the serpent’s writhing stomach, desperately struggling!

The Black Serpent hovered in the air, its body dripping wet, coiling above the village. The flickering light from the basins barely managed to outline its full size; half of it hidden in the darkness…

Uncle Zhan stood there, his gaze indifferent. At this moment, his presence was in complete harmony with the dragon floating in mid-air, looking down upon the inhuman gang of bandits.

These bandits, possessing at best some brute strength, had no power whatsoever to resist the Black Serpent.

The Black Serpent gave the other bandits no chance to survive, biting and tearing one after another. The bandits couldn’t even flee and were wiped out in a few minutes!

Li Shaoying was stunned, his eyes filled with shock.

For over a decade, Uncle Zhan had always been like any other hardworking villager!

Why, with such immense power, did he choose to live as a common man, and why, being a Dragon Shepherd himself, did he not reveal a hint of it to me?

Zhan An looked at the massacre of the entire village.

Then glanced at the bandits, torn to shreds and receiving their just deserts, his eyes filled with helplessness.

Alas, despite guarding against the Cannibal Monster, they couldn’t guard against these bandits, and the village was still lost.

He wasn’t herding on the slopes; he was hunting the Cannibal Monster, keeping them away from the village.

“Uncle, are you a Dragon Shepherd??” Li Shaoying couldn’t believe it.

“I am not a Dragon Shepherd, just someone with some other abilities. The Black Serpent knows human nature well. Even without a human Spirit Contract and bond, it has always been by our side. From now on, take care of it. Now that I have shown my power, my enemies will likely seek me out; I must leave,” sighed Zhan An.

Li Shaoying was stunned. There were so many questions he still wanted to ask, and with the village destroyed, where was he to go?

Li Shaoying and the Black Serpent continued to follow Zhan An, who waved his hand and then said, “Go back to the Dragon Taming Academy. Take good care of him for me.

“Awoo!”

Li Shaoying, with tears in his eyes, was about to respond when the Black Serpent beside him raised its head, sounding a high-pitched cry in answer to the departing Zhan An.

Li Shaoying’s tears flowed even more freely..