Hell's Handbook

Chapter 210: Fighting The Dragon

He tried to go closer but accidentally stepped on a branch, resulting in making a crunching sound. The woman immediately turned to look at where Su Jin was hiding.

That gaze was so cold, it could send shivers down one’s spine. He felt like if he went any closer, he would be turned into an ice sculpture simply by her stare.

He could sense that she had already discovered him, so he decided to just walk out of his hiding place. He bowed at her and said, “Miss, I have come to look for the evil dragon. Have you seen it?”

The woman looked surprised that Su Jin had dared to show himself. She was sitting on the ground initially, and after Su Jin spoke to her, she slowly got up and didn’t seem to care that she was standing in front of him without anything on.

From a man’s point of view, this woman’s body was perfect. Every curve on her body looked like it had been carefully crafted and molded. But Su Jin was in no mood to admire her beauty, because he had figured some things out already. He was now ready for battle. If she tried to attack him, he was going to fight back without hesitation.

But she didn’t try to attack him. Instead, she looked a little curiously at Su Jin, while a layer of ice began to cover her body from her toes. The frost formed a layer over her body within seconds, as though she were wearing a white dress.

“The evil dragon? What are you talking about? I don’t understand.” Her smile was very creepy.

Su Jin smiled sadly to himself. He probably couldn’t just walk away and expect to make it out of here safely now, so he just sighed and shook his head. “I made a few guesses earlier, but speculation and reality aren’t always the same. I don’t think a lot of people in this world know that evil dragons can actually morph into humans… am I right, Miss frost dragon?”

“Haha!” She covered her mouth and laughed gently. The frostiness in her gaze intensified, but she still didn’t attack him. Instead, she just laughed and said, “Your guess is correct! Did you know? I really like intelligent people!”

“Since that’s the case, how about you let me leave? If we end up fighting each other, you’d be on the losing end.” Su Jin shrugged as he secretly placed a hand on his Handbook.

She shook her head and sighed sadly. “I’m really sorry, but I can’t let humans find out that dragons can morph into humans. And since you’ve stumbled upon our little secret, you shall take it to the grave with you right now! Besides, I don’t think I’d be on the losing end if I fight you.”

Su Jin sighed. A fight was clearly inevitable. He said in a grim voice, “Firstly, even though I don’t know why you’re in human form, I’m very sure you’re not at your best right now. You’ve decided to hide in this valley because you’re taking the time to recuperate. Secondly, I’m very strong! I really am!”

“Haha! Young man, you’re really very clever. You’re right. I’m rather tired, so I’m not able to stay in dragon form. But… as an esteemed dragon, killing a little worm like you is very simple to me,” she said with a hearty laugh. Before she stopped laughing, Su Jin began to feel the temperature beneath his feet drop. She had already begun her attack.

“Damn it,” cursed Su Jin inwardly. He had been too focused on the woman and had not noticed that she had been pushing the frost toward him.

“Shatter!” yelled Su Jin. He made his calf shake violently and it shattered all the frost that had reached his leg. Once he got rid of the frost, he charged at her like a missile instead of quickly retreating.

The frost dragon didn’t expect Su Jin to be able to shake off her frost just like that, and she certainly didn’t expect Su Jin’s first reaction to be to fight back instead of escaping.

“It’s been a long time since I came to the human world. Compared to how I was back then, the young people now are a lot more courageous!” She chuckled, then flicked her finger. Ice appeared from nowhere and flew toward Su Jin. Each piece was extremely sharp, so each one was like a knife.

Su Jin remained unfazed. He wasn’t kidding when he said that he was very strong. He thrust his palm out and there was a ringing sound as the ice shattered before they could get close to him.

“You’re a martial arts expert!” The frost dragon was surprised at first, but she quickly shook her head again. “No, you weren’t using internal energy to counter the ice. You were just using your own bodily strength, which is what dragons do. Wait, are you a dragon too?”

“A dragon? HAHA! Even though dragons are able to morph into humans, I’m sorry but I’m no dragon!” Su Jin had broken through all the ice and was closing in on her.

“How dare you! What do you think dragons are! How dare you speak of us with such disdain!” she roared as she charged at Su Jin and they collided into one another.

BOOM! The tremendous force from the impact caused the ground beneath them to churn. A large amount of soil rolled outwards from where they were, as though a bomb had gone off in the middle.

Wu Chen and Fabian noticed the commotion and dashed toward the valley, only to find that a gigantic wall of ice had sealed off the entrance to the valley.

“Crap, Jin is trapped in there,” Wu Chen cursed inwardly with dismay. Su Jin didn’t have the power to control ice, so it was clear that it must be the frost dragon who made this wall. Usually, the stronger party would create a cage so that their prey wouldn’t be able to escape. In other words, Su Jin was now prey to the other party.

“I can’t break through it. This wall is made from very pure ice particles and it’s such a large one too. It’s even tougher than metal at the same thickness.” Fabian shook his head. He didn’t know what to do.

Wu Chen paused to think for a while, then summoned another item from his Handbook. He was a little reluctant to do so, since he could only use three items in this Challenge and this was the second one already.

Meanwhile, inside the valley, Su Jin flew backwards and crashed heavily into a rock wall. The corners of his eyes were swollen and blood was flowing from his nostrils.

“It’s a dragon, alright. She’s so strong,” thought Su Jin with a bitter look on his face. This woman was an evil dragon who was supposed to be an expert at controlling ice and frost, but she was so strong, she was still able to thrash him even in human form.

The dragon marched toward Su Jin and flicked her wrist. She was equally surprised by this human she was fighting. How could a human have almost the same physique as a dragon? Her hands were actually hurting from fighting him. At the rate she was going, even the best of grandmasters among humans should have been beaten to a pulp by now, yet Su Jin was only mildly injured.

“Again!” Su Jin charged at her again. He summoned his Boning Knife from his Handbook, which was the first item he was using in this Challenge.

“The Attack of the Demon Lord!” Su Jin swung his knife out. After the major changes to Challenges were announced, Su Jin was relieved to discover that his Demon Lord’s Spirit Power was not curbed in any way, and the Demon Lord’s Eye that had replaced his heart was not counted against the total number of items he could use in each Challenge.

The frost dragon didn’t think much of the knife. To her, this was just an ordinary knife, so she used her hand to grab hold of it. But the moment the Attack of the Demon Lord collided with her palm, she realized that this was more powerful than she initially thought and pulled her hand back immediately. Even so, she still lost three fingers just like that.

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“What?!” The frost dragon quickly made use of her frost controlling powers to freeze her wounds, but her eyes were filled with disbelief. How could a human wield a knife so much strength that he actually managed to slice her fingers off? This fellow looked like a human, but his body was the same as a dragon’s!

“I’m off then!” After managing to land an attack, Su Jin immediately retreated. He wasn’t going to stick around and fight her head on by himself. This was a Challenge with eight owners, which meant that it would take that many owners to slay dragons. He was much stronger than the ordinary owner, but it was still going to be too difficult to complete this mission all by himself.

He moved even more quickly when he retreated, which truly floored the frost dragon. Normally, high level human fighters and warriors would have pride and dignity, so even the dragons would respect them. Fights between the greatest human fighters and dragons were always the talk of the town in this world.

But the frost dragon discovered that this human didn’t have the sort of pride that most expert fighters had. This fellow had purposely moved slower than he was actually capable of. If he had done that in order to spring a surprise attack on her, she wouldn’t have been so shocked. But this man had actually done it so that he could make his getaway.

“You shameless human! Did you think you could really get away?” the frost dragon roared as she drove a huge amount of frost toward Su Jin.

Su Jin groaned inwardly. His Spirit Power had been reduced to less than 300 now, so he couldn’t use the skill that came with his Gift from the Gods cloak. That would have made him immune to such elemental attacks and he would have gotten away without any trouble.

At the same time, this amount of frost wasn’t enough to stop Su Jin either. His Boning Knife was extremely sharp, so he could slice through all the frost in his way very easily. He moved at an astonishing speed and arrived at the entrance to the valley in no time, only to come to a sudden stop. He stared in horror and dismay at the thick wall of ice blocking the entrance.

“Run! Go ahead and run! Why did you stop?” the frost dragon called out from behind Su Jin in a tone that made it sound like she was some lecherous fellow targeting Su Jin.

“Jin! Over here!” Just then, Wu Chen’s voice rang out. He had managed to make a hole in the ice wall, except that it definitely wasn’t big enough for a human to fit through.

“Move aside!” yelled Su Jin. He pulled his arm back and punched the ice wall as hard as he could. The strength from his punch made the ice around the hole crack and widened it by a few meters.

“Let’s go!” Su Jin yelled at Wu Chen. He grabbed Zhou Xinyu with one hand and Fabian with the other, then ran like crazy without even turning back. The few humans disappeared within seconds, leaving behind one furious frost dragon in the valley.