Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 236 - 17: Berserk Junior Sister Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder (Part 17)
Jiang Lai leaped directly onto the stone surface where the giant dragon had previously been lying. The fact that the rock could stand amidst lava and hadn’t been melted indicated it wasn’t ordinary. As soon as his foot touched the surface, he hopped back from the heat.
"Holy sh*t..."
Jiang Lai suspected the soles of his shoes were gone.
He was already here; he couldn’t just give up over this minor setback. Jiang Lai picked up the High-level Red Spirit Stone in front of him, gathered his spiritual power in his dantian, and lifted the stone forcefully, ready to make his escape.
The giant dragon, locked in a duel with Second Senior Brother, noticed Jiang Lai the little thief. Enraged, it roared and was about to charge down when Second Senior Brother dove down to intercept it before it reached Jiang Lai.
"Your opponent is me, and as the Guardian Beast, can’t defeat even me?"
The words completely infuriated the dragon, which abandoned Jiang Lai to open its mouth wide towards Second Senior Brother, letting out a long roar. A torrent of flames burst out, and Jiang Lai watched as Second Senior Brother was engulfed in fire. Then, clutching the Spirit Stone, he continued to run.
"Watch out!"
Little Buding warned suddenly, causing Jiang Lai to halt at the cave entrance, noticing a thin sharp transparent line blocking his path.
A pebble splashed across and was sliced cleanly in half.
Jiang Lai looked up to see Mu Wu slowly approaching, followed by Wei Ziling.
Persistent souls, even amidst a blast they found their way here unscathed, they truly are main characters.
Jiang Lai held the Spirit Stone and quickly shattered it using his spiritual power before stuffing all pieces into his storage space.
The space was crammed full, not leaving a gap.
Mu Wu’s face changed slightly upon seeing this.
"Hand over the stuff."
"What stuff?"
"Don’t play dumb; your thieving skills have improved greatly, don’t think I don’t know that you stole the Fire Spirit Pearl too. Return it obediently before I lose my temper."
Mu Wu hardly ever suffered losses at the hands of anyone, least of all someone as insignificant as Jiang Lai.
In her previous life, she reached Great Success in cultivation, ascending as thousands revered her, dismissing even the Three Sects, let alone someone like Jiang Lai.
This Jiang Lai repeatedly crossed her lines, using cunning to cause trouble, exhausting Mu Wu’s patience.
Jiang Lai chuckled, silently retreated, his palm absorbing a shard of Spirit Stone.
"First come, first served—isn’t it common knowledge? Or are you shamelessly coveting anything good you see?"
Mu Wu skipped the chatter, flicking her fingers to release a plume of white mist directed at Jiang Lai’s face.
Jiang Lai, seeing such unscrupulous tactics from a female lead for the first time, realized she wouldn’t hesitate to use any means to win. Fortunately, Jiang Lai wasn’t a saint either, he spun away unharmed by the powder.
In the original plotline, even the male lead suffered from this; Jiang Lai had thought main characters should be morally immaculate, but clearly she was mistaken.
Wei Ziling followed closely behind, wielding a Seven-sectioned Whip, its spikes glinting. When she snapped the whip, Jiang Lai dodged, leaving a deep white mark on the ground—it would have been skin-tearing if it hit.
"Hand over the stuff! Didn’t your mother teach you not to touch what’s not yours?"
"So your mother taught you to shamelessly snatch others’ things? You say this without blushing, huh? Pfft, shameless!"
Jiang Lai had yet to lose at verbal sparring; Wei Ziling, despite her formal training, couldn’t retort effectively, leaving her fuming while she continued to lash out with her whip.
Jiang Lai retreated step by step; she had no intention of wasting time on this person. As Wei Ziling charged with red eyes, Jiang Lai leaped up, Wei Ziling’s whip snapping towards her, only to hear a loud "crack."
Wei Ziling’s eyes widened, and the next moment, her breath nearly stopped.
"What is this?!"
Nearby lay an enraged giant dragon, and now this golden egg nestled in the corner—who else could it belong to?
The eggshell was cracked due to her strike, the egg wobbling slightly.
The giant dragon sensed it, and upon a glance, saw a human break its Dragon Egg with a whip. Instantly, its roar shook the heavens, abandoning all reason as it dove furiously towards Wei Ziling.
"Boom——!!"
Wei Ziling was slammed into the stone wall behind her, blood cascading from her mouth, limbs weak, her body entirely embedded in the rock, unable to move.
She glared at the dragon looming before her, heart filled with fear and desperation.
The dragon extended its claw, pressing down on her, its intense heat flaying Wei Ziling’s skin inch by inch, the agony and fear driving her to call for help.
"Wu, Wu help me, Wu help me!!"
Looking down, Mu Wu remained still, seemingly pondering something.
Wei Ziling cried bitterly.
"Save me, save me!!"
Just then, Jiang Lai released Pudding, the palm-sized puppy darting out like a missile, fearless of the heat, biting firmly onto the dragon’s tail.
The scene resembled an ant biting an elephant, yet this ant was fierce enough to bite a scale off the dragon’s tail, spilling green blood that made the dragon howl in pain as it released its grip.
Wei Ziling fell from its grasp, and Jiang Lai sighed, swiftly catching her.
Meanwhile, Second Senior Brother, regaining his composure, gave the dragon no respite, slashing fiercely along its wounded tail!
"Roar——!!!"
With the dragon’s tail severed, it became completely berserk, rampaging within the cave, rocks tumbling from above, Jiang Lai shouted at Wu Lie.
"Second Senior Brother, run!!"
The beast intended to perish together with them.
Without the male lead’s aura, they couldn’t tame it into submission, so it wanted mutual destruction.
Jiang Lai cursed silently, initially wishing to bring Second Senior Brother to tame the dragon as a mount; now it seemed impossible.
If the cave collapsed, lava would spill and kill everyone inside.
Second Senior Brother understood the gravity of the situation; he possessed the Fire Spirit Pearl and feared no lava, but Jiang Lai, flesh and blood, had to exit quickly.
So he decisively forsook victory, pulling Jiang Lai along as they charged outside.
Jiang Lai still had the faint Wei Ziling in his arms, coughing blood, looking like she might not survive.
"Can she survive?"
Wu Lie frowned.
Jiang Lai gritted his teeth, rushing forward, led by Pudding.
"If she’s going to die, let it be on the surface."
