Brass Dragons in the Dragon World

"Uncle De, how did you know? My parents really didn't go to school, and my brother and I only know a few words."

Ander took out the "Breaking the Enemy" sword and pointed to the two seal characters on the hilt, saying:

"These two characters on the sword must be its name."

The little girl nodded repeatedly and asked, "Do those two characters mean 'Broken the Enemy'?"

"These two characters are Dingguo. Your ancestors have been calling the name wrong all along."

Ander only realized it a while after he got the sword; if he hadn't cast a language-comprehension spell on himself, he really wouldn't have recognized the two abstract characters.

"I still think 'Po Lu' sounds better."

Chu Jie, who was standing to the side, scratched his face and quickly changed the subject.

"Uncle De, are you very good? Why don't we give it a try?"

"If I can beat your brother, do you think I can't beat you?"

Ander had no desire to fight on this ship. Small boats were no match for giant ships; they swayed and rocked, and getting wet would be unpleasant.

"My brother can't beat me."

Perhaps because the voyage was so boring, Chu Jie was seized by a playful impulse. She went into the cabin and soon took out two wooden sticks of similar size.

"Uncle Lai De, let's have a competition."

Ander looked at the wooden stick in Chu Jie's hand and thought to himself, "I'm a sorcerer, and I don't know any melee combat. If I were to fight you with a sword, wouldn't that be like sending myself to my death?"

But sitting on the boat was really boring. Angers and Chu Hao were together all day long, and he didn't know what they were talking about. He could only sit on the side and coax the child.

Ander also felt like having some fun, so he said to Chu Jie:

"How about we try a different game? If you can cut my skin, I'll give this sword back to you."

"Po Lu is a treasure; don't use him as a stake!"

Chu Jie clearly valued this sword more and didn't want Ande to neglect the Chu family's treasure.

"Then you won't have a chance to get this sword."

Chu Jie hesitated for a moment, perhaps confident in his own abilities, before replying:

"Fine then. Although my brother likes to use an axe, Po Lu is a good match for him. I'll take the gamble."

"Good, that's the spirit we need."

After Ander finished speaking, he took off his miscellaneous clothes from his upper body.

"Hey, Uncle De, what are you doing?"

"Your brother goes shirtless every day, what's so surprising?"

As he spoke, Ander partially deactivated his transformation, turning the skin on his upper body into dragon skin.

"See that? I'm standing right here. You can cut me all you want. If you break a skin, I'll return your Chu family's sword to you."

Chu Jie wasn't embarrassed at all; in fact, he was a little annoyed.

"Uncle De, how do you use the power of words?"

"You can also use the power of words, and you can also use your bandit-pacifying sword."

The remaining knife in the Chu family was in Chu Jie's hands. The knife was named Ping Kou, which matched the sword quite well.

Worried about messing things up, Ander cast Stone Skin and Mage Armor on himself. In his opinion, even if the little girl used Word of Power, she wouldn't be able to cut through his dragon skin.

Seeing Ander like this, Chu Jie also went back into the cabin. When he came out, he was holding the Tang Dynasty horizontal sword with a ring pommel in his hand, followed by Chu Hao and Angers.

"Senior Ander, why do you have to be angry with my sister?"

Chu Hao immediately apologized and told Ander not to fight Chu Jie.

But Ander had been incredibly bored these past two days and wanted to see what made this girl so special, so he was determined to test just how sharp Chu Jie's knife was.

Seeing that Ander was unmoved by reason, Chu Hao simply stepped aside and watched the strange duel with Angers.

Ander sat cross-legged on the deck, his skin a grayish-white color, with patches of dragon scales appearing on it, making it look like some kind of carving.

"Uncle De, I'm sorry to offend you."

Chu Jie drew his sword, which looked ordinary at first glance, but the next moment it emitted a red light, like a red-hot iron.

Ander could clearly feel the heat emanating from the blade, just like the molten sword in the robot anime he had watched years ago. The power of this blade far exceeded Ander's imagination.

Dragons are greedy, and Ander didn't want Chu Jie to win the magical weapon he had in his hands, but he couldn't back out, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take Chu Jie's sword.

Secretly adding another energy damage resistance buff to himself, Ander said to Chu Jie with feigned confidence:

"Come on, let's see if you can break through my absolute defense!"

Chapter Twenty-Six: Young People Lack Martial Morality

On the moving cargo ship, Ander sat on the ground, his gray-white upper body exposed without any defense.

To be honest, he's starting to regret it. Ander originally thought Chu Jie was just a little girl and couldn't possibly have any fighting ability, which is why he had the idea of ​​playing around with her.

You have to understand that with the current level of defense of his skin, Deadpool's claws could only scratch the skin. In his opinion, even if Chu Jie used his ancestral sword, he wouldn't be able to break through his defenses.

But unexpectedly, Chu Jie didn't play by the rules. Their Chu family's anti-bandit knife could actually heat up the blade like a soldering iron, which was really too unscientific.

Just like when Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng made a promise at the top of the Forbidden City, and then Ye Gucheng took out a Jedi lightsaber.

"Ah Jie, are your hands hot?"

Ander looked at the Tang sword that Chu Jie was holding, which was emitting a red and white light, and wanted to find some topics to ease his tension.

"Uncle De, why don't you just admit defeat? I don't need Po Lu."

Chu Jie didn't answer Ander's question directly, as if he could sense Ander's nervousness.

She knew that although Ander was willing to wager the sword, her brother had previously instructed her not to take it even if she won.

This is the reward that Ander gave them for blowing up the dragon vein; the Chu family cannot go back on their word.

Chu Jie was well aware of how important the dragon vein was, which was why she didn't dwell on the matter. However, the prospect of getting the person who had defeated her brother to admit defeat was also very appealing to her.

"I'm not going to give up, come on then."

Ander pretended to think for a while, but in reality he was frantically searching for various spells to buff himself. He had a premonition that if he underestimated his opponent again, he might suffer a defeat.

Chu Jie raised his knife in his right hand and slashed down diagonally. Unlike the wide and sweeping movements of many martial arts routines, he held back his strength, which was more like the way soldiers fight in close combat.

Ander raised his left arm and used the outside of his arm to block the blow. Ander could clearly feel the burning sensation from the knife hitting his arm.

The knife was hotter than he had imagined; alchemical weapons were indeed extraordinary.

Fortunately, this pacification knife was not as sharp as the sword, and its function was more inclined to kill opponents with high temperature, so it failed to break Ander's skin.

After the swing, a charred mark appeared on Ander's arm. Chu Jie said triumphantly:

"Well, you were really good at suppressing the bandits."

"You're just relying on your weapon advantage. What difference would it make if you sent a child?"

Ander countered

"Actually, I got the same result using the power of words."

Although Chu Jie's Word of Power was dangerous, its power was not too great in the marine environment, and she was confident that it would not cause too much damage.

Chu Jie flicked the Tang sword in his hand, and the blade, which had been emitting a blazing light, dimmed, transforming back into a black-bladed horizontal sword.

"Watch out, Uncle De! My Words of Power are incredibly powerful!"

Chu Jie raised his knife high, and Ander felt the surrounding air begin to heat up, as if some kind of power was constantly gathering.

"cut!"

A fan-shaped flame suddenly appeared, carrying extreme heat and a powerful impact as it flew towards Ander.

Before Ander could even react, he was sent flying by the impact.

"Word of Power: Lord Flame?"

Angers recognized Chu Jie's Word of Power. Although its power was greatly reduced due to environmental factors, the effect of creating a high-temperature environment was the same as that of an explosion.

Ander was blasted into the air, feeling the burning sensation on his chest. He knew that if it weren't for the "energy damage resistance" spell, his skin would probably have been burned to a crisp.

"It can even burn through dragon skin, so this flame is probably not much different from the dragon breath of a red dragon."

As Ander thought this, his hands were not idle either. He cast a Featherfall spell on himself and rode the wind back to the ship.

"Young lady, you have no martial ethics, you try to deceive me, you try to ambush me..."

“I did it fair and square.”

Chu Jie was very dissatisfied with Ander's distortion of the facts, but he was relieved to see that Ander was alright.

She often cannot control her words of power, and it was only this time at sea, when the environment was not conducive to using them, that she dared to try.

Just then, a thick arm grabbed Chu Jie, and she was hit on the head.

"Ouch!"

"Ah Jie, I've told you many times not to misuse the power of words."

Chu Hao was terrified standing to the side. The boat beneath his feet was loaded with explosives. If his sister had missed even a little bit... he might have died before even starting his mission.

"Brother, I can control my strength. I'm not a child anymore. I'm even better than you!"

Chu Jie was somewhat dismissive of his brother's concerns; his brother, whose power level was one level lower than his own, was indeed weaker in combat.

"Nonsense! Just wait and see how I teach you a lesson. Senior Ander, sorry, my sister's Word of Power is more powerful..."

Ander waved his hand. He had also heard what Angers had said earlier. He hadn’t expected that this little girl’s Word of Power was actually the Word of Power that shone brightly in the original work: Junyan.

Considering their surnames, it's possible that the Lionheart Association President, Chu Zihang, is related to them.

"It's okay, I wasn't hurt."

As he spoke, Ander dispelled the magic on his body and transformed back into human form.

"Wow, Uncle De, you're amazing! Is this your Word of Power?"

Chu Jie looked at Ander, who was completely unharmed, with an expression of admiration.