More than a dragon Warrior

I am…..

I am.....

[Tai Lung's POV]

The chaotic sound of civilians running to safety, people crying in the middle of the streets and screams of terror filled the city.

I stood there, the warm blood of my victims dripped down my hands as I looked around in search of any other survivor.

None were left breathing.

All of the soldiers who thought it was wise to ambush and surround me were all left dead on the ground. Thier eyes reflected the terror they felt at the last moment and their hollow depth hints at what they lost in this short confrontation, thier life.

Although they were from different countries and different empires, all lives were the same. But I felt no remorse for what I did.

I remained in my place and my ears twitched as I focused on the remaining soldiers who were just outside of the city walls. The army barracks were also full of remaining soldiers but even till now, no reinforcement had come.

'What are they planning?' I thought to myself, trying to find the answer from the sound I was hearing.

I heard the soldiers telling each other to hurry and how I was already done dealing with the distraction. They shuffled through the city and thier movement seemed to hold a purpose which I have not realized yet.

Then I heard the sound of chains being tossed around. The clinking sound of iron rubbing against iron was a distinct sound which couldn't escape my ears. It tickles - not in a good way.

But then my attention was caught by another sound. This time, I did not even have to listen closely as it became louder and louder the closer it got.

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*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

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Footsteps?

Then the gigantic presence of a behemoth came into my sense with absolutely zero subtlety. My head snapped towards the direction where it was coming from and not a moment later, an explosion erupted from the wall of the city.

'It' had just run through the thick city wall.

Even I couldn't do that.

"TAI LUNG!!!!" I felt a chill run down my spine as my name was called out by a deep echoing voice. It almost sounded like a trumpet even though it sounded so deep.

It literally shook the entirety of the city.

I leapt up one of the roofs close by and I did not have to leap higher as he was a behemoth who could be seen even from afar.

"Hahahahaha, what the fuck is that?" I asked myself and laughed hysterically at the brown creature.

It was a brown elephant with thick curly furs which was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. He had a long pair of tusks which had rings on them and his limbs were also much larger than the normal elephants.

He was also probably the biggest animal I had ever laid my eyes on. His mere presence seemed to press a certain weight onto the world and with my enhanced eyes, I could tell just how powerful his body was.

Bulbous muscles that could move mountains wrapped around dense bones that could handle the power with ease. His knees and elbows were large and I could already imagine them snapping to produce incredible attacks.

"Is he, a mammoth?" I said to myself. I had never seen a mammoth before but I knew what they looked like from my past life.

What a week this has been, I was seeing two new species of animal in only five days.

My thoughts were cut short as the unknown mammoth saw me. We locked eyes, our vision cutting through the space with the help of chi.

He smiled and then pushed himself off the ground with a loud boom. He started running towards me, his speed and momentum constantly increasing with each step he took as the city trembled.

He was kilometres away as the city spread far and wide. But even then, it would take him less than a minute to reach me.

"Finally, something interesting ." I said and stood to my full height. I stretched my limbs which I had not used to hier full extent in months now.

"Will he be a worthy opponent?" I mused to myself as I saw him getting even faster and it looked like he won't be stopping any soon. At this rate, he would reach me faster than I first anticipated.

He devastated every distance he covered and he left a trail of destruction in his path. The houses and structures of the city were demolished with one casual swing of his powerful arms. He was a wild animal going through a forest of weeds.

He did not care about the consequences of his actions. The rest of the world faded into irrelevance as he was now solely focused on me.

I jumped down from the roof and when my feet hit the ground, I pushed myself towards him. My movements were nimble and swift like a sharp blade of wind, unlike his mindless charge which as akin to a natural calamity, like a tornado.

Then I decided to knock up my power as blue flames started whizzing out of my body. I lowered my centre and used all of my four limbs to run. My speed instantly tripled and was only increasing.

His whole gimmick seemed to be his raw strength. And I have fought people stronger than me but strength was just one factor that decided the victor in a day fight.

He didn't have the technique nor the speed necessary to catch me again.

"Hahahaha, I hope you don't think our first exchange was my full power." He said while waving his hand.

Then my ears caught the sound of the army finally reaching the city but more importantly, the clinking sound of iron rubbing against iron entered my ear again. This time, it was louder.

I was curious about what they were planning but I did not have to be curious for long because in the next moment, I realized what it was.

Chain net.

"Are they serious?" I asked out loud as a gigantic shadow was casted over me.

In the sky was a net made of iron. They were extremely big and would have weighted many tonnes. On each end of the net, it was carried by many birds like eagles, vultures and other aerial soldiers.

I did not try to stop them as I just watched on with a dumbfounded face. Luckily, the mammoth also seemed interested in what was going on as he watched with me.

In the span of a few seconds, the net covered the entirety of the city and then it was held anchored on the thick walls of the city. The walls prevented the net from falling onto the city but now the city was totally encased. As if a lid had closed.

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*Ting-DIng-Ding*

*Ting-DIng-Ding*

*Ting-DIng-Ding*

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The net straightened and then they became hard like the top of a roof rather than a loose net. I could feel the chi running through them and how it strengthened them to be sturdier many times over.

Mei had the ability to command chi and everything in the world had chi. Interestingly, out of all the minerals in the world, iron had the most amount of chi. So she ordered the chi of the irons to strengthen themselves and to become what they were.

A cage.

For who?

For me.

"Hahahahaha, would you look at that." The mammoth laughed, "That is to prevent you from running away."

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Me? Running away?

I felt rage bubble up from the pits of my stomach and I allowed myself to seethe. But my anger was not like before, it did not burst out.

It was quiet.

Do they really believed that I was trapped here with them? And not the other way around.

"This is good." I said, "I haven't felt like this in a long time."

"Hoh?~ Finally ready to get serious?" The mammoth asked.

It seemed while I was renowned in China - equally feared and admired - the rest of the world did not know me just yet.

"Well, let me introduce myself." I said.

There was no need to add a title, the name needed no other moniker and it need not be followed by a statement of my achievements.

Because it was everything.

"I am Tai Lung."

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Author : Three chapters released!!