4.022H Talent. That was what Shen Cong picked up when he drove the sword in.

"Not a super-grade jin beast at all — an ultimate-grade one. No wonder it's this strong. One blow, and it did me that much damage. Nothing has managed that in a long time."

The Vajra Fortress's main body was not badly hurt. What had taken the damage were the externally mounted Qilin Arm and Mushroom-Bug Sword.

Luckily he had the Superbrain to help — fighting and repairing at once, and neither one slipping.

"Its jin core is the beak. I have to keep clear of that beak. The Vajra Fortress's armor can hold off a super-grade jin core, but it can't put up any effective resistance to an ultimate-grade one."

Shen Cong drew a deep breath and joined the four-legged dragon. The Mushroom-Bug Sword repaired itself even as it laid into the Cangzhou Divine Eagle with everything it had. At the same time he was calling the weasel in Siberian weasel–Cicada Language, telling it to come and help finish off a beast that was already down. And the Cangzhou Divine Eagle, tangled up with the four-legged dragon, was certainly down.

Ordinarily, even if that one strike had missed, the eagle could have fled a thousand li away.

But the Mushroom-Bug Sword hit harder than anything it had counted on. It was hurt on that first pass, and hurt in the foot, so it could not push off and get into the air in time. Then the four-legged dragon slammed into it and it could not keep its balance, and the chance to flee was gone. After that it had to face the two of them at once, dragon and sword.

The four-legged dragon had plenty of fighting experience, and a higher Talent than the eagle besides. On the ground the Cangzhou Divine Eagle simply could not shake it off.

But the bird wore a coat of hard iron feathers, and for the moment the dragon could not bite through them.

Even the Mushroom-Bug Sword had trouble breaking that guard. All it could do was grind…