The rocky wilderness is devastated, and there are tragic scenes left over from fighting everywhere! The captain of Country M is having a fierce battle with his old enemy!
Hitting the opponent with a hard left hook, the captain yelled: "I'm going to end everything today, John! You villain!"
"I'm going to smash your ugly red mask, along with your rotten face! That thing seems to be a gift from your boss Adolf, right? I'll send you to hell to see him right away!"
The Red Skull fought back ferociously, gritting his teeth and saying, "Shut up! Damn Rogers!" The Red Skull hated his enemy with all his heart, "I'm going to tear your wings to pieces!"
Mao Zujin punched the captain of Country M hard on the chest. The latter flipped his wrist and was blocked by the sound-absorbing steel shield. With a snap, the Red Skull was shaken so hard that his hand bones almost broke!
"Ah——" Red Skull screamed and retreated violently! "What a good opportunity! Go to hell!" Captain M yelled, "Shield charge!!" He looked like a rampaging buffalo and rushed forward, using his shield to hit the red skull.
Skeleton!
"Pfft-uhhh!!" Blood spurted from his mouth, his body spun several times in the air, and the Red Skull fell to the ground!
"Hufufu..." Although the captain defeated the enemy, he was still exhausted! He half-knelt down in place!
The Red Skull's body was leaning beside the boulder, not knowing whether he was dead or alive! But his enemy could not relax his vigilance!
The captain gasped with his hands on the ground, "I... must never cause any further trouble! This time, I carried all my companions on my back and sneaked out to duel with him! I just want to end the fateful entanglement once and for all! I'm going to get rid of you!"
Staggering, he walked to the side of the Red Skull and raised his shield above his head: "Farewell! My old rival! May your death also wipe out Hydra!" He raised his shield and dropped it, and the red skull flew out of the body in an instant.
Flying, blood splatters!
If the head is cut off, according to common sense, he will never survive. However, is the Red Skull a person who can infer according to common sense?
Feeling that his feet were weak, the captain fell to the ground slumped: "I have no strength. Should I inform my companions and ask them to take me back?" After defeating the powerful enemy, even the hand holding the shield couldn't help but let go.
, a strong wind blew in the distance, the yellow sand was dancing, the scene was indescribably lonely and desolate!
In mid-air, to the northwest, a strange blue light flashed! A mysterious aircraft appeared silently above the captain's head!
A large black shadow in front of him blocked the light, and the captain suddenly looked up: "This, this is..."
A voice came from inside the aircraft: "The target that is about to be captured has been scanned - name, Steve Rogers, the strongest super soldier, holding a weapon, vibranium shield, start the capture process!!"
As soon as the voice fell, the aircraft swooped down from mid-air, and seven or eight thick and long mechanical arms sprang out of the aircraft body, rushing towards the captain like a snake coming out of its hole! The captain of Country M was not someone who could be easily captured. He rolled on the spot.
At the same time, he swung his arm back and bang! A mechanical arm was knocked away by the shield!
The captain quickly stood up and gasped: "What kind of monster machine is this? Why did it attack me?" He held the shield with one arm and stood ready!
But at the same time, the other arms attacked the captain in front, back, left, right, up and down! The exhausted Rogers tried his best to parry! After fighting for several minutes, the captain suddenly jumped up and aimed at the joints of the mechanical arm and threw a shield. There was a clicking sound.
The shield stuck an arm, preventing it from moving freely! At the same time, the captain pounced, grabbed the other mechanical arm, and rolled with it on the ground!
This series of actions all showed the rich fighting experience and skills of the captain of Country M. Unfortunately, the other few mechanical arms were not idle, and they quickly wrapped around the captain's waist and legs! Crack and stab - a powerful electric current hit him!
The captain let out a shrill roar: "Ahhhhh--" His head tilted and he finally lost consciousness. He was forced into the aircraft by the mechanical arm and flew into the distant sky!
Using the captain to fight the Red Skull, when his physical strength was low, the mysterious aircraft took advantage of the situation and captured him in one fell swoop! The timing was perfect, was it accidental? Or was it a careful plan? What conspiracy did it and the mastermind behind it have?
?
Half an hour later, a private plane arrived in the wilderness! The three people who got off the plane were none other than Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. Iron Man was the first to run to the scene of the fight!
Tony gritted his teeth in anger: "Damn it! We're too late!"
Thor saw the corpse wearing a very familiar black uniform, which was the trademark costume of a certain villain: "This is the Red Skull?! He is dead?!"
Iron Man walked over and took a look, "The figure is very similar to Fat and Thin, but he doesn't rule out being fake. You know, he is famous for cheating his own death!"
The grumpy Hulk slapped away the rock blocking the road with his palm, and shouted loudly: "Rogers! Where are you! Answer Hulk!! Ahhhhh-" He casually pulled up a big tree and threw it away!
Iron Man patted Hulk on the shoulder: "Calm down! Guys, everyone here is worried about the captain! You are not the only one! As long as you calm down and return to the base, I will treat you to twenty portions of Boston roast suckling pig!"
Seeing Hulk slap him shamelessly, Tony said helplessly: "Okay, okay, fifty shares is fifty!"
Tony turned to Thor and said: "Look at the fighting on the ground, there was a fierce battle here! But there was definitely more than one, especially after the guy suspected of being the Red Skull died, there were still traces of a fierce duel. Look at this burning
The scorched land means that the opponent has used electric shock, because the captain will not use this kind of attack! To be honest! I am very worried about him!"
Thor comforted: "Don't worry! The gods will bless the loyal and fearless warriors to return home safely!"
Iron Man shrugged his shoulders and sighed helplessly: "I hope so. I don't know why. I'm so scared right now. I seem to have an unknown premonition, as if a world-destroying disaster is coming!"
Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye! This group of friends held a meeting in Tony's hometown, the Stark International Enterprise Building! Participants included Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Black Panther!
"After months of searching, there is still no trace of the captain! I don't know if he is alive!" Thor, the god of thunder, was furious. "And the gang of villains from Hydra are going around the world to cause trouble, causing chaos! Damn it! Sooner or later, we will deal with them.
!" As he spoke, he was so angry that he punched the table with his fist, and a hole suddenly sank there!
Tony was not wearing a suit. He had already had a premonition and picked up his coffee cup from the table. Sure enough, there was a loud crash and all the tea cups on the table were knocked to the ground!
"Dear, please calm down! This is my last medieval antique tea set!" Tony sighed, "I originally wanted to keep it to show off when picking up girls..."
Thor's face turned red with shame: "I'm sorry, I'll get you a set of silver tableware from the gods from Odin another day to compensate you!"
Tony suddenly laughed treacherously in his heart: "Yeah! I got the god's tableware! In fact, these things are cheap things that Pepper bought from the flea market stall!"
He said to Black Panther again: "Old friend, give me some more Wakanda vibranium! I plan to make a desk that no superhero can break!"
Black Panther smiled and said: "Okay! The vibranium needed to make a table, tsk tsk, I'll give you a 20% discount! Just pay me 20% of the shares of Stark International Enterprises!"
Tony suddenly burst into tears: "Talk about money?! It's too sentimental! Besides, I can't afford it!" making everyone laugh!
Putting on a serious expression, Tony said solemnly: "Speaking of vibranium, the shield commander's shield is indeed gone! Even the tiny nano-tracker I installed in the cracks of his shield as a precaution is still missing.
There was no reaction! Furthermore, something went wrong with the corpse wearing the Red Skull uniform! It suddenly decomposed into fly ash on the way to the laboratory for analysis, and my experts were unable to determine whether it was the Red Skull himself!"
Black Panther flipped through a pile of data on the table: "In addition, the letter we found on the captain's desk before was proved to be written by the Red Skull himself after handwriting identification. Of course the captain also knew this, so he went to the appointment alone to settle the grudges.
!”
Everyone, look at me and I look at you. Everyone knows how much Rogers hates the Red Skull! He is a hatred of the country and his family. Countless comrades have died at the hands of the other side. If there is a chance to avenge blood, the captain will never let it go easily. It is obvious that the other side is against him.
He knew him so well that he did not hesitate to use his body as bait to lure him to meet him alone! Then, the captain, who was upright and careless, fell into the pit dug by the opponent in advance!
Tony tapped the table with his index finger and suddenly said: "Everyone! I suspect this is a conspiracy! A conspiracy specifically targeting the captain!"
Hulk grabbed the apples and bananas from the fruit bowl on the table, chewed them with his mouth open, then threw the whole ham into his big mouth, let out a long burp, sprayed the food residue and shouted: "I'm going to hurt Steve."
Tear the bastards to pieces!”
Black Panther took out a handkerchief to wipe off the juice splashed on his face: "Guys, there is a bigger trouble than Hydra to give us a headache now! According to Wakanda's global scanning satellite report, all parts of the world are at the same time
Unknown violent creatures have appeared, they are bloodthirsty, attacking ordinary citizens everywhere! They are invulnerable, and although their movements are a little slow, they are extremely powerful. The modern weapons of the military, police and other state agencies can do little harm to them, and even..."
At this point, Black Panther paused and said with a sad face: "Even some second-tier heroes' abilities can no longer suppress them, and there have been casualties! According to the information provided by the superheroes, the bodies of these monsters are extremely strong and tough.
, the elemental attacks such as fire, electricity, ice and laser in the super powers have no effect! Even if they are torn into pieces with great force, they can reproduce quickly and can turn into new monsters by biting ordinary humans and transforming them!
Kill them all! Kill them all!”
Beep beep beep - the communication device on the table sounded a rapid red flash!
Tony answered: "Hey, I am! Huh?! Teleport here immediately! Hurry!"
After a while, the large super computer screen around everyone displayed dense images and data!
Tony looked at it twice and said: "Everyone, this is the information that Fury from SHIELD just sent over! They sacrificed many agents and finally captured a monster alive for dissection, but found the captain's DNA in the body. Very soon
Apparently someone took his blood sample and created these monsters, which is most likely related to the captain’s disappearance!”
The faces of the Avengers changed greatly when they heard this. No one wanted to see their companions being used by bad guys and suffering in pain! But this is the only clue they have obtained about the captain in the past three months. He may still be alive, but he is
There was no way to rescue him, so everyone was in mixed moods and looked at each other.
Tony used voice command: "The computer starts the autonomous analysis program! See if there are any matching objects for these monsters in the database!"
Ten minutes later, the computer buzzed and reported the result: "The unknown creature has been compared with all known mutants, alien creatures and local monsters one by one; it was found that the similarity between this species and China's ancient monster-zombie is more than
96%, warning! None of the known serums, antidotes, and healing powers in the world can eradicate the corpse poison caused by the bite of this super zombie! According to ancient documents, only Taoists from China in the past can effectively cure it.
The poison caused by zombies, and 'Taoist priests' are the professionals who are best at destroying zombies!"
Tony tapped his fingers on the table and was silent. He thought to himself: "Since Fury has sent the information, they obviously know the result. It seems that SHIELD has no solution and can only rely on us?"
Tony, who was thinking hard, held his chin in silence and said, "Other Avengers, you look at me, I look at you," they shrugged and shook their heads, even more helpless! The only sound left in the hall was the sound of Hulk still chewing food, rattling and rattling!
In the end, Mr. Stark stood up and took action, shocking everyone! Tony seemed to have made a major decision, he raised his head and said to everyone: "Everyone, please follow me!"
The bottom floor of the building is the restricted area of the Stark family. Even Tony has only been here twice. It seems that his painful memories are buried here! It makes Tony unbearable... When everyone walked to an old room, Tony looked around.
The door that catches everyone's eyes is a silver-gray shuttle with a streamlined design and a very ordinary appearance!
Sighing, Tony shook his head, as if he wanted to drive away the last trace of regret, and then he said: "More than ten years ago, I developed this time-travel device on my own based on the information left by my father. My original intention was
I want to ride it to the past and prevent the tragedy of my parents from happening! But I don’t know what impact changing the past will have on the future. Maybe the people and things I cherish here will disappear relatively! So the time and space journey has never been possible.
OK!"
Finally, Tony made up his mind and said: "Comrades! The world is in danger now, people are being destroyed by monsters, I hate my own powerlessness, so I decided to go to the past to find the savior, that is the exorcist hero who has disappeared in the modern world-the Chinese Taoist priest!
Everyone, is there anyone willing to go with me? I’d like to explain in advance that this trip is dangerous and registration is purely voluntary!”
At this time, Hulk had turned back into Banner. He threw away the torn pants and put on new clothes: "I'll go with you! The time shuttle must have a co-pilot!"
Thor took a step forward; "Thor is willing to follow!" He said and touched the hammer hanging on his waist.
When Black Panther was about to speak, Tony waved his hand: "I'm sorry, buddy, there are only three cabins. You can stay and take care of the overall situation and observe the movements of the monsters at any time!" Black Panther nodded and had to give up the idea of going with him!
A certain era, a certain time, a certain place!
Guan Heng, who was wearing an apricot yellow Bagua Taoist robe, pointed his mahogany sword at his old rival and laughed loudly: "General, this is the 437th time you have been blocked by me, right? Just accept your death."
!” Although he is only in his early twenties, he is the only exorcist Taoist priest in the world and has been doing this for nearly ten years!
The old zombie general's face was full of panic: "Master Guan, can't you let me go again? After all, I am the only zombie on earth. If I kill you, you will be completely unemployed!"
Guan Heng grabbed Tao Mujian's hand and lowered it slowly, "Oh, that's right!" But he suddenly raised his face: "But I'm tired of the chasing game! I've been chasing you for ten years!
I'm so bored! Ji——" He flipped his sleeves and found three talismans between his fingers. He flicked them straight forward and surrounded the general in the blink of an eye!
The Taoist priest sneered and said: "The three spells of thunder, fire and whirlwind are combined into one! Thunder and fire hurricane circle!!" A fire ring the size of a wheel encircled the general's body, and flames rose in an instant!
The general screamed in the fire: "I won't accompany you to relieve your boredom! You will regret it!"
Guan Heng took a sip at his body that was about to burn out: "I will never regret it!" Then he looked up to the sky and sighed: "Oh, I am really unemployed this time!"
At this time, a silver-gray time shuttle suddenly appeared in the sky...
——[Chapter 0002 Mysterious Ancient Sword and Dragon Heart Flame]——
Rubbing his eyes, Guan Heng looked at the time shuttle and wondered: "What the hell is this?" In the blink of an eye, the time shuttle landed on the ground, and three people came down from it. It was Iron Man in armor with a sledgehammer hanging from his waist.
Thor and Banner are still normal people.
Thor pointed at Guan Heng and turned to ask Iron Man: "Tony, is this kid a 'Taoist'? He doesn't look very good!"
Indeed, Guan Heng had jet-black hair and was barely 1.8 meters tall. Although he looked decent, standing next to the God of Thunder, he looked like a bean sprout!
Bang! A fire talisman was attached to the God of Thunder's head, "Where did you come from, Bai, Chi? I am amusing your Taoist master! Come fire!" Guan Heng expelled the spell, and the God of Thunder's head was immediately scorched black!
He slapped and dusted the fire with his hands continuously, "I believe it, I believe it, this guy must be a Taoist priest!" The God of Thunder, whose face was blackened, was angry and scolded! "Hurry up, grab him, and leave! Don't stop on the way!"
Explain!" Iron Man was not polite at all, because time was running out now, so together with Thor, he took Guan Heng's arms and carried him into the time shuttle!
"You are kidnapping! Help, help!" Before Guan Huan could struggle, the charred Thor struck first and knocked him unconscious with one punch!
After a while, Guan Heng woke up with his head shaking: "Who is attacking me? If you have the ability to challenge me..." Seeing the God of Thunder wave his jealous fist, Guan Heng swallowed back the second half of the sentence, secretly thinking in his heart.
Thinking: "Grandma, you're a panda! It's never too late for Taoist friend to take revenge in ten years! I'll deal with you sooner or later!"
Tony lifted the iron mask and explained the cause. Guan Hengle was so happy that he slapped his thighs: "So my exorcism skills and corpse-killing secrets can be used again! Haha, I promise you! Let's kill that guy together.
Help the bird corpses, and there are super villains, hey, I, Guan Heng, am going to be a superhero too!" Although he is a Taoist priest, he has read comics and movies, and is still quite familiar with these superheroes!
Thor gave him a cold look: "But your fighting ability is very weak, you can't even withstand a punch from me!"
Guan Heng's face turned dark. He really wanted to take out a lot of talismans and spells to blow up the God of Thunder. But what they said made sense. With his body, he could play Taoism and catch zombies, but he really couldn't compare with a superhero.
, the tender tofu is tied with a hemp rope and cannot be lifted!
Iron Man suddenly laughed dryly and said to himself: "My father participated in the "Rebirth Project" and kept a tube of the original super serum. I don't know what side effects it had. I have always kept it as his relic. Dear Guan...
"Tony's face was suddenly covered with shadows, and he revealed a dark smile, "For the sake of world peace, in order to improve your strength, I will wrong you! Thor, hold him tight! I'm going to do it!"
Guan Heng, who was imprisoned by the God of Thunder's bear hug, burst into tears: "I quit, let me go! I have to go back to Baiyun Temple to sweep the floor!"
Guan Heng, who was struggling desperately, had no intention of being a guinea pig. Tony was so angry that he gritted his teeth: "Can you please stop struggling? We are traveling through time and space? Who is responsible for anything that happens?"
Before he finished speaking, Guan Heng flew a shoe towards his face. Tony dodged and hit Banner on the back of the head in the driver's seat. The man immediately ran away, and all the clothes on Pili Pa's body were stretched and torn: "Who is it? It's
Who hits the Hulk in the head?”
Hulk returned his punch and hit Thor in the face. The latter immediately let go of Guan Heng, and Tony's needle also pierced Guan Heng's neck!
Guan Heng rolled his eyes and murmured before passing out: "Tony, one day, I will take revenge for this... uh..." He tilted his head and fainted!
I don’t know how long it took, but suddenly I felt the surroundings were getting hot and cold. “Hmm…where is this place?” Guan Heng suddenly woke up and sat up suddenly, “Ah, sneeze—it’s so cold!”
A face suddenly came over: "Are you awake?"
Guan Heng shrank back in shock: "Brother, who are you? Where are you?"
The man smiled: "This is the Kunlun Secret Realm in Huazang District. My name is Dan Neil Rand, and my other name is 'Iron Fist'. My friend Tony sent you here. He thinks you
He needs some training! Well, don’t think about scolding him yet, Tony has already left!”
Guan Heng tilted his head and thought for a long time, as if he had heard about such a person, and thought to himself: "Now that I'm here, I'll take care of myself. Now that I'm here, I can't come here in vain!" So he said: "Mr. Rand, how are you going to train me?
?”
Rand said: "It's very simple. First you must survive independently. Even if you have reached the first step!"
Next, Guan Heng faced extremely cruel training!
According to Dan Ni'er, this is the top of Kunlun Mountain in the Tibetan area of China. Every ten years or so, there is a legendary paradise called Kunlun Town, which will reappear in the human world. It happened that at that moment, Dan Ni'er's
His father, Wendell Rand, lost control of his plane and landed in this paradise. He practiced martial arts in the temple in this city and got the title of Iron Fist, which allowed him to turn his fists into steel with energy and energy.
Wendell Rand gave birth to a son in New York, named Dan Neil Rand. When he was nine years old, the father and son once again went hiking to find the mysterious town of Kunlun. At that time, Wendell had an accident and died.
When his mother was eaten alive by wolves in the mountains, Daniel Rand ran away frantically for his life. Finally, he was discovered by the warriors of Kunlun Town. He was accepted as his apprentice and worked as a monk in the temple, and he also learned a powerful iron fist. Dan
Neil Rand is the 134th scholar to serve as Iron Fist. Except for his father, the other 132 are all Chinese.
There is a secret area in Kunlun Town, which is called the "Secret Room of Spirit and Time". People with strong willpower can stay in this room for a long time. If they stay in it for a year, the outside world will not pass for one hour! A person's life is only
You can go in once. Time is tight. Dan, Nier, and Guan Heng, who have never been in, can go in to practice boxing!
I don’t know if it was due to the effect of the super serum, but Guan Heng made extremely rapid progress and became stronger and stronger. In less than a year, he had mastered all the boxing skills. In his own words: "Kung Fu is this thing." Son, it is the easiest for me to control, after all, it is something unique to my country!"
Now Guan Heng's fists can easily penetrate buckets filled with stones and iron sand. He has never lost in sparring exercises with Dan, Neil Rand, and a year has passed quickly!
On this day, Dan, Neil and Guan Heng walked out of the secret room of spirit and time. In fact, they only experienced twenty-four hours a day outside!
Coming to the entrance of a huge grotto, looking at the young man in front of him who had well-proportioned muscles, a strong body, and looked extremely tough, Dan Nier said: "Guan Heng, your training has been very good this year. Work hard and the results are quite remarkable! Now you will face the ultimate challenge in Kunlun Town. Once you pass, you will receive the supreme honorary title!"
Pointing at the huge grotto in front of him, Dan Nier said: "Go to the end of this cave and you will see the most powerful opponent in this life. Defeat him and get your inheritance. This is the trial!"
Guan Heng touched his chin, rolled his eyes and said, "Rand, can you tell me what kind of guy your opponent is?"
Dan Nier shook his head: "Everyone encounters different opponents. The characteristic of this grotto is that it can make the enemy in your heart concrete and powerful. If you don't want to be swallowed by the darkness in your heart, just defeat it. Come on! That’s all!”
Seeing that the other party was mysterious, Guan Heng curled his lips and said, "Forget it if you don't tell me. You are just exaggerating and trying to scare me, right?" As he said that, he walked into the cave and went straight to the end!
Dan Nier shrugged his shoulders and whispered: "Wish you good luck! Guan Heng!"
At the end, a huge black shadow exhaled a putrid smell and looked at him with contempt for all inferior creatures. Guan Heng cried out: "Is this a magical thing?"
This turned out to be a dark black dragon!! Its huge body seemed to be in decay, covered with maggots, and some parts were exposed with bones! That smell was all too familiar to Guan Heng!
It smelled like a zombie! It turned out to be a zombie dragon!
Before Guan Heng could think about it, the giant dragon struck him with a claw of wind and thunder! Guan Heng flipped back in the air and suddenly landed on the stone wall! He put a hand into his arms and secretly cried out in his heart: "Being beaten by steel After the birdman was brought to this world, I haven't replenished the talisman or spell, so there are only a few left! I don't know if they are enough!"
He gritted his teeth and took out two pieces, flicked his wrist and threw them at the zombie dragon, "Fire, as urgent as a law!!" The two talismans and curses were placed squarely on the dragon's eyes, and two black smoke rose up, The giant dragon roared wildly, in extreme pain! Its eyes were burned out! In its rage, it was about to take a big step to pounce on it, when it suddenly heard a crashing sound, and the thick and big iron chain around its neck made it difficult to move! The other end of the iron chain , of course it was firmly fixed on the stone wall!
Guan Heng was overjoyed: "It turns out it can't move!" He thought to himself, since it can't move, I'll find an opportunity to kill it! Looking at the tonnage of this piece of equipment, I'm afraid it won't be killed with bare hands. Where are the weapons? Tough luck! If I hadn't in advance. Just be ready!”
Suddenly, he noticed a flash of light above his head. When he looked closely, he saw that there was a sword hilt deeply embedded in the stone wall at the top of the cave. That position was right at the top of the dragon's head!
Guan Heng gritted his teeth and said, "I'll fight this time!" He gathered all his strength, and his legs suddenly exerted their strength to reach the top of the cave. His hands finally grasped the hilt of the sword tightly, and the giant dragon seemed to feel a death envelope.
He roared with all his strength, the sound shook the walls, and Guan Heng almost fell down!
At this moment, the blade of the sword inserted into the stone wall came loose, and stone chips fell one after another. The three-foot sword was pulled out with a cold light. Guan Heng held the sword and fell straight down, inserting the sword deeply into the dragon's forehead.
, the sword edge went down smoothly and actually cut the dragon's body in two!
However, not a trace of blood spilled out! With a bang, a brazier filled with dragon heart flames fell in front of Guan Heng, remembering the secret legend of Kunlun Town - the ultimate inheritance of Iron Fist! Guan Heng's heart suddenly became enlightened, and he stretched out a pair of fists.
Enter the brazier and let the flames wrap you!
A powerful force rushed into his body, and a black dragon mark instantly appeared on Guan Heng's chest. This was the proof that he was the son of Shenlong and the successor of Iron Fist!
Turning his head, he saw that the sword was still trembling slightly as it was inserted into the ground. Guan Heng smiled: "You helped me slay the dragon successfully, so I want you to try the baptism of flames too!" He drew out the sword and inserted the blade into the ground.
Brazier!
This move was originally a spur of the moment, but who would have expected that when the sword body touched the flames, it let out a burst of sword sound, which seemed extremely joyful, and in an instant it sucked up the flames from the dragon's heart!