Joey, facing a life-or-death situation, naturally saw all of this, but at this point there was no turning back; he had to rush into the lair first.

The man who fired the arrow paid no attention to Joey's words. When he saw the red dragon coming towards him, he hurriedly put away his bow and arrow and ran behind him.

When the red dragon saw the man turn and run away, it suddenly opened its mouth wide, and a ball of dragon flame had already formed inside its mouth.

"Whoosh!"

The running man seemed to have been prepared. He put his left hand in his mouth and whistled. Suddenly, a figure the size of a table rushed out and blocked his way.

The man stopped abruptly, hiding behind the figure and waiting for the dragon flames to fall.

"Dig! Give me the gems!"

Having already jumped into the nest, Joey quickly asked Digger for the sapphire. Digger didn't hesitate at all and handed it to Joey, making Joey very happy.

However, Joey didn't continue to examine the newly acquired gem. Instead, she quickly put it into her pouch, then lay down on the edge of the nest and looked outside.

"Is that a turtle? A turtle that big?"

Joey watched the figure protecting the man and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

The figure did indeed resemble a turtle, but at this moment, the "turtle's" head and limbs had retracted into its shell, and only the patterns on the shell were still recognizable.

"call--"

The dragon flames poured down and slammed into the turtle's back, but apart from the water stains on the shell being dried, the turtle's shell seemed to have no change in shape.

The red dragon clearly hadn't expected its dragon flames to be blocked. Even ordinary rocks couldn't stop its dragon flames, yet this tortoise shell could.

Seeing that the dragon flames had stopped, the man stood up from behind the tortoise shell. He quickly nocked an arrow and released it in one smooth motion. However, Joey could tell that the arrow he had just shot was different from the one he had shot last time; the arrowhead seemed to be enveloped in a cloud of blue mist.

"bite!"

The arrow struck the red dragon directly in the corner of its mouth, and surprisingly, this time the arrow did not fall but instead sank steadily into the dragon's skin.

"roar!"

The red dragon, in pain, suddenly roared and shook its head violently, as if trying to shake off the arrow.

"Awesome!"

Upon seeing this scene, Joey had nothing else to say but these three simple words, representing unadorned praise.

Joey's lips curled up slightly. The Dragon Slayer must be talking about him. It seems his mission is finally settled.