Chapter 378: Dangerous Behavior! Do Not Attempt!
A heat wave breath weapon swept through, evaporating most of the heavy oil on the Giant Halberd Dragon’s body.
The Giant Halberd Dragon lifted its massive sinewy wings, briefly resisting the breath before lowering them, revealing a dragon head fully charged with power.
A crimson ray pierced through the heat wave breath, striking the Glittering Dragon’s head and melting the gold wrapping around its curled horns, causing it to roll off.
Jié Jié slightly adjusted his head as the ray landed on the Glittering Dragon’s chest.
Dì Mǔ Shén staggered back, her chest glowing brightly as she absorbed the heat from the Giant Halberd Dragon’s ray and converted its temperature into another heat wave breath inside her mouth.
The heat erupted in fiery streams, swallowing the Giant Halberd Dragon’s ray and hitting Jié Jié’s head.
“Grunt!!!”
Seeing his attack was effective, the Glittering Dragon roared excitedly and stopped its breath.
Jié Jié shook his head and also exited the Giant Halberd Dragon form, ending the fight.
He discovered something interesting: the Glittering Dragon had an excellent conversion efficiency when subjected to heat attacks. By absorbing the heat and releasing it all at once, it could produce an extremely powerful destructive force.
When Jié Jié used the Giant Halberd Dragon’s form to fire a heated heavy dragon oil ray at the Glittering Dragon’s chest, it provided a great deal of heat.
Similarly, the Armor Dragon Heat Ray could achieve the same effect.
Seeing that Jié Jié didn’t intend to continue attacking, the Glittering Dragon turned its head and exhaled all the heat into the lava, making the lava glow intensely. This not only strengthened its regenerative abilities but also radiated a large amount of heat.
Nana lay by the edge of the lava pool, closing her eyes to enjoy the geothermal bath. Realizing the battle was over, she turned her head to check her husband’s condition.
Jié Jié strolled leisurely and also lay down by the edge of the lava pool to relax.
They had been in the Dragon Crystal Land for almost half a year, using this Golden Land as their base.
This Golden Land was rich in geothermal energy and ore, which both Nana and he liked very much.
But this was the Glittering Dragon’s territory, so it was almost impossible for there to have been no conflict between them at all. In the beginning, they had to rely on their strength, fighting for a long time to maintain their friendship and the right to live in the Golden Land.
By now, after months of coexistence, his relationship with the Glittering Dragon had improved significantly.
Monster interactions were straightforward—having the strength to make her accept you, then expressing kindness, occasionally bringing the Glittering Dragon some pretty gems.
When she observed your behavior from time to time, it meant she had expectations for you. When she got used to your presence, it meant you had successfully integrated into her life.
When she was bored, showing her something interesting, and when her mood fluctuated, avoiding moving around randomly in front of her would naturally lead to a good relationship.
Especially when the Glittering Dragon saw him and Nana cuddling while sleeping, and woke up to find him lying beside her, her favorability increased rapidly.
Allowing someone to see your relaxed sleep and not being attacked upon waking is the best way to lower guard and build relationships.
By now, he and the Glittering Dragon could spar and experiment together, unlike the usual monster mode where every encounter meant life or death.
“○◎○!”
The Odd-Faced Tribe members came bustling to this level, holding a small cart that tumbled down the slope.
The ore in the cart scattered everywhere, making Jié Jié sigh helplessly.
The first Odd-Faced Tribe member who followed them, relying on his authority, was already elected as the leader of the Gold Odd-Faced Tribe, with several majestic masks added to his forehead, allowing him to command the Odd-Faced Tribe to do simple tasks.
As for more complex tasks?
Beastfolk aren’t unintelligent; they’re just too excitable and act on sudden impulses.
Like earlier, they carried the cart on their heads…
The Odd-Faced Tribe started arguing again, fighting and dancing until the Odd-Faced King shouted louder, quieting them down. They picked up the ore and brought it back in the cart.
Jié Jié glanced at the ore, nodded satisfactorily, and carried the cart to a large steel-cast cylindrical structure nearby.
This was something he wanted to tinker with back on the original continent—a box, gunpowder, and steel rods, using explosive force to launch the rod.
With abundant mineral resources here and the Odd-Faced Tribe delivering ore, it was perfect for experimentation.
The Odd-Faced Tribe was also very interested. The explosive bomb pot and the fire-spitting gun were their creations, which Jié Jié referenced and continuously improved, evolving into what it was now.
Rudimentary and rugged, looking utterly unreliable.
“◎○○◎! ◎! ○!”
The Odd-Faced King jumped onto the iron box, gesturing wildly within the structure, leading other beastfolk to dance and gesture enthusiastically.
“You mean, like this?”
The Odd-Faced King led the beastfolk in shaking their heads. One guy nodded, only to be punched in the face by a companion, forcing him to shake his head. These two Odd-Faced Tribe members began fighting below.
Jié Jié was used to such situations and ignored them, focusing instead on modifying according to the Odd-Faced King’s suggestions, adapting based on different needs.
Their language was still incomprehensible, but he had time to figure out exactly what improvements they proposed.
The Odd-Faced Tribe had long gotten used to his transformations and went along with whatever changes happened.
However, the more modifications, the more it took on the rugged style of the Odd-Faced Tribe, and their expressions grew increasingly anticipatory.
“Alright, let’s try loading the explosives next.”
At the end of the cylindrical structure, Jié Jié loaded Nana’s dust balls, while at the front, he inserted a thick spear with crude spiral grooves, perfectly fitting the cannon’s interior.
Although rudimentary and rugged, Jié Jié put a lot of effort into the rifling, first creating the grooved spear, then spirally drilling it into the cast cannon tube to create the rifling—essentially designing the cannon based on the projectile.
Seeing the cannon ready to fire, the Odd-Faced Tribe cheered and danced noisily.
To Jié Jié’s size, this cannon was merely big, but to the Odd-Faced Tribe, it was a giant cannon. They had witnessed its construction step by step and were brimming with anticipation.
Adjusting the cannon, Jié Jié aimed it at the Glittering Dragon who was resting nearby observing them.
(Dangerous behavior! Do Not Attempt!)
Blowing flames to heat the cannon barrel and firing the powder explosion—”Boom!”
The spear trembled inside the barrel but failed to shoot out.
The previously shouting Odd-Faced Tribe members stared at each other, falling silent.
Jié Jié wasn’t discouraged. He approached the muzzle, examining the spear and seeing that the rifling had locked with the spear, preventing it from moving. Some of the crude rifling was also damaged.
“Small problem, just lacks lubrication. Add some oil and it’ll work!”
He pulled out the spear, smeared it with meat oil, reloaded it, and the Odd-Faced Tribe cheered excitedly again.
As for the damaged rifling? Just make do for now. Next time, we’ll try without rifling!
Re-loading the powder and firing again—”Boom!”
The powerful explosion force constrained by the cannon barrel and rifling transformed into kinetic energy in one direction, propelling the thick spear to spin and fly out of the barrel.
Because of the meat oil, the spear ignited!
The burning spear traced a bright trajectory, like a meteor, landing on the Glittering Dragon’s curled horns—
“Bang~”
The spear bounced off and struck the Glittering Dragon’s nose, causing her to stand up and roar in dissatisfaction.
