Chapter 374: Child.
The Flame King Dragon slightly turned his gaze, but before he could think about his wife’s situation, there was another sound of wind from behind.
The most violent nerve of the king of karma fire kept twitching, but his concern still allowed him to maintain his sanity, avoiding a wrestling match with the monster behind him. While pulling away, he ran towards his wife.
With a sudden flap of his wings, before being pulled into close combat by the strange monster behind, all the dust was scattered in the direction of his wife.
The Flame Empress Dragon intuitively raised her head, flapping her wings and releasing her own dust, using an explosive hell flare to escape from the combat zone with Nana.
The couple passed each other without stopping or lingering in affection. The old Flame Empress Dragon came in front of Jié Jié to block him, while the Flame King Dragon flew above Nana in the air.
Dust danced in the air, the heat and rootless blue flames in the air were all converging on him.
Clearly, he was about to release a supernova directly.
With the dust from four Sunfire Dragons and the energy from the lava field, Jié Jié had no doubt that after this nuclear explosion, the ceiling would be blown open, and the cave they were in might very well collapse.
What is his purpose?
Neither the supernova nor the collapse can kill him and Nana. Fire Dragons can fly out of the cave, and the Sui Long at the edge might withstand the aftermath, which would only make them disheveled and troublesome.
But when it came to stopping him, Jié Jié didn’t hesitate for a moment. He also flew into the sky, competing with the Flame King Dragon who was gathering energy for the dust and energy in the arena.
Unlike the Flame King Dragon who needed to stay airborne and focus completely, he had the Glittering Dragon’s golden jade, making him more efficient in collecting heat, with a stronger physique and flight ability. While continuing to gather energy, he could pounce on the Flame King Dragon.
The old Flame Empress Dragon lunged up to try to stop him, but was slapped down by him from above.
Nana didn’t attempt to engage in aerial combat to stop the Flame King Dragon; instead, she was flapping her wings, controlling her hellfire mixed with dust light to spread outward, adding assistance to the contraction of the supernova.
In the blink of an eye, Jié Jié pounced onto the Flame King Dragon in mid-air, pushing him and causing him to fall to the ground, interrupting his preparation.
All the dust gathered toward Jié Jié, forming a spiral under his control, exploding brilliantly on the body of the Flame King Dragon beneath him.
The impact blew his mane, and the Flame King Dragon below tried to struggle again, but was suppressed and unable to move. Once he relaxed his strength, he began to pant and gather his stamina.
Their eyes met, and the Flame King Dragon appeared somewhat sorrowful, somewhat relieved, somewhat angry, yet also quite low.
Most monsters’ eyes only have single-toned emotions; only ancient dragons could produce such complex feelings.
Jié Jié turned his head and was surprised to find the old Flame Empress Dragon gone. Instead, the Extinction Dragon, unable to bear the big scene, charged in directly, engaging in a standoff with Nana.
The Extinction Dragon kept staring at him and the Flame King Dragon he was suppressing, her eyes full of hunger.
Her eyes grew redder and redder, as if she was about to ponder whether her friendship with Nana and Jié Jié was worth a Flame King Dragon.
And the Flame King Dragon, seeing the slacker of the New Continent enter the scene, seemed to be secretly gathering strength, preparing to escape.
“No!”
Jié Jié growled a warning, driving the Extinction Dragon back before her eyes turned completely red.
The Extinction Dragon whimpered and chased after the trail of the old Flame Empress Dragon.
Seeing the Extinction Dragon chasing after his wife, the suppressed Flame King Dragon struggled fiercely. Unable to break free, he locked eyes with Jié Jié, his eyes filled with pleading.
[Extinction Dragon, face it together]
Jié Jié felt the intense emotions from the Flame King Dragon and narrowed his eyes.
He didn’t believe that naturally selfish monsters usually had such thoughts; he just wanted him to save his wife.
[We can leave]
The Flame King Dragon’s eyes turned red, nearly breaking down.
“Why? She abandoned you.”
The Flame King Dragon’s thoughts flickered, ultimately choosing silence.
There seemed to be something buried even deeper than his wife.
Perhaps catching up with the old Flame Empress Dragon would clarify things.
Jié Jié’s claws gleamed with cold light but then retracted.
Relaxing his suppression of the Flame King Dragon, the latter quickly flipped over and started to chase after the direction the Extinction Dragon left, hesitatingly glancing at Jié Jié before rushing off.
“Let’s go see what’s going on?”
He looked at Nana, but Nana was looking at him with suspicion.
But the suspicion soon faded, and Jié Jié paused momentarily, pretending not to know that the Extinction Dragon had been following them, and chased after the direction the three ancient dragons had left.
The direction the Flame Empress Dragon fled was problematic. If it was fleeing due to expulsion, she should have fled in the direction away from the core nest. However, her fleeing direction clearly pointed towards the core of the Dragon Crystal Land.
That was also the direction the couple leaned against during their battle, obviously indicating their nest.
What was in that nest? Jié Jié already had a guess, and his gaze softened as he looked at Nana.
Nana didn’t understand his meaning, but she also emitted some warm murmurs.
As they approached the Flame King Dragon’s nest, they could already hear the roar of the Extinction Dragon and the Sunfire Dragon ahead.
Passing through a cave, they saw the Flame King Dragon battling the Extinction Dragon, while the Flame Empress Dragon was leaning against a corner, revealing an entrance to a cave, the nest’s entrance.
Below the entrance, behind the Flame Empress Dragon, was a small young dragon.
The young dragon’s face armor wasn’t as weathered and wrinkled as an adult Sunfire Dragon’s, but rather softer like flesh. Its two large eyes blinked innocently like sapphires, adorable, peering around through the legs of the Flame Empress Dragon.
Upon noticing their arrival, the Flame Empress Dragon retreated and kicked the young dragon into a crevice in the cave wall, her vigilance shifting from the Extinction Dragon to them.
The Flame King Dragon, struggling under the Extinction Dragon’s attacks, also looked at them, his eyes filled with both pleas for help and hostility.
The greatest threat to young lions comes from the newly crowned lion king.
The new lion king would instinctively bite to death all the offspring of the old lion king, neither nurturing them nor allowing them to grow up and compete for resources, thereby maintaining his position.
And Sunfire Dragons do not experience the former situation; they are more concerned with the latter.
Ancient dragons have long lifespans, and both the younger and older individuals of the same species will not miss each other’s era. The elder and younger ones can have long overlapping prime periods.
For Sunfire Dragons, who possess vast territories and the ferocity of carnivores, they often only exist in a competitive relationship. Adult members of the same species with little difference are mainly expelled, but killing young future competitors is an easy task.
Their children can only receive the love of their parents, and only biological parents would care for them, especially male young Sunfire Dragons.
Thinking about this, Jié Jié understood why the Flame King Dragon wanted to collapse the cave, why the Flame Empress Dragon abandoned the Flame King Dragon and retreated, and why she was more cautious of him and Nana than the Extinction Dragon.
It was because after realizing they couldn’t win, they wanted to delay time to transfer the young ones and avoid discovery.
“Roar!”
A growl made Jié Jié turn his gaze and see that beside him, Nana also retracted her warm murmurs and the joy of victory, showing malice towards the young one behind the Flame Empress Dragon.
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