Chapter 315: The Old Mountain Dragon Fell Over!
Though Jié Jié really wanted the Old Mountain Dragon to taste his Ruin City’s Strike Dragon Gun, he was fully aware of Ruin City’s role.
The nest held more significance than actual combat.
Without improvements to a four-legged base for better stability, he couldn’t let his house engage in a fight it would surely lose.
Queen Mantis gracefully leapt among the mountains, jumping onto the Old Mountain Dragon’s back, turning her body to look towards the direction she had come from.
The Old Mountain Dragon moved so slowly, as did Ruin City; even two months of movement wouldn’t match the Fire Dragon flapping its wing membranes and shaking about for a week.
The Old Mountain Dragon’s dark red shell still bore the scars left from previous battles. Queen Mantis could unlock the Old Mountain Dragon by brute force, shattering some of its shell.
But he still needed the Old Mountain Dragon to change course and avoid Ruin City.
Besides transforming into an Ultra-Large Monster to forcibly repel it, perhaps trying to manipulate the Old Mountain Dragon using Queen Mantis’ form might work?
With this thought, Jié Jié immediately began operating, weaving thin silk threads into thicker ones, which were then swung out and entangled around the joints of the Old Mountain Dragon’s front limbs.
Observing the pattern of the Old Mountain Dragon lifting its four legs, he pulled its right foreclaw further to the right when it was lifted.
Don’t forcefully dominate the monster’s actions; instead, seize the opportunity based on the monster’s action patterns for guidance. This way, you can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
The Old Mountain Dragon currently didn’t notice this force that went against its own will, allowing the falling forelimb to shift due to the pull.
It seemed not too difficult.
Next, the Old Mountain Dragon would move its left hind claw.
Jié Jié saw this clearly. He simply waited for the left hind claw to fall and the left foreclaw to lift, during which time he spat out more silk threads, preparing to take control of the Old Mountain Dragon’s two hind legs.
If the front limbs twisted but the hind limbs remained straight, the Old Mountain Dragon would eventually realize and recalibrate its direction.
“Hum?”
When manipulating the left foreclaw, the Old Mountain Dragon seemed to sense something strange, but the step had already been taken. She normally lifted her final right hind claw.
At this point, Jié Jié had connected the silk thread to the right hind claw. Compared to the two forelimbs, the Old Mountain Dragon’s hind claws moved sluggishly, with a very short reaction time between lifting and lowering.
Moreover, the hind limbs were crucial for supporting the body. Jié Jié dared not be careless while attempting to control this limb, directly turning his body and pulling with both arms combined.
The Old Mountain Dragon shifted its hind limb slightly. Although not obvious, it was clearly affected by him!
Even if the hind limb was influenced, the Old Mountain Dragon would still suspect its own leading left hind claw, naturally recalibrating it during the second round of movement with the other three limbs.
Just like a lost person unable to walk in a straight line, the deviation caused by the Old Mountain Dragon’s movements gradually accumulated, thus changing direction under his influence.
He controlled the Old Mountain Dragon’s movement direction, as if becoming the parasite brain of the Old Mountain Dragon!
Cool!
As the Old Mountain Dragon moved forward, its direction was gradually altered. Jié Jié could even faintly see the outline of his Ruin City.
Unfortunately, the Old Mountain Dragon wasn’t lost. The surrounding mountains acted as barriers at this moment.
When she noticed her forward direction was shifting toward the mountain, her cerebellum overrode the “brain,” stopping her movement. She disrupted her usual walking rhythm by lifting her left foreclaw to return to the correct path.
“Damn.”
With reluctance, Jié Jié began pulling the Old Mountain Dragon’s two forelimbs, trying to make the Old Mountain Dragon stand up, smash the mountain, break the barrier, and dash towards the open wilderness.
When the natural force suddenly opposed the movement, the Old Mountain Dragon naturally realized and began resisting her “brain.”
To counteract the force from the “brain,” the Old Mountain Dragon succumbed to gravity that it had resisted all along, lying down flat.
Jié Jié experienced the terrifying weight of the Old Mountain Dragon, experiencing the strength required to support such a weight.
And since he was still on the Old Mountain Dragon’s back, pulling it up would involve overcoming part of his own resistance, making it as impossible as trying to ascend by stepping on one’s own foot.
This was the Old Mountain Dragon, merely by unintentional walking, capable of crushing hunters—the “strongest creature on the surface.”
Ruin City still had many structural gaps, and it would continue to evolve into the most suitable structure for Queen Mantis to exert force.
But inside the Old Mountain Dragon was solid flesh and blood, and its shell was formed from accumulated secreted minerals, not inferior to steel.
The difference was that one was like a big sister willing to adjust her center of gravity for ease and comfort, and the other was a six-foot-three, two-hundred-pound corpse.
When she hid her limbs under her body, Jié Jié lost the original leverage for exerting force. Even if the silk threads snapped, he couldn’t pull the Old Mountain Dragon up.
“Sssss!!!”
But Jié Jié continued pulling the silk threads. Queen Mantis’ special muscle structure converted energy into large amounts of mechanical energy until the silk threads snapped.
Before the silk threads broke, the Old Mountain Dragon first rose her body.
Her slender neck slightly twisted backward, her gaze swept over the silk threads on her body, locking onto the Queen Mantis behind her through the silk threads. The wisdom of the ancient dragon allowed her to understand somewhat, and a surprised expression appeared in her eyes.
After a brief surprise, without hesitation, she rammed her back into the side of the mountain, intending to crush the insect behind her.
Jié Jié relaxed the silk threads, jumped back with the silk threads linked to the Old Mountain Dragon, climbed up the mountain to the top, and watched her lean against the mountain. Her long neck swung her head fiercely toward him.
“Boom!”
The top of the mountain was shattered instantly, and Queen Mantis was nowhere to be seen.
Jié Jié had already jumped to the other side, beginning to gather the silk threads linking to the Old Mountain Dragon.
To knock down the Old Mountain Dragon, first, you need to disrupt its balance, letting gravity be on your side, then pull according to gravity, and the Old Mountain Dragon will naturally fall.
Force isn’t used brutishly but cleverly!
Now, half of the Old Mountain Dragon’s balance relied on the mountain, just a pull away from deviating from the mountain!
The easiest method was to pull the Old Mountain Dragon’s arm backward!
The mountain rocks beneath his feet cracked under the reaction force and were then maintained by newly excreted silk threads.
Before the silk threads or his limbs broke, the Old Mountain Dragon staggered and slid backward from its reliance on the mountain.
“Boom!”
The Old Mountain Dragon fell over!!!
Jié Jié stood on the mountain, proudly spreading his arms.
—Elsewhere—
“Phew, finally ran away.”
Kicking the Thunder Wolf Dragon that had latched onto Ruin City biting down, sending it tumbling down and fleeing after its fall, the Great Sword Warrior finally relaxed, looking up at his stunned teammates.
“What’s wrong? Why aren’t you guys talking?”
“The Old Mountain Dragon fell.”
Kempe lowered the telescope he had just raised, his voice filled with strong disbelief.
“Huh?”
The Great Sword Warrior twisted his body and stood up, spotting the large amount of dust rising in the distant mountain road.
Ruin City was also slightly shaking, that was the earthquake caused by the Old Mountain Dragon’s fall.
“So… how did it fall?”
