Chapter 263: Loke Clark.
The body of the seagull continued to swell in the air, and under the night sky, the Míng Dēng Lóng appeared like a pale blue star.
A deep blue beam descended from the heavens, shooting towards the head of the Spirit Mountain Dragon.
“Roar~”
The Spirit Mountain Dragon’s rapidly moving body trembled. Its tiny eyes locked onto the massive monster flying in the air as it let out a low, angry roar upon lifting its head.
And on the ship, several people who had unconsciously adjusted their telescopes toward the Spirit Mountain Dragon let out cries of surprise.
They faintly saw that azure beam, and their vision followed upward. Without the obstruction of a sandstorm, the pale blue star was visible for observation.
“Judging by the distance and size… Is this a new ultra-large ancient dragon?”
The compiler muttered.
They wouldn’t let the sand ship approach the Spirit Mountain Dragon, but they could slightly adjust their course while maintaining their heading to find the best observation position.
“I’ve never even heard of such a legendary existence! If there were activities of a new ultra-large ancient dragon in the Great Desert, the observation bureau of Loke Clark should have already issued a notification!”
Another compiler on the ship shook her head. She was a compiler who had established a cooperative relationship with the hunter group, appearing much more panicked.
Because none of the currently observed ultra-large monsters—whether the Old Mountain Dragon, the Peak Mountain Dragon, or the Heroic Mountain Dragon—can fly!
That flying ultra-large monster might not exceed fifty meters in size, but the potential harm it could cause to settlements could far surpass theirs.
Flying dragons are universally acknowledged to be more threatening than land-dwelling monsters, and the aforementioned ultra-large monsters are already considered by scholars to be among the strongest monsters.
“Can you win, Spirit Mountain Dragon?”
The leader of the hunting team murmured similarly.
Ensuring it isn’t preyed upon is already the limit of what the Spirit Mountain Dragon can do.
Facing the Míng Dēng Lóng in the air, it has no ability to counterattack; its massive body is merely a live target.
The stones splashing out of the jet vents can only scatter in all directions, unable to reach the sky.
But the light cannons repeatedly bombarded its body, crushing surface sandstone veins, shattering its shell, and one fang was even directly blasted away.
“Boom!”
The heavy pressure on its back made it clear that the predator had landed on its body.
The Spirit Mountain Dragon’s muscles bulged, and its massive body bounced during movement, forcing Jié Jié to return to the air once more.
At forty meters versus one hundred ten meters, the Spirit Mountain Dragon could crush everything on the ground.
The way the Peak Mountain Dragon and the Spirit Mountain Dragon feed is by continuously swallowing sand at high speed and then expelling it through their gas vents, leaving behind only the nutrients.
The enormous appetite means that the Peak Mountain Dragon and the Spirit Mountain Dragon almost never stop roaming; day and night, they drag their heavy bodies forward in a “dragon charge,” showcasing unimaginable muscle strength.
In a certain sense, the Peak Mountain Dragon and its subspecies are truly always “charging.”
The Spirit Mountain Dragon leaped into the air again before diving down, its head plunging into the sand.
It was drilling downward.
A blue beam shot out again from Jié Jié’s mouth, moving with flapping wings and knocking off large amounts of crystals and shells from the Spirit Mountain Dragon’s body, but it was powerless to prevent the Spirit Mountain Dragon from escaping.
But he could chase.
The Míng Dēng Lóng dived from the air, also inserting itself into the sand.
Its dark veil contracted along with its body, and its yellow-green shell vibrated as it drilled into the sand.
There are no recorded sightings of Snare Serpent Dragons in the desert, but it possesses the ability to burrow underground using its beak to pierce the ground. Its streamlined body can traverse underground solely through its torso, moving swiftly beneath the sand.
“They’re both gone. The Spirit Mountain Dragon was forced to submerge directly. Is that guy planning to pursue it underground? Can he really travel through the sand too?”
The leader of the hunting group muttered, finding it hard to believe.
After descending, Jié Jié’s figure disappeared behind the sand kicked up by the Spirit Mountain Dragon’s movement, making him indistinct to everyone.
“Clearly, the breath weapon of an ultra-large flying dragon isn’t just a minor annoyance to the Spirit Mountain Dragon. Can’t the sand ship move any faster?”
The compiler looked at the leader of the hunting group.
“Yeah, increase speed. We need to deliver the message to Loke Clark quickly!”
Without any intention of being heroes, as long as they could bring back the message, they would be heroes.
At this moment, Jié Jié was chasing the Spirit Mountain Dragon beneath the sand.
The Spirit Mountain Dragon’s speed was extremely fast, impossible to catch up to. Battling it in the sand was also impractical, but he could trail behind it until it surfaced to breathe.
This chase lasted over ten hours, from night until night again. Jié Jié couldn’t hold his breath, so he surfaced halfway to take a breath before continuing the pursuit.
The Spirit Mountain Dragon hadn’t noticed it was being closely chased and finally began resurfacing after feeling safe.
Jié Jié broke through the sand following the Spirit Mountain Dragon’s ascending path, intending to catch it off guard when it relaxed a little.
The Spirit Mountain Dragon poked its head out slightly and, seeing no Míng Dēng Lóng in the night sky, began floating completely out of the sand.
But it didn’t relax for long before familiar pain returned to its back.
Jié Jié flew in the sky, continuously spewing beams across the Spirit Mountain Dragon’s body.
As a result, without hesitation, the Spirit Mountain Dragon took a big breath and submerged again.
Seeing the Spirit Mountain Dragon resurface for only a short time before submerging again, Jié Jié found himself powerless.
Just as the Spirit Mountain Dragon was helpless against him in the air, he was equally helpless against the submerged Spirit Mountain Dragon.
Could he create wounds on the Spirit Mountain Dragon’s body and then drill inside to destroy it?
But the Spirit Mountain Dragon’s dragon charge wouldn’t stop. Now, it even submerges whenever it senses attacks on its back.
A red signal flare caught Jié Jié’s attention, turning his head. It was a sand ship, but not the one the compilers were on.
It was Loke Clark’s exploration vessel.
Signal flares lit up the night sky from several directions simultaneously. He seemed to have drawn too much attention.
With a powerful flap of its great dark veil, Jié Jié dove and disappeared into the sand stirred up by the Spirit Mountain Dragon.
…
Several days later.
Jié Jié felt the personnel movements in Loke Clark and thought it had little to do with him.
The Spirit Mountain Dragon was covered in scars from his pursuit, but until the energy of the Míng Dēng Lóng form was exhausted, it failed to complete its hunt.
For other monsters, fleeing is tense and exhausting, but for the Spirit Mountain Dragon, it was merely an extra step added to its daily actions.
After all, the Peak Mountain Dragon and its subspecies are monsters that are always charging.
Always charging means invincibility.
Realizing it couldn’t make the Spirit Mountain Dragon face it head-on, Jié Jié could only temporarily bid farewell after taking the dragon gem from a broken tooth.
But when he turned back, he couldn’t find the sand ship the compilers were on anymore. Instead, he ended up entering Loke Clark’s field of vision alongside the Spirit Mountain Dragon.
Likewise, Loke Clark entered his field of vision.
Chapter 264
