Chapter 227: Love from the Old Continent’s Esteemed Predecessor.
The Glittering Dragon’s head was lowered, its massive body having amassed tremendous momentum during the long-distance Dragon Charge, obliterating all obstacles on the road. The shattered fragments of Dragon Crystals were draped over molten gold, shining brilliantly.
“Grunt!!!”
The wrath of Dì Mǔ Shén triggered the mournful cry of the newborn dragonet.
Her head was thrown back by the impact, her tightly coiled horns pressing her against the wall as she was relentlessly pushed backward.
With ribs fractured, the dragonet’s back leaned against the trembling and breaking Dragon Crystal, gradually dissipating the momentum of the Glittering Dragon’s charge.
As the momentum was entirely consumed, the dragonet braced herself against the rock layer behind her without retreating. Instead, half of her body’s weight fell onto the neck of the Glittering Dragon. Her front limbs, lacking a firm grip, slid across Dì Mǔ Shén’s golden surface, struggling to push it away.
Her limbs responded to the signals of exertion, with abundant energy transforming her potential into tangible strength.
It seemed like the Glittering Dragon was either pushed away or retreated itself.
Before the dragonet could lower her reared-up forelimbs, another heavy blow from her chest forced her body upright once more.
“Roar!!!”
The constrained dragonet roared, the central part of her chest housing her most vital organ. Repeated impacts disrupted her regulation of energy balance.
She was being forcibly driven beyond her second threshold.
For the newborn, crossing thresholds was a painful burden. Her head shaking, beams of light erupted from her mouth, destroying the supporting Dragon Crystals holding up the dome before beginning to destroy the dome itself.
Continuous bombardments caused chunks of the rock layers to fall off, the ground shaking even more violently. Intense energy made the Extinction Dragon tremble briefly before becoming increasingly frenzied.
She cared not for the Odd-Faced Tribe’s attacks nor whether they harmed herself, initiating self-mutilating strikes upon the earth.
Even the aftershocks of the earthquake made the Odd-Faced Tribe struggle to stand, too afraid to burrow due to the shifting crust.
If they dug deeper, they would find expanding cracks within the rock layers turning into extensive fractures.
Radiant blue light filled these gaps, spreading upward, exploding and dismantling the rock layers piece by piece.
The chaotic light beams finally descended, seeping through the intervals as the Glittering Dragon retreated and exerted force, striking Dì Mǔ Shén back with increasingly powerful forelimbs.
The dragonet’s body glowed, terrifying energy seemingly about to tear her apart.
As her limbs moved, an immature Dragon Charge collided with the panting Glittering Dragon.
The actual power disparity held no meaning at this moment because one was breathing heavily while the other was accelerating; the collision of masses was enough to shake the static party.
The force was alleviated in the process of being shaken, yet neither could fully shatter the other or themselves under such conditions.
The Glittering Dragon maintained the upper hand thanks to its maturity, but the Míng Dēng Lóng had endless energy support, healing continuously and growing stronger, repeatedly challenging the second threshold.
Behind their indeterminate short-term victory lay constantly collapsing rock layers.
—Meanwhile—
Storms swept across the mountainous region.
Jié Jié looked upward at the steel dragon in the sky that wouldn’t descend, his lips curling in dissatisfaction.
This steel dragon wasn’t like those from the original continent who huffed and puffed. Toxins could weaken his stamina but couldn’t reduce his control over air currents.
Without the weakness to toxins, shouldn’t he have beaten the Spiny Dragon into shame?
Why hover in the sky and not come down?
At first, this steel dragon indeed initiated a ground battle with great excitement, appearing ready to avenge the steel dragons of the original continent and restore the glory of the ancient dragons.
Then, he rolled around on the ground twice.
Just two rolls! After only two rolls, this guy flew up and wouldn’t come down.
“Coward.”
Jié Jié muttered, flapping the Spiny Dragon’s wings amidst the steel dragon’s sharp mockery.
Did the opponent think he couldn’t engage in aerial combat under wind pressure suppression?
Perfect.
The Spiny Dragon flapped its wings forcefully, as if maintaining levitation in the storm drained all its strength, always on the verge of falling.
In the steel dragon’s eyes, Jié Jié was full of vulnerabilities like any ordinary flying dragon.
Under what he perceived as absolute advantage, the Master of the Storm didn’t bother thinking and charged directly.
The Master of the Storm plummeted within the storm.
“Do you just love flying in the sky?”
Though both plummeted, Jié Jié was the first to rise, stomping fiercely on the steel dragon’s body, preventing it from rising again, leaving it to thrash helplessly on the ground.
He kept flapping his wings and stomping, each time the steel dragon tried to stand, he stomped it back down.
The steel dragon wasn’t weak; its shell-like armor made its physical resilience formidable among ancient dragons, possessing strong aerial combat dominance.
When facing smaller hunters, it delivered heavy punches, but in ground battles with peers, once consciously pinned down, it lacked the counterattack ability to rise like other ancient dragons.
Without explosive flames or continuous hail, there was only a strong wind.
Small creatures couldn’t approach, but the Spiny Dragon’s stomps cut through newly formed storms effortlessly, suppressing the steel dragon’s attempts to rise.
After a brutal beating, the Spiny Dragon’s spines receded, its shell becoming smooth and lustrous.
The two steel dragons stared at each other; one’s gaze was filled with righteousness, the other with confusion and terror.
The sustained suppression ceased, the steel dragon took flight with a flap of its wings, roaring angrily at the usurper.
“The corresponding gemstone must be used in the appropriate form to function at full capacity.”
Feeling the impenetrable black current enveloping his body, Jié Jié spread his wings, summoning a new storm.
Simultaneously, his claws shimmered with streaks of alternating black and red.
Not afraid of poison?
Well then, love from the old continent’s esteemed predecessor.
Black currents clashed, Jié Jié’s claw broke through the Wind Wrap Armor. After the grating sound of metal collision, Dragon Attribute Energy lashed out against the opponent’s body.
Poison might sometimes be ineffective, but Dragon Attribute Energy always worked.
Between the clashing storms, one Dragon Claw after another struck the steel dragon’s body, the foreign Dragon Attribute Energy disrupting its internal attribute conversion balance.
When the Dragon Attribute Explosion occurred from within, all the storms connecting heaven and earth became solely his domain.
Jié Jié didn’t roar in triumph at the fallen steel dragon. Increasingly intense battle perceptions in his mind gave him a sense of foreboding, prompting him to hastily fly in a general direction.
In the steel dragon’s eyes, the monster that defeated him seemed completely unconcerned with this victory. After stopping the storm, he left behind a figure growing ever distant.
