Chapter 218: Holy Crap! A Box?!
The Spiny Dragon withdrew its head from the rock wall, ending its face-against-the-wall sleeping pose.
Sleep hadn’t alleviated the pain from the fight. Even the hardest shell transmits kinetic energy to the softer parts underneath.
When these softer parts lack the strength to buffer the pain, it gets transmitted through the pain nerves straight to the central nervous system, causing Ji Jie to collapse onto the ground.
His folded wings were pinned under his body, and the red spikes all over him might have even pierced into his wing membranes.
After the initial wave of discomfort passed through the central nervous system, the pain turned into a numb tingling sensation. Most monsters’ muscles aren’t overly sensitive to pain, allowing him to semi-sleep while lying on one side.
In a daze, he dreamt of a Magma Dragon falling along with a magma waterfall that had been blasted apart by the aftermath of a battle, landing in a newly formed magma pool. The dragon raised its upper body and spat a mouthful of magma onto Ji Jie’s belly.
With the Flame King Dragon’s gemstone, his resistance to temperature and flames seemed to skyrocket, so much so that even scorching magma couldn’t exceed the threshold of pain.
Ji Jie merely stirred but didn’t fully wake up. Pain wouldn’t stop him from sleeping.
He’d wake up if the pain reached dangerous levels.
It’s like boiling a frog; you just need to raise the water temperature, and the frog will leave on its own. But researchers have many variables to consider.
An attack capable of instantly waking and killing a Spiny Dragon might only be something like an asteroid impact or a forbidden move that’s been plotted for a long time. Researchers would add variables to their experiments, like putting a lid on the cup.
If such a situation existed, he wouldn’t be able to sleep at all.
Lost in thought, dreaming of becoming the ancient dragon king chosen by fate, hiding underground until adulthood, then becoming unstoppable.
Just as he was about to break through the surface and unleash a neutron annihilation to create a new world, he saw a cookie falling down.
Holy Crap! A Box!
Ji Jie suddenly woke up, looking around angrily but only seeing a Magma Dragon.
The Magma Dragon spotted its cookie.
While eating roasted fish, Ji Jie recalled the nightmare he just had.
He thought the first half of the dream was possible, and so was the second half.
After all, currently, he could indeed transform into every monster he has killed and eaten.
But why create a new world?
Would the new world be full of organic sludge everywhere?
Would that stuff taste good?
The roasted fish didn’t taste good, it was all blown apart.
Carefully calculating, the energy absorbed from this roasted fish might not even cover what he just expended.
Stretching his limbs, confirming he wasn’t in too much pain, he followed the icy Ice Curse Dragon’s trail into a cave to patrol.
The Dragon Crystal Land was still boiling. Perhaps it wasn’t just due to the disaster when the Flame King Dragon fell, but also related to multiple fire attribute Ancient Dragons residing there.
But it didn’t seem to be a big problem. Carefully analyzing, the temperature changes in the Dragon Crystals might be cyclical events.
Can’t the Ancient Dragons control their influence?
They just don’t need to restrain their innate rights. The Flame King Dragon is like the sun, the Glittering Dragon is like geothermal heat.
Natural disasters happen all the time, but here they take different forms and require different strategies.
He patrolled in the world of molten lava. When he inadvertently lowered his head, he saw the rarest plant underground.
Now it was withered.
The world doesn’t belong solely to monsters, but no matter which angle you look at it from, life can’t be equated, including facing death.
Boom! Boom! Or completely unnoticed?
He just thought about it, unable to fathom the inner thoughts of a plant.
What about those powerful monsters?
Ji Jie transformed into a Thunder Wolf Dragon that occasionally appears in the Dragon Crystal Land. The ground was scorching, yet he could still run around migrating.
Transforming back into a Spiny Dragon, he continued patrolling the Dragon Crystal Land, searching for the Ice Curse Dragon.
And defend world peace!
Struggles were perceived everywhere, but thankfully, they weren’t all clustered together making his nerves jump.
In the high-temperature molten lava area, something emitting white frost stood out. It looked like a stone, reflecting a glass-like luster, and exuding some mist not belonging to this place.
A piece of scale shed from the Ice Curse Dragon’s shell, worthy of being called the Ice Curse Dragon’s scale.
Continuing forward, he could see some creatures frozen in ice.
Ji Jie climbed upward, choosing the always-upward path among numerous connected caves.
After some twists and turns, he found a cave with quite a few Dragon Crystals. Some water accumulation and abnormally solidified magma indicated that the Ice Curse Dragon had stayed here.
A fallen Dragon Crystal pillar suggested the Ice Curse Dragon fought something here.
Ji Jie looked around and only saw an inconspicuous Rocky Thief Dragon snoring away.
So? Did the Rocky Thief Dragon repel the Ice Curse Dragon?
Truly deserving of the title “Thief Dragon.” The Great Thief Dragon defends the gateway of the New Continent, the Paralyzed Thief Dragon forced the Snake King Dragon to become an eternal king, and the Rocky Thief Dragon repelled the Ice Curse Dragon invading the Dragon Crystal Land.
Ji Jie respectfully bypassed this brave Fang Dragon Type, reaching the surface and enjoying a sky without cookies for a moment.
Returning underground, after wandering aimlessly and not finding the Ice Curse Dragon, he instead encountered the older Flame Empress Dragon first.
Their meeting wasn’t friendly.
A bleeding Assault Dragon was thrown at the cave entrance, emitting the scent of fresh blood, while the ambushers were staring intently at the entrance.
Upon discovering the incoming Spiny Dragon, the older Flame Empress Dragon didn’t even roar to intimidate. Instead, she directly pounced in a hunting posture.
Ji Jie was knocked down by the sudden attack from the Flame Empress Dragon. While on the ground, he saw the Flame King Dragon lying in the center of the cave, lounging while enjoying the dead family of Assault Dragons.
Both Sunfire Dragons needed recovery post-battle, so the Flame Empress Dragon took on the hunting task but didn’t want to leave her severely injured husband, adopting an ambush tactic.
Reducing consumption, the efficiency was pretty good.
Ji Jie praised, but the Flame Empress Dragon only felt a great force breaking free from her restraint, slowly standing up.
A sharp pain in her chest and abdomen caused her to be directly pushed back.
“Roar!”
The Flame King Dragon who noticed the abnormality instantly stood up, issuing a threatening roar.
Because the prey wasn’t actually prey.
Looking at this Flame Empress Dragon, she was indeed quite old.
She had more scars, the patterns on her crown were thick, and the layers were far more than a younger Flame Empress Dragon, akin to tree rings. Some pieces had even cracked and fallen off.
Without pheromones inducing hormones specific to Flame King Dragons, without those red ears, and not as colorful as the Ice Curse Dragon.
No desire to hunt, the intention to fight dissipated after a moment of consideration.
Even though it was the right place with a good opportunity, it just wasn’t the right time.
Adding another mark of animosity towards the Míng Dēng Lóng, wait a bit, he’ll eat it.
With a louder roar deterring pursuit, Ji Jie slowly retreated against the two Sunfire Dragons until the rock wall completely blocked their gaze.
Chapter 219
