Chapter 202: Watching monsters battle is one of the great joys in a dragon’s life.
Even before Jié Jié could find the Sui Long, his battle perception already guided him toward the direction of the monsters’ fight.
He stomped the ground into pieces and leaped high. While gliding through the air, he transformed into the Crimson Lotus Burst Scale Dragon and began to approach.
The Fire Dragons were all relatively safe on the mountainous terrain and hadn’t descended. His solitary glide made no sound, allowing him to silently approach the battlefield.
The battlefield was located below a rock layer almost at a 90° angle, which was a common sight even in the Dragon Crystal Land.
Numerous streams of lava flowed from the fissure, forming a lava waterfall that gathered in the magma pool below.
This magma pool was also within the range of the battlefield. The Sui Long’s extremely hard full-coverage shell allowed it to move around in the magma.
However, the creature disputing its territory was equally ferocious—a ravenous beast that had also plunged into the magma, making hissing sounds.
It was a pitch-black Hōng Lóng, simply and crudely named the Black Hōng Lóng.
As a subspecies of the Hōng Lóng produced in volcanic zones, the Black Hōng Lóng had adapted to this ecosystem.
Perhaps because it consumed too many creatures with excessive heavy metal content, achieving a kind of local adaptation, the Black Hōng Lóng’s scales also contained mineral components like volcanic rocks, slightly enhancing its defensive capabilities and allowing it to withstand brief periods in the magma.
In response to the Black Hōng Lóng’s pounce and bite, the Sui Long showed no fear and swung its fists forward, each punch creating an explosion-like destruction.
Unlike most theropod species whose forelimbs have regressed and rely heavily on biting, the Sui Long’s forelimbs were extraordinarily strong. Its folded claws formed a missile-shaped structure used as fists.
Its head also bore a similarly shaped horn, both covered in green slime.
This green slime was the reason why every punch by the Sui Long caused an explosion, falling from its kin as it grew from small to large.
These slimes, known as slime molds, survive only in volcanic regions. Once oxidized, they change color and produce powerful explosions, causing significant harm to juvenile Sui Longs.
But these slime molds can also promote the fusion of broken shells with minerals during regeneration until the Sui Long evolves a shell capable of withstanding the explosive slime.
Jié Jié did not launch a surprise attack but merely watched the two mighty creatures battle.
Objectively speaking, he was collecting intelligence on his opponent.
Subjectively, however, he was enjoying one of the great pleasures of dragon life.
Watching monsters fight was akin to successfully becoming a prince!
The Black Hōng Lóng was retreating step by step; its formidable bite force had no chance to take effect under relentless punches. Even when it managed to bite down, it couldn’t sustain the force long enough before being countered and forced to let go.
The pain from the magma also made the Black Hōng Lóng drift away from the magma pool back onto the ground. Its claws shattered the rocks beneath, and its head was raised high:
“Roar!!!”
Jié Jié in the air shivered, nearly losing control of the wind and falling down.
What a massive roar!
Visible sound waves erupted from the Black Hōng Lóng’s mouth, pushing the magma in front of it into splashing waves.
The physical effects were secondary; the frequency of the sound vibrations was so intense that it caused great damage to the auditory structures of living beings.
Truly deserving of being the species with the loudest voice.
Below, the Sui Long shook its head, raising its fists in front of its face in a defensive stance. One could clearly see the true claws folded underneath its “fists.”
After roaring, the Black Hōng Lóng kept its mouth open, and the terrifying sound waves erupted again after a brief pause.
The magma surged in waves, continuously lashing against the Sui Long’s deep blue shell.
After finishing its roar, the Black Hōng Lóng retreated, smacking its lips while the Sui Long ended its defensive stance and charged forward with immense anger toward the Black Hōng Lóng.
Though its verbal prowess far exceeded that of the Sui Long, physically, the Black Hōng Lóng was no match for the explosive-fisted Sui Long, wailing in pain repeatedly.
The Sui Long shook its body, splattering slime everywhere.
“Angggggnger～”
Seeing the brawl escalating towards murder, Jié Jié finally let out the long howl resembling a police siren characteristic of the Burst Scale Dragon.
Amidst the roars, the abundant energy within his body caused his upper torso to glow with a purple luster.
He shook his head, scattering burst scales like seeds, blooming purple flowers on the battlefield and bearing fruits of destruction.
The purple flowers spread all the way to the Black Hōng Lóng’s retreat path, and the seeds sprinkled on the bodies of the two monsters exploded on them.
The Sui Long’s shell was hard, and the burst scales could only leave slight marks if they adhered to its body.
After all, being hit by the firelight of an explosion and having the explosion directly occur on your body are worlds apart.
The sudden intrusion of the Crimson Lotus Burst Scale Dragon separated the two monsters tangled in combat. The irritable Black Hōng Lóng immediately redirected its hatred due to the excruciating pain from the explosion, its terrifying sound waves sweeping across the sky, blurring even the air.
The ferocious yet somewhat calm Sui Long squinted and locked onto the Crimson Lotus Burst Scale Dragon, maintaining a defensive stance against the Black Hōng Lóng while preparing for an assault from the Burst Scale Dragon.
After scattering a series of burst scales, the weight of destruction fell from the sky.
A massive firelight engulfed the battlefield, and the Red Lotus Burst Scale Dragon’s charge, much faster than usual, directly knocked down the Black Hōng Lóng and crushed it underfoot, burying it in flames once more.
Jié Jié raised his head, scattering a series of burst scales onto the Black Hōng Lóng’s body, then slammed down again.
So you think you’re the loudest, huh!
The firelight of the explosion blossomed three times, leaving the Black Hōng Lóng temporarily unable to continue fighting.
Leaving the body of the Black Hōng Lóng, his folded wings moved like forelimbs, dragging his massive head along the ground toward the Sui Long.
With a punch into the ground, he propelled his jumping body aside, dodging the seemingly unblockable charge of the Sui Long.
The Sui Long’s size among many large monsters wasn’t particularly large, measuring just over fifteen meters in length. But using the phrase “small but mighty” to describe the Sui Long was most fitting.
With a hard shell and agile mobility, combined with the super-destructive power of slime explosions and punches, the Sui Long was undoubtedly one of the top-tier theropod species, second only to the Terror Tyrant.
Realizing his charge had missed, Jié Jié suddenly shook his head, launching newly grown burst scales toward the direction the Sui Long had dodged.
After adjusting his direction by shaking his heavy head and landing, he met the Sui Long’s incoming punch with another charge.
The Burst Scale Dragon lacked biting abilities, relying mainly on ramming people with its head occasionally accompanied by breath weapons!
Despite feeling some pain from the Sui Long’s punches on his head, the Sui Long was directly sent flying by his headbutt.
Jié Jié raised his head, calibrated his direction, and without paying attention to the minimal damage on the Sui Long’s body that had been flung away, lowered his head and charged again, grinding the earth beneath him.
As long as he kept charging, he was invincible!
As for the Black Hōng Lóng, who abandoned continuous charges for continuous roars, it had already failed and lay defeated on the side.
PS: After checking the damage comparison, the Red Lotus Burst Scale Dragon’s burst scale damage is 1050, the Sui Long slime explosion is 712, and the calculated result of the burst scale damage between the Red Lotus Burst Scale Dragon and the Explosive Frag Dragon’s cricket battle fluctuates around 390.
Of course, the reference value of the above figures is almost zero (facepalm).
As for pictures of cross-dressing… there have always been some in the group. I apologized for them in the previous book, and it has since developed into a small hobby for stress relief.
