Chapter 183: The Ball-Tossing Game.
The two wolf packs began to merge. Some Thunder Wolf Dragons unwilling to follow the new Golden Thunder King left, while others were driven away.
As for the old guard, the new pack only absorbed the finest warriors and she-wolves, naturally driving out the rest.
Being the largest Thunder Wolf Dragon present, Jié Jié wasn’t expelled. Instead, because he hadn’t been favored by the old pack, he gained favor and was courted by the elder wolves. It seemed young mother dragons were also available for the picking.
But what he truly craved was the corpse of the previous Golden Thunder King. He wanted to be nothing more than a witness and undertaker for the old ruler.
With a restless leap, he transformed mid-air into a Spiny Dragon and dove, bewildering the group as he snatched the corpse of the Golden Thunder King.
It was heavier than expected, nearly causing Jié Jié, struggling to gain altitude, to be struck down by the new Golden Thunder King.
Fortunately, the tough hide of the Spiny Dragon allowed Jié Jié to carry the corpse higher and farther until it vanished from sight.
Placing the corpse on the branches of the Ancient Tree, Jié Jié began tidying up the deceased king’s appearance.
The shell on the left was more shattered than the one on the right—perhaps he should take another bite on the right?
Alas, he accidentally bit too much, so now he had to take another bite on the right.
The fresh corpse of the Golden Thunder King quickly became like one that had been dead for years under Jié Jié’s voracious appetite, revealing a dragon gem with a special luster.
The Heaven Gem of the Thunder Wolf Dragon—a material superior even to the Jade Gem.
After swallowing the Heaven Gem, Jié Jié felt a powerful electric current surge through his body, followed by a series of cracks, signifying increased flexibility and agility beyond before.
Satisfied, Jié Jié stomped on the ground and took off, flying further away from the Ancient Tree.
Over the next few days, he wandered through lush areas, observing all sorts of events unfold.
“Roar!”
When a Male Fire Dragon responded with a high-pitched roar, Jié Jié instinctively gathered a fireball.
A Fire Dragon approached him from the side, pausing mid-air to observe his reaction.
In flight, one inevitably encounters various monsters responding with provocations. Whether ground-dwelling beast dragons or sky-faring flying dragons, a single fireball could silence them.
Not sensing hostility in the roar, Jié Jié finally remembered what he had been doing these past few days.
Casually spitting the fireball in another direction, Jié Jié flapped his wings and slowly flew towards it.
His golden pupils scanned up and down, trying to confirm its identity.
Much time had passed since their last encounter. The once-young dragon had changed significantly, appearing far more unfamiliar.
These days, he even doubted whether any of the fire dragons he had repelled with a fireball had grown into potential meals.
But now wasn’t the time to dwell on such thoughts. Seeing him approach without hostility, the Male Fire Dragon, slightly intimidated by the fireball, emitted an excited cry, its tail flipping and swinging in rotation.
If flight posture was the social language of Fire Dragons, then this motion was a friendly display of its stance.
“Hmph!”
Jié Jié spun his body in the air, generating a vertical vortex with the wind pressure from his wings.
The approaching Male Fire Dragon circled around the vortex, becoming like a satellite.
Jié Jié closely identified the Fire Dragon before him. Was it the second or third one? Probably Porcelain Bowl?
The two flying dragons began playing in the sky, showing off various aerial stunts to each other.
Jié Jié gently exhaled an air mass, using dragon winds to ease the tornado, as if supporting Porcelain Bowl.
The Male Fire Dragon let out an excited roar, spreading its wings without needing to flap, allowing it to hover in place and even ascend.
Jié Jié flew around the tornado, gradually increasing its intensity.
The former young dragon’s body length had exceeded fifteen meters, yet he could still carry them aloft just like before.
It was no different from those old aircraft carriers.
Controlling the wind at this moment was far more meaningful than using it in battle.
Still, the four Fire Dragons eventually parted ways. Porcelain Bowl only managed to locate Wooden Ladle, while the largest Iron Pot and smallest Basin were nowhere to be found.
Their territories after separation were quite close, indicating they had shared a period of jointly defending against other monsters competing for territory.
Could he continue searching with them?
Looking at the two Fire Dragons who already had their own territories and nests, Jié Jié hesitated.
But the two Male Fire Dragons didn’t hesitate when faced with Jié Jié’s invitation.
The Fire Dragon race spread far and wide because they weren’t homebodies. Frequent territorial disputes in the wild meant monsters rarely stayed in one place.
Losing nests and territories often led to finding better ones during the search for new lands.
Expansion, expansion, expansion. They cared little about losing old territories; monsters defended their territories primarily to eliminate threats around them.
Following Jié Jié, would anything threaten them?
Watching their most frequent threat become food, they wouldn’t go hungry with Jié Jié around.
For Jié Jié, the now-skilled flying Fire Dragons were far more lively than before, confident in the skies and engaging in more interactions.
Lonely flights through the air now had more playful moments. If only there was a floating ball in the sky!
Jié Jié immediately thought of the round Floating Dragons.
Once Faceplate discovered them huddled together in the forest near the plateau and the Grand Canyon, Jié Jié flew toward it.
There was rising air current there, along with Floating Dragons that could serve as balls.
However, before they reached the Grand Canyon, they spotted a Sleeping Float Dragon east of the Ancient Tree.
The ball had arrived!
Transforming into a Fire Dragon with no spines on its back, Jié Jié demonstrated to the Fire Dragons how to use their heads and backs to bump the Sleeping Float Dragon back and forth, playing a game of tossing the ball with their heads.
The Sleeping Float Dragon flew back and forth under the impacts of the four Fire Dragons, utterly miserable.
But Jié Jié was having a blast, though it took some time to teach the Fire Dragons not to tear with their claws or bite with their teeth.
The large amounts of sleep-inducing gas released by the Sleeping Float Dragon were blown away by him. They couldn’t fall asleep before the fun was over!
When the three Fire Dragons grew tired and were knocked unconscious by the sleep gas, he released the claw holding the Sleeping Float Dragon.
Feeling content, he spared its life—this way, it wasn’t entirely being treated as food!
Inhaling the sleep gas released as the Sleeping Float Dragon fled in panic, Jié Jié descended contentedly from the air, falling asleep alongside the Fire Dragons.
The returning Sleeping Float Dragon looked at the row of “hunters’ ultimate dreams” lying on the ground, tempted to awaken them.
But remembering the humiliation of being tossed around earlier, it turned and fled again.
Was the evolution of sleep-inducing abilities meant for waking others?
No, it was clearly for escaping!
Chapter 184
