Chapter 156

Chapter 156: A Brief Intermission.

A wounded Spiny Dragon wandered through the Valley of Miasma, craving heaps of meat.

From relatively fresh corpses to Flathead Monkeys that dared provoke it, all became its food.

As for the more troublesome monsters, after brief skirmishes, they were either repelled or evaded. Jié Jié only wished to recover his injuries quickly in his Spiny Dragon form.

Flying Dragons are ultimately Flying Dragons; even with a broken wing, many techniques didn’t flow as smoothly as before. But even if he functioned as a stationary turret with reduced mobility, he was enough to drive away the predators here.

With the power of the Corpse Suit Dragon, he was one of the masters of the Valley of Miasma.

After three months of wandering around the valley eating and sleeping, the originally dark shell gradually became translucent.

This was the dead exuvia formed by old shells and condensed tissue fluid. The damaged wings drooped, mixed with the regenerative tissue fluid, becoming a major part of the dead exuvia.

When the time was right, the dead exuvia would naturally fall off, revealing the new shell beneath.

The new shell might not be as hard as the dead exuvia at first, but it had greater potential.

Like the Extinction Dragon, Jié Jié also regretted that battle.

Regretting that most of the materials weren’t collected, regretting that he couldn’t fight until the end due to mutual destruction.

In the fight, he only managed to cut some White Thorns, leaving a few scars behind. The final all-out attack let him glimpse a glimmer of victory.

But then the enraged Extinction Dragon somehow still had the strength to ascend and dive-bomb, directly shattering the terrain, thinking only of mutual destruction.

Would any monster eat the spines of an Extinction Dragon?

Jié Jié stared at the unlit totem of the Extinction Dragon in the dream space, though it wasn’t lit, it didn’t stop him from pondering to pass the time.

The white new spines of the Extinction Dragon were a fragile and easily shed body tissue, produced in bulk like wholesale goods. They would even actively collide with the environment when grown excessively, causing them to break off.

Different materials contributed differently to the progress of the totem; often, the more critical parts provided more progress, but since he usually bit into flesh and skin indiscriminately, it wasn’t obvious.

Although the progress provided by the non-critical White Thorns was low, their abundance made up for it. Once his wings healed and he could fly back, he’d check if there were any remaining White Thorns.

Thinking about how the White Thorns of the Extinction Dragon developed into ova cells after receiving nutrients gave Jié Jié a strange feeling, like imagining seeds he ate sprouting in his stomach as a child.

“Huuuuh～Roar～”

A familiar howling sound startled Jié Jié. Accompanying this howl was the agitated miasma.

It was the Corpse Suit Dragon approaching.

Jié Jié didn’t know that his coming to the Valley of Miasma to recuperate caused a local anomaly in the miasma. Though it hadn’t reached the point of ecological destruction, it undoubtedly appeared as unaccounted-for funds on the market administrators’ books.

An investigation was necessary!

Thus, the Corpse Suit Dragon was dispatched.

Seeing the surrounding miasma acting as informants, realizing he couldn’t hide, Jié Jié stood boldly in the center of the arena, staring intently at the Corpse Suit Dragon’s head appearing on the slope.

His piercing gaze momentarily halted the steps of the Master of the Corpse Membrane, her eyes clearing slightly.

This Corpse Suit Dragon wasn’t the same one that fought Jié Jié three times before.

“Grunt!!!”

The Corpse Suit Dragon howled, noticing that Jié Jié’s body inside and out was filled with large amounts of miasma, clearly intending to manipulate these miasma to steal the life energy within him.

Solving Jié Jié without shedding blood.

But he failed.

Jié Jié’s control over the miasma was inferior to the Corpse Suit Dragon while not in the corresponding form, but it wasn’t enough to get completely drained in one go.

The microbes inside him were under his highest control and wouldn’t be manipulated, as for the ones outside, they needed to enter his body to steal life energy.

In other words, Jié Jié was completely immune to the miasma.

And what is a Corpse Suit Dragon without miasma? Just an old salted meat.

The Spiny Dragon took large strides, charging straight toward the Corpse Suit Dragon.

He stumbled slightly stepping onto the slope, but this stumble was directed towards the Corpse Suit Dragon.

With this impact, both dragons lost balance on the slope and rolled down together.

The Corpse Suit Dragon ended up being the one underneath, stomped on by Jié Jié who roasted her with breath weapons.

Flapping its wings and spraying miasma, the Dead Corpse Membrane Master struggled fiercely to escape from under the Spiny Dragon.

Realizing the creature before her was impervious to miasma, the Corpse Suit Dragon felt a sense of déjà vu and began slowly retreating, then turned around and fled the area.

However, the Corpse Suit Dragon started patrolling this region, noting Jié Jié’s misappropriation of public funds, occasionally confronting him.

Thus, a Corpse Suit Dragon occasionally showing up to confront him became a part of his monthly routine.

Though, familiarity breeds contempt; realizing the futility of conflict, the confrontations and frictions diminished, shifting their relationship from hostility to neutrality.

Perhaps the Corpse Suit Dragon wanted to drive him out, but she simply couldn’t beat him. Confirming he wouldn’t attack her first, she adapted and continued her duties.

Balance the accounts forever!

Jié Jié crouched on a high platform, watching the Corpse Suit Dragon below stroll leisurely.

By now, they could coexist in the same area while maintaining a safe distance.

These days, the dead exuvia on his body itched more and more, and he started occasionally colliding with nearby bones to shed it.

Transforming into another form might easily split the dead exuvia, but the sensation of rebirth would be lost.

His commotion naturally drew the attention of the Corpse Suit Dragon below, who watched him warily.

Ancient Dragons have considerable intelligence when faced with situations where brute force doesn’t work.

She soon confirmed Jié Jié was molting and turned away to continue balancing her accounts.

“Huuuh Roar～Roar!”

While Jié Jié tried to tear off the dead exuvia, a somewhat familiar roar reached his ears.

Instinctively pausing, he lowered his posture slightly to hide himself.

It was hard not to associate it with a man sitting in an office enjoying air conditioning and balancing accounts, then getting confronted by a woman who had been hurt.

As expected, a black-and-white figure burst into his peaceful life with the accounting girl, emitting a deafening roar.

The Corpse Suit Dragon instantly entered a combat state, roaring at the Extinction Dragon, but her actions showed signs of retreat.

Had the Corpse Suit Dragon possibly attempted using miasma against the Extinction Dragon in the past?

Seems the accounting girl and the Extinction Dragon also had old grudges. Thinking it was none of his business, Jié Jié quietly retreated.

“Crack!”

As expected, he stepped on a bone on the ground, the sudden sound drawing the Extinction Dragon’s line of sight to the Spiny Dragon watching from the high platform.

There was no angry accusation, not even concern for the White Thorns covering her entire body.

The dragon of annihilation flapped its wings and soared high, diving down with explosive anger.

Spiny Dragon and Extinction Dragon share an irreconcilable enmity!!!

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Chapter 157