Chapter 137: Finally Found You.
The good news is, we’ve found the Corpse Suit Dragon.
The bad news is, it’s not the same one we were looking for earlier.
As if in the heart of the underworld, Jié Jié flew steadily over a dark and corrupt sea, his eyes fixed on the figure below.
Another Master of the Corpse Membrane rises and falls upon this ocean of death like a ferryman of the River Styx, using its wings to scoop up countless corpses from the four seas, bringing them into its closed nest filled with miasma to pile them high.
Ancient Dragons are never unique creatures. It might be disappointing, but the moving wonders of nature are not miracles.
With an ever-expanding range of activities, Jié Jié has come to understand that the Valley of Miasma is somewhat different from what was depicted in the game.
From the air, you can always see more, whether above or below ground.
The Valley of Miasma itself lies directly beneath the Coral Land Plateau, forming a triangular relationship with the Ancient Tree Forest and the Giant Ant Hill Wasteland, connecting through the Grand Canyon to the entire underground world of the New Continent, the corridor of the earth’s veins.
A subspecies of the Slaying Dragon, the Sulfur Slaying Dragon, could have been an ancestor who entered the underground long ago searching for ore but got lost and was forced to settle in the Valley of Miasma, evolving into this subspecies.
Currently, Jié Jié is merely observing this Corpse Suit Dragon from the sky and has no intention of changing targets.
He watched as microorganisms thrived on the corpses within the miasma, their breaths creating tangible currents of air that activated around the body of the Corpse Suit Dragon.
Is it the miasma of the Valley of Miasma that birthed the Corpse Suit Dragon, or is it the existence of the Corpse Suit Dragon that fills the valley with the miasma of life’s decay?
But there is no doubt that the Corpse Suit Dragon and the Valley of Miasma are now indispensable members and parts of the New Continent.
As the bone tomb of all things, the Valley of Miasma also functions as the digestive organ of the New Continent. The microorganisms in the miasma can efficiently decompose organisms, and the Corpse Suit Dragon serves as the catalyst keeping the miasma highly active.
But where does the decomposition go?
Does it become nutrients for the ever-growing Coral Land?
Do the corpses of dead microorganisms rise with the wind currents to reach every corner of the world?
Diving into the Grand Canyon, Jié Jié sought the traces of the earth’s veins, the place where the essence of the ancient dragons settled.
The energy field intensity of the Valley of Miasma isn’t much higher than that of the Ancient Tree Forest and the Giant Ant Hill Wasteland.
Isn’t it deep enough? Compared to the height of the Grand Canyon and the plateau, the Valley of Miasma only looks deep. In reality, the upper and middle layers are about the same height as the Ancient Tree Forest, and the lower layer isn’t as deep as imagined.
And as if nature itself understood the importance of concealing energy transport lines, they remain hidden from living beings.
Of course, it’s also possible that the exposed parts were exhausted in ancient times, leaving only the deeper layers unexplored.
More likely, some guy drank too much water, causing the water level to drop.
His continuous circling in the air seemed to alert the Corpse Suit Dragon, but it was just an alert.
The personality of the Corpse Suit Dragon is like this Valley of Miasma—lifeless and indifferent, embodying a laid-back recluse.
It has the authority to kill smaller monsters effortlessly, casually stealing their life essences with the miasma.
And when facing similarly sized large monsters, even ancient dragons follow the natural order of prioritizing strength assessments.
Fight those you can fight, avoid those you’ve lost to before.
Not to mention Jié Jié flying above the Dead Sea, unaffected by the miasma.
Though the Corpse Suit Dragon has wings, cave life has caused them to degenerate, making flight difficult, so it could only stay alert against the distant Burst Scale Dragon.
After watching enough, Jié Jié silently turned and flew away.
There are multiple Corpse Suit Dragons in the Valley of Miasma, but they shouldn’t be communal. They should be scattered around.
Entering the territory of this particular Master of the Corpse Membrane means moving away from other Corpse Suit Dragon territories.
Confirming he had flown too far, he chose to return.
On his way back, he spotted a familiar outline of a corpse.
Once silver-white, it was now covered in corpse spots and mold, indistinguishable from the other decaying bodies on the ground.
The corpse of a Burst Scale Dragon.
Burst Scale Dragons can indeed respond to emergencies worldwide, but a bomber that crashes into a steep ravine will struggle to find a high place to glide again, thus becoming scrap metal.
Jié Jié felt no pity, riding the wind and continuing his search for his target, following the mysterious sense of monster battles perceived by Burst Scale Dragons.
Summarizing his recent experiences of always stumbling upon crime scenes, he confirmed that Burst Scale Dragons possess a special ability to sense monster battles.
Their frequent and timely responses stem from this ability, but the sensation indicates direction rather than a clear path, meaning it’s easy to hit walls in complex three-dimensional environments.
But the intense sensation right now suggests a major crime scene!
“Roar! How could I miss out on such excitement?”
This sensation drives the Burst Scale Dragon’s love for responding to calls, filling Jié Jié with fighting spirit.
Thinking about catching the culprit red-handed leading to promotions and raises instantly boosts his motivation.
And this crime scene did not disappoint Jié Jié’s expectations. He found the target he’d been looking for these past days.
This Corpse Suit Dragon had already draped itself in many new corpses, its injuries repaired, but the broken wing hadn’t regrown in time.
Searching high and low in the Valley of Miasma, even abandoning other Corpse Suit Dragons, I finally found you!
And at this moment, the monster facing him was the elusive Sulfur Slaying Dragon.
As a subspecies of the Slaying Dragon in the Valley of Miasma, the shell of the Sulfur Slaying Dragon, eroded by the miasma, is a mix of faintly blue-green and yellow hues. Its sword tail, compared to the Slaying Dragon, is more slender, covered with spiky knobs formed by condensed liquid acid, resembling a mace.
This mace swings continuously toward the Corpse Suit Dragon as the Sulfur Slaying Dragon moves.
Compared to the broad and powerful swings of the Slaying Dragon’s thick sword tail, the Sulfur Slaying Dragon’s slender tail is faster, smashing the Corpse Suit Dragon’s hanging corpses into pieces.
The Corpse Suit Dragon’s counterattacks are relentless, with concentrated miasma swirling around it, dense like gray fabric.
These fabrics pull threads in the air, weaving an all-encompassing web around the battlefield, connecting the two monsters.
For the Corpse Suit Dragon, this connection provides endless sustenance, but for the Sulfur Slaying Dragon, it is endless torment.
Their battle has been ongoing for quite some time and has now reached a fever pitch.
The Sulfur Slaying Dragon lacks the red flame sac of the Slaying Dragon but has evolved a high tolerance for miasma. However, this adaptability still isn’t enough to face the full power of the Lord of Annihilation in its home turf.
The surrounding environment is not the rock cave where the Grim Claw Dragon fought; there’s no methane gushing from cracks in the ground, only countless corpses providing abundant miasma.
There won’t be any bombers exploding anymore.
But there will be wind.
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Chapter 138…
