Chapter 206: Passing By.
Jie Jie shook his head, successfully regaining consciousness from a few seconds of mental blackout.
Looking around, amidst the shattered scenery, the Flame King Dragon was nowhere to be seen. But the burning scales, shells, and blood on the ground were clearly visible.
Even if the Flame King Dragon had escaped, it had suffered severe damage.
He lifted his claw to try and capture the scent of the Flame King Dragon, but the blood had already burned away in his hand. The smell that filled his nostrils was the scorched stench of his own body.
His entire body, with its melted scales, was still in repair mode. The self-healing ability of the Extinction Dragon required substantial nutritional support.
Before chasing the Flame King Dragon, he decided to first feast on the Black Hōng Lóng to fill his stomach.
The corpse of the Black Hōng Lóng was roasted like charcoal, crumbling at the touch of his teeth.
He stubbornly continued gnawing, but whether inside or out, all the nutritional value of the Black Hōng Lóng’s flesh had been lost during the heat’s constriction and explosion.
The magma winding everywhere had already devoured the dead magma and was now flooding towards the central island.
Flapping his wings to take flight, the pain from his moving tissues was sticky and intense. He scanned both exits in the air, hesitating slightly before flying towards the main entrance of the nest.
During those few seconds of blackout, the sound of the Flame King Dragon leaving had come from this direction.
Sure enough, the Flame King Dragon had collapsed the entrance to its nest upon leaving. Was it abandoning this place entirely?
How decisive.
After spending some time forcing open the rubble, Jie Jie looked back at the channel leading out, gazing at the rich deposits of minerals there with reluctance.
But given the complex terrain of the Dragon Crystal Land, would he really be able to find this place again?
No problem. Collecting so many abilities was meant for using them.
He transformed into a Slaying Dragon, closed his eyes, and meditated deeply, feeling textures imperceptible to the naked eye.
The geomagnetic field.
The Glittering Dragon’s Golden Jade contained some control over magnetism. Marking coordinates based on remembered magnetic features wasn’t difficult.
After setting the coordinates, Jie Jie chased out of the cave passage and began searching for traces of the Flame King Dragon.
Footprints, shells, manes—he pursued all these clues.
Compared to the determined Extinction Dragon with a clear goal, the Flame King Dragon, as the target, seemed far more lost.
The aged Ancient Dragon flapped its wings, aimlessly wandering in the Dragon Crystal Land.
Everything within sight could be claimed as territory, including the Dragon Crystal Land, so why did it still feel like a lost dog?
If you lose, win it back. Just like how he once fought for the best nest, relying on that nest to invite future mates.
That was when he was young.
He had bloomed countless times like a supernova, and now it was time for him to die like a true sun after a supernova explosion.
His body reminded him of this fact.
Death was drawing closer.
The threat of the Extinction Dragon had halved the time until his death. The tombs of countless ancient dragons were calling him, as were the earth veins.
He should quietly wait for death in one of those tombs, even though this waiting period would still be measured in years for short-lived creatures.
Why was he still lost then?
Because…he realized he was truly lost.
The underground of the Dragon Crystal Land was now so unfamiliar that he had lost his way in his own territory.
The call of the earth veins grew stronger, and the Life Light wanted to embrace him.
But the direction from which the earth veins called was not the grand mausoleum of all the ancient dragons, but rather the dining table for young kings in eggs…
He became increasingly lost, too weak to resist that light.
But even the wandering and confusion of ancient dragon species is measured in years.
A fire dragon streaked across the sky?
And that fire dragon was flying towards him?
Delivered food.
The King of Karma Fire on the dining table didn’t care, nor did the peering diner. Before food becomes food, it must always be fed.
The Flame King Dragon flapped its wings and extended its claws, intending to grapple and throw the charging fire dragon.
The Male Fire Dragon loomed larger in his vision, sharp white thorns piercing through scales and shells.
The head of the fire dragon also grew familiar large horns during the transformation, the only constant being his gaze.
When thrown by the Extinction Dragon, fear showed in the Flame King Dragon’s eyes.
The peering eyes trembled, suppressing their presence.
Because the food’s food had become another diner competing for its food, a diner threatening enough to endanger it.
Jie Jie continuously restrained the struggles of the Flame King Dragon, trying to tear off pieces of flesh and scales.
After dropping some chunks of flesh and scales along with a large mass of explosive dust, the Flame King Dragon escaped again, leaving Jie Jie confusedly scanning his surroundings.
“Strange.”
He had been chasing the Flame King Dragon away from the lava land and arrived here where the Dragon Crystals grew like thorny bushes.
If Dragon Crystals are the aggregation of energy overflowing after the demise of ancient dragons, then undoubtedly, an ancient dragon had perished here in the past.
The mysterious perception of the Extinction Dragon towards energy made him want to search for something here, but in reality, he could only sense that the energy here was richer; there was no concentrated source of energy.
But the scenery here was nice, so let’s mark it.
Transforming into a fire dragon to leave a mark here, Jie Jie continued to chase the Flame King Dragon without worrying about losing the trail.
Would Kua Fu lose track of the sun in the sky? No.
The scorch marks left by the Flame King Dragon were becoming clearer, and his condition seemed very abnormal.
Underground in the thorny bush area, a light cocoon was wrapped in dim Dragon Crystals.
As the Extinction Dragon left, the underdeveloped claws of what would later be named the Míng Dēng Lóng quivered faintly.
The Dragon Crystals that formed when the ancient dragon perished enveloped it, covering the weak signs of life still in the egg with the energy field produced by the Dragon Crystals.
Not just one Extinction Dragon had roamed above, but what truly made it fearful of Jié Jié was merely his ability to disguise and ambush.
Just an Extinction Dragon, it didn’t intend to stop here.
It needed the Flame King Dragon to release its massive energy at the end of its life, ensuring that the Flame King Dragon remained in the Dragon Crystal Land was crucial.
If the Flame King Dragon died elsewhere and went through the procedures via the earth veins, the cake share available to it at this stage would be much smaller.
Unbeknownst to Jié Jié, besides narrowly missing the Míng Dēng Lóng, the geomagnetic markers he set weren’t visible only to himself.
The source of the Golden Jade might be the only still-active Glittering Dragon in the New Continent who could also see them.
She was getting closer to the Dragon Crystal Land in the earth vein corridor, her confusion growing as her perception became clearer.
Her geomagnetic perception would never let her get lost underground, but what confused her was the two abnormal markings on the radar-like perspective of the geomagnetic field.
Were they the trails of other members of her kind? But they didn’t seem quite right.
Let’s check it out when we arrive at the Dragon Crystal Land.
Chapter 207
