Chapter 209: The Deceased Deserve Respect.
The Flame King Dragon could transform vast deserts into glass overnight…
Just the scorching winds blowing from its body could turn villages into seas of fire…
If it so desired, it could reduce entire regions to ash…
Even a single scale that fell from its body retained heat indefinitely, burning anyone who dared approach…
These were all legends of the Flame King Dragon.
So how grand was the magnificent fall of an aging Flame King Dragon?
The Deceased Deserve Respect.
The icy clouds brought by the Ice Curse Dragon in the sky were burned away by rolling flames, forming true fiery clouds.
On the ground, magma erupted violently from the terrifying impact, with subterranean fires surging and drilling deeper.
This place wasn’t deep within the Earth Vein Corridor, but the countless lava flows and flames of the Dragon Crystal Land, along with the fiery traces in the sky, were all carriers of the Flame King Dragon’s energy.
Including those Dragon Crystals.
Dragon Crystals are the aggregation of energy overflowed after Ancient Dragons die. What proportion did the Flame King Dragon, as one of these Ancient Dragons, occupy?
Not all Ancient Dragons choose to make a thunderous exit, but when these natural wonders decide to go out with a bang—
The Deceased Deserve Respect.
Their deaths would greatly influence the things they represent.
Magma, molten rock, flames—even some ancient dormant entities began to boil and explode, joining this spectacular event.
All the calamities brought by the Ice Curse Dragon to the Dragon Crystal Land were being erased, leaving the area even hotter for a short time.
For this Flame King Dragon itself, it had died in the most appropriate place.
At the fringes of the Dragon Crystal Land, even in unexplored territories, many Sunfire Dragons lifted their heads.
Some were once formidable rivals driven away by the old Flame King Dragon; others were his adult offspring expelled from the nest.
The Dragon Crystal Land had become unclaimed territory again, and the grand funeral for other creatures was a cruel place.
But for them, it was filled with the legacy left behind by the departed ruler, drawing them back to that land.
Even the Glittering Dragon within the Earth Vein Corridor noticed the abnormality of the Dragon Crystal Land and quickened its pace forward.
…
The Ice Curse Dragon fled.
She actually ran away too.
Jié Jié thought this while being the first to pay respects to the deceased Flame King Dragon’s body at the funeral.
The Flame King Dragon’s final act caused pure natural disasters, more magnificent than a supernova nuclear explosion.
If it could have been perfectly contained, the instant damage might have directly killed him and the Ice Curse Dragon.
When blossoming meant death, how could the energy be perfectly contained before death?
Dragging his battered body, he began collecting the corpse, carefully sensing the residual energy and abundant nutrition in the Flame King Dragon’s flesh.
The wounds on his surface began to rapidly heal under the rich energy and nutrition, and the black thorns didn’t recede with the end of the battle but instead grew more menacing, protruding from his body.
Ignoring these thorns, Jie Jie closed his eyes after touching the two Dragon Orbs, staring at the Flame King Dragon in the dream space.
Next to the Flame King Dragon was a Flame Empress Dragon standing closer.
Jie Jie, who had fused with the Steel Dragon’s soul until now, no longer showed any signs of timidity; he had gained much more information than before.
From the resonance came naked hostility, and Jie Jie responded with equal hostility without hesitation.
But what truly made Jie Jie step back wasn’t the hostility, but the beautiful emotions of a couple reuniting amidst the resonance.
He silently transformed into an ant, a size that wouldn’t attract the attention of the Sunfire Dragons, and wouldn’t worry about dying from their unknown AOE attacks on his own turf.
Upon noticing his disappearance, the two Sunfire Dragons briefly guarded before becoming affectionate with each other.
As their feelings deepened, the Flame King Dragon attempted to mount the Flame Empress Dragon, only to be pounced upon and pinned down by her instead, starting a playful tussle.
Fortunately, they didn’t give Jie Jie a live peep show. After their play, the Flame Empress Dragon took the lead in searching for an exit.
While the Flame Empress Dragon searched seriously, the Flame King Dragon kept trying to embrace her waist.
The Flame Empress Dragon’s resistance gradually weakened, and the Flame King Dragon seemed close to succeeding…
Can I kick them both out directly?!?!
Fueled by jealousy, Jie Jie emitted a silent roar of anger.
Under this roar, the two Sunfire Dragons were instantly crashed through the boundaries by terrifying force and repelled out.
In the very first moment of the repelling force, it seemed to have helped the Flame King Dragon push inside somewhat…
“Roar!”
The roars of the two dragons still echoed in his ears and mind.
Phew, finally over, it doesn’t matter anymore!
No matter if those two went to heaven or hell for love, or even loved invisibly in reality, as long as they didn’t do it in his consciousness, it was fine!
After regaining his composure, Jie Jie smacked his lips, finding the Flame King Dragon’s meat strangely sour.
Sigh, still wish them happiness, maybe they’ve already been happy.
Jie Jie marveled.
The black thorns all over his body didn’t retract as usual but were squeezed out and fell to the ground. Afterwards, the black scales deformed into crimson shells.
His limbs became thinner, but his head could raise high, shaking his fiery mane, while the figure of the previous Flame Empress Dragon in his mind became increasingly beautiful.
Broad crest horns, soft manes, indigo-textured shells…
Something seemed about to break through the shell and emerge.
Jie Jie abruptly shook his head, burying the Flame King Dragon’s last remains on the spot, finding a complete Dragon Crystal pillar nearby to use as a tombstone.
The power of the Flame King Dragon’s corpse seemed to be conducting through the Dragon Crystal pillar, even burning at the top.
After leaving, he didn’t chase the Ice Curse Dragon but patrolled the scorching hot Dragon Crystal Land, continuously trying to soothe the natural disaster caused by the Flame King Dragon’s death using his flame control abilities.
It was fortunate that the Flame King Dragon had died in the Dragon Crystal Land. The abundance of Dragon Crystals indicated that this place was likely a unique ecosystem that had experienced destruction before.
Monsters capable of living here were already powerful, and few casualties occurred during this disaster. The activated Dragon Crystals might even benefit the monsters here more.
But outside the Dragon Crystal Land, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“In the future, even if I hunt Ancient Dragons again, it must be done in the right place.”
Jie Jie mused while consuming minerals.
The main mineral consumed was combustible stone coal. These minerals, combined with saliva, underwent strange chemical reactions, producing extremely high heat stored in his body.
And the powder explosions of the Flame King Dragon were formed by the aged body tissue structure, usually stored on the inner side of the wing membrane.
This was a very independent and powerful ability, unable to be mixed into fireballs to enhance their power, and closely related to the body structure, meaning it could only be used in the form of the Flame King Dragon.
Chapter 210
