Chapter 210: After the Dragon’s Fall.
Apart from the nearly exclusive Flame King Dragon technique of dust explosion, the Flame King Dragon’s gemstone provided the ability to convert Dragon Attribute Energy into flames.
Simultaneously, beyond the crude application of breath weapons, it could also form a Flame Entanglement armor around its body.
Jie Jie’s Breath Weapon received an overall upgrade; higher breath temperatures meant greater destructive power.
But this was only more efficient for bullying small animals. Both him and the Ice Curse Dragon could withstand the Flame King Dragon’s flames while ignoring his full set of Flame Entanglement armor.
There was some damage, but unfortunately, not enough to be noteworthy.
While developing the abilities of the Flame King Dragon, he was also cleaning up the mess left by the old Flame King.
During activities, he often encountered common territorial disputes in the Dragon Crystal Land. Natural disasters occurred, yet the monsters here had no intention of migrating. Those who liked eating minerals continued to eat them, and those who liked fighting continued their battles.
Some monsters would flee upon seeing Jie Jie, ending the territorial disputes.
If among the fighting monsters there were aggressive ones, they would provoke him, wanting to fight. He could repel or scare them away with newly formed explosive dust.
The territory of the Magma Dragons expanded alongside the spreading magma, and their bodies could sometimes be seen floating ashore with the magma.
Perhaps they were frozen to death by the previously frozen magma, or perhaps they died due to overexpansion of their territory.
Ahead lay another high-temperature Lava Field, and the widespread presence of slime molds indicated he had entered the territory of the Sui Long.
Jie Jie even saw a Sui Long with offspring.
Three small Sui Longs about the size of assault dragons were present, one of which was barely alive, being shaken by the larger Sui Long in its mouth.
“Crack~”
The large Sui Long bit its offspring to death, threw it on the ground, took a couple of bites, then never glanced at it again.
The other two small Sui Longs showed no brotherly affection and fought over the corpse of their dead sibling.
He guessed that the partner of this female Sui Long during her mating period might have been the one he killed.
Jie Jie observed the ecology of the Sui Long from afar, sighing slightly.
Such occurrences were especially common among monsters. Most young Sui Longs struggled to grow into adulthood under harsh education.
However, this method of raising offspring ensured that every surviving young Sui Long grew up strong and ferocious.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, noticing that the body of the female Sui Long was covered in cracks.
He had experienced the hardness of the Sui Long’s obsidian shell. What could have shattered it to such an extent?
“Boom!”
An explosion occurred on the body of the female Sui Long, knocking her down while throwing the young Sui Longs away.
Slime mold?
Adult Sui Longs possess complete obsidian shells; how could they be knocked down by slime molds?
The red-hot glow of the lava field lit up because of the previous explosion, and another explosion occurred, causing the female Sui Long’s body to tremble violently.
Unable to contain his curiosity, Jie Jie approached and finally discovered what had battered the Sui Long so severely.
It was slime mold, but the kind that initially emitted golden light.
“Critical Slime Mold?”
He was surprised and understood why the Sui Long had been battered so much.
Among the slime molds coexisting with the Sui Longs exists a more ancient kind, one that has accumulated a large amount of Earth Pulse Energy, called “Critical Slime Mold.”
Because its form of existence is somewhat similar to that of veteran monsters, it is also known as “Veteran King Slime Mold.”
The explosive power of this type of slime mold is stronger than that of ordinary slime molds. Even Sui Longs find it difficult to endure, risking death due to their shells being shattered.
But if they can successfully resist the explosion of the Critical Slime Mold and grow harder shells, forming a stable symbiotic relationship with it, the Sui Long will grow even stronger, becoming a special individual named “Explosive Frag Dragon.”
This Sui Long was clearly undergoing the trial of the Critical Slime Mold, but brought her offspring along for the critical trial.
Another small Sui Long’s body was splashed with flying Critical Slime Mold and lost movement in the explosion.
The mother Sui Long paid no attention to her dead offspring. Seeing the approaching Flame King Dragon, she glared at Jie Jie with hostility.
He was still within the warning distance, a distance where the Sui Long wouldn’t rush forward to start a battle immediately.
But Jie Jie kept approaching. He was very curious about the Veteran King Slime Mold and didn’t mind trying to help the last remaining young Sui Long.
Flapping his wings, the explosive dust gathered together and exploded as he clenched his teeth, producing a tremendous sound.
The massive sound of the explosion was more intimidating than a roar. Just like how the Rocky Thief Dragon would try to intimidate opponents by spitting out blast crystals, Jie Jie similarly intimidated the Sui Long.
He hadn’t collected the Heavenly Shell yet; this Sui Long’s shell, shattered like this, probably wouldn’t be it. If it could survive the critical trial, it might.
He wanted to let it go and nurture it. If it could grow into an Explosive Frag Dragon, it would be best, yielding more rewards.
He himself might be able to complete the critical trial in the form of a Sui Long, but like ordinary slime molds, Critical Slime Mold falls under the category of external substances, severely limiting his transformation abilities.
As for the danger level of the Explosive Frag Dragon, which wasn’t inferior to that of an Ancient Dragon, he didn’t care at all.
Watching each step of the Flame King Dragon accompanied by explosive sounds, the Sui Long began retreating, attempting to extend its warning distance.
Not because it was cowardly, but because every step of the Flame King Dragon sounded like the golden slime mold that shattered its own shell.
With continuous retreat, the Sui Long turned around, carrying the golden Critical Slime Mold and left, but was blown over once more before completely disappearing from Jie Jie’s sight.
The last young Sui Long didn’t die like its siblings, but sustained serious injuries. It dragged its sibling’s corpse, trying to catch up with the mother Sui Long.
But the mother Sui Long didn’t look back. She might protect her offspring, but she wouldn’t protect those who couldn’t keep up with her.
Seeing the mother Sui Long disappear from sight, it started eating its sibling’s corpse. Upon seeing Jie Jie approach, it roared fiercely to protect its food.
Jie Jie left it aside first, following the trail of slime mold with his gaze until he found a large crater filled with Critical Slime Mold.
Stuffing this place with dust and blowing it up would be so satisfying that he almost couldn’t imagine.
Still, he decided to leave this place. If another Sui Long could come here and evolve into an Explosive Frag Dragon, it would be pretty good.
After detonating some slime molds to watch the sparks, he looked back at the young Sui Long charging towards him, lowering his head to pick it up.
The young Sui Long struggled, unable to harm him. Its poor biting ability caused its sibling’s corpse to fall to the ground during the shaking.
Jie Jie glanced at the dead young Sui Long’s corpse, with no intention of picking it up. He just carried the young Sui Long and flew towards the sky outside the Magma World.
Chapter 211
