Dragonkin were thermoregulating creatures. Their scales were like cold steel, and they were exceptionally good at absorbing heat.
When hit by artillery fire, the impact would be reduced layer by layer by their scales, skin, muscles, and bones.
As for high temperatures, the scales themselves would block and reflect part of it, while the remaining milder portion would be absorbed.
The whole process was like basking in the sun to obtain heat. As long as the outside temperature did not exceed five hundred degrees, they could endure it. Anything above five hundred degrees would burn them.
Combined with the Dragonkin's formidable physical constitution, as long as they were not struck head-on and were merely blasted away by the heat wave at the edge, they would basically suffer no fatal injuries.
After one wave of bombardment, six wealthy Dragonkin fell on the spot. Fourteen remained, rising into the air from the smoke and flames.
"Roar~" Kogas stood atop a pile of ruins, grimy and disheveled, shedding scales by the handful. Pale golden blood flowed from his skin as he threw back his head and roared.
The force Huang Ji had used to paralyze his entire body had long since passed. It had only lasted two seconds.
What followed was a surge of vigorous heat bursting from his five viscera and six bowels and the muscles throughout his body! Kogas felt warm all over, his heart pounding fiercely like a drum.
He took a deep breath and let out a roar far greater than that of an ordinary Dragonkin.
"What incredible power... as expected of me!"
The wounds on Kogas's body were slowly healing at a visible rate.
The bleeding stopped on its own. Flesh buds wriggled, damaged skin secreted a thin membrane, and scales grew back bit by bit!
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