"What is a Gale Dragon?" I suddenly grew curious.
The question immediately piqued Blue Stone's interest, and he launched into an animated explanation. "Gale Beasts are four-clawed running beasts. Their speed ranks among the very fastest of all beasts. They didn't look like this many years ago, nor were they this fast. Gale Dragons are a type of Gale Beast—actually, they're a certain kind of mutant produced by the reversion of Gale Beasts to their ancient forms. As the saying goes, when a beast gives birth to several cubs, one is often unusual. These wild, untamed Gale Beasts have leaders too, and those leaders are usually aberrant individuals with especially prominent signs of reversion to their ancient forms!"
"That's right. Hero Lan, let Xia the Legendary Hunter take a look at the Gale Beast beneath you. This beast is clearly different from ordinary Gale Beasts. Its claws are larger, and sword-fins have grown along the backs of its forelegs. This proves that the most primitive Gale Beasts actually possessed the ability to fly. It's just that after growing through countless ages, they became more inclined to run through the wilderness, gradually changing into what they are now. That said, this fin-bearing one is especially unusual, which is why it has reached the superior Hero rank. Its speed and size are both far greater than those of other Gale Beasts." Chu Jiao nodded in agreement, indirectly admitting that her old beast was inferior to the little Red beneath Blue Stone.
"Now that you mention it, there really do seem to be differences. For example, the fins on Blue Stone's beast are as large as fans, while yours aren't nearly as conspicuous. The fins on Master-ranked Gale Beasts have completely degenerated. Truly, when a tiger has three cubs, one is bound to