Beast Taming: Picking Up a Holy Dragon Egg at the Start, Section 635

Only then did it stare blankly, its eyes widening.

It seemed baffled that a human had appeared here.

A human!

That was a creature from legend.

It only knew of such creatures from fragments of its own memories.

It never expected to actually meet one.

"Cough, cough!"

For a moment, the Phantasmal Bubble Dragon failed to react at all.

Utterly panic-stricken, it—

was suddenly left with a Phantasmal Mushroom stuck in its throat.

It began coughing violently.

Its expression was tense,

with a trace of fear mixed in.

It looked utterly clumsy.

It flailed about in a panic.

For a moment, Chen Xuan was rendered speechless.

"Cough, cough, cough... roar!"

Finally, after a bout of frantic flailing,

the Phantasmal Bubble Dragon came to its senses.

This was its territory, after all.

It had no reason to be afraid.

It put on an affected, imposing look.

It did its best to make its face appear fierce.

Then it roared at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan: "..."

Seeing the Phantasmal Bubble Dragon brandish its claws and put on a fierce act,

Chen Xuan nearly burst out laughing.

The Phantasmal Bubble Dragon was enormous.

Its body was only a dozen or so meters long,

but its body was shaped like a ball.

It had become round and plump.

So even though it wanted to look ferocious, it only looked even more comical.

It was not frightening in the slightest.

Most importantly,

the way it struggled to get up

looked incredibly strenuous.

It seemed to be using every last ounce of its strength,

and only barely managed to stagger to its feet.

Yet its legs were still trembling.

Clearly, it had spent far too long living here, lying around freely.

It was no longer accustomed to flying or exercising,

and thus had almost no stamina