Hunting Seregios and a Great Harvest!

Calm to the point of being ruthless, Xingyan waited quietly. He didn't react even when a few blade scales shot by the Seregios happened to fly into the cave where he was hiding.

Within this semi-enclosed space created by the dragon, the dust kicked up by the falling rock layers lingered for a long time, making the whole world seem a brownish-yellow. With every breath, his nostrils would even inhale large amounts of sand and gravel.

Especially in this murky environment, there was a dragon gone mad from extreme fright, thrashing about wildly. It flapped its wings, making the already turbid air even more chaotic.

The Seregios was utterly terrified. Especially in this environment with almost zero visibility, it suspected that a monster could leap out and attack it from any direction—front to back, head to toe. Especially that crazed Dragon Slayer!!

Yes, in the Seregios's mind, the Dragon Slayer who didn't seize the opportunity to escape during the world-ending destruction but instead attacked it was the real lunatic.

The most terrifying part was that it now had to fight this mad dragon in this small space where it couldn't fly, with extremely poor vision!

It might suddenly pop out from some godforsaken place and slash it again!!

A dragon's horror story.

As for Xingyan—he certainly wouldn't disappoint his Seregios brother.

He was planning a sneak attack.

He had gone to such great lengths to create this situation not to have a fair fight with the Seregios, but with the goal of killing it completely in one go—leaving no possibility of escape.

Dealing with creatures that have wings and are extremely adept at flying requires preparation. These guys can really take off and flee at the first sign of trouble. They certainly wouldn't stop flying just to cater to Xingyan's gaming experience and land to engage him in a dragon charge brawl.

This Seregios had already clearly demonstrated its fighting style: it wanted to stay in the air and relentlessly wear Xingyan down with its blade scales, showing no intention of engaging in close-quarters combat with the Dragon Slayer.

If it can fly but doesn't, isn't that wasting its advantage?

Not to mention that the Seregios is inherently skilled at flying.

Battles between ordinary monsters are often just about territory, for more food, or to satisfy their fighting urges. Once an enemy dragon is defeated and chooses to flee, the victor will most often not pursue it to the death.

But Xingyan was different. His fights weren't for territory; he was after the two pieces of meat on his opponent.

This meant that when Xingyan identified a target and began his hunt, he couldn't just aim to defeat his opponent; he also had to prepare beforehand to prevent the enemy from escaping—like that Elder Dragon Female Fire Dragon that fled midway.

Xingyan never wanted to experience the situation of fighting desperately only to gain nothing at the very end again in his life.

Uh, it seems he's already experienced it—cough! Anyway! Let's not worry about that for now!

Xingyan had prepared a birdcage that matched the Seregios's size, a crude but effective trap.

The collapsed rock layers had become an insurmountable sky, while the ground was right beneath their feet. The two dragons were currently hundreds of meters away from the only exit.

In Xingyan's eyes, the Seregios was now a piece of meat waiting to be slaughtered.

Listen, it's tired.

Even a dragon's heart and lungs would be affected by constantly breathing such smoky, turbid air. Especially since the Seregios was exerting itself greatly, its breathing was more rapid than in a calm state. Even hiding in this cave, Xingyan could hear the Seregios's heavy breathing, huff, huff.

The Dragon Slayer's vision allowed Xingyan to see, through the faint light piercing the murky air, layers upon layers of scales embedded in the ground outside the cave. Under the Seregios's relentless, furious Barrage, these blade scales, sharper than razor blades, had almost covered the entire surrounding area.

These terrifying little things even exploded when they hit a target or were hit, causing secondary damage with their shockwaves and scattered fragments. It was somewhat similar to how Xingyan's Air Sac Carapace caused damage.

Yes, the Seregios's blade scales were indeed renewable consumables. In a battle, after shooting the first batch of blade scales, it could quickly regenerate a second and third batch to meet combat needs. But this did not mean that the regeneration of these scales was without cost.

Regenerating these blade scales would continuously consume the Seregios's stamina, as well as the nutrients it had accumulated through feeding, and even its Life Energy.

To be honest, this Seregios's regenerative ability was already quite excellent. Just as every individual human has their own talents, this Seregios was a specialized individual within its species for blade scale shooting.

Therefore, apart from the initial attack when it first assaulted Xingyan and identified his species, this Seregios had been attacking entirely with its blade scales.

This was a good thing, because the reason Xingyan had targeted monsters like the Seregios was precisely because of this regenerative ability and the Seregios's blade scales—a Seregios with outstanding abilities in this regard might even shorten his process of accumulating information for evolutionary traits.

The Seregios's roars were increasingly tinged with fatigue, the frequency of its attacks on the surrounding environment also decreasing. The intervals between each volley of blade scales were gradually lengthening—

The reality of not being attacked for a long time and the fatigue from its frenzy were gradually bringing the Seregios's reason back to its dragon brain, and Xingyan finally moved.

Its broad Sword Tail extended from the cave, sweeping across the blade scales embedded in the rocks, immediately causing a series of crackling explosions. But at least it cleared a space for Xingyan to stand, so he wouldn't be blown to bits by "proximity mines" the moment he went out.

Uh, even if his crotch wasn't blown off, his ankles getting blown off wouldn't do.

The Seregios finally received the response it wanted—an explosion.

The sound of explosions that had previously appeared on that strange Dragon Slayer, right after it had just fired a volley of blade scales.

While this narrow terrain certainly limited the Seregios's chances of escape, it also made it impossible for Xingyan to dodge the Seregios's attacks. The explosion of the Air Sac Carapace was inevitable, but Xingyan wouldn't begrudge it even a little bit now.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Dragon Slayer's heavy body made every step Xingyan took exceptionally loud. Just listening to the sound, it was like some ancient monster was rapidly approaching. In this semi-enclosed environment, such dense and heavy footsteps became even more profound.

Boom!! Boom!!

Xingyan deliberately kept changing his posture, allowing the remaining Air Sac Carapace on his sides to meet the blade scales. The constantly exploding Air Sac Carapace also altered the Seregios's blade scales, until the moment the two colossal monsters collided—Bang!!

This was the most primal battle, and the most frenzied battle. The two monsters fought to the death in this dim, lightless environment, but it was by no means fair!!

Xingyan had gone to great lengths not to create a fair battlefield. Its sharp and heavy Sword Tail ruthlessly pierced through the Seregios's chest and abdomen!!

"Guaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!"

Pain, intense pain!

This agony tore through the Seregios's mind and took its life force, like a balloon that had been inflated to bursting suddenly getting a small hole, everything inside escaping through that opening.

Blood, strength, life force—no matter how powerful a dragon's body was, the Seregios's vitality, which allowed it to maintain a posture of being pierced by Xingyan, still struggled.

But its struggles were visibly transforming into weakness.

The Seregios continuously beat against Xingyan's body with the wing not pinned beneath his feet. Its sharp blade scales even cut through the carapace on Xingyan's legs, and the Dragon Slayer's scorching dragon blood began to spray outward.

However, such minor injuries couldn't stop Xingyan's actions at all. Without hesitation, he withdrew his Sword Tail, which had pierced through the Seregios. Two massive holes now appeared on the monster's body.

Friends who have been shot by arrows must all know that once you get an arrow wound, you absolutely should not rashly pull out the arrowhead, otherwise, you will face severe blood loss and further tearing of the wound internally.

Not pulling it out might mean survival, but pulling it out guarantees immediate death.

And now, Xingyan had pulled out the Sword Tail that pierced the Seregios.

The gushing dragon blood made his appetite soar. Xingyan could even smell the sweet aroma of its internal organs.

Gulp.

He swallowed.

Xingyan had prepared for this hunt for far too long. Now, he was hungry.

He continuously lifted his massive legs and stomped on the Seregios. The Seregios probably never imagined that one day it would die by such stomping, just as it had trampled countless weak creatures with its claws countless times in the past.

Finally, even its constantly beating wings stopped fluttering. The Seregios was dead.

Without any particular thoughts or profound realizations, Xingyan bit directly into the Seregios' neck and dragged it all the way from the long passage to the outside.

When the sun's rays once again warmed his body and brightened the world, Xingyan eagerly began to devour the Seregios' corpse.

Warm and fragrant.

He started with the internal organs.

While he was a seasoned eater now, no matter what kind of dragon he ate, Xingyan's favorite was always fresh internal organs. Mixed with the fat accumulated by the creature, every bite was full of Life Energy, simply perfect.

It was nothing like the internal organs of a creature that had been dead for a while, breeding microorganisms and rotting to the point of stench.

With his head covered in blood, Xingyan plunged his head directly into the Seregios' massive body and ate voraciously. First, the internal organs, then the fattier parts of its body, then the muscles, and the bones. Especially the Seregios' blade scales, hunting the Seregios was partly for them.

Crunchy, good texture.

Eating from back to front, Xingyan even bit and swallowed the Seregios' dragon bones. This place looked like a slaughterhouse, with dragon blood and scraps of meat and bone everywhere. Xingyan wouldn't waste the land soaked in the Seregios' blood either; he would swallow it all in a short while.

A dragon that doesn't waste food is a good dragon.

He slurped his way up the Seregios' spine, licking the blade scales clean. Xingyan was about to open a treasure chest: the Seregios' head.

After every hunt, this was the part Xingyan looked forward to the most.

When a dragon lives long enough, becomes powerful enough, and accumulates enough Life Energy, crystals of Life Energy will condense within its body. This is the Dragon Orb, or Jewel.

The condensation of a Dragon Orb allows a dragon to control its internal Life Energy more clearly and smoothly. Dragon Orbs also enhance each dragon's special abilities, making it more powerful—if it has special abilities.

If it lacks special abilities, the Dragon Orb will make the dragon's body stronger. In short, it is a comprehensive, multi-layered enhancement.

It must be stated that the birth of a Dragon Orb also requires a certain amount of luck. It's not that veteran monsters that live long enough and are strong enough will necessarily produce Dragon Orbs within them; this thing is also related to individual talent.

Powerful dragons don't necessarily have Dragon Orbs, but dragons with Dragon Orbs are often very powerful, or special in some way.

Xingyan found this Seregios quite special due to its incredibly strong regenerative ability and its blade scales that rained down like water.

According to Xingyan's experience, each type of dragon and each individual situation is different. Dragon Orbs are either found in the dragon's heart or in its head. He had already examined the Seregios' body with his mouth earlier, and there was no Dragon Orb in its heart.

On a side note, Xingyan, the dragon doctor, had also meticulously examined the patient Seregios' external scales earlier, but unfortunately, he did not find any reverse scales.

So, whether this hunt would be fruitful and whether a miracle would occur depended on how well this treasure chest was opened.

Cracking open the Seregios' skull, Xingyan slurped out the dragon's brain, much like a Kulu-Ya-Ku slurping out an egg yolk.

"Ptooey!"

His agile tongue tasted the presence of an alien object. Xingyan quickly spat out the hard lump in his mouth!

A Dragon Orb?!

It actually had one!!!

It wasn't transparent, but rather reflected the dazzling sunlight like a mirror. Xingyan saw himself on its surface, his form distorted into a strange shape by this spherical mirror.

Seregios' Mirror Orb.

This was its name in the game.

Oh, perhaps it should be called [Seregios' Mirror Orb]; adding square brackets definitely made it feel more high-class.

A precious jade produced occasionally within the Seregios. It is said to be a perfect sphere that can reflect things invisible to humans.

A real Dragon Orb! Complete! Huge!

A true Dragon Orb!!!

"Roar!!!"

It wasn't that Xingyan was overly excited to roar, but it was the first time he had seen a proper Dragon Orb since coming to this world. The monsters he had hunted before either had no Dragon Orbs, or they were irregular, small things like shattered gravel from gallstones, completely lacking the grandeur of a Dragon Orb.

He had finally eaten something good today. Fearing that any further delay might lead to unforeseen circumstances, Xingyan didn't even dare to waste time carefully observing the Dragon Orb. He quickly swallowed the Seregios' Mirror Orb along with the stone beneath it.