Even Nergigante, with its incredible regenerative abilities, wouldn't dare take repeated fully charged strikes from Xingyan head-on. At least in terms of attack power, Nergigante respected this strange dragon that fought with its tail.
Those two saw blades had been driven deep into its body and then viciously yanked out. They easily ranked among the top ten attacks Nergigante least wanted to face in its life. It rarely encountered such pure physical violence.
This battle had taken a rather strange turn. It was true that monsters sometimes cooperated in nature to deal with more powerful monsters or other threats. Generally, though, one partner was strong and the other weak, so there was no need to worry about being stabbed in the back.
Like crocodiles and plover birds. Or, well, a local example: the Abyssal Dragon and its Nourishing Worms. They had a symbiotic relationship, so they helped each other, each contributing something.
But the battle unfolding before the Leader had broken that rule. Before today, he'd never imagined that two monsters powerful enough to dominate the ecosystem in their respective regions would join forces against a common foe—much less work together so well!
The Research Commission's purpose had been proven in that moment. The Leader struggled to find somewhere to hide, determined to see his investigation through to the end.
Nergigante wasn't the only enemy Xingyan and Brachydios had to deal with. Teostra seemed intent on killing every foe who dared challenge him, blanketing the entire battlefield in flames and explosive powder. It was like an artillery bombardment; the explosions hadn't stopped once since the fighting began.
The beach and the nearby coastal cliffs had been transformed into a basin. The more explosions there were, the deeper it became. By now, the four dragons were fighting in the seawater flowing