Meeting Again

Lying close beside Ya Ji, Luo Yun naturally noticed her little movements. Understanding without words, he shifted deeper into the nest. Looking at the split scales along Ya Ji's side, he could faintly see traces of blood. Almost instinctively, Luo Yun stretched out his tongue and licked her wounds.

Ya Ji paused in the middle of eating. A strange emotion she had never felt before welled up from the depths of her heart. This was the first time another dragon had licked her wounds.

In the past, whenever she was injured, she would find a way to treat whatever she could reach. For wounds she could not reach, she could only rely on her body to endure them.

Mutually licking each other's wounds was something she was experiencing for the first time, but so far, the feeling was not bad.

After licking the wounds on Ya Ji's side clean, Luo Yun finally realized what he had done. He cautiously glanced at Ya Ji and saw that she had finished eating and had begun resting with her eyes closed. Seeing no unusual reaction from her, he finally let out a breath of relief.

Leaning against Ya Ji's side, Luo Yun relaxed completely and began examining himself.

He had not noticed it yesterday. It was only when he went hunting today that he realized Huge Power was different from Speed Boost—it was constantly active.

In other words, it was a permanent, continuous passive ability.

And he could perfectly control this extra strength. There was no risk of suddenly gaining too much power and losing control.

Thinking it over carefully, he now possessed both Speed Boost and Huge Power. Just these two traits, combined with the Male Fire Dragon's formidable physique once he matured, already meant that his future lower limit would be extremely high.

"Come to think of it, do I have the makings of a bullshit monster?"

What was a bullshit monster? High skill damage, rapid attack frequency, disgusting mechanics, and terrible hitzones—put all that together, and you had one of those bullshit monsters from his previous life.

Special mention went to that certain white pile of shit and the tailless Golden Lion!!

And now, Luo Yun seemed capable of competing with them over who was more outrageous.

Were you happy with an infinitely accelerating Dragon Charge? Satisfied with a tail sweep dealing double damage? After leaping back and taking flight with fire, not only would he fly absurdly fast, but his poisonous claw attacks would come out at lightning speed. Excited yet?

Luo Yun could imagine it. If a Male Fire Dragon with these two trait boosts had truly existed in his previous life, it would definitely have made every hunter howl with joy, right?

As he thought about it, a smile actually appeared on Luo Yun's youthful dragon face.

Ya Ji opened one eye and glanced at Luo Yun, who was grinning sinisterly. She was completely baffled. Was sticking close to her really making him that happy?

But why did that smile always feel so strange?

Over the next few days, Luo Yun took full responsibility for the two dragons' daily life.

Every morning and afternoon, he went out to hunt. At noon and night, he quietly lay on the ground and absorbed Earth Vein Energy. Occasionally, he would press close to Ya Ji and lick the wounds that were nearly healed.

Ever since Huge Power had been drawn, the progress bar for drawing a new trait had advanced at an extremely slow pace. After several days, it looked as though it had not changed at all.

Perhaps every new trait draw required a vastly longer amount of progress.

The frequent hunting over the past few days had greatly improved Luo Yun's hunting skills. His prey was no longer limited to Spirit Deer. Herbivore Dragons, Terror Birds, Carapacean Herbivore Dragons, and more had all become new targets.

However, he had failed against the Carapacean Herbivore Dragons. The moment they spotted Luo Yun, they immediately shielded all their young beneath them, forming a defensive formation with their heads pressed together. Only their long tails tipped with tail clubs and their heavy shells remained exposed. Luo Yun searched for a long time without finding any opening, and could only retreat unwillingly.

Incidentally, he had unexpectedly caught a Mushroom Pig.

Seriously, seriously! A pig that marinated itself was truly in a class of its own!!

Unfortunately, the thing was simply too good at hiding. After several days, he had only managed to catch this one.

Because Luo Yun had hunted all over the place, his scent lingered in many areas. That allowed a certain hot-tempered dragon to successfully locate one of Luo Yun's hunting grounds.

Paying no attention to the Herbivore Dragons that fled upon seeing it, the Great Jagras swept its gaze around and found a particularly well-hidden patch of undergrowth.

It carefully stepped into the thicket on tiptoe. Only after the foliage had completely concealed its body did it turn around, its eyes fixed intently on the clearing not far away, where two shallow ponds lay. It would wait until that Hatchling Dragon came hunting again and give him a huge surprise!!

Their reunion after so long apart was sure to be very pleasant!

At the thought of that Hatchling Dragon's panicked, fleeing back, the Great Jagras ground its teeth and snorted two streams of hot air from its nostrils.

The Great Jagras had not chosen wrong. This really was one of Luo Yun's hunting grounds—but only one of them.

The Great Jagras crouched in the grass for two full days. It had even overcome the violent temper ingrained in its bloodline, all just to lie in wait for Luo Yun.

Did anyone know how uncomfortable it was for something its size to crouch inside such a tiny fern thicket?

Fortunately, after waiting so long, it finally reaped a reward.

Luo Yun burst out of the woods in pursuit of a Mushroom Pig. With a flap of his wings and a leap, he stomped the Mushroom Pig beneath his feet. His sharp claws sank deeply into its body, and amid its terrified wails, he bit through its neck.

His luck was truly good today. He had originally only planned to hunt a Herbivore Dragon here, but he had unexpectedly discovered a Mushroom Pig munching away on mushrooms. This Mushroom Pig had been alert, though; his first dive had actually missed.

Fortunately, frightened out of its wits, the Mushroom Pig had fled blindly into the clearing.

Without trees getting in the way, he caught it in an instant. It looked like today would be another day with an extra meal!

Rustle... rustle...

Just as Luo Yun was about to take off with the Mushroom Pig, he suddenly felt Speed Boost trigger. He warily raised his head and looked around.

He released the dead Mushroom Pig from his claws and lightly beat his wings, ready to take off at any moment.

Still unaware that it had been exposed, the Great Jagras continued creeping forward on tiptoe. It knew Luo Yun's speed very well. If it did not get close enough, he might escape from its jaws again.

Luo Yun slowly backed away. Once he concentrated, he roughly determined the enemy's position—it was in the thicket opposite him. He just did not know which direction it would spring from.

But without knowing what kind of dragon his enemy was, rashly taking flight could easily allow it to predict his move. That would be even more dangerous.

Closer, closer!

As the distance shrank, the Great Jagras seemed able to smell that sweet scent of blood.

Crack!

A crisp snap of a branch breaking sounded beneath the Great Jagras's foot. At that moment, relying on its camouflage, it had only just poked half its head out—yet that sound exposed it.

At the same time, Luo Yun turned his gaze and precisely caught sight of the Great Jagras.