The Fragile Great Jagras

The Ancient Forest was truly vast. Even after Luo Yun and Ya Ji had flown for a whole day, the distant Ancient Forest had only grown slightly larger in their sight.

During their flight, they would occasionally stop to forage and drink. Although there were occasional foolish creatures that would rush forward to drive them away, they were met with a pincer attack from the male and female Fire Dragons.

Especially this Great Jagras, which had foolishly rushed them. With a length of only 16 meters, it was severely wounded by Ya Ji's Dragon Charge, and then its neck was easily crushed by Luo Yun.

This easy victory made Luo Yun realize what kind of monster the Great Jagras he had been harassing for the past five years actually was!

Not only was its size larger than an ordinary Great Jagras, but its breath attack didn't require the same build-up of flames as this ordinary Great Jagras. It could spew flames whenever it wanted, and the duration of the flame spray was long. He had never seen it suffer from throat burns.

The most crucial point was that after this ordinary Great Jagras barely managed to spew out a mouthful of flames, which could even be absorbed by Luo Yun's Fire Attraction trait, it actually entered a brief state of fatigue. Not only did its heat-dissipating membranes retract, but it even stood there panting?

This was during a life-or-death battle! It had just unleashed a major attack and was already exhausted?

Could you believe it?

Without a word, Ya Ji transformed into a gradient green behemoth while it was panting, and sent this giant beast flying. It fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time. Luo Yun then went over and bit its neck, shattering it with his flames.

This would have been impossible against that Great Jagras. Luo Yun had seen it before, spewing fire while its heat-dissipating membranes were deployed, engaging him friendly, and then maintaining its condition to easily drive away any carnivorous dragons that dared to enter its territory.

In terms of stamina, that guy was like it had taken a berserk potion all day long, as if its stamina was inexhaustible. It was either fighting or on its way to fight, showing no signs of weakness at all.

In terms of defense, Luo Yun's claw, enhanced by Acceleration, Body of Flames, and Mighty Strength during a dive, could only knock it down and inflict a relatively deep wound. But that guy could get up with a roll and counter-attack Luo Yun.

This one couldn't even withstand a single Dragon Charge from Ya Ji. Its neck was as brittle as a cracker, breaking with a single bite. The skin on its neck could even be carbonized by the flames Luo Yun wrapped around it.

Luo Yun wondered if this Great Jagras was too weak, or if this was the true combat power of an ordinary Great Jagras.

Even Ya Ji seemed a bit surprised.

Actually, it wasn't entirely Luo Yun and Ya Ji's fault. Their previous nest was in an excellent location, with no nearby threats and a good hunting ground within their reach.

The monsters they encountered during hunts were basically those with lower positions in the food chain. Those monsters would flee the moment they saw Luo Yun and Ya Ji. Even in the few battles they had, it was mainly to drive them away and intimidate them.

This Great Jagras that was killed this time was probably so bold because it, as a seasoned adult Great Jagras, believed it could easily handle a sub-adult Female Fire Dragon that specialized in ground combat, plus a juvenile Male Fire Dragon. At the very least, it could drive them out of its territory.

However, it didn't expect to encounter a veteran Female Fire Dragon that could go head-to-head with an adult Poisonous Bird in a Dragon Charge when she was less than nine meters long, coupled with a Male Fire Dragon that was essentially cheating.

This miscalculation not only led to a one-sided battle but also directly cost it its life.

"Hmm~ Not tasty."

After tearing open the Great Jagras's thick hide, Luo Yun took a bite of the meat. After chewing a few times, he stopped.

If the meat of an Herbivore Dragon was an A-grade, tender and delicious, then the Great Jagras's meat was probably only a C-grade. The meat was very tough, like gnawing on a very dry steak from his previous life. It tasted bad and was hard to chew, only barely edible.

Ya Ji also took a bite and stopped eating. The place they stopped at was a good water source. Usually, Herbivore Dragons or Diablos would come here to drink. Since they weren't lacking prey and weren't very hungry, they could wait a while longer.

Luo Yun spread his wings and flew into the sky, while Ya Ji leisurely walked into the nearby forest to lie in wait.

As soon as the two of them left, a pack of Rathians scurried out and began tearing at the Great Jagras's corpse.

Soon, the better-quality and more abundant parts of the Great Jagras's corpse were torn off and carried away by these Rathians, leaving only half of its body and skeleton to await the arrival of the Great Jaggi.

In about a day, there would be no trace of this Great Jagras left on the continent.

No creature would remember it, not even Luo Yun and Ya Ji who killed it.

This Great Jagras was just a minor interlude in their migration journey. Neither Luo Yun nor Ya Ji paid it any mind. They casually found a high point to rest for the night, nestled against each other, and fell into a deep sleep. The next day, they continued their migration.

This continued for five days. On the sixth day, Luo Yun and Ya Ji were forced to increase their flying altitude. The closer they got to the Ancient Forest, the higher the surrounding trees and terrain became.

This was different from his previous life. In his previous life, the importance of sunlight and soil to plants was self-evident. Next to larger trees, other trees would be smaller.

However, in this Ancient Forest, it was the opposite; the vegetation became denser the closer they got to the Ancient Tree.

This was all due to a unique energy in this world – Earth Vein Energy, or more precisely, the life energy carried by the flowing Earth Veins!

The origin of this life energy was unknown. More scholars believed it was a gift from nature. The creatures containing the most life energy and most representative of it were those called Ancient Dragons.

The Ancient Tree was rooted at the largest Earth Vein node in the Ancient Forest. Here, the Earth Vein Energy was the most concentrated, thus the plants were more vigorous, and the creatures living here were also more powerful.

The Fire Dragon tribes, relying on their strength and numbers, occupied most of the upper areas of the Ancient Tree. With the advantage of their location, their hunting range was wider, and the reproduction of their young was safer.

The only drawback was probably the lack of rivers and streams in the Ancient Tree. Therefore, most Fire Dragon families chose to build reservoirs near their nests, collecting rainwater to meet their water needs.

As an outsider Fire Dragon couple not in their breeding season, Luo Yun and Ya Ji would still face exclusion, even from their own kind. Therefore, to build a nest in the Ancient Tree, they either had to fight and win, which would allow them to occupy the opponent's nest and prevent other dragons from bothering them.

Or they could obediently back down and choose a new nest in some areas near the Ancient Tree.

In the world of monsters, the strong possessed everything.

Sorry, everyone. My internet went down for no reason yesterday and was only fixed today. I'm working hard to catch up and will definitely make up for yesterday's chapter.