Luo Yun flew through the air, his heart still pounding.
So close!
Just a hair's breadth away!
He admitted he had been careless.
In just two months, this guy had improved so much. It was true, life had been too easy for him lately, and he had lost the respect he should have for this world.
Even in just two months, with the help of miraculous Life Energy, any creature could achieve unimaginable enhancements at any given moment. Viewing any new development with old experiences could lead to a fatal blow.
He should have seen this coming.
If he hadn't gained new power, if he hadn't gained the ability to defeat himself.
Based on his five years of experience, this Great Jagras wouldn't have provoked him again on its own.
The deadly danger he just faced had once again served as a wake-up call.
Luo Yun wasn't sure if this was some kind of balancing mechanism the world had implemented to deal with him, an anomaly.
Within this miraculous Ecological Chain, any existence that threatened to disrupt the balance would always be met with corresponding monsters to restore it.
Luo Yun didn't know, nor did he want to know.
He only needed to understand that he shouldn't let his guard down. Before possessing absolute strength, he couldn't underestimate any creature in this world.
With the boost from Life Energy, any creature in this world held infinite possibilities.
Looking down at the Great Jagras, which no longer hid its true nature, Luo Yun noticed that the base of its expanded frill was subtly shifting towards cooler tones.
The fleeting electric sparks he had seen under his Mind's Eye were crystal clear; it was definitely not an illusion.
"Thunder Jaw Dragon?"
There had never been a definitive conclusion on how Thunder Jaw Dragons came into being, much like the relationship between the Silver Fire Dragon, Azure Dragon, and the normal Male Fire Dragon.
Although they were all classified as subspecies, there were always differing opinions on whether they mutated during the Male Fire Dragon's growth process or if they were subspecies from birth.
In any case, this Great Jagras was currently showing signs of mutating towards becoming a Thunder Jaw Dragon.
Luo Yun's flames began to surge, completely engulfing his body. He discarded all his previous experience with this Great Jagras, stopped hiding his strength, and began to fight with the mindset of a new enemy, giving it his all.
The two dragons roared at each other and clashed once more.
Flames, explosions, roars!
Shattered stones, toppled trees!
Their battle gradually descended into a frenzy.
Although the lightning element's power hadn't fully integrated into the Great Jagras's body, it displayed an unprecedented combat prowess with this power boost.
Its physical capabilities were greatly enhanced, though the cost was increased stamina consumption.
But with its beast blood fully ignited and its will to fight completely stimulated, the suppressed bestial nature of several years surged back to the surface.
The Great Jagras could no longer resist its instincts. The former brute reappeared, but years of habit had refined its attack patterns and sharpened its awareness.
After many years, the two were once again locked in a stalemate!
As time passed, the commotion of their battle attracted an unwelcome guest.
After seizing an opening from the Great Jagras, diving and accelerating to knock it down again, and successfully ascending, a high-pitched roar echoed from the sky not far away.
The distinctive roar, like a built-in sound system, jolted Luo Yun out of his focused battle.
He quickly turned his head and, as expected, his enhanced vision caught sight of a colossal beast with a massive head, thick, solid silver-gray scales covering its nape, back, the upper side of its tail, and chest. Its neck appeared sturdy and bulky, and its exaggerated wingspan resembled a bomber as it sped towards them.
"Holy crap! Brachydios!!"
Luo Yun hadn't expected his fight with the Great Jagras to attract a Brachydios. While there were many of them in the New World, most were concentrated in the Dragon Crystal Land.
The Brachydios, which held its ground in the Dragon Crystal Land, a place teeming with Ancient Dragons and powerful monsters, was undeniably strong.
What surprised Luo Yun was that although the Brachydios was a Wyvern Species, as one of the largest Wyvern Species, they were not adept at flapping their wings to fly. They couldn't easily ascend to high altitudes like a Fire Dragon, and due to their immense weight and the fact that their wing membranes were supported by only a single finger bone, they were also not suited for long-distance flight.
Therefore, it was difficult for this monster to return to the Dragon Crystal Land once it left.
The appearance of the Brachydios meant that Luo Yun and the Great Jagras could no longer continue their fight. The moniker of 'police' of the New World wasn't just for show.
Brachydios possessed the ability to sense the struggles between creatures and its favorite pastime was to intervene in large monster battles, launching surprise attacks with its explosive scales, heavily injuring all enemies on the battlefield, and reaping the benefits.
This unique habit, coupled with its strength, which could even allow it to fight some weaker Ancient Dragons in close combat, meant that if Luo Yun dared to continue fighting the Great Jagras under its bombardment, neither of them would escape.
After confirming the identity of the approaching monster, Luo Yun decisively chose to ascend, abandoning the fight.
The Great Jagras on the ground, which had just gotten back up, was warily watching Luo Yun. However, when it realized Luo Yun intended to flee, it immediately sensed something was wrong.
It and Luo Yun had been fighting for their lives just moments ago, and Luo Yun had even held a slight advantage. Under such circumstances, unless there was a special situation, he absolutely wouldn't have stopped.
Realizing this, the Great Jagras's rationality took over once more. Without a word, it turned and charged into the forest, without the slightest hesitation.
As expected, just as the two combatants departed, thick scales covered in explosive liquid rained down like a shower of flowers onto their battleground.
Immediately after, as if bombarded, the entire clearing erupted in a series of continuous explosions.
When the Brachydios slammed heavily onto the ground, using the thick, bulky scales on its upper body to brake, it turned its head to look at the cratered and uneven terrain.
Aside from the Diablos carcass, which had been blown to pieces, there was nothing else, and it appeared very confused.
"Where are the dragons that were fighting here just now?"
It wasn't the first time it had come to 'break up a fight,' but this was the first time that after a round of bombing, not a single 'suspect' could be seen at the scene.
According to its experience, the previous fight had been quite intense, and both sides should have been fighting at their peak. How did they suddenly disappear?
Wasn't this trip a waste?
The Brachydios, somewhat bewildered, let out an unwilling roar, flapped its wings vigorously, and ascended again, intending to head to the next destination to 'mediate.'
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