Having understood all this, Luo Yun decisively turned and flew away. The Black Flame King had completely lost the will to fight. Even if a Veteran Fire Dragon were truly willing to follow it to the Dragon Crystal Land, it was destined to fail.
In the Dragon Crystal Land, where Life Energy was incredibly abundant, even Elder Dragons capable of actively absorbing Life Energy could not guarantee they would break through the limits of their lifespan. Yet every Elder Dragon that had surpassed that limit possessed the resolve to live in the face of death. Those Elder Dragons who had broken through the limits of life possessed strength beyond their original limits and were granted the title of Veteran King.
Without even that mindset, a special Male Fire Dragon that was not even an Elder Dragon had no chance of succeeding.
So in the end, he still had to rely on himself.
As he passed the nest, he called into the tree hollow. Ya Ji beat her wings and flew out.
With his target already confirmed, Luo Yun flew straight toward the ever-nearing region of dense fog.
Above the dense fog, Luo Yun looked down. After steadying himself, he actively triggered Body of Flames.
After calling out firmly to Ya Ji, he spread his wings and unleashed Fire Element Energy without restraint, raising his flame temperature to its maximum.
A trace of hesitation flashed through Ya Ji's eyes, but after seeing Luo Yun's decisive movements, her gaze gradually became firm as well.
Taking a deep breath, Ya Ji's throat turned crimson as dense Fire Element Energy accumulated within it.
When it reached a certain point, she unleashed a fan-shaped blast of flame, orange-red at its core and faintly blue-violet around its edges, straight at Luo Yun.
Even wrapped in flames, Luo Yun could still clearly feel the scorching aura behind him.
Then came the stabbing pain and searing heat.
Even the fully activated Body of Flames and Fire Attraction trait could not completely block the damage brought by those flames.
Although Ya Ji had always displayed her unparalleled brute strength, Luo Yun knew that her power was comprehensive.
Whether it was her flames or her toxins, both possessed might that matched her brute force.
It was simply that compared to using flames and toxins, Ya Ji preferred the feeling of close-quarters combat.
The flames were absorbed by Luo Yun bit by bit. After being converted by his fire gland, they gradually became his strength.
The color of the flames surrounding him began to change, gradually shifting toward blue-violet.
Luo Yun's flames were actually showing signs of evolving toward Hellfire.
Very soon, the absorption of flames reached a bottleneck. Luo Yun called out, and Ya Ji immediately cut off her stream of fire. The crimson glow in her throat swiftly faded as she looked worriedly at Luo Yun within the flames.
Without saying another word, Luo Yun, now so filled with Fire Element Energy that he was about to burst, flew straight into the dense fog.
Under the scorching of his enhanced flames, the moment he approached the dense fog, the high temperature directly evaporated it. The toxins within did not even have time to show color before vanishing amid distortion.
As Luo Yun charged into the dense fog, Ya Ji rapidly climbed higher. To quickly determine Chameleos's location, she needed to fly to an altitude where she could observe the whole situation.
Meanwhile, Luo Yun cut a straight line through the dense fog. Boosted by both speed and flames, the dense fog dispersed everywhere he passed.
From the air, the mass of dense fog looked like a cake, cut into two halves by a stretched flame slicing through its middle.
The cleared areas would be filled by fresh fog. All Ya Ji needed to do from the sky was determine which half of the divided fog refilled faster. That would reveal which side the source of the Poison Mist lay on.
This immediately cut the area Luo Yun needed to investigate in half.
He only needed to make a few more passes like this to greatly compress Chameleos's hiding area.
When Luo Yun flew out of the dense fog, Ya Ji let out a loud roar to inform him of the situation. Luo Yun adjusted his direction and immediately charged into the fog again.
Again and again, after only four passes, Luo Yun pinpointed a sufficiently small area. Chameleos was within it.
With a clear target, Luo Yun suppressed his excitement and told himself to stay calm before cautiously entering that area.
It was not a particularly lush region. The source of the Poison Mist lay within it.
Beating his wings with agility, Luo Yun glided through the air, using Mind's Eye to carefully search the land below him without overlooking the slightest abnormality.
Very soon, within Luo Yun's perception, a faint figure was moving slowly and calmly.
Perhaps even Chameleos had not expected that a dragon would dare to actively enter the Poison Mist and search for it.
With that in mind, Chameleos moved calmly and leisurely.
Suddenly, Chameleos's curled tail, which gathered information from its surroundings like a cochlea, trembled. Its large eyes immediately locked onto Luo Yun in the distance.
Chameleos relied on that curled tail, with its cochlea-like function, to gather and rapidly process information about the surrounding environment.
With the help of its curled tail, Chameleos's sensitivity rivaled Luo Yun's Mind's Eye.
After all, this organ could rapidly process environmental information, allowing Chameleos to perfectly mimic its surroundings and turn invisible anytime, anywhere!
Only an Elder Dragon could possess such an utterly unreasonable organ that defied common sense.
Now that he had been discovered, Luo Yun no longer hid himself. Or rather, he had never intended to conceal his presence.
After confirming the location, Luo Yun roared. No longer conserving his strength, his entire body transformed into a massive fireball. He shot into the sky, then fell like a descending comet, trailing a long tail of flame as he crashed into the ground.
The violent wind scattered the dense fog. After a blinding explosion came a deafening boom, followed by a shockwave that bent the trees and scattered the clouds overhead. Only then did the rising cloud of flame appear.
Feeling the violent wind, Ya Ji immediately descended from the sky and rushed into the smoke and dust despite the heat.
She quickly found Luo Yun, scales shattered across parts of his body, blood at the corner of his mouth, and a faint madness in his eyes.
Facing Luo Yun stood Chameleos, part of its carapace blackened, thin streaks of blood seeping out. Its invisible mimicry had vanished, revealing its form and eyes filled with cold killing intent.
Since its birth, it had never suffered such injuries!
They did not affect its movements, merely cracking its outer hide and subjecting its internal organs to some impact.
But to Chameleos, this was a new experience—one that made it extremely displeased and sent its anger soaring!
It recognized him. This was the Rathalos that had struggled in its Poison Mist before, yet could accurately find it and see through its invisibility.
Even when the much larger Ya Ji appeared, Chameleos's gaze never left Luo Yun.
For the first time, it had the absolute desire to kill someone.
Mist spread from Chameleos's mouth, and its body gradually vanished once more. It was going to take the initiative and begin the fight!
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