Monster Hunter: The Fire Dragon with Unique Traits
Chapter 42

The Frenzied Mist Dragon

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Faced with this situation, Luo Yun seemed to understand the Mist Dragon's objective. It wanted to completely destroy the Ancient Tree's ecosystem through this massacre, forcing the Fire Dragon clans to leave due to a lack of food sources, thereby seizing the Ancient Tree for itself.

As for whether the ecological collapse would affect it?

No!

The Mist Dragon's poison primarily targeted monsters, with little impact on insects and plants. Even if the current ecological chain collapsed, as long as the Ancient Tree remained and this earth vein node persisted, the ecosystem here would eventually recover.

It would simply transform into an ecosystem centered around it.

Of course, this was just the Mist Dragon's own idea.

In Luo Yun's opinion, this Mist Dragon was absolutely insane!

Although it was an Ancient Dragon, it was not one of the 'Taboos' that transcended the ecological chain. By wantonly destroying the ecosystem, it would inevitably face the world's backlash!

And the price of that backlash was often its own life!

But that was a concern for later. If possible, Luo Yun still wanted to try and repel the opponent once more. The subsequent impact of migration was simply too great.

Just like last time, after absorbing Ya Ji's flames, Luo Yun rushed into the poisonous fog to search for the Mist Dragon's whereabouts.

However, this time, Ya Ji was not the only dragon in the sky. All the Fire Dragons still in the Ancient Tree were circling above the dense fog.

But this time, as Luo Yun had predicted, the Mist Dragon was no longer letting its guard down.

As Luo Yun was using the segmentation method to pinpoint its location, the Mist Dragon was also moving rapidly, slowing down Luo Yun's search.

When Luo Yun finally narrowed down the target area to a certain range, the Mist Dragon, sensing him, actually left!

That's right!

It completely abandoned the idea of a direct confrontation with Luo Yun. Relying on its stealth abilities and the complex environment of the Ancient Tree region, it evaded the sight of all the Fire Dragons in the sky and departed from another direction!

When the mist dissipated, facing an empty area devoid of any dragons, Luo Yun was overwhelmed.

It intended to adopt a guerrilla tactic, like boiling a frog in warm water, to completely exterminate the creatures in the Ancient Tree region!

It seemed that it had no intention of engaging in a direct confrontation until the Fire Dragon clans had completely abandoned the Ancient Tree.

What Luo Yun had always feared most was the Mist Dragon utilizing its unique characteristics, abandoning the pride of an Ancient Dragon to engage in hit-and-run guerrilla tactics. Such a Mist Dragon would undoubtedly be the most troublesome existence among the three great dragon clans.

At this very moment, it had actually done just that!

It was now a moving natural disaster. Faced with a natural disaster, ordinary creatures would have no ability to resist at all.

He, too, was helpless.

Gazing at the dissipating mist, Luo Yun returned to his nest somewhat powerlessly.

By lowering its stance and freely unleashing its power, the Mist Dragon was undoubtedly invincible to ordinary creatures.

You couldn't even find its location. Faced with the pervasive, wide-ranging, and lethally poisonous mist, he was powerless.

"Shameless! So shameless! How can there be such a shameless creature as the Mist Dragon in this world!"

Luo Yun roared in frustration. Ya Ji watched him calmly from the side.

No matter what decision Luo Yun made, she would support him unconditionally, even if it meant fighting the Mist Dragon to the death!

Luo Yun was somewhat frantic at the moment, but fortunately, his frustration had not affected his rationality.

He arranged for the Detters to prepare for migration. He would attempt to block the Mist Dragon once more. If he still couldn't repel it this time, he would no longer hesitate and would leave directly!

In the Dragon Crystal Land, a colossal Ancient Dragon, its entire body covered in a metallic shell that was generally silvery-white, with its four legs and two wings entwined with gusts of wind, swallowed a rare ore brimming with life energy.

As if sensing something, it looked towards the Ancient Tree Forest. Something there seemed to be calling to it.

Without much thought, as an adult Ancient Dragon residing in the Dragon Crystal Land, there were few beings left in this world that could pose a threat to it.

Spreading its massive wings, an updraft directly lifted it into the high heavens. Its giant wings flapped slightly, and its enormous body cast a shadow as it flew towards the Ancient Tree Forest.

Releasing that wide-ranging poisonous mist seemed to be quite taxing for the Mist Dragon.

After the last encounter, the Mist Dragon had not appeared for a full five days. Only the increasingly active earth vein energy indicated that this Mist Dragon was currently absorbing earth vein energy without restraint to replenish its consumption.

This time, Luo Yun chose to take the initiative, venturing out to search for the Mist Dragon's whereabouts.

But as the most adept Ancient Dragon at concealment, how could the Mist Dragon's tracks be easily found?

Moreover, the environment of the Ancient Tree Forest was so complex. It only needed to find a densely wooded area to squat in. It didn't even need to fully activate its mimicry ability to ensure that not many creatures could find it.

After searching fruitlessly for several days, Luo Yun had to abandon his unrealistic idea and anxiously await the Mist Dragon's next move.

Thus, a few more days passed, and the poisonous fog reappeared. However, this time, the Mist Dragon had changed its location, appearing on another side of the Ancient Tree.

Another biological extinction event!

When Luo Yun rushed into the dense fog, the ground was littered with the corpses of various creatures.

Because of the experience from the last time, Luo Yun decided to try a different method to find the Mist Dragon's location.

Luo Yun was undoubtedly the main culprit for the Mist Dragon's previous injuries!

This time, he planned to use the creatures' hatred to lure out the Mist Dragon. After all, for a creature that consciously acted against ecological rules, this Mist Dragon's mindset was definitely not broad.

If it discovered that its most hated enemy, Luo Yun, couldn't withstand the poisonous fog and had fallen within it, would it come to check?

The answer was: yes!

After Luo Yun roughly determined the Mist Dragon's retreat line, he chose a nearby position, retracted the flames of his Body of Flames, covering only his surface and the area around his nasal cavity. He then feigned exhaustion from poisoning, wobbling as he fell from the sky. After snapping several branches, he landed heavily on the ground, remaining motionless.

Not long after, Luo Yun spotted the figure of the Mist Dragon stealthily approaching through his Mind's Eye.

Its cautious demeanor showed none of the ferocity it displayed when it had previously whipped Luo Yun with its tongue in a frenzy.

Just as Luo Yun was calculating the distance, planning to strike it hard and draw it into battle.

The Mist Dragon's wise eyes rolled, and the entire dragon, acting without honor, directly charged up and spewed a breath of poisonous gas towards 'Luo Yun's' corpse.

"!!!"

Luo Yun, who was pretending to be dead, immediately leaped up, quickly flapping his wings and dodging to the side. He then unleashed a long-accumulated explosive fireball that flew rapidly towards the Mist Dragon.

He hadn't expected this Mist Dragon to be so vigilant, fearing that Luo Yun wasn't truly dead and intending to deliver a finishing blow first!

Upon realizing Luo Yun was faking, it decisively went invisible and took flight, flying into the dense fog without hesitation.

With his target lost, Luo Yun's teeth were almost ground to dust. He burst out of the poisonous fog, engulfed in roaring flames, and let out a sky-shattering roar under Ya Ji's astonished gaze!!

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