Loved Her Even More, Hehe

Even the Ancient Forest's formidable natural regenerative cycle could not recover quickly after suffering two monster migrations and two mass extinctions of creatures from different regions.

Now, Luo Yun and Ya Ji had to spend a considerable amount of time every day traveling to distant hunting grounds. Yet there were only so many hunting grounds near the Ancient Tree, and often they had to move through several before finding prey. This caused great inconvenience in Luo Yun's life.

To make matters worse, the middle and lower levels of the Ancient Tree were now all Jinouga territory. He could not even make do by finding a few lone carnivorous dragons like before.

Fortunately, the Jinouga pack's new leader was not like the previous one, fighting the carnivorous dragons of the middle and lower levels while also battling the Rathalos pack of the upper levels to the death.

At least this allowed Luo Yun to rest peacefully and absorb Earth Vein Energy after returning to the nest.

After flying to a third hunting ground in a row, they finally spotted Herbivore Dragons.

There were not only Herbivore Dragons by the river below, but even Mushroom Pigs!

Without waiting for Luo Yun to say anything, Ya Ji dove down first.

This hunting ground was not open terrain, so there was no need to lie in wait or disguise themselves beforehand. The surrounding trees naturally obstructed the Herbivore Dragons' vision, and by the time they reacted, it was already too late.

Her claws easily tore through the seemingly thick scales on a Herbivore Dragon's back. Her savage strength directly stomped it flat, and the sound of its spine breaking exploded across the hunting ground.

Compared to Ya Ji's brutality, Luo Yun was far more elegant.

After calmly lowering his altitude, he circled once and scattered the fleeing herd of Herbivore Dragons. Once he chose his preferred prey, he bit down precisely on its neck. As the Herbivore Dragon fell, he scorched the spot he had bitten with flames.

The Herbivore Dragon died without making a sound.

The two dragons eagerly began enjoying their meal, and before long, the tastiest parts of the two Herbivore Dragons had been completely devoured.

Of the remaining corpses, they chose one that was easy to carry and brought it back to the nest for the Detter to preserve.

They lounged lazily by the river, letting the slightly swift current wash the blood from their mouths.

Luo Yun glanced sideways at Ya Ji. Under the sunlight, every one of her green scales, reflecting a gradient gold sheen, looked like an impeccable work of art without the slightest flaw.

Moreover, compared to the past, Ya Ji had fully grown into her body. Her powerful wings, slightly swelling chest muscles, slender yet graceful neck, perfectly proportioned shoulder spines—not too many, not too few—and long tail that swayed slightly with her good mood all looked fierce and dangerous without losing their beauty.

How could there be a Female Fire Dragon in this world with such dazzling colors and such perfect proportions?

Viewed through the eyes of his previous life, Ya Ji was an undeniably stunning athletic beauty with a hot body, a good sense of style, and a lovely face!

Noticing Luo Yun's burning gaze, Ya Ji stretched her body without a care. The afternoon sun shone on her scales, driving away the chill between them. It was warm and wonderfully comfortable.

Ya Ji had long grown used to his gaze. She did not even understand what there was to look at.

Just as Luo Yun and Ya Ji were enjoying this rare moment of leisure, there were always fools who had to come out and disturb them.

A cluster of Lightning Bugs, drawn together and wrapped into a ball of blue flashing lightning, sped toward Ya Ji.

Ya Ji swiftly twisted aside. The lightning ball missed and fell onto the river's surface, where it exploded with a boom. Fish nearly half a meter long floated belly-up to the surface, trailing faint currents of electricity.

Four Jinouga, crackling with electricity, cautiously surrounded Luo Yun and Ya Ji. Lightning Bugs darted back and forth among the Jinouga, carrying currents that formed nets of electricity.

Facing four Jinouga, Ya Ji entered combat mode in an instant. She lowered her body slightly, all her spines rising as she let out an ear-splitting roar.

Luo Yun took to the air at once, flames swirling around his body as he gathered a fireball in his mouth, ready to launch a fatal strike at the four Jinouga at any moment.

Just as both sides remained locked in a standoff, a long howl came from not far away.

A Jinouga nearly a third larger than the ordinary ones appeared, coldly watching them. The lightning surrounding its body carried threads of golden current, while the carapace behind its forelimbs gleamed like aged bronze.

After letting out another long howl, the four Jinouga preparing to fight Luo Yun and Ya Ji unwillingly withdrew their electricity. They turned and followed behind the giant Jinouga, heading downstream along the river.

Clearly, these Jinouga had also come to hunt in this hunting ground, but they had arrived a step too late. The prey had all been frightened away, and the two Herbivore Dragon corpses were obviously Luo Yun and Ya Ji's food.

Thus, the Jinouga had set their sights on Luo Yun and Ya Ji.

Yet for some reason, that leading Jinouga had actually stopped the fight and called them away instead.

This hunting ground was already at the edge of the Ancient Tree Area. Further down the river lay the part of the Ancient Forest near the Great Canyon.

The Jinouga's original habitat was in that direction.

Normally, pack-dwelling monsters like Jinouga would not casually leave the territory designated by their leader.

And now that the Jinouga pack occupied the middle and lower levels of the Ancient Tree Area, no Jinouga should have left the Ancient Tree Area, not even to hunt.

The strict rules of a wolf pack from his previous life also applied to Jinouga.

"Has the pack split?"

Luo Yun did not know, but that Jinouga just now had been quite interesting.

Golden lightning—that was the mark of a Jinouga King, a symbol of one standing at the pinnacle of all Jinouga. Though there had only been a trace of it, it still showed that the creature was extraordinary.

"Two wolf kings? Did that guy lose?"

Luo Yun secretly guessed.

On the ground, Ya Ji slowly exhaled a breath of hot air. Her spines relaxed once more because she had not gotten to fight.

Her good mood for the day was gone just like that. Worse still, the fight had not happened in the end. The frustration she had just worked up had nowhere to go, leaving her extremely irritated.

She spat an explosive fireball into the river, sending up a cloud of mist, then called to Luo Yun. Grabbing a Herbivore Dragon corpse, she flew toward the Ancient Tree nest first.

Luo Yun was sometimes helpless when it came to Ya Ji's battle-loving personality.

Ya Ji was not unintelligent. Even in battle, she remained very calm.

It was simply that she was somewhat combative by nature. Still, she could control herself, so this minor flaw was nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Whether human or dragon, having a few little flaws only made one more alluring.

Thus, in Luo Yun's eyes, Ya Ji's slightly combative nature only highlighted her other shining qualities even more.

Simply put, he loved her even more.

Hehe~