[Chicken Coop: lv3]

A month later, as the crowing of chickens frightened away the Corpse Puppets west of Mist Island.

Ji Yuan finally returned to his home base.

Before he even landed, the Ice Flood Dragon in his Spirit Beast Bag seemed to sense something. Unable to contain itself, it began thrashing about wildly.

Since they were already home, Ji Yuan naturally stopped keeping it confined.

Yet the moment the Ice Flood Dragon emerged from the Spirit Beast Bag, it collided with Big Clam, who had hopped over to greet them.

Before Big Clam could react, the Ice Flood Dragon opened its ferocious maw.

"Haa—" A breath of icy air burst out, freezing Big Clam solid in an instant.

Big Clam: "???"

It blinked, seemingly unable to process what had happened.

As far as it was concerned, how long had the Ice Flood Dragon been away? Barely enough time for a nap. How had this fellow become so powerful?

That icy breath had once been good for nothing more than cooling it off. Now it actually packed this much punch.

Before Big Clam could retaliate, the Ice Flood Dragon briefly rose into the air and unleashed a Divine Flood Dragon Tail Sweep.

Its tail slammed into Big Clam, sweeping its enormous, dozen-meter body away. Only after crashing through several trees did Big Clam finally fall.

But that also freed Big Clam from the ice.

"Croak!!"

With that furious bellow, Big Clam lost its temper.

"Roaaar—"

Not to be outdone, the Ice Flood Dragon roared back.

Standing between them, Ji Yuan could not even be bothered to look. He simply raised a hand and pointed toward Cloud-Rain Marsh.

If you want to fight, take it outside. Dare fight at home, and I'll stew both of you today!

Fortunately, although the two Demon Beasts were