"Your Excellency Yadis, please calm down," Elder Muyu gently soothed the dragon.
"This human comes from Great Xia. He has no connection to the Holy Human Race; he merely looks like them."
He then turned to Lin Mo and explained in a low voice.
"The Holy Human Race has always considered becoming a 'dragon rider' the highest honor, so dragons... are hostile toward humans."
Understanding dawned on Lin Mo.
He looked up, met the dragon's unfriendly gaze, and grinned.
"Hey, relax. I'm straight. I'm not interested in riding you!"
Yadis blinked his enormous eyes, clearly not understanding the term "straight."
But he indeed smelled none of that nauseating "holy" aura on this human, so he grudgingly believed Elder Muyu and reined in his hostility, though he remained far from friendly.
"Then... let us set off," Elder Muyu said.
The three dragons slowly lowered their bodies, their folded wings like folded mountain ranges. Simply lying there, they exuded a suffocating pressure.
These were the real deal, each more than a hundred meters long by the look of them!
Lin Mo could not help stepping forward and reaching out to touch the hard scales. They felt icy beneath his hand.
"Holy shit..." he marveled sincerely.
Dragons! What man had never dreamed of them?
If Liu Chengen, that research lunatic, saw these things...
Lin Mo could almost immediately picture Academician Liu holding a blood collection needle in one hand and an oversized tranquilizer gun in the other, dancing the tango on the spot in excitement.
Beside him, Elder Muyu raised the nature staff in his hand.
Humm-
A rich aura of life spread outward.
Countless thick vines extended from the platform's branches, growing wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye. They deftly coiled, interwove, and took shape.
In just one minute,