Xiluo's might

Was it really a good idea for this brat to be so arrogant?

"All right! All right! Stop arguing, everyone. You're all Wyrmlings now, so why are you still acting like hatchlings? Haven't you grown at all?"

Alicia, if you don't want to, forget it. Just don't envy us when we catch our prey."

Xiluo hurried forward to break up the argument.

But the little female dragon didn't seem particularly willing to appreciate it.

She turned to glare at him, her eyes wide.

"Xiluo! Shut up! This is between us and Gordon! You have no right to butt in.

That damned red dragon! He's far too arrogant and thinks nothing of us! He needs to be taught a lesson!"

"Tch... I was going to let you off for Xiluo's sake! But you're asking to die? You weakling! Let me show you what true strength looks like!"

Thick smoke and sparks kept streaming from the Red Dragon Whelp's nostrils. He looked rather excited.

"!"

Xiluo's expression immediately darkened as he looked at the female dragon who refused to show him any respect.

He slowly shifted from his crouch onto all fours.

"Alicia! You've been getting bolder and bolder lately. Do you think nothing of me now, too?"

He growled, blue arcs of electricity flickering across his body.

A fierce aura spread out, bearing down on the female dragon ahead!

This was his Dragon Might!

Dragon Might was an innate ability of all dragons. It could also be regarded simply as an aura, one that generally only worked on lesser creatures.

Its strength depended on the dragon's own power, force of spirit, and magic.

But Xiluo had long established his authority among the Wyrmlings.

Although he was usually amiable.

All the Wyrmlings knew that he was the strongest among them!

More than eighty percent of the Wyrmlings currently acknowledged this!

As early as two years ago, Xiluo had made a name for himself through his powerful Breath Weapon, strength, and speed.

Although he hadn't taken part in the subsequent four-event competition, allowing Gordon to claim first place.

Xiluo's growth now, his increasingly massive body approaching the Red Dragon Whelp's in size, undoubtedly told every dragon one thing!

He had grown stronger!

Perhaps even his strength was now no less than Gordon's!

Her awareness of Xiluo's strength, along with the fierce appearance he now presented.

Immediately gave Alicia, a little female dragon who had always lived amid flattery, a fright.

Her heart began pounding, and faint beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

She instinctively took a step back.

"You bastard! Don't get too arrogant, Xiluo! If you want to bully Alicia, I, Koraman, will be the first to object!" The young green dragon Koraman immediately stepped in front of the female green dragon, roaring furiously.

"Do you want to fight me too?"

Xiluo's face was expressionless.

But the electricity coursing over his body grew ever more violent.

The flickering arcs crackled constantly.

They scorched the grass along his path into blackened charcoal, sending up white smoke.

The Dragon Might radiating from him grew fiercer as well.

"Urgh..."

Koraman was immediately frightened too and couldn't help taking a step back.

But as he retreated, he touched Alicia behind him. He immediately stopped, his expression turning resolute.

"Xiluo! No matter how strong you are, you can't defeat all of us! Don't get too arrogant!"

The dragon brat Koraman suddenly wised up, actually dragging the other Wyrmlings into it.

However.

The other Wyrmlings weren't about to oblige him.

Especially the blue dragons.

Although Xiluo had thoroughly duped these Dragon Cubs before, they were ultimately of the same kind. Besides, thanks to Lightning Flash, their results in the four-event competition had consistently surpassed the green dragons'.

Their attitude toward Xiluo was still considerably friendlier than the green dragons'.

And so.

Abel jumped forward, looking at Koraman disdainfully.

"All of us? No, no, no... Please don't count me in! I'm not on the same side as you greenscales."

"Exactly! Since when were we blue dragons on the same side as greenscales? Are you still dreaming in broad daylight?"

Another blue dragon spoke up as well.

At that, Koraman could no longer quite maintain his composure. He roared in frustration.

"You bluescaled bastards! You're still siding with Xiluo after all this! You're hopelessly stupid!"

Crackle, crackle.

Xiluo drew ever closer to Koraman.

"Wait! Wait! Xiluo! Don't do anything rash! Lady Barbara said Wyrmlings aren't allowed to fight among themselves! Are you going to disobey Lady Barbara's orders?"

Koraman could barely withstand the pressure. He cried out in terror, glancing repeatedly toward the top of the distant giant tree.

"Don't worry. I'm not the sort of idiot who makes Lady Barbara worry."

Xiluo growled, yet continued advancing.

Koraman grew more and more afraid.

The blades of grass beside him knotted together, then grew into vines that slowly approached Xiluo.

"Koraman! If your vines enter my discharge field, I'll consider it a provocation!"

The deep roar rang out again.

It left Koraman not daring to move at all.

He stayed that way until Xiluo reached him.

The young blue dragon held his neck high and looked down at the young green dragon, making his entire body stiffen.

The young blue dragon slowly raised a claw and gently touched the young green dragon's neck, making him shudder all over.

"Koraman! Even when playing the hero to save a beauty, you need to recognize the gap between your strength and your enemy's! Otherwise... it's called throwing your life away! It's called not knowing your limits!"

The instant the young blue dragon finished speaking, his claw tightened sharply.

"Urrgh..."

The young green dragon whimpered in pain.

"Xiluo! What are you trying to do?" the female green dragon behind Koraman exclaimed in alarm.

Smack!

Xiluo answered her with a casual sweep of his claw, flinging the young green dragon, who weighed at least several hundred pounds, several meters away.

"What am I trying to do?"

With Koraman no longer blocking his path, Xiluo advanced on the female green dragon.

"I just want to give you a piece of advice. Petty cleverness alone won't get you anywhere among dragons! Recognizing your own strength is what you most need to do right now!

You're weak right now! When you're weak, you'd better not bare your teeth at the strong or provoke them! Understand?"

The female green dragon retreated repeatedly, her expression growing ever gloomier.

Only when she had been forced back against a tree with nowhere left to retreat did Xiluo finish speaking and pass by her side.

"Damned bastard!" The female green dragon watched Xiluo's retreating figure, shocked and afraid.

Having Xiluo expose the reality that she wasn't strong had dealt a heavy blow to her pride.

If Xiluo and Gordon were solidly level-six creatures, then the female green dragon had only just crossed the threshold of level five.

An enormous gap still existed between them.

Koraman, who had been flung away, said nothing.

The blue dragons watching from the sidelines, however, had gleaming eyes.

"That's Xiluo for you! The strongest blue dragon! His Dragon Might scared those greenscaled idiots witless!"

"Xiluo! You really have gotten a lot stronger these past two years! When are we going to have a real match? I really want to know which of us is stronger now!"

The Red Dragon Whelp looked at Xiluo as he passed, his face eager.

"So amazing... Xiluo..."

The little white dragon murmured, his face full of admiration.

(End of chapter)