Outside, Xiluo and Allen could not make out what was happening within. They could only dimly see figures flashing about before hearing the giant eagle cry out in pain.
Clearly, in a one-on-one fight without the advantage of the skies, the Red Dragon Whelp's overall strength surpassed the frost giant eagle's, even though both were level 6!
This left Xiluo feeling relieved, but also somewhat exasperated.
Exasperated that these beasts had no sense!
Although prey was relatively scarce on these grasslands, surely things were nowhere near bad enough to snatch food from a dragon's jaws?
Gordon had been absolutely right to call them lowly beasts!
Any monster with a little intelligence, any monster that was not too stupid, would surely know where dragons stood in the food chain! How could they even think of snatching food from a dragon's jaws?
Of course, they might also have been taking advantage of their youth, but between the two possibilities, Xiluo was more inclined to believe they were utterly stupid!
While these thoughts ran through his mind.
"Screee!"
The other four frost giant eagles in the sky were already drawing closer and closer to the ground! They dived toward Gordon!
"Allen! Let's go!"
Xiluo immediately roared, another series of lightning flashes erupting all over his body.
His blood flowed faster, and the muscles in all four limbs were fully activated.
With a light push of his limbs, he leaped eight or nine meters!
After landing, he suddenly pushed off with his hind legs and leaped high, lunging toward one of the diving frost giant eagles!
The frost giant eagle Xiluo had targeted startled and hurriedly thrust its talons toward him.
But at the instant they made contact.
All the lightning Xiluo had gathered inside his body suddenly discharged.
Discharge mode activated instantly!
Crackle!
An ear-piercing shriek rang through the air.
Sheets of blue electric arcs flashed, enveloping the frost giant eagle!
The water-affinity giant eagle's entire body was an excellent conductor!
These creatures feared lightning even more than flames!
In an instant, the shock sent smoke rising all over its body. It trembled wildly, stiff and powerless, pressing against Xiluo as they fell!
The other three frost giant eagles were alarmed. All of them abandoned their original intention of attacking Gordon and swooped toward Xiluo.
Xiluo turned his head, opened his mouth, and spat another blast of lightning at one of them, paralyzing it and sending it falling.
But the other two had already drawn close. As their enormous wings swept outward, great quantities of frost surged toward Xiluo, seemingly attempting to lower his body temperature with the cold, or even freeze him.
Unfortunately, these fools had no idea that, as a lightning-affinity creature, his body temperature kept rising as he discharged electricity.
The two effects merely left Xiluo feeling a slight chill.
Boom!!
Three crashes rang out.
Xiluo and the two frost giant eagles hit the ground. Almost without pausing, while the frost giant eagle on top of him was still rigid, he clamped his jaws around its throat and bit down hard!
"Screee!"
The frost giant eagle in his jaws gave a piercing, miserable cry. The pain briefly freed it from paralysis, but just as it tried to struggle.
Strands of electric arcs sprang from Xiluo's jaws again!
This, too, was an effect of his modified Breath Weapon: slowly releasing a little lightning power inside his mouth and channeling all of it through the wound into the frost giant eagle!
The lightning coursed freely through the giant eagle's body, leaving it completely unable to move, its body trembling wildly.
Seeing this, the other three desperately beat their wings again, releasing waves of cold air.
Relying on his immensely powerful body, Xiluo was barely hindered even with the frost giant eagle's several-hundred-pound body in his jaws. He dragged it along as he charged straight to the side, dodging the cold air.
The cold air swept past him and struck the green grass.
In an instant, a thick layer of frost covered the grass, and a large swath withered and died.
"Scree..."
The frost giant eagle in Xiluo's jaws grew weaker and weaker. Even its cries sounded feeble, making the three giant eagles in the sky increasingly agitated.
Their wingbeats instantly quickened, gathering more and more cold air. In the end, it actually formed three ice spikes nearly a meter long before them, which shot toward Xiluo!
Xiluo inwardly scoffed at the sight and simply held the frost giant eagle in his mouth in front of him.
The three ice spikes pierced its body!
"Scree..."
The unfortunate frost giant eagle still could not move its body, but its eyes shifted slightly toward the three giant eagles, revealing disbelief.
At this.
All three frost giant eagles were dumbfounded, then utterly enraged.
They let out furious cries and dived toward Xiluo like mad!
They really are brainless fools! Was I being too cautious? To think I was on guard against things like these!
Xiluo thought to himself as he seized the dying frost giant eagle's body in one claw and hurled it hard at another, knocking it away. Then he opened his jaws, gathering the lightning power that had already filled his mouth while he charged it.
His abdomen pulsed slightly, and an irregular ball of lightning formed almost instantly!
Chirrrr...
Accompanied by a piercing shriek and sheets of Lightning Arcs, it tore across more than ten meters and slammed into one of the giant eagles!
"SCREEE!!!"
An utterly agonized cry rang out instantly. The frost giant eagle that had been struck shook violently, the electricity making the bones throughout its body clearly visible. Its beautiful feathers were all vaporized!
When it hit the ground, its entire body was charred black and billowing thick smoke! It was almost half-cooked.
The giant eagle beside it, which had still been planning to attack Xiluo, was completely stunned. It desperately beat its wings to change direction, seemingly preparing to flee.
But just then.
A Lv Teng suddenly shot out of the ground, firmly binding the talons of the giant eagle, which was only a few meters above the ground!
"Hmm?"
Seeing Lv Teng, Xiluo could not help glancing at the little white dragon behind him.
The Dragon Cubs was doing his best to maintain the spell, struggling against the frost giant eagle.
"You do have some brains, knowing your ice spells would have little effect on a giant eagle with the same ice affinity, and using Nature's Vine instead, even though it's more troublesome and costs you more mana."
Xiluo offered a word of praise.
He moved swiftly to the trapped frost giant eagle, grabbed its talons, then exerted his entire body's strength and slammed it into the ground!
Just one blow.
The frost giant eagle in his claws screamed and nearly passed out.
But this was only the beginning of its nightmare. With a savage swing, Xiluo hurled it to the other side. After several repetitions back and forth, the frost giant eagle had completely lost consciousness.
Xiluo exhaled and looked toward the one he had knocked away earlier. By now, it had actually beaten its enormous wings and fled in a sorry state...
Then he turned his gaze toward Gordon.
The Red Dragon Whelp was still locked in fierce combat with the strongest frost giant eagle.
But judging by the scene, the Red Dragon Whelp firmly held the upper hand.
Although a wound gouged by the eagle's talons was bleeding on his body.
The giant eagle's entire body was rather battered, with many charred patches and feathers burned away in several places.
This made the giant eagle cry out incessantly in agitation.
It seemed to want to flee.
But the damage to multiple parts of its wings had already robbed it of any chance of flight.
Xiluo hurried over and, working with Gordon, easily killed the level 6 creature.
A battle that might originally have been evenly matched ended just like that, with ease.
This was the difference between dragons and other creatures!
Even when both were level 6 creatures.
Frost giant eagles were merely ordinary monsters.
Dragons, however, were elite-level creatures from birth!
They possessed powerful bodies, vast reserves of mana, naturally mighty breath weapons, and spells from their inherited memories! They were higher life-forms favored by the heavens!
In a fight at the same level, ordinary creatures had almost no chance of winning!
If the Wyrmlings had not still been unable to fly, leaving them at a natural disadvantage against flying creatures, Gordon probably would not have been in the slightest danger.
(End of chapter)
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