Alligator Dragon, Two Dragons Battle
"Fallen Dragon!"
Hearing what the Fire Dragon said, Li Yunjing was even more incredulous.
This Fallen Dragon is very different from True Dragon.
A True Dragon is born as a dragon, complete and whole, without any defects.
Fallen Dragon refer to those dragon-type Demon Beast that have defects or damage.
For example, "Mud Fallen Dragon" refers to a loach.
The loach has the nature of a dragon but not its form, the fortune of a dragon but not its destiny, the bones of a dragon but not its appearance. It is trapped in mud and water all its life, only able to look up at the wind and clouds, and can never soar into the clouds and transform into a dragon.
Even if the loach contains extremely pure dragon blood, this is still the case.
It is at most Demon Beast with dragon blood, and cannot be compared with True Dragon at all.
The fact that there was a Fallen Dragon in the Azure Jiao Marsh surprised Li Yunjing greatly.
Traces of True Dragon occasionally appear in the Five Provinces.
But the Fallen Dragon showed absolutely no trace of itself.
Unexpectedly, upon arriving in the Great Wilderness, they encountered a Fallen Dragon.
It seems that the Great Wilderness is indeed as rumored in the Five Provinces, where danger and opportunity coexist.
"That Fallen Dragon is very powerful; it sensed me too!"
Suddenly, the Fire Dragon spoke.
The moment he finished speaking, the killing formation that had Extreme Crossing Boat ship suddenly collapsed.
Layers upon layers of ancient, frigid water, thousands of ferocious water dragons, countless water spears...
As the killing formation collapsed, these things also crumbled instantly.
As darkness receded, the people on the Extreme Crossing Boat could once again see the light.
In the distance, a cloud of mist hangs suspended in mid-air.
Amidst the mist, a dark figure loomed indistinctly, its full form obscured.
Its enormous eyes, bright as searchlights, carried a menacing aura that sent chills down one's spine.
"That's Fallen Dragon!"
On the Extreme Crossing Boat, the moment the Fire Dragon saw the dark figure in the mist, its dragon flames suddenly erupted, enveloping itself; it appeared extremely excited.
In the distance, the dark figure in the mist slowly emerged.
At this moment, the people on the Extreme Crossing Boat were finally able to see the creature in its entirety.
That was a Alligator Dragon.
The Alligator Dragon is called the River Fallen Dragon. It has the power and rudimentary form of a dragon, but it has been stripped of the authority and status of True Dragon. It can only lie dormant in rivers and swamps, unable to ascend to the sky, and is trapped in the water for its entire life.
The Azure Jiao Marsh is now a perfect habitat for River Fallen Dragon.
This Alligator Dragon was entirely blue, with a pair of broken horns, and unlike the common Alligator Dragon, it was not as large and fat; its body was rather slender.
From a distance, it really does look like a True Dragon.
As soon as the Alligator Dragon appeared, its gaze was fixed on the Extreme Crossing Boat.
However, Li Yunjing understood that the Alligator Dragon was not paying attention to him, Fang Hexuan, and the others.
Its gaze remained fixed on the Fire Dragon.
"It wants to devour me, it wants to eat me and transform into True Dragon!"
At this moment, the Fire Dragon's body gradually grew larger, its eyes wide open, looking extremely angry.
"Let me handle this. It's just a mere Spirit Concentration Realm Alligator Dragon."
Fang Hexuan looked at the Fire Dragon, signaling Fire Dragon calm down.
The Fire Dragon replied, "No need, I want to deal with it myself."
Fang Hexuan frowned. Although the Fire Dragon had no rivals in the Mysterious Female Dao Realm, this was, after all, Tianyuan, and the Alligator Dragon was no weakling either.
Moreover, this is the Alligator Dragon's home ground, where it can use the water veins of the Alligator Dragon Azure Jiao Marsh to fight.
The Fire Dragon's strength is suppressed in this Azure Jiao Marsh, and it is probably no match for the Alligator Dragon.
Fire Dragon that Fang Hexuan didn't believe in his strength, Huolong snorted.
"It's just a Fallen Dragon. If True Dragon were in control of this Azure Jiao Marsh, I would run away without hesitation."
How could a mere Fallen Dragon possibly control the Azure Jiao Marsh Swamp to extinguish my dragon flames!
Having said that, the Fire Dragon shook its head and wagged its tail as it charged toward the Alligator Dragon.
But at this moment, Li Yunjing suddenly shouted:
"If possible, spare the Alligator Dragon's life. Don't kill it; I have a use for it!"
The Fire Dragon roared, which was taken as an agreement.
It opened its mouth and spat out a blazing dragon flame, attacking the Alligator Dragon.
Not to be outdone, the Alligator Dragon roared in response.
The turbid waves suddenly surged, its thick, dark blue scales emanating a chilling and malevolent aura. A broken half of its dragon horn pierced the mist, and its four claws slammed into the surface of the marsh with overwhelming force.
"So what if it's True Dragon? Once it enters my Azure Jiao Marsh, even a dragon has to coil up before it!"
The Alligator Dragon let out another rough roar, and the water veins that had been refined over thousands of years responded.
In an instant, a towering, frigid wave swept across the vast marshland, a dark curtain of water obscuring the sky and the sun. All the underground rivers erupted, and nine solidified water dragons, carrying putrid silt and bone-chilling cold, coiled around the Fire Dragon from all directions.
Furthermore, the pervasive marshland transformed into a water prison, layer upon layer sealing off all the Fire Dragon's escape routes. The icy water vapor clung tightly to the dragon's flames, and each collision between the flames and the cold water only produced a cloud of white mist, utterly harming the Alligator Dragon hidden deep within the water veins.
This is River Fallen Dragon's signature move, honed over a thousand years. Knowing that his bloodline is far inferior to that of True Dragon, he refined every inch of the Azure Jiao Marsh's water veins into his own extension, using the endless marsh water to restrain the most powerful flames in the world.
The Fire Dragon's flames exploded again and again, only to be constantly neutralized by the continuous flow of cold water. The splashing icy water slammed into the crimson-gold scales, condensing into fine white frost. The massive dragon's body was tightly bound by the water veins and was forcibly dragged down into the foul-smelling swamp.
In the distance, on the Extreme Crossing Boat,
Everyone frowned as they saw that the Fire Dragon was at a disadvantage from the very beginning.
Xie Zheng looked at Li Yunjing: "Sect Leader, please let me lend him a hand."
Li Yunjing shook his head. "No rush, let's observe further. We'll only intervene if things really don't work."
Upon hearing this, Xie Zheng could only continue watching the battle.
The Alligator Dragon grew even more arrogant, its massive tail churning the marsh waters, sending countless spiked water arrows hurtling through the air. Its enormous jaws opened, unleashing a breath of icy water, imbued with the essence of its life's cultivation, aimed directly at the Fire Dragon's Achilles' heel.
He wanted to drag this high and mighty orthodox True Dragon into the quagmire where he had been mired for a thousand years, so that the True Dragon could also taste the bitterness of Fallen Dragon forever trapped in the mortal world.
But just as the dragon's breath was about to touch its Achilles' heel, the Fire Dragon suddenly let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth.
The dragon's roar carried the inviolable majesty of True Dragon, causing the entire Azure Jiao Marsh to tremble slightly, and the water veins that had been binding the dragon's body instantly cracked.
The next moment, the natal Fire Dragon essence within the Fire Dragon's Dantian erupted completely. It was no longer a scattered flame for defense, but a magnificent pillar of fire light, like the sun falling, crashing into the core water source of the Azure Jiao Marsh Swamp.
This is no ordinary flame; it is the Innate Li Fire of the true True Dragon, a divine fire capable of burning the heavens and boiling the rivers and seas dry.
The moment the beam of light hit the ground, the dragon flames spread wildly along the tangled water veins, like thousands of crimson fire serpents piercing through every underground river and every inch of marshland.
The originally bone-chilling cold water instantly boiled, and the surging waves evaporated at a visible speed. The white mist that filled the sky was no longer water vapor suppressing the flames, but scorching heat waves burned by the dragon flames, turning the heavens and earth into a giant steamer.
The arrogance in the Alligator Dragon froze instantly, replaced by panic.
He frantically channeled his magic Law Power, trying to mobilize the water veins to resist, but his thousand-year connection with the water veins was being burned away bit by bit by the dragon flames that could burn anything!
His proud home turf is collapsing rapidly before his eyes.
The black mud bubbled and cracked, the reeds instantly carbonized, and the water level of the vast marshland plummeted. In less than half an incense stick's time, the once misty and boundless Azure Jiao Marsh was dried up by more than half, leaving only cracked, scorched black soil and molten rock fragments...