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The competition rules only limit the number of participating dragons from each side. In addition to the standard companions provided by each tribe, dragons can also bring their own companions, including their young dragons, to participate in the battle.
During the competition, Qin He personally added a rule: "No young dragons may be killed in the arena."
Therefore, the young Golden Dragon took a risky gamble. He found a way to contact the Subaru, whose hatred for the Color Dragons was known to all.
The lawful and neutral Iron Dragon cubs are responsible for launching surprise attacks during battles. Their goal is to incapacitate the enemy's blue and green dragons.
As for the more cruel and evil chrome dragon cubs, they assist the gold and silver dragons in uniting to fight against or besiege the red dragon on the main battlefield.
Once the entire dragon horde is defeated, Flame and Lightning will no longer be a threat.
Under Qin He's rule of simultaneously protecting the lives of all young dragons, the Aramidosaurs can confidently engage in battle with their nemesis.
Anyway, after this battle, even if Yanling and Sangshen want to make a move, the Saint-level Iron Dragon and Chrome Dragon, who brought the baby dragons, will step in to stop them.
"Good afternoon, everyone... This time I want to go to the border region, where a group of Thunder Marrow Golden Rats have appeared. If the Blue Dragon gets those magic cores, the battle will become unpredictable."
"I received news from the green dragon over there that Flame Glaze and Blazing Lightning will be taking five young dragons to hunt those Thunder Marrow Golden Rats."
Now, thanks to purchased disguise tools, the five chrome dragons disguise themselves as silver dragons, while the iron dragons are responsible for lurking in the shadows.
If an unexpected situation arises during the battle, the five iron dragons will disguise themselves as golden dragons and come to the rescue.
"You're being too cautious, Golden Dragon! I'll tear off that Flamebe baby's wings! So what if you've reverted to your ancestral form? Hahahaha..."
A chilling aura emanated from the chrome dragon's laughter. The royal warbler disliked this atmosphere and dispelled the cold air with a flap of its wings.
"Enough, Chromium Dragon. You need to understand that I'm willing to cooperate with you, but only to secure resources. If you harm Flame or Blazing Lightning... your lives will be in danger!"
"Let's go. Those Thunder Marrow Golden Rats have been driven into the Swallow Stone Mine. There's plenty of good iron ore there to mine..."
Partnering with Atheros is no big deal for Metal Dragon. Accumulating strength for the upcoming battle is Huang Ying's top priority.
The reward the Brass Dragon Mirror had prepared for her was a vast treasure. If she won this time, she could also enter and mine the magic crystal mine.
……
Soon, Flame Glaze, Blazing Lightning, and Lamp Glaze, three peak second-tier dragons, led four other blue dragons to hunt Thunder Marrow Golden Rats.
"We've arrived. This mine is considered an unclaimed border area. Some first and second-tier Thunder Marrow Golden Rats have been driven into the mine, which is perfect for us."
Chidian knew this mine very well. Since Qin He arrived, the young dragons were no longer confined, and she often came here to sharpen her claws with the Swallowstone.
Lightning-type magic cores are a good find for both blue dragon hatchlings and bronze dragon hatchlings. If enough magic cores can be hunted, blue dragons can unleash even greater destructive power in battle.
Upon entering the spacious cave, the young dragons quickly noticed several pairs of bright little eyes—
"It's a Thunder Marrow Golden Rat!"
The dragon's skeleton was very similar to that of a cat. Yan Liu spotted a Thunder Marrow Golden Rat and immediately pounced with its claws, pinning it under its heavy dragon claws.
Caught in the grasp of a five-meter-long red dragon, the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat, though not immediately turned into a meat patty, was unable to move under the dragon's claws.
With a single crushing motion with its claws, Yan Liu swiftly and decisively dispatched the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat. The little creature didn't even have a chance to utter a single squeak during the entire process.
On the other side, the other Thunder Marrow Golden Rats began to scatter and flee. Fiery Lightning seized the opportunity, leaping out like a spring with its hind paws and pinning down two Thunder Marrow Golden Rats.
"Lanterns~ Although these little things are second-tier, we are dragons. We can easily suppress these mere rodent monsters."
After putting the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat, which had been slapped into a pancake, into his spatial scale, Flame Ryu gestured for Lantern Ryu to try it out as well.
The other four blue dragons on the side were not as skilled.
Inside the cave, golden thunder roared and the squeaking of the Thunder Marrow Golden Rats was deafening.
A few wisps of smoke rose from the blue dragons' scales, but fortunately, they were extremely resistant to lightning, and the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat had no choice but to submit.
"Then... I'll try."
A Thunder Marrow Golden Rat, its body crackling with golden lightning, swept past Deng Liu's eyes.
She was about to pounce forward, but the Zero Jade of the Ice Curse Dragon caused some images to flash through Deng Liu's mind.
Suddenly, Deng Liu's slender dragon body rose into the air, and the tip of her tail was aimed at the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat that was about to burrow into the cave.
As moisture surged from between its scales, ice armor solidified. The Iceborne Dragon's ice-bound state was clearly displayed on Lantern's body!
The sharp ice spike, like an ice spear, extending from the tip of its tail, pierced and ended the life of the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat.
"handsome!"
Seeing this, the other blue dragons forgot that Deng Liu was a white dragon. They praised Deng Liu for her swift and decisive kill of her prey.
"Oh? The White Dragon actually possesses such power. That's quite unexpected... But it's alright, the Thunder Marrow Golden Rats here are ours now. Please, everyone, return."
Realizing that it was playing the role of a silver dragon, the young chrome dragon in the lead changed its tone.
"As she said, Flame, Blazing Lightning, and new friends I've never met before. First come, first served—"
Deep within the mine, a golden dragon possessing ancestral dragon blood gracefully arrived. Also five meters long, she was the ace young dragon of the metal dragons, Huang Ying.
The manta ray-shaped wing membranes that extend all the way to the base of the tail allow the royal warbler to land lightly.
"Ha, isn't this the little oriole who's never dared to fight me before? Now that you've appeared at the border, do you want me to lock you in a cage?"
Faced with a formidable foe, Yan Liu, who had been laughing and joking these past few days, finally revealed her true colors. The red dragon blood within her was boiling, compelling her to personally blast the ancestral golden dragon before her!
She wanted to tell Qin He that she was now capable of defeating opponents of the same level.
"I'll take care of the rest."
As he spoke, Blazing Lightning unleashed a lightning-fast breath towards the shadows. The lurking iron dragons, realizing they had been exposed, emerged to fight Blazing Lightning.
"Five metals and five silvers... It seems the Metal Dragon values these rats quite a bit?"
Chidian scanned the metallic dragons before him. Yanliu could already take on three bronze dragons single-handedly. Shouldn't he have no problem taking on four gold dragons?
Maybe... five heads wouldn't be a problem?
"Further words are useless, let's start the war."
Huang Ying and Yan Liu were the first to engage in combat. With just a flick of their tails, the brute force of the golden and red dragons caused the entire mine to tremble. Soon after, the other young dragons began to fight each other in pairs.
"Hmph, White Dragon. Your scales are quite beautiful?"
The chrome dragons, disguised as silver dragons, planned to tear off some pieces during the battle as spoils.
Too much talk leads to mistakes, so they choose to keep quiet as much as possible and finish their work as soon as possible.
"Yours are not bad either."
As an Ice Curse White Dragon, Lantern's first battle after her transformation was against a group of Chrome Dragons.
While frozen in her icy state, her crescent-shaped ice blades pierced straight towards the chromium dragon. The ice blades at its joints also lurked, ready to slice through the enemy's scales at any moment.
Its nimble tail tip, like a venomous snake, stared intently at her back, making her back completely impenetrable.
After exchanging the first blow with the chrome dragon in front of him, a strange clanging sound of metal striking metal resounded—
"Ok?"
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Although she had never fought a silver dragon before, a strange sense of unease still kept her alert. Relying on her slender, agile, and explosively powerful limbs, Lantern dodged the chrome dragons' tricky claw attacks.
Its wings, covered in ice crystals and feather scales, successfully withstood the tearing attack of a mid-tier Tier 2 Chromium Dragon. The Ice Curse Dragon's body structure, combined with its reverted white dragon blood, fueled Lantern's fighting spirit.
On the other side, after Qin Xinru and Zhong Xiling finished washing up, they watched everything happening inside the mine through the magic communication terminal together with Qin He and Zhong Liuxiu.
"Lantern will definitely be able to crush those silver dragons~ Don't worry, don't worry, there won't be any problem~"
Zhong Xiling and Qin Xinru each found one of Qin He's shirts to wear. The white fabric revealed soft, fleshy skin underneath, and the slightly bulging buttons hinted at glimpses of their skin, sparking the imagination.
As for Zhong Liuxiu, she leaned against Qin He's back, letting Fei Xue lie beside Qin He's legs. At the moment, Trisna and Tristra were contacting their allies underground.
If things go smoothly, Qin He can take a shortcut directly to the tenth floor.
"Whirring whirring--"
Lying lazily beside Qin He's legs, the Purple Lightning Cat purred contentedly. Qin He petted the cat comfortably while keeping a close eye on the battle.
Flame Glaze and Royal Oriole were locked in a fierce, evenly matched battle. Neither of them had yet used the most powerful bites, breaths, and pounces of a young dragon; so far, the fight could only be considered a preliminary test.
Both have decent fire resistance, but the Golden Dragon possesses a weakening breath attack. Therefore, in a one-on-one battle, Flame Glaze needs to be careful to dodge.
With a sweeping tail strike, the red dragon knocked back the golden dragon that was trying to block with its claws. Yan Liu felt it was time and immediately pressed her advantage, pouncing forward with fierce momentum.
The Royal Oriole stood on its hind legs, attempting to suppress Yan Liu before its attack could take shape.
Sensing her opponent's intentions, Yan Liu used a trade-off, striking the golden dragon's ribs with her own claws. The scales and flesh on her shoulder were also torn open by the dragon's claws.
In their first encounter, the two dragons were evenly matched.
Looking at Chidian again, he single-handedly traversed the battlefield, covering the four blue dragons as they stabilized their formation. For a time, even the well-prepared iron dragons couldn't gain the upper hand.
Knowing that using the Iron Dragon's electric spark breath would only reveal their identities, the five Iron Dragons, disguised as golden dragons, had no choice but to engage in close combat and try to end the fight quickly.
With its blood-red maw wide open, an iron dragon, amidst the fierce battle of its companions, bit and locked onto Chidian's shoulder. Its sharp teeth embedded themselves in the red scales of her right shoulder, but Chidian, pulling its over three-meter-long body, slammed it against the cave wall!
Perhaps his bloodline isn't the strongest, but in terms of combat experience, skills, and environmental utilization, he is a cut above Flame and Lamp.
As the smoke and dust settled, a conspicuous, deep crack had been blasted into the cave wall by the unfortunate iron dragon's neck. Having seen a faint blue glow on the cave wall earlier, Chidian knew there was a Swallowstone here.
Pulling the iron dragon, she blasted a deep pit into the cave wall. Relying on her ability to utilize the environment and her intuition, she directly pressed the iron dragon's neck against the raw ore of the swallow's nest inside the rock wall.
Sparrowstone is one of the main materials for hunter weapons, and its hardness exceeds that of most steels. With the full force of its nearly five-meter-long body, the Iron Dragon smashed the raw Sparrowstone ore, causing it to crack.
It's possible... as long as I'm careful. Holding off five golden dragon hatchlings alone isn't impossible... although I don't know why they're not breathing, the most important thing is to win this battle.
"You two, go to Deng Liu's side."
Seeing that Deng Liu was fighting five silver dragons alone, using both his head and tail in a flurry of claw attacks, Chi Dian immediately ordered two blue dragons to come and help him.
"No need—! Ugh..."
Although Lingyu calmed her mind within Dengliu's body, the combined effects of the Ancient Dragon's purified blood and the ancestral true blood triggered a bizarre and berserk nature...
Besides the ice-attribute energy in the Zero Jade, another powerful natural energy surged into Deng Liu's limbs and bones—dragon-attribute energy.
As eerie red energy emanated from Lantern's eye sockets, the Ice Dragon's spear-like tail pierced through and pinned a Chromium Dragon to the ground.
"Roar--!"
Not knowing what was going on with the white dragon's tail, the chrome dragon, whose shoulder had suddenly been pierced, roared and tried to tear off Tōryū's tail.
But the spear that was pulled from the shoulder was used in a three-pronged thrust without any hesitation!
Thrust, tail sweep, wing strike, horn strike, claw strike, bite, breath attack—
A relentless, blizzard-like onslaught swept through, relentlessly suppressing the three chrome dragons before it! Icy mist rose from mid-air, gradually condensing within the mine—
"What kind of power is that? Could it be..."
Huang Ying understood why the other party had given Bai Long a spot in the competition, given Deng Liu's ice-dragon-like appearance.
If the white dragon they're talking about is an existence of this level, then everything makes sense.
Its ancestral physical strength and the horned crown that only come from purified bloodlines. Those strangely slender limbs, however, possess explosive power that rivals that of a golden dragon.
"Deng Liu... just who are you?"
Even with frost resistance, what good is it? The chrome dragon's scales have already been pierced and wounded by the ice blades and tail spears under the seamless, rapid attacks of the lantern.
The flying scales undoubtedly added to the tension of the already suppressed chrome dragons. Although silver dragons and chrome dragons are very similar, the degree of similarity is easily discernible to a dragon's eyes—
If they take the scale fragments back, the secret that the young dragons are actually sub-dragons will be exposed.
Without hesitation, the other Chromium Dragons gathered up the broken scales under the freezing air released by Lantern.
The iron dragons on the other side had the foresight to drink a potion that would change the color of their scales before putting on the camouflage magic.
Although the Iron Dragons are also suffering damage in their battles with the Blazing Lightning, they are still able to collect the scales they have lost.
Seeing that Deng Liu's condition seemed dire, Huang Ying immediately had a premonition...
"Go back!"
With a command, the golden dragon unleashed its first breath, piercing the battle line. A dazzling torrent of fire shot through the newly opened tunnel, hurtling towards the lanterns.
Deng Liu also unleashed a burst of icy breath, directly clashing with Huang Ying's ancestral golden dragon breath. That terrifying frost actually managed to withstand the dragon's flames and advance—
"Something's not right with your companion."
Huang Ying transmitted her voice to Yan Liu and Chi Dian, then tried to save face by saying:
"We joined forces to subdue her, and afterwards, the Thunder Marrow Golden Rats in the cave were split equally between the two sides."
Blazing Lightning was the first to pull Blue Dragon out of Lantern Glaze's attack range, while Flame Glaze bargained: