Chapter 733: Chapter 512: The Meat-Stealing Plan
The chunks of exotic meat were large, but couldn’t withstand so many small dragons sharing them.
On average, each small dragon could only snatch five or six bites at most, not even enough to be considered a full meal.
Yet, they still fought fiercely over them; the strong divided more, while the weak received less.
Perhaps some small dragons were already a step away from evolution, so after a few bites, they withdrew from the competition, hiding to the side as their bodies started to glow, clearly about to evolve.
After this operation, Li Long had roughly understood the situation.
Previously, the dark green dragon had introduced him, explaining that although no large dragons existed in this valley, several medium-sized dragons occupied it.
Each essentially ruled their territory here like kings.
The entrances and exits of the valley were narrow, preventing large land dragons from entering, so medium-sized dragons represented the peak combat power here.
Whenever a medium-sized dragon here was on the brink of evolving to a large dragon tier, they would consciously leave the valley to venture outside.
Prior to this, their life within the valley could be considered safe and comfortable.
They only needed to feed on small dragons daily, steadily evolving over time.
Though the efficiency was undoubtedly slow, it excelled in stability.
Every day, small dragons being hunted outside would escape inside, so there was no shortage of evolutionary materials.
For small dragons, this was also a relatively safe place, as at least they wouldn’t be threatened by large dragons.
With many trees for cover, they weren’t as afraid of flying dragons.
The current hammerhead dragon clearly figured out where to get chunks of medium-to-large dragon meat, using them as bait to attract the worship of small dragons.
It’s equivalent to small dragons risking being selected in exchange for a chance to evolve.
Identical meat chunks cannot repeatedly provide evolutionary energy, as these medium-to-large dragon meat chunks have already given the hammerhead dragon substantial evolution, making them akin to waste for it.
Using waste products to gain fresh evolutionary energy, it’s undeniably clever.
Perhaps, its true form is a skilled player drawing cards.
At this moment, Li Long stood still, doing nothing.
He quietly waited until the group of small dragons finished gnawing on the meat chunks and either left satisfied or injured.
Once assured that there were no dragons nearby, he activated the Formless Object and quickly headed towards the cave.
It was clear the hammerhead dragon had likely stored the meat chunks in its nest.
Just as he stepped onto the open ground, he felt a distinct chill.
The source was the dark cave entrance.
There seemed to be mysteries hidden within, some natural cold environment preserving the meat chunks.
Approaching the cave entrance, he confirmed there were no traps nearby.
At the same time, Li Long detected a mixed scent of various meats, each as fragrant as, if not more than the exotic meat chunks before, even richer.
This indicated that inside, there must be a lot of meat, large chunks of meat.
As the saying goes, fortune lies in danger; before the hammerhead dragon returned, he planned to feast on evolution if there was indeed meat inside.
However, just as he was about to step into the cave, Li Long’s sixth sense triggered again.
He felt something was amiss, stopping.
This time, squinting to peer inside, using the faint light, he barely made something out.
Inside the cave, hanging from the ceiling, was what appeared to be a skeleton.
No, more accurately, it was a dragon’s skull.
The skull’s shape seemed akin to the hammerhead dragon’s skull.
Turning around, he pointed his tail towards the cave.
Gently, he extended a small portion of his tail into the cave.
The next second, a wave of cold instantly spread from his tail tip throughout his body.
This cold was chilling to the bone.
Li Long’s legs trembled involuntarily, immediately recalling the hammerhead dragon’s previous strange roar.
The skill that forced fear among the small dragons.
"No wonder it doesn’t fear trespassing, so this is the kind of setup it has."
Li Long finally understood.
If a small dragon like himself rashly entered the cave, he would surely be subdued by the fear effect, unable to act.
By the time the hammerhead dragon returns, the fate of these little thieves would surely be to become food.
"Looks like I need a more detailed plan."
Quickly retreating and distancing from the open ground, Li Long ran out while a plan formed in his mind.
...
At this moment, two small dragons appeared outside the valley entrance.
One was covered in iron scales but ragged.
It was hard to imagine what perils this battered iron dragon had faced before arriving here.
The other small dragon’s condition was even worse than the battered iron dragon.
Composed entirely of stones, its entire body was riddled with cracks, as if a gust of wind would cause it to crumble and even turn into stone dust.
"Dig a zone, there’s water here!"
Upon seeing the lake water in the valley, the battered iron dragon excitedly dashed over.
Disregarding everything, it began gulping down water.
Earlier along the way, it had received a voice warning, saying if it didn’t drink soon, it would die suddenly.
So the appearance of this lake water was like finding sweet relief after a long drought.
Swoosh!
"Awooo!"
But suddenly, a swift figure sprang out from the side.
Its powerful body and rapid force knocked the battered iron dragon to the ground.
"Wow wow wow! Spare me, oh heroic dragon!"
The battered iron dragon struggled, finding no escape, and quickly shouted out loud.