Free Web NovelChapter 736: Chapter 513: Flash Flood Eruption (Part 2)
[Barbaric Growth]: Significantly increases nail growth speed
"Pfft..."
Upon seeing this ability, Li Long almost choked on the meat in his mouth.
After a few experiences, it now seems to understand a bit that if it eats a native dragon, the ability obtained is random.
If it eats a card-handler dragon, then it can choose one of the opponent’s abilities upon leveling up.
This long nail seems to be the ability of the little dragon it preyed on before.
At the time, when they discovered the target, that guy was sharpening its nails on a rock and was easily hunted.
Ayala Dragon ate more of that dragon, so it probably had a higher chance of acquiring its ability.
When about to finish eating the red little dragon, a glow appeared on Li Long’s body.
[Ding Dong!]
[You have reached LV6]
A melodious sound rang out along with the glow.
The ability it randomly acquired should be that of the red little dragon.
[Steadfast Daoism][Immortal Stone Illusion][Formless Object]
[Desire for Gluttony][Wound Destruction][Green Camouflage]
[Toxin Antibody][Strong Heart]
(New) [Blood Burst]: Combat power increases when injured
"Seems like it’s a good thing we killed it with one hit, otherwise it might have been troublesome."
Li Long felt they were lucky not to face the red little dragon’s counterattack.
This ability, from the looks of it, shouldn’t be weak.
The heavier the injury, the greater the temporary boost; it’s a passive skill for desperate situations.
"No, this isn’t fair!"
At that moment, Ayala Dragon seemed like it was possessed by something, loudly expressing its dissatisfaction.
Why does everyone eat the same meat, yet others get good abilities, while it can only grow long nails?
"No worries, you just need to evolve a few more times."
That’s all Li Long could say.
"You mean, if I evolve a few more times, I’ll encounter good abilities, right?"
Ayala Dragon didn’t expect this guy to comfort others.
"No, I mean after evolving a few more times, you’ll get used to this kind of tragedy."
Li Long thought he was too good at comforting others.
"Ugh!"
Ayala Dragon covered its chest with a little paw.
After finishing eating, naturally, it’s time to drink some water.
Otherwise, getting too thirsty and drinking a lot of water at once would make your stomach bloated and affect movement, as demonstrated by the red little dragon turned into a pile of bones.
Of course, Ayala Dragon was an exception.
No matter how much it drank, it would just leak out.
So, they took the Stone Dragon and returned to the riverbank.
"Hmm?"
But after just a minute of drinking, Li Long felt something was off.
The river water should have been clear and sweet.
But now, as he drank, he felt like he was drinking a mouthful of sand and mud.
Looking up, he found that the river surface had somehow become muddy and unclear.
"Wait."
Seeing Ayala Dragon about to jump into the river to drink, he quickly stopped it.
"Something’s not right here; let’s retreat quickly."
From surviving in the mountains as a child, Li Long knew that this 100% meant there was going to be a mountain flood.
"Huh? No way, the river still looks quite calm."
After his explanation, Ayala Dragon instinctively moved away from the riverbank.
"Shhh."
Li Long gestured for it to be quiet and listened with a tilted ear, though he had no ears.
The sounds of birds and ordinary wild beasts came faintly, with a hint of agitation.
And upstream, there seemed to be a faint rumble.
"Not good, let’s hurry up and leave."
Li Long hooked Ayala Dragon with his tail and started retreating.
"Where are we going?"
But Ayala Dragon realized this was not the direction back to their den.
"Just in case, let’s head up high."
Li Long indicated he had a plan in mind.
There’s a lot of water sources in this valley, combined with last night’s heavy rain.
If a mountain flood erupts, it might affect more than just one river.
When the situation worsens, even he couldn’t predict how bad it could get.
The terrain by their den, observed yesterday, was only slightly elevated.
If the flood scale was large, it wouldn’t withstand it and would quickly get submerged.
And most of the mountain walls in this valley were smooth, making climbing inconvenient for dragon bodies, risking a fall with the slightest mistake.
The only known place resistant to floods was Hammer Dragon’s home.
It was located under a mountain wall and had a high terrain.
Li Long remembered following a group of little dragons uphill for about ten minutes to get there.
Not that they needed to visit Hammer Dragon, but at least heading that way seemed a safer bet.
Crashing sounds!
"Damn it, you really called it!"
The two dragons had just distanced themselves from the river when they saw a rushing wave coming from upstream.
The momentum of the wave seemed so strong that it might even sweep away a LV1 little dragon.
And the surge in the water was rapid, soon flooding out of the river and even indicating signs of chasing them.
Seeing this, Li Long and Ayala Dragon immediately quickened their pace.
It wasn’t just their area; the waters elsewhere were also flooding.
When they passed a lake, the water had risen past their ankles, almost reaching their calves.
This environment slowed down the progress of the two dragons.
On the way, they also encountered various types of little dragons, but at this time, whether carnivorous or herbivorous, none paid attention to each other, all focused on migrating to avoid the water.
After trekking for over half an hour and witnessing the flooding everywhere, Li Long and Ayala Dragon finally reached their destination.
The terrain here was indeed high, with the large dirt slope only covered by about 1/10 of water.
And dominating this area, Hammer Dragon’s lair was on top of that dirt slope.
"Damn, this water force is too fierce."
Ayala Dragon reached the shore, shaking off the water.
By the time they reached the dirt slope, the water level had risen to their chests.
Li Long stood in front of it, gazing at the waters in the distance.
At that moment, a little dragon was approaching them from there.
Though described as a little dragon, its size was larger than the two of them combined.
It seemed with a bit more evolution, it would reach medium dragon size.
This dragon appeared to be the quadrupedal type, having a back above water that looked like a durian.
The spiky back armor seemed to provide strong defense and likely decent buoyancy in water.
Consequently, its approach speed toward them wasn’t slow.
"What should we do, should we take it out?"
Ayala Dragon stood beside Li Long.
It believed that Li Long, being so cunning, probably intended to take down the opponent when it was exhausted from the shore.
It agreed entirely.
Such a big dragon would definitely allow it to level up.
"..."
But Li Long remained silent.
The reason he was observing was that something just didn’t seem right.
[Roar!!!]
At that moment, the spiked back dragon suddenly let out a scream of pain.
From its posture, it seemed something attacked it from below the water.
Soon, Li Long truly saw a flash of blue light in the water, fleeting; it was injured.
"Hey, there seems to be something in the water!"
With Ayala Dragon’s exclamation, it too saw something like a fish fin in the murky water for about half a second.
"It looks like some kind of aquatic dinosaur!"
"It’s dangerous; let’s quickly move away!"
Saying this, Ayala Dragon nudged Li Long with its head, attempting to guide him up the slope.
"Don’t rush, let’s see first."
But Li Long did not budge.
Because at that moment, a thought popped into his mind: reap the benefits of others’ fights.
[Roar!!!]
Sure enough, the spiked back dragon, seemingly not willing to let the opponent off, turned its head and bit into the water.
A few seconds later, it tore out a piece of dragon meat with crocodile-like skin.
The spiked back dragon was fighting with the creature in the water.
The key was, during the battle, the spiked back dragon was desperately accelerating toward the shore.
This drew the battle nearer and nearer to where Li Long and the others were.
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That’s it for this Chapter, take a break now.
