"This young dragon's combat experience is far less rich than mine."
From the speed at which the Copper Dragon initially pursued him, Garros judged that it wasn't that strong; even with an alchemy tool to boost its speed, it was still slightly slower than him.
After the testing just now...
He confirmed that its reaction speed was insufficient, its practical experience was limited, and he also knew the effect of the gold chain alchemy tool.
This was a fledgling Copper Dragon that hadn't been through much real combat and was arrogant because of its alchemy tools—Garros made an assessment in his heart.
"The alchemy tools on its body are all mine now. I'll let it experience the dangers of the wilderness."
Garros's eyes flickered, and he changed his mind.
Originally, he had no interest in entangling with the Copper Dragon, but after testing it, he confirmed that the opponent was far from as formidable as he had expected and was also carrying treasures; the situation was completely different now.
The Copper Dragon was still relentlessly pursuing.
Garros slowed down slightly to lead the other party on, preventing it from failing to keep up with him.
After a while, the Red-Iron Young Dragon folded its wings, tore through the thick clouds, and dived down, suddenly disappearing from the Copper Dragon's field of vision.
"Out of energy to fly?"
The Copper Dragon's spirits rose.
In its view, with Garros's heavy and thick body, flying must consume a lot of Demonic Energy, and he must be exhausted by now. Meanwhile, it had the boost of alchemy tools and was waiting for the right moment; now was the perfect opportunity.
Changing direction, the Copper Dragon also dived down, its neck whiskers fluttering.
In the blink of an eye, it landed on the ground.
"Where did he hide?"
The Copper Dragon's gaze swept over the surroundings, noticing an abandoned mine pit ahead.
Walking closer slowly and looking down, the Copper Dragon saw a few dragon scales scattered on the rugged rocks at the bottom of the pit, as if they had been accidentally rubbed off.
"Hiding in such a place really fits the crude taste of an Evil Dragon."
The watchers necklace, the large gold chain around the Copper Dragon's neck, emitted a defensive glow that covered its entire body.
It lowered its wings and spiraled down to the bottom of the pit, narrowing its eyes as it scanned the dark mine tunnels, trying to find Garros's figure.
Just a few seconds later.
The black rocks beneath its feet suddenly trembled.
A foul wind blew out from the largest mine tunnel.
"Evil Hybrid Dragon! Come on, let me show you what I'm made of!"
The alert Copper Dragon's eyes lit up.
But soon, it realized something was wrong; the ground was shaking too violently, and the commotion in the tunnel sounded like a massive creature was passing through.
At the same time.
A huge black shadow pounced out of the tunnel, exposed to the sunlight.
It was an exceptionally large Rock-Crushing Worm, with countless crisscrossing fangs in its meat-grinder-like mouth, lunging toward the Copper Dragon.
It was the Rock-Crushing Worm King.
Because Garros had come here many times to catch Rock-Crushing Worms, the worm king was now very alert and would strike at the slightest disturbance. Garros knew this very well and made use of it.
"Ah, cunning Evil Dragon!"
The Copper Dragon was terrified, realizing it had been set up.
This was a trap.
It really didn't expect that the Red-Iron Young Dragon, which looked even more muscular than a Red Dragon, didn't have a head full of muscle like a Red Dragon.
The Copper Dragon immediately opened its mouth.
With a curl of its tongue, an exquisite silver frost ring was revealed.
Taking half a step back, the silver frost ring on the tip of the Copper Dragon's tongue suddenly lit up.
Freeze!
A thick cold current erupted from the Copper Dragon's mouth—more accurately, it was born from the ring, like the Dragon Breath of a Silver Dragon, meeting the super-giant Rock-Crushing Worm head-on as it rushed toward it.
Its body was instantly covered with a layer of frost.
Then, with a tooth-aching cracking sound, the ice layer condensed on the shell quickly shattered.
The worm king continued its attack.
Taking advantage of the moment it was slowed down, the Copper Dragon's flaming wings flapped faster, and it didn't dare to stay for a second as it pulled up into the air, avoiding the worm king's subsequent pursuit.
But before it could relax.
A black-Red Dragon shadow suddenly erupted from somewhere on the ground, its wings spread like giant guillotine blades, making a terrifying whistling sound as they tore through the air.
The Copper Dragon was startled.
It opened its mouth and spat out a stream of orange-red, gel-like acid, which expanded into a spiderweb shape in mid-air, descending toward Garros.
Flame Dragon Breath surged out from Garros's mouth, igniting the Copper Dragon's acid Dragon Breath and destroying its corrosion and stickiness.
Whoosh!
The strong wind from the flapping dragon wings whipped up the flames, trailing behind him like a flickering cloak.
Garros charged straight toward the Copper Dragon with an unstoppable and powerful momentum.
Its breathing hitched slightly; facing Garros directly, the Copper Dragon finally realized it had made a mistake. This evil Dragonkin was far stronger than it had imagined, and not only was it strong, but it was also insidious and cunning. It would surely become a super-great Evil Dragon in the future.
In front of its body, the watchers necklace condensed a thicker light screen.
The Copper Dragon prepared to face the enemy.
Garros raised his right wing, and his body suddenly dashed diagonally.
With Demonic Energy poured into his wings, his speed surged.
Normally, Garros relied on his well-trained and evolved wings to fly, rather than using Demonic Energy for amplification like other Dragonkin.
His body traced an arc in the sky.
Garros circled behind the Copper Dragon almost instantly.
The muscle fibers in his tail tightened and twisted like steel wires, and the lightning tail ring hidden in the gaps between his dragon scales also lit up, forming countless snake-like electric arcs attached to his dragon tail, crackling. At the same time, the electric current stimulated his muscles, making them burst with even greater power.
Unlike the Copper Dragon, which directly exposed its two pieces of equipment.
When Garros had nothing to do, the lightning tail ring was always hidden in the gaps of his dragon scales and was never taken out to show off.
In a posture similar to a front flip.
The Red-Iron Young Dragon's lightning-charged tail traced a full-moon-like trail of light and slammed heavily onto the Copper Dragon's back.
Crack!
The light screen suddenly shattered.
The light on the watchers necklace went out instantly, having exhausted the energy it had stored previously.
The weakened tail strike landed on the Copper Dragon's back scales. The sharp, blade-like dragon scales scraped across it densely, cutting and shattering its scales, still leaving a startling trail of mangled flesh.
The Copper Dragon cried out in pain and turned its head.
It opened its dragon maw, and the silver frost ring on the tip of its tongue lit up again, a chill quickly spreading.
Against a hybrid of a Red Dragon and an Iron Dragon...
Using the cold current impact formed by the silver frost ring could deal double damage, which was also the Copper Dragon's trump card.
However.
Something that has already been exposed cannot be called a trump card.
Garros had been on guard long ago. Before the Copper Dragon could spit out the cold current, he slammed his head forward, hitting the Copper Dragon's chin with a dull thud.
The Copper Dragon was forced to close its mouth, making it difficult to counterattack immediately.
Whoosh!
Garros exhaled a large cloud of white gas at close range, enveloping the Copper Dragon.
This was another type of Bloodline Dragon Breath belonging to the Iron Dragon—Hypnotic Dragon Breath.
Creatures hit by Hypnotic Dragon Breath will enter a sleepwalking-like state as long as they fail their will check, and they will answer every question.
A sufficiently old and powerful Iron Dragon could even directly hypnotize enemies to do things for them like puppets.
Flame Dragon Breath, Electric-Fire Dragon Breath, and Hypnotic Dragon Breath.
These were the three types of Dragon Breath Garros possessed.
Hit in the face by the Hypnotic Dragon Breath, the Copper Dragon's vision blurred, and it felt drowsy. But after all, it was older and its mental strength had grown relatively resilient, so it wasn't hypnotized instantly.
Garros slapped a dragon claw onto the Copper Dragon's neck.
Clatter.
Many shiny things flew out.
These were gems and gold coins; some Dragonkin liked to hide them close to their bodies inside the inner layer of their neck scales.
Garros curled his dragon wings, catching all the dropped gems and gold coins, and then struck a few more times, sweeping away even more gems and gold coins.
While the Copper Dragon still hadn't come to its senses...
Garros snatched away the Copper Dragon's large gold necklace with his claw, then followed up with lightning speed, using his claw tip to pick off the Wing Ring, prying open its mouth, straightening its tongue, and removing the silver frost ring.