Boom! Boom!
Xiao Bendan playfully struck the Electric Dragon's wings on both sides.
The Electric Dragon's entire body instantly collapsed onto the ground.
Its tail blade, emitting a scorching aura, hovered above its crown.
"What era is this? Who still fights one-on-one?"
Li Fan said, jumping off Wan Pi's neck.
Looking at the Electric Dragon's eyes, still filled with fierce energy, Li Fan leaned in and said, "Are you good at fighting? What good is it if you're good at fighting? You need influence and background to get by. Which gang are you from?"
Roar...
As the Electric Dragon was about to roar, Wan Pi raised its paw and stomped down.
The Electric Dragon, its neck pinned to the ground, fell silent.
"So it's from Little Bie Mountain."
Li Fan sighed.
The Electric Dragon strained its neck, and as it looked up, its gaze fixed on Li Fan, still full of indignation.
"Xi Xi, give us some face and stop. These monsters hit hard."
Li Fan whispered in劝解.
Crackle! Several green electric lights flickered on its body.
Li Fan sighed helplessly, knowing that in this state, capture could only be achieved by bringing it to the brink of death.
"You guys do it..."
"Wait!"
Yuduola, who had climbed out of the pit, called out to stop them.
"Why?"
"I haven't broken its crown yet."
"Let's forget about that. Xi Xi's behavior is already quite neurotic. If you keep targeting its head, it might actually go mad."
Breaking the crown now would indeed be advantageous for a group attack, but it could also cause permanent damage.
"Alright."
"Everyone try not to hit the head or any non-renewable parts when you fight... What's that sound?"
Li Fan vaguely heard a buzzing sound and looked up.
"Sound? It's the wind."
Yuduola also looked up, gazing at the dark clouds swirling in the sky with the storm.
"No..."
Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~
The increasingly intense buzzing sound quickly made Li Fan dismiss the idea of wind.
I've heard this sound somewhere before... Right! At the airport, it's the sound of an airplane taking off...
Bang! Whoosh!
With a dull thud, a gleaming silver light plummeted down.
Wherever the silver light passed, the airflow was split in two.
The shockwave generated in the air spread out in a ring through the clouds.
The gray clouds, swirling in the storm, exploded and retreated, and a circular giant pit instantly appeared.
Blinding sunlight pierced through, completely engulfing the dim bottom of the Sky-Piercing Tower, as if day and night had reversed.
"It's coming!"
Yuduola said, looking back at the wind-eroded pit not far away.
"Don't be nervous, don't move yet. Hui Hui might not have much concept of humans yet."
Li Fan reminded her.
"Uh... alright."
Yuduola stood still.
As a hunter determined to hunt the Steel Dragon, she understood the meaning behind Li Fan's words.
Unlike common perception, Elder Dragons, except for those of forbidden levels, do not consciously attack humans.
Especially ones like the Sky Comet Dragon, which rarely interact with humans.
So, in terms of their current relationship, the Sky Comet Dragon likely did not consider humans enemies.
If the other party were a solitary Elder Dragon, the ecosystem of Yiqunling would not be as rich as it is now.
However, if the hunter team reacted too violently and agitated the Sky Comet Dragon, it could provoke hostility.
Whoosh~
As the impact spread upon touching the ground, a cloud of dust swept over.
Clang!
A metallic bending sound echoed from above. The triangular wings, spewing red-hot tail flames, turned sideways. While its body was still descending, six thrusters pushed downwards to decelerate.
Less than ten meters from the ground, the rapidly descending Sky Comet Dragon resisted the impact and hovered in mid-air with the six red flames from its thrusters.
Its streamlined body had no superfluous bulges.
The silver scales adhered completely to its body, with not a single one sticking out.
Only on its tailbone was there a smoky black mark, likely caused by dragon energy discharge...
Just as Li Fan was gazing in admiration, a piercing cry broke the silence.
Roar!
The team was startled.
"Do you want to die..."
Li Fan said to the Electric Dragon.
Xiao Bendan stepped on the Electric Dragon's head and pressed down hard, silencing it.
The Electric Dragon's red vertical pupils slowly dilated, and it glanced sideways at the cluster of monsters.
Showing no reaction, it quickly shifted its attention and began to search the ground.
Groan... Groan...
The Electric Dragon kept wriggling its body. Even though it was pressed into the ground, it still let out a resentful whimper.
But when Zhan Zhan's foot also stepped on it, it was finally completely suppressed and quickly fell silent.
After searching for a while without success, a buzzing sound, like a bird's call, rang out.
Clang!
The wings on both sides of the Sky Comet Dragon's back turned sideways again, pointing towards the rear of its body.
Whoosh! Swoosh!
Six red flames erupted, and with a roar of air, the Sky Comet Dragon shot into the sky.
A burst of impact spread out, and the giant pit in the clouds, which had just begun to close, once again expanded outwards in a ring.
"It... doesn't care about us at all?"
Yuduola felt a sense of relief from surviving, but also a strange sense of loss.
It wasn't that the Sky Comet Dragon didn't see them as opponents, but that it had completely ignored their existence.
"Yes."
Li Fan watched the departing Sky Comet Dragon, which turned into a red star, and was filled with emotion.
He recalled how he had struggled to capture the Sky Comet Dragon back then.
Now, they were closer, but their dreams seemed further away.
Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~
Heavy breaths echoed one after another.
Zhan Zhan, Wan Pi, Xiao Bendan, and Paofu were all gasping for air with varying degrees of intensity.
Even breathing was difficult when they encountered it...
Li Fan knew that most monsters harbored a deep, instinctive fear of Elder Dragons, but he hadn't expected it to be so extreme.
Ugh... They didn't even have the courage to face it, so what was the point of fighting?
Li Fan covered his face with his hands, feeling very indignant.
Screech!
A emerald green Zankantō suddenly erupted from the Electric Dragon's crown.
As the Electric Dragon thrashed its head, Xiao Bendan and Wan Pi immediately retreated.
"I almost forgot about you... Wait, why aren't you affected?"
Li Fan suddenly noticed something unusual.
The monsters were all affected to varying degrees by the pressure of the Elder Dragon's aura.
The Electric Dragon was being suppressed at the time, so it should have been even more fearful.
But it was the one that roared...
The more Li Fan thought about it, the more something felt wrong.
If the attack on the Pioneer, and the various abnormal strategies during the fight, were all due to this individual Electric Dragon's neuroticism,
Then fearing Elder Dragons is a biological instinct.
The Electric Dragon is not like the Magnamalo, Furious Rajang, or Gold Rathian, which defy their superiors.
There was no reason for it not only to not fear but also to plan subsequent battles.
Why wasn't it afraid?
Just as Li Fan was wondering, the Electric Dragon looked up at the Sky-Piercing Tower and let out another somewhat mournful cry.
Could it be... Xi Xi had sensed the Sky Comet Dragon long ago and regarded it as a special existence!
A flash of inspiration struck Li Fan, and he felt he was on the verge of uncovering the truth.
The reason Xi Xi attacked the Pioneer was to prove itself.
That's why it was so eager to strike poses and show off when fighting the hunter team.
Its excellent high-altitude flight capability was likely developed when it was trying to reach the top of the Sky-Piercing Tower.
And the reason for luring the team to the Sky-Piercing Tower was probably also related to showcasing itself.
Xi Xi seemed to want to prove itself to the Sky Comet Dragon by defeating Xiao Bendan and Wan Pi.
Then, realizing it couldn't win, it chose to land on the ground to fight to avoid losing face.
Li Fan followed this line of thought, and everything made sense.
With this sentiment, Xi Xi naturally wouldn't fear the Sky Comet Dragon, and even wanted to approach it.
But what was the cause?
Li Fan thought the most likely reason was the Electric Dragon's habit of abandoning its young from the egg.
"Yuduola Dilu, did you conduct any ecological surveys of the area when you were deploying on the ground?"
Li Fan asked.
"Aren't we going to deploy against the Electric Dragon first?"
Yuduola asked in surprise.
"I've thought of a new method, which might reduce the risk."
Li Fan informed her.
"I made time to investigate, meow!"
Dill raised a notebook.
"Is there anything unusual about the Sky-Piercing Tower platform?"
Li Fan asked his subordinate.
"Let me see, meow... Yes! There's a huge accumulation of aquatic beast skeletons here, but aquatic beasts only live near the sea or rivers, so neither the quantity nor the location makes sense."
Dill reported, flipping through the notebook.
"Aquatic beasts are prey for the Sky Comet Dragon... What about the bite marks on the bones?"
"Right, meow! The bite marks on the bones are also strange. There are generally two types of bite marks, one is from the Electric Dragon, and the other hasn't been matched yet, but the bite force seems very strong."
Dill explained.
Abandonment habit, the base of the Sky-Piercing Tower, aquatic beast skeletons, two types of bite marks...
Numerous pieces of information converged, and a deduction emerged.
"This Electric Dragon... was unintentionally raised by the Sky Comet Dragon at the top of the tower."
"Ah?"
"How is that possible, meow!"
Yuduola and Dill looked incredulous.
"Don't be fooled by how fierce the Electric Dragon is now. In its youth, it had no parental protection. I speculate that Xi Xi accidentally came here during its juvenile period and found many uneaten aquatic beast carcasses. So, it settled at the base of the tower and survived the most dangerous stage of its life. Later, perhaps due to its long-term presence in the vicinity, Xi Xi sensed the existence of the Sky Comet Dragon at the top of the tower, and through misunderstanding, developed a special kind of emotion."
Li Fan speculated.
"This... so all these abnormal behaviors are caused by the Sky Comet Dragon."
Yuduola found it unbelievable.
"Yes, Xi Xi's purpose in luring us here was to prove itself in front of the Sky Comet Dragon. Attacking the Pioneer was the same, but based on the Sky Comet Dragon's performance just now, it didn't care about Xi Xi at all."
Li Fan confirmed.
"Then Xi Xi is too pathetic..."
Day and night, it wanted to prove itself to the other party, but the other party didn't even know it.
Yuduola couldn't imagine a more tragic encounter.
"Hmm... In any case, once the Zankantō is gone, we'll subdue Xi Xi first."
Li Fan began to plan the operation.
Although Xi Xi didn't have any fatal injuries, the continuous long-distance high-speed flight and aerial combat had pushed its stamina to its limit.
After a brief standoff with the Zankantō, Xi Xi was quickly suppressed to the ground again by the group attack.
Li Fan walked over, squatted down, gathered soil from the ground, mixed it with some effervescent lubricant to moisten it, and molded it into a cylinder.
Xi Xi, who was constantly thrashing its head, suddenly had its gaze attracted by the mud pillar and quickly quieted down.
Li Fan pointed to the top of the mud pillar.
"Here! Hui Hui is here! I! Can take you there! But! You have to go inside this!"
Li Fan said slowly, pointing to the silver crown ball he held.
"Okay?"
Roar...
Xi Xi's eyes darkened, and it let out a displeased roar.
"I'm here to help you. I know a lot about you and Hui Hui, like... the aquatic beast carcasses that fell from the sky."
Li Fan said, pushing a pile of small mud balls from the top of the mud pillar.
"Like how you've attacked the top of the tower countless times, but never succeeded."
As Li Fan demonstrated, the agitated Xi Xi gradually calmed down.
Seeing that the time was right, Li Fan took out a picture book.
He flipped to the pages depicting the Sky Comet Dragon and showed the book to it.
Upon seeing the content, Xi Xi's eyes widened instantly.
"It's beautiful, isn't it? You've never seen it before... To be honest, Hui Hui and I have known each other for a long time. Of course, Hui Hui might not know me yet, but in this world, if I say I'm the second person to understand Hui Hui, no one would dare claim to be the first."
Li Fan said as he flipped through the picture book.
Roar?
Xi Xi's neck retracted, revealing a confused expression.
"Hmm?... Oh, sorry, I flipped to the page about the Zinogre."
Li Fan quickly flipped back a couple of pages.
Staring at the paintings for a long time, Xi Xi fell into hesitation.
A moment later, an extremely unusual joyful cry rang out.
"You agree?"
Roar! Xi Xi responded quickly.
This is so strange, why does it feel like something is wrong...
Muttering to himself, Li Fan decided to try capturing it first.
The silver crown ball with a silver triangular crown was thrown out.
Xi Xi turned into a white light and flew away from under Xiao Bendan and Wan Pi's claws.
Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
The sphere trembled slightly on the spot for three seconds, and the capture was successful.
[Electric Dragon] Male (Unnamed)
Health: 2390/5109
Status: Both wings damaged, stamina depleted, utterly humiliated.
Level: 57
Strength: 254
Agility: 336
Intelligence: 229
Skills: [Scheming] Unsure what it's plotting.
[Looking Up] This monster has supreme aspirations.
[Extreme Altitude - Intermediate] This Electric Dragon possesses the ability to ascend and break through extreme flight altitudes.
[Airship Killer] A being that strikes fear into airships.
[Carnivore Sense] Particularly sensitive to the smell of meat.
[Solitary] This monster dislikes socializing.
[Charging] Generates electrical energy through high-frequency vibration of its piezoelectric armor, which can be circulated and transmitted throughout its body.
[Electric Discharge - Pincer Tail] After current enters the pincer tail to store energy, it can be unleashed in a burst.
Note: The pincer tail, after being charged, enters an activated state, significantly reducing its strength.
[Electric Burst Field] It pierces the ground and, after a brief charge, releases a ring-shaped electric burst energy field.
[Zankantō - Stolen Version] This Electric Dragon witnessed the entire process of the special individual, Azure Rathalos, unleashing the Zankantō. It gradually mastered it through long-term practice.
However, many key points and techniques remain incomplete.
Description: Flying Wyvern species monster.
Violent and ferocious in nature, its wing membranes, resembling insect veins, leave a deep impression.
Due to overlapping activity altitudes with the Rathalos, the two dragons are often seen fighting.
Nickname: The Rebel of Thunder.
What is this scheming skill?
Li Fan recalled for a moment and quickly guessed its intention.