Chapter 28: Copper Red Dragon: A Hybrid Dragon Born Evil! (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Near a low mountain with a dry, cracked rock face covered in numerous pits of various sizes.

A piece of fresh, skinned beast meat lay exposed on the ground, emitting an enticing bloody scent under the scorching sun that permeated the surrounding air.

Time gradually passed.

After more than ten minutes, the ground before the beast meat suddenly bulged and cracked open.

A spider crawled out from within.

Its main body was about the size of a millstone, its legs sharp as spears and nearly two meters long, its carapace earth-yellow with rock-like patterns.

Earth Spider — Level 3 Fierce Beast.

Moving its jointed legs, the Earth Spider approached the beast meat, preparing to taste this pie that had fallen from the sky.

But what it did not know was that there are never free gifts in this world.

Whoosh!

A gust of wind suddenly blew from behind.

The Red Iron Young Dragon swooped low, snatching the Earth Spider the moment it reacted, then used mental resonance to subdue it through a combination of threats and promises.

The Earth Spider was inferior to the Rock-Breaking Worm in every aspect.

However, Garos had searched for several days and found no other groups of Rock-Breaking Worms, nor any other more suitable creatures, so he had to give up.

"One Earth Spider is too few; catch more."

Garos thought to himself.

Using beast meat as bait was somewhat inefficient, so he considered changing his method.

Just as he thought for a moment, Garos noticed that the earth-brown abdomen of the Earth Spider he had just subdued still bore a faint dark red hue.

The inherited knowledge told him this meant it was a female spider currently in the stage of accepting mating with male spiders, and it could even emit corresponding hormones to attract them.

As for why the inherited knowledge included even this.

It could only be said that dragonkind had broad interests; at least one of Garos's dragon ancestors had been very interested in Earth Spiders, which is why such knowledge was left behind.

What followed was simple.

The female spider lay calmly on the ground, emitting a scent that made other male spiders utterly infatuated.

Soon, a male spider arrived, following the scent.

However, the male spider did not get its wish.

The moment it hurriedly poked its head out, it was caught by the Red Iron Young Dragon enforcing the law like a fisherman, subjected to threats and a beating, then subdued using the same method of promises.

"Desire is a blade upon the head; poor spiders."

Garos sighed, then continued his fisherman-style enforcement.

Shortly after.

Garos now had a group of Earth Spiders under his command, totaling forty-three.

Forty-two male spiders and one female spider.

All the male spiders were dispatched by Garos to a small black oil field occupied by dwarves to extract black oil for him, while the female spider was left in the Iron Fir Hills, fed and watered directly without needing to risk itself.

But this did not mean the female spider had nothing to do.

Besides continuing to attract other Earth Spiders, it also bore the heavy responsibility of soothing and boosting the morale of the male spiders.

When subduing the male spiders, Garos made a promise.

— Male spiders that brought black oil would be granted one opportunity to mate with the female spider.

For such fierce beasts with little intelligence, the desire to reproduce surpassed all else.

Driven by the instinctual urge to reproduce, the male spiders set off with high spirits, burrowing into the ground, while Garos silently awaited their triumphant return.

Several days later, in the Iron Fir Hills.

Samantha opened her mouth and spat out a fireball.

Boom!

The fireball struck Garos, exploding into dazzling flames; the powerful shockwave blew away the last of his buffering scales, revealing black-red scales as hard as cast steel and iron.

Feeling the dryness and burning sensation in his throat.

"Is that enough? I'm already getting tired."

Samantha panted heavily and asked.

"Continue; we've only just begun. Is your stamina really worse than Mobel's?"

Garos ruthlessly urged her on, employing a goading tactic.

Glancing at the Earth Rampage Bear resting against an Iron Fir on the other side, Samantha's competitiveness instantly flared; she gritted her teeth and said, "You asked for this; I'm going all out now."

Having said that.

Samantha took a deep breath, her chest swelling high, and a molten-like dark red glow appeared between the gaps in her scales.

A dazzling flame appeared between her crisscrossing dragon fangs, churning within her mouth.

Explosive Flame Dragon Breath Bullet!

The temperature in the surrounding air silently rose continuously; after brewing for several seconds, a dazzling, magma-congealed red fireball erupted from Samantha's mouth and roared straight toward Garos.

The rapidly approaching fireball reflected in his eyes.

Garos neither dodged nor fled; instead, he straightened his chest and met the attack head-on with his body.

Boom!

A powerful shockwave erupted; a wave of air carrying flames spread outward, blasting a huge deep crater and scorched earth into the ground.

Red Dragon attacks have always been renowned for their immense power.

Facing the opponent's fully brewed strongest attack, Garos was inevitably blasted away, his body crashing through several Iron Firs before stopping.

Standing up and looking down, he saw that the thick black-red scales on his chest had been concaved, with cracks radiating outward in all directions.

"Now that's an attack with real power!"

Feeling the pain in his chest, Garos felt not anger, but delight.

Samantha's other attacks had been harmless, never able to satisfy him, but this latest display was acceptable.

"Come again; I'll stand still and let you attack."

He looked at Samantha and said with keen interest.

Unexpectedly, the Samantha before him had collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud; the previous Explosive Flame Dragon Breath had nearly exhausted her last reserves of strength.

"Garos, you are becoming more and more perverted."

Samantha panted heavily, tongue lolling out, speaking in broken fragments.

She was done.

But Garos still felt unsatisfied; he turned his head to look at the Earth-Breaking Bear, Mo Bei'er.

Mo Bei'er closed his eyes and immediately pretended to be dead.

Before Samantha, it had been his turn to spar; he had not yet recovered, and though they had been fighting Garos, it was himself who ended up with aching muscles all over.

Still unsatisfied, Garos shot straight into the sky, found a barren mountain and an open space, and repeatedly rammed into them.

Some wild beasts nearby, faces filled with terror, watched the dragon-like creature acting as if possessed, constantly crashing into mountains and the ground, and hurriedly fled the area to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

Boom!

The hard granite shattered into pieces under the impact of Garos's dragon horns.

After training for a while longer.

Garos walked out of the 'cave' he had created by ramming, brushed off the dust and gravel from his body, yet still felt not fully satisfied.

As his body gradually strengthened, ordinary training no longer produced good results.

Like this small barren mountain before him, Garos had nearly smashed it through, yet his scales had only gained a few cracks, not even shattering directly.

"Ordinary mountains and the earth can no longer satisfy my training needs."

"I need a better, more suitable environment."

Flapping his dragon wings, a strong wind kicked up dust from the ground; Garos pondered in his mind and prepared to return to the Iron Fir Hills.

Just then.

A dry, desert-sand-like dragon scent suddenly wafted over.

Narrowing his eyes slightly, Garos looked up at the sky.

In his field of vision.

A dragon-like figure appeared.

The scales on its body were crimson, gleaming with a bright metallic luster under the sunlight; a pair of spiral horns extended backward from its forehead, resembling those of a mountain goat; copper-colored hardened scale-whiskers grew from its neck to its spine, fluttering in the wind; as it flew, its form swept across the sky like a crimson sandstorm.

This was a Copper Dragon, a type of Metal Dragon.

It was now flying straight toward Garos's location, its target clear; it had obviously detected Garos's presence.

"Senselessly destroying innocent mountains and land, hm? A naturally evil Red-Iron hybrid dragon! Today, this dragon will make you feel the strike and punishment of the Metal Dragon!"

The young Copper Dragon had smelled the dragon scent on Garos; seeing him made him extremely displeased, and a strong desire for battle rose in his heart.

(End of this chapter)