Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 542 The Deep Underground Pit, the Heart's Trembling
Half an hour later, Little Loren flew out of Luo Yun's nest in a sorry state.

Although he successfully got the answer he wanted from his father, Ya Ji, whose maternal love had almost completely dissipated, gave him a beating for disturbing Luo Yun's rest.

This deeply hurt young Loren.

Was he really just an accident?

However, after learning about his father's plans, Little Loren felt much relieved. At least the situation wasn't as exaggerated as the cats had made it out to be. It was just moving a nest, not that he wasn't coming back. Besides, he had just received encouragement from his father in the nest. The Ancient Tree would have to rely on him from now on!

Little Loren was flying along when he suddenly paused.

For some reason, he always felt like he had been tricked.

Inside the nest, Luo Yun, disturbed by Little Loren, lost all interest in resting and, out of boredom, began to meticulously plan the next ten years for the Ancient Tree.

The thought of his rebellious son willingly becoming a management tool after his praise made him want to laugh.

Is there ever a prince in this world who reigns for hundreds of years?
Yes, perhaps even more than several hundred years! As long as Luo Yun is alive, Little Loren will remain just a child.
Luo Yun shook his head to shake the thought out of his mind.

With his current strength, he takes care of the ancient tree only out of a sense of responsibility, not for any other reason. The thought of having to keep an eye on the development of a civilization for hundreds of years gives Luo Yun a headache.

Indeed, it's best to let go decisively once young Loren is ready to take over.

As long as he is alive, he will forever be the 'god' of the ancient tree civilization!
After learning more about the Fire Dragon Boss's thoughts, the shrine was still somewhat unable to accept it, but it was much better than the scene of complete separation described by Tonkotsu.

The news brought by Little Loren was so timely that, after being spread through the shrine, the commotion on the ancient tree quickly began to subside.

The ancient dragon scholars, who had originally been prepared to study the ancient tree at all costs, quickly adjusted their research tasks, changing from researching how to stop the ancient tree from metamorphosing to researching how to enable living beings to survive in the realm of the 'gods'.

The Ancient Tree Research Base is facing a dilemma. They had already sent someone to the Starry Sky Outpost to report on the departure of the Blazing Sun Dragon, but now this significant turn of events has forced them to send another person to try and catch up with the previous person and deliver the latest information.

Since the minor disturbance at the Ancient Tree, Xia Guagua has stopped worrying. All she needs to know is that Luo Yun also intends to leave the Ancient Tree.

Having resolved her inner turmoil, Xia Guagua happily continued to eat and drink her fill, awaiting Luo Yun's final decision.

Meanwhile, at the Starry Sky base, the commander-in-chief was also somewhat troubled by the former supply squad leader who was pacing back and forth in front of him and never stopped moving.

The news that the Blazing Sun Dragon was leaving from the Ancient Tree almost shocked him so much that he asked the Grand Master to go and inquire about the situation.

Later news revealed that the Blazing Sun Dragon was simply moving its nest deeper into the New World, not leaving the Ancient Tree forever.

This finally put his mind at ease.

While he was away at the Icefield, the Grand Master actually promoted the relationship between the Survey Hunters and the Ancient Tree Dragons, greatly deepening the Hunters' sense of identity and belonging to the Ancient Tree civilization.

By the time he returned, things had already progressed beyond his control.

Therefore, if the Blazing Sun Dragon were to abandon the Ancient Tree and leave on its own at such a critical moment, this upheaval would likely cause a major earthquake, and even affect the Old World.

After all, the trade volume between the Old and New Worlds is quite substantial now!

However, things always seem to go on in waves. The second message mentioned that the idea of ​​Blazing Sun Dragon leaving the Ancient Tree was inseparable from Xia Guagua, a senior member of their research team and one of the biggest trump cards of Starry Sky Stronghold!

Putting aside how much resources the investigation team spent to support Him, just imagine how much the defense and risk resistance of the entire Star Base would be reduced without such a special individual as the Chameleon!
As for Xiaoxialong, she cannot be considered as a regular combatant.

Moreover, given their understanding of Xia Guagua's lazy nature, they feared that once she left, she would have a hard time returning.

Whether from a profit or emotional perspective, Starry Sky Stronghold finds it hard to accept, especially the former head of the supplies team who has a deep bond with Xia Guagua!
He's been nagging the Commander-in-Chief for days, wanting to go to the Ancient Tree to find Xia Guagua and get some answers!
But now, at such a crucial time, the relocation of the Blazing Sun Dragon was all caused by Xia Guagua. Going to the Ancient Tree at this time would just be making them a punching bag for the cats, wouldn't it? For a moment, the Commander-in-Chief was really having a headache!
On the ancient tree, after explaining his plans for the tree's development over the next ten years, Luo Yun made his decision.

Flying away from its nest, it found Xia Guagua fast asleep in the medicinal herb plantation, and without saying a word, grabbed the back of its neck and made it show the way.

Although the Gathering Places were next to the New World, he didn't know their exact location. In order to save time and find a suitable nesting spot as soon as possible, he ignored Xia Guagua's protesting quacks and forcibly dragged her into high-speed flight.

With Xia Guagua holding him back, it took Luo Yun a whole day to fly to the Land of Gathering Demons.

Watching Xia Guagua lying on the reef, constantly spraying medicinal mist to heal herself, I silently cursed her as a weakling before quickly absorbing life energy to replenish the energy I had consumed.

"Qua~"

A slightly complaining cry came from Xia Guagua. Apart from still looking tired, the damage to her body caused by the long-term high-speed flight via the turbine had been restored to normal under the treatment of the medicinal mist.

Xia Guagua stared with dead fish eyes, inwardly condemning Luo Yun's behavior of not treating dragons as dragons, but she had no choice but to continue guiding him.

The Gathering Lands are very small, so small that even the ley lines don't completely cover the existing land.

However, precisely because it is small, the earth's energy is highly concentrated, and the competition among ecosystems is even more intense than in the New World.

Battles are almost everywhere, with large monsters whose wildness and physique rival those of the Elder Dragon's Recess, and ancient dragons hiding in various places watching the show.

Aside from its relatively small land area, the ecological cycle here is arguably even healthier than that of the New World, and monsters are more active.

As soon as it stepped into the forest area, Xia Guagua smelled something that made it very unhappy. After finding the mark that the scum dragon had marked its territory using the Xia dragon's unique method, it quickly greeted Luo Yun and then entered perfect stealth mode, intending to go and cause trouble for that guy.

Luo Yun didn't care about this and began to look around to see if it could meet his needs.

But as I flew, I suddenly felt a call from within, as if something inside me was about to burst forth.

Meanwhile, as Luo Yun arrived at the Demon Gathering Land and began searching for a new lair, the progress bar for natural affinity, which had been stuck at 99%, successfully reached 100.

After a brief period of garbled text on the panel, the display suddenly went blank.

All the quantified data disappeared, and the area fell into silence.

Luo Yun was completely unaware of this. Following the voice that appeared in his mind, he quickly flew towards the north of the Demon Gathering Land.

We passed through the forest, crossed the ice field, and entered a huge canyon.

This is the end of a leyline tributary in the Gathering Lands, where there isn't much flow of life energy, making it appear somewhat desolate.

At the top of a deep pit, Luo Yun lit a flame for illumination and plunged into the pit without hesitation.

After wandering around in the deep pit for a long time, we stopped on a pool of lava.

Ahead lay a dead end, and the voice that had stirred his heart came from there!

Not inside the wall, but in that slightly distorted space in front of us!
With Luo Yun's arrival, the distorted space seemed to have received some kind of signal.

Soon, the air began to distort, and life energy began to flow in.

The space in front of Luo Yun twisted and tore open rapidly in a spiral shape. From the dark void, a familiar yet strange aura emanated—an energy aura that did not belong to this world!
Seeing this unusual situation, Luo Yun cautiously took a step back, and suddenly realized that something seemed to be peeling away from his body and then gathering in his throat.

I instinctively spat out the foreign object in my throat, only to find that it was just a small piece of grayish-white stone!
However, this stone looks like a piece that was forcibly broken off from a complete stone slab.
(End of this chapter)