Monster life starting from picking up materials

The rain lasted for a whole day and night, giving Ji Jie time to digest the dead bird.

The rain gradually subsided, and the sun pierced through the clouds and shone outside.

The ground outside was shimmering, giving it a lake-like feel.

Ji Jie led the young dragons out of the cave, looked up, and saw a rainbow hanging in the sky.

On a whim of the alien soul, the male Rathalos raised its wings and pierced Tengumon's body, causing the contents of its pocket to fall to the ground.

The young dragons were left behind temporarily, and Ji Jie soared in the sky after the rain, getting closer and closer to the rainbow bridge.

The scenery of the submerged forest in the New World reappeared after a few days.

The clear blue of the river blends seamlessly with the emerald green of the trees. Is it the river flowing through the trees, or are the trees standing in the river?

Many slopes that can store water form layers of stacked lakes, which are the core of this ecological community.

Although it is not as spectacular as the ancient tree forest, it also has its own ecological system, which is content that does not appear in the game. There should also be some monsters that have not appeared in the game, right?

As for the rainbow, it looked much taller than the ancient tree. Thinking of the young dragons left on the ground, Ji Jie had to give up.

After returning to the ground and transforming into Tengumon again, Ji Jie excitedly made a shoulder pole for the iron pot and porcelain bowl and tied them up, and stuffed the props that fell on the ground and the last fire dragon egg into the vine bag.

Then it turned into a male fire dragon again, holding a load in its mouth and another load in its claws, and transformed into a spacecraft with double wings and twice the load, rushing towards the submerged forest.

Chapter 44 Water Dragon

A strong wind blew past. Although Mu Ladle and Wash Basin had seen the Keepers jumping back and forth among multiple races, they had never experienced flying directly into the sky when they were young dragons. At this moment, they were blown by the strong wind and screamed.

As Ji Jie slowed down their flying speed and sorted the chaotic airflow into wind, they were able to adjust their wings and learn to fly under the shelter of the male fire dragon.

He flew in the air for several hours without stopping, making up for the distance lost due to the heavy rain, until he arrived above the lake.

Ji Jie was so proud of being the overlord of the sky that he couldn't hide anything. If he hadn't been holding the load in his mouth, he would have wanted to howl.

Looking down, what kind of overlord would be in such a big lake?

Ji Jie carefully lowered his altitude so that he could see more details underwater.

The emerald blue color surged beneath the shimmering lake surface, and even the fire dragon could only catch a glimpse of it.

This is obviously some kind of large monster, possibly even the overlord of the waters.

It shouldn't be a sea dragon. If it were a sea dragon, it would be time to stick its head out of the water and try to roar at it.

The sea dragon, a sea dragon monster known as the king of the ocean, occupies an ecological niche in the ocean that is comparable to that of a male fire dragon in the sky.

Although it is called a sea dragon, it also has the ability to live in freshwater rivers and often enters the land from the ocean to prey on herbivorous dragons.

In a land environment, fire dragons are often the strongest competitors of sea dragons.

It is not advisable to fight with the whole family, so Ji Jie climbed up again and came to the forest on the edge of the lake. After feeding the baby dragons, he put them down and hid them.

Then it flapped its wings and flew up, looking around to make sure there were no large predators around.

After doing all this, he flew back over the lake, wanting to see who the overlord was under the water.

It can't be a mudfish dragon, right?

He flew at a low altitude, and after a few rounds of inspection, he saw the tumbling creature again and greeted it with a loud roar.

The water surface churned slightly, and in response he saw an indigo head poking out of the water. The head was shaped like a fish, with majestic fan-shaped spines on top. Its upper and lower jaws were open, and it let out a sharp roar.

"hold head high!"

Also exposed were a mouth full of sharp teeth.

When this ichthyosaur monster leaped out of the water and charged towards Ji Jie, the wing-like fins on both sides of its body were clearly visible.

"Is this... a water dragon? Is it really there..."

Ji Jie flapped his wings to gain altitude, avoiding the water dragon's leaping attack.

I remember when the Iceborne DLC for Monster Hunter: World was first released, a list of monsters that would appear was circulated, and the water dragon was on it.

Although Iceborne has been completed and no updates have been released, some monsters including the water dragon have not appeared in the game, and this list has been confirmed to be a rumor, but it is reasonable to speculate that the water dragon will appear in the New World.

This guy is really big, his size exceeds that of most male fire dragons he has ever seen. He is even a little unsure of who is bigger between him and it.

Water dragon, a species of ichthyosaur that mainly lives in freshwater areas, has huge wing-like fins on both sides of its body, indicating that it evolved from a flying dragon.

Because the buoyancy of the water can provide support, and the aquatic species provide sufficient nutrition, each ichthyosaur can grow to an extremely large size among large monsters.

"Roar!"

The flames surged from the chest to the throat, swirled in the mouth and continued to form a ball, and then formed a fireball due to the break caused by a flick of the tongue, and shot towards the water dragon that fell back to the surface and poked its head out again.

The water dragon happened to hit the fireball head-on. The explosion instantly produced steam, leaving some charred black on the water dragon's smooth scales.

The water dragon retracted into the water again, leaving Ji Jie hanging in the air, at a loss.

This guy is in the lake, there's no way to fight him.

In his aquatic form, he only has a few big and small fish, which are not enough to fill the water dragon's teeth.

What Ji Jie didn't notice was that the water dragon emerged from the water again from behind him, opened its mouth and fired a high-pressure water gun directly onto Ji Jie's wings.

"Ok?"

The water gun failed to penetrate the male fire dragon's wing membrane, but only wet it and caused Ji Jie to stagger in the air.

Taking advantage of this stumble, Ji Jie flipped over in the air and headed towards the water dragon again.

Dive

Got it empty.

This really feels like whack-a-mole...

The water dragon dodged the fire dragon's dive but did not stop. It jumped out of the water again and crashed into Ji Jie.

boom--

The water dragon bit Ji Jie's leg, causing him to stumble again. He ignored the pressure on his leg and focused on maintaining flight.

But he knew that if he fell into the water, it would be difficult to fight again.

The water dragon's head doesn't seem to have a strong bite force. The fine serrations can only leave white marks on the fire dragon's tough leg armor.

Instead, Ji Jie's claws could reach it.

He shook his body and threw the water dragon into the water, and the resulting dive caused his claws to embed into the side of the water dragon.

The overlord of the sky flapped his wings, trying to pull the king of the water into his territory to fight.

Water can become the buoyancy that supports the water dragon, and naturally it can also become an obstacle to Ji Jie's ideas. The huge body of the water dragon struggles in the water, causing waves to hit him.

But he is not an ordinary fire dragon. Black patterns are stained on his wing membranes, and the dragon energy in the Tyrannosaurus Jade that has not been used is subtly stimulating his body.

Gluttony stimulates his aggressiveness, and the power supporting this gluttony flows through his wings.

In addition to the chaos stirred up by the water dragon, the water surface was also causing waves due to the wind pressure of the male fire dragon.

The water dragon has jumped into the sky from the water more than once, but this is the first time it has been taken into the air by another creature.

Unfortunately, there is more than one water dragon in this lake.

The lake water was stirred, accompanied by the roar of the water dragons and the sound of rapids breaking through the air.

High-pressure water guns shot at Ji Jie's body, and the wing membrane became heavy due to being soaked in water.

There was also a water dragon leaping out of the water, trying to reach the male fire dragon in the sky.

Unlike the solitary Fire Dragon, Water Dragons are quite social and occasionally hunt in groups in open waters.

This area of water is quite open, and the aerial overlord is provoking the water dragon tribe in this area over the lake.

"This is a group fight, right?"

There was no telling how many water dragons there were under the blue waves. There were three heads sticking out of the water shooting water guns.

Among them is a subspecies that is completely emerald green, the Emerald Water Dragon.

It is a water dragon whose scales turn into emerald green after entering middle age, and its physical fitness and combat capabilities are stronger.

The angry fireball exploded on the captured water dragon, and the flesh and blood exposed under the broken skin and scales were charred black, with a slight meaty smell.

But the water dragon was still struggling, and the pressure from the other water dragons continued.

Ji Jie could only suppress his anger and directly let go of the water dragon in his claws, letting it fall on another leaping water dragon. The two fell into the lake together, splashing huge water.

The overlord of the sky made a beautiful turn and chose the victory!

The water dragons could only stick their heads out of the lake in a panic. Seeing him go away, they could do nothing but make some useless shouts.

Chapter 45 "Lantern Fish"

The male fire dragon's eyes scanned the lakeshore, his uncontrolled appetite prompting him to look for any meat that could fill his mouth.

The aquatic beasts living in the lake and rivers were crushed by the sky overlord, their bodies shattered on the spot, and blood spread on the water surface.

The remaining aquatic beasts didn't even have a chance to escape. They were roasted by the flames dancing in Ji Jie's mouth and fell to the surface of the water, with steam rising.

The aquatic beast was bitten and swallowed, and the feeling of having its mouth full suppressed the intense hunger.

The Thunder Wolf and Velociraptor that Ji Jie encountered both had social characteristics of joint hunting, but when they met, they were both weak and alone.

And that group of water dragons, taking advantage of the terrain, still fought in a group, which was simply unethical.

He thought indignantly and turned his head to look at his wings that had mutated.

While observing the young dragons, Ji Jie discovered that the wing membranes of fire dragons were very thin and tender when they were first born, and there were dense blood vessels on them.

During development, the wing membrane on the inside of the wing will continue to grow like long fingernails. The initial thin layer of wing membrane will develop wrinkles as it continues to grow.

These folds are stacked and glued together, making the wing membrane tougher and also creating the patterns on the fire dragon's wing membrane.

When the fire dragon's wing membrane grows again after being injured, these folds are squeezed inward during growth and then healed again.

The squeezing of wrinkles will also cause delicate blood vessels to be abandoned, and blood will no longer flow through these blood vessels.

Ji Jie's current condition is that due to the brief activation of dragon energy just now, his heart is beating at a high speed and pumping blood to all parts of his body.

The dragon energy seemed to be mixed in the body and pumped to all parts of the body along with the blood.

These abandoned blood vessels are also part of the body, but the blood did not open up the wrinkled wing membrane. Instead, it formed congestion at the edges, like a new pattern.

There were even blood clots that burst the blood vessels, and blood drops rolled on the wing membrane, splashing on the water surface and exploding into a spark of dragon energy.

I remember there were rumors in the early days that Tyrannosaurus Rex had dragon blood. The dragon here most likely refers to the "龍" of the ancient dragon, rather than the "竜" of the flying dragon species.

Is it related to dragon energy?

"call!"

Ji Jie flapped his mutated wings, and the violent wind pressure caused waves on the water surface.

The water that had seeped into the folds of the wing membrane had long been shaken off, and the wings were heavier than before.

The downward slap is more powerful, but it takes a little more effort to lift it up. Overall, it can be considered an enhancement.

So, what is the price?

Ji Jie swallowed the roasted aquatic beasts one by one into his stomach.

He thought of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which didn't have the life of an ancient dragon but had the disease of an ancient dragon. For him now, the dragon attribute was too advanced, so he should use it less.

After filling his stomach temporarily, the male fire dragon returned to the sky and flew towards the direction where he hid the young dragon.

He was still thinking about how to eat a water dragon. If he ate a water dragon, his weakness in aquatic monsters would be made up.

The sea, land and air forms are complete. Of course, it would be even better if a sea dragon could be found later. With the ability to discharge electricity in water, the sea dragon has few rivals in the water.

Since we have water dragons, there must be sea dragons along the coast of the New World, right?

Mourn the death of the stillborn Hailong——

Looking down at the lake from the air, in addition to the fish in the water, water dragons also like to prey on herbivorous dragons drinking water on the shore, so there will be opportunities.

Diving down, Ji Jie grabbed a herbivorous dragon at the edge of the water dragon's hunting ground and brought it back to the young dragons.

After transforming into Tengumon and rolling meatballs to feed them, he packed up his luggage again and took the dragon cubs to live by the lake, also in order to look for opportunities to hunt water dragons.

As long as the water dragon comes ashore in front of him, there is no way he can get back into the water.