King of Titans and Dragons
Chapter 1224 - 1224 1211 Unfilial Behavior

Chapter 1224: Chapter 1211: Unfilial Behavior Chapter 1224: Chapter 1211: Unfilial Behavior “Treasure?”

Upon hearing this word, the dejected mood among the whole team swept away in an instant, and everyone became spirited. They also began to investigate the movements in the forest area properly, and then they all noticed the abnormality.

Because the jungle was just too quiet. Originally, on their way over, the roars of tigers, the cries of apes, the chirping of birds, and buzzing of insects that they had heard—all had disappeared without a trace.

“Are you sure it’s because of an alien treasure, and not some powerful creature? As far as I know, some powerful beasts can also cause this phenomenon where all birds and animals are gone.”

The girl riding on a One-Horned Scale Horse inquired; her character was quite different, extremely fond of martial arts, and similarly, she loved reading. Therefore, she had a vast amount of knowledge.

“It’s different, miss. If it were because some powerful exotic beast had passed through, then those insects hiding in the trees would definitely have been shaken to death by the oppressive force released by the ferocious beast. But look here, there are very obvious traces of insects leaving, so I assert that there is definitely a special alien treasure in this forest, attracting the creatures of this area to fight for it.”

The knowledgeable noble girl after all couldn’t outdo the hunter with abundant experience.

“We still need to be cautious, as such an alien treasure can also attract those powerful beasts.”

“So, Lanch, where is this alien treasure you talk about?” Most people ignored the warning issued by the knight with jungle hunting experience, instead asking very eagerly about the location of the treasure.

“Let me have a look.” The knight dismounted and started searching carefully for signs left by various birds and animals as they had passed through. Soon, he had determined the direction.

“This way.” The knight indicated the direction, and the one he was pointing at was precisely where Muria was located.

“Lanch, how are you sure it’s this direction?”

“Simple, I found some Forest Lizards and other snake-like creatures that left their traces while departing, the marks all lead to the same location.”

Under the knight’s explanation, the team slowly headed toward the location where Muria was.

It didn’t take long for their mounts to become restless, and they also heard various creatures’ growling sounds while smelling a strong and pungent stench of blood.

The thick smell of blood caused many in the team to retch involuntarily; most of them were young people who had never experienced true battle and were simply pulled out for an adventure this time.

“Silence!” Seeing such poor behavior among many members of the team, the leading knight couldn’t help but let out a low growl. His instincts honed through years of battling on the battlefield made him sense extreme danger.

And this team, which had come to search for the door to a Different World, after hearing such sounds, also obediently suppressed their nausea, tried not to make any noise, and approached cautiously.

However, the cautious behavior of the team all fell into the eyes of Muria, who stood upon the ancient tree. Initially, Muria didn’t care about the approach of these local intelligent creatures.

But a stirring from within his bloodline made him cast his gaze downward again, carefully scrutinizing this team, and then, he saw the core figure of the team—the blond girl dressed in a silver-white skirt-style battle armor.

“What’s this, a coincidence?” The body sleeping within his heart slowly opened his eyes, and under the scrutiny of epics, all falsehood shattered.

He saw the elegant golden Dragon King sleeping within the girl’s heart, a Dragon King that had also fallen into the deepest slumber, the state being exactly like that of his kind he had seen before.

However, while he was observing this Dragon King, which had the deepest bloodline connection to him, there was a reaction that had never occurred when he had observed his kind before.

He saw this elegant and nimble Dragon King quivering slightly, seemingly about to awaken from his gaze, but such trembling merely appeared for an instant and then vanished.

“With stronger stimulation, it should be able to awaken!” Such a reaction made Muria’s eyes shine brightly; he now desperately wanted to awaken a relative, as he was truly too lonely at the moment.

“What’s going on?”

The sudden surge of heat in her chest made the girl Areina abruptly press down on her silver-white breastplate, and her eyes also turned golden with vertical pupils in a flash. Then, in the next instant, all her abnormalities disappeared.

“What is it, miss?” The girl’s sudden change caused the knight lying beside her to ask in a low voice.

“It’s nothing, don’t make a sound. Uncle Lanch, can you figure out what these insects, snakes, birds, and animals are fighting over?”

The girl pointed to the forest ground ahead, now stained red with blood, where tens of thousands of creatures were engaged in a brutal fight, devouring each other—a most dreadful scene.

Every beast that collapsed from exhaustion hadn’t even fallen to the ground before being torn apart by several, sometimes over a dozen monsters, leaving only scattered blood on the soil.

“I’ve never seen anything like this, this is my first time witnessing such a sinister scene, what could be worth their desperate struggle? They act like they’re crazed, miss, look, even those weak insects are joining in, it’s completely irrational.”

The knight clad in light armor pointed at the blood-drenched battlefield ahead, his face showing a look of astonishment, “The disparity in strength among these fighting monsters is far too great.”

“Is that so abnormal?” asked the noble girl who had sneaked out from home, her voice deliberately lowered, cautiously. Such a scene was something she could never see in her normally peaceful life.

“Very abnormal, miss, I’ve also seen powerful beasts fight over alien treasures before. Typically, a few of the strongest beasts with similar power would clear the field, and then they would vie for it. I’ve never seen anything like this.”

“Then what do you think this is, Uncle Lanch? Based on your experience, what’s happening now?”

“I estimate that the real treasure has probably shattered and was swallowed by these beasts, so they are killing each other. Miss, look, the speed at which those monsters grow stronger after devouring the remains is abnormally fast. That must be the effect of the treasure.”

“What should we do then?”

“We wait. Even if they become stronger by devouring each other, their strength will diminish as they continue to fight, and then we’ll take down the last remaining strongest monster,” he explained.

Time slowly passed amidst the monsters’ violent struggles and roars, until at last a monstrous snake covered in spines all over its body, even beneath its abdomen, where claws had grown, appeared.

Hiss!

Like an overlord of the jungle, it brutally tore apart the monsters that lunged at it and swallowed them. Moreover, it digested them quickly, and as it consumed more monsters, it grew larger and its presence became increasingly formidable.

As it featured more creatures, four large flesh bulges appeared on the sides of its back, and then, to the astonishment of the onlookers, two pairs of powerful, dark-scaled wings tore through its scales and unfurled.

The more the serpent dragon ate, the larger it became, its vertical pupils slowly shifting to golden, and its body emitting a savage pressure that intimidated all living spirits.

In the end, two strong claws formed on its lower abdomen. The winds encircled it invisibly, lifting its nearly fifty meters long body from the ground.

Roar!

Having evolved from a snake to a dragon and undergoing a complete transformation in the essence of life, the winged serpent dragon let out a deep and spirited roar, signifying its total transformation.

A surging devouring power burst forth from its wide-open maw, sucking up all the remaining monsters that still bravely attacked it from the ground and swallowing them whole.

“Uncle Lanch, isn’t it time to make our move?” the girl asked, feeling an inexplicable kinship towards the monster that had undergone such a metamorphosis in form and power.

“Miss, I think it would be more appropriate to retreat,” suggested the knight, swallowing nervously at the sight of the powerful monster that could crush them with its sheer size, “but I think it might be too late.”

The final victor, which had evolved from a small tree snake to a four-winged serpent dragon, now turned its peculiar golden dragon’s eyes towards the hiding place of this exploration team.

“Attack!”

Ignoring the advice of the experienced knight, Areina decisively gave what she thought was the most sensible order, drawing her sword, and leading the charge against the malevolent-eyed monster.

With the noble girl leading the way, the rest had neither reason nor choice but to withdraw, drawing their weapons, and forming a rudimentary offensive stance around Areina at the core.

The newly evolved winged serpent dragon, which had just completed a transformation from insignificant to majestic, gazed at the insignificant beings charging at it with eyes full of violent intent and, responding to its instincts, charged at them.

A fight ensued on the blood-soaked forest floor, a battle unequal in both numbers and strength.

The clash of metal rang out, human weapons hacking at the serpent dragon’s body with no effect, as if striking the hardest metal, but a shining golden greatsword sliced through the dragon’s scales like a hot knife through butter, penetrating deep into its flesh, delivering a staggering blow.

The serpent dragon, pierced by what felt like a needle compared to its size, let out a roar as if its body had been severed. It instinctively swung a claw, hitting the blonde girl, and flicked its sturdy tail, sending two knights flying.

Like steel-wrapped blood bags burst in mid-air, blood-soaked steel fragments fell from the sky, yet this gruesome scene didn’t unsettle the other members of the exploration team. Instead, they looked in shock at the heavily struck girl, blood gushing from her wounds.