NABC Chapter 82 A Life or Death Battle!
Chapter 82 A Life or Death Battle!
Chen Yan had never been so close to the Extinction Dragon.
In His sudden, heartfelt embrace, the man and the dragon faced each other once more. If Chen Yan hadn't drawn his sword at the last second and pressed it against the Nergigante's fangs, he probably would have been halfway into the Nergigante's belly.
Sparks flew as the blade rubbed against the fangs. The Nergigante shook its head, desperately trying to shake off the obstructing blade and bite Chen Yan. Although Chen Yan's arms trembled like leaves, he also desperately followed the Nergigante's two large fangs, refusing to let it bite him.
In the stalemate between the two, Chen Yan was forced to inhale the fishy, sweet breath exhaled from the dragon's mouth. After a few breaths, his face began to turn purple. Then, a sharp pain that started in his throat quickly spread to his lungs. Every breath he took felt like a knife being stabbed into his lungs.
He now understood why Nergigante twitched when it breathed—it was really in pain...
Even worse, the Nergigante had already crushed his breastplate, and its sharp claws had opened several bleeding gashes. Chen Yan felt like a deflated balloon, his strength and body temperature rapidly draining away.
Blood loss and venom made him dizzy, and his hand, which was poking at Nergigante's fangs, grew weaker and weaker. In his daze, he met Nergigante's gaze once more and saw the extreme longing deep in its dim eyes.
Chen Yan was slightly dazed. It turned out that the Extinction Dragon not only coveted his body, but also the strange things inside him.
Since arriving in the New World, he has been diligently searching for and completing missions every day. Unbeknownst to him, his body has accumulated dozens of different monster abilities, which, regardless of their strength, are transformed into warm currents and absorbed by various parts of his body.
Could it be that the Nergigante, which can sense the life energy of the ancient dragon, has already discovered the special nature of his body, and that's why it's so relentless in trying to devour him?
As the blade lodged in its mouth slowly lost its strength, Nergigante suddenly shook its head, sending the blade flying. Facing the now unarmed Chen Yan, a faint glimmer of light appeared in its eyes, and it opened its jaws again, biting down on Chen Yan.
"You won't even give me a task... I'd rather die than let you get something for nothing!"
Suddenly, a surge of strength welled up in Chen Yan's body, which had long since lost all sensation. Facing the gaping maw of the Nergigante, he desperately used his left hand to hold down its upper jaw and his right hand to support its lower jaw. He could no longer feel the pain of his palm being pierced by the fangs; he only saw blood dripping into the Nergigante's mouth.
His tongue licked it, and the incredibly delicious taste made his eyes shine even brighter.
Chen Yan glanced one last time at the frantic Flower Cat and Sakura Fire Dragon trying to save him, then resolutely looked away and roared at the Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess who were rapidly swooping down from the sky.
"It's too late, fire at me!!!"
Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess sensed the resolute tone in Chen Yan's voice.
He had no choice but to be resolute. Judging from the reaction of the Nergigante after drinking a few mouthfuls of his blood, if it really swallowed this super tonic alive, the Nergigante would probably transform into the World Destroyer Nergigante on the spot.
Even if the Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess, the fire dragon couple, joined forces, they would probably only be able to flee when faced with the Annihilation Dragon.
Facing Chen Yan, who was unafraid of death, a hint of approval and appreciation emerged in the guilty and anxious eyes of Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess. These two "kings" and "princesses" who had survived thousands of battles had already acknowledged Chen Yan.
They now agree to let Chen Yan ride on their beloved granddaughter, Sakura Rathalos.
Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess stopped diving. One raised its head and spread its wings to fly high again, while the other stayed in place and danced gracefully.
The one that flew up was the Black Flame King.
When it flew to a height of a thousand meters, the lotus-shaped patterns on its black scales glowed with an extremely dazzling red light. The fire sac inside its body, several times the size of an ordinary fire dragon, shrank into a ball, and the endless bursts of flame were all gathered into its tightly closed mouth.
A fireball appeared, filling every inch of its mouth. The intense heat licked at its mouth and throat, but the Black Flame King gritted its teeth and continued to frantically squeeze the flames into the fireball, which was no bigger than a fist.
Under immense pressure, the fireball's color began to change drastically.
In just a few breaths, the color changed from orange-red to golden yellow, from golden yellow to pure white, and then from pure white to bluish-white, until when it opened its mouth, which was already severely scorched by the flames, there was only a silent, burning, and rising azure fireball inside.
The moment it appeared, it was as if a volcano was erupting in the sky, and the extremely high temperature of thousands of degrees made the air explode.
The Purple Poison Princess, hovering a hundred meters in the air, also performed the most beautiful dance of her life.
Its internal venom glands, like the Black Flame King's fire pouch, were empty. All the venom had been gathered into the longest thorn on its tail. The venom, which should have been purplish, had now turned pure black. Its toxicity was so potent that even the air hissed as it was corroded.
As the Dance of Death drew to a close, Purple Poison Princess looked down at Chen Yan.
With the final dragon flame in its mouth, Black Flame King also looked down at Chen Yan.
Half a second later, Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess no longer hesitated.
Purple Poison Queen took the lead with a magnificent twirl and dive, pouring all her strength into her taut tail. The sharpest thorn at the end of her tail trembled slightly, issuing a final warning to the Nergigante.
However, the Nergigante ignored him and just bit harder. At this moment, its upper and lower fangs were only a finger's width away from crushing Chen Yan's head.
Until the Purple Poison Princess's long, sharp thorns pierced through its scales and flesh, deeply penetrating its heart, the concentrated poison exploded in the Nergigante's internal organs in an instant. The Nergigante shuddered violently, and its eyes instantly darkened.
Even so, He didn't forget to use the last bit of strength to continue biting Chen Yan's head.
Purple Poison Princess injected all her venom into Nergigante's body, leaving not a single drop. Feeling the sun about to set overhead, she deliberately broke off the poisonous thorns that had pierced Nergigante's body at the last moment, and spread her wings to rush towards Pink Rathian and Suicune.
As it landed and rose, it grabbed one thing with each of its paws, trying to take them with it away from the center of the explosion.
However, to its surprise, the timid and cowardly little Rathalos in its memory, which was so frightened by even a Rock Dragon that it didn't know how to fly, suddenly roared angrily at it. It clawed and bit, desperately trying to break free from the Purple Poison Princess's claws.
The fat cat that it thought was a backup food source reacted even more, actually stabbing it with a knife and yelling at it to let go of its claws, although after stabbing it for a long time it only left a few white marks on its scales.
Purple Poison Princess looked down at Little Sakura Fire Dragon, a hint of relief in her eyes.
My little princess has finally grown up...
As for the flower cat, it ignored it.
With a breath containing a slight toxin, Sakura Fire Dragon and Flower Cat quickly fainted, but the dragon and cat still struggled in their last moments before their eyes closed.
After they flew far away, the Black Flame King swooped down, carrying the blue sun.
Its extensive combat experience taught it when to release the bomb. Once it was certain that the fireball's power would be maximized, it spat it out without hesitation, then rapidly ascended, completely unconcerned about the impending explosion.
Anyway, everything will turn to dust in the flames, so there's nothing to see.
Watching the Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess fly away, Chen Yan completely gave up struggling. He let go so quickly that even the Extinction Dragon didn't have time to react. By the time it came to its senses, Chen Yan had already willingly crawled into its mouth, only sticking its head out to admire the deep blue fireball.
"Hmm... According to scientific research, when a flame turns blue, it generally indicates that the temperature has reached over 1700 degrees Celsius. Hey, little sheep, can you handle it?"
The Nergigante remained silent, simply using its tongue to swallow him, but Chen Yan stubbornly refused to comply, clinging tightly to its triangular, sticky tongue with both hands and feet, transforming into a stubborn "tongue-hugging man," unable to be shaken off by the Nergigante no matter how hard it tried.
This was all thanks to Hua Miao for providing Chen Yan with a wealth of experience with face-hugging cats.
With the fireball approaching overhead, the Nergigante had no choice but to abandon its plan to swallow Chen Yan whole. After all, the flesh was already in its mouth, and it would be swallowed sooner or later. While swallowing its saliva, which contained a hint of Chen Yan's flavor, it looked around and pondered how to escape.
It wouldn't work in the sky. Although the fireball was falling slowly, its internal organs had been severely poisoned, and it couldn't feel the existence of wings, so it couldn't fly at all.
Neither left nor right worked; the almost straight volcano, without any gaps, completely blocked any possibility of Him rolling in and hiding inside.
Neither the front nor the back worked. Although the road was flat and there was a ravine not far away, its limbs, which were throbbing with pain, were not strong enough to support its massive body as it crawled in.
So, there's only one way out left.
With difficulty, it shook its thick, massive tail, the only part of its body that hadn't been badly injured in the battle with the fire dragon. It rose high into the air and landed heavily, instantly cracking the several-meter-thick volcanic rock beneath it.
Holding His tongue and watching His miraculous manipulations through the gaps between His teeth, Chen Yan heard a terrifying sound.
thump—
thump—
thump—
The long echo told him that there seemed to be a bottomless cave underground.
Hearing the tail slam down again and the continuous cracking sound of the volcanic rock beneath him, Chen Yan thought of an even more terrifying rumor.
I heard that Nergigante is really good at digging burrows?
The sinking of Nergigante's body confirmed his guess.
"We're facing certain death, we absolutely cannot let you escape!"
Chen Yan panicked. He opened his blood-red maw and bit down hard on the tip of the Extinction Dragon's tongue.
Nergigante never expected that the lollipop in its mouth would start biting the dragon.
Caught off guard, His third slam of the tail veered off course, landing on the rocky ground beside Him where there were few cracks. His body, half-buried in the ground, came to a stop.
After being interrupted by Chen Yan, it was too late to strike a fourth time.
In the last few moments before the fireball exploded, He only had time to use His tail to flick His two wings onto His back, curl His body up on the ground as much as possible, flick His tail in front of Him to protect Half of His body, and He even thoughtfully pressed Chen Yan under His tongue.
...
First, a glowing fireball rose up, and after the fireball went out, it formed a rising mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke. The shockwave swept across the entire Elder's Recess, and huge pillars of dust rose from the ground. The entire northeastern corner of the New World seemed to shake as if it had exploded.
Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess circled back, and from a height of a thousand meters, they carefully scanned every inch of land swept by the explosion. As expected, there was no living thing within a radius of a hundred meters, only charred ore. It seemed that Nergigante had been completely reduced to dust.
Black Flame King stared intently at the crevice. Its eyesight was excellent; it could see the folds of the Rock Thief Dragon's belly as it rolled over from a thousand meters away, but it couldn't make out what was inside the dark crevice.
To be absolutely sure, it prepared to go closer to take a look, but the Purple Poison Fairy grabbed its tail.
Black Flame King was taken aback, then suddenly remembered something and looked at the little Sakura Fire Dragon beside him along with Purple Poison Princess.
Sakura's dragon stared blankly at the desolate battlefield below, its head bowed. Though it didn't whimper, large dragon tears streamed uncontrollably from the corners of its eyes. Meanwhile, Hana was sobbing loudly on its back, its fat body trembling with each sob.
Purple Poison Princess slowly approached, wanting to lick away the Dragon Tears from the corner of its eye, but was knocked away by Little Sakura Fire Dragon. It looked angrily at the "culprit" who caused Chen Yan's death, with tears streaming down its face.
It can see it clearly!
Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess clearly had the ability to kill the Extinction Dragon, but they didn't!
Faced with the questioning gaze of Sakura Fire Dragon, Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess were speechless and could only lower their heads and avoid looking at it.
Actually, they initially intended to kill Nergigante, but whenever they were about to deliver the fatal blow, a strange sense of unease would well up in their hearts. As the king and queen of the fire dragons, they were no strangers to this feeling.
Since there are ancient dragons that can summon wind and rain and cause natural disasters, destroying the natural ecosystem, then naturally an ancient dragon that feeds on ancient dragons will evolve to hunt them and achieve ecological balance.
If they had killed Nergigante, it would have undoubtedly disrupted the natural cycle, which is why Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess chose to let Nergigante leave.
But who would have thought that the Extinction Dragon was still so treacherous, and even when their lives were hanging by a thread, they still thought about eating people. They never expected that the Extinction Dragon would be so audacious, and that's how they fell into its trap.
Strangely enough, the moment the Nergigante made contact with Chen Yan, their palpitations vanished without a trace, as if the special Nergigante had suddenly ceased to be special.
Black Flame King nudged Purple Poison Princess's wing with his head, gesturing for it to go and coax his beloved granddaughter, Little Sakura Fire Dragon. When they were little, no matter how angry the little one got, as long as Purple Poison Princess coaxed her and he went to catch some good food for her, she would be calmed down in no time.
But this time, it seems that the trick didn't work.
Sakura Fire Dragon completely ignored the Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess, who were still trying to coax it using the same methods they used when it was a child.
It now understands that although Grandpa Dragon Black Flame King and Grandma Dragon Purple Poison Princess reign supreme in a corner of the Dragon Crystal Land, they are actually timid and hesitant when it comes to fighting, not even as good as Chen Yan... no, not even as good as Flower Cat.
It pulled out scales from under its wings and tossed them to them before turning and flying back.
At this moment, Sakura Fire Dragon had never craved power so much.
If it were stronger, would Chen Yan have survived?
It wants to become stronger, it wants to become stronger, it wants to become stronger!!!
It didn't want to learn from Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess. It wanted to go to the Ancient Forest to find the Golden Rathalos and Silver Rathalos, who resided at the top of the forest and dared to declare war on Aotu Na, to learn their skills. It absolutely, positively, and unwaveringly wanted to become stronger!
Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess quickly followed, determined not to let their little darling be angry anymore...
...
"Hiss hiss..."
With only a 10% chance of survival left, Chen Yan struggled to crawl out of the mouth of the Extinction Dragon.
He pulled out a dagger and slowly pressed it against Nergigante's severely burned chest, its gaze so dim it seemed it would go out at any moment.
The tip of the knife was even pressed directly against His almost exposed, slightly beating heart.
"Back when you were fighting the Lavasioth, you tried to kill us, so it's not unreasonable for me to kill you, is it?"
"..."
The tip of the knife advances.
"Back at the Coral Plateau, you tried to kill us. It's really not unreasonable for me to kill you, is it?"
"..."
Further progression.
"And this time, you really went too far, trying to devour me alive. Killing you, is that really not too much to ask?"
"..."
There was nothing left to pass on; if we moved even a little further, we would truly pierce His heart.
Facing Chen Yan's incessant chatter, the Nergigante closed its eyes slightly. As the most ferocious ancient dragon, it would never show the slightest fear. Hmph, it's just death...
After waiting for a long time, the expected pain did not come.
He opened his eyes and found Chen Yan sitting cross-legged in front of him, waving his own face and muttering words that He could not understand at all.
"Dragonism is a crime, dragonism is a crime, dragonism is a crime, dragonism is a crime..."
Perhaps sensing the gaze of the Nergigante, Chen Yan sighed deeply, shifted his position closer, placed the dagger against his palm, and gently made a cut. Sweet and delicious blood, containing magical energy, dripped onto its tongue.
"It's settled then. You drank my blood, so you're now my dragon. You're not allowed to bully me, yell at me, or make me do chores... And also, if you ever hunt down a delicious Elder Dragon, you have to let me see if there's a quest for it..."
The Extinction Dragon stared blankly at Chen Yan, who was pale-faced, swaying, yet still bleeding himself to save him.
Chen Yan paused, and the sudden appearance of dazzling golden light in his mind almost made him faint.
[Nergigante issues a quest request: Please, my beloved, accompany me to the ends of the earth.]