dmims Chapter 84: Full of Surprises
Chapter 84: Full of Surprises
Chen Yan, who had been sleeping soundly, was awakened by a nightmare. In his dream, he was being chased by a monster with fangs and sharp teeth, with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. He was cornered and could only wait to turn into a pile of bones...
But when he actually woke up, there really was a monster with fangs and sharp teeth in front of him.
He was startled at first, but relaxed after seeing His face clearly.
"Good morning, Meimei! How did you sleep?"
The Nergigante, not sleeping well, squinted at the person lying in its claws, covered by its wings. No wonder it felt chilly on one side of its body while sleeping; apparently, half the blanket had been pulled away...
Chen Yan spread his wings, sat up and leaned against one of its upright claws, stretched comfortably, and looked down at the paw pads that he had slept with, which had been carved into human-shaped grooves. He patted them with great satisfaction.
"I slept really well, and most of my injuries have healed. I'm still a little hungry though. I'll go out later and see if I can catch any lizards or toads to eat."
He got up to get out of bed, but as soon as he lifted his leg, he was grabbed by the Extinction Dragon. Afraid that he would run away, the dragon clamped Chen Yan between its claws and stared at him with its cold eyes.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're not going to get angry, are you...?"
Looking at the Nergigante, who was full of "morning grumpiness," Chen Yan shrank back into its claws, only sticking out his head to look at it. From its eyes, Chen Yan could tell that it really wanted to do something to him.
The Nergigante's claws writhed, slowly pulling him out.
Seeing the panicked Chen Yan, it slowly opened its mouth, revealing its tongue, which had been wantonly played with by Chen Yan yesterday because it was limp. After being healed by the earth vein energy, its tongue was now much firmer, and even had clusters of tiny fleshy barbs standing up on the edges.
"What...what are you going to do? I'm the man you signed a contract with, the man you swore an oath to. You didn't forget that the moment you opened your eyes, and you're thinking of chewing me up and swallowing me whole, are you...?"
Before he could finish speaking, the huge tongue was already pressed against his face. The middle part was soft yet firm, which felt quite comfortable, but when it touched the edges, Chen Yan suffered terribly.
The tiny, dense barbs pricked him, causing both pain and itching, yet he couldn't scratch or rub them. He could only endure the Extinction Dragon's revenge with a bittersweet pleasure until it was licked to the point of near death before finally releasing Chen Yan with satisfaction.
Chen Yan, whose face was licked until it was shiny and oily, smiled wryly and touched the tip of the Nergigante's nose in front of his face.
"Tell me, what can you do besides get me covered in your saliva...?"
Some experts who study monsters have discovered that Nergigante is a special kind of ancient dragon in terms of reproduction. It does not need to find a mate, and each broken thorn on its body is like a seed.
These seeds then fall to every corner of the world, and if one of them happens to fall into a liquid full of nutrients, it will produce a very magical activation reaction.
If the timing is right and the nutrition is plentiful, the cells will further transform into egg cells.
Therefore, it is highly likely that Nergigante reproduces asexually by conceiving offspring within the spines through cells shed from its thorns.
The Extinction Dragon licked its tongue, seemingly wanting to grab him and lick him again, but Chen Yan quickly took a few steps back and waved his hand.
"No, no, no, if I get covered in your scent, I'll scare away all the lizards and toads from a distance when I crawl out. You can lick me after I come back from hunting..."
Chen Yan started climbing out again, and the Nergigante followed, moving step by step to the cliff face. It tentatively reached up and scratched off a piece.
It spread its wings again and looked around. The wings, which were not yet fully grown, were clearly not capable of flight. It could only watch helplessly as Chen Yan climbed up little by little.
In the end, the Extinction Dragon had no choice but to return to its original spot, curling its claws up in front of it, and quietly lying on the ground waiting for Chen Yan to return.
His red eyes reflected Chen Yan's back, and he was still savoring the lingering taste of Chen Yan in his mouth.
Little did He know that because of the "desire" in His mind, His body began to "change," and the balance of His hormones, which had been balanced, began to slowly tilt to one side.
Experts have only studied one percent of the capabilities of the magical cells within its body. Knowing very little about Nergigante, they were completely unaware that Nergigante could also achieve internal modification by adjusting its hormones if it wanted to.
Even Nergigante didn't know.
He felt a sudden tingling sensation throughout his body, a feeling that was both strange and uncomfortable, causing him to instinctively tuck his tail tightly between his legs.
The increasingly intense feeling finally made Him unable to resist lifting His wings and hind legs, and He strained to turn His head to look, but it seemed that nothing had changed.
It grunted a few times in dissatisfaction, tucked its tail between its legs, ignored its own body, and began to focus intently on the spot where Chen Yan had disappeared...
Chen Yan painstakingly climbed up, looked at the ravaged land, and sighed again, "It's really terrible." He had just randomly chosen a direction to look for prey when suddenly a light in the distance shone on his face.
"Could it be... just as I thought!"
Chen Yan strode forward, removed the stones covering it, and sure enough, it was his katana. Chen Yan stroked the still gleaming blade, almost bursting into tears of joy.
"Great, I knew you'd still be here!"
After brandishing the sword a few times, Chen Yan sheathed it. With a weapon, Chen Yan felt much more at ease. He slid down the slope and arrived at the location where he had found the lizard and toad the day before.
To his even greater surprise, several large-headed, small-tailed Assault Dragons, resembling stone lions, were lying on a flat rock, basking in the sun.
He saw the Assault Dragon, and one of the Assault Dragons on guard duty also saw him.
It immediately crouched down, kicking at the pebbles on the ground, shaking the thick, red fur on its neck, and displaying the thick horns on its head, threatening Chen Yan not to come near.
But to Chen Yan, who was starving, its movements looked exactly like a fragrant roast chicken waving at him.
Chen Yan drew his sword and charged forward, while several assault dragons, sensing Chen Yan's hostility, stood up at the same time.
Faced with Chen Yan's shouts and attempts to divide and conquer them, they all lowered their heads and stomped their feet in unison. Led by the largest assault dragon in the middle, they launched a mighty dragon chariot charge towards Chen Yan.
Chen Yan swung his sword horizontally, but the blade only cut halfway into the head of the leading assault dragon before it was knocked away. The assault dragon's charging power was beyond Chen Yan's expectations. After deflecting his sword, he hurriedly dodged, but was still grazed on the side by one of them.
He gasped, realizing that this blow would probably leave him with a bruise all over.
He began to adjust his tactics, taking advantage of the fact that the Assault Dragons could not turn when they were all charging, maneuvering around them on one side and slashing at the legs of the outermost Assault Dragon.
The Assault Dragons that were circling around Chen Yan soon met with heavy losses. After leaving behind two Assault Dragon corpses, the remaining two hurriedly fled into the narrow crevice and disappeared.
Panting heavily, Chen Yan shook off the bloodstains from his blade. His eyes gleamed as he looked at the two plump assault dragons. He drew his dagger and began skinning and deboning them, eventually reaping a large bag full of meat.
"Finally, I can have a big meal..."