[Name: Talgara]
[Race: Red Dragon]
[Level: 76]
[Racial Talent: Blood of the Ancient Dragon (All attributes increased by 20%)]
[Skills: Sharpness LV10, Physical Resistance LV9, Flame Breath LV9... Magic Resistance LV8, Flight Mastery LV8, Energy Absorption (Fire) LV8... Combat Instinct LV7, Dragon Fear LV7...]
[Status: Mark of Vengeance, Body of High Temperature, Way of the Ancient Dragon 16%...]
[Title: Scion of the Ancient Dragon (Main attribute increased by 50%)...]
Dragon... a dragon with a name!
This is the thing Little Black felt threatened by?
Pulling open the panel, at first glance, it looked somewhat similar to the panel when seeing Little Black for the first time.
Including things like [Blood of the Ancient Dragon] and [Scion of the Ancient Dragon].
Simply discussing the number and level of skills, Little Black, who had been specially cared for by Lin Jun for so long, could completely crush this wild big lizard.
But attributes... completely a concept of another dimension!
Straight four-digit base attributes across the board!
Leaving aside Intelligence, which was Little Black's weakness, even Speed, Little Black's most advantageous attribute, couldn't gain the slightest advantage in front of this Red Dragon.
The attribute gap between a True Dragon and a Dragon-kin was actually even more disparate than the gap between a Dragon-kin and an ordinary human!
Lin Jun now somewhat understood why Little Black wasn't even worthy of having a name back in her hometown.
Little Black counted as a Hero Unit at best, while a Dragon belonged to the level of War Behemoths.
Lin Jun had indeed made some contingency plans for "possible powerful enemies," laying fungal mat traps and preparing Combat Puchis.
But no one told him he would be facing a living Red Dragon!
Even less did anyone mention that a dragon whose level wasn't counted as too high could have attributes inflated to such an unreasonable degree!
Not to say it was completely undealable, but if this thing flew above the Mushroom Fortress and sprayed a few mouthfuls of Dragon Breath...
Lin Jun was still somewhat unsure whether the Mushroom Fortress, theoretically very sturdy but having never undergone the baptism of true warfare, could withstand it.
Lin Jun very prudently planned to divert the disaster, letting Puchis take the bristling Little Black and transfer to the Puchi Dungeon.
Sure enough, the instant Little Black crossed the rift, high in the sky, the massive body of that Red Dragon Talgara, coming with thunderous momentum, suddenly stagnated!
It hovered in mid-air, its head covered in heavy scales twisting toward the south. It felt the opponent had changed back to the initially sensed position.
A puzzled expression of "are you playing me" humanly emerged on the dragon head.
Seeing it was effective, Lin Jun rejoiced in his heart and immediately started calculating.
Planning to follow the strategy of teasing the Holy Codex Search Team back then, periodically teleporting Little Black between different strongholds, leading this Red Dragon by the nose!
If he could keep luring it to circle within the Empire's territory, triggering panic and attracting firepower...
Maybe the Yellow Codex could even save the task of creating chaos over there; this big red lizard alone could turn the Empire upside down internally!
The ideal was plump.
However, Talgara wasn't a beast acting solely on instinct.
It was a dragon possessing high intelligence. After staying for a short while, a golden glint flashed in its vertical pupils, making up its mind.
Its massive wings stirred the wind and clouds again, rolling up deafening sonic booms.
It adjusted direction, actually ignoring Little Black's current aura position, and instead, based on the last position sensed previously, flew straight toward the north where the Mushroom Fortress was, breaking through the air!
Calculating by its flight speed, in at most one day, it would cross the Northern Territory and find the Mushroom Fortress.
Tsk!
Looks like this battle cannot be avoided.
Could it be he had to hand over his own Little Black, whom he had fed for so long and painstakingly raised to be fat... raised to a high level, to this outsider Red Dragon as a snack?
Absolutely impossible!
Little Black was Lin Jun's important asset; how could he hand her over to a dragon?
Moreover, this Red Dragon also had the [Way of the Ancient Dragon] on it. Lin Jun guessed whether this thing could increase progress by devouring each other?
If so, just right to use it as Little Black's experience pack!
Not to mention, Lin Jun was also very interested in the Dragon Fear on the skill bar!
Speaking of which, didn't the Sword Saint have a [Dragon Slayer] title before being decomposed?
Might as well get one for himself too!
...
Mushroom Fortress, countless fragmented thought fluctuations flowed in the mycelial network:
"That clump of fluorescent mushrooms at my door was too bright again last night, shone so much I couldn't sleep well. Got to ask the Street Management Office today if they can trim it..."
"The blankets from that new Mycelium Weaving Workshop opened in the West District are really nice, and the price is cheap. I suggest you buy one to try later."
Mushroom Citizens chatted about daily life relying on the Mushroom Fortress.
However, in the next second,
"Wee woo—wee woo—wee woo—"
All chatting, complaining, and trading communications in the mycelial network stopped abruptly, occupied by Lin Jun's alarm sound.
"This is... the Boss's voice?"
Some Mushroom Citizens hearing the alarm for the first time were still stunned in place, while those old Mushroom Citizens who had experienced evading the Prince once had already started packing valuables one step ahead, rushing toward the entrances of the underground passages within the Mushroom Fortress!
Guards brought Puchis to the streets one by one, beginning to direct the evacuation of Mushroom Citizens under the dispatch of their respective squad leaders.
Picking out those reckless ones rushing headlong due to excessive panic.
In the tower at the center of the Mushroom Fortress city, real-time images of countless city nodes emerged in Shou and Starfire's consciousness.
Relying on these images, the two transmitted instructions one by one through the mycelial network. After the initial panic, the entire city rapidly restored order.
They didn't even forget to have people move those two iconic landscaping sculptures calling the door underground too.
Meanwhile, at the military command node.
Vampire Louisa (Piggy)'s consciousness was immersed in completely different images.
What she saw wasn't street scenes or people flow, but various nodes of the Mushroom Fortress defense system.
Number and status of guards on each section of the city wall, magic tower charging percentage, preparation status of Resonance Cannon firepower points everywhere, assembly positions of reserve teams...
Soldiers, mages, Ji-das, various types of Tactical Puchis... all units arrived at their positions quickly according to past training.
To prevent the suddenly appearing Fire Dragon from causing excessive panic to the soldiers, not long after the alarm sounded, Lin Jun had Piggy explain to the soldiers that the enemy this time was a Red Dragon.
Although the soldiers were nervous enough to whisper uncontrollably, long-term militarized management played a role. Bodies chose obedience prior to fear.
Different from the fear and worry of most soldiers, after Piggy heard the opponent wasn't a tentative skirmish troop sent by the Empire but a genuine dragon, those originally slightly bored crimson eyes suddenly lit up.
She had even already pre-ordered some dragon blood with Lin Jun.
Although somewhat worried Piggy might be too aggressive after fighting started, facing an enemy, excitement was always better than timidity.
As for Norris, it was half timidity and half excitement.
No choice; for him, a dragon was completely a legendary creature.
The war fortress of Mushroom Fortress operated at full power under the command of Piggy and Shou, and Lin Jun himself wasn't idle either.
The Sword Saint Puchi was recalled; a Giant Puchi body was being molded for No. 4; the Pink Puchi (Inanna) was also on the way back.
And further north of the Mushroom Fortress, beneath that silent wilderness covered by thick snow, deep-buried weapons of war were also awakened.
Crack... Boom...
Huge combined Puchis covered in hard shells slowly pushed aside the accumulated snow and stood up.
Ji-God Soldier, activate!
(End of Chapter)
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