A Dragon against the Whole World

Chapter 135: Chapter 132: Galos’s Flame Thunder, Explosive Scale Evolution

The rain poured down like a waterfall plummeting from the sky, transforming the once fine silver threads into a curtain draping over the wilderness.

It was noon, a time for bright daylight, but the thick dark clouds shrouded the world, casting it into a dim and shadowy rain.

A colossal creature trudged through the mud.

This was a Sword-jawed Beast, about twelve meters long, with scales and claws. At first glance, it looked like a fusion of a crocodile and a lion, its most notable feature being the giant bone blades extending from its lower jaw.

These blades were three meters long, their surface covered with a steel-like hard enamel, glistening coldly in the rain.

The beast was tracking a herd of Iron-Horned Deer.

Its steps were unbelievably light, the padded feet allowing it to move silently through the rain. Whenever it found a trace of its prey, it would lower its body, the bone blades on its head trembling slightly.

This was the unique hunting posture of the Sword-jawed Beast.

Just as it was about to pounce on the deer, the sky suddenly brightened as if it were daytime.

A bolt of golden-red lightning cut through the rain.

Galos descended like a Celestial God, his body enveloped in a frenzy of electricity and flames, instantly evaporating the surrounding rainwater.

The Sword-jawed Beast instinctively looked up, its bone blades pointing skyward.

But it was too late.

A dazzling golden-red sphere shot from Galos’s mouth, piercing through the rain.

It appeared like a ball of lightning, with golden arcs jumping and tumbling inside and out, yet the overall form was like a blazing flame, descending rapidly onto the Sword-jawed Beast.

Boom!

Countless lightning bolts and flames exploded simultaneously.

The mighty beast, on par with Galos at level 10, stiffened, convulsing, and twitching, its surface turning charred black in large patches. Under this blow, it fell rigidly to the ground, dead.

Galos folded his wings and landed in front of the fallen body of the Sword-jawed Beast, carefully examining the wounds on its body.

”The Flame Thunder Breath formed in the estado de agitação is quite potent, surpassing even my Flaming Dragon Breath and Electric Fire Dragon Breath.”

A satisfied smile emerged on Galos’s dragon face.

These days, through repeated activations and practice of his estado de agitação, he gradually mastered some deeper usages.

Initially, those golden bolts of lightning were only used to reinforce and stimulate the body, enhancing its physical attributes. But through an unexpected attempt, Galos discovered that during estado de agitação, he could fuse the golden lightning with his Dragon Breath to release a spherical Flame Thunder.

This Flame Thunder possesses the characteristics of both lightning and flames.

Paralysis, penetration, explosion, burning... it possesses numerous effects simultaneously.

As a Red Iron hybrid, Galos inherently had only a fire attribute.

The Iron Dragon was also a Fire Dragon. Although it had an Electric Fire Breath, it was limited to breath attacks, and the lightning damage was disproportionate, relying mainly on the speed, while its killing power still depended on the fire element.

Flame Thunder is different.

It is truly a dual-attribute energy.

Just as the Dragon Race’s magical energy and life energy can merge into Dragon Qi,

the fusion of fire and lightning can form a Flame Thunder.

”Currently, the Flame Thunder can only be used as breath.”

”But I feel its development hasn’t reached its limit yet.”

With golden mane held high in the rain, Galos extended his right claw, concentrating.

Sizzle!

High-temperature lightning intertwined with gold-red, yet also like red-golden flames, burst from between his claw tips, flickering, and jumping chaotically. Galos attempted to make them coalesce into form, but without success; their combination was unstable and scattered directly.

If Flame Thunder could be condensed and attached to the body,

it would undoubtedly further enhance Galos’s attack damage.

Moreover, considering the characteristics of Flame Thunder Breath, if it could be stably condensed, it would be a formidable weapon for both melee and ranged attacks.

Galos breathed lightly, the golden lightning within him entirely subdued.

Sizzle... As the scorching Explosive Scales contacted the rain, they produced dense steam, gradually cooling down.

Galos waved his Dragon Wings, dispersing the steam obscuring his vision.

”My Dragon Scales also need to evolve.”

The Red Iron Dragon glanced at the gradually cooling Explosive Scales on his body, the rain sizzling on the hot surface of the Dragon Scales.

The current Explosive Scales on his body are somewhat unsuitable.

Actually, after Galos’s wings evolved, these Explosive Scales became somewhat inappropriate.

Whenever he soared at high speeds, the Explosive Scales would rapidly heat up due to friction with the air, and if he wasn’t cautious, they could overload and directly explode.

As for its bombardment and scale fragment splash damage.

Very useful against minions, but targets like a Diamond Giant or Behemoth, it’s difficult for burst scales to cause effective damage, while units like minions, Galos doesn’t need burst scales, he can unfurl his Dragon Wings, charge at high speed, and easily eliminate them.

Then there’s the buffering defense of the burst scales.

Galos moves swiftly, and when he swoops down from the sky, he has already become scorching hot.

Unless Galos gives up his speed advantage, otherwise in close combat, the burst scales would be on the verge of overloading, such as during battles with a Frost Behemoth, colliding hard with a Giant Beast could blow up all his burst scales.

For the current Galos.

The buffering of the burst scales is decent, but the high-temperature explosion is a failed evolution.

Of course, failure and success should be evaluated from different stages with a dialectical view.

When Galos first evolved burst scales, its widespread bombardment and scale fragment splash damage suited him well, it was a successful evolution, providing him with a wide range of offensive methods early on.

But as he grew, it became somewhat outdated and incompatible with his stronger traits.

”I need a brand new Scale Armor system.”

”It should retain the characteristics of burst scales absorbing kinetic energy, yet not overload and explode due to high-speed movement, preferably accumulating absorbed kinetic energy to replenish my stamina, making me more enduring.”

Galos pondered in his heart.

He has directions and ideas for evolution, but unfortunately, adaptive evolution doesn’t proceed in a fixed direction just because of Galos’s thoughts, he cannot precisely control the outcome of adaptive evolution.

The successful evolution of Celestial Comet Wings was due to his efforts and also some element of luck.

Anyway, having a goal is certainly good.

Galos crunched on the scale powder he kept close, his view of the world turned into warm tones, colors no longer dim, appearing positive even when still covered by rain.

”Flame Thunder is a special energy form.”

”Use it more during excitation, so that it forms for a longer time, then gradually adapt to evolution, making it stabilize.”

”Burst scales are a bit troublesome.”

”The process of absorbing kinetic energy and replenishing oneself must be quite complex, requiring a long process, first figuring out how to stop it from easily exploding, for instance, every time burst scales are on the verge of overload and about to explode, ’Inch Stop’ should halt and let them cool down, doing this every time if possible.”

Galos’s mind quickly worked, contemplating methods to consolidate both Flame Thunder and Burst scales evolution, having a preliminary clue.

And as time went by, the effect of the scale powder gradually faded. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

Perhaps because Galos’s mind was also growing, the effect of scale powder on him gradually weakened, and he needs an increased dosage every time to enhance mental activity further.

There’s only one Elf Dragon, limiting scale powder production.

Now unless necessary, Galos rarely uses scale powder, he reserves it for crucial moments, unlike at the beginning, extravagantly using scale powder just for mental recreation, which is no longer feasible.

Black oil is similar to scale powder.

As Galos’s physique grows, to achieve the initial same effect, he needs a much larger quantity of black oil, though black oil is not an expensive resource, as there’s a stable trade route providing it, his supply of black oil is abundant enough for bathing.

Sizzle!

Golden lightning bursts forth, Galos once again enters an excited state.

The burst scales cooled by the chilly rain quickly began reddening and heating up.

Galos attempted to gather Flame Thunder while letting the burst scales heat up, until sensing the burst scales on the verge of overload and explosion, he immediately ceased the excited state, allowing them to cool down slowly, repeating this process.

Flame Thunder, Burst scales, Dragon Heart, barbed spines.

Galos’s life is fulfilling, filled entirely with daily workout plans, he enjoys such a calm and fulfilling life, while accumulating everything from this daily routine in preparation for potential unforeseen risks.

However, the training for burst scales and Flame Thunder hasn’t lasted long.

A piece of neck Scale Armor suddenly began gently vibrating.

Galos stopped and took out a Communication Stone, receiving a message from the Iron Dragon, causing his pupils to contract immediately, turning into chilly predator-like vertical slits, then reverting back a second later.

”Viscount Ironthorn, Tax Collector.”

”What was bound to come has come.”

Galos anticipated this day, knowing that controlling a trade route would without doubt attract attention, but control in secret causes minimal impact.

”Let’s talk to them first as they wish.”

Galos’s eyes flickered, transmitting thoughts to Solrog.

He’s not a reckless and rude beast.

The Scale Earth Rift is the trade route opened by others, he profits by occupying it, and they indeed have a reason for demanding taxes, Galos doesn’t mind cooperating for a win-win situation to maintain the current state.

But this assumes the other party’s demands are reasonable.

If they’re asking too much, Galos will not retreat blindly.

He sharpens his claws cautiously for survival, to have the power of resistance when faced with danger, having the confidence to overturn the table instead of always conceding.