hotmtlnovel Chapter 35 Falling Asleep
Chapter 35 Falling Asleep
In the swampy area, a herbivorous dragon that accidentally fell into the water while drinking raised its head and let out a mournful cry.
Hearing the commotion, a herbivorous group of dragons rushed over to try to save it, but they failed several times and almost lost another one in the process.
Before long, most of its body was swallowed by the sticky mud, leaving only half of its head floating on the surface, barely visible.
The experienced herbivorous leader suddenly let out a few mournful cries, and the restless members of the herd behind it gradually quieted down and began to mourn along with it, as if they were holding some kind of special ceremony.
As the cries echoed, the herbivorous dragon trapped in the swamp stopped struggling and howling. Tears streamed from its eyes, as if it already knew its fate and chose to quietly await death.
The fish, who had been waiting for a long time, swarmed up, but before they could enjoy the rare feast, a uniform sound of trampling suddenly came from the shore.
The herbivorous dragons stomped their feet and whipped their tails wildly on the shore, creating a deafening roar that scared them away.
Only after the herbivorous dragons had completely disappeared did the dragons on the shore stop stomping their feet. Urged on by the herbivorous dragon leader's biting and butting, they slowly left the area.
For a fairly large herbivorous dragon herd, losing a herbivorous dragon that is about to come of age is nothing, but for the many monsters lingering in the swamp, it is a godsend.
Ever since that horned dinosaur displayed its might in this area, scaring away the herbivorous dinosaurs living nearby, they endured hunger for a long time before finally waiting for the herbivorous dinosaurs to return one after another to drink water.
After waiting for half a day in the swamp, enduring hunger and thirst, they finally encountered a mischievous herbivorous dragon. Instead of drinking water in the safe area on the shore with its herd, it insisted on finding a new drinking spot.
Sure enough, it came down.
With the departure of the herbivorous dragons, the feast finally began.
The largest biting fish was the first to rush forward, its sharp teeth snapping shut, tearing a large hole in the herbivorous dragon's belly. After it swallowed a piece of delicious belly meat, the other biting fish swarmed in and began to tear and fight over the hole.
A splash of blood appeared on the murky swamp.
A half-grown mudfish dragon was also mixed in with them, hoping to sneak in and eat its fill, but it was discovered by the leader of the biting fish after only two bites.
Despite their small size, these biting fish are extremely ferocious. Several biting fish of different sizes immediately turned around and attacked it. It used all its strength to escape from the mouths of the biting fish.
It huddled in a corner of the swamp, watching with resentment the school of biting fish leaping about on the surface, monopolizing the carcass of the herbivorous dragon.
The little mudfish dragon opened and closed its mouth, seemingly comparing whether the meat of a ceratops or a herbivore was tastier. Before it could figure out the difference, the calm swamp in front of it exploded.
Thick mud splattered, and a monster that shouldn't have been alive suddenly appeared.
The flesh and blood on its skull have almost disappeared, and you can clearly see the rough axe mark on its dark brown skull that is almost cut through it. At the edge of the skull, there are still some grayish-white bone fragments attached to the rotten flesh, and you can even see the fascia connected to the bone fragments.
The terrifying axe mark slid down the skull of its head, and its left eye disappeared, leaving only a hideous ravine. At the end of the axe mark, the flesh drooped, revealing the pale muscle fibers underneath, with strands of dirty blood sliding down.
Its pectoral fins, caudal fins, and short, thick hind limbs have also disappeared, leaving clean cuts, festering wounds oozing pus, and yellowish-black blood dripping onto the swamp.
With a hoarse, dry roar, several fish that had been lifted into the air were caught by a rotten mouth that was now only the upper palate.
They were lucky; this mudfish dinosaur lacked a lower jaw and couldn't grind them down with its plate-like teeth.
But they were also unfortunate. With each contraction and expansion of its throat, the mudfish swallowed them whole. Although their throats were torn and bloodied by the sharp scales of the biting fish, it still couldn't stop them from falling into the abyss.
The little mudfish watched as the fish that had just bullied it were eaten, blew a happy bubble, turned around, burrowed into the mud, and disappeared.
slip away.
The newly acquired "Sad Fierce" skin for the Mudfish Dragon once again confirms that it is the true overlord of this swamp.
It didn't know why it hadn't died.
The horned dragon's deadly three-strike blow landed squarely on its body. Just as its body tensed and it was about to faint from the impact of the mud, its almost stopped heart suddenly began to beat violently. A surge of hot and pure energy rushed out and saved its life.
It didn't know why, it only knew that under the impetus of this energy, it ushered in a second growth, its body size increased, its muscles expanded, its scales thickened... and even its wounds didn't hurt as much anymore.
It's incredibly strong now. If it encounters that horned dragon again, it can take at least one more axe blow before it dies.
After declaring its dominance, the Mudfish Dragon slightly opened the gills on both sides of its head, and the fine gill filaments inside trembled. A cloud of mud mixed with a small piece of eggshell sprayed out and landed on the mud with a splat. It looked and sniffed, and finally confirmed its identity.
This is a relatively fresh fragment of a ceratopsian eggshell!
Its single eye suddenly turned crimson, and it looked up at the sky and let out another hoarse roar.
If I can't beat an adult, can't I beat you, a newborn?
It began to slowly wriggle upstream. With its pectoral fins, caudal fins, and lower limbs gone, it could only wriggle slowly. Thinking of this, the red light in its eyes intensified.
Since this eggshell was able to drift here, it means that the ceratopsian cub must have hatched in this area. It only needs to follow the stream and swamp to find some traces.
If it catches it...
It felt the struggling fish inside its belly and began to wriggle even more vigorously.
...
On the open ground in front of the camp, the little horned dragon that had just learned to crawl stared blankly at Chen Yan and Hua Miao, who were standing a few meters away on either side.
"Come here! Baby horned dragon, come to me, I'll give you kisses, hugs, and lift you high in the air, letting you experience the thrill of flying like a fire-breathing dragon!"
Chen Yan squatted to its left, clapping his hands repeatedly and calling out "baby baby" over and over again, trying to lure the little horned dinosaur over.
Meanwhile, Flower Cat stood on the right. Knowing that its meows wouldn't attract the little horned dragon, it frantically shook the milk bottle with its left and right paws, even its tail was wrapped with a bottle and was shaking.
It firmly believes that the little horned dinosaur, like itself, would never betray its food.
The little horned dragon wobbled a few steps to the left, and Chen Yan beamed with joy. Seeing this, the cat shook the bottle even more frantically. It then turned its head to the right, and Chen Yan shouted even more enthusiastically.
After going back and forth several times, just as it was tilting its head, looking left and right, unsure whether to step with its left or right paw, Harley happened to come out carrying a food spoon.
Just as she was about to call the three troublesome creatures to eat, the little horned dragon's eyes lit up, and it came running over and hugged her leg.
Harley scooped them up, leaving Flower Cat and Chen Yan utterly disappointed and collapsing helplessly to the ground.
"Chen Yan, why doesn't it come this way?"
Faced with Hua Miao's sincere question, Chen Yan took a serious look at Harley, who was teasing the little horned dragon, and a flash of insight suddenly struck him, and he realized what was going on.
"I get it! It must be because Harley and her mom have the same skin color, both so dark it reflects light, so it..."
Before Chen Yan could finish speaking, the little horned dragon transformed into a cannonball and hit him squarely in the face. He hugged the little horned dragon and fell asleep immediately.
"Chen Yan, you'll sleep with it by the campsite entrance tonight!"
The cat, feeling incredibly fortunate to have escaped unscathed, nearly fell asleep on the spot when it saw the large pot that Harley brought out.
"Why are we still eating wild vegetables?!"