Evil dragon has a warm heart

"It wasn’t as fast as me, and I wasn’t as strong as it, so neither of us could do anything about the other. That’s why, after hearing your dragon chant, it decided to run away..."

"You didn’t see it—the Snow Giant Da’s cloak looked so dashing as it fluttered while he ran, almost like pulling silk, with an indescribable beauty. Of course, I strongly condemn its act of running away."

Usually composed, Russell, with his blood still unsettled after the battle, always had a sense of absurdity about life.

He also became quite chatty.

The Torrential Flood Dragon, patiently listening to the end,

then glanced deeply at Russell. Without speaking in the dragon language or chanting, it simply vanished into thin air, shattering like a shadow.

"Huh, just like that, without even a goodbye?" mumbled Russell.

"Russell, let’s go too," Polly responded.

"No, we’re not leaving. We’re going to chase after the Snow Giant Da!" Russell’s eyes sharpened, and he had snapped out of his previous state, regaining his composure, "It’s the perfect opportunity for Ice Cream to sneak up on Snow Giant Da!"

Meanwhile,

he also sent a command to the Black Oil Dragon Ross, who had already fled to the Glowing Valley, "Ross, shatter the Snow Giant Da’s eyeballs and see if you can find any star crystals... theoretically, they should form star crystals."

Sizzle!

Polly had already transported him into the Gloomy Dreamland, using the Ethereal Dream Escape Skill, chasing after the direction the Xueda Pilot had escaped.

A moment later, Russell’s eyes lit up, and he burst into laughter.

Not because they had caught up with the Xueda Pilot, but because he received a response from Ross. Indeed, after shattering Snow Giant Da’s eyeballs, he had found a star crystal among the shattered ice, and it was as big as a human head.

The previous star crystal, which Little Dream Dragon had sneakily eaten from Snow Giant Da’s little finger, was only the size of a fist.

But this time it was the size of a human head.

Clearly, the power contained within was much more abundant, enough for a substantial boost for Little Dream Dragon.

"Keep it safe, Ross!" Russell called out and then focused on traveling through the Gloomy Dreamland, continuously chasing south.

The vast snowfield was empty.

The footprints left by the running Xueda Pilot disappeared after reaching the snowfield, as if they had melted into the snow and ice.

"Where do we even start looking?" Russell was baffled.

If there were footprints, it would be fine, or even a slight trace of dissipating energy would do, but there was nothing.

But Russell was not ready to give up.

He glanced at the pitch-dark world ahead and decisively said, "Polly, you lead me, take me to the Heibo Mountains!"

He wanted to try his luck in the Heibo Mountains; the last time he sneakily ate Snow Giant Da’s little finger was in those mountains.

Traveling at high speed under the starlight, Russell arrived at the Heibo Mountains in the late night.

Not finding any trace of Snow Giant Da, he headed directly to the Heibo Snow Forest, "Polly, we’ll camp here tonight. Remember to guard me, and immediately escape into the Gloomy Dreamland if we encounter danger... Ice Cream and I will look around a bit more!"

"Alright then," Polly agreed.

So Russell began to sleep right there in the Heibo Snow Forest. The temperature in the forest was warmer than in the snowfield, though even on the snowfield, Russell could sleep just as well. The severe cold couldn’t harm him, protected by his dragon breath.

He fell into a deep sleep after a short while.

"Ga!"

The Little Dream Dragon, having been restrained by the Shadowflame Dragon and Torrential Flood Dragon all night, called out as it made its entrance.

With one look at each other, man and dragon knew exactly what to do without any need for verbal communication.

Mounting the dragon, at the moment of merging with the dragon, magical lights and magical sounds bloomed in the Gloomy Dreamland.

"Listen!"

Russell raised his hand and listened intently.

In the Heibo Snow Forest, there was no longer any magical light or sound, and no magical lights were visible in the distance. Yet, there were bursts of "tat-tat-tat-tat" sounds echoing around, sounding like the galloping of horses and the shouts of monsters.

"It’s Snow Giant Da!" Russell determined, then identified the direction, "It’s coming from the northeast. Come on, Ice Cream, let’s go!"

"Ga!" the Little Dream Dragon called softly, afraid to interrupt the "tat-tat-tat-tat" sounds of magic.

A moment later, they stopped several times to listen to the sounds.

Finally, in the dark Heibo Mountains, Russell spotted a glimmer of bright light, clearly belonging to Snow Giant Da, the Xueda Pilot.

It was a deep and luminous blue, radiant and stunning.

"No sooner said than found, effortlessly!" Russell laughed heartily, "Ice Cream, with the voice of Magic Power in combination with the light of Magic Power, now, no magical creation can escape our insight!"

"Gah gah, gah gah!" Little Dream Dragon also cried out excitedly.

Flapping its wings, it quickly rushed towards the brilliant pale blue light, and upon arrival, it witnessed a miraculous scene.

There was no Snow Giant Da here.

The pale blue light was emitted by the Xueda Pilot.

He was sitting cross-legged on a mountaintop, waving his hands in a spell, with large bundles of white light floating around him.

With each wave, a bundle of white light merged into his body, then caused his body to swell in size.

"This is..." Russell furrowed his brow, "The white light can’t possibly be the Snow Giant Da, can it? Does this mean that the Xueda Pilot is refining Snow Giant Da... Could it be treating Snow Giant Da as a supplement?"

Compared to the dimensions in Gloomy Dreamland, the Xueda Pilot had now grown from a height of twenty meters to thirty meters.

The light on his body became even deeper and more brilliant.

And his facial features had also changed, the tusks that previously surpassed those of a wild boar now protruded even more than those of ivory.

The inverted triangular head was also gradually changing into a square shape.

"Gah!" The call of the Little Dream Dragon interrupted Russell’s observations.

Russell then set aside his thoughts about the Xueda Pilot. The pressing matter now was to take advantage of the fact that the Xueda Pilot had not completely absorbed the Snow Giant Da and snatch some spoils of war quickly.

"Ice Cream, stealing is fine, but we must strike true, after all, Polly didn’t come along this time!" Polly needed to protect Russell’s body so she couldn’t be pulled into Gloomy Dreamland and thus couldn’t use the Ethereal Dream Unicorn Horn.

If Little Dream Dragon couldn’t snatch any spoils of war, then tonight would have been for nothing.

"Gah!" Little Dream Dragon bared its teeth and grimaced, its expression gradually turning fierce, or perhaps displaying the majesty of a dragon.

Then its dragon eyes roamed around, quickly locking onto a bundle of white light behind the Xueda Pilot.

It dashed over and opened its mouth wide.

Its belly suddenly caved in, and a strong suction force emanated from its mouth. The bundle of white light was tugged by such force, rapidly forming a vortex, turning into star crystals — the transformation speed was unimaginably fast.

It seemed that the white light had no resistance at all.

The white light thus turned into star crystals that then landed right next to Little Dream Dragon’s mouth — the star crystal was too big, half the size of Little Dream Dragon’s head, impossible to swallow in one bite.

At this time.

The Xueda Pilot, who was refining the white light, finally noticed something was amiss, quickly turned around, and the wooden stick weapon resting on his legs was already swinging.

He aimed for the star crystals.

He couldn’t see Russell and Little Dream Dragon who were in the Gloomy Dreamland, but he could see the newly formed star crystals.

He wanted to keep the star crystals.

However, how could Little Dream Dragon give up the delicacy at its mouth? At that moment, it completely exploded in power, its head swelling to twice its size like a balloon, then opening its terrifying mouth to the maximum, barely swallowing the star crystals.

"Gah, ugh..." The star crystals choked it, even changing its voice.

But it was this bite that completely erased the star crystals from the real world, the Xueda Pilot’s wooden stick missed the star crystals, swinging through empty air.

Now, there was nothing left.

The Xueda Pilot roared silently, wildly swinging his wooden stick.

But its raging fury was impotent, as the Gloomy Dreamland couldn’t be touched.

After calming down, seeing it was unable to attack the thief, the Xueda Pilot silently stood for a moment. Then he casually swept his hand, all the white light then fused into his body, forming a white cape, and with it, he charged into the distance.

Russell watched as the Xueda Pilot disappeared again from the view of Gloomy Dreamland.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he burst out laughing.

"Gah, ugh..." Little Dream Dragon stretched its neck, putting great effort into closing its mouth, finally crunching the star crystals.

Then, still straining its neck, it swallowed them down.

"Digest it well." Russell patted its neck to ease it, "Once you’ve digested this star crystal, later, I have another star crystal waiting for you."

"Gah!" Little Dream Dragon’s eyes sparkled.

But the excitement did not last long, as the Gloomy Dreamland soon collapsed, plunging all consciousness into darkness.