Chapter 129 Star Dragon's Egg

Within the underground tunnel, the group traveled in silence.

"Something's not right." Er Wei placed a hand on Li Yi Xu's shoulder, pulling him back a step.

Li Yi Xu immediately stopped excavating the dirt tunnel.

Beside him, Ying Ya tilted her head slightly, closed her eyes, and whispered, "I think I hear something. This sound... it's..."

There's an underground cave here?

And there's a dragon inside? Ying Ya clearly heard the dragon's breathing.

Er Wei's expression changed abruptly. She immediately raised her right fist, and the team stopped instantly. Her voice was soft, yet serious: "Retreat. Retreat immediately."

A dozen meters away from the tunnel, there was indeed an underground cave, and coiled within it was a dragon. It opened its dazzling starry eyes, silently watching the empty wall to its left.

Clearly, it had sensed something and remained motionless, as if waiting for its prey to come.

The massive dragon eyes seemed to see through layers of earth and stone, as if looking at a group of ants.

A Star Dragon actually dwells here?

The best area in the dragon cave seemed to have been claimed by the Star Dragon.

So, the question now was: Er Wei possessed star techniques related to perception, allowing her to quickly acquire environmental information within a certain range. The Star Dragon, however, shouldn't have any perception-related star techniques. Why did it notice their arrival earlier?

What was going on?

Was the Dragon race's inherent perception really that strong?

As if sensing the group's retreat, the dragon eyes suddenly lit up. Within them, the dazzling starry river swirled rhythmically, dreamlike and beautiful.

Within those starry dragon eyes, a star grew from small to large, as if flying from the distant night sky. Finally, the star burst through its massive eyes and shot out!

Bang!

The earth exploded, sending stones flying.

The scattered stardust fragments, carrying intense star power and destructive force, ravaged everything.

Instantly, the underground cave trembled, as if everything cried out in pain from this single star.

Fu Hei raised his hand and cast Silence, no longer caring about anything else!

Li Yi Xu immediately activated his earth-based star technique, ensuring that the violently shaking tunnel didn't collapse, ensuring the group wouldn't be buried alive.

Jiang Xiao, draped in the Sea Swallowing Clothes, flew over everyone's heads, directly towards the front. He casually crushed the black and white candle flames in his arms, turning them into starlight and fusing them into his star chart.

As the team's support member, covering the rear, he was now charging to the front lines during this crisis...

Bang!

A Diamond Silence! The violently irritable Star Dragon finally quieted down a bit.

"Tail Feather Squad! Charge in!" Li Yi Xu shouted.

There was no retreat!

Now that they'd been discovered, the group couldn't return the way they came. Due to the terrain, escape and combat were difficult. If the Star Dragon threw a few more stars, they might all die here.

Most importantly, they hadn't escaped the Dragon Prison's sealed zone, so they couldn't use space-based star techniques to escape.

At this moment, the difference between teleportation and rapid movement was once again highlighted.

Jiang Xiao couldn't teleport, but Ying Ya activated Death's Edge, leading Er Wei and En Jie into the underground cave!

While the Star Dragon was silenced, the group jumped out of the tunnel, forming a battle formation in the spacious underground cave.

The Star Dragon's massive head was indeed silenced, but its nearly 40-meter-long body wasn't. The wild swaying of its massive tail caused a scene of earth-shattering destruction.

Shua~ shua~ shua~

Han Jiang Xue immediately summoned a bunch of Flame Puppets, lighting up the dark underground cave.

The cloak draped over Han Jiang Xue rippled, carrying her into the sky. With a flick of her fingers, two Wild Winds swept out, carrying the Sky Dog and Fu Hei flying with her.

Boom...

The Star Dragon's massive tail swept across, directly smashing several newly summoned Flame Puppets! The raw physical attack was powerful to such an extent!

The group was like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each displaying their own abilities.

Ying Ya transformed into a crow and flew high into the air. Er Wei and En Jie transformed stars into weapons, leaping high into the air.

Li Yi Xu rode the newly summoned White Mountain Snow Feather and followed.

Jiang Xiao stood in the air, repeatedly casting Diamond Silence, but didn't dare use it to strike the dragon's tail. After all, the tail was very close, and silencing it might affect everyone. That would be a huge loss.

"Concentrate fire! Attack!" Li Yi Xu shouted, "Ice Roar!"

Heavy Platinum Ice Roars swept out, repeatedly slamming into the Star Dragon's starry head.

In pain, the Star Dragon thrashed its tail back and forth, striking up and down.

"Hiss..." Another dragon's roar, faint, as if from the endless void, carrying a mysterious aura and full of majesty.

Jiang Xiao's expression froze. That sound... it was clearly the Star Dragon's unique ethereal voice!

There was another Star Dragon in this underground cave?

Impossible!?

Among the dragons, only the Crystal Dragons were in groups. All other dragons were solitary, even disdaining to travel with their own kind.

What was going on?

After the mysterious and majestic roar, dazzling stars lit up the dark cave, rushing towards them!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Li Yi Xu's expression changed drastically. Each of the eight dazzling stars was more than five meters in diameter, piecing together a "net" that left no room to dodge!

Li Yi Xu subconsciously wanted to activate Calamity Shadow's Ruins as a special shield, but he couldn't open the gate.

A rapidly spinning flame spiral ball shot out, hitting one of the dazzling stars head-on.

Rumble!!!

The sky collapsed, the earth caved in, and the mountains shook!

Stardust scattered, and the massive explosive force sent everyone flying...

One by one, the elite soldiers were like ants, knocked away and slammed into the dirt walls, creating a series of human-shaped holes.

Crashing into the dirt walls wasn't a big deal, but the stardust scattering and the explosive force were the real culprits.

"Puh..." The massive lynx was deeply embedded into the dirt wall. A sweet taste filled her throat, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. Large patches of her soft fur fell out, her skin cracked, and blood spread.

If Er Wei was injured to this extent, the others were in a much worse state.

Jiang Xiao suppressed the churning feeling within him. With the Sea Swallowing Clothes' protection, he stood in the air, looking down at Han Jiang Xue curled up in his arms, "Are you okay?"

"Mm." Han Jiang Xue looked at Jiang Xiao with distress. No matter how cold her nature, she now showed her truest emotions.

Under the triple protection of Jiang Xiao's meat shield, the Sea Swallowing Clothes, and the Sea Swallowing Soul draped over her body, Han Jiang Xue hadn't suffered too much damage.

"Run, quickly... cough cough..." Li Yi Xu, riding on the White Mountain Snow Feather, coughed heavily, his voice fragmented. The flying horse beneath him was disheveled and embarrassed.

Jiang Xiao turned his head sharply, only to see eight more dazzling stars floating out of the cave's depths.

Ling~ ling~ ling~

Jiang Xiao flew rapidly, accompanied by the clear and melodious sound of bells. He scooped up the lynx embedded in the wall, grabbed one of her massive furry claws, and carried her away.

Behind him, Han Jiang Xue flew backwards, dragging four long flame lines, each tied to the Sky Dog, Fu Hei, Da Sheng, and En Jie, quickly escaping.

However, the eight dazzling stars seemed to have an automatic tracking effect, following them around corners, flying in a perfect arc, chasing after them...

Ling~ ling~ ling~

White medical light waves jumped repeatedly, weaving a dense healing net within the fleeing formation, quickly healing their broken bodies and calming their minds.

Er Wei also summoned her White Mountain Snow Feather, flapping its wings beneath Jiang Xiao, flying at top speed.

As Er Wei transformed into a human, Jiang Xiao threw her onto the small back, gritted his teeth, turned to fly backwards, and looked at the chasing stars.

"Don't be rash!" Han Jiang Xue flew backwards alongside Jiang Xiao, her black hair fluttering. She tightened the Torch Fire Whip inch by inch, pulling the four people tied to the whip closer. She had clearly noticed Jiang Xiao's expression.

Did he want to smash those huge stars?

If he wanted to smash them, En Jie could too, but after experiencing the near-death situation, after the earth-shattering explosive force, En Jie was now behaving himself, not daring to face those pursuing stars head-on again.

"Ahead!" Ying Ya suddenly transformed into a human, ran horizontally on the wall for a few steps, and shouted, "Ahead!"

As she spoke, Ying Ya, who was running horizontally on the wall, transformed into a crow again, flapping her wings and flying forward.

"Hm?" Jiang Xiao turned his head sharply, only to see another Star Dragon!

Without saying a word, Jiang Xiao cast a Diamond Silence, aiming at the massive head.

Bang!

The stars that had been chasing them, following their escape route and turning to pursue, seemed to lose their sense of direction, no longer having the arc of pursuit. Instead, they crashed straight into the wall.

Fortunately, the stars were some distance away, so they didn't cause the same pain and damage as before.

But the explosive force still knocked everyone over.

Jiang Xiao's heart was startled. Was that Star Dragon the mastermind?

It was clearly dwelling here, but the stars had circled around, attacking from another angle?

What did it mean?

Was it hiding its location?

Following normal logic, if people wanted revenge, they would naturally explore in the direction the stars had come from. This...

Intelligence?

This was certainly intelligence, but it defied common sense. Why would a Star Dragon hide its location?

Why were two Star Dragons living in the same cave?

The Sea Swallowing Clothes tried its best to resist the wind, trying to make Jiang Xiao fly more stably.

The next moment, Jiang Xiao's pupils contracted slightly.

An item solved all of Jiang Xiao's doubts.

An egg!

A huge dragon egg!

An egg that seemed to contain the endless starry sky, with a unique "dynamic skin," was being held by the massive Star Dragon's tail, slowly pushing into the dirt wall.

Such a futile action made the dragon egg even more conspicuous.

"Hiss..."

Behind them came the Star Dragon's furious roar.

In front of them, the dragon pushing the egg into the wall opened its bloody mouth, facing the group, but unable to make any sound.

Because of the thing curled around its tail, forced into the wall, it didn't choose to attack with its tail, but only roared silently at the group.

Everyone was completely dumbfounded. No wonder two Star Dragons were together. They were protecting their offspring?