Defeat the entire world with the power of one dragon!

Chapter 8: The Swarm
Garros hovered a thousand meters in the air, his dragon eyes locked onto the rock-crushing worms below.

Through the life level detection technique, Garros has determined that the rock-crushing worm is a level 7 life form, the same level as his current level.

Life Level Detection - This is a spell-like skill he awakened a year ago.

Dragons are top-level magical creatures and natural sorcerers. As they grow older, they will naturally master many spells that come from their bloodline.

This type of technique is different from spells. It has weaker power but can be cast instantly. It is also called a spell-like skill.

Life level detection is one of them.

Under normal circumstances, the young dragon is not yet at the stage where it can awaken and master spell-like skills.

Because of his adaptation to evolution, Garros not only grew rapidly in terms of physical strength, but he also mastered some spell-like skills in advance.

"As he's at the same level as me, he should be able to take it down safely."

Life level is just a reference. There are many creatures that can fight above their level, and dragons are the best among them. Garros is cautious and steady by nature, so he will not consider hunting above his level for the time being, and will first target the rock-crushing worms of the same level.

Garros restrained his dragon power, vibrated his wings at the smallest amplitude, and gradually approached the target from above.

Rock-crushing worms sense the location of living things through vibrations.

A breeze blew by, and the rock-crushing worm that was basking in the sun suddenly raised its head vigilantly, and its two almost invisible eyes as big as green beans blinked.

Powerful beasts and monsters are everywhere in the wilderness, as well as hunting teams composed of clans of intelligent creatures.

Hunting and being hunted is the eternal theme here.

The rockcrusher worm is a powerful hunter, but that doesn't mean it won't become prey.

Hundred meters in the air.

The moment he saw the rock-crushing worm show something strange, Garros narrowed his eyes after slowly vibrating his wings, and a pair of wings with a span of more than twelve meters suddenly spread out, fluttering violently with the strong wind.

The young dragon turned into a black and red meteorite. When it dived, the edge of its wing membrane cut through the air, almost causing sparks.

By the time the rock-crushing worm reacted, the dragon's shadow had already covered its body.

Without any intention of slowing down, Garros dived to the ground with enormous force, using his body as a weapon to smash into the rock-crushing worm.

The moment the iron-hard insect armor came into contact with Garros's body.

Under the huge impact force, the black shell shattered like an eggshell, and the flesh underneath was directly eroded and crushed into meat paste.

Explosion! With a deafening, earthquake-like sound, the rock slab shattered into countless pieces of stone, mixed with dust and rising into the air.

The rock-crushing worm is a ferocious beast that is relatively powerful even among level 7 life forms.

The young dragon hit him from the sky, and his body was split in two.

As some of the cushioning scales on his body fell off, Garros suffered almost no damage from the fall.

Oh oh oh!
In severe pain, the rock-crushing worm roared like a strong wind blowing through the canyon.

The insect had strong vitality. Instead of dying, it burst out with powerful strength as if it had a last gasp of energy. Its upper body rolled furiously, throwing the young dragon towards the sharp rock spike.

The rock spike failed to pierce the dragon's scales and was crushed to pieces instead.

The cushioning scales on the back instantly absorbed the impact force when they collided with the rock, and formed a recoil force.

Garros shot towards the rock-crushing worm again at an even faster speed.

At this time, the rock-crushing worm was already trying to escape. The sharp teeth in its mouthparts were rotating and gnawing at the ground, and half of its body had already drilled into the ground.

Even if it's just the upper body.

With the regenerative ability of the rock-crushing worm, it can gradually recover to its original state.

Feeling the vibration of the dragon's body rubbing against the air, the rock-crushing worm, whose body was still exposed on the ground, suddenly expanded its shell and ejected high-temperature and high-pressure steam from the gaps.

A strong smell of sulfur hit my nose.

Such steam carries both fire and water damage, which is the life-saving skill of the Rock Crusher Worm and is quite powerful.

Garros closed his eyes and rushed forward, using his strong physique to cross the diffuse steam. With one claw, he tore open the insect armor again and embedded himself into the flesh of the rock-crushing worm.

call!
He flapped his powerful wings and soared into the air, completely pulling the upper half of the rock-crushing worm out of the ground. He then swung its body in a circle and smashed it down on the surrounding rocks.

The banging sound continued for several seconds. Dragon Wing waved his wings, dispelling the surrounding dust.

Garros loosened his claws, and the rock-crushing worm was completely silent, with its shell shattered and its flesh and blood rotted in a horrible sight.

"Too much force."

"It seems that the rock-crushing worms of the same level are completely unable to resist my power."

Garros clenched his dragon claws and then released them, feeling the pain in his body quickly subsiding, and thought silently in his heart.

Garros was basically immune to the fire damage from the rock-crushing worm's final high-temperature steam. As for the water damage, it should have caused Garros some trouble, but because he had adapted to it through targeted training, the slight damage caused was harmless.

"My actions to overcome my aversion to exercise in the water were effective."

"Although I can't measure it specifically, my resistance to water damage has definitely increased."

Turning to look at the insect corpse.

Garros stepped forward and peeled off the shell with his claws, revealing the flesh inside.

Unlike its ferocious appearance, the meat of the rock-crushing worm is white and tender. It looks very appetizing, and the texture and taste are also great. It is icy, delicate and sweet, just like vanilla ice cream.

Soon after, they enjoyed the delicious food they got from hunting.

Garros glanced around at the same time, his eyes passing over the abandoned mine.

The area is rocky and rugged, with the mine surrounded by a circle of steep and dangerous rock formations, and inside it is a bumpy area filled with collapsed or abandoned mine tunnels.

Spreading its wings, the young dragon landed at the bottom of the mine.

Garros closed his eyes slightly, quietly feeling the ground beneath him, and soon felt a faint attraction.

"There are still some residual mineral veins underneath."

He was thoughtful.

There are many such abandoned mining sites in the Sel Wilderness, but there are not many that have been mined completely without leaving anything. There are always some remaining mineral veins.

Glancing over the surrounding mine tunnels, Garros thought that this seemed like a good place to live.

Not far from this abandoned mine, there is a forest with a lake and a large number of creatures similar to gray hyenas.

Water, prey, mineral resources.

With these elements, it is a good place.

"After I leave the Iron Dragon Mother, I can occupy this place first and use it as a dragon's nest. Then I can make other plans."

Garros thought to himself.

Suddenly.

The ground shook slightly.

Garros's eyes focused, and he flapped his wings. He soared into the sky and disappeared from where he was.

Bang!
The rock layer where he had just stood was like fragile glass, shattering in an instant. A huge black shadow broke out of the ground and catapulted hundreds of meters into the air before falling down.

The tense spirit relaxed a little.

Garros exhaled and looked down.

In the field of vision, there is an extremely huge rock-crushing worm that is a hundred meters long. It is entrenched at the bottom of an abandoned mine. Its armor shines with a cold metallic color in the sunlight, and a sense of oppression comes over you.

Click, click, click!
Amidst the teeth-grinding sound, the ground continued to break, and one rock-crushing worm after another broke out of the ground.

They are densely packed and numerous, and the sight of their bodies rubbing and entangled with each other is chilling.

"There is a swarm of rock-crushing worms, and there is also a worm king."

"This place has no connection with me for the time being."

"It seems that finding a suitable habitat is not an easy task."

The young dragon secretly sighed that it was a pity, and avoided the acid rain spewed out by the Rock Crushing Worm Dynasty itself, flying higher and higher, and left this place.

(End of this chapter)