Azure Star is also a Pokémon Master!

Under Su Yi's command, the Barioth never engaged in a direct confrontation with it. Instead, it nimbly jumped and dodged while using extremely fast-moving ice shards to harass it from a distance, attempting to provoke the Brachydios and expose its weakness.

Sure enough, could the Broken Dragon, with its characteristic volatile temper, tolerate this?

The wrathful dragon, its furious nature unleashed, launched a frenzied attack.

Su Yi simply rode on the back of the Barioth Dragon and took command of the Barioth Dragon in battle, using skillful dodging and flexible ranged attacks to toy with it.

Furthermore, the slime fungus released by the Barioth Dragon loses its activity under the ice whirlwind, making it difficult to detonate, thus completely restraining it.

The biggest weakness of Brachydios is the lack of effective ranged attacks. When facing opponents like Barioth that jump around a lot, it can only grit its teeth and get close to attack with its fists.

Seeing that Su Yi's command of Broken Dragon's every move made the battle much easier, Barioth Dragon wholeheartedly followed the command and enjoyed the pleasure of toying with its opponent.

All I can say is that the Barioth is quite adept at making melee, short-ranged monsters disgusting.

Over time, even in its rage, the Broken Dragon knew that if it continued fighting like this, it would run out of energy and become easy prey. So it roared and turned to run into the passage.

"Should we pursue them?" the commander asked.

"Of course we should chase after them!" Su Yi said confidently.

"Then I'll wait for you near the hillside we came from!" the commander said, and ran back towards the hillside they had come from.

"Barioth, it's a pleasure working together," Su Yi said to Barioth with a smile.

"Awoo!" the Ice Fang Dragon roared in response, initially acknowledging Su Yi's command ability.

Next, Su Yi recalled his Barioth, and together with Dewgrass and his bear apprentice, they rode Corviknight and flew along the passage into the mountain.

"Did you find anything, Xiong apprentice?" Su Yi asked Xiong apprentice behind him.

"Beep!" The bear apprentice nodded. Compared to the attack methods of other monsters, the Shattered Dragon's punches were more intuitive and easier to imitate.

However, the bear apprentice felt it was still lacking, probably because the Brachydios didn't engage in close combat with the Barioth, and thus couldn't unleash its full offensive potential.

As they ventured deeper into the mountain, the space began to widen, and the temperature gradually rose. Sure enough, below lay a vast area of ​​lava, with molten lava flowing like rivers throughout the cave.

“You run pretty fast!”

Seeing that the Brachydios was no longer in the vast underground space, Su Yi dismounted his Corviknight, found the Brachydios's footprints, and then used Scoutflies to track it.

Following the guide insect, Su Yi continued deeper and arrived at a collapsed rock wall, where traces of an explosion could still be seen around the wall.

"They're quite clever; they even knew to blow up the road to hinder the pursuit."

If it were an ordinary monster, they might have to find another way, but Su Yi immediately sent out the Black Horned Dragon to violently break through the defenses and finally dug a passage to continue the pursuit.

But after exiting the passage, inside a basalt cave, two little creatures let out childish roars and excitedly rushed towards Su Yi.

"Hmm?" Su Yi nimbly dodged and looked at the two attackers.

Su Yi asked in surprise, "A baby dragon?"

That's right, the little guy in front of you, whose two fists are not fully developed, not yet covered with enough slime, and whose armor has not yet been tempered into obsidian color, is a shattered dragon cub.

The little creatures seemed to have spotted some novel toy, and they excitedly surrounded Su Yi, their innocent eyes filled with curiosity. Compared to the ferocity of the adult Shattered Dragon, the young Shattered Dragon was much cuter.

The Scoutfly was startled by the attack from the little Brachydios and returned to the Scoutfly container. Moreover, there are three passages in the cave, and only by dealing with the little guy can we use the Scoutfly to continue tracking.

Although they were small wrathful dragons, their bodies were already the size of adult Asian elephants. Su Yi released the Ice Fang Dragon again, ordering it to finish the battle quickly.

Barioth: Let me see if you guys are developing normally!

Under Su Yi's instructions, the Barioth spent some time "gently" knocking down the two little Brachydios without damaging their bodies before Su Yi threw a ball to capture them.

Having wasted a lot of time, Su Yi wanted to speed things up as much as possible.

However, lava terrain is very complex and dangerous. Lava can suddenly erupt or fall from somewhere, and you may encounter a lava river around a corner.

All of these slowed down Su Yi's speed.

boom!

After wandering around for a while, while crossing a lava lake, a lava dragon suddenly burst out of the lava, splashing out large amounts of lava and blocking Su Yi's path.

The lava dragon let out a strange cry, looked at the intruder, and violently spewed out the magma that had been accumulating in its mouth.

Su Yi quickly dodged the lava bombs, thinking to himself: "After running so far, we've even entered the Lava Dragon's territory. It seems the Shattered Dragon has probably run out of its own territory."

After tracking for so long, and almost venturing into the dangerous depths of the underground world, coupled with Dewgrass's reminder that Rock Thief Dragon was in poor condition.

Ultimately, in the vast underground world composed of lava and magma, Su Yi gave up the pursuit of the Shattered Dragon.

"It can run incredibly fast, darting around in and out of this underground space. If I didn't have a map, I probably would have gotten lost," Su Yi said helplessly, looking at the complex underground world.

The Brachydios is not particularly large among Brute Wyvern monsters in the same ecological niche, so it is relatively agile and, importantly, very fast.

The most important thing right now is to set up a camp so that we can better explore the Elder's Recess.

Holding the little dragon's capture ball, Su Yi said helplessly, "It seems your parents sold you out."

In fact, Brachydios rarely take care of their cubs. In fact, baby Brachydios can be injured or killed by the slime mold dropped by their parents. Only Brachydios that are successfully inoculated with explosive slime mold can survive in the harsh competition of nature.

After much effort, Su Yi finally returned to the foot of the mountain and, with the help of the guide insects, found the Grand Commander.

"Did you catch them?" the commander asked.

Su Yi shook his head: "It ran away for various reasons."

“It’s alright. This Dragon Crystal Land is so big, we’ll find another Broken Dragon eventually. While you were chasing the monster, I found a cave nearby that we can set up as a camp.”

The commander led Su Yi to the foot of a mountain, through a cave entrance that required crawling, and into a basalt cave.

Chapter 309 Two Evolutionary Paths

After quickly setting up the camp, Su Yi found a slightly secluded spot nearby and released the Rock Thief Dragon, then treated its wounds and healed it.

"That's terrible..." Su Yi shook his head as he dealt with the situation.

Fortunately, the monster was quite resilient, and with the Pokémon's constitution, Rockruff quickly escaped danger.

"Let me see what you can do." Su Yi opened the hunting guide.

Name: Rock Thief Dragon

Race: Rock Wyvern (Male)

Attributes: Rock, Fire

Ability: Explosive Saliva (Increases the power of Fire-type moves released from the mouth by 30%, and Rock-type moves released from the mouth can inflict the Explosion status condition on the target)

Move:

Lava Bomb (Exclusive move, power 60, Fire attribute, special move. First, dig up or condense rocks, hold them in your mouth, mix them with saliva to form explosive lava, and then spit it out to attack the target. Alternatively, you can spit out all the lava in your mouth at once, increasing the power of this move to 180.)

Explosive Saliva (Exclusive move, power 30, fire attribute, special move, sprays out a pool of scorching magma saliva, targets that get covered in it will be inflicted with the Explosion status ailment)

Digging Dash (Exclusive move, power 50, Rock type, physical move. Opens its strong jaws and plunges into the ground to dash in a straight line, holding the excavated rock in its mouth and leaving a trail of hot saliva. Targets that touch it will be inflicted with the Explosion status condition.)

Overwhelming force, digging tunnels, 100,000 horsepower, rock blast, rock cannon, knockdown, falling rocks, rockfall, smoke eruption, charged flame attack, and splash damage, etc.

Explosion Status: When a target under this status is hit by or uses a fire-attribute move, or after a certain period of time, the status explodes, causing fixed damage. It can be removed or prevented by status moves and items, and can also be extinguished or cleansed by rolling.

Carrying props: none]

"It's alright." Su Yi didn't expect the fat otaku dragon to become a main force; he was content to just be a fat otaku mascot.

The Rock Grimoire is actually quite fat mainly to maintain balance, because its large, extendable jaws account for 30% of its weight. In addition, it lacks heat dissipation organs, so it needs to keep its large belly close to the ground to dissipate heat.

Furthermore, the Rock-Tiger Dragon needs to move around constantly to dissipate heat. It basically eats its fill, takes a walk, and then goes to sleep, leading a very simple and regular life.

So don't jump to conclusions just because you don't understand Fat Otaku Dragon!

"Gurgle?" The Rock Thief Dragon, having recovered much of its strength, slowly woke up.

The next moment, Rock Dragon's small eyes widened suddenly, and then it looked around in terror.

"There's no danger around, we don't need to fight anymore, Fatty!" Su Yi reassured him.

"Ugh!" The Rock Thief Dragon looked at Su Yi and hummed eagerly.

Rock Dragon: No time to explain, quickly put me back into that ball! Hurry!

Su Yi said helplessly, "There is no danger around here anymore."

Rock Dragon wouldn't listen. He turned around, dug a hole, and buried himself in it, peeking out his small eyes and suspiciously peering around.

"Is he traumatized by the Shattered Dragon?" Su Yi said, dumbfounded.

Perhaps after its intelligence improved, it became more acutely aware of the damage inflicted on it by the Broken Dragon, and after fully realizing the gap in strength, it began to feel uneasy about the possibility of powerful enemies appearing in the environment.

Su Yi reluctantly withdrew the anxious Rock Thief Dragon and sighed, "Now I'm really going to become a fat otaku, and a socially awkward fat otaku at that. I'm numb."

Su Yi then checked the information about the little dragon.

Name: Young Fragmented Dragon

Race: Brachydios (Male)

Attribute: Fighting

Special ability: Iron Fist (increases the power of fist-type moves by 20%)

Moves: Slap, throw, stomp, headbutt, double strike

Carrying props: none]

"It seems the little guy hasn't become a true Shattered Dragon yet," Su Yi said.

After all, the little Brachydios hasn't grown up yet; its fists and head haven't become as hard as obsidian, and its body hasn't been inoculated with enough slime mold.

It can be said that the wrathful dragons with slime mold and those without slime mold are completely different creatures.

"It seems that the young Brachydios can evolve into a fully evolved Brachydios with slime mold."

The evidence is that the initial name of the Brachydios cubs is not Brachydios. Take the Sky Dragon for example, although it is a cub, its initial name is still Rathalos.

Does this mean that after becoming Pokémon, the baby Brachydios and the adult Brachydios are in an evolutionary chain relationship, rather than simply a juvenile and an adult relationship?

If this is the case, young wrathful dragons would not need to undergo the dangerous and painful slime mold inoculation process, but could safely evolve into their complete form.

The resulting shattered dragon probably wouldn't be the grumpy old man it is now.

Su Yi smiled and said, "Interesting."

While being treated and fed, the two little ones seemed completely unaware that their parents were no longer around, but they didn't seem to care much either, instead curiously trying to hammer and chew on everything.