In the blink of an eye, the dark green figure, like a beast breaking free from its chains, left the area ravaged by the fire tornado, crouching low and staring up with a ferocious gaze at the three true dragons.
Garon focused his gaze, locking onto the dark green figure.
It was a massive creature, thirty-five meters long, with a body similar in proportion to a giant python, radiating a fierce and brutal aura.
Its body was covered in dark green, almost black rough scales, with two sharp, winding dragon horns on its head, and hundreds of fierce spikes running down its back from head to tail. In its open mouth, sharp fangs crisscrossed like knives.
In addition, it had two dragon claws.
However, it only had two, located at the front of its body, currently pressing down on the ground, leaving several clear claw marks.
This creature, similar in appearance to a Jiao dragon, was known as a Cold Forest Scale Dragon, also called a Cold Forest Serpent Dragon.
"Serpent dragon species," Garon murmured to himself.
The Cold Forest Serpent Dragon belonged to the serpent dragon species, a very ancient type of primal dragon that roamed and hunted on the land before the true dragons appeared. However, their intelligence was even lower than that of a white dragon, and they were naturally violent and brutal.
There are many types of serpent dragons, but overall, they are extremely rare and near extinction.
They cannot stand the presence of their own kind, reproduce only once in their lifetime, and the first hatchling to emerge will eat all the other eggs, a cruel demonstration of survival of the fittest that even the adult serpent dragons do not prevent.
There are various types of serpent dragons: Cliff Serpent Dragons, Snow Serpent Dragons, Pond Serpent Dragons, Rock Mountain Serpent Dragons, Tombstone Serpent Dragons, and Cold Forest Serpent Dragons.
Many true dragons refuse to acknowledge that serpent dragons are also dragons.
But they can use dragon breath, have dragon's presence, and speak dragon's language—they are undoubtedly dragons and are powerful in their own right. Although classified as a sub-dragon branch, serpent dragons can match many true dragons of the same age.
Besides the most common true dragons, there is another type that resembles the serpent dragons called Emperor Dragons.
Emperor Dragons have a sinuous body like a python and possess limbs with dragon claws, and their appearance is very similar to the Chinese dragons that Garon remembers.
There isn't much recorded about the Emperor Dragons in the dragon's legacy.
"Cold Forest Serpent Dragon, perhaps the only one in the entire northern ice plains."
Luna looked at the restless Cold Forest Serpent Dragon and continued solemnly, "Be careful, don't let it bite you, and don't injure it fatally. Our goal is only to drive it away."
Killing the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon would not require Garon's involvement.
Luna and Nicole needed him because the serpent dragon should not be killed.
What makes all serpent dragons particularly tricky is not their poisonous fangs or their physique, which is no weaker than a true dragon's, but their ability known as the Death Curse.
When a serpent dragon is about to die, it can cast a curse on its hated enemies that lasts a lifetime.
Each serpent dragon's Death Curse is different; for instance, a Snow Serpent Dragon's curse can make its enemy unable to withstand severe cold and low temperatures.
The curse of a Cold Forest Serpent Dragon makes its enemy's resistance to lightning-based magic spells become extremely weak, causing them to suffer multiple times the damage.
The Death Curse of a serpent dragon is troublesome and is said to be because an evil deity greatly favors the brutal nature of serpent dragons, considering them as its pets, and thus bestowed upon them the evil god's blessing.
When Nicole and Luna mentioned the serpent dragons, Garon understood why they needed his help.
This tricky creature could not be killed or seriously injured, or it might commit suicide in a fit of rage and launch a Death Curse, which has happened before.
At the same time, the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon roared below, spewing harsh dragon language: "It's you again, disturbing my slumber. I will devour you alive! Let you scream in agony and die in torment!"
Its massive body shot up like an arrow loosed from a bow, heading straight for Garon and the other true dragons.
It lacked dragon wings but could fly through some supernatural ability.
Watching the approaching Cold Forest Serpent Dragon, Nicole's draconic eyes flickered with a light.
Domination spell!
This enchantment-like spell ability can suppress an enemy's mind.
The sinuously flying Cold Forest Serpent Dragon stiffened in midair, its fierce eyes becoming vacant and unfocused, and its body froze.
Nicole's breathing became labored, her normally clear dragon eyes now filled with blood vessels, seemingly under great stress. She urged quickly
, "Quick, while now."
At the same time, Luna and Garon exchanged glances, then opened their dragon mouths, aiming at the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon.
Whoosh!
Two surging dragon breaths fell from the sky like cascading waterfalls, engulfing the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon's body one after the other.
Silver dragons have two types of breath: one similar to but stronger than the white dragon's cold breath, and the other a paralyzing breath, which, as the name suggests, can paralyze those it hits. Silver dragons use paralyzing breath when they do not wish to harm their opponent.
Luna's breath was the paralyzing breath, hitting the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon first.
The attacked Cold Forest Serpent Dragon's eyes turned vicious as it broke free from Nicole's domination spell due to the external stimulus.
But because it was hit by the paralyzing breath, its body was somewhat uncontrollable, though unharmed, it could barely move.
The next second, Garon's frost breath followed.
The icy blue column of frost breath struck the paralyzed Cold Forest Serpent Dragon head-on.
This thirty-five-meter-long giant dragon, although snake-like and very slender, seemed less imposing than the massive true dragons.
For a creature of this shape, the frost breath could envelop it entirely.
Frost crystals formed rapidly, instantly freezing the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon into a long, icy stick, which began to fall towards the ground.
However, during its fall, the sounds of cracking could be heard as the encased Cold Forest Serpent Dragon began to break free from the ice.
At the same time, Luna took a deep breath and exhaled a cold breath belonging to the silver dragon, stronger than the frost breath.
Also icy blue but tinged with a silver-white chill, the cold breath descended from the sky, hitting the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon.
Under the effect of both dragon breaths, layers of ice crystals extended and enveloped the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon. The ice around it quickly became thick and heavy, freezing it into a lifelike giant sculpture, unable to break free for the time being.
Garon and Luna controlled their power, freezing the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon but ensuring not to grievously harm it, to guard against the Death Curse.
This Cold Forest Serpent Dragon was undoubtedly powerful, not far from legendary, but under the combined effort of the three massive true dragons, it had almost no chance to resist and was now rendered immobile.
Its breath and other spell-like abilities had no chance to be used.
It seemed to have no concept of the strength of the three massive true dragons, daring to attack directly in a rage, and without any subtlety, it was extremely violent.
Or rather, it had a concept but simply didn't care.
Serpent dragons are formidable and deadly, but there is a reason why they are not recognized by true dragons.
Then, Nicole raised her long, finely scaled neck, creating a gust of wind that caught the falling Cold Forest Serpent Dragon.
Because the creature was too heavy, the wind could not completely stop its descent, only slowing it down somewhat.
But that was enough.
The three massive true dragons flapped their wings, diving downwards, then reached out with their claws to grasp different parts of the Cold Forest Serpent Dragon's body.