Hearing the dragon's roar, Chino suddenly raised his head. He saw a white dragon with golden eyes staring at him from the sky!

A dragon?

"I don't have time for you right now. Don't try to die," Chino rumbled, his voice a low growl that shook the very ground.

The white dragon in the sky exhaled a blast of air. "You… must stay here today."

To settle things with the Sea King here.

The reason…? His mother, or something else?

Ye Long's face was contorted in pain. His memories were collapsing. He could only vaguely remember wanting to seal the Sea King.

"What if I refuse?" He challenged, his voice strained, his resolve wavering.

Chino casually tossed Naira Sorkin's crushed bones to the ground, his gaze unwavering as he stared directly at Ye Long!

The tension between the two was palpable, time seemed to stop.

At the same time, a dark figure appeared in the sky.

The dark figure stood with her arms folded, calmly observing the scene.

"Two 4th Step monsters fighting each other. This is the first time."

"002, if you win, I'll grant you one wish. I might even let you evolve again."

"025, if you win, I'll also grant you one wish."

Mei's voice echoed in their ears. Her voice was calm, measured, almost casual, yet it held an undeniable power, an authority that resonated with both creatures.

Hearing this, the two's eyes turned fierce.

Chino's muscles tensed. "Thank you, my lord. If I win, I only have one request. Please save my brother."

Ye Long exhaled a puff of mist. He didn't know what that being in the sky was, only that it felt like a god, like truth itself—unseeable, untouchable, and unconquerable. A primal fear, a deep-seated instinct, warned him against defiance.

Although Mei had promised a wish to the victor, Ye Long, his memories hazy and fragmented, couldn't think of what he wanted.

And the battle, observed by Mei, erupted after just a few breaths.

Boom!

Two terrifying auras, one on the ground, one in the sky, collided. Their meeting created a deafening roar that shook the very earth.

The clouds in the sky were thrown into disarray, swirling in turbulent waves under the force of the impact!

The two separated after the first clash. Ye Long opened his mouth and a massive, swirling column of water shot out!

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The column of water pierced through Chino's body, but he didn't react, opening his mouth and chanting a strange incantation!

Waves, the tide rises!

As soon as Chino finished speaking, enormous waves instantly descended from the sky, engulfing Ye Long!

Ye Long shifted his body and entered the tidal wave, changing the tide's direction and attacking Chino!

Splat!

The waves crashed against Chino's body, then flowed into the dry desert.

When it came to controlling water, Ye Long had an absolute advantage, it was his ability.

Chino was only summoning the tides through the Priests' incantations. He didn't have the ability to control the tides himself.

Seeing that the incantation was useless, Chino abandoned the ritual and leaped into the sky!

Yes, he could fly.

Chino, possessing the Rooster stone, could ignore gravity and fly in the sky thanks to the Rooster's power!

And the Rabbit stone could be used with the Rooster amulet to enhance flight!

Chino's enormous figure soared into the sky. Ye Long roared, and dark clouds gathered in the sky!

Lightning danced, striking towards Chino!

Boom!

Seeing this, Mei couldn't help but use her magnifying glass to observe Ye Long's abilities.

"Dragon, riding the clouds and controlling the wind, lightning, and fire. As an innate trait, it simultaneously possesses fog, wind, lightning, water, and fire, five elemental forces."

"The power is pretty good. And aside from that, the dragon also has a secondary trait and an innate trait."

"The innate trait is Great Generation. The secondary trait is… World Source?"

The Great Generation wasn't complex. It meant the dragon could make many creatures pregnant, giving birth to offspring with dragon blood.

But this World Source was interesting.

According to the magnifying glass, World Source is a power connected to the world's level.

The higher the world's level, the stronger the World Source's power.

In other words, the higher the world's level, the stronger Ye Long will be.

It's like a world guardian whose strength is tied to the world.

And this World Source also had another effect, granting Ye Long an ability recognized by everyone.

This effect wasn't complicated.

Simply put, if the people of this world see Ye Long, and they believe he can control the earth, then he can control the earth.

If people believe he can summon meteorites, then he can summon meteorites.

The specific conceptual limits are unclear. It depends on the World Source level.

For now, the World Source is likely only at the 4th Step.

To see what 4th Step can do, look at Chino at the early stage of 4th Step.

And Chino also has seven stones: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Horse, Monkey, Rooster.

It's really hard to say who would win.

The two giant monsters' battle was spectacular, and this battle was also noticed by many hidden monsters.

"That 002 has actually evolved to this level…"

"What is that dragon, it's also so powerful?"

"If their battle were in a city, they could probably destroy a county overnight. This is 4th Step? It's terrifying…"

"If I were to fight either of them, I probably wouldn't last five minutes."

"I hope that dragon wins. This way, I won't have to deal with those annoying fish."

...

In the sky, Ye Long bit into Chino's arm, then twisted his head, tearing off Chino's massive arm!

Splat, splat!

Chino's tentacles wrapped around Ye Long, and he grabbed Ye Long from the air and pulled him toward the ground!

Boom!

The two figures landed. Ye Long wrapped around Chino's waist, trying to sever his body. Chino tightly grabbed his neck, continuously exerting force!

The two were locked in a stalemate. The Fish-Men and the Kitsune all stopped fighting and began to watch the two giant monsters battle.

Zero also wiped a bead of sweat. If the dragon lost, he would have to deploy his final trump card!

Planning for the worst was Zero's habit.

Zero had actually brought two trump cards this time.

His first trump card was Ye Long.

But Zero was never completely at ease with this unpredictable dragon, never daring to bet on him.

So Zero had another plan.

Among the six people in the original candy box experiment, aside from Tang Yan, another person survived.

That was Gluttony.

Gluttony's ability was to absorb an object into his body and coexist with the target.

His ability had always been considered Kitsune's final trump card.

As a last resort, he would use his physical body to contain the monster, causing both the human and the monster to be sealed away!

But this ability had never been used. So, what it could achieve was still an unknown.

No one knew if Gluttony could seal such a large monster.