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Lantern Glaze, Flame Glaze, and Blazing Lightning—any one of the three young dragons could fight the Royal Oriole alone. However, the two sides have not yet officially clashed, so the outcome is still unknown.

Even though the metal dragon hatchlings were extremely disciplined, under Qin He's meticulous arrangements, they ultimately suffered a defeat.

"Keep it up! Next... I plan to send you to the Blue Dragon tribe in the desert. You'll be the strongest in their nursery where they raise their young!"

After informing Deng Liu about the tribe's affairs, the young dragon, now empowered, wagged its tail and confidently assured Qin He that it would win the battle.

……

Through the teleportation point, Deng Liu successfully returned to the town on the surface. Relying on the natural energy within her body, she transformed her simple dress into a magnificent ice dragon court gown.

Her completely renovated attire, paired with an exquisitely crafted dragon horn headdress as beautiful as crystal, made Deng Liu shine like a princess from an ancient kingdom—

Moreover, the scorching desert suddenly cooled down because of her arrival.

Ordinary white dragon cubs would be unbearably hot in the extreme desert climate. Without something like icy jade dragon scales to cool them down, they would almost never leave the ice field.

But now, she is the ice field.

Having transcended the realm of ordinary white dragon cubs, Deng Liu was confident... she could definitely defeat Qin He's opponent. Regardless of whether the opponent was a golden dragon that had reverted to its ancestral form, she would give it her all.

Upon arriving among the dragons, Deng Liu's appearance immediately caught the attention of the young dragons. They had never seen a white dragon like this before.

Some of the young blue dragons responsible for looking after the baby dragons also subconsciously sensed Deng Liu's extraordinary nature.

"Look... is that a white dragon? His Highness the Dragon Emperor once said that the most powerful white dragon cub would come to our dragon herd."

"Don't normal white dragons only have horns? What's that horn-like crown on her head?"

"Fool, she's a white dragon that has reverted to her ancestral form! Just look at Boss Yanliu... isn't she much prettier than an ordinary red dragon?"

The young dragons were very curious about Deng Liu's glassy dragon scales, forged from magma and natural energy, and his interlocking horned crown.

The white dragon cubs submitted to Lantern Liu upon her arrival. This included Cather, the white dragon who had once fought Yan Liu to a standstill.

They could tell just by looking at its size that the young dragon in front of them was not one they could get close to observe.

Her body length of about 4.7 meters was slightly smaller than that of Yan Liu and Chi Dian... but she was a white dragon.

Green dragons, black dragons, and white dragons are all smaller in size compared to red dragons and blue dragons.

However, during her growth period as a young dragon, she possessed a physique close to that of a red dragon! Although her body was slender overall, no young dragon here would dare to test her strength.

"Flame Glaze, Blazing Lightning."

When Deng Liu arrived at the Blue Dragon tribe's garden, he was also filled with trepidation.

The baby dragons here are predominantly blue, green, and black, with only a handful of red and white dragons.

As for the other young dragons, Tōryū didn't know how to start a conversation. She could only call out the two names she knew.

"Hehe~ You must be Deng Liu... His Highness Qin He has mentioned you to me many times. We've even seen each other before in the video projection on the magic communication terminal!"

Putting aside her annoying nature as a female imp, Yanliu flew down from the highest cliff.

Its vibrant red scales, combined with the already powerful and beautiful skeleton of a young dragon, along with its equally majestic crimson horn crown, highlight Flame Ryu's superiority as a naturally atavistic red dragon.

Unlike the scales on a lamp-shaped wing membrane, her wings have mysterious, flame-like patterns that make her stand out in flight.

Furthermore, Yanliu possesses the overwhelming power of her ancestral red dragon, just like her mother.

"Ice Dragon, it's a pleasure to meet you. We will bring victory to Prince Qin He!"

On the other side, the hybrid monarch, still in its growth stage, and the young dragon evolving towards becoming the second Rainbow-Winged Tyrant and the Colorful Princess, also emerged from the shadows.

It possesses characteristics of both red and blue dragons, with its body displaying a mixture of red and blue. The golden horn on its nose, belonging to a blue dragon, is particularly vibrant in color.

In a little while, Blazing Lightning will be able to evolve into Bayel's form. Now, she even possesses the extremely rare Hellfire Breath.

Hellfire is black in color and is a magical energy from the underworld; its essence is not fire.

Therefore, neither Flame Glaze's fire resistance as a red dragon nor the chilling aura of the Ice Dragon on Lantern Glaze's body could withstand the Hellfire Breath, which was the trump card of Blazing Lightning.

Currently, the three loli dragons are evenly matched in strength.

For the young dragons who have the upper hand over the brass dragon, as long as the three of them work together, they can basically secure victory no matter what the battle situation is like.

Imagine if Flame and Lightning, when they were at the mid-tier 2nd level, joined forces and were able to slaughter a low-tier 5th level Anjanath.

If we add Deng Liu to the mix, the three of them could probably beat the enemy's metal dragon cubs to a pulp with a direct frontal assault.

"Get ready, come with us~ We'll show you your lair, which was specially built with funds from His Highness Qin He—"

Following Yanliu, Dengliu arrived at a cave in the Young Dragon Garden. The cave was made of ice bricks and insulated with ice-type magic crystals.

Since Qin He arrived, the treatment of the young dragons in the garden has visibly improved. The other white dragons also have suitable ice cave nests to live in.

In this room of the lantern, the two sides can be used to store frozen ice sculptures. The white dragons are accustomed to freezing powerful enemies into trophies and displaying them in their lair.

Inside the nest, neatly stacked ice blocks created a fairly spacious area for movement. Even these four- or five-meter-long young dragons could move around freely inside.

Of course, Flame and Lightning wouldn't help her arrange the treasure. Even Lantern, when arranging treasure in her lair, wouldn't like other young dragons present.

So they wisely withdrew.

Dengliu lay in the center of the treasure pile, grabbing a handful of sparkling diamonds that belonged to him, as well as other gold and silver treasures that were hard for a young dragon to possess.

Without Qin He, she would probably still be a pitiful young dragon coveting the Crystal Dragon's wealth.

……

"Hehe~ You've finished setting up your little nest?"

Although Yanliu no longer speaks in an annoying way, her overly familiar manner is unlike that of a red dragon, and is more similar to that of a copper dragon among metal dragons who loves to tell jokes.

"Dengliu, we have a large-scale hunting operation today. We've discovered a small group of Thunder Marrow Golden Rats in the south of the hunting grounds."

As she spoke, Yanliu began to tell Dengliu the story of Qin He's annihilation of the Dead City Rat King. Now, a group of disorganized Thunder Marrow Golden Rats had headed to the Hunting Ground Forest.

Among the young dragons, several black dragons and one green dragon were also injured, their bones and muscles broken by the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat's golden lightning.

These creatures are extremely cunning and possess incredible speed and lightning magic. They were originally intended to be dealt with by the young dragon of the Blue Dragon tribe.

However, at Chidian's request, they can also lead a team of young blue dragons to exterminate rats.

Even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat; the magic core and fur of the Thunder Marrow Golden Rat are both decent prey.

This batch of Thunder Marrow Golden Rats is only around the second tier on average. They are far less terrifying than the rat horde Qin He faced in the Dead City.

"Um...I want to go!"

Tōryū also resolved to learn how to hunt alongside the two dragons. When she had free time, she also wanted to practice fighting between dragons.

The match against Metal Dragon is coming up soon, and Teng Liu needs to ensure that... even if she faces Royal Oriole, she can have a 100% win rate.

……

Meanwhile, within the Brass Dragon tribe.

"Everyone, as you all know, our opponents—the ancestral red dragon Flame Liu and the hybrid dragon Fiery Lightning—have both become extremely powerful. What follows will be an intelligence war."

Lying among the metal dragons is the strongest young dragon here—the Golden Dragon Royal Nightingale.

She intended to use her own gold coins to trade with the caravan to increase her chances of winning. However, Qin He noticed the young dragon's intentions and granted Yan Liu the authority to use the Golden Fire Dragon scales as battle merits.

Right now, the opposing team's young chromatic dragons are all highly motivated. The metallic dragons are more organized, but they are still struggling to gain much advantage.

"If you ask me, we don't need to be so pessimistic. Fifty dragons competing... as long as we can guarantee that twenty of them are gold and silver dragons, these evil dragon cubs will be powerless to fight back!"

A young bronze dragon spoke, and the other young dragons looked in the direction of the voice and could see some scorch marks on its body caused by the breath.

—These are the burns left on the body of this young bronze dragon a few days ago when it provoked Yanliu in a mine... It now hates the red dragon to the core!

"Luckily, you encountered Yanliu. She doesn't have much combat experience and isn't fierce. If other red dragon cubs had found you... the three of you would definitely have died in the mine."

Huang Ying was quite exasperated with her reckless young dragon companions, although she could understand the bronze dragons. But to rashly challenge their strongest red dragon cub was far too reckless…

If Yan Liu had been a little more ferocious, the three young bronze dragons that were besieging her in the mine would probably have had their necks snapped.

At that time, the three bronze dragons asked their copper dragon companions how to play tricks on the red dragon.

Specifically, it involves using its flight capabilities in environments such as mines and rock walls to find a suitable spot where the Red Dragon, with its longest wingspan, cannot utilize its size advantage.

But the outcome was far from optimistic, since only a few bronze dragons could outmaneuver a red dragon. Let alone bronze dragons, which are righteous dragons that prefer direct confrontation.

After Yanliu, relying on her dragon girl form, nimbly moved through the mine, the monsters simply stopped using any tricks and directly took turns fighting Yanliu one-on-one.

Upon their return, one of the three young bronze dragons had its back scorched by the breath, while the other two had their heads slammed into the ground by Flame Liu.

Even the blue dragons of the same age could only manage a draw against the bronze dragons in one-on-one battles. After defeating the three young dragons, Yanliu shook off the dust from her scales and went deeper into the mine to search for gold.

Unbeknownst to them, Qin He had been piling up a considerable amount of dragon crystals in Yan Liu's dragon nest these past few days, allowing her to absorb the magical energy stored within them.

Coupled with her innate ancestral red dragon blood, Yanliu already possesses an excellent foundation. It would be shameful if she couldn't easily defeat three young bronze dragons.

"Alright, enough said. We've lost, I can handle Yan Liu... As for that hybrid Fiery Lightning, we can leave it to Leng Xu."

Leng Xu is a silver dragon standing nearby. She also possesses the blood of a silver dragon, but because she has always been hidden in the garden of the brass dragon tribe, the young dragons of the colors have no information about her.

What are your thoughts on that matter?

What Huang Ying was referring to was, of course, the matter of Yan Liu and her group frantically plundering wealth in the past few days.

Although they were only following the map given by Qin He to find the treasure pits of the Thunder Marrow Golden Rats, these colorful young dragons running around everywhere turned the Great Wilderness Dragon Plains into a chaotic mess.

Aside from the two leaders, Flame and Lightning, the other young dragons were like hungry dogs released from their cages, hunting and gathering wealth with madness.

The metal dragons, raised with a benevolent upbringing, could never bear to watch these colorful, malevolent dragons plunder.

Therefore, the bronze dragons, who were the backbone of the fight against the blue dragons, were the first to respond. Subsequently, some gold and silver dragons also began to fight the colorful young dragons.

At first, they were able to prevent the chromatic dragons from obtaining the treasure, and even get a share of it. But when Flame and Blaze decided to lead the team themselves, the advantage that the metal dragons gained from attacking from a distance disappeared.

In the end, Huang Ying herself had to intervene, turning the situation into a battle of kings against kings and soldiers against soldiers.

“My view is simple: Royal Oriole… I will deal with the hybrids, and you will deal with the Red Dragon. After that, with the preparations you have made and our natural advantages, we can win this battle.”

Leng Xu believed that she was fully capable of defeating the hybrid Chi Dian. As long as she could restrain the opponent's two strongest fighters, the Metal Dragon could overpower the Color Dragon.

"Here is their lineup, take a look."

The Royal Oriole spread its golden wings and handed a parchment scroll to the Silver Dragon.

Although it's called a declaration of war, the actual rules are quite simple. Each tribe must provide fifty young dragons, along with killer scorpions, sandworms, and other followers for their use.

As the Dragon Emperor, Qin He named this battle, which would determine the establishment of the trade route, the ownership of the magic crystal mine, and the loyalty of the brass dragon tribe, the Hundred Dragons War.

Since the Color Dragons only have two white dragons available for the competition, their lineup is as follows:

"Ten red dragons, ten blue dragons, ten green dragons, eighteen black dragons, and two white dragons."

Flame Glaze and Radiant Lightning are the leaders of the red and blue dragon cubs, respectively. They share the position of captain and are responsible for commanding the colorful dragon faction.

The bronze dragon, its back roasted, laughed loudly:

"Hahaha! White Dragon! Is it because those guys couldn't gather enough Black Dragons to use as cannon fodder that they made room for White Dragon to play?"

In the fledgling stage, the golden dragon is stronger than the red dragon, while the silver dragon is slightly inferior to the red dragon.

Blue dragons are comparable to bronze dragons, while even the lowest-ranking brass dragons can fight black dragons.

It's fair to say that a young white dragon is basically cannon fodder in such a battle. Even a black dragon has to avoid powerful young dragons, let alone a white dragon.

"I think this is a good opportunity. Perhaps we could send out only two brass dragons, and instead send out eighteen bronze dragons!"

Nearby, a bronze dragon made a joke. But they all knew they couldn't do that, after all, this was the territory of the brass dragons.

Regardless, the young brass dragons will occupy all ten of the competition slots.

"Alright, our participating teams will be a standard five teams and ten dragons. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

The metal dragons all knew that the Royal Oriole had a backup plan to ensure victory. So when the dragon spoke, they all nodded in unison.

This is also an advantage of metal dragons, speaking in such a tone among colorful dragons. Even knowing they can't win, there will still be troublemakers who will try to challenge them.

……

Leaving the garden, as the young dragon leader of the Brass Dragon tribe, Royal Oriole ventured alone into the Brass Dragon hunting grounds.

Here, her actions should not fall under the other party's control.

"Hello~ My lovely ally."

What came into view were five baby chrome dragons and five baby iron dragons?!

These guys who can suddenly appear in the battle are one of Huang Ying's trump cards.

Young chrome dragons are not much different from silver dragons. With a certain degree of camouflage, they can deceive the enemy and make the enemy mistake them for real ones.