Chu Tian looked closely inside.
Within the murky, giant egg, a blurred object could be seen.
Dragon... Chu Tian had already seen two.
One was the dragon girl, the avatar of the Azure Dragon.
The other was the small golden dragon transformed from this Ancestral Dragon's Qi.
As for the thing inside, Chu Tian felt it bore no resemblance to a dragon.
Although it possessed a huge, extremely long body and blinked its black and yellow eyes.
It had three horns on its head.
Looking at it entirely, there were no dragon scales on its body.
Its body was like a snake, but not a snake.
It was also different from a Flood Dragon!
Upon closer inspection, it resembled a giant loach.
With three horns...
Below its belly, there were five legs.
In this aspect, it was somewhat similar to the small golden dragon in his hand.
This fellow also had five legs, while the dragon girl, after transforming into her true form, had four claws.
The small golden dragon, materialized from the Ancestral Dragon Imperial Qi, seemed to be of a higher grade than the dragon girl.
Of course, this was Chu Tian's assumption; whether it was a grade higher or simply malformed, he wasn't entirely sure.
Because legend had it... the five-clawed golden dragon was the king of dragons.
But that was only a legend.
It was also rumored that a flood dragon could transform into a dragon by crossing the heavenly tribulations!
But that had been refuted by the dragon girl.
This loach-like creature before him also had five claws.
It made Chu Tian quite perplexed; what species was this fellow?
Following that, the thing within the giant egg seemed to realize Chu Tian's presence and was staring at it, opening its mouth to let out a dragon's roar!
"Ao... wu..."
This sound directly struck Chu Tian's soul, causing his body within the mecha to jolt violently.
The dragon might contained within the sound could not be faked; it bore a similarity to his own Azure Dragon's might.
"Damn... it really is a dragon! But... its aura is a bit mixed, could it be a half-breed?"
Chu Tian's expression was shocked, and he slowly continued to swim forward.
"Human little ant, you insult me... Huh?"
Just as Chu Tian was about to get close, the creature spoke in human tongue, then questioned him.
Then, it flicked its head.
Around its mouth, what looked like catfish whiskers shot out, bypassing the limitations of the giant egg.
Ssssh...
A sound of spatial friction caused Chu Tian's heart to pound.
He rapidly moved his body, dodging the direct hit.
Those tendrils, much like Qiu Shaotian's limbs,
rapidly extended, piercing into the water curtain above.
Under Chu Tian's stunned gaze, as the tendrils retracted.
At the tips of the tendrils, three strange fish were bound.
One of them was the very fish Chu Tian had entered through its mouth.
The three fish were instantly pulled into the giant egg.
"There are actually three... It's been a long time since I've eaten so many!
Strange, how can a human little ant enter here?
I'll spare your life for now... You can't leave anyway. After I'm done eating, we'll have a good chat!"
The strange dragon, resembling a giant catfish, began to gnaw on the fish meat with crunching sounds.
Only then did Chu Tian realize that the creature wasn't attacking him moments ago.
It was actually capturing food. It turned out that the gourd automatically fished for it, providing meals for this fellow.
"Yiya ya..."
Suddenly, Chu Tian heard the small golden dragon's soft cry.
Chu Tian turned the mecha's head and found that this little fellow had somehow hidden behind his head.
A mixture of excitement and fear flickered in its eyes.
Clearly, it was greatly afraid of the thing inside.
Yet, it seemed to desire something...
Yiya ya, as if it was trying to tell Chu Tian something.
At the same time, it waved its two small front claws, and Chu Tian gradually understood its meaning.
It wanted Chu Tian to go up and beat that fellow.
"Hmm? That human... what is behind you? Why does it carry (its) scent..."
The strange dragon within suddenly raised its head.
Its dark, glistening eyes stared in Chu Tian's direction!
"Uh... you mean it?"
Chu Tian reached out and pulled the small golden dragon from behind his neck.
"Yiya ya..."
The small golden dragon struggled in fear at this moment.
"Hmm? Ancestral Dragon... cub...?"
The creature in the giant egg suddenly raised its voice.
It slammed its massive head against the edge with a bang...
However, it was repelled by the rebound force, shaking its head.
Its speech became labored.
"Hahaha... Good... good... Truly, time's cycle, retribution is inescapable!
Ancestral Dragon... You never imagined you'd end up here one day, did you?
And so weak!
Come to this seat, and I shall devour your essence..."
Chrr...
The creature spoke to itself, and with a soft sound.
Its whiskers shot out again.
"Scram..."
Chu Tian's mecha body coiled backward.
He threw a punch.
Boom...
With a loud crash, his fist collided with the whiskers.
His hovering body was sent flying backward.
The thrusters on the mecha's back emitted bright light.
"Hiss..."
The strange dragon's whiskers also instantly shot back.
It let out a sound of drawing breath from its mouth.
"Human ant, how dare you injure this seat!"
The creature's colossal body shook violently.
Causing the surrounding chains to clatter!
Chu Tian shook his numb arm, feeling shocked within.
This fellow's strength...
Wasn't that great!
What shocked Chu Tian was that the opponent was too weak!
"Stop bragging to me, Chu San Ye... Don't say 'this seat,' I am your great-grandfather... You're just a little loach in a cage!
Chu San Ye can beat you whenever I want, what can you do to me?
If you have the guts... come out, and let's have three hundred rounds!"
Chu Tian had already seen that this fellow couldn't get out from inside.
And he felt that the altar and the cage binding it were
integrated. As the creature thrashed violently,
its dragon energy was drawn out and entered the altar.
Even when it was still, a trace of energy was being stripped away.
From its aura, Chu Tian discovered it had weakened considerably.
However, so much time had passed, and there were no people on the island at the altar.
Otherwise, the flood dragons that absorbed dragon qi for cultivation would certainly have noticed this anomaly.
However, the dragon energy that this strange dragon emitted just now would not be wasted.
Originally, this formation was designed to meticulously extract its dragon energy and store it within the altar, allowing those flood dragons to activate it periodically.
This was also the so-called "pilgrimage"...
The strange dragon, trapped here for an unknown amount of time,
naturally knew that as long as it bumped or struggled violently,
the outer cage would absorb its essence.
But the words spoken by this human little ant outside were too infuriating.
It made its teeth itch.
"Little ant, I am the Ancestor of the Dragon Clan... How dare you be so disrespectful to this seat? If it were in the past... I would have long ago turned you into dust!"
This fellow indeed dared not make any more movements!
The essence power it had painstakingly recovered just now,
had been half-consumed by the altar!
"Oh dear... Still calling yourself the Ancestor of the Dragon Clan, then what is this little thing!"
Chu Tian dangled the small golden dragon by its tail.