The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Ach faced off with the Sub-dragon Turtle, with each minute and second ticking by.

This left Liszt baffled; he had always been short-tempered in battle, getting things done after a few words, and since this world hailed strength as king, displaying strength was the best way to communicate. Once strength was shown, everyone knew how to speak to each other.

However, half an hour had passed, and Ach still hadn't made a move.

It was at this point that the Sub-dragon Turtle made a move, slowly sinking, its carapace dipping into the water bit by bit, and thus the Opportunity, which had been stranded on its shell, returned to the sea.

The next moment, a current of water carried the Opportunity away swiftly into the distance.

"So, that's the problem solved?" Liszt looked at the calm sea, feeling a bit uncomfortable. In fact, aside from rescuing the Opportunity, he had also wanted to hunt the Sub-dragon Turtle—after all, it was a Super Dragon Beast, and its shell's changing properties could be of immense help to his cultivation.

The tail feathers of the Flame Dragon Bird had previously hinted at the changes between the soul and magic power, but he had not had the chance to witness more detailed aspects, which he greatly regretted.

It seemed as though to dispel Liszt's thoughts.

Once the Opportunity was safe, the same Sub-dragon Turtle soon resurfaced, and on its shell, to everyone's surprise, stood Ach in a Magic Cloak.

Ach waved at Liszt in the sky, signaling for him to come down.

Out of trust in Ach, and confidence in his own strength, Liszt leapt from the air, landing on the shell of the Sub-dragon Turtle. The large shell, almost one hundred meters in diameter and covered with many coral reefs, looked quite peculiar, making it hard to imagine how the Sub-dragon Turtle lived.

If you said it was a shellfish that didn't move much and had coral growing on its shell, it wouldn't be impossible, but for a sea turtle to have coral, it suggests that it barely moved at all in its daily life.

"Brother."

"What's with this turtle?"

"The Dragon Turtle poses no threat. Ach felt its heart was very peaceful, so I communicated with it for a while, and it has agreed to come home with me," Ach said, beaming with a smile, very pleased with having won over a Super Dragon Beast Dragon Turtle, "Brother, please don't kill it, okay?"

"It can really understand you?"

"Mhm. When Ach used to live in the sea, I saw many sea turtles, and I know they communicate through the vibrations in the water currents. So just now, Ach tried out different vibrations in the water current to make this Dragon Turtle understand. Though, it seems a bit slow in its thinking."

"There's such a technique." Liszt believed him, after all, Ach was an Elf of the sea, and should have no problem taming marine creatures, "So what do you intend to do by taming it? To have it protect the territory, as a transport ship, or for research purposes? Does it really obey commands?"

"Brother, although the Dragon Turtle is slow, it has lived for a very long time. It says it knows many islands!"

"Islands?"

Liszt immediately smiled, "Good, good. If it can lead us to the islands, then its merit will be tremendous. When my country is established, perhaps I can keep it as a protector beast." The value of a shell versus discovering islands suddenly seemed unimportant.

After all, he had Little Yellow, Little Red, and Little Purple to study at any time.

"The Dragon Turtle can definitely find islands. It says it returns to the island every year to reproduce."

"How many little turtles has it bred?"

Ach replied, "The Dragon Turtle says there are many like it on the island where it was born. It doesn't know how many exactly, but there are a lot, though none are as big as it is. Ever since it grew too large, it has rarely returned to its birth island, drifting in the sea instead."

"Then let's go take a look at its birth island first!" Liszt decided at once.

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He signaled the Adventure Fleet to protect Flame Number as it rested in place and to repair the damage to Opportunity. Liszt and Ach promptly urged the Sub-dragon Turtle to swim towards its birth island.

"This giant sea turtle is a Thunder Attribute Sub-dragon, and currently, there is no information on what it should be called in legend," Liszt remarked as they set off. "So according to our naming convention, let's call it Lightning Dragon Turtle. Its speed doesn't seem very fast."

The swimming speed of the Lightning Dragon Turtle was roughly around thirty to forty kilometers per hour.

Certainly faster than a sailboat's speed, but accustomed to the speed and excitement Ach brought, Liszt found this pace unbearable.

"Don't worry, brother," Ach said.

Ach raised his hand, seemingly controlling the currents and communicating with the Lightning Dragon Turtle. After a moment, he said, "The Lightning Dragon Turtle is sensing the direction; once it selects the birth island's direction, Ach will control the currents to help speed it up."

Ten minutes later.

The Lightning Dragon Turtle finally determined its direction — slightly southeast of due east. Following this course seemed to indicate they were heading towards the Devil's Sea, beyond the Sea of Azure Waves.

The sailing records of the Duchy of Sapphire showed that the Sapphire Archipelago was surrounded by the Sea of Azure Waves, and beyond that was the Devil's Sea, with no detailed delineation of other waters. Strictly speaking, the current location of the Adventure Fleet had already left the Sea of Azure Waves, where Sapphire ships were active, and were now sailing in a new area.

But regardless, this new area was also considered part of the near seas of the Legendary Continent — Liszt hoped to establish a nation in the near seas.

Sailing further east would bring them increasingly farther from the Legendary Continent.

That unknown ocean was collectively called the Devil's Sea.

Ach began controlling the currents, allowing the Lightning Dragon Turtle to ride the flow she created, suddenly accelerating to about two hundred kilometers per hour. This continued for five straight hours, covering a distance of over a thousand kilometers. As a crescent moon rose, the Lightning Dragon Turtle became visibly excited.
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It sensed the aura of its birth island, or rather, it felt a natural affinity for the seas surrounding its island.

Continuing to swim for another half an hour under the moonlight, Liszt and Ach finally saw the outline of an island. The island was not big, possibly much smaller than Black Horse Island. However, in the view of Liszt's Eye of Magic, it shimmered with specks of purple and white light.

These were likely the Lightning Dragon Turtle's kind.

"We're going to be rich!"

This thought flashed quickly through his mind, but soon gave way to confusion as he drew closer. The Lightning Dragon Turtles in his view emitted a weaker magic glow than the one beneath him, and most importantly, their shells did not have a special brightness.

Their size was also much smaller than the Lightning Dragon Turtle, with the largest one estimated to have a diameter of only about twenty meters: "Are they juveniles, or not Lightning Dragon Turtles at all?" He suddenly remembered the unicorn information brought by Kenley Truth — it was said that unicorns lived among a herd of Pegasus.

Clearly, Pegasus and unicorns had inherent differences, making it difficult to consider them the same species.

Perhaps this Lightning Dragon Turtle differed essentially from the turtles on the island — it remained a mystery whether this difference was innate or caused by growth.

Flame Dragon Birds and their fledglings, unicorns and Pegasus, Lightning Dragon Turtles and ordinary Lightning Turtles… Information about these Super Dragon Beasts quickly flickered in his mind as he sought patterns and clues.

At this time.

The Lightning Dragon Turtle had already approached the shore and began to crawl towards the land.

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