LRAB Chapter 75 How to Train Your Dragon
Chapter 75 How to Train Your Dragon
Unlike the cat that could curl up and sleep anywhere, Chen Yan carefully selected a seat for himself.
He carefully combed the fur on the pink Rathalos's shoulders and neck, touching and pressing it, and finally chose a spot where the fur was neither too soft nor too hard, and the carapace was neither too much nor too little.
Once the location is chosen, the next step is figuring out how to ride up there.
He tried to climb up the Pink Rathian's head, but the smooth pink scales made it difficult to stand. He then tried to climb up the Pink Rathian's tail, but it started trembling as soon as he touched it.
Seeing this, Chen Yan suddenly remembered that it was said the fire dragon's tail was glued on and would fall off at the slightest touch...
In the end, they circled back to the side.
He first pulled down half of the Pink Rathian's wing, then tentatively stepped on the huge thorns on the side of its wing with one foot, and walked up a few steps as if climbing stairs.
Using both hands to support itself on its protruding shell, once it was about the right distance, it pushed off the ground with its remaining foot, jumped a few times, and then sat down steadily.
"Wow, it's not as difficult as I thought!"
Chen Yan straddled the neck of the Pink Rathian, his rear end pressed against the base of its muscular wings, with its thick neck and head in front of him. Feeling the rise and fall of the giant beast's breath beneath him, Chen Yan, riding a dragon for the first time, was both nervous and excited.
The Pink Rathalos also curiously turned around to look, and this turn caused its muscles and shell to rotate. Chen Yan's face turned pale, and he gasped sharply. He quickly supported the Pink Rathalos's head.
"Wait, wait! It's caught in my hand!"
After adjusting his sitting posture, he tried a few more times and only felt relieved after confirming that no matter how the Pink Rathian turned its head, it couldn't clamp onto his vital points.
He instinctively gripped the protruding carapace on the Pink Rathian's shoulder blade, his ten fingers weaving along the gaps until he finally touched the flesh beneath its neck carapace.
Startled by the touch on its sensitive areas, the Rathalos jerked violently, nearly throwing Chen Yan and the Flower Cat away.
Seeing its strong reaction, Chen Yan realized that it was nervous being ridden for the first time. Since it was nervous, Chen Yan couldn't be nervous either.
He slowly withdrew his hand and gently stroked the scales on its neck to calm it down.
Since your hands make it tense, trying a different method should work.
This time, as he stroked it, he gradually tightened his legs, clamping them around the sides of the Pink Rathian's neck. His strengthened muscles allowed him to maintain a stable posture, and the Pink Rathian reacted much less, frequently turning its head to look curiously at the person sitting on it.
Under Chen Yan's command, the Sakura Rathalos took a few tentative steps, its steps steady and powerful, and Chen Yan, sitting on its back, could hardly feel any bumps.
"Okay, fly slowly from now on, let me get used to it—"
Before Chen Yan could finish speaking, he heard the wings behind him flap violently, and then the scene in his eyes changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he was dozens of meters in the air.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the Sakura Fire Dragon flapped its wings vigorously again, soaring into the sky at a perfect 45-degree angle. By the time Chen Yan came to his senses, they were already a hundred meters in the air.
Riding a Pink Rathian is a completely different experience from riding a Pteranodon.
Although the pterosaur can carry hunters very high, it tends to float when it flies high, and the hunter will be swayed by the wind.
But sitting on the Pink Rathian, apart from feeling the strong wind rushing towards you, you don't feel any extra shaking at all.
"Is this the difference between turbocharged and naturally aspirated engines?"
Feeling the muscles tremble as it flaps its wings, listening to its long, deep breaths, and watching the rapidly passing clouds and the panicked pterosaurs trying to avoid them, Chen Yan felt as if he were piloting a fighter jet.
The Sakura Fire Dragon carried Chen Yan around a hundred meters in the air. They got to know each other well, and Chen Yan also figured out a way to control the Sakura Fire Dragon fighter jet. Through eye contact, the two quickly determined how to control the direction.
Simply stroke the right side of its neck and it will fly to the right; stroke the left side and it will fly to the left.
If you touch the center of its neck, it will tilt its head back and fly high. As for landing, it's very simple. Touch it all over, and it will freeze and fall headfirst because it can't stand the tickling.
As Chen Yan and the Sakura Fire Dragon soared through the sky, crashing through the clouds and skimming across the sea, a feeling of having conquered nature surged within Chen Yan.
Just as he was in high spirits, a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly, a splash erupted on the calm sea surface, and a monster with a streamlined body, covered in shimmering blue-gold scales, and with wings on its back resembling those of a flying dragon, leaped out of the water.
It swung its large, fan-shaped fins behind its head, opened its huge mouth full of carnivorous teeth, and bit down hard on the Pink Rathian.
It turned out to be a rare individual water dragon capable of living in seawater.
The sudden appearance of the water dragon threw the Pink Rathian, which lacked combat experience, into disarray, leaving it once again caught in a dilemma: should it run or fight?
Despite the chaos, Chen Yan remained calm. After analyzing that the attacking monster was a water dragon, Chen Yan immediately lowered his body and stroked the center of its neck with both hands. The Pink Rathian, which had lost its ability to think, suddenly rose up almost the instant it received the command.
The excessive overload caused Chen Yan's vision to go black. He felt as if a mountain was pressing down on every part of his body, and he was so uncomfortable that he felt like he was going to vomit blood.
This was with his enhanced body; if it were an ordinary hunter, this blow would have been enough to break several of their ribs.
The ichthyosaur missed its target, but it didn't want to let the rare fire dragon escape. Its belly heaved, and it opened its mouth to spew out a high-pressure stream of water, which shot straight toward its prey like an arrow.
"Good timing! Use Dragon Flame!"
The Rathalos obediently lowered its head, but just as it took a deep breath after aiming at its target, Chen Yan, sensing something was wrong, immediately interrupted it in a panic.
It's so hot! It's incredibly hot! How can a fire-breathing dragon's neck be so hot?!
"Wait, wait, wait! I'm about to turn into roast chicken! Quick, switch moves! Use the ultimate technique, Spinning Tail Whip Poisonous Slap!"
The Rathalos swallowed the flames that were rising from its mouth, and under Chen Yan's control, it dodged the high-pressure water jets by turning sideways and swooped down rapidly from the air.
The water dragon, having exhausted all its strength and methods, is now panicking.
It shook its head and whipped its tail as it jumped back, but the Pink Rathian's dive was faster than its freefall speed.
As it approached, the Pink Rathian unleashed a spectacular Super Spin Tail Whip with deadly poison. Its thick, mace-like tail struck the Rathian's head with a vengeance, causing the Rathian to scream in agony as it convulsed and crashed into the sea, where blood quickly began to splatter on the surface.
The Rathalos, thrilled by its victory, let out an extremely excited roar, but when it didn't receive the petting reward from Chen Yan, it turned around in confusion and found that Chen Yan and the Flower Cat had long since disappeared.
Its pupils suddenly contracted. It looked around and saw Chen Yan and Hua Miao swimming desperately towards the shore with all their might. The seawater behind them was surging, and countless monsters were eyeing these two plump prey.
One of the water dragon subspecies, Emerald Water Dragon, with its entire body covered in emerald-colored scales, roughly pushed aside the water dragons around it. It swam faster, flicked its tail fin a few times, and came to Chen Yan and Hua Miao's back. It sized up the two prey on its left and right.
Logically, the fatter Palico should be more attractive to it, but for some reason, it just couldn't stand the human next to the fat cat.
It chose to follow the arrangements made by fate.
The Emerald Water Dragon suddenly opened its massive jaws and bit down on Chen Yan's buttocks. Chen Yan felt a chill run down his spine, broke out in a cold sweat, and knew he was doomed. Then, his vision blurred, and his buttocks grazed past the Emerald Water Dragon's fangs as he returned to the embrace of the blue sky.
He held the wet claws of the Pink Rathian, gazing at the heavens and earth with awe.
"I was wrong, I will never dare to conquer nature again!"