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Qin He could almost picture the purple-robed woman casually distancing herself from Yinglong's actions and drawing a clear line between herself and him.

If Farazul were to offer assistance, it would only be by providing an escape route for the Ascended Shadow Dragon to flee to other planes outside the Treetop Main Universe.

Karex, the Dragon King of Destruction? Even less likely.

That one is the leader of the dragon race, who waged a thousand-year war against the giants and titans. He wouldn't stoop so low as to resort to underhanded tactics against Qin He.

The Enchanting Dragon King, daughter of Aio, the Brass Dragon Astraena?

Come on, she's the epitome of a brass dragon. If Astraena has any ulterior motives, it's just that she came to Qin He's place as a guest and used her incessant chatter, typical of a brass dragon, to drive him crazy.

Three-Tailed Dragon Queen and Subarulong King?

They should regroup amidst the siege of Tiamat first. The purple dragons and red dragons, dwelling in Hell, are at war, and the Athena dragons have suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Chassa.

Although the colorful dragons seem to be surrounded by enemies, they are indeed numerous and powerful.

No matter how Qin He thought about it, the Shadow Dragon's backing would not be members of the existing True Dragon Clan.

there is always a solution to a problem.

Whatever the Shadow Dragon's plans are, Qin He will deal with them one by one. More importantly, it's time for him to visit the Black Horned Dragon.

It is said that the black-horned dragon Gagill that successfully hatched the dragon egg did not revert to its original yellowish-brown color, but instead remained black as if its form had been fixed.

This means that she is still in the volatile infancy stage. Although the Black Horned Dragon's strength of around level eight does not pose a threat to Qin He, it is always better to be cautious.

Now, Gagill has successfully hatched six baby horned dragons. After being fed with special magic potion fruits, they have gradually learned essential horned dragon skills such as walking, flying, and digging.

"Your Highness Qin He~ Look! My baby has grown so big already~"

Kaguru maintained her dragon girl form to avoid hurting her three cubs.

Of the newly hatched horned dinosaurs, only the most delicate one inherited its mother's beauty and wisdom.

But with careful care and good conditions, they are much stronger than ordinary chicks. Immediately after hatching, the energy they absorb allows them to grow rapidly to about two meters long.

However, the bloodline of ordinary horned dragons is ultimately slightly inferior to that of the less common and rarer species of fire dragons.

Qin He pondered how to make these little horned dragons stronger.

"Jakiru, are you having any trouble adjusting to the food and living conditions here?"

In this world, a mother only needs to follow the guidance in her mind and go to the birthplace chosen by Heraheim to bring back the dragon egg.

But in the end, Gagill also put a lot of effort into hatching the baby horned dragons.

"Hmm...no~ The king cactus here...and that fruit and this vine, they're all just to my liking~"

Although the horned dragon was ferocious, Gajiru's attitude towards Qin He was quite gentle. She didn't get angry at him for stepping into her territory.

A desert area was designated as a new nest for Gajiru, and cacti and other fruits, which are the favorite food of horned dragons, were also provided.

"Your Highness Qin He... I heard that you're planning a battle of baby dragons in two months. Could my babies participate?"

As Jiajilu spoke, her snow-white, soft breasts, wrapped and bound by the assassin's sweater, swayed and pressed closer.

Ok? ? ?

Qin He never imagined that a mother would place such high hopes on her newborn dragon.

Unlike flying dragons such as fire dragons, horned dragons cannot fly in battles against giant dragons. This is a fatal weakness for them...

Not to mention, the metal dragons also have burrowing abilities, as do the brass dragons. Even if a diabolo burrows underground, the brass dragon has the ability to counter it.

Two months is perhaps enough time for the three baby ceratops to grow to three or four meters in length. But this does not mean they will have an advantage when fighting off young ceratops.

The Fire Dragon at least has breath attack, venom, and good aerial combat capabilities. Its mobility and interference capabilities are not bad in matches against baby dragons.

The only means that a horned dinosaur can rely on are its own formidable physical strength and its high-decibel roar.

Although both are fully grown, Diablos can easily defeat the original species, such as Red Rathalos and Green Rathalos, the one competing now is a baby Diablos.

In a direct confrontation, the opposing gold, silver, and bronze dragons were no pushovers. The roars of the young horned dragons were insufficient to intimidate the fledglings.

While the individual ceratopsian babies are certainly strong enough to compete, they wouldn't fare well against the metal dragons in a direct confrontation.

"Hmm... Let's talk about the competition when it happens. They're still children, and it's the time when they need to grow."

As someone possessing both human intelligence and extraordinary beauty, Jiajilu immediately noticed Qin He's hesitation, and she stammered as well:

"Hmm... Your Highness Qin He, I wanted to repay you with the babies... There are still two months until the baby dragon competition, and the babies will definitely grow strong and beautiful during this time~"

"We'll definitely outperform those baby fire dragons!"

She actually knew about the battle of the young dragons; perhaps she heard about it from Volper.

Unlike herbivorous flying dragons with bad tempers, Gajiru was always very docile in front of Qin He. She even felt a desire to repay his kindness…

However, when she saw the two giant dragons, Volper and Ulu, waiting outside her territory, her territorial instincts as a Blackhorn Dragon immediately kicked in.

In the end, Qin He stroked the pair of curved horns on her head and comforted her for a while before she stopped.

Qin He had some ideas about horned dragons. Besides using dragon blood to grant half-dragons power, he could also pursue the ultimate individuals of this race.

For example, there's that horned dragon that reached the Divine Ascension stage, and the mysterious individual from the Blue Dragon tribe to which Mulberry belongs, who each ruled the Great Wilderness Dragon Plains, with combat power equivalent to that of an Ancient Dragon.

—The Demon Horned Dragon, the strongest second-ranked species.

If their bloodline potential can be unlocked, allowing Gajiru and the little horned dragons to approach the level of the Demon Lord through natural means, their strength issue might be resolved.

Qin He already had a plan to artificially cultivate Bi Ren from an ordinary electric dragon into a "Azure Electric Master," so launching another Demon Slayer project wouldn't be a problem.

Sangshen knew the most about the Demon Horned Dragon, after all, her grandmother was a powerful Azure Dragon who had personally suppressed the Demon.

Perhaps we can start from this point and obtain some of the Demon's genes. Then Qin He can develop a cultivation plan based on the Demon's genes.

After careful consideration, the baby horned dragon isn't entirely without a chance of winning against the metal whelps.

If the opponent takes to the air and intends to attack with its breath, we can simply train them through practical experience to learn to burrow underground and avoid it.

The enemy has brass dragons, but our blue dragons are just as good at tunnel warfare. If the blue dragons and horned dragons could coordinate their attacks and provide cover for each other, the situation might be much better.

The basic setup for this battle was quite poor. The Blue Dragon tribe only had two white dragon cubs available to participate.

One is the ancestral ice-cursed white dragon, Lantern Liu, and the other is the white dragon, Kaiser, who barely managed to fight the newly arrived Flame Liu to a draw.

They are also the only white dragons that have passed the test and are able to represent their race in the war.

—In the entire Blue Dragon tribe, there are now only six white dragon cubs: Dengliu, Kaiser, and Kaiser's four younger sisters.

This is actually quite disadvantageous, despite its lack of intelligence, savage nature, and weak individual strength. However, the White Dragon actually has a significant advantage.

Ultimately, this isn't a battle between ancient dragons at the Ascended God stage. Both are operating at their maximum potential, so it's a contest of whose magic is stronger.

But since they're all young dragons, none of them are significantly stronger than the others. They don't know many spells at all, so the combat rules of Dragon Island can be applied here.

While a white dragon is no match for any metal dragon in a one-on-one melee, it's a different story if they know how to utilize their own strengths in combat.

The dragons' flying abilities are all worrisome. Even the silver dragon, which is known as the king of aerial combat and naturally possesses a series of flight-aiding spells after it grows up, still falls into the "poor" category in terms of flying ability when it is a young dragon.

However, due to its small size, the White Dragon excels in flying, swimming, and digging. While it doesn't possess the flying abilities of the Scroll Dragon or the Yellow Dragon, it still surpasses those of other colored and metallic dragons.

Although the White Dragon is often called an idiot and a disgrace to the true dragons, in the dragons' civil war, the White Dragon completely suffered from his lack of intelligence.

Their "strategy" revolves around constantly harassing the opponent. If they can win, they fight; if they can't, they turn and fly away or dig a hole to escape, only to return a while later and continue fighting.

In those legendary battles that can be considered classic examples, the White Dragon was even able to overcome the age gap and shoot down the Blue Dragon and the Red Dragon in aerial combat.

—Even because the Red Dragon is a fire-type subspecies, it suffers double the cold damage, and there are real cases of Red Dragons being killed by White Dragons in aerial combat.

Although a young golden dragon can take on two white dragons single-handedly, it will still suffer when sprayed with frost breath, even as a fire-type subspecies.

If they could bring out eight intelligent white dragons and have them receive professional training under Qin He's command, they might actually have a chance to turn the tide.

No matter what, it's still better than the eighteen black dragons on the current contestant list.

Firstly, acid breath is indeed not easy to gain an advantage in battles between players of the same age. Its power and range are inferior to the opponent's bronze dragon's lightning breath.

The bronze dragon only loses its scales, but you can't beat it in melee, ranged, or naval combat. You'll blow its head off.

Secondly, the difference between ten black dragons and eighteen black dragons is not that significant. Neither could stop the combined waterborne attack of the opposing gold and bronze dragons.

If it were a white dragon, at least it would have room to maneuver in aerial combat and digging. With a bit of luck, it might even be able to ambush a gold dragon with its frost breath.

When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy camps, we harass; when the enemy tires, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue – this is a guerrilla tactic.

The problem of the white dragon cubs was actually perfectly resolved when Volper brought the White Dragon Queen and her tribe.

Under the command of the ninth-rank lower-level White Dragon Queen are dozens of adult white dragons. Correspondingly, the number of white dragon cubs raised by the tribe is also quite large.

After visiting Jiajilu, Qin He, along with his two secretaries, Volper and Wulu, rushed to the snow-capped mountain where the White Dragon tribe was stationed.

With more than two months to go before the Young Dragon Battle, Qin He had ample time to use the magic communication terminal to synchronize the training plan with Deng Liu and Kaiser.

Although the young white dragons were indeed not very intelligent, they were part of a large dragon herd and had been systematically trained by the White Dragon Queen. Qin He refused to believe that they were incapable of understanding his commands.

With time running out and the task heavy, Qin He immediately ordered the selection of eight of the best young white dragons after arriving at the White Dragon Queen's fiefdom.

After being given divine white dragon blood by Qin He, the White Dragon Queen willingly submitted to him.

After all, the source of dragon blood is Tiamat, and the White Dragon Queen has lived for so many years.

Having devoted countless efforts to achieving its ancestral bloodline, if it fails to understand the stakes and harbors disloyalty towards Qin He, then its demise is not far off.

It was precisely because he could completely control the Queen through Tiamat's divinely bestowed white dragon blood that Qin He felt comfortable making the decision to send it to guard the border of the snowy plains.

"Your Highness Qin He! These are the eight young white dragons you requested. They are the most intelligent and cunning creatures in the entire tribe."

The eight young white dragons looked at Qin He with the curiosity of kittens. After seeing Qin He, they felt as if their bloodline had been summoned.

—This is the Dragon Queen's emblem that Tiamat gave to Qin He on their first night, and it's coming into play.

Qin He didn't say much, but simply pointed in the direction where the White Dragon Queen had retreated. There, only an empty door and the footprints of the ancestral white dragon remained.

“Do as I say, and each of you will have the opportunity to revert to your ancestral form. Even approaching the ancestral white dragon is not a dream—the opportunities you receive depend on how much you can do for me and for your Dragon Emperor.”

Seeing the white dragon cubs nodding like chicks pecking at rice, Ulu couldn't help but smile:

"Haha~ Your Highness Qin He, look at them. They're said to be some of the smartest young dragons~ but aren't they actually still pretty silly..."

Although Ulu didn't say anything harsh, the word "stupid" was already a complete insult to Bailong, who could understand it.

However, several young dragons detected the scent of pure gold emanating from Ulu. They quickly realized that this woman was a golden dragon who had concealed her dragon maiden characteristics.

Moreover, the purity of her bloodline is in no way lower than that of the White Dragon Queen.

Therefore, the white dragon cubs all restrained their anger and did not show the slightest emotion.

Seeing the young dragons' performance, Qin He and Volper both nodded in approval.

Volper pulled out a dragon crystal coin from the cloak of the monstrous dragon that covered his upper body. The precious currency, about the size of a mooncake, was dazzling and had a dragon aura. It instantly attracted the burning eyes of several young dragons.

Although they know how to be patient, the true dragons' greed for treasure is an instinct ingrained in their blood. Noticing the burning gazes of the young dragons, Volper tossed the dragon crystal coins into the corner.

The sound of this heavy coin rolling between the floor tiles of the main hall made the white dragons swallow hard.

Even as the dragon crystal coins crashed against the wall and fell to the ground, the clear, buzzing sound did not drive them into a frenzy to snatch them.

"Very good, you have all passed."

Next, we'll explain the concept of guerrilla warfare, offer more tangible benefits including money, and the tactics used to fight metal dragons...

In this regard, Qin He needs to explain carefully and at the same time train the White Dragons' execution ability.

When encountering gold, silver, or bronze dragons, how should one retreat when the enemy advances? Move to advantageous terrain to preserve strength and shift offensive strategies.

They adopted a strategy of ambushing the gold dragon and attacking the brass dragon, while avoiding direct confrontation with the silver, bronze, and copper dragons, demonstrating their ability to assess the situation.

When the Golden Dragon retreats, they should take the opportunity to launch a preemptive strike, using the harassment tactics that the White Dragon is accustomed to using to demoralize it, accumulating small victories into a major victory.

Based on this, if they station themselves at a certain point to rest or prepare for the next battle, the White Dragon can organize an attack, using its mobility to flexibly harass and hinder them.

Intentionally delaying and hindering the opponent's actions in order to wear down and exhaust the enemy, creating a favorable situation for Yanliu and Chidian on the front lines.

At the same time, Qin He also took out Deng Liu's battle video to encourage the white dragon cubs.

"See that? This is your captain. She was a young dragon just like you, but she's now a white dragon atavistic!"

"If you do it well enough, you can do it too!"

With Deng Liu leading the harassment, appearing in every corner of the war zone, it's enough to catch the enemy off guard.

Meanwhile, the White Dragon's "guerrilla force" also has security during their harassment. Even if the Gold Dragon and Bronze Dragon organize an effective encirclement, Lantern is capable of leading them out of the encirclement.

Once the enemy is exhausted and demoralized, the white dragons, in coordination with the remaining young dragons on the main battlefield, will launch a concentrated attack to suppress the enemy.

At the same time, Qin He was also searching for knowledge that the young dragons could use in his inherited memories.