Hearing Furiel's words, Jonavili smacked her forehead, having completely forgotten about this in her haste.
Among the chromatic dragons, red dragons are fire immune, blue dragons are lightning immune, green dragons are poison immune, black dragons are acid immune, and white dragons are ice immune.
However, immunity does not mean being completely invincible; there is a certain upper limit, and once a certain threshold is crossed, your immunity becomes useless.
For example, would it be possible for a poison-immune green dragon to be immune to the poison elemental attacks of Nidhogg, the Dragon of Poison? That would be ridiculous.
Furiel had already strode forward on her dragon claws and charged outside, the sound of her violent dragon roars mingling with the sharp clashing of objects.
Jonavili cast an ice-element defensive spell on the spot before rushing over to follow.
She had sensed it from the earlier attack—this sub-dragon possessed the peak cultivation of the Platinum 9th Circle. Combined with its high fire resistance, Furiel certainly had her work cut out for her.
Most importantly, as a sub-dragon species, the molten crystal-armored dragon lizard possessed the bloodline of true dragons, making it a high-tier magic beast capable of fighting above its rank.
Ultimately, Furiel was only at the Silver 7th Circle. Jonavili couldn't imagine any outcome other than Furiel getting a brutal beating if she faced it alone.
Upon reaching the cave entrance, she saw an extremely wide underground space filled with fire element mana crystals.
The scene that met her eyes made her mouth twitch involuntarily. Was the molten crystal-armored dragon lizard too weak, or was Furiel simply too overpowered?
She saw Furiel locked in combat with the molten crystal-armored dragon lizard, which looked to be about five times her size.
Jonavili happened to see Furiel slam a claw into the lizard's face, causing cracks to appear on its fiery-red crystalline scales.
However, due to the massive gap in strength and size, it was still evident that Furiel was having difficulty holding her own.
'Whatever, I'll let those two fight for a bit. Otherwise, if I step in now, Furiel will just bite the hand that feeds her.'
With that, Jonavili turned around and walked over to the star silver, dispelling her ice-element defensive magic.
Seeing such a rare treasure right before her eyes, Jonavili couldn't help but break into a silly grin.
"Hehe~ Ehehehe~ Star silver... I wonder what it tastes like."
Jonavili opened her snout and bit down on a piece of exposed ore. Her sharp dragon teeth clamped onto it, but it didn't shatter like ordinary ore.
Her ice-blue dragon eyes narrowed, and the corners of her snout curled up slightly.
"Interesting."
With that, Jonavili suddenly increased her strength, but the hard star silver remained completely unmoved.
No matter how much force Jonavili applied, she could do nothing to this stubborn ore, which finally made her realize the severity of the situation.
Releasing her grip, Jonavili stared intently at the drool-covered star silver and clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.
"Damn it, you're really that hard, huh? I hope you stay that hard later."
After saying that, Jonavili sank her consciousness into her draconic inheritance.
'Methods for mining star silver.'
[Star silver hardness is extremely high. Usually, enchanted adamantite picks or enchanted chisels are used.
However, as a dragon, how could you deign to use external tools? ...]
Seeing this, Jonavili grinned.
[Usually, it can be destroyed with fire-element explosive magic, or extracted using secret techniques with high fire-element penetration.]
At this, Jonavili's expression slumped. As a white dragon, how could she possibly know fire magic?
[It doesn't matter if you don't know fire-element magic. If your teeth are good enough, you can also just bite it into pieces.
If that really doesn't work, just use your claws to dig.]
Seeing this, Jonavili's face fell completely, and the thought of asking Furiel for help crossed her mind.
Just as she was about to exit the draconic inheritance, she inadvertently noticed a line of small text.
[Friendly reminder: generally, where star silver appears, there will be mineral-guarding monsters, such as star-dwelling ice spirits, crystal-shell worms, star-ore golems, shadow mine spirits, or star-core earth dragons.]
Upon seeing this, Jonavili's expression froze. All five of these monsters were high-tier magic beasts or creatures with a growth limit at the Legendary-tier.
No matter which one she encountered, it was an existence Jonavili did not want to face.
Gulp—
Jonavili swallowed hard and slowly opened her eyes. However, as she did, she froze. At some point, a humanoid monster covered in ice crystals had appeared in front of her, staring at her motionlessly.
Jonavili's pupils shrank, and an alarm went off in her heart.
[Star-core earth dragon (transformed), Lawful Neutral alignment, calm personality.
A rare subterranean sub-dragon species, its entire body is covered in extremely hard crystalline scales. Usually tempered by star silver over a long period, it has high resistance to ice-element magic and star magic.
Its torso is as thick as a battering ram, and its limbs are covered in star silver crystalline scales that transition from silver to blue, with fine star patterns flowing across the surface, emitting a soft cold light in the dark.
It lacks the wings of a true dragon. Three rows of sharp star silver crystal spikes grow on its back; these spikes can retract freely and serve as both defensive weapons and "antennas" for absorbing mana from the earth veins.
It has no teeth in its mouth; instead, it has a ring of star silver crystal teeth that can crush adamantite ore when biting. It stores high-density star silver magic rays in its throat.
There is a longitudinal soft membrane on its abdomen, beneath which lies its core mineral pouch. It stores absorbed star silver essence there, often used for breaking through realms or fighting above its rank.
This is also its only fatal weakness—but it is usually completely covered by thick scales and is only exposed during the molting period.
It feeds on the mana seeping from the star silver veins within the earth and does not need to consume flesh.
It fears holy-type magic, void-type magic, and fire-element magic.
It will not proactively attack non-miners and will choose to ignore them, occasionally emitting a flickering blue glow as a warning.
However, once it discovers an intent to mine or that mining has taken place, it will severely punish the miner or even attempt a full-force kill.
Innate abilities: Star Silver Breath, Vein Cage, Star-Core Shield. (With a probability of developing other abilities.)
...]
In the next second, cold draconic words slowly reached her ears.
"Tell me, foolish dragon, is this drool on the star silver yours?"
Gulp— Gulp— Gulp—
Jonavili couldn't stop swallowing her saliva out of nervousness. Just as the star-core earth dragon's eyes narrowed with increasing danger, Jonavili spoke with a deadpan expression.
"It's not mine. It belongs to that red dragon inside the cave."
The star-core earth dragon glanced into the cave, then looked back at the drool on the star silver, wearing an expression that said, "Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Jonavili's expression didn't change, which made the star-core earth dragon waver slightly.
'Could I really have misunderstood her?'
Thinking this, she flew in front of the star silver vein half-doubtingly, leaning her head in to take a sniff.
Mmm, cold and refreshing, a minty flavor... definitely not a red dragon's. I've been lied to. Yes, I've lived for nearly a hundred years and I've been lied to.
Suppressing her rage, the star-core earth dragon turned around only to find that the dragon, over seventeen meters long, had long since vanished.
"Heh... interesting. But you have already found your way to the grave!"
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