What appeared to be a mutated lizard bowed its head to feed as it perched on a protruding cliff. With wings on its back and its entire body covered in red scales, it resembled a Western dragon, though it lacked the typical aura of a draconic mutated beast,3

However, it still exuded a formidable level 5 aura even without awakened dragon blood. Its massive size and impenetrable scales enabled it to shrug off artillery fire effortlessly, it was capable of demolishing a small building with a casual strike, and its explosive speed upon descent rivaled that of sound itself.0

One could argue that, even though this mutated beast lacked an awakened draconic lineage, it was even more powerful than many Western dragons depicted in movies.5

However, as the Winged Dragon feasted, an overwhelmingaura suddenly erupted beneath it.2

Boom!0

Accompanied by tremors in the mountain below, a figure soared dozens of meters high...0