A Dragon against the Whole World-Chapter 130 - 127: Dragon Heart Evolution, Spine Evolution
The continuous seven days of heavy rain gradually subsided, finally condensing into fine silvery threads. The coniferous forest soaked in misty vapor, with each dark green pine needle adorned with diamond-like raindrops.
Samantha lay inside her cave, beneath her was a stack of coins like a bed.
They were divided into five colors: white, black, green, blue, and red.
"Oh, I don’t dislike the rainy season that much now."
She turned over, savoring the exquisite sensation of her scales rubbing against the coins, listening to the delicate sound of rain, feeling very pleased.
In the past, whenever the rainy season came.
Samantha would hide in her impoverished nest, cursing the damp and gloomy weather.
But now things were different.
The coins beneath her were all her wealth.
According to the hierarchy of the Five-Colored Dragon.
White coins were the lowest grade, then black, green, blue coins.
The red coins, which were the same color as Samantha, were the most precious.
As the only Dragon Alchemist in the Molten Iron Clan, and also responsible for coining, Samantha’s remuneration was substantial, making her affluent.
She gradually began to enjoy lying on the treasure heap, watching the rain, listening to the rain, and falling asleep to its sound.
After lying for a while, Samantha became sleepy and was about to drift off to sleep.
Roar — A sound like a roaring engine startled Samantha awake.
"Annoying Galos."
She mumbled, saying.
The sound earlier wasn’t the engine of an Alchemy Golem, but rather Galos’ heartbeat, or more precisely, the sound of Galos’ heart pumping after using the Blood Burst Technique.
As time passed, the roaring sound gradually stopped.
Samantha blinked, yawned, and nestled further into the treasure pile, finding a comfortable posture to prepare for sleep again.
Zzzap!
A sound like thousands of lightning bolts crackling at once startled Samantha awake again, banishing her drowsiness.
"Ah, damn Galos!"
She crawled out of the cave, flew to where Galos was, intending to express her annoyance at being awakened.
However, when she saw the figure wrapped in golden lightning, wild, strong, and fierce, her discontent immediately dissipated.
This appearance was truly too alluring, even a Metal Dragon couldn’t resist.
Without disturbing Galos, Samantha flew back to her cave, listening to the sound of wind, rain, and lightning, and fell asleep peacefully.
Some time later.
Galos finished his training and took off the heavy armor he was wearing.
Yes, he had a set of armor.
The style was rough, primitive, appearing somewhat crude, the only advantage was — its heaviness.
This was equipment Galos specifically had crafted by the Red Dragon Mage, considering his build, using high-density heavy metal ores, the weight of one set of armor could almost crush a White Dragon of the same length as Galos.
He wore this armor not for defense, but mainly to enhance the effect of his training through weight.
These days, Galos frequently used the Blood Burst Technique and the Exhilarated State, through these two extreme states, then donning the heavy armor to suppress his body, thereby strengthening his physical capabilities.
The evolutionary process of the Exhilarated State took a long time, a gradual accumulation.
There weren’t many other sensations during training.
As for now, with Galos frequently using the Blood Burst Technique, he felt his heartbeat growing stronger, his heart seemed to be undergoing some kind of evolution, only just beginning now.
He placed his claw on his chest.
Through thick scales and muscles, Galos could vaguely feel the powerful beat of his heart inside.
"Before 25, I wonder if I can complete the evolution."
He thought to himself.
If he could evolve a ’Blood Burst State’ that matched his body, the effect would surely be more powerful than the Blood Burst Technique relying on Alchemy Tools, giving him a third stage beyond the Exhilarated State.
Exhilarated State was ’anaerobic,’ Blood Burst State was basically a desperate act, but the improvement it brought would surely be enormous.
However, Galos was not particularly eager for the evolution of the Blood Burst State, just naturally training in this aspect.
Undoubtedly, its consumption would definitely be higher.
Without awakening Dragon Qi, evolving the Blood Burst State might not be normally usable, could only be used for the final, desperate situation.
Moreover, it’s worth mentioning.
Galos’ spines, due to long-term battles and daily training, constantly breaking and regenerating in cycles, were now undergoing some adaptation and evolution.
He found that the growth rate of his spines had become faster recently.
In the battle with the Frost Behemoth, many of Galos’ spines were shattered, but in just a day, they regrew again.
And not just in the original places.
On his neck, spine, chest, arms, elbows, shoulders, and Dragon Tail, places that originally had no spines, sharp spines started to grow, and where there were spines, they became denser and sharper, the hardness and regeneration were stronger than the spines on normal Red Dragons.
Galos tried using feral beasts, just a touch could rend the target’s flesh and blood.
With the growth of denser and sharper spines, he now appeared more distinctive, and more ferocious, further down the path of the Evil Dragon.
"These spines should evolve faster than the Dragon Heart."
"Hopefully, they will demonstrate a powerful effect by then."
Galos felt happy and expectant for this.
He no longer cared about becoming more conspicuous now.
These years of life in the wildlands.
Made some changes to his thoughts.
As long as he could become stronger, looking like an Evil Dragon wasn’t a big deal, if there were huge benefits before him, Galos wouldn’t mind being an Evil Dragon for a while.
He gathered his thoughts.
Galos began to grind his Dragon Wings.
Scrape! He pressed the Dragon Wings down, scraping over a huge metal block like an anvil, crimson sparks shooting out like a whetstone.
A good weapon needs frequent sharpening.
Galos’ Dragon Wings too, those sharp as knife edges, becoming sharper after grinding, with a chilling gleam.
A few minutes later.
Galos suddenly stopped.
He reached into his scale armor and took out a Communication Stone, receiving a report from Frost Fang, the Werewolf Mage.
Nick’s Trading Team, braving the fine rain, brought a batch of goods to the Scale Earth Rift.
Nowadays, even heavy rain couldn’t completely halt the merchants’ footsteps.
The Molten Iron Clan periodically cleared feral beasts and monsters around the trade routes, making Scale Earth Rift particularly safe.
Although the trade route garrison of the Lothern Federation also did similar work, because the trade routes were vast, with numerous branches, it was difficult for the garrison to oversee all side routes.
In most cases.
It wasn’t until a significant incident occurred, a severe attack and destruction, that the garrison would swiftly intervene, doing a round of cleanup.
Moreover, the sentient beings of the Molten Iron Clan no longer engaged in plundering and killing.
Any caravan passing through the Scale Earth Rift need not worry about safety, and they could even trade with the Molten Iron Clan, obtaining fine ores and biological materials here.
Some merchants speculated that a Lord had likely integrated the creatures here, enforcing regulation, thus forming the current situation.
This Lord remained hidden behind the scenes, never appearing in person.
However, most merchants didn’t delve too deeply into this.
As long as they could make money, they wouldn’t care about what was happening behind the scenes.
As for the few merchants who tried to scout the situation, they quietly disappeared into the vast wildlands.
Overall, the number of caravans traveling back and forth in the Scale Earth Rift doubled.
Among them, the number of completely controlled caravans was not many, most were independent, engaging in normal trade with the Molten Iron Clan.
And among the trading teams deeply bound with the Molten Iron Clan, Nick’s Trading Team was developing the fastest, now the largest.
Every time they came, they could bring the things Galos needed and desired.
"Inquire with the Trading Team about information on the Eternal Frost Tundra."
"Nick might not be aware, but with a merchant’s network, he could more quickly find out the relevant information."
"Besides, I don’t need black oil now, Samantha’s armor is cumbersome to wear, and still not heavy enough. I need an Alchemy Tool that can enhance my own gravity."
For instance, the Heavy Spell used by the Stone Giant before.
In different scenarios, it will aid Galos in his daily training.
