yournovel Chapter 191 Preparations Before Sleep
Chapter 191 Preparations Before Sleep
Chapter 191 Preparations Before Sleep
"presumptuous!"
A burst of intense flames suddenly erupted, accompanied by wildly flashing black lightning. Thor swung his front paws and slapped away the unruly tail.
The impact was so powerful that two blue scales on the tip of Leilia's tail burst open, and bright red blood seeped out. The intense burning pain spread, making her dare not make any more sneaky movements.
The young dragons that Thor brought back witnessed this scene, and their eyes showed even deeper contempt.
Leilia, however, paid no attention, her gaze sweeping over the faces of the little ones, pausing briefly on one of the green dragon hatchlings, where she clearly sensed a strong hostility beyond mere contempt.
A ferocious smile suddenly appeared on her lips, revealing her gleaming white fangs. She secretly plotted to find an opportunity to let these brats experience again what it means to have awe for power.
Thor ignored the dragons' infighting and slammed the huge stone box in his claws onto the ground with a dull thud.
As the stone slab on the surface of the stone box was scratched open, a large amount of ice crystals rolled out, revealing the azure-blue...
The unicorn gleamed with tiny sparks of lightning.
The lightning elements in the surrounding environment seemed to be drawn to something and became unusually active. Tiny static electricity accumulated in the air, causing the volcanic ash piled up on the ground to slowly float into the air.
Despite having suspected it beforehand, Leilia was still greatly shocked when she saw the single horn with her own eyes.
From birth, she had lived under the rule of Stormfang, and over the decades, she had a very clear understanding of the power of this mature blue dragon.
This is a powerful dragon that has lived for nearly 400 years! 400 years is a long time, enough for some dynasties to rise and fall.
At this moment, the single horn that represented his power and dignity was casually placed in front of him, but the cause of the matter was nothing more than the whim of the red dragon in front of him.
A dragon can destroy a powerful clan that has dominated the wilderness for centuries at will; this is what a true evil dragon should look like.
When will I become so powerful? In adulthood? In my prime? Neither seems likely. The only chance lies with the red dragon before me; perhaps through his incomparably pure bloodline—
The turbulent thoughts made Leilia feel her blood rushing through her body, and her mind was a little dizzy, until she received a heavy blow to the head.
"Damn idiot! What are you spacing out for! I'm asking you if you have any way to keep this horn alive."
Leilia was quickly jolted out of her chaotic thoughts, her gaze falling on the enormous unicorn in the stone box.
Even though some time has passed, the horn still retains a faint vitality because Thor actively extracted the residual energy from the wound, combined with the vigorous vitality of the true dragon's flesh and blood, as well as the effect of low-temperature preservation.
Those wicked ideas flashed through her mind, prompting her to give an answer almost without thinking.
"By using the blood of a blue dragon, combined with pure magic, and with a little magical manipulation, we can keep it alive."
Blue dragon's blood?
Thor glanced at Leilia with ill intent, then swept his gaze over the blue dragon whelps among them, but ultimately chose not to attack them.
"Go and bring that piece of trash Nefarian over here, and bleed him a little!"
After giving a brief instruction, Thor turned his attention back to the remaining essence balance on the giant roulette wheel in his mind.
Although he failed to capture Kalendak in the battle, the presence of many onlookers and the subsequent impact of the news still provided him with over a thousand points of essence.
When Nefarian was dragged over by Lelia and saw the thick horn in the stone box, his whole body trembled violently, and his face showed intense terror.
However, no dragon cared about his expression or feelings. A dragon-blooded kobold, wielding a sharp rapier, plunged it deep into the gaps in his scales, causing blood to gush out and stain the entire horn crimson.
Thor took the opportunity to exchange for some dragon crystals. With a forceful squeeze of his large claws, he crushed all the shiny crystals into fine dust and sprinkled it evenly on the unicorn horn.
The pure life energy of the planet, combined with the blood of blood relatives, is enough to maintain the power of this unicorn for a long time.
In Thor's view, he already possessed the ability to control lightning, and theoretically, he should be able to directly activate the full power of the Golden Lion monster template without needing to ingest additional lightning elements.
But it's always good to be prepared, and having an extra layer of insurance is always a good thing.
Thor took one last look at the unicorn engulfed in blood-red "snowflakes," then covered the stone slab again before handing the stone box to the dragon-blooded kobolds beside him, instructing them to store it properly.
He then entrusted the young dragons he brought back to Leilia and Alan, allowing them to lead them respectively.
He didn't want to concern himself with the specifics of how to proceed; he only needed these young dragons to demonstrate the value of being naturally magical creatures, and that would be enough.
After arranging everything, Thor climbed up the towering crater, and with a sudden flap of his broad wings, he plummeted down into the lava below like a heavy mountain.
The combination of various monster templates and ample energy from his daily diet allowed his body to grow much faster than that of a typical dragon.
Thor could clearly sense that his next slumber was imminent, perhaps in a year, perhaps in ten years, or even just next month.
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This timing depends solely on when he draws another powerful monster template.
At that time, he will not only enter a new age group, but his bloodline purity will also reach a new level, and he will step into the threshold of legend.
However, the combination of these three factors means that the duration of his slumber will far exceed that of an ordinary true dragon.
He had been asleep for several months when he grew from a fledgling dragon to a young dragon, and this time it might take several years.
During this process, he did not completely lose consciousness and become a helpless victim.
However, like a hibernating bear, each awakening consumes a lot of energy and disrupts the normal growth process, causing certain disorders in the body.
This can lead to anything from prolonged sleep to impaired potential and poor physical development.
Therefore, before he truly falls into a deep sleep, he should cultivate a group of reliable subordinates to avoid unnecessary disturbances.
If we follow the typical life cycle of a true dragon, once they have acquired territory and begin to cultivate their retinue, there will be intervals of several decades or even centuries between each slumber, giving them ample time to do these things.
Thor grew so fast, even faster than the short-lived humans, that even with some cheat-like methods, he still had no creatures under his command that were truly useful.
Then we can only continue to invest resources, especially in those relatively loyal kobolds, allocating more resources to them.
Meanwhile, the massive arena has been completed, and it's time to begin the Molten Trial and formally select one's true allies.
Before that, Thor decided to use his remaining 1,000 essence points to draw a small number of intermediate monster templates, thus pushing his strength to its current limit.