The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 863 Dragon Overlord
Dragons, the biological servants of the Supreme Civilization.

This terrifying creature, engineered by the Supreme Being, possesses extremely strong adaptability and can hybridize with almost any organism.

Even blood, when tainted by beings with insufficient bloodline or strength, can become dragon blood.

Without a doubt, this was a powerful life form, so powerful that it took wizards countless hours in the primitive era to overthrow the dragon's throne.

Now, these powerful creatures seem to have become part of the Spirit Desert civilization.

"Do you still tame dragons?" Richard asked, turning his head.

"Taming?"

Upon hearing this, a flash of anger appeared in Shi Dangdang's gem-like eyes.

"What do you mean by taming? Dragons are our Sand Spirits' best friends!"

"Oh? Friend..."

A flicker of surprise crossed Richard's mind, but then a smile of interest appeared on his face.

"This is truly mind-blowing. Friends of dragons... those arrogant dragons would actually become friends with you."

This is so interesting!

Richard raised his hand, and the sand on the ground rose into the air, transforming into a giant stone pillar that guided the dragons.

Shi Dangdang was just a young Sand Spirit, and knew very limited information.

He now needs to find a more experienced Sand Spirit to learn about this civilization.

……

"Captain, look at that pillar!"

Suddenly, one of the dragons at the very front of the enforcement team exclaimed in surprise.

Behind him, a giant dragon with three heads narrowed its eyes, its vertical pupils widened, and an invisible dragon's might instantly enveloped the entire team.

"That guy is pointing us in the right direction," the dragon head in the middle, referred to as the captain, slowly spoke.

Pointing in the direction?
The team members were taken aback.

"Could this be a smokescreen?" one team member said cautiously. "We can't really be encountering the world ruler of another civilization, can we?"

How vast are the endless dimensions, how empty are the spaces between world communities.

To put it bluntly, without a goal, the probability of finding a world community by randomly exploring other world communities in endless dimensions is almost negligible.

“It’s not a smokescreen,” the captain suddenly said.

As he spoke, another pillar came into the law enforcement team's view.

The team members looked at each other, somewhat confused, and their flight speed slowed down.

Finally, the captain spoke up: "Let's keep going. No matter what it is, we have to go and see. That kid Shi Dangdang is the old captain's only son. We can't let anything happen to him."

Upon hearing the name of their former captain, the team fell silent and their speed increased.

Their old captain had died on the front lines, and they absolutely could not allow anything to happen to his only son.

Beside the stone pillar, Richard, with Shi Dangdang in tow, gazed at the sky and murmured to himself, "Judging from this speed and movement, it is indeed a dragon. But why do I always feel something is off?"

These dragons are impeccable in terms of speed, posture, appearance, and even their dragon might.

But Richard always felt that something was missing from these dragons. Or rather, they didn't seem like dragons, but rather some other creature that had possessed them.

boom!
With a tremendous roar of wind pressure, a ten-person law enforcement team landed beside Richard, surrounding him completely.

Richard looked at the only three-headed dragon among them and asked with interest, "Are you the enforcement team?"

The captain didn't answer, but cautiously asked, "Who are you, and why have you kidnapped our cubs?"

“Kidnapping? Your description is way too dangerous.” Richard turned to look at Shi Dangdang, a hint of helplessness on his face. “I just asked you a few questions and then asked you to show me the way.”

As he spoke, an aura of power at the level of a world lord instantly enveloped all the creatures present.

Under this oppressive aura, the members of the enforcement team instantly tensed up, and the look in Long's eyes turned dangerous.

“You see, I have no need to kidnap it,” Richard said to the captain with a smile.

Then, the oppressive aura dissipated, and Richard calmly introduced himself:
"Let me introduce myself. I am a miracle wizard from the wizarding civilization. I have come here to discuss cooperation with your Spirit Desert civilization."

Now, you'd better answer a few questions for me. Otherwise, my methods might give you a headache for a while.

Richard's voice was very calm, as if he were speaking normally, but the meaning behind his words sent chills down the spines of the dragon present.

As members of civilization, they naturally knew that this so-called "headache" referred to the side effects of searching souls.

"What do you want to ask?" the captain asked.

“It’s simple.” Richard smiled slightly. “I just want to ask about the progress of your war.”

The war situation?

The captain was slightly taken aback; he hadn't expected Richard to ask such a simple question.

Could there be a trap involved?
After considering his words for a moment, the captain said, "The war is currently at a stalemate."

"Stalemate?" Richard raised an eyebrow, his tone stern.

Do you think I'm so gentle that I can be easily toyed with by a little thing like you?

In an instant, the captain felt as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had caved in, as if the whole world had pressed down on his soul, almost shattering it.

"It's definitely a stalemate; those things have stopped attacking recently!"

In the moments before his soul collapsed, the captain finally revealed the truth.

"Cease the attack?"

Richard withdrew his imposing aura, his brows furrowing slightly.

Stopping the attack is not a good thing; for a civilization devourer, healing its wounds is the top priority. There are only four possibilities that could make it stop attacking.

First, His injuries have healed, and He no longer needs to devour the world.

Second, He no longer had the ability to devour.

Third, He is preparing a conspiracy to make His subsequent devouring process smoother.

Fourth, He needs time to digest the world, and He is currently doing so.

Based on the current situation, the latter two possibilities are far greater than the former two. In other words, the current stagnation of the offensive foreshadows a future, fierce and overwhelming offensive.

“This is not good.” Richard pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice to the law enforcement officers beside him, “Take me to see your superior, someone of the world’s highest rank.”

Faced with Richard's orders, the law enforcement officers present all chose to obey without hesitation.

After all, their strongest captain had been knocked unconscious by Richard after just one glance from him. They were completely incapable of fighting Richard.

While the act of trying to stop a chariot with one's bare hands is commendable in its courage, it is ultimately meaningless.

“Please follow me,” said a two-headed dragon.

Richard's superiors reside in the center of this world, giving him ample time to observe the Sand Spirit race.

The Sand Spirits are a peculiar race of creatures. Although they are made of sand, they look very much like some kind of earth elemental beings.

However, in reality, the Sand Spirits are a type of "silicon-based" life form, a close relative of alchemical machinery, and by no means elemental beings.

The earth element in this world is unbalanced simply because the sand spirits prefer dry environments, so they modified the environment of this world.

Sand spirits are born with energy circulation, and due to their physical structure, they have extremely subtle control over energy.

A mature Sand Spirit can form its body into any shape, and it is incredibly sturdy.

In conclusion, there is no doubt that the Sand Spirits are a race that has undergone spiritual evolution. However, while the Sand Spirits have pursued spiritual evolution, the Spirit Desert civilization is not limited to spiritual evolution alone.

"Oh? You mean, you've formed a symbiotic relationship with the dragons?"

Richard looked at the law enforcement officers beside him in astonishment.

The law enforcement officer nodded slightly: "Yes, we have a symbiotic relationship with the dragon."

As they spoke, the law enforcement officer's eyes suddenly changed, his golden dragon eyes suddenly filled with arrogance and disdain.

"...This is right, this is definitely the taste of a dragon."

Richard nodded slightly, ignoring the dragon's provocation, and instead scanned its body repeatedly as if it were a rare treasure.

"Symbiotic relationships...the world is truly full of wonders."

With Richard's skill, once he pointed out the symbiotic relationship, there were no more secrets about their relationship.

Dragons are highly adaptable life forms, and after years of symbiosis, their forms are vastly different from the dragons Richard remembers.

The Sand Spirit's body flows within the dragon's body, providing the dragon with internal protection and ranged energy attacks.

The dragon provides the Sand Spirit with a continuous source of energy, and incidentally solves the Sand Spirit's melee combat problems.

Of course, this relationship can also be reversed. Sand spirits embody armor to protect the dragons, while the dragons use their dragon language magic to launch ranged attacks.

After a week of flying, Richard finally arrived at the center of the world.

Although the Sand Spirits do not need buildings, their symbiotic race, the dragons, are quite fond of them.

On the vast plain, a magnificent city stands on the horizon.

This is a city forged from gold and silver, with eighty-one towers arranged in a nine-square grid.

The towers get shorter as they go outwards, and taller as they go inwards, with church-like buildings of various sizes scattered throughout.

On these towering towers, magnificent tree patterns grow like vines on the building surfaces—these patterns are not static decorations—the golden veins change shape as the sun shifts, and the energy flowing within them is the key to preventing these metal buildings from sinking into the ground.

The tower's surface is adorned with gemstones like stars. Bathed in sunlight, the entire city sparkles.

"It's so beautiful, it's like a jewel in a crown," Richard remarked softly.

He looked at the tallest tower in the center of the city, his gaze seemingly able to penetrate space and see the tower's owner conducting research within it.

Inside the tower, a giant dragon with pure white scales turned around, its eight snake-like heads suddenly looking in Richard's direction.

"Oh? We have guests."

(End of this chapter)