Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 733 The Fall of the Ancient Dragon King

The humanoid bird MAX's abilities are actually quite domineering. It seems to create something out of nothing and create life, but in reality, it still needs some basic underlying logic to support it.

Abandoned dragon nests are created by synthesizing dragon eggs based on the original owner of the nest and the broken dragon eggs that were abandoned there. The price of the new egg is actually the loss of the old egg.

For the instance, Cheng Tian's actions do not significantly interfere with the world. After all, no matter how many dragon eggs he finds, it is just a drop in the ocean compared to the entire Monster Hunter world.

However, the Xeno'jiiva is different. It is a special creature that can cause other ancient dragon species scattered around the world to cross the sea by instinct and come to a completely unfamiliar new continent, where they either reproduce or die.

The ley lines of the New World must have accumulated energy for countless years to give birth to this Nether Lantern Dragon.

Cheng Tian's act of taking three eggs in a row clearly indicates that he has prematurely depleted the energy reserves of the earth's core, preventing it from giving birth to new life forms for a long time to come.

In plain terms, Cheng Tian took the eggs, but the earth vein paid the price. The earth vein bore the cost of creating three eggs out of thin air.

Cheng Tian? He's just a midwife who delivers dragon eggs!

Of course, this does not mean that the lineage of "Xeno'jiiva" has been interrupted for a long time.

Besides the New World, other regions also have ley lines, which may differ from the New World in terms of regional distribution and process, but theoretically other Xeno'jiiva dragons can still be born there.

In fact, in the Guiding Lands of the Iceborne DLC, right after Azur Lane completed the defeat of Xeno'jiiva, a molted mature form of a creature called "Safi'jiiva" appeared.

Liblom watched in utter disbelief as Cheng Tian effortlessly conjured three Netherworld Dragon Eggs out of thin air and then pocketed them all.

It can be said that because Liblom was born into this world almost at the same time as the Xeno'jiiva, he understood even more clearly just how horrifying Cheng Tian had done.

It feels even more outrageous than the "retroactive copy" rules it controls itself.

However, when Lieblom noticed that the radiance that originally represented abundant energy had completely dimmed, leaving only a tiny halo at the very bottom, about the size of a puddle on the roadside, he understood who had paid the price.

The core of the earth vein is like a special battery. The current total power is probably less than 0.01%. It would probably be a long time before it can be charged to 100% again.

Using the rules of soul sacrifice, Cheng Tian used the abundant ley line energy that originally had the potential to give birth to a new Netherworld Dragon as a sacrifice to directly obtain the materialization of the dragon egg. The Netherworld Dragon born in this way is definitely far weaker than the one that is still being attacked outside, but it has more infinite possibilities.

Just like myself now, I've already taken one step out of the predetermined cycle of reincarnation.

...I've really gotten myself hooked on a pretty amazing new love interest.

The act of stealing eggs while others were doing the work gave Cheng Tian a unique sense of excitement, and his mouth turned up like a crescent moon. But soon he shook his head, and with a burst of strength, he jumped out directly from the gap where the Netherworld Dragon had hatched.

When it landed on the ground, the soles of the shoes made a sticky sound, causing Cheng Tian to grimace.

But the next second, a flash of light appeared on Cheng Tian's body, and in an instant, all the substances judged to be dirty were annihilated by this light, even the traces of the Netherworld Dragon's blood that had previously stained his body were swept away—

Strawberry Panties (Arthur's Proof) Cleaning Technique.

Liblom, which was closely following the floating creature, was also cleansed as a whole because it was attached to Cheng Tian's Book of Ys.

"It's really a convenient ability, comparable to those guys who play the redemption route."

Lieblom, who had just turned a couple of pages and was listening to the cheerful rustling sound, was all smiles.

At that very moment, the Ghost Cicada, enveloped in a layer of red light signifying the completion of its absorption of red life essence, flew back. Landing on Cheng Tian's shoulder, it infused the plundered life essence into his body, granting its master a 90-second attack enhancement buff. While Cheng Tian was retrieving the egg, the Netherworld Dragon had already completed its self-healing and risen again. The holes on its neck and head had healed, and its seemingly translucent new skin possessed a resilience similar to that of its old skin.

However, its condition was quite poor. Not only did it appear somewhat listless, but even its ruby-like eyes and the energy furnace on its chest seemed to be struggling.

The most direct manifestation of this is in the "Unit Characteristics" section and the blue bar.

In the unit traits, the "Earth Core" and "Liblom" items have changed; the former has become dull and lifeless, while the latter has simply disappeared.

Both of these are inextricably linked to Cheng Tian.

Lieblom needed no further explanation; with a single punch, he erased the words "Xeno'jiiva" written on the cover of this human-skin diary.

The ley line core, which should have been able to respond to Xeno'jiiva at any time and provide it with various forms of assistance, was forced into a state of near-power-deprived hibernation due to the forced birth of the three dragon eggs.

In other words, including the previously explosive breath of Netherworld fire, it is no longer possible for it to have the same powerful momentum that could almost burn everything!
Even the power of many of the unique terrain skills of the Xeno'jiiva, which are released by mobilizing the energy of the earth's veins, will inevitably be reduced.

The mana bar, which previously remained unchanged even when using various skills, has now begun to show signs of being consumed.

The Xeno'jiiva has become a creature that is still threatening, but far less deadly than before.

...But it is precisely at this critical juncture that we must not let our guard down!

Especially in situations with a large number of people, where it's impossible to guarantee that everyone is completely united, that's when we should be most vigilant.

Cheng Tian hadn't forgotten that unlucky guy who died in the nuclear explosion of the Yanmiao couple and made him spend 100 yuan transferring money from one hand to the other.

Domination Radar! Activate!
It was arguably the strongest mental energy fluctuation in the entire arena. It instantly spread out from Cheng Tian as the center, and all "humanoid" units were exposed in Cheng Tian's scan.

Although the scene was chaotic and there were many people, Cheng Tian was still able to accurately identify each member.

10, 5, 3, 1...

Without Liblom, Xeno'jiiva lost the continuous health boost it received from sacrifices in other parts of the New World.

The lack of power in the ley line core caused Xeno'jiiva's attack power and even its self-healing speed to decrease significantly.

On the other hand, the hunters, who were willing to risk wetting their pants to take a lot of drugs, and under the warm sunshine aura of Cheng who had returned to the team, even the melee class that faced the most danger maintained a healthy and good level of health.

And so, as if witnessing some kind of pre-marital assault, the Netherworld Dragon, whose health was about to reach zero, took one last look at the human skin diary Liblom floating beside Cheng Tian, ​​then let out a mournful howl of the fallen ancient dragon king, and collapsed with a thud.

The entire instance was frozen in that moment.

The sky began to rapidly switch between scenes, from the opening encounter with the Zorah Magdaros to the fall of the Xeno'jiiva.

All players who had completed the main storyline received the same notification at this moment.

【Start the copy settlement.】

(End of this chapter)