I am a wicked dragon, and you want me to fall into goodness?

Chapter 102 Dragon Flame? Dragon Explosion!! (3.8k)

"The Starshine Kingdom dares not provoke the Crimson Empire's iron hooves, nor does it wish to provoke the now-surrendered Conrad people, or the powerful Elia Territory."

A calculating glint flashed in Pu Se's vertical pupils.

He knew very well that with the current strength of the Starshine Kingdom, going head-to-head with such a powerful force would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.

This would net you nearly 20 evolution points, a huge windfall, but it would also cause your "evolution point reserve" to collapse prematurely.

The adult black dragon Malcolm is different; he dwells in the Black Swamp Forest in the eastern part of the Starshine Kingdom.

He commands countless monsters and corrupted creatures, possessing formidable strength and a brutal nature, making him a fearsome figure in the surrounding area.

But he doesn't have any powerful backers.

"Black Dragon Malcolm is a collaborator with the Conradians, but not with the Crimson Empire, especially with the fall of Elijah—"

Will the black dragon and the Conrad people really continue to cooperate?

Both creatures prefer swamps as their habitat. Would the Conrad people allow the black dragon to occupy a resource-rich swamp near Elia territory?

No, just like the battles between blue dragons and brass dragons, the struggle for territory has always been fierce.

If Puse and the Starshine Kingdom intend to take action against the Black Dragon Maccombe, then the Black Swamp Forest, located between the Starshine Kingdom and Elia Territory, would be in a precarious situation, attacked from both sides.

In the past, even if Puse possessed strength far exceeding that of his peers, he would never have dared to easily provoke a fully grown black dragon.

But now, the situation is different.

"With Cedric around—it would be just what I want to squeeze this old black dragon."

Puse's heart pounded violently, and the dragon flame glands deep in his throat also felt slightly hot, a surge of intense excitement sweeping through his entire body.

"How to gain strategic advantage in the war without damaging the Starry Kingdom's core territory, while simultaneously reaping the benefits from the Black Dragon's monster army—and incidentally, extracting all the necessary resources for advancement?"

After figuring everything out, Puse's gaze remained fixed on the 11379 evolution points.

These are the numbers he accumulated little by little over the past twenty years in hunting and fighting.

Just enough to upgrade a bronze-level talent to silver-level.

His gaze first swept over the [Noble Dragon (Prismatic)] that surpassed all other talents, his vertical pupils showing no fluctuation whatsoever.

Prismatic level is already the pinnacle of talent, and there is no need to advance further.

His greatest talent was the ability to eliminate all anomalies and remove all harm.

Next up is [Fairy Miracle (Golden)].

The advancement threshold of 100 million evolution points loomed before us like an insurmountable chasm.

Pu Se merely glanced at it before looking away. This was a long-term goal, not a current choice; the current evolution points were far from sufficient.

Then there's [Life Affinity (Silver)]

It must be said that this talent is extremely powerful. It increases vitality by 60%, improves recovery ability by 60%, and also grants natural affinity to the natural race.

But the [noble dragon] has long been able to make him ignore the abnormalities caused by most injuries, allowing him to recover instantly in the most critical moments.

The restoration of life affinity has some overlap with the effects of this Prism-level talent.

Even if he had 100,000 evolution points in the future, even if this talent could be promoted to the gold level, he would never choose it.

His gaze finally settled on the bottom of the list, on the two bronze-level talents he had recently acquired.

【Dragon Flame (Bronze)】 and 【Body Size Optimization I (Bronze)】.

[Body Size Optimization] can make his body stronger, and [Dragon Claw Enhancement] can make the claw blades sharper, but those are ultimately "basic" enhancements.

Dragon Flame, however, is the most domineering weapon.

It is a symbol of his burning away all resistance, and a power that best embodies the brutal conquest methods of the dragon race!

"There's nothing to hesitate about."

Puse's consciousness locked onto [Dragon Flame (Bronze)] without hesitation. The power of evolution was instantly drawn from the evolution points and poured into this talent.

[Ding! 10000 Evolution Points consumed, the talent "Dragon Flame" begins to advance —]

[Promotion in progress — The Dragon Flame Gland has completed its second transformation, with high-temperature energy undergoing compression and fission —]

Promotion successful! The talent "Dragon Flame (Bronze)" has evolved into "Dragon Blast (Silver)".

Dragon Blast (Silver): Increases the additional burning damage against targets without scale armor from 30% to 80%.

Against targets with scale armor, ignore 30% of their defense and deal explosive damage directly.

Pu Se felt a power far hotter and more violent than before, instantly awakening from the dragon flame glands deep in his throat.

It was no longer a simple high-temperature flame, but an energy torrent that had undergone extreme compression and fission!

Puse subconsciously lowered his dragon head slightly, suppressing the frantic throbbing of the crimson gland deep in his throat.

He sensed that the energy was no longer flowing gently, but rather like a volcano poised to erupt, capable of condensing dragon flame energy and unleashing a devastating explosive impact.

With just a single thought, it can unleash earth-shattering power.

The high-temperature energy cluster will explode violently, and the resulting shock wave and high-temperature flames can cause fatal damage to a wide range of enemies.

The density of this energy is several times stronger than the previous dragon flame.

If Dragon Flame could easily melt Xuan Iron before, then Dragon Explosion now would be enough to shatter a scale of an adult dragon into dust!

11379 evolution points, minus 10000 points, leave 1379 points.

Puse flapped its wings violently, and its massive 15.5-meter-tall body soared into the sky, hurtling towards the outskirts of Starfall City.

1379 evolution points are just a drop in the ocean compared to the enormous demand for talent advancement.

Puser was filled with greed for evolution points and a desire to try out the new talent [Dragon Blast].

The wind whipped through the clouds, and the biting cold wind howled in his ears, but it did nothing to cool the restless heat within him.

"Hunting—"

Puser's voice was deep and hoarse, his gaze like that of a sharp hunter, sweeping across the forests, plains and mountains below, searching for prey that could become his "test subjects" and "sources of evolution points".

It's no longer about filling one's stomach, nor is it about simple killing.

This time, he has two goals: first, to harvest enough lives to accumulate more evolution points.

Whether they are ferocious magical beasts or local demon races, whether they are beings not belonging to the Starshine Kingdom's allies, they will all become the dead under his claws, the stepping stones on his path of evolution.

Second, to test the true power of [Dragon Blast].

He wanted to see with his own eyes just how terrifying the destruction this torrent of compressed and fissioned energy could cause.

You have to experience it for yourself to see if the explosive damage, which ignores 30% of scale armor defense, can tear apart the hard shells of those prey.

To truly experience it firsthand, one must witness whether the massive shockwaves and flames can instantly reduce a demon race to scorched earth.

The wings sliced ​​through the air, and a thick stench of decay and blood wafted from the forest, clearly penetrating Puse's nostrils.

He slowly folded his wings, his massive body hovering dozens of meters in the air, precisely locking onto the camp built of rotten wood and animal bones in the valley below.

This is a camp of an ogre tribe.

An ogre tribe in the East may have already submitted to the black dragon Malcolm.

There were over a hundred ogres, some with wrinkled gray skin, wielding rough stone hammers and roaring through the camp.

Some were tearing at fresh meat, thick juices dripping from their mouths onto the ground, while others huddled in their makeshift shacks, emitting heavy snores.

Puse remained firmly pinned to the mountain of wreckage in the corner of the camp.

Those were a large number of human bones, pale white bones stained with dark red blood, tiny finger bones and broken ribs mixed among the animal bones.

He could even see several broken knight helmets on top of the pile of bones, with marks on the edges from being smashed by a great force.

Of course, the majority of the remains were those of human women and children; the male remains were hard and difficult to chew.

Given an abundance of food, only lowly ogres would eat such unpalatable meat.

The wind carried an even stronger stench of decay and blood, mixed with the musty smell of rotting human clothing. These cannibals had harmed countless humans.

"The Black Dragon Malcolm's forces are positioned between Elia and Starfall City; these should all be humans who have been fleeing westward from Elia's territory—"

"I choose you guys."

These ogres aren't top-tier in strength, but they are tough and thick-skinned, making them excellent targets for testing the area-of-effect damage of [Dragon Blast].

Pu Se slowly opened his mouth, and the crimson dragon flame gland deep in his throat throbbed wildly.

An intensely hot energy began to condense and compress in the mouth.

He deliberately increased the energy output intensity to the maximum.

The crimson energy ball expanded continuously in his mouth, rapidly growing from the size of a fist to the size of a head.

The flames on the surface surged and rolled, and the high temperature emitted even caused the surrounding air to distort and sizzle.

The ogres below seemed to sense the anomaly in the sky, and they all looked up, their ugly faces filled with confusion and dazedness.

Only when that scorching pressure, strong enough to make one's soul tremble, descended did they finally erupt in terrified howls.

Unfortunately, it was all too late.

"Dragon Blast!"

Crimson energy erupted heavily at the center of the ogre camp.

boom-!

A deafening explosion instantly echoed through the valley, and a huge pillar of crimson fire shot into the sky, almost illuminating the entire valley.

The terrifying shockwave spread wildly outwards from the point of explosion.

Those simple, rotten wooden shacks were melted instantly under the shockwave, like paper.

The ogre, engulfed by the flames, didn't even have time to scream before it was instantly burned to a crisp, turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating into the air.

Those ogres who narrowly escaped the flames but were struck by the shockwave fared no better.

Their massive bodies were flung away like kites with broken strings, crashing into the rock walls of the valley, spitting blood as they collapsed to the ground, twitching a few times before falling silent.

Even more terrifying, the intense heat and flames from the explosion continued to spread, trapping the ogres who were trying to escape in a deathly cage.

Pu Se gazed at the infernal scene below, satisfied with the power of [Dragon Blast].

He spent the entire day wreaking havoc in the eastern forests.

From ogre tribes to gnoll camps, from goblin lairs to the serpent's lair, and even the low-level magical beast groups roaming this area, none could escape his hunt.

Along the way, Puse encountered a large number of human remains, roughly the same size as those of the ogre tribes.

In this Blackswamp Forest and its affiliated forces, those allied with the black dragon Malcolm, countless hopes of escaping to the Starshine Kingdom have been dashed.

Night quietly fell, and the crimson dragon explosions repeatedly shattered in the night sky, illuminating the sky as if it were daytime with enormous pillars of fire.

Wherever the shockwave passed, trees snapped and rocks crumbled. Those tough-skinned monsters were either instantly incinerated by the flames or had their bones broken by the shockwave.

The wind whipped up by the flapping of the wing membranes, carrying the stench of blood and burnt flesh, howled through the night sky.

Puser's dragon claws were covered in black blood and charred fragments, and the dragon fire glands deep in his throat throbbed tirelessly.

He no longer consciously controlled his strength, nor did he care about the magnitude of the movement.

Faced with absolute power, the resistance of these low-level magical beasts was nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

As the sky began to lighten and the first rays of dawn pierced the darkness, the wine spilled into the forest, and only then did Puse slowly retract his attack.

His massive body hovered above a scorched earth completely consumed by flames, his wing membranes vibrating gently to shake off the blood and debris from his body.

Current evolution point: 3501

A whole night of frenzied slaughter, from dusk till dawn, leaving almost no survivors in his wake.

Conservative estimates suggest that at least eight thousand, if not ten thousand, magical beasts have died under his dragon explosion and minions.

Most of the creatures slaughtered by Kopse were mindless monsters; this act could at most be called hunting, not war.

To start a war, one must face intelligent magical creatures or humanoid beings.

"Damn it, aren't the lives of monsters lives too? Aren't the lives of ants lives too?"

"If I crushed an ant, how can that not be considered killing an innocent life?"

Puser expressed serious dissatisfaction with the criteria for obtaining this evolution value.

Otherwise, by exploiting a bug, one could max out all the skills in just a few days.

Pu Se spat viciously, and his 15.5-meter-long body sped off towards Starfall City, disappearing into the sky.

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