A Dragon against the Whole World

Chapter 432 - 333: Dragon Blood Evolution and Dragon Scale Transformation (Part 2)

Iron Dragon Solrog mainly stationed himself at the pass of Scale Earth Rift, guarding a strategic passage of the territory.

Ever since the Molten Iron Tribe absorbed several young dragons, Solrog’s responsibilities have become noticeably lighter.

His daily focus gradually shifted from hands-on involvement to overseeing the entire situation.

He would issue clear directives and mission objectives to other young dragons for them to execute, granting Solrog more valuable time for deep thinking and analysis, enabling him to control the territory’s development direction and the dynamics of his followers more broadly and accurately.

Red Dragon Samantha was also showcasing her talents.

She took interest in the original territory of Ogres, known as Bone Shattering Hills, a treacherous land.

Subsequently, she led a batch of alchemists and golems, undergoing a bold transformation of Bone Shattering Hills aiming to develop this originally wild land into a small but fully functional alchemy industrial district.

Though its current scale still cannot match the deeply rooted Black Iron Plain, some basic alchemy products can already be produced locally without the need to spend time and labor transporting them from the distant Black Iron Plain.

Hovering above Needleleaf Valley for a few circles, Galos slowly reduced his speed, tucked his wings, and landed within the valley.

"Puchi~ Puchi~"

Just as he landed, a group of colorful, varied, giant jelly-like monsters immediately hopped over.

These were slimes.

They are one of the most common monsters in the Adventurer’s Starter Guide, usually at the bottom of the food chain.

During Galos’s previous return to Needleleaf Valley, he discovered that this place had become densely populated with slime colonies of various properties.

Then simply by releasing his dragon presence for a moment, he effortlessly garnered the fervent support of these slimes.

Low-level monsters can hardly resist the natural pressure of a true Giant Dragon.

Puchi... Puchi... a group of slimes began attempting to slowly climb over Galos’s huge, crack-filled body covered in ashes.

With their elastic yet soft and moist bodies, they proved unexpectedly efficient in cleaning falling scales, scraping dust and congealed blood off scale armor crevices.

Galos simply treated these little creatures as free scale armor cleaners.

As for rewards, it’s naturally the abundance of shattered scales that fall off after each intense workout and the seeping Dragon Blood for these lower monsters, offering powerful energy.

However, Galos’s rewards weren’t easy to obtain.

As time elapsed.

Those slimes working diligently on his scale armor gradually began to show subtle, thread-like, blood-tinged patterns on their surfaces.

Occasionally, any slime unable to withstand the energy embodied in Dragon Blood suddenly convulses violently before bursting into a colorful pile of shattered jelly material, greedily consumed by its eager comrades nearby.

The majority of slimes couldn’t endure the erosion of True Dragon Blood at all.

Yet, a few individuals with special talents or exceptional luck, despite their bodies trembling continuously, refused to explode as the threads on their surfaces grew denser.

Their aura gradually transformed during this process, subtly carrying a slight dragon presence.

Not much later.

Galos’s scale armor was polished bright by these small fellows, and the entire dragon seemed to have been completely refurbished.

The surrounding slimes also left satisfied, searching for quiet corners to digest and absorb the precious shattered scales and Dragon Blood energy.

Given time, perhaps an excellent servant leader may emerge among this group of slimes.

Meanwhile.

A shadow circled overhead in the valley for half a round before folding its wings, swooping down, and landing in the open space before Galos.

"Good day, Leader Galos."

Black Dragon Seraphina bowed her head covered in rugged bone armor, slightly lowered her body, expressing respect to the far more robust and gigantic Red Iron Dragon in front.

Her voice was deep and somewhat hoarse, carrying the chilling texture unique to a Black Dragon.

Galos carefully examined the fellow race member before him.

His gaze initially fell on her head covered in heavy, skull-mask-like protruding keratin before scanning over her bony, sharp-scaled, and peculiarly lean figure.

Aside from their vastly differing overall personalities, Five-Colored Dragons give starkly different visual impressions too.

Red Dragons radiate domineering grandeur, Blue Dragons appear solemn and majestic, Green Dragons elegant and cunning, White Dragons foolish like beasts... Whereas Black Dragons often exude a naturally eerie and terrifying vibe, inherently attracted to negative energies, and highly involved with death and undead.

"Seraphina, there’s a task for you."

Galos succinctly narrated the situation of the Witch Demon Nest, then said, "Go to that underground cavern, control the remaining chaotic undead there, fully take charge of managing and modifying that Undead Nest."

"If you encounter troubles beyond your resolution, you can directly seek assistance from Flower Lord Shire."

Upon hearing the leader’s directive.

Black Dragon initially seemed visibly startled, seemingly struggling to digest this sudden piece of good news, then briskly flicked the tip of her tail in a minimal amplitude.