paranoianovel Chapter 35 Production Units
Chapter 35 Production Units
After killing the rhinoceros monster, the Black Flame Dragon glanced at the battlefield, then opened its huge mouth and bit down, its sharp fangs tearing through the thick skin and ripping off large chunks of flesh.
The jackal shaman was immediately dealt with, and the dragon's breath killed over a hundred more jackal monsters, essentially sealing the victory.
Not to mention the rampaging three-headed demons on the battlefield, and the kobold shaman Mora who boosts morale and grants a berserk state off the field.
Hmm? A shaman.
The Black Flame Dragon, which was devouring the rhinoceros monster, paused, as it was surprised to find that the dog-headed shaman Mora had disappeared at the edge of the battlefield at some unknown time.
Amidst the shattered ruins, the robust jackal shaman lay on the ground, covered in blood.
Because the Black Flame Dragon deliberately held back, its breath initially only shattered the altar, so the jackal monster was not dead, but only severely injured.
Whoosh!!
The jackal shaman spat out blood and breathed heavily for a moment, then took out a gray stone from his pocket and spoke in broken abyssal demonic language.
"The monster is no match for us." With that, the jackal shaman crushed the stone.
However, it still had something to take with it before retreating. Thinking of this, the jackal demon looked at the staff half a meter away and stretched out its right paw with some difficulty...
Bang! A two-meter-long staff descended from the sky and slammed heavily onto the jackal shaman's head.
"Mine, all mine!" The kobold shaman pounded his staff, excitedly chanting in the kobold language.
Click, click!
As it devoured flesh and blood, the Black Flame Dragon's size gradually increased, and...
"Discovered plunderable C-level talent: Rage Impact, ignites the abyssal energy within the body with rage, instantly increasing power fivefold to unleash a devastating impact."
A talent that enhances strength. The Black Flame Dragon's eyes flickered slightly. No wonder it couldn't even withstand the attack of that demon; it could only suppress it after the inertia dissipated.
This talent is good, but... the Black Flame Dragon thought about it and finally gave up on plundering it.
The talent to increase strength fivefold is powerful, but the price is irrational rage. Losing one's mind in the perilous abyss is almost a death sentence.
puff!
After confirming that the monster's talent was useless, the Black Flame Dragon changed its method of devouring, its sharp tail spikes transforming into javelins that instantly pierced through flesh and blood.
Soon the rhinoceros monster's flesh and blood were completely devoured, while the black flame dragon's body continued to expand under the abundant energy, its scales stretched open, and its size grew from 12 meters to 12.5 meters.
After its second evolution, the Black Flame Dragon became stronger, but due to the increased body density, the energy required to grow one centimeter also increased several times.
At this moment, the last jackal demon fell to the ground, and the blood-covered dog-headed demon Vala came to the Black Flame Demon Dragon.
"Your Majesty, apart from a small number of fleeing jackal demons, all the other enemies have been dealt with."
"Okay, as before, you take a squad of dog-headed soldiers to the back to search and see if there are any useful supplies."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"My lord, where are your men?" Sokos, the dog-headed demon, emerged from the shadows of the mountain wall.
The Black Flame Dragon growled, "Mora isn't here. Go and command those dog-headed soldiers to bring over any relatively intact jackal monster corpses for me to devour."
As for the Minotaur Serus, after he reverted to his giant form, he led more than twenty Minotaur monsters to patrol the battlefield and collect weapons.
"Roar! Mora, come here to me!" roared the Black Flame Dragon.
"Great King, Mora is here."
As he spoke, the dog-headed shaman ran out from behind a pile of rocks in the distance, carrying two staffs on his shoulders and wearing several exquisite bone chains around his neck.
The dog-headed shaman approached the Black Flame Dragon with a fawning smile, "Your Majesty, these are the spoils this old servant found on that jackal shaman, containing some fragments of soul crystals."
As he spoke, the dog-headed shaman pulled a tattered leather bag from behind his rear end.
"How many?" the Black Flame Dragon roared, extending its claws.
The dog-headed shaman stammered, "No... not many." He then carefully poured seven transparent black crystals into the Black Flame Demon Dragon's claw.
"Hmm, are you sure that's all?"
The Black Flame Dragon exhaled scorching heat waves from its nostrils, its dark golden vertical pupils silently watching the dog-headed shaman.
"There should be more..."
The dog-headed shaman, stared at by the black flame dragon, trembled. He hesitated, then scratched his backside and pulled out two more soul crystal fragments.
"That's it?"
"That's all." This time, the dog-headed shaman shook his head in frustration.
"Isn't that it?" The Black Flame Dragon looked at the top of the two staffs it was holding, each inlaid with a slightly larger fragment of a soul crystal.
Under the watchful gaze of the Black Flame Dragon, the dog-headed shaman's hands trembled as he reluctantly pried off a crystal fragment and placed it in the dragon's claws.
"That old thing." The Black Flame Dragon collected all the soul crystal fragments with satisfaction.
At this moment, a large group of dog-headed monsters continuously dragged the corpses of jackal monsters over, and the Black Flame Dragon began its daily "feeding," piercing through the corpses of jackal monsters with its tail spikes and devouring them.
Unfortunately, due to the dragon's breath attack, only about two hundred jackal monster corpses were harvested.
After it had completely devoured everything, the Black Flame Dragon's size had only increased from 12.5 meters to 13 meters.
Only then did the dog-headed demon Vala, leading more than twenty demons forward, respectfully say, "Your Majesty, your subordinate has captured a group of cave demons in the underground cave over there."
Cryptodemon?
The Black Flame Dragon lowered its head and looked at the group of humanoid monsters that were about 1.5 meters tall, but had very strong bodies, thick hair, and were as black as charcoal.
Noticing the confusion in the Blackflame Dragon's eyes, the dog-headed shaman Mora quickly said, "Your Majesty, these dungeon demons all possess the skill of crafting equipment."
"Crafting equipment?" The Black Flame Dragon raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, most of the weapons and equipment in this abyss come from cave monsters. They are not only good at crafting equipment, but also at mining and smelting."
"Because he likes to live in cramped underground mining areas, he is known as the Cave Demon."
It turns out it's a production unit; no wonder the jackal monsters of this tribe have such superior weapons.
"Hmph! Take them all back!"
…………
In the operating room, Chen Zheng, who was inscribing runes, noticed a slight movement in his eyes as he sensed nine more soul crystal fragments in his soul space. Immediately, the corners of his mouth turned up in a smile.
Time flies when you're studying, and when it was 5:30, Chen Zheng slowly put down his carving knife.
A strong sense of spiritual exhaustion came from the depths of his consciousness. Chen Zheng couldn't help but rub his temples. The talent of Plundering All Spirits was very useful, but it was a bit tiring to use for a long time.
Fortunately, the harvest was good. At this time, his martial arts realm had quietly reached the eighth level of martial artist (72%).
In his office in the teaching building, Song Hui looked at today's data in the back-end system and couldn't help but marvel.
"I've mastered 29 basic runes today. That's a very stable state."
Evening, cafeteria
After getting their food, Chen Zheng and Jiang Mo found a table and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, Jiang Mo looked at the book of runes that Chen Zheng had placed to the side and asked curiously, "Chen Zheng, what kind of book is this? I've seen you reading it during class these past two mornings."
"Tell me, have you been secretly working hard behind your brothers' backs?"
Chen Zheng didn't hide anything: "This is a book explaining the structure of multiple runes, which Bai Su lent me."
Jiang Mo's eyes widened: "You're studying multi-rune structure? Isn't that a course that's taught in the second semester of sophomore year? Damn, you're actually secretly working on it."
"I've decided, I'll go to the library after dinner and get some plum juice."
"What are you going to the library for?" Chen Zheng asked curiously.
"Of course you should go read books! After your epiphany, not only has your rune comprehension improved by leaps and bounds, but you're also learning the structure of next semester's material ahead of time."
"If I don't work harder, I won't even be able to see your tail anymore."
"Uh... it's not that exaggerated. I'm just looking at it. I might not be able to learn it. Multi-rune structures are indeed a bit difficult for me right now."
Chen Zheng was telling the truth. Without the support of soul power, reading this book these past two days felt like reading a book written in the heavens.
However, Jiang Mo clearly did not believe him.
After dinner, Jiang Mo actually went and called Li Tang to go to the library together. Chen Zheng could only shake his head and turn to go to the training area.
Preparing to practice swordsmanship.