Chapter 90 Evolution! Wings of the Celestial Comet! (Seeking monthly votes)
As the sun rises and sets, six years have passed quietly.
The rainy season in the Sel Wilderness has ended, and it has returned to its former heat, with sunlight like molten gold irrigating and sprinkling the wilderness.
But even the most intense sunlight.
It was also unable to break through the countless steam swirling like clouds and mist in the steam rift.
This is a forbidden zone that most living things do not like to approach.
Whoosh!
A giant eagle swept across the sky, as fast as lightning.
With a wingspan of ten meters, its feathers are tightly pressed against its body to minimize air resistance, and it is surrounded by wind elemental energy. It is extremely fast, and when it sweeps across the sky, it looks like a streak of blue lightning.
The Gale Eagle passed over the Steam Rift.
It noticed the rift below, where steam was rising. Having already hunted and eaten its fill, it suddenly had a playful idea.
The giant eagle flapped its wings and charged toward the steam rift.
It darted freely through the sky, its blue feathers slicing through the thick fog, leaving clear trails in the vacuum.
It sometimes dives vertically, then suddenly rises just before touching the boiling rift, leaving the surrounding steam behind.
It would sometimes make a sharp turn to the side, passing through the gap between two opposing columns of steam, with scorching water vapor condensing into a spiral cloud behind it.
The Gale Eagle, caught up in the fun, began to challenge the most dangerous part of the Steam Rift.
There are hundreds of randomly erupting high-pressure steam columns there, which even the most agile swifts dare not venture into.
Its wings fold into a spindle shape, and wind elements form sharp shock waves at the tips of its feathers, like a pair of scissors cutting through cloth, skillfully and precisely passing through every fatal gap in the steam labyrinth, grazing past the erupting steam columns.
Several tens of seconds later.
Just as the giant eagle completed its final barrel roll and prepared to soar into the clouds.
A terrifying aura suddenly surged up from the depths of the rift.
Suddenly, the giant eagle's feathers stood on end.
One second it was enjoying the thrill of speed, the next second, its heart felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand.
A predator beyond human comprehension has awakened.
The steam rift below began to boil, not in a slow, gushing manner, but as if stirred by the breath of a giant beast, all the steam columns twisted and burst simultaneously, forming a chaotic sea of mist.
Boom—!!!
The steam cloud was violently torn apart, and a crimson figure shot into the sky at an almost absurd speed.
The Gale Eagle didn't even see what it was; it only caught a series of afterimages and a trail behind it that looked like a comet's tail.
The giant eagle instinctively flapped its wings and fled at full speed.
It unleashed its special skill—hurricane-like ascent.
This is its proudest escape technique.
When it ascends vertically, the wind elements around it form a spiral, causing its speed to surge, which once allowed it to escape from the claws of an adult dragon.
But this time, it heard a sharp screech behind it.
call out--!
The crimson shadow arrived first, appearing directly above it in a backward flight.
For the first time, the giant eagle saw the predator up close.
A dragon! It's a dragon!
It has a body covered in black, layered dragon scales that make a sound like countless blades being drawn when it cuts through the air. Its wings are huge and exaggerated, and they are not traditional membrane wings.
Its wing membranes are covered with fine, crimson scales, and these scales are not evenly distributed.
Six silver crystalline bones protrude from the wing membrane at the wing root, wingtip, and wing edge, spreading out radially. The ends of these bones spray out dense, dark red flames that resemble both raging fire and steam, swaying and leaving long trails behind them.
Like the destructive tail trailed by a comet as it tears through the sky.
It deliberately slowed down, the flames on its wings dissipated, and it flew parallel to the giant eagle.
This action terrified the giant eagle even more than a direct kill; the eagle seemed to be enjoying the hunt.
A giant eagle shrieked in the wind.
It frantically unleashed its magical energy, which coiled around its wings, increasing its speed beyond its limits. It maneuvered nimbly in the air, trying to shake off the dragon that had its eyes on it.
The dragon did not immediately catch up, but waited for a while before leisurely flapping its wings.
boom!
Dark red flames surged behind its wings.
Its speed increased instantly, chasing after the Gale Giant Eagle. Its originally black dragon scales turned almost entirely red from friction with the air, like a crimson meteor streaking across the sky.
The giant eagle sensed danger coming from behind.
But its speed has reached its limit and cannot be increased further.
As the dragon's shadow flashed by, the giant eagle's vision suddenly spun, and its head had already separated from its body.
The dragon lifted the giant eagle by its claws, folded its wings, and landed on the ground. The residual heat from its high-speed flight still lingered between the gaps in its scales, and its pair of wings resembled unsheathed, peerless weapons.
This dragon is none other than Garus, who ended the dragon's slumber.
"The trails of wing flames resembled a comet streaking across the sky."
"I'll call you Wings of the Comet."
Garus shook his brand-new dragon wings and nodded in satisfaction.
He had played a game called Monster Hunter in his previous life, and now that he thinks about it carefully, he realizes that there are many characteristics of dragons in the game that he can refer to. The name he gave to Bazelgeuse and his ideas about dragon wings were also inspired by it.
"The only drawback is that the consumption is too high."
"I use magic energy as fuel, and each burst of speed will cause a lot of consumption."
"After becoming a Martial Dragon, the dragon energy formed by combining magic energy and life energy will be more resilient and robust, and may be able to better withstand energy consumption."
Galos thought to himself.
The Dragon Sleep and evolution had made Garos extremely hungry. He first devoured the Gale Eagle he had just hunted, then had time to re-examine his own changes.
first.
The life level jumped from level 7 to level 9.
This is a life level that only a young golden dragon can possess, and Galos is currently 14 years old, two years away from reaching adolescence.
In terms of body shape.
His body length reached 12 meters from head to tail, which is equivalent to the size of a young dragon. Moreover, his body length is secondary. Garos is stronger than the red dragon. The muscles under his scales are strong and powerful. If other 12-meter-long young dragons stood next to him, they would look like sticks in comparison.
When fully extended, the dragon's wingspan reaches 26 meters, more than twice its body length.
Galos's appearance has also changed slightly.
The appearance has changed, and the addition of silver crystal bones and end-blown jet structures to the dragon wings goes without saying.
The thorns on his face became more numerous and denser, and his mouth contained the ferocious fangs of a red dragon. The horn around his upper and lower jaws was like steel, and the base of his dragon horns was wrapped in shovel-shaped metal bones, which grew backward in a rugged and winding manner, like a crown.
The characteristics of both the Iron Dragon and the Red Dragon are still evident in him.
In addition to the bursting scales on its back, dense thorns grew along its spine, extending all the way to the end of its tail.
His dragon tail became thicker and longer, with densely packed scales that could be slightly raised to reveal sharp, blade-like edges. When it struck an enemy, it would create dense, lacerations, akin to being slowly sliced to death.
Besides these external manifestations.
Galos also awakened two spell-like skills.
Flaming Claws – derived from the bloodline of the Red Dragon.
Hardened body – from the bloodline of the Iron Dragon.
Whether it's the Iron Dragon or the Red Dragon, these are spell-like abilities that only young dragons can awaken under normal circumstances.
Both the Red Iron and Red Iron dragons are skilled in melee combat, and the two spells that Garros awakened from his bloodline still enhance his melee abilities.
However, regarding remote operations...
As a superior hybrid, Garus possesses three types of dragon breath and can also use his Exploding Scales for bombardment.
That's enough for him for now.
Moreover, all dragons are born sorcerers, and as they grow older, they will eventually awaken more spell-like abilities. The spell-like abilities of young dragons are just the beginning, and Galos is not even a young dragon yet.
As for magic that relies on knowledge rather than bloodline.
Dragons typically begin to explore and learn only after they have reached adulthood and their development has slowed down. Before that, the spell-like abilities that dragons awaken and their ever-growing bodies are far more useful than magic.
Galos flicked its tail.
There was a faint, almost electric sensation running through the muscles beneath the dragon scales, but it was very weak and not very real.
"They haven't succeeded in evolving in this aspect."
"This evolution mainly focuses on the wings."
Galos felt a faint electric shock within his body and thought to himself.
The hunger hadn't subsided.
Hungry and exhausted, he didn't dwell on his own condition. He flapped his wings and took to the air, hunting in the surrounding area. After a full day of hunting and several meals, his hunger gradually subsided, and he was no longer so hungry.
It is already night.
Two moons hung high in the night sky, casting their gentle light.
"I wonder what changes have occurred in the Conifer Valley, Crescent Valley, and Howling Cliff over the past six years."
"Let's go back and check on the situation first."
Galos devoured its last prey, which resembled an elephant, and without continuing the hunt, it flapped its wings and flew towards the Conifer Valley.
(End of this chapter)
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