Chapter Seventy-Five: The Arrival of the Giant Mountain Python
"However, we don't know what the limits of this forbidden technique are."
"Will it only allow these weak snakes to kill me, or only allow the Flame Serpents to kill me? What about the powerful snakes, and the various snakes outside the Flame Serpent Canyon? Will they be affected?"
"Are those intelligent snake people like that too?"
Although the old questions had been answered, Koloa wasn't entirely relieved. The answer he had received was very partial and simplistic, far from perfect. It probably couldn't possibly represent the full effect of that forbidden technique.
Forbidden techniques are incredible; even the master of a forbidden technique may not be able to fully understand them.
Even the creator of the forbidden technique could not understand it.
Because some forbidden techniques, over time, are eroded by strange things, and may also undergo slight changes due to changes in time, place, and environment.
"More and larger experiments are needed to confirm the final results."
Loya had already made up his mind that he would study it when he had time in the future.
"Hopefully, this forbidden technique isn't too overpowered. I really hope it doesn't lead to a life-or-death struggle between me and all snakes, especially the powerful ones."
"That seems even more terrifying than being wanted by the gods."
"And when that time comes, I will have no choice but to avoid their sharp edge and hide in a place with fewer snakes."
“How can this be?” Loya’s pride wouldn’t allow him to avoid snakes.
Innate Bloodline Skill: Crimson Lotus Hell
Loya erupted viciously and began a killing spree.
With a burst of intense flames, the area within a radius of a hundred meters was instantly engulfed.
In an instant, nearly a thousand fire snakes were burned to death.
The rich aroma wafted out, making Loya feel as if she were in a world of delicious food.
He opened his mouth and inhaled. His gaping maw with fangs transformed into a small black hole, swallowing the roasted snakes from all directions.
The [Inscription: Gluttony] has been activated again, increasing Loya's digestive capacity by several hundred times.
At the same time, he was distracted. He continued to inscribe runes on his body, strengthening his [Personal Witchcraft Rune Array].
"Well, I won't be going home for the next few days. I'll just stay at the farm, eat, drink, and grind for runes. That will save me a lot of time." Loya thought to himself, "Let me set a small goal first: I want to sweep through the entire Flame Serpent Grand Canyon within five days."
"I hope there are more intelligent and extraordinary creatures here, so that I can recruit some of their followers and strengthen my power."
However, just as this last thought crossed his mind, he remembered something of utmost importance.
His dragon face turned gloomy: "Damn it, I almost forgot, I was tricked by Shalu, and the Flame Serpents hate me now. How could they possibly submit to me?"
"It's all over. A huge reserve arsenal has been destroyed."
Loya felt a pang of regret, realizing he shouldn't have even considered capturing Sal. He should have simply devoured Sal, causing her instant death. That way, he wouldn't have been cursed.
"Tsk, forget it. If I can't subdue the Flame Serpent, I'll subdue others. That's not a big problem. The entire Sandi Mountain Range is vast, inhabited by countless extraordinary monsters, all of whom can be my source of troops."
Loya had a good attitude, and his regret quickly disappeared.
This is mainly because he doesn't value the Flame Serpent's family too much; the Flame Serpent isn't irreplaceable.
Time flows on.
In the blink of an eye, a day has passed.
The three people in the family continued working after waking up.
The house, which was originally a bit damaged, was quickly restored to its original state.
Immediately afterwards, the three of them had nothing to do.
This made them very satisfied.
Because this way, they will have time to cultivate themselves.
"If every day could be like this, that would be wonderful," Orpheus said, looking at the sun with a sense of contentment. "Our master should be holed up in his snake farm right now, tending to his snakes. I really don't understand why he has such a peculiar hobby. As a great dragon, we can eat them whenever we want, so why should we keep them?"
Elena said, "You don't understand. With Lord Roloroa's appetite, hunting would take too long and waste a lot of his time. If you're always rushing around for food, you won't have time to cultivate. Is that the kind of life you want?"
Finland nodded quickly: "That's right. Now that I'm free, I plan to raise some fast-growing races, like pig-headed people, kobolds, ratmen, and insectoids, especially the insectoids. They can reproduce in large numbers in one go. That'll be enough to feed us for a long time."
Orpheus sneered: "Humans are very prolific and grow very quickly too."
Upon hearing this, Elena looked at Orpheus warily. "I advise you not to have such rebellious thoughts. Humanity has risen in this era and is scattered across many worlds. Especially in this world, humans are one of the most powerful races. Even the dragons dare not wage a full-scale war against humans. Moreover, the faith of many gods is drawn from the believers among humans. The gods will not allow humans to be trampled on like this. After all, this is their land of faith."
Orpheus smiled and said, "I was just kidding. How could I possibly keep humans as pets? I was just bragging. Elena, don't scare me like that, or it will break my heart."
Elena sneered; she didn't think Orpheus was joking.
She even thought that given the chance, Orpheus would definitely hunt down a large number of humans and devour them as snacks.
"Crack!" Suddenly, the earth trembled slightly.
"An earthquake?" The young dragon and the princess, who were arguing and chatting, suddenly changed their expressions.
"Won't there be magma erupting from underground?" Orpheus thought of a very ominous and dangerous possibility.
"We can't be that unlucky, can we?" Finland shuddered.
A volcanic eruption, even in this extraordinary world, is a terrifying natural disaster. Most weaker extraordinary beings would likely perish in such a catastrophe.
Unfortunately, they are now very weak and may die.
Elena frowned: "That shouldn't be the case. The Flame Serpent Grand Canyon erupted once a hundred years ago. The underground magma sea should have been very stable for the next few hundred years."
Before coming to the Sendi Mountains to cause trouble, Elena would naturally do her research and learn about the situation there.
Quite by chance, Elena had already learned a little about the Flame Serpent Canyon back then. Of course, she didn't plan to come here at the time, so she just glanced at it, as if reading a short story.
"There are too many changes in this world, who knows what kind of accident has happened?" Orpheus retorted to Elena, and then said without stopping, "Let's leave the Flame Serpent Canyon quickly and find some shelter nearby."
“Of course.” Elena didn’t refuse; she was also afraid of lava.
"However, before that, we need to inform Lord Roloroa to prevent him from thinking we've escaped and then using the slave seal to destroy us from afar," Elena added.
Orpheus covered his face: "I almost forgot about this. Damn it, this slave mark is such a nuisance."
"Boom boom boom," the earth had only shaken once before, but as time went on, the shaking became more intense.
Just over 10,000 meters to the west of my home, the ground slowly cracked and bulged, forming small hills. Something was clearly emerging from beneath them.
The commotion was quite loud; Elena had already sensed it.
"Let's go." Elena harnessed the magical wind, greatly increasing her speed.
"Take us with you!" Orpheus called out quickly.
With a single thought from Elena, two streams of demonic wind split off and enveloped the young dragon sisters.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh," the three of them left their home in the blink of an eye.
"Bang!" At that moment, the cracked ground suddenly exploded.
A pale yellow hill appeared.
The original vibrations also disappeared.
This world has returned to peace.
After running several kilometers, Elena and the others felt safe.
Their speed gradually decreased, and after half a minute, they stopped altogether.
"It seems that's all there is to it." Finland felt a sense of fantasy: "Could it be that this tremor was caused by just one mountain?"
Orpheus pondered, "It seems that's really the case."
Elena: "It seems we misunderstood. This is not a volcanic eruption, but simply a tectonic movement, and the underground mountain has been squeezed out."
"Hahaha, I see. Shall we still go?" Finland burst into laughter.
Orpheus rolled his eyes: "Go away my ass, or the adults will come and beat you up."
"Let's go, let's go home and cultivate. We've finally had a peaceful rest, we can't afford to waste any more time." Orpheus hurriedly walked back.
Neither Elena nor Finland had any objections.
"Speaking of which, these mountains that have been unearthed from the ground are very valuable for exploration. Perhaps some precious minerals have been brought up. For example, gemstones, magic crystals, crystals, and all sorts of ores."
Elena belatedly remarked.
"Hooray, charge!" Orpheus, who was originally going to continue his training, suddenly turned around excitedly and rushed towards the pale yellow mountain.
"Damn it, don't even think about taking the treasure, it's all mine!" Finland also rushed forward.
The two dragons competed and raced against each other, each afraid that the other would arrive first and obtain the treasures on the mountain.
Elena didn't go; instead, she went home as if nothing had happened.
"Go on, hurry up and find the treasure. Young dragons your age should be enjoying themselves; hard training isn't suitable for you." Elena was in a wonderful mood. Yes. This time, she wasn't lying. There might indeed be treasure on the mountain, but her real purpose was to waste the young dragon sisters' training energy.
She herself could use the time while the baby dragon sisters were searching for treasure to work on becoming stronger.
With this back-and-forth movement, she will definitely make the most progress in the end.
...
Although Elena was scheming, the bait in her scheme was genuine.
There were indeed treasures on the mountain, and the baby dragon sisters were ecstatic.
They've forgotten all about spiritual practice.
For the next three days, they spent their days digging and searching for treasure in the mountains.
During this time, Elena focused on her spiritual practice.
The baby dragon sisters are now safely searching for treasure.
Loya stayed peacefully in the breeding farm, eating the Flame Serpent with his liver engraving.
Putting everything else aside, just look at Loya; his efforts were absolutely not wasted in the slightest. The number of runes on his body has increased by at least one-third.
Moreover, the extra inscriptions are basically [Intermediate Wizard Inscription: Elemental Fire] + [Intermediate Wizard Inscription: Gluttony].
The increase in [binge eating] caused Loya's appetite to skyrocket even further.
Apart from a large number of pregnant female snakes, all the fire snakes in the cave breeding farm were eaten by Salo.
This made the farm look empty.
It's clear that if not enough new Flame Serpents arrive in the future, this breeding farm will be practically ruined and it will take a long time to recover and become strong again.
But it was all worth it.
Putting aside the inscriptions and such, Loya's own realm has also increased by two minor levels.
He is now a Silver Level 3 extraordinary being.
Loya's physique also improved further.
Now, under normal circumstances, he is definitely no less than ten meters tall.
Finally, his hands grew longer and thicker, becoming larger and stronger, finally matching his long, slender, and robust legs.
The dragon wings behind it had also turned completely fiery red, and various ferocious barbs grew on their surface.
Its area had also increased to eight or nine meters. With its two dragon wings fully extended, it was at least close to twenty meters long.
In this state, he truly resembles a normal, peak-form Red Dragon.
And his appearance was very similar to those real dragons.
Now, who would dare call him a dragon, a deformed and crippled dragon?
"Evolving by relying on the dragon evolution system is actually quite troublesome."
"Perhaps, I can slowly improve my bloodline on my own and gradually perfect it."
Loya suddenly remembered something: the dragon evolution system was something he had created in his previous life. However, because he retained memories of his past life, he could also manually cultivate his bloodline to some extent, thus avoiding excessive reliance on the dragon evolution system.
It's a bit of a hassle to rub it by hand.
However, he is not very wealthy these days and has no way to exchange for a stronger bloodline in a short period of time.
"Hmm, that's a pretty good idea."
"Next, we need to find a way to construct a flesh and blood infinite fission magic furnace to increase physical strength infinitely."
Loya immediately set a small goal.
Loya walked out of the cave breeding farm step by step, forcefully spreading his huge dragon wings and waving them twice.
A powerful shockwave erupted, propelling his massive and heavy body into the sky.
"The feeling of flying is really great."
With a "whoosh," Loya's dragon wings ignited and transformed into something resembling a rocket booster.
He shot off instantly.
"Boom, boom," because of his high speed, he collided with the air, creating a deafening sonic boom.
"With the power of the inscription, I can go even faster. Perhaps I can already break the sound barrier." Loya's heart was racing. He really wanted to test his speed with all his might.
But the next moment, he stopped, hanging tightly in the air, looking down at the earth below.
He has arrived home.
He also noticed a small hill next to his house, and at the foot of the hill, two green baby dragons were fighting fiercely.
Beside it, there was a gemstone covered with red patterns.
"Finland, I dug this gem out!" Orpheus roared angrily, "What right do you have to steal it?"
"Because I like it." Finland said matter-of-factly.
In fact, such arguments and fights have been happening frequently in the past few days.
There was no way around it; the evil dragon trait inherited in their blood made them extremely greedy.
If they covet someone's wealth, they will ruthlessly kill and rob them.
In short, they had both new and numerous old wounds, which looked quite horrific.
They seemed truly determined to fight to the death.
"Tsk, what are you doing? I've only been away from home for a few days, and you, as my property, are killing each other. You're maliciously destroying my wealth!" Loya watched for a while before descending from the sky.
With a "bang," the ground beneath Loya's feet exploded, turning into a crater more than ten meters in diameter.
"Ah!" The young dragon sisters, who were fighting fiercely, felt the earth shake violently. They couldn't even stand up and had to fall to the ground.
An even stronger, scorching dragon's might descended from the sky, completely enveloping the two of them, causing them to tremble instinctively.
Yes, Loya can also unleash dragon's might. Or rather, he's simulating dragon's might.
Of course, that's not important.
The important thing is that the baby dragon sisters were dumbfounded.
"Y-you, you're back!!!" Orpheus stammered, his eyes wide open, looking anxious and panicked.
She instinctively tightened her single dragon wing, concealing some small gems. Clearly, she feared Loya would take over her wealth.
Furthermore, Loya's changes also left her somewhat bewildered: "Has he made up for the defects in his bloodline and evolved into a true dragon? Damn it, he definitely only evolved successfully because of my wings."
Like Orpheus, Finland was instinctively guilty and hid its treasures, not wanting Loya to discover them.
Finland, however, didn't seem to care much about Loya's changed appearance. In her view, Loya had always been a strange guy, so it was normal for him to change a bit now.
“Nonsense, I’m not dead, I’ll definitely come back,” Loya replied to Orpheus irritably. He continued, “You are all my treasures.”
Loya repeated it earnestly and concluded with righteous indignation: "Therefore, your wealth is also my wealth."
"Awooo!!!" The baby dragon sisters cried out in despair upon hearing this.
Loya didn't care about any of that. He went over and flicked his fingers twice, making the baby dragon sisters' foreheads swell up.
And they stored all their wealth in the spatial ring.
"Alright, you can continue," Loya instructed. As the leader, Loya was both greedy and lazy.
He wasn't satisfied; he wanted the baby dragon sisters to continue their treasure hunt.
"Why is this happening?" Finland asked, looking aggrieved.
Orpheus was listless. She had boundless energy when searching for treasure for herself, but when searching for treasure for others, she felt utterly hopeless and lacked any motivation.
"Enough with the nonsense. I gave you guys a few days off recently, now it's time to make up for it," Loya said matter-of-factly. "Get to work and search this place five times over. Don't miss a single copper coin. Then, I'll blow up this mountain and see if there's any treasure hidden inside."
Although he didn't ask the young dragon sisters how the mountain came to be, his experience allowed him to easily deduce the truth.
"Could you give me a reward? Please!" Finland was shameless and audacious. She dared to bargain with Loya, this "ferocious dragon," for wealth.
This shows just how powerful the allure of wealth is for dragons.
"Alright, alright, I'll give you some." Loya was also helpless.
Although he was not a purebred dragon, he still loved money and disliked giving wealth to his servants.
But the baby dragon in front of him was his own younger sister.
What could he do? He could only spoil him.
Finland was overjoyed: "Thank you so much for your kindness, I will work hard."
Ophie was impressed with Finland; he hadn't expected that Finland could actually secure some rewards.
“Next, it’s time for me to take over the Grand Canyon.” Loya looked up and gazed into the distance.
"Trying to invade the Grand Canyon? How arrogant and presumptuous! Don't think you're invincible just because you've eliminated Salu. I, the Rock Serpent Kili, refuse to accept this!" Suddenly, the earth shook violently, and the newly emerged hillock rose from the ground, transforming into a terrifying giant serpent made of rock. Before, when it was silent, it looked just like a real stone, but with its sudden burst of power, a terrifying aura leaked out, suppressing heaven and earth.
"Holy crap, this is a giant python?" Orpheus and Finland were stunned. They never imagined they'd been searching for treasure on the head of this giant python all this time.
The thought filled them with even greater terror. After all, if the other party truly harbored murderous intent, they could have died hundreds of times over.
"Huh, I didn't expect you to be a mutated giant python." Loya was also surprised. He really hadn't realized that the mountain was a giant python before.
"Perhaps I can get some inscriptions that can improve my eyesight." Loya discovered one of his weaknesses, and of course he wanted to make up for it.
That way, you won't be unaware that some shady characters have infiltrated your life.
"This is unbearable for a snake! I'm going to kill you! I swear, I will kill you! The Flame Serpent Canyon is our territory, not yours to damned dragons! Die! Die!" Kili, who called himself the Rock Mountain Python, stared at Loya, his killing intent and rage surging. He seemed on the verge of completely losing control.
"Damn it, is this affected by Salu's forbidden technique? This is really troublesome." Loya was helpless, but a fervent fighting spirit also erupted in his heart.
"Come on, kill me if you dare. If not, become nourishment for my growth. But this time, I won't hold back. I will kill you completely." To avoid the possibility that the Rocky Mountain Python might possess some strange forbidden techniques, Loya decided not to subdue this mountain-sized python.
"Roar!" Kili was very impolite and didn't answer Loya at all. He rushed over impatiently.
With a deafening roar, the sky and the air were shattered.
A force, not exactly scorching hot, but brimming with primal, boundless power, was released without reservation.
[Witchcraft Inscription] (Full Activation).
In an instant, Loya transformed into a gigantic, sixty-meter-tall monster [Adult Form: Crimson Godzilla].
Loya reached out and pressed down on Kili's head.
The boundless, intense heat of the flames poured down, engulfing Kili's entire large head.
However, the flames weren't very effective; they couldn't burn Kili at all.
Instead, endless violence followed.
With a "crack," Loya's fiery claws couldn't withstand the impact and were shattered.
The snake's head was unstoppable and landed on Loya's chest.
"Such immense strength! I shouldn't have confronted it head-on." Loya instantly realized that this giant rock serpent, Kili, clearly excelled in strength and defense; everything else seemed rather ordinary. And he hadn't played to his strengths. Now, he was at a disadvantage.
Loya was being pushed back by Kili's head, and he was frantically retreating.
The earth was ripped open with a gash more than 20 meters deep.
"Ah, help!" The baby dragon sisters were too close to the battlefield. In just a moment, they were thrown away by the aftershocks.
Fortunately, Loya and Kili didn't pay any attention to them, nor did they lay a hand on them; otherwise, they would definitely be dead.
"Bang, bang!" The baby dragon sisters flew more than thirty meters before finally falling to the ground. They were so dizzy from the fall that they couldn't process what had happened and couldn't get up for a while.
"That mountain... it's actually a terrifying giant python?" Inside the house, Elena sensed the commotion of Loya and Kili clashing. She rushed out and immediately saw the battle scene.
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