This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 418, Section 417: The Ancient Dragon's Path

Dragon Cliff Underground City.

Although it is called an "underground city", it is actually more like a huge alternate dimension, and dragons are the only masters of this space.

Unlike other underground cities that extend downwards, Dragon Cliff is built layer by layer from the bottom up, soaring straight into the sky.

At the very bottom, all sorts of dragon beasts dwell, most of which are subspecies with diluted bloodlines but capable of stable reproduction.

At the top of the cliff, tens of thousands of meters high, lies the domain of pure-blooded dragons.

Of course, this space is not only inhabited by dragons.

For example, the kobolds, who serve their respective dragon masters, have gained the right to move freely in specific areas.

Gugu is a kobold servant born to serve a great dragon.

Today, it is time again to fulfill our sacred duty and clean the dragon's nest for our master.

Only after the tribal shaman cast an anti-corrosion spell on them, the cleaners, did they dare to hold their tools and cautiously step into the cave that was always shrouded in a faint black mist.

Gugu tiptoed carefully around the scattered gold coins and gems, afraid of making the slightest sound and disturbing its sleeping master—a great black dragon in its prime.

However, before the cleaning even started, an accident occurred.

For some unknown reason, angry dragon roars suddenly came from outside the cave, the sound waves echoing throughout the entire Dragon Cliff.

The unrestrained dragon's might pressed down like a physical force, freezing all the kobolds in place, leaving them trembling uncontrollably.

Under the overwhelming power of the dragons, one of the kobolds lost control of its bladder, its turbid yellow urine splashing onto the ground of its master's sacred lair...

In the darkness, two enormous golden vertical pupils suddenly opened!

The next moment, a jet-black dragon breath swept past, and the incontinent kobold and the other unfortunate man not far behind him, before they could even scream, turned into two decaying skeletons that scattered to the ground with a "crack".

Immediately afterwards, the giant claw covered in jet-black scales suddenly rose up, its tip slicing across the surface of the treasure pile, sending countless gold coins and gems flying, before slamming it forcefully against the rock wall.

boom--!
The entire cave shook violently, and spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly from where the claws landed, with rubble falling from the ceiling like raindrops.

A rock hit Gugu on the back of the head, but he remained lying face down on the ground, not daring to move.

"Master, supreme master, I beg you to calm your anger! This is your noble lair!" The old wizard, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, prostrated himself in trembling dragon language to plead with him.

Gugu could even clearly feel the dragon's scorching breath brushing against his trembling back, which made him afraid to even breathe.

After a brief silence, the dragon's rage seemed to have finally subsided somewhat.

The ferocious dragon head slowly retreated into the deepest shadows of the cave, leaving only a string of unintelligible dragon language echoing within:

"A mere Swergis... dares to covet it..."

……

"Honey...honey...it's all over now."

Louisa gently brushed her pale, slender fingers across the dragon scales that had bristled in fright, carefully soothing the little black creature that had curled up in its wing.

After all, if you're not careful, you might end up like those little puckers that came over and get scratched to death.

After a long while, Xiao Hei finally stretched his body a little.

She held her big tail tightly with one paw, and with the other paw scooped up a dead baby dog ​​next to her, sobbing as she gnawed on it.

The area around her was a mess. Only the broken foundation of the mushroom house remained, and the ground was covered with charred fragments of mycelium corroded by dragon breath. A faint acidic smell still lingered in the air, making it impossible for anyone without a certain level of resistance to get close.

It was only thanks to Xiao Hei's timely reaction that the majority of Garden No. 3 was lost.

Several Puji gathered around, and one of them extended its mycelial tentacles, squeezing some honey onto the Puji in Xiao Hei's arms to add a touch of sweetness.

Sure enough, as the sweetness spread in his mouth, Xiao Hei became more and more focused on eating, and even his sobbing gradually stopped.

Lin Jun then asked, "What happened? You sprayed the whole Mushroom House clean." "Big dragon, so many dragons...tails, I'm angry..."

It was still the same fragmented, disjointed sentences, made up of scattered words.

Fortunately, after spending a long time together, Lin Jun has mastered the skills of translating "Little Black Language".

Simply put, Xiao Hei felt like he had just been chased and had his tail bitten by a group of dragons, and he had a stress reaction after waking up.

Lin Jun thought it was probably due to discomfort during her growth spurt, after all... she really grew a lot...

The already large dragon wings on its back had become three times wider than before, and the changes didn't stop there...

It took a lot of effort for Puji and Little Pig to get Little Black to put down the tail in her arms and stand up straight. They didn't know where she learned this habit, but she always insisted on passing the tail from under her crotch when she hugged it.

The two plopped together and stood in front of Little Black.

Xiao Hei naturally picked up the one on top, flipped it over, and started eating it from the feet.

After taking a bite and finding it wasn't delicious, Puji looked around at the other Puji with some confusion, but still forced herself to eat one bite after another, not wanting to waste Puji's kindness.

This wasn't originally meant for her by Lin Jun, but it doesn't matter now.

The comparison just now revealed that Xiao Hei is now as tall as the two Puji stacked on top of each other, which is about 1.6 meters, a full 10 centimeters taller than before.

On the panel, it leveled up two levels to 63, and all of its physical attributes, except for intelligence, also saw an improvement that Mushroom would envy.

And this is only the effect of level 2 [Bloodline Enhancement].

So why is there no ancient mushroom bloodline?
It's so strange that a hero like me can't awaken the power in my bloodline!

And there are even stranger ones.

[Status: Ancient Dragon Path 1%]

Is this the progress of unlocking bloodlines?

It doesn't seem likely. No matter how much the little black bloodline is unlocked, it shouldn't be only 1%, right?
That [Bloodline Enhancement] doesn't seem that special. On the pigmen and the former half-demon leader, it's just a simple enhancement skill. How come it brings out so many fancy things on the little black guy?

Ancient dragons are still too mysterious to Lin Jun. Even humans don't have much information about them. She'll have to find a chance to go to the elven library and look for some later.

……

After comforting Xiao Hei and letting her stay temporarily in Norris's Mushroom House, Lin Jun turned her attention back to her far northern experimental base.

Here, there is a special fat otaku named Puji.

[Giant Item LV2]

This chubby little guy is almost half again as tall as his peers, and his round body looks like a small hill.

But what truly surprised Lin Jun was the unconventional number on its attribute panel; its constitution attribute actually exceeded Puji's upper limit.

Puji's attribute caps have always been directly linked to Lin Jun's level, and currently the highest they can reach is 64 points.

In comparison, when humans reach the Diamond rank, they usually already have one or even two core attributes that have exceeded three digits.

Therefore, even the Knight Puji is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of pure basic attributes, and only by relying on a number of outrageous advanced skills can it achieve a reversal in strength.

But this giant fat otaku in front of us has successfully broken through in terms of attributes!
Although it is only a breakthrough in a single physical attribute, it is undoubtedly gratifying.

The only problem is that this skill seems to be directly linked to body size.

Puji equipped with the [Giant] skill will automatically grow to the size limit of its current attributes, and will not be able to maintain a light and agile combat form like Knight Puji.

It feels like a skill exclusive to tanks and big bombs...

Lin Jun plans to practice this skill more, just to see how big a Puji can be raised at LV10.

(End of this chapter)