Red Dragon Monster Hunter Template

Chapter 225 Astral Travel

From the moment Thor awoke, the entire wilderness rejoiced at the birth of the new king. Countless magical elements spontaneously converged, dyeing the sky near the volcano with colors as dazzling and colorful as the aurora borealis.

A massive red dragon rose from the boiling magma. Its 27-meter-long body was covered in thick, golden-red scales, which were also covered with rainbow light, making it dazzling.

He slowly spread his enormous wings, which spanned nearly 80 meters. Above them were exaggerated metacarpal bones, thicker than the spine, and finger bones, enlarged into nozzle shapes, evenly distributed on both sides, totaling as many as 10.

The flame patterns that once covered the inner membrane of the wings have now completely shrunk and condensed, leaving only fiery trails like flowing lava, continuously supplying energy.

As Thor took a deep breath, the magical elements surging in the sky were instantly pulled by an invisible force, pouring down like a tide.

The enormous, colorful funnel-shaped vortex surged directly into Thor's body, flowing towards the basal vessels between his chest and abdomen. Within that tissue, which resembled a second heart, chaotic orbs shimmered, transforming the mixed magical elements into pure energy.

The monster templates loaded onto Thor are never simply stacked together. Different creatures each have their own advantages, and when they complement each other, the effect is far beyond what 1+1=2 can describe.

Energy from various fields is transformed by the rainbow light, allowing Thor to generate a continuous stream of dragon energy without needing to inhale air or rely on the earth's veins.

Crimson flames erupted from his hollow wing bones, and even the fine scales on the surface of his wing membranes rose up, revealing tiny pores underneath, from which red light also surged.

A tremendous propulsive force immediately and continuously emanated from under Thor's wings, far exceeding what could be achieved by simply flapping his wings.

Furthermore, given that true dragons possess magical flight abilities, similar to spells, it was almost instantaneous for Thor's 27-meter-long dragon to leap across the sky.

The massive body of the volcano suddenly disappeared from the crater, leaving only the magma that plunged downwards and the dazzling tail flames in the air.

That extreme speed allowed him to fly thousands of meters in a single second, and that was far from his limit.

The oncoming air transformed into a solid wall at that moment, but it was easily shattered by the reorganized and even more resilient scales. The thousands of degrees of heat generated by the friction were not even comparable to Thor's own body temperature.

The endless mountains were left behind, and as Thor's speed increased, everything in the world was stretched into simple lines in his eyes.

At a certain moment, when his speed seemed to break through a certain critical point, the air resistance that had been constantly coming from the front suddenly disappeared, and everything around him faded away, turning into a chaotic color.

This sudden change did not surprise Thor, because it was originally a legendary ability generated by the Sky Comet monster template under the world's adaptive design.

Extreme reaction speed often allows professionals on the Wanderer path to gain a legendary ability similar to ethereal dodging.

Extreme speed of movement can naturally be used for interdimensional travel.

What now lay before Thor was one of the most peculiar existences in the multiverse—the Astral Plane.

Some call it a plane, but that's only because the beings who come here have witnessed distance and felt space.

In reality, the astral plane is not a plane; it is a void located between various planes, detached from reality.

This place is constantly expanding, like a giant spider web adorned with glistening dewdrops. Each dewdrop is a real, existing dimension, and the resilient spider silk connects them all together.

All interdimensional teleportation and travel require the existence of the astral plane, and Thor is currently traveling through the astral plane's conduit.

Because this place is a pure void, there is naturally no gravity or distinction between up, down, left, and right. When reality and illusion merge, movement becomes something that can be achieved simply by using one's mind, and the speed is naturally unbelievably fast.

So in the next instant, when Thor broke free from the astral conduit and returned to the prime material plane, the location where he had entered the astral plane was thrown more than ten kilometers away in that short second.

Even Thor himself didn't expect that he could fly so fast, thanks to the greatly enhanced mental power he had gained from the many monster templates.

An excited Thor continued to unleash the power he had just gained, circling and soaring around his territory.

A crimson meteor streaked across the sky at high speed, clearly visible even on a clear day.

After a while, he returned satisfied. The crimson flames spewing from his wings gradually dimmed. He suddenly pulled back, his flexible joints and tough ligaments contracting and folding, and landed back on the volcano where he lived.

The other creatures that had been alerted by the earlier commotion spontaneously gathered around when they saw the enormous red dragon slowly descending from the sky.

A blue dragon shadow took the lead, leaping down to Thor's feet with a whooshing sound of wind and thunder.

Lelia, covered in azure scales, lay respectfully on the ground, her forelimbs folded up and her hind legs slightly raised, revealing her graceful curves.

She looked up at Thor's massive body; his metallic, reddish-gold scales looked like precious metal, and the blade-like thorns growing on his back and the outside of his limbs exuded a ferocious and dangerous aura.

Four long chain blades extended from the claws and ankles, moving nimbly around Thor's body, adding a touch of elegance to this majestic beast.

This is what a true dragon should look like! Extremely powerful, extremely dangerous, and extremely domineering!

Just looking at her made Lelia tremble slightly, her heart pounding with emotion, and she couldn't wait to speak.

"Great Red Dragon, you have finally awakened. During your slumber, that lowly old bastard Stormfang—"

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Leilia recounted the events that had occurred, naturally embellishing them to highlight her own contributions.

The young dragons standing nearby listened to her boasting and couldn't help but show a hint of disdain in their eyes, but when they remembered the lessons they had learned from her before, they immediately composed themselves.

Thor listened to Leilia's account without comment. Although he had been in a deep sleep, it did not mean that he was completely unaware of what was happening in the entire territory.

The creatures that changed the most during this period were not the young and juvenile dragons that had successfully crossed an age range, but the thermophilic bacteria that covered the ground.

Under Thor's influence, the constantly erupting volcanoes were a danger and a nuisance to the other creatures under his command, but for these thermophilic bacteria that relied on the high temperature of magma and various substances to survive, they were a continuous and abundant feast.