Evolving by devouring from a young dragon

The continent of Ysera, the Blackswamp. A perpetual mist shrouds this desolate land.

Several fist-sized, bloodthirsty flies with scarlet compound eyes scurried among the ancient trees.

Suddenly, a ghastly green, poisonous mist bubbled up on the water's surface. These bloodthirsty flies seemed to sense the presence of some terrifying predator and frantically flapped their wings, trying to escape. However, they were pulled down by an invisible shadowy force and silently disappeared into the mud.

In the center of the swamp is a bottomless pool of highly acidic water.

Even the hardest monster bones here would be corroded into dust in an instant, but at this moment, a colossal creature is comfortably soaking in this poisonous water that can melt gold and iron.

It was about eight meters long and was clearly a young dragon, but its appearance was completely different from that of the ordinary five-colored dragon.

It is a black dragon, but it is more than just a black dragon.

His body did not appear bulky like that of an ordinary black dragon; instead, it presented an extremely graceful and streamlined shape.

Its scales were not dark green or grayish-black, but a pure darkness that seemed to devour all the light around it.

On his head, the two thick dragon horns did not bend forward like those of a typical black dragon, but rather resembled a crown extending backward.

Click!Click!

A chilling chewing sound came from underwater.

Auduin lay expressionless at the bottom of the acid, his thick dragon claws pressing against a football-sized piece of hematite ore covered with dark red veins.

This hard ore, which even a high-level dwarven blacksmith would need to use a high-temperature furnace of magical energy to melt, was now being forcibly stuffed into the dragon's mouth, which was full of interlocking fangs.

With a crackling sound and sparks flying, the sharp teeth crushed the hematite like a cutting machine.

At the same time, a stream of thick, black acid surged from Alduin's throat. This acid not only had extremely strong physical corrosiveness, but also carried the shadow attribute that could erode all magic power, instantly softening the shattered ore.

Gudong.

Auduin's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed the food.

"Ten years have passed since I transmigrated into this ghastly state..."

Alduin sighed silently to himself as he felt the slight sting in his throat from the ore that had cut it, which was then instantly healed by his dragon physique.

He, Alduin, possesses a human soul from another world.

In this dangerous and extraordinary world, he was extremely grateful that he had been reborn as a black dragon.

After ten years, his human soul and this alien dragon body have become perfectly integrated.

He abandoned the weakness and sentimentality of humanity under the cruel laws, and fully absorbed the ruthlessness and killing instinct of the dragon.

At the same time, he also ruthlessly eliminated the dragon's foolish arrogance, mindless impulsiveness, and mind-numbing obsession with glowing stones.

He is a hybrid dragon born from the mating of a black dragon and a shadow dragon.

On one side is the most cruel and treacherous swamp overlord among the five dragons, and on the other side is the king of assassins who roams the shadows and whose whereabouts are mysterious.

The intertwining of these two bloodlines endowed Auduin with potential and physique far exceeding the norm.

However, what truly gave him the confidence to survive in this world was not merely his mixed-race talent, but the absolute cheat code that awakened along with his human soul.

— [The ability to devour everything through evolution].

To put it simply, it's about eating.

hum!

As the hematite entered his stomach, a deep roar, like that of a magical mech engine, suddenly erupted from Alduin's abdominal cavity.

The terrifying stomach acid mixed with shadow magic formed a furnace inside his body.

The hematite was instantly decomposed, and the metallic essence contained within was extracted, transforming into a scalding dark red heat stream that violently washed over his entire body along his blood vessels, eventually surging towards every scale and bone on his skin.

Auduin let out a low, suppressed growl of pain, the intense agony causing him to slam his tail against the water's surface, sending up a spray several meters high.

The stark white bones of several high-level magical beasts nearby instantly turned to dust upon impact.

But the pain subsided after just a few seconds.

On the surface of a reverse scale on his chest, a barely perceptible layer of dark red metallic luster quietly emerged. When tapped lightly with a claw, it produced a crisp, clanging sound like metal clashing against stone.

"Physical armor and metal resistance have been increased by another 0.1%."

Alduin exhaled, a satisfied look appearing in his gilded dragon eyes.

That's his talent.

No meditation or enlightenment is needed; as long as he keeps consuming, his body can perfectly analyze and assimilate all the substances he eats.

If he eats iron ore, his scales will become indestructible like metal; if he soaks in a highly poisonous swamp and drinks acidic water, the toxicity of his breath will increase exponentially.

However, this evolution is not something that can be achieved overnight; it requires an extremely large amount of food intake and a cruel, self-torturing process day after day.

As we all know, once a Devouring talent is fully developed, it will inevitably become the ultimate power to crush everything.

Auduin had an extremely clear plan for his future.

"Only the weak are swayed by emotions, while the true predators are governed by absolute reason."

The powerful alien dragon slowly rose from the pool of strong acid, letting the pale green venom slide down its razor-sharp, dark scales, hissing white smoke.

He slightly raised his dragon horns, which resembled a crown, gazing into the darkness deep within the swamp, coldly reciting his own creed in his heart: "Arrogance is the epitaph of the incompetent, feeding is the ladder to eternity." "Survive, develop, then crush. As long as I keep eating, one day, even if the whole world is against me, I will be able to swallow it whole!"

The oath has been taken.

The extremely disciplined young dragon withdrew its gaze and plunged its head back into the pool of strong acid, which was so painful that it made one's very soul convulse.

His two front paws skillfully shoveled through a pile of mud, pulling out another half of hematite covered in venom.

It opened its blood-red maw.

Click!Click!

The chilling sound of chewing echoed once again in the dead silence of the swamp.

Even with his mouth full of blood and his internal organs burning like fire, he showed no sign of stopping.

The grand ambitions and dominance of the future are currently just a dream.

As for now... continuing to eat is the best course of action.