Evolving by devouring from a young dragon

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, the dark golden dragon-slaying mech remained quietly in Alduin's stomach, being slowly decomposed and melted by the magic furnace, but at an incredibly slow pace.

He roughly estimated that at the current pace, it would take at least fifty or sixty years to fully digest it.

However, for a dragon with a long lifespan, this amount of time is insignificant.

Moreover, Alduin himself is already close to the critical point of sixth-order evolution.

Once the breakthrough is achieved, the digestion speed will definitely increase significantly, and it won't be long before the dragon-slaying mech is completely transformed into one's own power.

During this period, the amount of magic crystal ore mined by Xiong San reached an alarming level.

The only pity is that he doesn't have a safer or more discreet trading channel; otherwise, these magic crystals alone would have been enough to give him a huge boost in strength.

If only I could control the power of the mind...

Auduin instinctively thought of mind magic.

Once he masters this power, he can directly control humans for his own use, making it easy to trade, gather information, or hide his whereabouts.

And their access to advanced magical technology will be much smoother...

But we can only leave it to fate.

After all, he couldn't master mind magic unless he devoured the fairy dragon.

But those fairy dragons are all planar dragons, living in the Eternal Forest, and they would never leave and set foot on the material plane.

Therefore, Auduin could only dream about it.

Over the past few months, Xiong San has been sleeping and eating, and his magic power has increased by leaps and bounds, making his defenses even stronger than before.

"This talent is really useful," Alduin remarked with some emotion.

Since leaving the nest, he has devoured many magical beasts. Although his strength has increased rapidly, he has never acquired their talents.

Therefore, Alduin guessed that this was also a limitation of his Devouring Talent; otherwise, he would truly be invincible.

Looking at the crimson mountains where a light rain had begun to fall, his expression hardened, and he flew out of the mountains.

Gazing at the drizzle falling above the Crimson Mountains, Alduin's expression hardened, and he flapped his wings and flew out of the mountains.

The territories of humans and dwarves lie on the edge of the Crimson Mountains.

Beyond the mountains lies a wild and untamed land overrun by monsters.

However, no matter which race they belonged to, they dared not easily set foot in the Crimson Mountains.

However, Alduin had already vaguely guessed the reason.

In the dragon's inherited memories, hundreds of years ago, this place was just an ordinary mountain range.

But ever since humans drove out the dragon that had been entrenched in this place, the mountain range has undergone a strange transformation in just a few decades. The rocks have all turned blood-red, and countless monsters have perished in it.

The empire has also completely abandoned this land, and the cities that were once built have long since fallen into ruin over time.

Based on the eerie atmosphere deep within the mountains, Alduin deduced that a demon had most likely died here, a high-ranking demon, or even a demon lord.

The Demon Grand Duke, corresponding to an adult dragon, has reached the legendary level of strength.

After his death, the legendary power remained in this place, which then became a forbidden area.

However, to a dragon like Alduin, demons are nothing more than a foul smell.

In terms of strength, they pose no threat whatsoever.

……

Beyond the Crimson Mountains lies a vast volcanic plateau.

Alduin comes here every month to devour the scorching lava and temper his body.

Over time, his fire resistance has increased to an extremely terrifying level.

With the current fire resistance, I should be able to use fire breath.

Auduin made a silent decision in his heart.

The fire breath was the dragon language magic that devoured the red dragon back then.

After the red dragon died, Alduin didn't sit idle either. Since this was its habitat, there must be many treasures here.

Sure enough, Auduin discovered a huge dragon's lair deep within the volcano.

Inside, there were piles of glittering gold coins and magic crystals that shimmered with purple light.

There are also many precious alchemical artifacts and scrolls piled up inside.

Auduin, of course, wouldn't be polite.

He gathered up all the glittering gold and silver treasures and took them back to his lair in the Crimson Mountains.

As for the alchemical items containing magic, he swallowed them directly and had them refined and absorbed by the magic furnace.

Alduin glanced at the scrolls and found that some of them were magic scrolls, but they were all low-level magic scrolls.

Some of the scrolls were alchemical scrolls containing recipes for alchemical potions, which Alduin was not interested in.

But one of the scrolls caught his attention; it showed the location of a maze.

In Alduin's inherited memories, those skilled at building labyrinths are usually copper dragons.

They are playful by nature and love to tease intruders. Their nests are often hidden deep in mazes, where they enjoy playing pranks.

The Copper Dragon is not a warlike five-colored dragon, but a relatively gentle metal dragon.

Metal dragons, in contrast to the five-colored dragons, are mostly gentle in nature and are also known as kind dragons.

This is why, even though they were also affected by the Dragon Slaying Order, their situation was far less dire than that of the Five-Colored Dragon.

Besides the mischievous bronze dragon, the metal dragons also include the majestic gold dragon, the elegant silver dragon, the righteous bronze dragon, and the passionate brass dragon.

Alduin had encountered a silver dragon before, but she escaped and went home to call the Dragon Mother. If he hadn't run fast, the consequences would have been...

Alduin wagged his tail and put away the maze location, intending to look at it later.

Who knows, we might find a bronze dragon there and have another meal.

For now, he plans to first advance to the sixth rank and deal with the other magical beasts in the Crimson Mountains.

There was nothing he could do; it was his territory after all...

……

The light rain that had started earlier had stopped, and the sun peeked out from behind the clouds.

Auduin first went to inspect the depths of the Crimson Mountains, and then discovered that the Ink-Armored Serpent Turtle, which was originally on the verge of breaking through to the seventh rank, was still stuck at the sixth rank.

Not only that, its originally scarlet tortoise shell has become much duller, faintly revealing the dark black underneath.

Most importantly, its foul odor also dissipated.

Has the demonic aura dissipated...?

Alduin looked thoughtfully at the black-armored snake turtle, whose head he had bitten off and whose tail was still twitching.

Alduin originally planned to wait until he reached Tier 6 before coming to resolve this potential problem.

But unexpectedly, it failed to break through...

Alduin guessed its identity at first glance upon seeing the Black-skinned Snake Turtle.

It must be possessed by a demon.

Although the reason is unknown, perhaps the legendary demon who died here wanted to be resurrected, or perhaps someone secretly performed a magical ritual to summon the demon.

But none of this mattered to him.

He is a dragon.

To him, demons were nothing more than food.

No, it wasn't even as good as food; after all, the stench was simply unpalatable.

Moreover, it seems that the devil's plan has failed.

After Alduin's inspection, the magical beasts deep in the mountains returned to normal and trembled in fear at the sight of him.

"Bang--!"

A deafening explosion erupted, yet no one dared to approach even a step closer.

William's eyes were completely consumed by crimson, his face contorted, and his rage was almost burning through his reason.

Damn stupid dragon!

That's a dragon-slaying mech! A weapon that has slain countless dragons!

He actually... just swallowed it like that?!

"Looks like we'll just have to keep waiting."

He now wished he could rush out immediately and tear that stupid dragon to shreds.

But the thought that even his physical body no longer existed forced him to suppress his murderous intent.

Then, the crimson in his eyes gradually faded, and he returned to his usual calm.

He stared at the shattered wooden table, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes before being swallowed by calm.