Dragon God, immortal

Shushan looks out to the sea...

Step carefully into the sea...

"It's theoretically possible, but in practice... well... is it possible?" Shushan swallowed nervously and stretched out his front paws to step on the water.

Claws, forelimbs, hind limbs, and then the whole dragon stepped on the water. Yes, that's right, it stepped on the water!

A fifty-meter-long dragon! Standing firmly on the water!

The sea surface should be constantly surging under the tide...

What force is suppressing me now?

As quiet as a mirror!

"Sure enough, if I can disperse my body weight under the ground, I can also disperse it into the sea water... In this way, I can achieve the effect of walking on the water!" Shushan stood on the sea and took a few steps forward. The water surface centered on him was as calm as a mirror, and the sea surface farther away from him gradually fluctuated...

This is an application of the [Magic of Repelling All Things]. Shushan is now accustomed to distributing his weight to the ground. If he wants, he can stand like this for a whole week.

Well, the duration of a week is just an estimate. Shushan would not feel tired if he stood on the ground, but standing on the sea would consume much more energy than standing on the ground.

After finishing the experiment, Shushan returned to the beach.

It feels so good to be back on earth.

As his research on magic deepened, his connection with the earth became closer and closer. He could even sense the underground mountains under the sea that connected to the island just by standing on the island.

That’s right, the so-called island is a mountain, a mountain that protrudes from the sea… Although Shushan now seems to be trapped on the island, he feels like a dragon standing on the top of the mountain and looking out…

Hey, that sounds a lot cooler, right?

Shushan smiled happily.

Wuyun tilted his head and looked towards Shushan.

It pondered for a moment with its unintelligent little head, and also dipped its front paws into the sea. Hmm... But no matter how hard it tried, it could only scratch the waves on the sea surface, and it couldn't do what Shushan did...

At this moment, Wuyun saw a slender little fish sticking to the bottom of the sea among the sand. His eyes suddenly lit up and he pounced on it!

"Awoo~Awoo~" Wuyun brought the sea fish to Shushan to ask for credit, then shook his head vigorously, and the water splashed onto Shushan's chest!

"Hey! You bad cat! I finally learned how to cross the sea without getting wet, and you actually..." Shushan sighed helplessly. His scales were quite troublesome to clean.

But the kitten had no bad intentions. Wuyun even dragged his wet paws to climb onto Shushan's shoulder...

Okay, now you’re dirty. Let’s go back and I’ll give you a bath. Don’t hide!

Shushan glared at Wuyun fiercely.

The dark clouds were stepped on by him innocently.

As a black panther, a wild black panther, Wuyun is actually a cat that is not afraid of water. It often swims in the freshwater lake around its nest and catches birds and small animals that come to drink water.

So it is not difficult to give it a bath, but the difficult part is cleaning the tree itself...

[Gathering Mud and Sand Magic] and [Crushing Rock Magic] had no effect on him, [Repelling All Things Magic] couldn't remove the dirt on his scales, and [Humus Black Soil Magic] could only have a counter-effect, making things dirtier...

The scales below that can be touched by the front paws are easy to deal with, but the weeds on the back are really tricky. That place is really hard to wash! You can only wash it when it rains!

"So what kind of magic is best for cleaning..." Shushan thought as he inspected the island with the dark cloud on his back...

. . . . . .

After a period of research.

Shushan confirmed.

Bathing yourself is a difficult task indeed! Due to his special physiological structure, the back is particularly difficult to clean!

Those weeds may look like grass, but they are actually organic matter derived from scales, and unlike hair, these weeds need mud, sunlight and water to stay healthy!

"...It's almost time for them to bloom, and it's that 'very fragrant' season... So, when will I be able to control these magic flowers?" Shushan sighed, stood up and looked out at the cornfield.

It would be great if these magic potion flowers could grow quickly or stop growing like corn does, following his orders...

When making a fire, you don't need to use the primitive method of making fire. You can just pick a [Flame Flower]...

When the weather is hot, picking an Ice Crown Flower can relieve the discomfort caused by the climate...

You can use [Blinding Grass] to illuminate the night...

Use [Broken Intestine Moss] to dilute and spray insecticide...

[Rotten Berry] and [Speedy Thistle] have special flavors. If they can be grown in large quantities, they will definitely improve the current monotonous diet...

Unfortunately, the magic potion behind the tree mountain is very disobedient. Not only can it not be ordered, but it even withers without leaving any seeds! They waste their own energy! But they only bloom and do not bear fruit!

"Meow..."

The dark clouds are calling softly under your feet.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to inspect your cornfield?" Shushan lowered his head and stretched out his claws to touch the other party lightly.

"Meow." Wuyun nudged Shushan's tail, as if wanting to climb onto his back, but for some reason he couldn't do it.

"Oh, I'm too tall, right? There's nothing I can do, little kitty, I'm just this big!" Shushan picked up the dark cloud and placed it on his shoulder...

Before he blooms, the weeds on his body seem to release some scent that attracts cats. The dark clouds during this period are very intimate with him...

However, after the flowers bloomed, the dark clouds kept their distance from him. The strong combined smell of multiple floral scents was enough to drive away all animals with a sense of smell!

Now that Shushan's size has taken shape, other animals would not dare to approach him even if he did not emit the scent of flowers. Well, that is, provided that he does not actively disguise himself as a rock.

"Have I really gained weight again?" Shushan looked down at himself and asked himself.

Well, the proportion is still the same.

He is so strong that he is enlarged in proportion!

The total length of its body including its tail is sixty meters. If it stands up, it would be at least forty meters. Its weight is difficult to estimate because of its rocky scales and the plants on its back!

"Speaking of scales, it seems that the scales on the hands and feet are not changing as fast as the weeds on the back?" Shushan stopped and raised a paw to observe closely.

After eating minerals, his scales will change to corresponding colors. However, since he has been eating plants as his main food recently, the color of his scales has not changed much. Only the scales extending from the tips of his claws have become hard and transparent.

These scales are very hard, harder than quartz (crystal) and only slightly lower than diamond. The whole thing looks like a turbid unpolished gem.

But since scales are biological things.

Much tougher than diamond.

It must be said that he is worthy of being called the Earth Dragon God. Who can break such a high defense? Shushan even feels that he can withstand rockets!

"No, I can't just resist..." Shushan quickly shook his head and put the idea behind him, "It will dirty the scales and it will be very difficult to wash... I definitely can't resist it!"

Return to the nest.

Shushan quickly gave the dark clouds a bath.

After all, when the sea water dries up, a lot of salt will be left in its hair. It would be bad if the kitten licks the hair and puts it into its stomach. Kittens cannot consume too much salt, or they will lose their hair!

When I'm at home and daydreaming, time always passes by so quickly and the night arrives as promised.

Shushan looked up at the starry sky. It seemed like he hadn't slept for a week.

Just take a break tonight.

Just as Shushan packed up his things and crawled down, ready to go to sleep, dark clouds came over.

"Meow~" Wuyun yawned and crawled into Shushan's arms.

“You guy, you just slept on my back all day this morning…” Shushan reluctantly made room for Wuyun.

By the way, although Wuyun likes to climb on his back, he rarely crawls into his arms, because his scales are too hard and the cat can't climb up at all.

Hold the little cat gently.

Shushan yawned and fell asleep...

. . . . . .

The next morning, Shushan felt refreshed after a night's rest. Today he planned to go to the cornfield to turn the soil and plant a new round of corn.

"Wuyun, get up!" Shushan called softly to the Wuyun in front of him, but Wuyun remained unmoved.

He stretched out his claws in confusion.

Want to touch it.

But when the claws were halfway extended, Shushan was stunned, and an inexplicable expression of uneasiness appeared on his face.

"Ah, what a kitty cat that doesn't know how to say goodbye..." Shushan bent down and sniffed at the top of the dark cloud...

Nearly twenty years have passed since the day when Shushan first hatched, that is, the day when he first met Wuyun... It is said that the longest-lived large cat subfamily in the previous world lived for more than twenty-five grid years...

When Shushan met Wuyun, Wuyun had already grown up for a long time, probably around ten years old. Even considering its huge size compared to ordinary animals, it is rare for it to live to this age...

The dark cloud lay in the arms of Shushan, as if it was asleep, but it would never wake up again.

"Proud black panther..." Shushan sighed and carefully picked up the dark cloud. "Good night, dark cloud."

The black panther Wuyun once struggled proudly in this forest, fought with the giant dragon, won the favor of the Dragon God, and guarded the fields for the Dragon God... It is a well-deserved watcher!

It lived its life without regrets.

Until its death, it was a big cat that dared to "hunt dragons"!

Shushan kissed Wuyun's forehead. Wuyun's life journey had come to an end, but his own was just beginning...

Chapter 6: Cat's Paw Islands...

The dark clouds are dead.

The cause of death was natural causes.

In the lair, Shushan sighed as he looked at Wuyun's body, but he could do nothing...

Birth, aging, illness and death are the natural course of all things. This little cat was very lively in his last days...

"Ah... so lonely." Shushan said his final goodbye to Wuyun, mixed the kitten's body into the ground and buried it, allowing it to decompose into fertile black soil.

He planned to spread the black soil into the forest.

Let the dark clouds return to the place where the black panthers were born and raised.

Using the [Gathering Mud and Sand Magic] to wrap the black soil, Shushan looked back before leaving the nest, and smiled bitterly when he saw the cat climbing frame still standing.

This cat climbing frame is no longer the original one. After being reinforced and expanded many times, it has become extremely strong. And because Shushan often uses magic on it, its decay rate has been slowed down to almost zero.

“Let’s do something as a souvenir…” Shushan took out a small portion of the black soil in his hand and used magic to shape it into the shape of a black panther.

After multiple uses of [Rock Crushing Magic] and [Mud Gathering Magic], the mud slowly turned into the color of obsidian, and after simple carving, it turned into a black statue.

This is exactly what Wuyun looks like... In order to distinguish Wuyun from other black panthers, Shushan raised the statue's right front paw and carved its pads...

Well, this is Wuyun’s unique meat pad.

The shape is there, but the color is wrong.

"I'll embed the pads there some other day. I will remember you, and this land will remember you too..." Shushan stroked the statue with the back of his claws, but failed to feel the familiar soft touch.

After shaking his head, he turned and left...

. . . . . .

On the rough sea.

A boat is drifting with the current.

This is a three-masted sailing ship produced by humans. In theory, it can carry ninety people including crew members.

But at this time, the ship was carrying more than a hundred passengers, making it seem extremely crowded. They... were not humans, but a sub-human race called the Beast-Ears... To be more precise, they were the Cat-Ears branch of the Beast-Ears sub-human race.

At the bow, an orange cat-eared tribe member reported to the elderly tricolor cat-eared tribe member, "Grandma, our last fishing net... is also broken..."

"Alas... Is this the end for us?" Grandma Sanhua looked into the distance, her tone full of helplessness, "Jinju, how much food do we have left?"

"The food and fresh water on the ship are only enough to sustain for one day." The orange cat-eared creature named Kumquat lowered his head and said.

"Is it the last day? We still couldn't escape..." Grandma Sanhua shook her head.

They were originally a cat-eared tribe living in the forest, but because humans in neighboring countries were fighting each other, the forest became unstable and eventually caused a natural disaster.

Countless dead human bones crawled out of the ground, and the battle between humans turned into a fight between the living and the dead... Well, the resurrected undead resented all the living, and even the cat-eared tribe hiding in the forest were affected...

They had to flee.