Red Dragon Monster Hunter Template.

The energy absorption and conversion capabilities of the Chainblade Dragon, combined with the world's primordial power contained within the Ether Crystal, successfully connected with the Rainbow Light's domain at this moment.

It is the astral ether, the space between planes, the harmony of energy, and the source of the rainbow dragon's power.

Almost simultaneously, in the distant End Peak, in the crevice between Faerûn and the Astral Plane, in the hidden ancient ruins.

One after another, giant dragons, their bodies shimmering with rainbow light and their scales as smooth as mirrors, like living prisms or walking rainbows, awoke from their slumber and all looked toward that remote, desolate corner.

They could clearly sense a familiar aura rising from there, as if a new member of their race had been born.

Chapter 222 Awakening

The realm of rainbow light, like resilient silk or the world's finest lubricant, flows and weaves through the other realms Thor has opened up, successfully weaving them into a cohesive whole.

From then on, all the potential hidden within him was completely released, yet he remained dormant, still continuously absorbing the abundant energy from the underground.

This time, however, in addition to the elements of fire and earth, the power of death and chaos, the energy of starlight and ethereal power, and the dazzling rainbow light all flowed out from the void, transforming into a new source of power for him.

Even the distant fire and earth elemental planes were affected by the world's rules, with immense energy piercing through the void and opening up two dimensional passages within the volcano.

An endless stream of fire and earth elements surged forth, making the magma extremely violent. The volcano, which had been gradually stabilizing, became active again, emitting angry roars.

This volcanic activity was even more intense than when Thor first fell into slumber, with large amounts of lava erupting every day and flowing throughout the mountain.

As time went on, the entire volcano began to rise at a visible rate, swallowing up more and more low hills and mountains around it, and even the geological structure was affected, with continuous uplift or subsidence.

Creatures living near the volcano were immediately affected and had no choice but to evacuate.

The apocalyptic scene gave this previously nameless volcano its own name – Doomsday Volcano.

Also due to the intense volcanic activity, coupled with the earlier defeat of the Blue Dragon, Thor's name began to spread more widely.

From deep-water ports in the east to endless wilderness in the west, all creatures are speculating about when this terrifying red dragon will awaken and what kind of disaster it will bring.

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Kalendak huddled in an underground cave, silently licking his wounds.

Once again defeated by Thor's claws, and this time he didn't even see the red dragon's face before being beaten into a panicked flight, which filled him with a deep sense of frustration.

Rumors spread throughout the wilderness that a crimson tyrant is about to awaken, unleashing a wave of destruction to reign supreme over the entire wasteland, and all those who refuse to submit will face a brutal reckoning.

This instilled great fear in Kalendak, causing him to lose sleep and live in constant anxiety.

He didn't want to die, not at all. He was willing to pay any price to continue living.

Just then, heavy footsteps came from outside the cave, and a faint smell of blood wafted through the air. It turned out that Nefalik had come in carrying a camel.

He put down the camel carcass, which was already dead and had been slowly burned with electricity, glanced at Kalendak with a fearful look, and spoke softly.

"Enjoy the prey I have hunted for you, Father!"

However, after he finished speaking, he received no response for a long time. Nefalik carefully looked up and was met with a cruel and greedy gaze.

“My poor child, I have raised you for so long, it is time for you to repay me.”

Kalendak's hoarse voice made Nefalik's heart skip a beat. A huge shadow loomed over him, and the sounds of fierce fighting broke out. After a moment, only the sounds of tearing and chewing remained.

Since then, a figure draped in a cloak has been frequently seen traveling between various tribes in the wilderness.

Some creatures who were afraid of and apprehensive about the existence of the red dragon began to unite under his leadership.

An organization called "Scarlet Hunters" was thus established, and its membership grew rapidly.

Even so, they dared not venture into the Red Dragon's territory. So, at the suggestion of a one-eyed centaur, they began to actively hunt down the Red Dragon's scattered retinue.

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A considerable amount of time has passed since he left the Red Dragon's territory. Over a year of travel has allowed Bren to successfully unleash more of the power originating from the Red Dragon within him.

Originally about 4 meters tall, he has now grown to 5 meters, and the heavy sword that used to require two hands can now be easily controlled with one hand.

Even the gaps in his dark red carapace were radiating a blazing red light, and two giant horns sprouted from his head, shooting skyward to the sides.

Bren felt he had grown enough and it was time to return to the ranks of the great red dragon and serve him.

Before that, however, he planned to return to his clan's territory to rally more companions and pursue the glory of the Dragon Lord together.

After traversing almost the entire wilderness and spending a considerable amount of time, we finally saw the continuous white line in the distance.

There were endless glaciers there, and his hometown was in an unnamed valley on the edge of the glacier.

When he stepped into this perpetually frozen world of ice and snow once again, the surge of heat within him gave Bren a feeling completely different from before.

His clawed feet slid across the ice, making the rugged, steep mountainside seem like flat ground. He traversed mountains and valleys, and soon he saw that familiar sheltered spot.

However, as he got closer, Bren quickly sensed something was wrong. When the cold wind carried a faint smell of blood, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Quiet! It's so quiet it's almost unnatural.

A strange sense of crisis lingered in his heart. He suddenly exhaled a scorching breath, bared his fangs, and drew the heavy sword from his back.

"You sneaky bastards, get out here!"

After a thunderous roar, heavy footsteps began to echo around. A tall, blue giant emerged from the valley, leading a long chain with a white dragon nearly 10 meters long attached to the other end.

“I know your name, the future Crimson Dragon, the Crown of Incineration.”

"It is said that you inherited the power of that monster. I want to test whether the so-called Crimson Tyrant is as powerful as the legends say."

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Bren's experience was clearly not an isolated case. In the endless glaciers, the great desert, the savanna, and the high forest, almost all those who had been infected with the cursed seed from Thor were besieged.

They initially decided to strike first simply out of fear of the red dragon's threat.

But when they discovered that the Mad Dragon Curse did not dissipate when the creatures infected with the cursed seed died, but instead condensed again from the bodies of the dead, even carrying a portion of their energy, they immediately went mad.

Thus began a series of chaotic battles, and the cursed seeds changed hands several times, some even disappearing completely from Thor's perception.

On an ordinary morning, Mount Doom, located at the border between the wilderness and the human world, experienced its most spectacular eruption since its birth.

Endless volcanic ash shot straight into the sky, while scorching lava transformed into golden rain that poured down from the heavens.

A series of loud thuds echoed between heaven and earth, followed by long, drawn-out breaths. Magical elements intertwined to form a colorful vortex, which then poured down from the crater in a funnel shape.

The crimson tyrant slowly opened its eyes in the magma, letting out its first earth-shattering roar since its long slumber.

roar--!!!

Chapter 223 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.

In addition, the dragon's magical flight ability, as a magical creature, meant that in the blink of an eye, Thor's massive 27-meter-long body suddenly disappeared from the crater, leaving only the magma that suddenly caved in 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 grants Wanderer-type professionals 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 rely on the astral plane for existence, 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 unleashed his newly acquired power, 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 he 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..."

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.

Chapter 224 Rewards

Normally, the mad dragon virus does not infect organisms that are too small or too primitive.

Strictly speaking, the Mad Dragon Virus is originally the reproductive cell of the Black Devouring Dragon. Its spread and the Mad Dragon Curse's fundamental purpose are reproduction. Those creatures with insufficient energy in their bodies are obviously not suitable as a breeding ground.

However, when it is combined with the true dragon's own abilities, the situation is completely different.

As naturally magical creatures, dragons are surrounded by a special magical field from birth, and this magical field continues to strengthen as they age and their strength increases.

Some powerful dragons can even transform this magical field into an ability called Dragon's Nest Authority, making their territory an extension of themselves.

Therefore, in places where true dragons have long inhabited, the surrounding environment will change, and plants and animals will also exhibit "dragonification" phenomena.

When this ability is combined with the Mad Dragon Virus, the resulting Mad Dragon Curse, after being enhanced by the Chaotic Aberration Domain, can penetrate almost anything. Not to mention fungi, even inorganic matter will be affected.