Red Dragon Monster Hunter Template.

With the forced assistance of the Earth Giant Lord, the city's defensive formations have been fully activated, turning the stone walls inside the cave into "steel barriers" that cannot be traversed by magic.

The other earth giants and nobles were naturally full of doubts, but the official explanation was that a powerful enemy had appeared nearby, and this action was to guard against their surprise attack.

This also indirectly explains why the Earth Giant Lord led a large army on an expedition, but only a handful of people returned.

Therefore, although the earth giants were naturally suspicious, they still felt that something was wrong, but they could not figure out the reason.

Little did they know that the so-called protection was merely to prevent them from escaping; the mountain town where they had lived for generations had long since become a prison.

Subsequently, the mining teams began to be frequently robbed, and the scouts sent out to gather intelligence all disappeared without a trace.

With the supreme ruler already under control, Thor's every move is under his control, allowing him to launch precise attacks against them.

Every day, minerals and people are transported to Thor's territory through dimensional portals, slowly eroding the foundation of the Earth Giant Mountain City like cutting flesh with a dull knife.

As time went on, more and more earth giants noticed the anomaly and wanted to fight back, but they didn't even know who the enemy was and had no idea where to start.

Anyone who leaves the mountain city is destined to disappear; some earth spirits have suggested shutting down the mountain city's defenses and escaping together through the earth, but they have been told that the surrounding area is already full of enemies, and once the defenses are shut down, they will immediately face annihilation and can only wait for rescue from other earth spirit cities.

On this day, a noble earth spirit suddenly received a secret summons from his lord. After going to the appointment, he never returned.

In the days that followed, similar incidents occurred even more frequently.

However, due to the greedy and selfish nature of the Earth Giants, their method of reproduction is to combine the essence of humanoid intelligent beings with the power of the earth elemental plane, giving birth directly from the earth. They do not need to combine sexes, nor do they have the concept of family or partners. Therefore, for a long time, all of this was not exposed.

This slow, insidious method, like boiling a frog in water, meant that by the time they could no longer endure it and decided to fight to the death, they discovered that the continuous drain had already weakened them to the point of exhaustion, leaving them with no strength left to resist.

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Destroying a city of earth giants is no more difficult for Thor than destroying a dungeon of drow elves. He could do it when he was still a young dragon, and now it's a piece of cake.

The real challenge is not the destruction itself, but how to avoid making too much of a fuss and attracting attention, and how to completely absorb it.

Now that everything was on track, Thor stopped paying attention and returned to his Crimson Flame Palace, watching the canal being dug continue to extend and his essence balance continue to grow.

He spends some time each day drawing random items from the roulette wheel to unlock more exchangeable resources. When he's in a good mood, he also draws two low- to mid-level monster templates to enrich the diversity of his bloodline.

Time passed quietly, and after some time, the amount of essence in his mind once again reached 10.

On this day, Thor lay on the throne in the Crimson Flame Palace as usual, enjoying a feast of all kinds of food from all over the world.

The wealth he plundered from the Earth Giant was, as usual, inlaid throughout the palace. Now, the Crimson Flame Palace can be described as having a roof of gold and walls of jewels, and even the gaps between the floor tiles are inlaid with luxurious gold trim.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, the enormous red dragon waved its claws, and the dragon-vein dog-headed people who had been waiting nearby immediately filed out.

Tall Darkkin stood at the four gates of the palace, motionless like stone statues, vigilantly observing their surroundings to prevent any ignorant thieves from disturbing the great Dragon Lord.

The empty hall fell silent, and Thor focused his attention on his mind, gently tapping the huge rotating platform.

The entire 10 essences transformed into a dazzling galaxy, pouring into the sixth-level turntable. Neon lights flickered erratically, eventually settling on a small square, where a majestic volcano—the Lava Dragon—was depicted in black and red.

When Thor saw the monster's icon, a surge of joy welled up in his heart. The item he had long chosen had finally appeared when he drew the fourth Elder Dragon.

As a creature known for its enormous size in the Monster Hunter world, the Zorah Magdaros has an average length of over 200 meters and a height of over 100 meters when standing upright. Three fiery volcanoes are arranged in a triangular pattern behind it, making it look somewhat similar to Godzilla, the King of Monsters.

With such a massive size and a weight in the millions of tons, equivalent to dozens of aircraft carriers stacked together, it could create a destructive force akin to a natural disaster simply by walking over it.

Not to mention, to support such a massive weight, one would need incredibly strong muscles and bones, as well as a powerful energy core.

It is practically a living giant nuclear reactor. In its infancy, it uses volcanic material as its energy source. Once it has absorbed enough heat and its thermonuclear organs have developed fully, it turns to devouring metallic minerals and carrying out heavy element fission within its body, thereby generating a continuous and enormous amount of energy.

It is said that a true dragon's stomach can digest even stones, but that only relies on highly corrosive gastric juices and magical elements to erode them, which is a release of chemical energy and does not reach the microscopic level.

Otherwise, the challenge level of the red dragon hatchling wouldn't be so low; if it were to unleash a burst of fission fire, even an adult white dragon could be killed.

At this moment, Thor will truly ignite the fission fire within his body, and due to his control over flames and high temperatures, he can even further enhance this ability.

Even his future offspring may inherit this ability and become true volcanic incarnations, creatures that control high temperatures and destruction.

With their extreme energy efficiency, they can also break free from heavy dependence on resources, and even if the concentration of magic in the environment decreases, they can still ensure that their bloodline does not deteriorate excessively.

At that moment, Thor seemed to see himself transformed into a colossal beast a hundred meters long with wings that blotted out the sky.

No magic or magical ability can withstand the sheer numbers brought by sheer size.

However, in his excitement, he did not lose his mind. He turned around and jumped into the volcanic lava below through the secret passage in the Crimson Flame Palace.

The endless high temperatures and minerals surrounding it provided a fertile ground for the growth of the Lava Dragon, and also made it the perfect place for it to complete its transformation.

Once his entire body was enveloped in magma and he was sinking deeper into the ground, Thor consciously tightened his grip and chose to withdraw his funds immediately.

A red light spread from the void, inconspicuous in the rolling magma, until a ball of scalding essence emerged from it, like a majestic volcano rising slowly.

Chapter 307 Thermonuclear

When the colossal beast carrying the power of a volcano crashed head-on into Thor's body, he felt as if an entire volcano had exploded inside him, spewing forth a surging, boundless stream of warm energy.

Pale blue subtitles flashed past my eyes rapidly, flooding the screen like a cascading waterfall.

The fusion with the Lavasioth monster template was successful. Abilities such as [Tough Scales], [Efficient Heat Dissipation], and [Flame Breath] have been transformed into pure life force due to their significant difference from the main version.

Thermonuclear organ has been preserved.

[Giant size] has been retained.

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The surging heat continued to spread to every part of Thor's body. As the embodiment of a volcano, the Lava Dragon's energy of fire and earth perfectly matched the attributes of the Red Dragon, making Thor's bloodline excited and cheer.

The enormous red dragon's body seemed to have transformed into a black hole, constantly absorbing the massive amount of heat energy contained in the magma through its scales. Its ferocious maw was slightly open, unconsciously devouring the magma like a whale swallowing its prey.

As a large amount of heat continues to converge into the body, a unique organ connecting the stomach and basal blood vessels begins to quietly form.

The magma swallowed by Thor would first undergo preliminary digestion in the dragon's powerful stomach, removing impurities and transforming it into pure heavy metals, before being transported to that unique organ.

A mysterious force field permeated the inside of this organ, with invisible streams of free neutrons rushing around inside, yet unable to break free from the force field's restraint.

When the first heavy atomic nucleus was shattered by the neutron, a barely perceptible hum seemed to rise, and in an instant, a violent fission force suddenly erupted.

The massive amounts of heat energy, high-temperature plasma flow, and newly generated neutrons bloomed like dazzling fireworks, but were firmly bound within this spherical organ, constantly bouncing back and forth.

More heavy metals are bombarded, releasing even greater heat and free neutrons, much like snow rolling down a mountaintop, triggering a terrifying chain reaction.

It was as if a miniature sun was ignited within his body, releasing boundless light and heat. A vast amount of energy was continuously transported from the thermonuclear organs, gradually spreading to every corner of Thor's body along the connection with the basal blood vessels.

The red dragon, immersed in the magma, was gradually becoming shiny with its golden-red scales, and its temperature was rising rapidly. The surrounding magma was thus reheated, turning into a boiling incandescent color.

More fire and earth elements, like summoned subjects, are swarming from the depths of the earth and gathering here.

Never before has Thor felt such a sense of absolute control over the surrounding volcanic lava as he does now.

The powers of earth and fire intertwined and merged within him, gradually condensing into a fruit called volcano and magma. As this realization permeated Thor's mind, he gradually began to sense the pulse of life on the planet, deep underground.

The thermonuclear organs are merely a physical characteristic of the Lava Dragon; its true core abilities lie in volcanic magma and even the power of destruction and creation.

The powerful Lava Dragon can wreak havoc on the surface of the land simply by passing by, and when it dies in the sea, it can trigger underwater volcanoes and create a new land.

At this moment, the scorching "blood of the planet" located some unknown depth underground, under the influence of the world's rules, once again responded to the existence of the red dragon.

The long-dormant Doomsday Volcano roared for the first time in a long time, billowing smoke rose into the sky like a pillar supporting the heavens, and the entire mountain trembled slightly.

Too much magma gathered here, and before it could erupt, the immense pressure created caused the entire Doomsday Volcano, along with the surrounding land, to gradually rise upwards.

The same dark underground region is now facing annihilation. Lava is pouring into caves and tunnels of all sizes, causing the indigenous people inside to flee in panic.

Some agile or lucky individuals managed to escape to other caves before being engulfed by lava.

If they are unlucky or slow to react, the entire race could be buried in the scalding lava.

Large amounts of magma spread along the intricate network of channels, pouring into the deep underground, and even awakening some ancient creatures and monsters.

Thor was completely unaware of this, and even if he had, he wouldn't have cared.

At this moment, while feeling the dramatic transformation his body underwent under the loading of the Lava Dragon monster template, he also suppressed the eruption intensity of the Doomsday Volcano to prevent it from destroying his Crimson Flame Palace.

This is probably a problem that all red dragons will face.

Volcanoes are inherently symbols of violence, and volcanoes inhabited by red dragons are particularly prone to eruption, destroying everything around them.

Often, a dwelling painstakingly built can be reduced to ruins after a volcanic eruption.

The Thunder Desert where the blue dragons dwell, the Giantwood Forest where the green dragons roam, and the Corruption Swamp where the black dragons reside, while they may change, are generally relatively stable.

Therefore, ordinary red dragons will only dig a cave in the volcano as their dwelling place. Only the strong ones who can truly tame the volcano dare to build magnificent structures.

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The terrifying scene of the earth shaking was already commonplace for the creatures living around it.

Various creatures, though flustered, quickly and efficiently retreated, silently watching from a distance as the massive volcano grew upwards like a bamboo shoot.

The Doomsday Volcano, which was originally less than 3 meters high, has gradually exceeded 3 meters in height and continues to grow over time.

As the changes within Thor's body gradually stabilized and he awoke from the magma, the entire volcano had already exceeded 4 meters in height, becoming a truly magnificent behemoth.

In the entire Northland, there probably isn't a volcano taller than this. Even Mount Tritno near Neverwinter pales in comparison.

The feeling of looking down from above gave Thor a sense of openness and expansiveness. He turned to look at his own body and found that his length from head to toe exceeded 37 meters.

And this is just the beginning; his size will continue to expand rapidly for a long time to come.

However, all of this is based on the premise that nutrition must be adequate. After all, while the thermonuclear organs in his body and the magical elements absorbed from the environment can provide him with enough energy, they cannot provide the substances that make up his body.

Thor examined his scales again, noticing that the gold and red scales were radiating a bright light.

The scorching heat had already distorted the air around him, and the rocks beneath his feet had turned reddish and softened, constantly oozing lava.

This is the high heat that escapes when the thermonuclear organs in the body are functioning normally, which can be considered a byproduct. Fortunately, thanks to the Red Dragon's innate ability to control the high temperature of flames, it can easily contain it.

However, another byproduct is not so harmless—heavy nuclear fission, a dangerous product, is born out of destruction.

Chapter 308 Radiation

A goblin was brought before Thor. At this moment, the tiny creature was smaller than even one of his fingernails, let alone daring to face his majestic dragon face. It knelt on the ground in a prostrate position, trembling uncontrollably.

Clearly, these lowly creatures were of no use to Thor, so their only purpose was to serve as experimental subjects.

As the massive red dragon slightly loosened its grip on the thermonuclear organs within its body, a massive amount of alpha, beta, and gamma rays, along with high-speed neutrons and radioactive fission fragments, instantly erupted from its body.

The goblin not far away felt an invisible hot wind sweep over him, followed by dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

The surrounding scenery seemed to fade, the light gradually dimmed, everything had a pale, matte sheen, and all the sounds in my ears were rapidly fading away, leaving only a noisy buzzing.

A burning sensation arose within me, but it wasn't the burning sensation on my skin like when I was near a fire; rather, it was a deeper, bone-deep heat. Every inch of my flesh felt like it was being gently pricked by countless fine needles, causing excruciating discomfort.

In Thor's eyes, the goblin in front of him merely swayed, and blood immediately gushed from his nostrils. His green skin gradually turned bright red, and dark purple patches appeared—signs of numerous ruptured capillaries.

In Thor's previous life, there was an ultimate weapon called the nuclear bomb, which used the principle of heavy nuclear fission to generate enormous energy.

But its truly terrifying aspect is not the direct damage caused by that energy, but rather the fact that various radioactive substances can directly destroy the cells of living organisms.

If Thor were to completely release the constraints on his thermonuclear organs, he could become a living source of nuclear radiation pollution. Magical creatures might be able to barely withstand his presence, but ordinary mortals would certainly perish.

Even if they are lucky enough to survive, they will be plagued by diseases as if by a terrible curse, and their descendants will likely suffer from various mutations and congenital deformities.

Once this terrifying power manifested, it immediately became associated with concepts such as curses, diseases, and mutations.

Thor felt the chaotic and aberrant power he wielded through the Black Eclipse Monster Template was now rejoicing. A thought struck him, and a black snowflake landed on the shoulder of the goblin whose body had turned a dark purple.

First, high-energy particle radiation is used to break the stable double-stranded structure of DNA, and then the information carried in the Mad Dragon Curse is used to reshape, repair and rewrite it.

What was originally a random evolutionary process has now begun to shift towards precise biological modification. If this continues, Thor will be able to create any creature he desires.

As the black snowflakes merged into his body, the goblin, who was on the verge of death, suddenly shuddered. He felt a violent surge of heat erupt from his body as if it had exploded, and every muscle and bone in his body seemed to come alive and begin to twitch.

First, the body's defense mechanisms are repaired and strengthened, becoming extremely aggressive. Newly generated cells continuously devour the necrotic blood, causing the purplish-black patches on the body surface to fade and disappear rapidly.

The nutrients obtained are used to repair and strengthen the digestive and absorption system in order to quickly obtain more energy.

The next instant, the goblin felt an intense hunger, as if its stomach was on fire, and it grabbed some dirt from the ground and stuffed it into its mouth.

The massive red dragon showed a rare hint of mercy, and after re-binding the radiation emanating from its body, it gently waved its claws. Immediately, kobolds rushed over from not far away and took the goblin, who was already starving and going mad, away.

Next, it will receive enough food and energy, but whether it will survive is uncertain.

But as long as it survives, its strength and abilities will surely undergo a complete transformation, turning the once lowly goblin into a powerful creature.