Red Dragon Monster Hunter Template.

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The number of ghosts floating in the sky gradually thinned out, and Thor was finally able to catch his breath.

The continuous vomiting made his entire esophagus feel like it was on fire, and even with his basic fire immunity, it felt like he was being burned.

Fortunately, the battle seems to be over. All that's left is to take out the few remaining ghosts and then we can rest.

Thor glanced at the hundreds of essences he had accumulated below the giant roulette wheel in his mind, and his heart instantly burned with excitement.

Unexpectedly, in just a short time, I got a low-level monster template. Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?

The next instant, a crisp clicking sound suddenly interrupted his thoughts. From the darkness beyond the reach of the firelight, a withered, yellow foot bone stepped in.

As the foot landed, more leg bones and ribs entered the firelight, and a skeleton clad in tattered armor and wielding a rusty longsword appeared before Thor.

Following closely behind this skeleton was another identical skeleton, then a third, a fourth, and so on, too numerous to count at a glance.

This made Thor's gaze suddenly sharpen; he hadn't expected that after the ghosts, there would also be skeleton knights and soldiers.

With so many undead creatures, could the cave beneath that solid ice be connected to some large mass grave or an ancient battlefield?

Unfortunately, the skeletons didn't give him time to think carefully; they rushed forward with stiff steps.

Despite being nothing more than skeletons, driven by negative energy, they are incredibly fast and possess extraordinary strength, and are even immune to certain punctures and toxins.

Seeing this, Kalp and Sistana, who were huddled next to Thor, suddenly snapped to attention and quickly spoke up to warn him.

"Thor, those skeletons are charging up!"

"There are so many of them!"

Thor gave them a disapproving look and let out a low growl:

"I'm not blind, I don't need you two idiots to remind me!"

At first, he intended to shake off the two guys, but then he thought that having another dragon in this situation would be a good addition, at least it could help him breathe a few times.

Even if they encounter a danger they can't handle, they can abandon them and use them as bait to lure the enemy.

Feeling the stinging pain extending from his stomach to his throat, Thor decided not to get entangled with these skeletons for the time being. With a nimble twist of his feet, he flapped his wings and rushed backward.

Sistana and Kalp, who had expected him to fight a great battle with those skeletons, were stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed behind him.

"Wait for me!"

Don't leave me behind!

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Two legs can't outrun four. Although this underground space seems to be under some kind of magic, making it impossible for Thor to find the way he came, it's still not a problem to shake off those undead for a short time.

He led Sistana and Kalp into a crevice formed by a protruding boulder, listening to the occasional roars of other young dragons and the sounds of fierce collisions in the distance, but his attention was focused on the huge rotating disc in his mind.

The current Spirit Essence balance is 135.17, which is enough to draw a low-level monster template once.

Although the current situation is somewhat dangerous, fortunately, when loading the monster template, although various abnormalities will occur in different parts of the body due to development and growth, as long as there is no intense battle, it will not have too much of an impact.

With the current situation unclear, every bit of strength gained increases the chance of survival, and with the unique abilities acquired, things might even take a turn for the better.

Once he made up his mind, he immediately concentrated and slammed his hand down on the third spinning wheel.

The full 100 points of spiritual essence evaporated instantly, turning into a dazzling starlight that crashed into the third spinning wheel, causing it to spin violently.

Neon-like lights swirled, and when the turntable stopped, a simple line drawing of a yellowish-brown flying fish with two legs was clearly visible on the small square that lit up.

Chapter Sixty-Two Salon

Congratulations on obtaining the [Salon Monster Template]! Do you wish to withdraw your winnings immediately? Yes/No.

The information that flashed across his eyes instantly identified the monster—it was a ichthyosaur-like monster about 10 meters long, with a triangular head, a long neck, a body shaped like a flying fish, and a pair of long, slender legs.

They live deep in the desert year-round, can move swiftly underground, cut prey with their blade-like dorsal fins, and can even condense sand and stones into bullets in their mouths and then suddenly eject them.

Thor glanced at the 63% match rate displayed below, which was already a pretty good number, so he didn't hesitate and immediately chose to withdraw his winnings.

A dazzling ball of light suddenly appeared in the air, containing a ferocious, head-shaking dragon spirit that charged straight toward Thor.

The next second, a large amount of heat gushed out of his body like a fountain, continuously nourishing his body, which was slightly tired from the previous battle.

Successfully fused with the Salmon template. Abilities such as [Tough Scales], [Sharp Fangs], and [Acupuncture] have been converted into pure life force due to their significant difference from the main version.

The ability to "Sand Dive" has been retained.

The [Vibration Sensing] ability has been retained.

The ability to spew sand and gravel has been retained.

The [Blade Fin] ability has been retained.

The notification messages flashed by rapidly, like a screen being filled with images. Immediately afterwards, Thor noticed that the earth element in the surrounding environment was becoming increasingly clear and discernible to his senses.

Red dragons are magical creatures that possess both fire and earth attributes, but fire attributes make up at least 80% of their bodies, making their earth attributes less noticeable.

However, at this moment, with the fusion of this salon monster template, the proportion of earth-attribute magic elements in Thor's body is slowly increasing.

A tingling sensation returned to the sac-like organ in his throat. When his magic power was injected into it, it could not only transform into a rock burst combining fire and earth, but could even be further transformed into pure earth elemental breath.

The soles of my feet felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to the ground, as if with just a little effort, the hard rock would be easily pried open like soft sand.

As these magical abilities were generated, Thor's appearance also underwent subtle changes: the row of fin spines extending from his back to the tip of his tail became as sharp as knives; the scales on his wing bones bulged and hardened, gradually connecting into a single sheet, and his swinging power increased accordingly.

A strong feeling of hunger struck – the drastic changes in my body made me desperately need to replenish my nutrition.

With no hunting opportunity at the moment, Thor had no choice but to exchange for two dragon crystals, stuff them into his mouth, and chew them vigorously to relieve his hunger.

The crunching sound immediately caught the attention of Sistana and Kalp.

The two little red dragons, who had been nervously crouching at the crack to keep watch, immediately turned their heads around expectantly.

Faced with those eager eyes, Thor thought that he might need their help in the future, so he immediately exchanged for two more dragon crystals and threw them over.

It's just the reward of killing four ghosts. These two little guys can easily earn it back many times over by just spitting out a few breaths.

After finishing his meal, Thor turned his attention back to the giant spinning wheel in his mind. He had been focused on the monster templates, but now he realized that the miscellaneous items on the outermost edge also played a crucial role.

Without a continuous supply of dragon crystals and burning coals, a typical fledgling dragon, with its limited magical reserves, can only exhale two breaths at most before its fire completely goes out.

The value of this item lies not in the act of drawing it, but in the fact that after it is drawn and unlocked, it is like a portable time-space shop, which can continuously obtain the necessary resources by using essence.

Thor glanced at his remaining 31 points of spirit points and began to ponder: If he exchanged all of them for large explosive barrels, could he blast a way out?

Based on current observations, what shrouds this underground space should be some kind of magical maze. A simple confusion or labyrinth spell could never possibly encompass so many creatures and last for such a long time.

As long as it is a magic lock, there must be one or more magical nodes, and Thor already has a guess about the specific location—it is the place where Zhenbing was erected before.

That place, where undead creatures keep emerging, can't be simple no matter how you look at it.

Throwing the large explosive barrel down there, even if it doesn't break the maze, will destroy the passage and prevent more undead creatures from pouring out.

As Thor pondered, he felt a slight vibration coming from afar, indicating that the skeleton soldiers had already found him.

He leaped out of the cave, but this time he did not choose to run away; instead, he took the initiative to meet him.

Seeing this, Sistana and Kalp had no choice but to follow.

Having spent so much time together, they had come to know their adopted older brother better—although he was eccentric and unreliable, he seemed to have never really suffered a loss since birth.

Dozens or even hundreds of skeletons rushed from afar, their skeletons colliding with each other and making a crisp sound.

Running ahead were some guys wearing tattered armor, and the one in the lead was riding a bone horse.

Despite their crude and dilapidated weapons, the intense negative energy they possess can inflict various negative effects on any creature that is injured by them.

And this kind of group of enemies is exactly what Thor likes best.

He began to take a deep breath, and from the slightly open corner of his mouth, one could see the shimmering yellowish-brown light in his throat.

Since fire element is scarce in the environment, it's a good time to try out the newly acquired earth element ability—earth element is abundant in the deep underground caverns.

The next instant, a hazy stream of turbid liquid suddenly gushed out of Thor's throat.

This turbid stream covered a smaller area than the flames, but it was more concentrated and had a longer range.

The skeleton knight riding the bone horse felt a tremendous force strike him, causing his entire body and the bone horse to stagger backward, with hundreds of sparks flying from his tattered armor.

What Thor spewed out wasn't some murky torrent, but rather hundreds of millions of tiny grains of sand formed from earth element. They were ejected at high speed, like a terrifying grinding machine.

In the blink of an eye, the skeleton knight's tattered armor was reduced to dust by the sand and gravel.

The thick, bluish-gray bones seemed to melt and shrink continuously, the skull gradually thinning until the flickering flame of the soul within was completely extinguished, ultimately turning into ashes that dissipated into the world.

"Although this earth elemental breath has a smaller range, its power is more concentrated, and it can also be used to deal with some enemies that are resistant to high temperatures. Let's call it Sandstorm Breath."

Chapter Sixty-Three: Bloodline Purification

If the element of fire bestows upon living beings a wild and violent burst of power, then the element of earth bestows upon them a strong and robust physique.

As the earth elemental magic within his body gradually increased, Thor clearly felt that his strength and stamina had improved accordingly.

He raised one claw and grabbed at the ground beneath his feet. A faint yellow light flashed across the tip of his claw, and the hard rock was easily pierced through as if it were soft mud. A rock the size of a football was pried out.

In the instant it raised its claw and swung, the rock transformed into a whistling cannonball, slamming into the horde of skeletons ahead.

Two skeleton soldiers were unfortunately hit, their withered bones instantly shattered, and they fell to the ground, completely losing their ability to move.

A pale blue notification flashed below the line of sight, displaying "Mental Essence Fragment +0.7".

It seems that the skeleton riding the bone horse was indeed a high-level creature, providing even more essence fragments than the ghost.

Immediately afterwards, Thor pushed off the ground, his nearly 7-meter-long body, like a dump truck traveling at full speed, crashing straight into the skeleton army in front of him.

The skeleton cavalrymen at the forefront, clad in tattered armor, raised their rusty weapons to try and block.

Unexpectedly, the enormous fledgling dragon suddenly lowered its body upon contact, its two front claws digging deep into the ground, and it swung its entire hindquarters, along with its long and powerful tail, towards the ground.

Its long tail, covered in scarlet scales, shimmered with a faint yellow light, and when swung at high speed, it made a loud, piercing sound, almost like a steel lock.

Even a real steel skeleton would be smashed to pieces under such fierce whipping, let alone the iron-gray bones of those skeleton cavalry.

A series of "crackling" sounds rang out. Within a huge fan-shaped area more than three meters in front of Thor, all the skeleton cavalry and skeleton soldiers were whipped into the air, flailing their arms and legs wildly, and finally their bones scattered all over the ground.

Thor's tail whipping motion drew a huge circle on the ground.

He glanced at the few remaining essence enhancement prompts below his line of sight, then leaped forward again, landing hard as he stomped on the shattered skulls of the skeleton soldiers.

For creatures like true dragons, almost every part of their body is a powerful weapon. This is especially true for an exceptionally strong red dragon like Thor, who can easily shatter these fragile skeletons with a mere gesture.

However, this efficiency was still too slow for him. After feeling his throat, which had been completely restored under the cleansing of pure life force after loading the Salon Monster template, he opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of flames.

The skeletal structure of skeletons gives them good immunity and resistance to arrows and poison, but it becomes a fatal weakness when faced with high-temperature flames.

The invisible flames could easily penetrate their riddled bodies, reaching the core of their soul fire through the holes in their armor and skulls.

As the skeletons lay dying, they let out mournful shrieks, their black bones seemingly dancing in the flames before finally falling silent.

The notification messages below the view started flooding the screen again, but compared to ghosts, skeletons provided fewer essence fragments, generally only around 0.2 to 0.3.

After all, as lower-level undead creatures, ghosts exist purely by relying on their souls and spiritual power, as well as abundant negative energy.

A skeleton, on the other hand, requires an additional frame to support it, so the weight of the soul is naturally much less.

Saul was slightly annoyed that he hadn't gotten what he expected, and he turned to Sistana and Calp, who were still standing there in a daze, and yelled at them.

"How long are you two idiots going to stand there like idiots? Can't you even handle the lowest-level skeletons? If that's the case, you might as well just smash your head against a rock and die, so as not to disgrace our Red Dragons!"

Upon hearing this, Sistana and Calp's faces flushed red instantly. They wanted to retort, but after glancing at Thor's body length, which was almost twice their size, they could only silently rush towards the scattered skeletons on the ground.

Dozens or even hundreds of skeletons with a challenge level of less than level one, plus a small number of skeleton cavalry with a challenge level of level four or five, were not enough to cause Thor much trouble.

After using a few breaths to kill the more outstanding ones, the remaining skeletons in his claws were like fragile toys.

He glanced at his own brief introduction in his mind and found that the challenge level column had changed to 9+, and the words "bloodline purification" had been added after "Young Dragon" in the age column.

The original five-colored dragons created by Tiamat, once they reached adulthood, possessed power comparable to demigods, and were able to confront giants and gods head-on.

However, after generations of reproduction, the bloodline has become increasingly diluted, and with the disappearance of divine power, the current five-colored dragons, even after reaching adulthood, cannot even reach the legendary level.