Red Dragon Monster Hunter Template.

It must be those damned sluts who failed in their duty as cannon fodder. They probably secretly wished they would be killed by the dragon so that they could have a chance to advance further.

If I survive this time, I will definitely punish them severely, erasing their minds and turning them into spider-like drow.

No matter how fierce her thoughts were, the first thing she had to face was the red dragon that had already swooped down.

The violent impact caused a slight tremor in the ground, and the dust and flames that were kicked up spread outwards in waves.

Having had enough of this farce, Thor decided to stop holding back. His muscles and nerves became highly activated, and his massive body displayed incredible agility.

The drow priest had barely dodged his swung claws when his massive maw, filled with gleaming white fangs, snapped at him. Then, his wings suddenly unfurled forward, terrifying wing blades sweeping across the front, carving a massive semicircle nearly 20 meters in diameter.

The relentless attacks, like a surging tide, forced the drow priests to flee in disarray.

Even more deadly was the intense heat and flames that kept erupting from Thor's body, the orange-red fire spreading wildly in all directions, gradually squeezing out her space to dodge.

As her magic and physical strength were severely depleted, the drow priest felt a series of intense burning pains in her throat.

Continuing like this will surely lead to certain death; there is absolutely no hope of escape. We must find another way.

A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and a burst of deep purple energy suddenly erupted from the Drow priest's body, outlining a huge spider phantom in mid-air.

An evil aura permeated the air, making people feel inexplicably uneasy. Under the gaze of the giant spider in mid-air, her originally tall and alluring body began to tremble strangely.

Several jet-black legs emerged from his waist, his buttocks began to swell and enlarge, and purple patterns gradually appeared, clearly indicating that he had begun to transform into a spider.

As the abyssal evil god Lolth who controls the spider realm, almost all of her high priests can master the ability to transform into spiders through spider rituals.

In this state, their strength, speed, agility, armor, and spellcasting abilities will be greatly enhanced, and their size will also increase, typically by 2 to 4 challenge levels.

The only drawback is that once it's used, it can never be changed back to its original state.

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The spider phantom appearing in the sky filled Thor with a strange sense of dread, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.

Then a wild rage suddenly surged from his heart, causing a tangible flame to erupt from his eyes, which were like molten gold.

The massive body suddenly lunged forward instead of retreating, like a runaway train, crashing into the drow priest who was in the process of transformation.

A tremendous repulsive force suddenly came from ahead, and the air seemed to turn into sticky glue, or like an invisible spider web blocking his way, desperately trying to stop him from moving forward.

However, these obstacles could not stop Thor's advance. With his brute physical strength, he continued to charge forward.

Seeing that only a thin layer of purple light remained between them, Solton immediately took a deep breath, his chest and abdomen bulging high, and molten firelight was revealed through the gaps in the stretched scales.

Just then, the drow priest's spider transformation ritual came to an end. His upper body still retained a human form, but his lower body had completely transformed into a giant spider.

From this moment on, she would no longer be considered an elf or a humanoid, but rather classified as a monster.

This was undoubtedly a great sacrifice, but feeling the power surging within her, the Drow priest felt that it was all worthwhile.

With this power, I will surely be able to escape alive. Even if I can no longer seize the power of the family and may be regarded as an outcast, I can still be a strong lone wolf.

However, in the next instant, as the pale purple light surrounding her body dissipated, a giant claw covered in ferocious iron armor shattered her delusion.

With the last barrier shattered, Thor had no more obstacles in front of him. Before the spider-like drow could adapt to its new body, Thor stomped it under his feet.

Then he felt an immense force coming from beneath his forepaws; the former drow priest was struggling desperately to resist. A surge of dark power rose, and his eight sharp claws scratched at the scales on his forearm, sending sparks flying.

"A futile resistance is nothing more than an ant trying to shake a tree!"

A deep voice came from Thor's mouth, like a harbinger of an impending volcanic eruption.

A blinding flame ignited deep within his throat; the air he had previously inhaled, mixed with magic, had already transformed into terrifyingly hot flames, which he spewed out towards his claws.

The orange-red and blue flames cascaded down like a waterfall, splashing up large amounts of "water" that spread outwards, covering an area of ​​nearly 20 meters in radius.

With a piercing scream, a large amount of black smoke instantly rose from the spider-transformed drow priest's body, trying to protect herself from being burned, but to no avail.

As a naturally magical creature, and given its enormous size, the magical power within a dragon far surpasses that of most other creatures in the world.

That's why they can recklessly squander their innate power, using various terrifying breath attacks that consume huge amounts of energy as ordinary attacks.

In this contest of magical energy, the spider-like drow priest was at a significant disadvantage. The shadow magic rising from his body was quickly blasted away, his flesh charred, his carapace shattered, and his body gradually turned into charcoal, mixing into the molten lava.

Thor only stopped breathing when the enemy beneath his feet had completely disappeared.

This drow priestess doesn't seem to be very bright. She could have managed to survive a few more seconds by taking advantage of her small size.

But she insists on transforming during battle; does she really think she's a magical girl?

Chapter 132 The Plan to Go Underground

"Gather all the weapons and equipment left behind by these black-skinned rats! Send men to hunt down any escapees. Once found, kill them without mercy, leave no one alive!"

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After this battle, which was not particularly intense and was more like a one-sided massacre, came to an end, Thor's evil creatures finally dared to peek out from various corners.

As a fierce red dragon, Thor never cares about the casualties of his subordinates. Once he gets carried away in battle, he will indiscriminately launch a wide-range breath attack.

This is precisely why those evil creatures fled immediately when they saw him get angry—ultimately, they were afraid of being innocently caught in the crossfire.

Some of the evil creatures roared excitedly as they hunted down the remaining drow elves; others were busy cleaning up the battlefield.

Soon, a batch of exquisitely designed scimitars and rapiers, exuding a cold, artistic feel, were delivered to Thor.

These weapons, forged from special underground ores, can actually be considered magical weapons, but they need to be charged through energy nodes in the Underdark to unleash their full power.

However, once it leaves those energy nodes for too long, the magical power attached to it will quickly dissipate, turning it into ordinary mortal iron.

Thor naturally looked down on weapons that couldn't even scratch his own scales. He planned to have all the grey dwarves reforged and extract a small amount of adamantite from them.

He must devour the precious ores and energy crystals of the Monster Hunter world, and he cannot overlook the nature of this world either. Only by taking both into account can his power be considered complete.

The mere mention of the grey dwarves ignited a surge of anger within Thor—those damned black rats had already killed over twenty grey dwarves before he even arrived.

This number is almost a quarter of all the grey dwarves under his command. Keep in mind, these are not gnolls or goblins, slaves used as cannon fodder, but skilled craftsmen who are almost all proficient in blacksmithing and construction.

In addition, as a long-lived race with an average lifespan of three to four hundred years, far exceeding that of humans, the Grey Dwarves naturally have a correspondingly low birth rate, resulting in very slow population growth.

In Thor's view, a skilled grey dwarf is worth far more than a hundred gnolls combined.

Thinking about this, he felt that simply burning those black rats to ashes was far too lenient on them.

If they can invade the surface, why can't we counterattack underground?

If Kou can go, so can I.

Go deep underground, find the city of the drow elves, plunder their wealth, and capture all their inhabitants to be slaves!

Once the idea popped into his head, Thor immediately found it extremely feasible.

However, he did not act rashly. Under normal circumstances, the rationality brought by the human soul can effectively suppress the restlessness surging in his blood.

After all, the Underdark is by no means a safe place, and the Drow elves are an extremely dangerous race, treacherous and cunning, with evil and bloodlust in their very bones.

The deity they worship is notoriously treacherous, even among gods. Without prior preparation, they might encounter unexpected dangers.

But it's not necessarily true that Thor was particularly wary of them.

It's important to understand that Lolth, as an evil god, doesn't care about the lives of her followers. In many cases, she even encourages the drow elves to betray and kill each other. As long as it doesn't come to the point of annihilation, she generally doesn't pay much attention.

As a red dragon, and a red dragon with pure blood and extraordinary strength, Thor is very likely already under Tiamat's watchful eye, even if he is unwilling to admit it.

After all, regardless of whether the dragons worship Tiamat, their very existence and all their actions in the world, in a sense, provide power to the five-headed dragon queen who is the source of their bloodline and existence.

A powerful dragon can spread its influence to a wider multiverse, allowing it to draw upon even greater divine power.

Thor, despite being a young dragon, already possessed strength surpassing that of an ordinary adult red dragon. He himself would find it hard to believe that he hadn't attracted the attention of that old man.

However, this is not entirely a bad thing for him. At least when facing believers of other gods, his own safety can be guaranteed to a certain extent, and he does not have to worry about being suddenly attacked by gods.

Furthermore, if Thor demonstrates a certain level of loyalty, such as by voluntarily building a temple for Tiamat and offering her wealth and gold, he may very well receive the Dragon Queen's favor.

However, this would further deepen his bond with Tiamat, making it impossible for him to break free. His ultimate achievement would be nothing more than becoming a follower of a god.

This is an unattainable dream for ordinary dragons, but for Thor, it is undoubtedly a constraint, and he naturally does not want it.

Therefore, the best course of action right now is to pretend to know nothing. As long as he doesn't show any obvious intention to resist, the great dragon queen is quite tolerant of a dragon with such a gifted nature.

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Over the next two weeks, Thor reduced his daily food intake, storing up most of the essence in preparation for drawing another intermediate monster template before heading underground.

He originally planned to save up enough essence to extract high-level monster templates in one go, but this would undoubtedly take a long time. Plans can't keep up with changes, so it's better to strengthen his power first.

Moreover, the Rathalos, represented by the intermediate monster template, is actually the most numerous and outstanding monster in the entire Monster Hunter world.

Due to their different habits and living environments, they each have their own unique characteristics and excel in different fields.

The boost from a single Rajang or Deviljho monster template may not be comparable to that from ten Rathalos, Glavenus, or Nargacuga monsters.

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The deaths of some of the grey dwarves slowed down the construction of the massive arena to some extent, so Thor had to send some other men to help.

Just then, the planted corn gradually matured, its originally green leaves slowly withered and turned yellow, and the plump corn kernels accumulated plenty of starch, making them look golden and shiny.

Once the corn harvest is complete, the potatoes in the fields are also expected to have a bumper harvest.

Suddenly, Saul realized that he didn't have enough men to go around.

This further solidified his resolve to raid the Underdark.

It is said that in addition to the gray dwarves, there are also minotaurs and swamp bearmen there. These strong and powerful creatures, who are also predominantly herbivorous, are undoubtedly excellent laborers.

Time passed by in the midst of busy days, and two weeks had gone by since the elimination of those black-skinned rats. Thor had finally accumulated enough spiritual essence.

He kept 1000 points for drawing, exchanged the rest for various ores and energy essences, and after swallowing a whole bison, he finally focused his attention on the huge roulette wheel in his mind.

Chapter 133 Dragon Attribute Energy

A thousand points of essence transformed into a miniature galaxy, which went straight into the fourth wheel of the giant roulette wheel in Thor's mind.

The neon-like light streaked across the sky and finally came to rest steadily on a small square. The square was painted with a scarlet giant dog in red, white and black paint, with a ferocious and terrifying appearance.

"Congratulations on obtaining the [Odogaron Monster Template]. Do you wish to withdraw immediately? Yes/No."

Memories of his past life surged through his mind like a tide, and Thor's thoughts drifted away as he began to recall the various characteristics of the monster.

This is a toothed dragon monster that is about seventeen meters long, with extremely well-developed limbs and an astonishingly strong bite force.

It has no hair on its body, and the outlines of muscles and ligaments are clearly visible under its tough, brownish-red skin. At first glance, it looks as if its skin has been peeled off.

Because they have lived in the miasma-filled valleys for a long time, their vision has degenerated, but their sense of smell has been greatly enhanced.

What's most peculiar are their forepaws—a set of sharp claw structures grows at the tip of each toe and on the last phalanx.

One set is used for daily running to cope with frequent wear and tear; while the other set is suddenly deployed when hunting, with claws covered with tiny sharp teeth that can easily tear the skin of prey, causing wounds that bleed profusely.

Judging from this, it didn't seem to be a particularly powerful or distinctive monster, and Thor couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

He glanced at the matching percentage below the prompt and, seeing that the value was above 60%, immediately clicked "Withdraw Now".

A shimmering spirit appeared in mid-air, within which a hideous monster stared at Thor with its pupils covered by a white membrane, its wide nostrils twitching incessantly, before crashing down on him with a deafening roar.

A familiar warmth surged from within him, and Thor felt as if all his muscles were tightening, as if an invisible force was wringing out the moisture.

At the same time, the life energy within his body, which had long been tainted by the consumption of Dragon Killing Fruit, seemed to find a catalyst at this moment, suddenly intertwining and merging with the mental energy in his mind, transforming into a point of black and red light.

Successfully fused with the Odogaron monster template. Abilities such as [Tough Skin], [Double Claws], [Overheated Breath], and [Trikeratosis Tail] were outdated compared to the main body and have been converted into pure life force.

[High-explosive muscle] has been retained.

[Sensitive sense of smell] has been retained.

[Powerful Jump] has been retained.

[Serrated claws] have been retained.

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A flood of notifications flashed before his eyes like a screen being filled with images. The surging heat made Thor's muscles even tighter, and the elastic tendons and fascia grew intertwined, giving him greater explosive power and jumping ability.

Within the large nostrils, cells responsible for distinguishing and collecting odor molecules proliferate continuously. With just a gentle sniff, a three-dimensional map of various odors can be drawn in the mind.