bookandnovel Chapter 72 Cold Overlook
Chapter 72 Cold Overlook
At noon, Chen Zheng received Xu Hui's reply while he and Jiang Mo were having lunch together.
"Thank you for your concern, Chen. I'm fine. I was just stunned by the aftershocks and have already been discharged from the hospital."
"It's good that you're alright."
Chen Zheng replied, then opened the shopping platform and placed an order for 28 fire orchids, addressed to his dormitory, with delivery time at 7 PM.
After lunch, some students went back to the classroom for a nap.
Seeing Chen Zheng return with that heavy ancient book, Jiang Mo hesitated, "Chen Zheng, aren't you going to rest for a bit?"
"No, this book was lent to me by Bai Su. I'll return it to her as soon as I finish reading the beginning." With that, Chen Zheng turned to the seventh page of the rune structure.
With his focused study over the past few days and the accumulation of knowledge he had previously gained, Chen Zheng's reading progress has been accelerating.
He felt that after reading ten pages of basic content, he could try to find a few runestones to replicate for practice, of course, the most basic three-rune structure.
"This is terrible, I feel embarrassed to slack off when you're so curly."
Jiang Mo groaned, turned off the terminal projector he had just opened, and picked up a book to read intently.
Chen Zheng smiled. This guy has talent, but lacks perseverance. His enthusiasm for each effort can only last for three minutes, and he needs someone to motivate him.
Just then, Chen Zheng's eyes flickered slightly.
Abyss, underground space.
The black flame dragon, which was lying on the throne, suddenly raised its head and looked down. A shadow rose from the hillside, and Sokos, who had disappeared for several days, appeared.
"Your Majesty, your subordinate has located the large tribe behind those dog-headed monsters—no, it should be called a monster city."
"city!"
The Black Flame Dragon rose slightly, an aura of fear spreading outwards, and growled softly, "What is the number and overall strength of the enemy's demons?"
"I have seen more than 30,000 monsters, including a large number of elite monsters, and I have sensed over a hundred demon-level monsters at close range."
"In addition, we also sensed several of the Disaster-level Commander-level monsters, as well as a large number of large monsters that have been subdued."
"In the city center, I sensed a terrifying aura that surpasses even the Calamity level from afar. It is highly likely to be a Lord-level being."
"The opponent is too strong. Your subordinates dare not approach. We do not know the exact appearance of the lord who rules the demon city."
Lord-level monster!
A solemn expression appeared in the Black Flame Dragon's crimson vertical pupils. Its current strength was enough to overwhelm monsters of the same level, but it was hard to say what would happen when facing monsters of different levels.
After all, it had only recently broken through to the third-tier disaster level.
The safest way is to grow to a fourth-tier lord, or evolve again before attacking that monster city.
The Black Flame Dragon looked down at the more than one hundred monster corpses piled up on the hillside. The past few days, Serus and the others had had a good harvest from "developing" the forest.
boom!
The black flame dragon, over thirty meters long, leaped from its throne. The ground trembled the moment it landed, rocks beneath its claws crumbled, and cracks spread outwards.
"Sokos, Mora."
"Old servant is here." The dog-headed shaman came running over, carrying his staff.
The Black Flame Dragon roared, "You all lead the remaining dog-headed monsters and set off to kill all the monsters you find in the forest on the ground, and bring back their corpses."
"This king needs enough energy to evolve!"
"Once I complete my next evolution, I will bestow power upon you and help you advance to the Cataclysmic level!"
Sokos and the dog-headed shaman's eyes lit up immediately. Sokos excitedly said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will bring back all the monsters I have seen."
"For the sake of the great king, I would be willing to become a calamity-level monster."
"roll!"
oooooooo! !
Under the mobilization of the dog-headed shaman, the remaining thousand-plus monsters in the territory abandoned their "work" and poured out of the underground space, spreading out in a fan shape after entering the surface.
These ordinary monsters are bait; people usually risk their lives to find larger monsters.
If they encounter ordinary demon-level monsters, a dozen or so elite monsters close to demon level can surround and kill them. If they encounter stronger ones, demons like Sokos will take action.
Serus, Vala, and Shishan, three peak second-tier demons, joined forces and even hunted down an ordinary calamity-level demon yesterday.
After being named and evolved, these demons, instilled with fear, possessed high base attributes and, combined with their innate abilities, made them elite units among demons of the same level.
After all the monsters left, the Black Flame Dragon came to the pile of monster corpses.
After observing it for the past few days, the Black Flame Dragon discovered that, as a primordial monster, its instinct to devour and evolve when faced with 'food' is indeed very strong.
However, it is still within our control and we cannot influence its will.
Just like a person who is hungry and wants to eat, but there is excrement on the food in front of them, the Black Flame Dragon can forcibly suppress its hunger instinct and look for other food.
This result relieved the Blackflame Dragon.
puff!
With a flick of its tail, the Black Flame Dragon sent its sharp tail spikes piercing the corpse of a demon, causing the dark red patterns on its surface to flicker and begin to devour it.
Most ordinary monsters are only four or five meters long and can be devoured in a minute, while the corpses of demon-level monsters that are more than ten meters long take several minutes to be swallowed.
With the continuous conversion of energy, the Black Flame Dragon's size grew again at a visible rate, thirty-two meters, thirty-three meters...
On the personal page, Life Essence is also steadily increasing.
Click, click!
The Black Flame Dragon's cells divided, its muscles expanded, its bones stretched and thickened, and every scale grew thicker and larger, with new, fine scales constantly growing from the gaps.
Whoosh!!
The Black Flame Demon Dragon exhaled scorching air waves, and the pressure emanating from its body grew stronger and stronger, causing the surrounding air to vibrate continuously and forming a strong wind that spread in all directions.
Awooo!!
At that moment, a commotion broke out at the entrance, and more than ten strong dog-headed monsters carried back the corpse of a monster that was more than seven meters long.
When they saw the shriveled corpses of the monsters piled up like small mountains, and then the ferocious dragon that had grown to over thirty-four meters long and nearly ten meters tall at the shoulder, their legs went weak.
The Black Flame Dragon turned its head slightly, its scarlet vertical pupils sweeping over the group of dog-headed monsters, and growled softly, "Bring them over."
"Yes... Your Majesty," the leading dog-headed elite replied in broken abyssal language.
These monsters carefully placed the monster corpse in front of the Black Flame Dragon, their legs trembling as they respectfully bowed before slowly retreating away.
*Thud!* The bloodthirsty tail spike pierced through the monster's flesh and continued to devour it.
"Chen Zheng, it's time to go to the training room." A distant call came from his ear, and the Black Flame Dragon, who was focused on eating, slightly moved his eyes, and part of his consciousness returned.
"Let's go."
Chen Zheng snapped out of his daze, a cold glint of the dragon's icy light flashing in his eyes.
Jiang Mo was startled instantly, a chill rising from his tailbone: "Damn, what was that look you were giving me? It was terrifying."
"What kind of look is that?" Chen Zheng blinked, looking at him 'strangely'.
"Uh, well..."
Jiang Mo didn't know how to describe it for a moment. When he looked into Chen Zheng's eyes again, the cold, condescending gaze from a high-ranking being was gone.
Was he hallucinating?
"I'm leaving." Chen Zheng put the book into his ring and then stood up.
"Wait for me."
Meanwhile, Xu Hui appeared carrying her luggage downstairs in the Rune Department's dormitory building.