The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

Listening to Artlan, it seemed like making piranhas into food was a simple matter, but that was for Artlan, who could flexibly manipulate Mage Hands and Ice Blades.

In reality, for ordinary people, especially logistics professions not skilled in combat, wanting to use a kitchen knife to completely cut off the slender tubes on both sides of the piranha's body that deliver venom to its teeth and back spines was very difficult.

First, one needed to understand the location of the venom sacs and delivery tubes within the piranha's body, then practice through numerous piranha dissections, and finally learn how to cook, in order to make a delicious piranha soup.

Artlan could separate all the venom sacs from the piranha's body in one go because he had a prior understanding of the piranha's body structure through Life Detection.

If he needed to, he could even extract all the fish bones from the piranha's body.

This Fish Bone Extraction Technique was a small edible spell invented by Xueran, its purpose being to extract small fish bones, avoiding the problem of getting fish bones stuck in the throat when eating river fish.

The birth of this spell naturally stemmed from Hana being too hasty when eating fish, not spitting out the bones cleanly, getting them stuck, and then Xueran, being a doting father, invented the Fish Bone Extraction Technique.

This spell originated from some spellcasting techniques of necromancers; the boundary between the School of Withering and necromancers is actually quite blurred, in order to increase understanding of the necromancer profession.

Druids must conduct some research on the power of death; only by understanding the enemy sufficiently can they quickly eliminate them.

These things didn't have much to do with Artlan now, but the Fish Bone Extraction Technique was different. This small spell was really too useful for deboning ingredients!

Unfortunately, many chefs lacked talent in learning the Fish Bone Extraction Technique and could only perform deboning operations like whole chicken deboning using traditional culinary methods.

A merman mustered his courage and said to Artlan:

"Reporting to the Dragon Lord, besides the fact that piranhas are poisonous and inedible, catching them is also not an easy task; their teeth are too sharp."

"The fishing nets we make from vines cannot withstand them at all. Even if we don't want to catch piranhas, sometimes we accidentally catch them and they tear our nets."

It wasn't that the mermen liked using fishing nets to catch fish; the mermen, who could move freely in the water, naturally preferred using harpoons to catch fish, but harpoons would definitely cause bleeding after piercing the fish's body.

Once piranhas smelled blood, they would quickly converge, trying to bite off a piece of flesh from the prey, or even directly bite the hunter to death for an extra meal.

Artlan pondered for a moment and then asked:

"Besides piranhas, what other fish are more common in the river?"

"Electric eels and crocodiles are. They are both difficult to catch. Sometimes, catching them for food results in the loss of several hunters."

The merman's answer caused Artlan's thinking to pause briefly.

Piranhas, electric eels, crocodiles... The rivers of the rainforest were inhabited by ruthless characters! No wonder everyone said to rely on the mountain if you live near it, and rely on the water if you live near it, but the rainforest tribes preferred to scavenge on land.

It turned out that the rivers were already the hunting grounds of beasts and magical beasts.

Crocodiles were fierce beasts, while electric eels, capable of releasing lightning, were even fiercer magical beasts. As for the most numerous piranhas, they were purely a malignant tumor.

Relying on astonishing reproductive ability, tenacious vitality, and a bit of poison, piranhas, which should have been the weakest of the three, gradually became the scourge of the rainforest's collapsing aquatic ecosystem.

Since Artlan was preparing to take over a portion of the rainforest area, he believed that the rainforest's ecosystem needed to be rationally re-divided in his hands.

If the rainforest was the same with or without him, then what was he taking the rainforest for?

Only by changing the rainforest according to his plan could he benefit from it. If he didn't take it, how would the bearfolk take it? If the bearfolk didn't take it, how would he improve?

If the Swamp Dragon suddenly became interested in the rainforest and came over, only to find that the rainforest had been occupied by Artlan, the Swamp Dragon would be furious. How could he, a small fledgling dragon, withstand that?

With a hundred-meter body, he, an ocean dragon with a body less than fifteen meters, couldn't possibly withstand a single claw strike from the Swamp Dragon.

At that time, the bearfolk would definitely need to hold back the Swamp Dragon's anger.

Some things, the Swamp Dragon, a top-level powerhouse, didn't care about, but they were still theirs. Even if they rotted there, you couldn't pick them up and stuff them into your mouth.

The rainforest was like that. Although the Swamp Dragon didn't care, the land still belonged to him. If you touched it, you became his enemy.

Currently, almost half of the humanoid tribes in the rainforest have chosen to rely on and prepare to rely on Artlan. The remaining half are only because Artlan's influence hasn't yet expanded to the east.

With the humanoid races settled, then it was time to settle the beasts in the rainforest.

Such as the Golden Eel King!

Eels are magical beasts, so their intelligence is far greater than that of crocodiles and piranhas. After all, when it comes to the brain capacity of fish, you can't have too many illusions about their intelligence.

Artlan planned to talk to this Golden Eel King in person. If it was sensible, Artlan wasn't incapable of keeping it. If it wasn't sensible, tonight he would eat eel rice!

"It doesn't mean that piranhas are difficult to catch now that they will be difficult to catch in the future. Piranhas are the most numerous in the rainforest. Now that there's a food shortage, if we don't eat piranhas, what do we eat?"

"Yes!"

Since Artlan had said so, the merman could only respectfully lower his head to show submission.

In the central part of the rainforest, there is a lake where the most powerful magical beast in the rainforest, the Golden Eel, lives. After all, the ability to discharge electricity is really too OP in the water.

The golden body of the electric eel reflects bursts of golden light under the sunlight as it swims.

Artlan landed on the shore of the lake, calculating the number of golden eels.

The number of golden eels was not very large, possibly because the lake was inhabited by small fish. The adult golden eels had gone out to hunt freely. After all, with a body length of nearly two meters and the ability to discharge electricity, they had the ability to protect themselves even when encountering piranha swarms.

After Artlan released lightning, the piranhas quickly retreated. This was a habit they had learned during the struggle with the golden eels, who used electric currents to catch fish.

"Come out, Eel King. You should be able to sense my arrival."

After Artlan's words fell, a golden eel with a somewhat dull color really rose from the center of the lake. Judging from the part of the Golden Eel King's body that was exposed above the water, its body length exceeded five meters.

“Swamp Wyrmlings don't care about you. Why not join me? Your kind wouldn't have to compete with piranhas for survival. So many years have passed.”

“Think about it. Has the Swamp Wyrmling ever cared about you? Eel King, I see you're near death. After you die, can your descendants still hold onto such a large hunting ground?”

The Golden Eel King let out a roar, with a noticeable electronic sound, full of warning. But he was facing a dragon. Even if he were twice as long, he wouldn't dare attack a dragon.

Attilan found it very interesting that a fish could make a roaring sound, and with an electronic tone at that. The Eel King would make a qualified pet.

Attilan wanted to subdue the Golden Eel because fish that could release electric currents and possessed magic were rare, and very suitable for eliminating the rampant piranhas in the rainforest.

If the fish-men needed war pets and mounts for underwater combat, the Golden Eel could serve as both, at least much better than the large green fish tamed by the Green Scale Tribe.

“So, what is your answer?”

Attilan's dragon might emanating outwards grew stronger. Under the intense mental pressure, the Golden Eel King's body kept writhing, finally accompanied by a roar.

The Eel King gave his answer, vowing allegiance to the Swamp Wyrmling!

A stream of silver-white current spewed from his mouth, heading straight for Attilan.

Attilan didn't dodge or avoid, quietly watching the lightning strike him. The power of this current was less than the lightning he used for lightning tempering.

“Courage is commendable, but you don't know what's good for you!”

Attilan flapped his wings and flew towards the Eel King. The Eel King didn't dodge, but instead launched the last charge of his life, obtaining the end he wanted.

He was split into three sections by Attilan's claw. After removing the inedible internal organs, he directly lit a fire by the lake and roasted it to eat.

At this moment, something unexpected happened to Attilan. The Eel King's internal organs, which he had discarded in the lake, were actually enveloped by a peculiar energy.

The golden eel swarm, originally deterred by Attilan's dragon might and afraid to move, suddenly became restless, releasing their weak thunder magic outwards.

Attilan's eyes widened, and even the Golden Eel King in his hand was no longer appealing.

A golden eel that could give birth to a natural spirit was actually eaten by him. Attilan was now heartbroken. Why was he so greedy!

He originally thought that after being nourished by magic, the Golden Eel King's meat would be more delicious, but it wasn't. Even compared to ordinary eels, the Eel King's meat tasted like something was missing.

Now, seeing the birth of the natural spirit, Attilan understood that the most essential magic had been taken away by his soul with the Eel King's death.

Fortunately, although the natural spirit in front of him was born from the Golden Eel King, it could be considered two completely new individuals from the original Eel King. Attilan still had the possibility of subduing him.

But he had just eaten the Eel King's meat, and that was bad.

After all, the Eel King was the predecessor of the Electric Eel Spirit. Facing Attilan, who killed the Eel King and ate his meat, he would naturally have a sense of disgust.

If the Swamp Wyrmling, whom the Eel King had desperately followed, appeared, it was estimated that he could easily subdue the Electric Eel Spirit, just like the Green Scale Tribe subdued the Green Fish Spirit, because they had been together for decades.

Attilan judged from the Eel King's current that the Eel King's strength was not strong, but the Eel King had a pure soul and firm belief, which were the reasons for his incarnation as a spirit.

Attilan was silent. He knew that he had misjudged this time. He originally only wanted to subdue a group of fishing gear, but he didn't expect that there would be a golden legend in the fishing gear.

It was because his cultivation was not in place. Recently, his heart seemed to have become impetuous with the progress of the war, and his exploration of things could not reach the essence.

After reacting, he quickly used thunder to destroy the remaining grilled eel meat, and at the same time frantically flushed his dragon body with life energy and water elements.

As for the part he ate, Attilan also used life control to control his stomach and vomit it out.

In short, he couldn't contaminate a trace of aura that the natural spirit hated.

Atlantis already had two spirits, the Green Fish and the White Bull, but the more natural spirits there were, the better!

Natural spirits are like signal stations that can receive corresponding natural elements. For example, the Green Fish Spirit can gather water elements, and the White Bull can gather earth elements. This Electric Eel is naturally thunder energy.

Attilan needs such a spirit to assist him in tempering his body and dragon ball, and help him purify thunder and lightning elements.

Before the Electric Eel Spirit took shape, Attilan also guided thunder, trying to involve the thunder and lightning energy with his spiritual imprint in the formation of the Electric Eel Spirit as much as possible.

This was not to increase the Electric Eel Spirit's recognition of him after its birth, but to study the formation process of the spirit. Studying them, the spirits of heaven and earth, would greatly benefit the growth of strength.

The process of the birth of a natural spirit was very fast. Attilan only groped for a small trick to purify thunder and lightning energy, and the Electric Eel Spirit had already been born.

The newly born Electric Eel Spirit was full of curiosity about everything around it, especially the Golden Eel, whose shape was extremely similar to it, but the Golden Eel was not very interested in this alien.

The lightning he unintentionally emitted was a little too strong for the eels. Although they could discharge electricity, it didn't mean that they were resistant to current. They would still be electrocuted and killed.

Attilan spat out the dragon ball. The dragon ball, surrounded by emerald green thunder, instantly attracted the Electric Eel Spirit. Looking at the Electric Eel Spirit, which turned into a golden electric light and appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, Attilan was overjoyed.

“Little Gold, would you like to follow me in the future?”

The Electric Eel Spirit circled around Attilan. Although he didn't feel much about Attilan, the life thunder surrounding the dragon ball was too attractive to a thunder-type spirit.

In the end, he still followed Attilan.

As for the golden eels in this lake, under Attilan's pressure, they naturally chose to surrender. In addition to the ancestors being killed by a claw, Attilan's fish feed made of wheat bran, alfalfa, and other materials was also the key to conquering the eels.

The matter of the electric eels preying on mermaids would be left to Fisher to take people to be responsible for. Attilan now needed to communicate well with the Electric Eel Spirit. He had only reached a preliminary intention, so he must not let the Electric Eel Spirit run away.

There was no way. Natural spirits could not be forcibly restricted, otherwise their effects would not be able to be exerted at all. Catching them was the same as not catching them. They must be made to recognize them from the bottom of their hearts.

Therefore, Attilan came to ask the Old Urchin how to subdue the Electric Eel Spirit.

After understanding the cause and effect. The Old Urchin said with a strange expression:

“So, you killed someone, and you want the spirit born from his soul to work for you? Isn't that a bit too perverted?”