The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The spell techniques for condensing cloud clusters, as explained by the Storm Giant, sounded simple, but once Atilan tried it, he realized how much easier it was said than done.

First, he could indeed gather water elements to form cloud clusters, but as soon as he relaxed his mental power, the wind blowing in the high altitude would quickly disperse the cloud clusters.

However, when the Storm Giant demonstrated it to him, the condensed cloud cluster was indeed blown away as a whole, which meant that he had only condensed a mass of water vapor, not the cloud soil that constituted the cloud field.

"Master, is there something I haven't grasped about the technique of condensing cloud soil? Why does it scatter as soon as the wind blows?"

The Storm Giant simply smiled.

"There are no problems with your technique, but the intensity of mental power used to condense the cloud cluster is not enough. The water element energies have not truly formed a whole."

"There are no shortcuts in this process. You can only continuously compress the cloud cluster into cloud soil using your mental power according to the prescribed structure."

"When your mental power increases, the cloud cluster will naturally form cloud soil that will not be blown away by the wind. This is your soul enhancement training. The training will end when your mental power is exhausted."

Mental power is the external manifestation of the soul's power. Training mental power can indeed train the soul, but the feedback of mental power enhancement to the soul is very low.

Simply enhancing mental power seems to solve his problem of not being able to control the dragon body well.

"Thank you, Master. I will start training now."

Atilan could only gather water elements again and then shape cloud soil with the greatest intensity of mental power he could release, but soon he discovered the pitfall of this training.

Once the power was used too much, what the water elements formed was not soft cloud soil, but directly turned into white water element crystals.

Actually, it wasn't pure water element. The fact that the crystals were white meant that wind elements were also involved in the formation of cloud soil, but in small quantities.

It was too difficult to grasp the intensity and duration of mental power output. As a novice, he could only master the nuances through constant practice.

Atilan practiced kneading cloud soil on the air floor. The Storm Giant would naturally not keep an eye on him here. Atilan was not his disciple, and he did not have the patience of the Bearmen.

"Practice slowly. I'm going to teach the frost giants. Don't rush. Cloud soil is not so easy to shape. I also practiced for almost a week before I shaped the first piece of cloud soil."

"I understand."

Although he said so, Atilan still practiced shaping cloud soil with high intensity without any slackening.

This kind of cloud soil shaping practice will help him shape water element crystals and life crystals in the future after his mental power is enhanced. It's just that the water elements here are constantly moving with the wind, and it takes time for him to gather enough water elements to knead cloud soil.

This step, which consumes relatively little mental power, is just right for recovering mental power.

If he didn't do this, his mental power would be exhausted in less than two hours.

Alas, he was clearly a dragon, but his mental power could only sustain less than two hours of high-intensity output. As expected, he had been too lax in the past five years.

Only the spell model that is most suitable for oneself can be called perfect.

In a word, his efforts were just an appearance, just the result of the Bearmen's spurring. In fact, there was very little effort that belonged to him, such as working hard to absorb natural energy to convert life magic power to enhance the dragon body.

The current strength and size of the dragon body are the results of his efforts.

Now, Atilan is eighteen meters long, weighs twenty tons, has a wingspan of forty-six meters, and stands nine meters tall, but his life level is only 8, because his soul strength has not kept up.

Of course, Atilan is almost five years old now, and the first transformation period of the dragon is coming, but he is not sure whether he can still grow significantly from the hatchling stage to the young dragon stage after he has already undergone a transformation through the life school's life transformation.

After tossing around for most of the day, Atilan's tired eyelids were almost unable to open, but he still hadn't experimented with the appropriate mental power intensity and duration for kneading cloud soil.

The Storm Giant said that because of different individual talents and strengths, even within the Storm Giant clan, the mental power intensity required for kneading cloud soil is different.

After all, the cloud field needs three elements: wind, water, and lightning. The Storm Giants do have corresponding elemental talent abilities, but the elemental proportions of each person are different.

Therefore, there is only a model, and there is no corresponding mental power intensity.

Moreover, it is only a basic template. After mastering the corresponding cloud field planting technology, it can also be adaptively adjusted to make the attributes of the cloud field more in line with their needs.

Not to mention wind, lightning, and water attribute magic plants, even fire attribute plants can be planted on the cloud field. Everything depends on talent.

For example, Atilan, the Storm Giant believes that if Atilan can shape cloud fields, these cloud soils will be more vibrant. The most obvious manifestation is that the fruits grown will be larger.

Just as Atilan wanted to lie on the ground and take a nap, he heard the Storm Giant's voice.

"Don't sleep yet, drink this first."

Looking at the wooden bucket that the Storm Giant handed to him, Atilan grabbed the wooden bucket and poured it all into his mouth without even looking at it.

An indescribable taste, the first taste was an overwhelming bitterness, then there was a pungent spiciness, a subtle taste, and then a sweet aftertaste.

His whole dragon instantly woke up. He shook his head and spat out saliva and asked:

"What is this?"

The Storm Giant said with a mischievous smile:

"A magic potion that can enhance your mental power. The disadvantage is that it doesn't taste good."

Atilan quickly felt a strange energy surge into his brain, a bit cool, and a feeling of brain swelling.

"Okay, now start meditating. This will help you better absorb the effects of the magic potion. This is the Storm Spirit Enhancement Potion that we Storm Giants use when training elite mages."

"Ordinary people can't experience it. You may be the first dragon to taste this kind of magic potion."

"Maybe other dragons also have a giant friend and also need mental power potions?"

After saying that, Atilan closed his eyes and began to meditate, while the Storm Giant's heart was quite emotional, because he knew that in this universe, because of the war between the giants and the dragons.

There are very few Storm Giants left, so few that the normal reproduction of Storm Giants has become a problem.

However, due to internal strife, the Giant Gods lost a crucial figure. Although these sons of the Giant God-Kings were not the creators of the Storm Giants, the Storm Giants were their important supporters.

The God-King's displeasure was the reason the Storm Giants gradually headed towards destruction.

With the Storm Giants' numbers increasing, it was hard for the God-King not to worry about the return of his son.

Titans, after all, have a tendency to commit patricide. The God-King's prophecy... the God-King himself had overthrown his father to ascend to his position.

The reason for the severe clan hierarchy within the Giants was that the God-King feared rebellion from those below, that his throne would be shaken by his sons.

And wouldn't you know it, after meditating, Artlan felt his mental strength rapidly increase. If it was 100 before, it's now 101.

Although it's just an increase of 1, it took him five years to go from a value of about 10 at birth to the current 100. For five whole years, even though he was eating, drinking, and playing, his cultivation still drove the growth of his mental strength.

However, mental strength isn't the focus of Druid spellcasting. Druid spellcasting lies in the perception and harmony with external energy. Mental strength can enhance the power and control of spells.

But that doesn't mean a Druid can't cast spells without mental strength.

"One bottle a day from now on. You will cultivate here with me for a month."

"A month? That's too short! Master, are you unwilling to part with your potions? I can make magical cuisine for you as a reward."

Faced with Artlan's questioning, the Storm Giant said with a dark face:

"Do you think brewing this kind of potion is a simple matter? Just cultivating those medicinal herbs takes a lot of time. I only have enough herbs to brew thirty bottles right now."

"Once you've finished drinking them, you can get lost."

Artlan quickly said:

"If you need any materials, senior, just say the word. I have some friends in the forest who are quite good at planting magical herbs. I can get them to help with the planting."

"Do you think just any herb will do? The herbs used for the Storm Mental Enhancement Potion must be grown on cloud fields, and they require a lot of energy input."

"I'm already struggling to feed so many Frost Giants, where would I find more land to help you plant herbs?"

Artlan immediately said:

"Senior, I think it's a waste to use such precious cloud fields to grow food. Cloud fields, such magical domains, should be used to grow rare herbs and cultivate high-quality magical beasts!"

The Storm Giant coldly snorted.

"Then what will the Frost Giants eat? Don't think that they've built a few farms. That's because my cloud fields cultivated the seeds for them to plant. Otherwise, seeds planted in the snow will constantly degrade."

"This year, one plant can still produce five pounds of grain. Next year, one plant will only have three pounds left. The year after that, it will only have two pounds. The number of Frost Giants still needs to increase according to my plan."

Artlan's eyes widened.

"You still want to increase their numbers? Doesn't that mean the dwarves will be driven away?"

The Storm Giant curiously asked:

"Why drive away the dwarves?"

"Because the area suitable for farming on the snow peak is so small. You can't really expect the Frost Giants to climb up the steep snow peaks to farm, can you?"

"If they can't farm, they can go to the seaside to raise fish. Don't forget that the west side of the snow peak is the sea. Compared to the Cloud Giants who show off their nobility by living in Cloud Sea Manors, most Storm Giants actually prefer living by the sea."

"The sky above the sea is the most suitable place for us Storm Giants to display our power. Besides, the ones I'm cultivating aren't ordinary Frost Giants, so they shouldn't just live in the snow mountains."

Artlan curiously asked:

"Master, could this new giant be a combination of the bloodline advantages of the Storm, Cloud, and Frost Giants, a powerful species that can live on land, sea, and air?"

The Storm Giant shook his head with a smile.

"Unfortunately, I'm just a Quasi-God, not even a Titan. Naturally, I can't cultivate a Giant race perfect for the Gods. They are actually a type of giant that can't walk on clouds, can't breathe underwater, and can't even withstand the cold."

Artlan was dumbfounded.

"Master, did you create a blank slate giant? Then aren't they just a large human? Besides being big, they don't have any bloodline advantages?"

The Storm Giant shook his head.

"Hill Giants are the big ones. Their size is very average among giants. Fortunately, their intelligence is quite good. It was precisely because I saw their malleability."

"That I chose to promote this template of Giant race."

Artlan nodded.

"Indeed, it's easier to draw on a blank sheet of paper."

No wonder he felt that these new Frost Giants were more cunning than the real Frost Giants. It turned out that the Frost bloodline wasn't suppressing their brains!

"Can they awaken bloodline powers?"

"They can, but the chances are small. This bit of elemental affinity is not as good as trying to become a mage, so I also need to stock up on some mental strength potions for them to use."

Artlan then said with a smile:

"Since they are now large humans, why not let them try the mental strength potions used by humans? Giants need a larger dose. I will have my Druid companions try to cultivate giantized herbs."

"Senior, rest assured, we will definitely be able to meet the needs of the blank slate giants!"

The Storm Giant smiled.

"Alright, I'll leave it to you. If the Druid potions you make really work for them, I'll cover all your future potions. What I gave you just now was the basic version."

"This potion is generally provided to the children of Storm Giants, as well as the mages among the Fire Giants and Frost Giants."

"There's also an advanced version, generally provided to Storm Giant teenagers, as well as Cloud Giant mages. As for the highest-level, the prestigious version, it's provided to adult Storm Giants."

Artlan gasped and asked:

"All Storm Giants can drink it, while only mages of other races can drink it?"

"Because Storm Giants are born mages and warriors, just like you dragons are born sorcerers. We start mastering profession levels from childhood."

"After adulthood, the profession level is generally around level 10, which is basically a little faster than the growth rate of you dragons. This is why we Storm Giants are the highest level of Giant."

"And this growth rate is inseparable from this Storm Mental Enhancement Potion!"

"Master, besides mental enhancement potions, are there also flesh and blood enhancement potions?"

The Storm Giant said with a smile:

"Yes, would you like some? Your dragon body isn't big enough yet. Drinking more flesh and blood enhancement potions should allow you to catch up to me."

Artlan quickly shook his head.

"No, no."