The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

The Steam Dragon, with its iron-gray scales and sharply chiseled face, spoke in a tone devoid of inflection or emotion.

"I've come to see how you'll defeat those three."

Attilan raised an eyebrow, summoning a ball of clean water to wash the blood from his hands.

"As I thought, they all say the Steam Dragon clan's power ranks near the bottom among the elemental dragons, but they don't understand a simple truth: relying solely on innate bloodline power won't get you far."

Forget about quasi-gods or dragon gods; if old bloodline power is the only factor for growth, not just elemental dragons, but all types of dragons will struggle to reach the ancient dragon stage.

In Attilan's fantasy universe, at the same level, a challenge level difference of four similar professional levels might not be enough to contend, but six, eight, or even ten, should be enough to win, or even kill.

Humans have become the dominant species in one material world after another because they have universal adaptability to almost all professions, coupled with their bloodline talent: reproduction!

When the human population reaches a certain base, geniuses will naturally emerge. The dragon's bloodline talent is undoubtedly the best in the universe, but they can still be surrounded and killed.

Attilan believes that even against gods, a human wave tactic can produce good results.

Regardless of what Attilan said, the Steam Dragon maintained a cold expression.

"I don't understand why you're telling me this, but if you have nothing else, I'll go back to eating."

Attilan sighed.

"Brother, don't you usually eat? Or is your usual fare too poor? Audreys' birthday party did prepare some good food, but it's not like it's irreplaceable, right?"

"Is it really that good?"

The Steam Dragon turned and walked straight toward Crystal City, his feet stirring up clouds of white mist as he stepped on the water's surface.

The Mountain Wyvern roared and crashed onto the water's surface, creating a huge splash.

"You guys are still here? I thought you'd slunk away after waking up. Why do you keep provoking me!"

A flash of emerald light, Attilan reverted to his Ocean Wyvern form, stirring up surging waves as he dove into the lake. Soon, the clear lake water was stained red with the Mountain Wyverns' blood.

After tossing the two battered Mountain Wyverns onto the island, Attilan thoughtfully healed their superficial wounds.

"After that punch, I thought you'd realized you couldn't beat me. Why did you still come at me? How should I save fools like you!"

The Mountain Wyvern that had been knocked down and lying on the ground at the beginning had just woken up when he saw his two brothers being thrown down beside him. Sensing the chilling dragon might emanating from Attilan, he silently closed his eyes again.

Attilan noticed his actions and smiled.

He originally thought this "goblin bear" was the dumbest of the bunch, but now it seemed this guy was wise beyond his years. As long as there were no accidents, this dragon would probably be the longest-lived of the three Mountain Wyverns.

"Remember, don't provoke me in the future. Next time, it won't end so easily. And one more thing, if you really want to win Audreys' favor..."

"Then join the united front and show Audreys your strength. My strength isn't actually that great. If you work hard, you might even surpass me."

Attilan wasn't lying to them. If he hadn't gained another opportunity for rapid growth after entering the juvenile dragon stage, allowing his biological level to quickly rise from level 8 to level 10 in just three months...

His Druid level had also increased from level 8 to level 11 due to constantly tempering his soul in the Emerald Dream, coupled with the storm giant's arranged mental training and the mage's energy manipulation skill training.

He really wouldn't necessarily be able to easily defeat one adult and two nearly adult Mountain Wyverns.

Although they didn't have professional levels, their challenge levels were 10 and 12 respectively. Even if they weren't skilled enough in using their own power, they could at least unleash half of it.

If the three dragons coordinated well enough, they could actually fight Attilan to a standstill.

But clearly, the Mountain Wyverns had a strong sense of territory, and the three brothers, who relied on their parents, had obviously never fought against a strong enemy, unlike Attilan, who barely had a Tiger-man to train with in real combat.

Unfortunately, the Tiger-man was no longer qualified to be Attilan's opponent, unless she could develop Wind-Thunder Wings or successfully temper her Tiger-man body with Wind-Thunder elements.

Transforming her from an ordinary beast-form Tiger-man into a Wind-Thunder Patterned White Tiger-man. The challenge level of an ordinary Tiger-man was 4. Although Attilan didn't know how much strength could be gained by infusing Wind-Thunder elements to enhance the body and develop new forms...

But according to the Bear-man's deduction, the challenge level of a Wind-Thunder Tiger-man would be at least 8, and the strengthened claws would be very sharp, preventing them from failing to break through Attilan's dragon scale defense.

If the Tiger-man could raise her Monk level to 16 or 17 within ten years, she should be able to barely fight Attilan to a standstill.

Why ten years? Because in ten years, Attilan would enter the adolescent dragon stage and usher in his second life growth, which would widen the gap even further.

The Tiger-man would have no hope of beating him completely.

This was actually a very ideal situation, because it didn't take into account that Attilan might undergo a second life transformation within ten years.

Life Mastery was indeed the most core secret technique of the School of Life. Attilan thought that the first life transformation would greatly reduce the high-speed growth effect of his juvenile dragon stage.

As a result, Life Mastery brought additional growth, without overdrafting the practitioner's original potential, and theoretically, the number of times a life transformation could be performed had no limit.

It was just that the risk of failure for the next transformation would increase after each transformation, very similar to strengthening equipment. Of course, the success rate of the transformation could also be improved through various methods.

Attilan turned to look for the Steam Dragon, but only saw his back as he walked into the gate.

After transforming back into his fair-skinned, handsome dragon-human form, Attilan touched his emerald dragon horns and said unhappily:

"Now that you're awake, shouldn't we go back, you three?"

Since Attilan had said so, the Mountain Wyverns, who were pretending to be dead on the ground, could only slowly get up. After looking at each other, they slowly bypassed Attilan and flew toward Crystal City.

Attilan also strode gracefully through the waves, pushed back to the city gate, only to run into Audreys circling the three Mountain Wyverns with great interest.

Seeing Attilan, Audreys asked:

"What were you guys doing just now? Why do they three look so dusty and disheveled?"

Damn it, how could there be such stupid fellows? After a fight, they don't even know to cast a cleansing spell on themselves to remove the marks on their bodies.

"It's nothing. We were just chatting about combat and got carried away. These three big brothers insisted on teaching me a special move to deal with human monks. I couldn't refuse them, so I had to come out here and learn."

"You guys agree, right?"

As a result, the goblin reacted the fastest, nodding quickly and saying:

"Ah... Yes, yes, yes! His talent is very good, he learns as soon as he's taught, and he even has a few of his own little ideas. In short, he's very powerful."

"Is that so?"

Odessa suspiciously looked at the four of them. Just now, the merman servant had reported to her that Artie was being carried out of the city by three mountain wyverns.

She was just about to come and see what was going on when Artie and the others returned. If Artie couldn't win, she could reluctantly help Artie mediate.

But accordingly, Artie would be crossed off her list of husband candidates.

As a result, the battle ended faster than she thought, and it was obvious that Artie had won.

"It's nothing big. Let's go back and continue talking about that steam dragon. I can be sure that he definitely has a big secret, and digging it out will help us both improve our ocean wyvern bloodline power."

Odessa's eyes lit up.

"Are you sure?"

"That guy's strength should be stronger than mine. If we two fight, I'll probably lose."

After the goblin used the cleansing spell, he turned into a tall and mighty elf. Curious again and again, he still opened his mouth and asked:

"That steam dragon, is he really that strong?"

Artie looked deeply in the direction of the venue.

"Very strong. It wouldn't take him much effort to kill me."

Of course, Artie didn't say that the steam dragon would probably die with him.

After the training in the Emerald Dream, Artie's soul perception had greatly improved. On the steam dragon, he could feel a faint threat of death.

This steam dragon, he should have mastered a bit of the steam dragon's unique explosive power. Detonating the steam could kill Artie, but he himself would also be killed.

Because this kind of power is difficult to control, it may explode as soon as it's released.

This thing doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, otherwise, those who killed the most steam dragons wouldn't be themselves.

"Then what are we waiting for? I'll personally invite him. I believe he will definitely give me this face!"

Odessa took the lead and confidently walked towards the steam dragon.

The steam dragon seemed to have really not eaten for a long time, and kept stuffing things into his mouth.

"I remember, your name is Punk. Are you interested in joining my team? With me and Artie helping you stabilize your dragon body, you don't have to worry about being blown up by your own steam again."

Artie carefully checked the information about steam dragons in his inherited memory. They are like pressure cookers, and need to be cultivated by pressurizing.

However, the material of the dragon body, that is, the pressure cooker body, may not be up to standard. After pressurization, it is very likely to explode, and they generally only know how to pressurize, but not how to release air.

"Hey, stop eating. This is a buffet. You're the only one sitting at this table eating, and you're going to eat half of the things on the whole table."

Then Artie saw the merman carrying a large plate of dishes, and when he looked to the side, there was actually an empty table.

"You've already eaten a whole table?"

The steam dragon finally nodded.

"Yes."

This kind of aloof weirdo is indeed more restrained than Artie, who is a... master of socializing. If he doesn't speak, how can he sell his wares?

"Can I ask, why do you like to eat so much?"

Odessa said in a cold tone:

"Why is the serving speed so slow!"

"Don't blame them, I'm eating too fast."

The mermen were also crying without tears. Which dragon came to the banquet to eat? The dragon's appetite is open to eat, and their speed of making dishes naturally can't keep up.

Punk glanced at Odessa and stopped eating.

"If you have anything to ask, ask me now."

"So you didn't listen to anything I said just now?"

"Sorry, when I'm eating, I put all my energy into sensing the deliciousness of the food. Only food makes me feel like I'm still alive, meaningful, and fulfilling."

"Steam dragons must cherish every day. Although we have a long lifespan, we rarely have a day of natural death. We usually don't have the opportunity to eat like this."

"Today it's rare to see so many kinds of food, I think it's a waste to put it on the table and not eat it."

Artie looked at him in surprise. There are actually dragons who think food is wasted?

"Hey, where do you usually live? It feels like the food around you isn't very sufficient."

"The Arctic. My parents are both steam dragons. They discovered that in the Arctic, the surrounding cold environment can be used to suppress our explosive power, and the difficulty of practicing and mastering the power will also be reduced accordingly."

"The most important thing is that besides steam dragons, only frost dragons can have children with stable bloodlines with steam dragons."

Artie nodded. This is indeed the case. According to records, the dragon eggs born from other dragons and steam dragons are either stillborn or the dragon eggs explode.

On the contrary, with frost dragons, they can give birth to a kind of ice mist wyvern.

This is indeed a wyvern. How should I put it, it can actually be considered a dragon. After all, the intelligence and ability of the ice mist wyvern are only a little weaker than the white dragon.

White dragons are considered dragons, why not ice mist wyverns.

Artie asked curiously:

"So you've lived in the Arctic since you were a child. Have you found a girlfriend?"

The steam dragon shook his head.

"No, although I met a beautiful frost dragon lady, she didn't like me, or rather, she didn't want her offspring to be ice mist wyverns, so she rejected me."

Odessa rolled her eyes at Artie.

"What kind of questions are you asking?"

"Punk, how is your steam explosion practice going? What's the maximum power?"

The steam dragon has a natural spell that can gather water and fire elements to form an energy ball and produce an explosion. Of course, they can also mobilize the steam elements in their bodies to cast spells.

But generally they don't do this, there is a risk of breaking their own energy coordination and self-detonating.

But Punk said lightly:

"Once when I was hunting underwater, I encountered that frost dragon lady being besieged by a group of frost giants. I mobilized the steam elements in my body and blew up eighteen frost giants in one go."

"An eight-meter-deep ice layer also broke open into a large hole nearly one kilometer wide."

Artie was stunned in surprise.

"You even saved the damsel in distress, and she still didn't agree to be your wife?"