The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

If the little merman hadn't mastered the technique of quickly making spearheads, he would have definitely felt that offering five hundred spearheads as a reward for a hobgoblin was too wasteful, but now it's different.

Although it's a bit tiring, he can make a hundred a day, so five hundred is only five days' worth of work.

After grinding all the obsidian that Taishan brought, the little merman suddenly had an idea and asked:

"Teacher Taishan, can this water element grinding be used to grind bones?"

Although Taishan had never used this spell to grind bones, he thought it was possible.

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"You can try it, but it's not necessary. There's a whole mountain of obsidian in the forest, and it's easy to obtain. Suitable bones are harder to find, so focus on practicing grinding obsidian."

The little merman shook his head and said:

"I was thinking that since Dragon Lord is offering a reward for obsidian spearheads, then bone spearheads and arrowheads should also be valuable to the rainforest tribes. We can completely use cheaper bone weapons to bribe the rainforest tribes, right?"

Attilan smiled and praised him:

"You have good ideas. The merman tribe will definitely be revived in your hands. From today on, your name is Thrall. This is the name of a powerful shaman. I hope that one day, you can become a powerful shaman like him."

"Thank you, Dragon Lord. Thrall will definitely work hard!"

A flame of fighting spirit ignited in the eyes of the little merman, Thrall.

In fact, Taishan didn't notice that Thrall was very stiff when he first ground the obsidian, but the second time he was much more agile, showing that he is a talented water element shaman.

As for whether he can extend this talent to the other three elements, it depends on his wisdom and effort. Communicating with the elements, talent is not the most important thing.

Yago, who arrived late, explained to Attilan with slight embarrassment:

"I'm sorry, a few mastiffs suddenly needed to give birth, so I was busy helping her give birth until now. I've kept you waiting."

"It's okay. You're late, but it's good that they got an extra day off. Look, the big black bull even seized the opportunity to learn a new skill."

Yago turned his head and saw the big black bull working with the little merman to make spearheads.

"Is he still going?"

"Of course, I will leave a centaur to be responsible for transporting obsidian ore to him, and bring back the spearhead prototypes he has shaped. Anyway, this centaur's job is to act as a messenger."

"Running two hundred kilometers a day is just a warm-up for him."

These centaurs have also gained a weak affinity for the wind element, and can run faster. Running more helps them perceive and control the wind element, which is their practice.

"Okay, then shall we set off now?"

"Yago, I'm entrusting them to you."

Yago smiled slightly.

"I'm still counting on them to help my hometown in the south resist the invading gnolls."

Yago's trip will open the door for Attilan to control the halfling town. As for when he will completely step in, it depends on his needs.

Attilan was thinking, how could such a small merman tribe of less than a hundred people produce so many talents, like Old Merman, Fisher, Thrall, Fizz, and Anzu?

Fizz and Anzu are the wanderer apprentices number one and number two. Their names were arranged long ago, but their current performance doesn't deserve those names.

Anzu is not bad. Although he is usually silent, he has never relaxed his wanderer training. Even when the leopard woman asked them to carry firewood yesterday, Anzu was practicing the wanderer's silent step.

When he becomes a level 2 wanderer before Fizz, the name Anzu will belong to him, and at the same time, it will stimulate the outgoing number one.

Although Attilan has high hopes for him, hoping that he can become a trickster assassin who controls the water element and communicates with the shark spirits, a hero like Tidecaller Fizz.

But if he really doesn't live up to expectations, the name Fizz will belong to the next little merman with the corresponding talent.

Suddenly, the elusive bear man appeared, holding a bowl of steaming potion.

"Master, how long do I have to drink this medicine for?"

"Be content with your current life. The first stage of treatment only requires you and some bitter medicine. By the second stage, life solidification can no longer be used."

"Then you will know how wonderful it is now."

Even the bear man thought it was a bitter life, so how bitter would it be!

Attilan's face instantly changed.

"Master, when is the second stage?"

"Once the high-temperature burns caused by the heavenly lightning on your dragon body are healed, and the basic life functions are restored, you can start the next stage."

Wait a minute, the basic ability to operate life force, Attilan suddenly had a very bad idea, and weakly asked:

"Master, you're not planning to let me heal myself, are you?"

"Is there a problem? Have I not taught you the secret technique to heal yourself? I taught you the secret technique to save your life and cultivate, but you used it in the Wild God ritual to show your power."

"You're very good!"

"Master, as a dragon, I think it's okay to be called a Wild God, right?"

The bear man glared at him and directly gave him a five-sense amplification technique.

"Wild God, that's what dragons at least at the Ancient Dragon stage dare to call themselves. Do you think you deserve it? A Wild God who almost became roasted suckling pig?"

The five-sense amplification technique not only made the taste of the medicine in Attilan's mouth more obvious, but also instantly amplified the pain on his body more than ten times, making him honestly shut his mouth.

"Get used to it more. In the future, you will have to cultivate under this level of pain. Controlling life is not that easy to learn, but after you learn it, its value to you will be immeasurable."

"Even an ordinary bear man like me has developed the Thunder Roar form you mentioned. Think about it, you are a sea dragon, how powerful will the form you develop be?"

Okay, old man, after spending half a year with me, you have also learned to draw me a pie!

However, what the bear man said seems to make sense. If he masters life control and gradually develops his new form, maybe his sea dragon body can grow to the point of being comparable to a legendary dragon species.

The Ancient Dragon stage of legendary dragons has the ability to compete with some weaker gods, and that challenge rating of fifty-plus makes everyone tremble with fear.

Even if they, these ordinary true dragons, become advanced dragons, they don't know how many thousands or tens of thousands of years it will take to have a challenge rating of 50.

The challenge rating of the Ancient Dragon stage of sea dragons is only 24. Based on his cultivation results in the past six months, the growth of his dragon body to the Ancient Dragon stage can reach 25, which is not bad.

Of course, after mastering life control, Attilan believes that his Ancient Dragon challenge rating can be pulled up to level 30 or higher.

This serious injury is a crisis, but also an opportunity. By using the pure elemental lightning energy hidden in his internal organs to cultivate life control, it is also the beginning of his transformation towards a more perfect dragon form.

"Master, do you think it's better for me to develop in the direction of a life dragon, or in the direction of controlling all elements?"

The bear man coldly asked back:

"It's only just dark, have you started dreaming before going to sleep? Or should I give you a brain activation technique to help you think it through?"

“Never mind I asked.”

Artie Lynn weakly shrunk back.

The bear-man turned to leave, but paused after two steps.

“Although it might seem a bit ambitious for you, I believe that mastering the four elements would be a more suitable direction for your development. Have you forgotten that the Elemental Dragons were created by the Elemental Dragon God?”

“Legend says the Elemental Dragon God mastered the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire. The most suitable path for you is to obtain the divine seat he left behind and become the Elemental Dragon God who protects the Elemental Dragon race.”

“Compared to the Godslayer Dragon, I think you should first consider advancing to the dragon advanced class, Elemental Master.”

The Elemental Master was indeed a class, but Artie Lynn believed he could advance to Godslayer Dragon first, because one of the advancement requirements for Godslayer Dragon was to consume all the treasures in a dragon hoard worth no less than 100,000 gold coins.

If he leveled up to a Level 12 Elemental Master and then went back to advance to Godslayer Dragon, Artie Lynn didn't know how much wealth the Nature Empire would have helped him accumulate by then.

But without a million gold coins, Artie Lynn certainly wouldn't approve.

“Master, can I advance to Godslayer Dragon first and then advance to Elemental Master? I think Godslayer Dragon is more valuable than Elemental Master.”

“After all, legendary druids should also have similar advanced classes with the same specializations and skills as Elemental Masters, right?”

The bear-man only glanced at Artie Lynn silently, said nothing more, and directly turned to leave, making Artie Lynn wonder if he had said something wrong.

In order not to interfere with Artie Lynn's treatment, the obsidian spearhead production line was moved the next day to a location further away from the Oak Hall and closer to the obsidian mine.

The three minotaurs who had originally come to learn earth element shaping directly became miners collecting obsidian, but they weren't using pickaxes, but earth element!

Because their earth element manipulation skills were too poor, Tyron had finally come up with this training method last night: two mine, one continues to shape.

Tyron casually reinforced the dozens of obsidian pieces they dug out together, which was also his new training method for earth element shaping. Mainly, he wanted to see the limit of how many spearheads the kobolds could grind in a day.

While Tyron and the others were working enthusiastically, Artie Lynn's progress was also rapid.

Only on the third day did Artie Lynn notice that the redness in his body began to fade. Only then did he clearly feel how difficult it was to deal with the foreign energy entrenched in his internal organs, and it was indeed the best condition for practicing life control.

But it was painful!

He wanted to try using life force to digest these energies, but the bear-man wasn't around, and he didn't dare to try new things casually anymore.

When the bear-man brought today's external application ointment, he finally had a chance to ask.

“Master, can I try to guide the elemental lightning from my internal organs out to digest it now?”

“Don't rush. You haven't built a complete outer life barrier yet. Mobilizing these pure energies will cause leakage, which is too wasteful and unfair to the pain you're enduring.”

Artie Lynn's mouth twitched. Don't think he didn't know that forcing the energy that would have leaked to stay in the body for digestion would only cause greater pain.

But if his control was strong enough to suppress the elemental lightning to operate in the prescribed pathways, he could suffer less pain, depending on his willpower.

Anyway, with the bear-man around, he wouldn't die, and the bear-man wouldn't allow a trace of energy to leak, so as not to destroy the egg of life constructed by life control.

The egg of life was the key to shaping a new form, somewhat similar to the metamorphosis of a silkworm, which was the process of an insect melting in a cocoon and then transforming into a new form.

Of course, the egg of life wasn't that perverted, but the pain wouldn't be any less.

The process of slow transformation was more painful, but it was safer, and you wouldn't lose your life due to a single failure.

The egg of life was the ultimate mystery of life control. Obviously, Artie Lynn, a nobody who couldn't even completely shape the outer cycle of the dragon body, let alone touch the inner cycle, couldn't do it.

If it weren't for the fact that the conditions were really rare this time, the bear-man was adhering to the principle that since Artie Lynn had already sought stimulation, then he should carry it through to the end. Since the injury had already been suffered, it couldn't be suffered in vain.

With the pain of the egg of life transforming, the bear-man didn't think it was forcing growth. Even if Artie Lynn could endure half of the pain, it would already be a rare cultivation.

Two more days passed, and Artie Lynn's body had completely returned to its original emerald green. The bear-man finally brought not a medicinal soup, but a bowl of green life spring water.

“Specially made life spring water can help you build the outer cycle and lock in the elemental lightning from leaking. From today onwards, building the outer cycle cannot use life solidification.”

“You are at risk of death at any time. Before you die, I will step in and pull you back, and then you will continue to build the outer cycle until you succeed.”

“Then what happens after the outer cycle is successfully built?”

The bear-man didn't answer his question, but directly poured the life spring water down his throat.

“You'll know after you've built it.”

The life spring water began to take effect, and the boiling life energy stimulated the elemental lightning to stir in his internal organs. Artie Lynn's eyes were full of bloodshot, but he could only grit his teeth and begin to shape the outer cycle.

This process lasted for a full seven days. In the middle, he nearly died once and was pulled back by the bear-man. His spirit almost collapsed, but he recovered after being soothed by Vine Woman. Finally, he succeeded!

Artie Lynn felt that there was nothing in this world that could stump him anymore. At this moment, he was infinitely confident.

“Master, what's the next step!”

“Build the inner cycle.”

Looking at the bear-man's smile, Artie Lynn felt a darkness before his eyes.

“Actually, you've already guessed it, haven't you? The inner and outer layers of opposite life cycles grind away the elemental lightning in the body, and the special life field generated during the grinding process is the egg of life!”

Vine Woman sent out a burst of spirit-lifting floral fragrance at the right time.

“Half of it is already over. The difficulty of the inner cycle is smaller than the outer cycle, it's just that it will be more painful. I will help you adjust your spirit so that you can persevere until the day you succeed.”

After Vine Woman encouraged him, the bear-man sternly opened his mouth.

“You've already come this far, do you want to give up? Then wouldn't the suffering you've endured before be in vain?”

The bear-man knew very well that his disciple's biggest shortcoming was that he couldn't stand to suffer losses.

Artie Lynn gritted his teeth.

“Master, let's do it!”

This time it only took five days for the inner cycle to be built.

“Master, I succeeded!”

“Very good, leave the next step to me.”

The next step of the great life millstone required the bear-man to help him stabilize it.

As the two layers of life cycles began to rotate relative to each other, a layer of fluorescent green energy field enveloped Artie Lynn, looking like an egg from a distance.

When Artie Lynn broke out of the cocoon one day, having experienced life, death, and pain, he could be considered a true dragon!