Under the Red Dragon

Karon's body was now extremely large, his outstretched wings spanning over twenty meters, taller than some of the low-rise castles built by human nobles.

When he soared in the heavens, he was like a flying castle, and because this red dragon's wings and body structure differed from ordinary dragons, his flight speed far exceeded that of other dragons.

When he flew at full speed, he could even break the sound barrier, and the gale inadvertently stirred up by his wings could overturn small and weak creatures such as green-skinned goblins and kobolds.

However, he didn't need to fly at full speed when hunting, as it consumed too much stamina and magic. Karon simply soared leisurely in the high sky, carefully searching for his prey.

Those ferocious species with intelligence that could be communicated with were ignored by Karon. Although these creatures were strong and produced a lot of meat, they had already been incorporated into the dragon's nest defense system and were considered his own.

He quickly found his target, a lone male grassland elephant.

This male elephant was over seven meters long, one of its yellowed white tusks was broken, and its body seemed a little staggering. It was obviously a loser who had failed to compete with other male elephants for mating rights and leadership in the summer.

Such creatures were not easy to grow, requiring a large amount of grass to grow a little meat.

If there weren't so few of these creatures, they would have been hunted clean by these dragons long ago to protect the ecological balance within their territory.

However, this lone male elephant was not within Karon's protection range. Although this creature possessed a large body, strength, and long tusks, if it was alone, it would be preyed upon by carnivorous ferocious species on the grassland.

Rather than feeding it to other beasts, it was better to fill the dragon's stomach.

Karon moved nimbly in the sky, swooping down like an eagle rushing towards its prey from the sky, his sharp claws deeply penetrating the body of the male elephant, which had not yet detected the danger and was coiling food with its trunk.

Although this giant elephant's weight was calculated in tons, the red dragon could easily lift it.

The dragon's powerful claws pierced through the giant elephant's back like iron hooks, lifting the giant elephant like an eagle catching a rabbit, and flapping its wings towards its lair.

Although there were not many creatures on the grassland that could threaten this red dragon now, the red dragon had become extremely cautious. He would not eat in the wild without defense, he would take the food back to his lair and enjoy it slowly.

Bang, the heavy prey was thrown by Karon onto the stone next to the volcano basin, and Karon began to enjoy his dinner.

After being replenished with sufficient food, Karon jumped into the lava lake that was almost filling the entire volcanic basin. This lava had begun to flow out of the basin through relatively low-lying terrain.

Fortunately, this lava solidified into strips and blocks after flowing out not far due to the mixture of sand, soil, and air-drying, and over time, these solidified lava would become part of the rock that makes up this mountain.

Karon first took a beautiful swim in the hot lava lake, washing away the occasional blood stains of prey and dander between his scales.

Then he stopped, and he prepared to cast a protective spell for his lair. This was a inherited spell that he awakened when he transformed from a young dragon into a juvenile dragon.

This spell was called 'Awakened Dream Unity', forming a warning spell similar to a full-scale protective shield within a certain range.

Although this spell had no lethality, it was especially important for dragons.

Because under the obstruction and warning of this spell, any creature, even astral creatures and ethereal creatures, entering the warning range of this spell would be discovered, and then awaken the dragon's active perception.

This spell was more important to dragons than other lethal spells, because every time a dragon transitioned to the next age stage, when its bloodline grew again, it needed to enter a long period of sleep. The more powerful the dragon, the longer it slept.

However, even those adult dragons or even legendary dragons, if they were not careful after entering sleep, they would be killed by other creatures who intended to slay dragons. There were many such examples in Karon's inherited memory.

This kind of talent spell that emerged from the dragon's bloodline always had a feeling of lottery in Karon's eyes. Fortunately, Karon was lucky this time and won this extremely useful spell.

However, this spell required the magic power on the dragon's body to continuously supply energy, and it was originally cast on the dragon itself.

But Karon planned to use the abundant magic power in the volcanic lava lake as an energy node to supply this spell, and the spell would be cast on the entire volcanic basin, covering Karon's lair and the entire mountain.

This would give Karon an extra layer of security when he slept in the lava lake in the future.

As a spellcasting method awakened from the dragon's bloodline, it was different from those magics. The red dragon only needed to use his will to control the magic power in his body to resonate with the spell seeds in his bloodline.

Then a faint invisible ripple rose from under the red dragon's feet and spread in all directions, and then covered the entire volcanic lava lake like a罩zi.

This spell was extremely secretive, and it was difficult for other creatures to discover except for Karon. Even those masters who were proficient in stealth and sneak could hardly find traces of 'Awakened Dream Unity' without knowing it.

Karon also dug a wide downward cave on the higher side wall of the volcanic basin, which would be the cave he used to collect his treasures.

The high threshold blocked the flowing and gushing lava, but then there was a passage straight down, which was equivalent to a natural trap.

Entering the red dragon's cave rashly without knowing it would only fall into the deep cave. If a lucky adventurer could break through the siege and come here, he might end up in this simple trap due to carelessness.

After digging a downward passage of about nearly a hundred meters, Karon avoided those lava channels spewing lava and dug a wide cave in the mountain belly.

This cave was extremely dry because it was close to the lava channel emitting high temperatures.

Karon also used his talent to control the earth to renovate the cave well, strengthening the stone walls of the cave to the extent that even his dragon claws could not easily destroy it.

Then he spat out those rare ores and various gems treasured in his storage stomach, including a fist-sized, crystal-clear, blood-red fire magic gem, which was a good thing Karon found underground.

Finally, Karon used dragon language to activate magic power and released a spell that almost all dragons must learn on these treasures - Treasure Guardian.

Under the effect of this spell, if anyone wanted to take even a tiny bit of treasure from the treasure without Karon's permission, its carrier would feel nauseous and vomit.

If you want to avoid vomiting, you can only put down the treasure, otherwise the effect will be enhanced and gradually become so heavy that you cannot move.

Of course, if this person's strength is stronger than Karon's, he can also find a way to avoid this effect.

After completing this series of protective measures, Karon climbed up the passage with peace of mind and then re-entered the lava lake that was constantly rolling out sulfurous odors and flames.

The abundant fire magic power poured into the red dragon's body, causing the red dragon's spirit to feel a little sleepy.

So he closed his eyes and sank his entire body into the lava lake, and he could finally rest peacefully.

The massive and violent fire magic power, which was also considered massive and violent for other creatures and even other dragons, enveloped the red dragon's body, making the sleeping red dragon seem to exist in embryonic gestation.

Those violent energies for the outside world became gentle under the red dragon's body, and turned into trickling and gentle energy to begin to penetrate every scale and every inch of skin on the red dragon's body.

The red and golden scales on the red dragon's body became more supple under the abundant energy, and a faint firelight rose up.

Under the nourishment of the firelight, these red scales were slowly becoming deeper.

Other magic powers mixed in these fire magic powers were also pushed away by the firelight on the red dragon's body, squeezed in the rolling lava lake, and gradually solidified under the strong pressure of the excessively abundant fire magic power.

Small crystals also began to float in this constantly flowing lava lake with the passage of time, emitting a strange brilliance, like precious gems.

But even the most precious gems in the world cannot be compared with these crystals, because these crystals are pure magic crystals formed by other species of magic power under strong pressure.

These are the magic gems that are considered extremely precious in the eyes of mages, which can not only supply the needs of mages for cultivation, but also are necessary materials for many magic arrays, especially high-level spells, which especially require this kind of gem containing pure magic power.

Only some earth and metal magic powers can approach the red dragon's body under the squeezing of such abundant fire elements, and be absorbed by the sleeping red dragon one by one.

This is derived from the red dragon's awakened talent of the king of earth and metal, and spontaneously absorbs the required elemental magic power for growth.

The red dragon's body floating in the lava lake is also slowly growing under the nourishment of massive elemental magic power. Under his super-limited growth talent, massive magic power is like being attracted by a black hole, and begins to slowly gather with the red dragon's body as the center.

Beginning to form an elemental storm centered on the red dragon in the lava lake.

At first, it was just like a breeze blowing over the agitated and splashed lava. As time went by, these heavy lava and impurities wrapped in the lava began to rotate like a slowly stirred vortex.

Affected by the red dragon's power, countless rising lava in the underground lava channel overflowed and splashed around in the stirred vortex, turning the entire volcanic basin into an extremely dangerous forbidden area.

The excessive lava accelerated the pace of overflowing the lava lake, and the gurgling lava flowing down from the top of the mountain, emitting high-temperature heat and sulfur, gradually enveloped the entire mountain.

The steaming hot wind and sulfurous breath gradually enveloped the entire mountain.