Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 244: Dragon Transformation
Although Taotao has accumulated enough fire and dark energy, in addition to upgrading at least one level and evolving into a tenth-level lower-level Hell Dragon, it needs to consume a lot of energy. At the last moment, it has to go through the life-and-death test of "Dragon Transformation". I have no relevant experience in this area, and I don't know what I will encounter. In addition, Hades may also secretly make trouble to obstruct and sabotage, which can't help but increase my worries. In order to try to ensure that Taotao can successfully complete the evolution and avoid any accidents, before it enters the "Hell Magma Pool" and prepares to start evolving, I gritted my teeth and let it swallow the hard-won "Millennium Fire Lotus". For a Fire Dragon Beast that is only at the upper level of level eight, the energy that the "Millennium Fire Lotus" can provide is a considerable amount of energy. Fortunately, it has a great demand for energy during the evolution period, and the energy is contained and produced in the body, so it has a strong ability to withstand it. Coupled with the neutralizing effect of my mental power, there is no need to worry that it will explode and die from excessive energy. Regardless of whether there is any benefit in giving Taotao another "Millennium Fire Lotus" when the fire attribute energy is already fully stored, as long as it does not cause any adverse reactions, I will feel more at ease.
Although I don't want to, I have to admit that those top players of various professions who already have level 10, especially level 10 upper-level magic pets, still put a certain amount of pressure on me. In terms of pets alone, first it was Red Star, and later it was Taotao and Shaman who were powerful. I have always had the advantage. Now that many heroes are competing, there are more and more level 10 magic pets. At the beginning, I didn't care. The "level 9 enhanced pet scroll" in my hand will definitely be able to subdue an undead pet that is at least level 10 upper-level sooner or later. Gradually, I felt a little uncomfortable, feeling that the gap between pets is too big. If I still summon a level 8 pet to face the level 10 magic pets of other top players, it would be too shabby. I feel embarrassed to summon it again. It is not worthy of my identity as one of the three super powers of "Tianxia" in the past. I need a level 10 undead pet to support the scene. Even if it is a lower level 10, it will barely make do, so as not to lose face. People can't just take care of themselves. Many times they have to or can't help being influenced by others and the environment. I am not that transcendent, so Taotao's evolution can only succeed this time, not fail, in order to reduce the pressure on me, who holds the title of "the best master in the world", as well as the United Alliance and the Resistance Alliance.
Taotao has already dived into the bottom of the "Hell Magma Pool", transformed into an egg, and started to evolve, interrupting the direct spiritual connection between me and him, while constantly absorbing my spiritual power. Although compared with the black bone dragon, the level of the volcanic undead gathered near the top of the mountain is too low, and I need to frequently switch targets for my spiritual power absorption, but fortunately there are enough volcanic undead, and there is no consumption in the "Death Space" to activate the "Touch of Death", so it can be used without limit. At most, I was a little busy, and it did not affect the supply of spiritual power to Taotao. Let's Ivory Coast, a dozen or so strong "Hell Volcano" ruling classes and privileged classes who are qualified to enter and exit the top of the mountain at will, serve as a reserve team, waiting for Hades to secretly sabotage or other unexpected situations or critical situations before being put into use, to ensure the smooth progress of evolution as much as possible.
Perhaps it was because it saw that I was well prepared and had no other effective means to secretly obstruct it, and it was unwilling to waste energy in vain; perhaps it was because it had reached an emergency point to deal with the threat from within, and it was important to protect the throne, so it had no time to distract itself from Taotao's evolution; or perhaps it placed its hopes on the last hurdle of "Dragon Transformation", thinking that Taotao, who had grown up too short and whose foundation was not solid enough, might not be able to survive the "Dragon Transformation" and successfully evolve into a Hell Dragon, and it didn't need it to do anything more...; In short, Hades behaved very well, and there was no sign of it playing tricks. The entire "Hell Volcano" and "Hell Magma Pool" were calm and peaceful, and nothing happened. Taotao was also in a normal state of evolution, and the magma energy supply was normal. There was no deliberate reduction in the supply, nor was Taotao transferred to the "magma hole" to try to burst it with more violent magma energy. The transmission of mental power was also normal, and it was not affected by any external factors. This was the first time since Hades and I fell out. I had never been so honest before. Instead, I became more suspicious and worried. I had all kinds of speculations. I didn't know whether Hades would intervene, what means he would use, and what kind of dangers Taotao would encounter. I was worried all day long. The surface calmness brought me more pressure. The unpredictable variables made me dare not be careless and slack. I entered the emergency response state early. I took the interval rest method. I went offline for two hours every four hours to recover my energy. I didn't dare to rest for too long at a time, for fear that something unexpected would happen during the period and destroy Taotao's evolution.
In a flash, more than ten days have passed. Taotao is about to complete its evolution, but Hades still has no movement. In order to prevent it from making a ruthless move at the last moment and presenting me with a "darkness before dawn", more importantly, there is still a "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" to deal with. Moreover, it feels that the effect of the "Millennium Fire Lotus" has not been completely transformed and absorbed, and a part of it is still hidden in Taotao's body. I estimate that even if Hades plots against me, I should be able to resist for a while. These ten days have made me very tired. I vaguely have a feeling that perhaps Hades' real intention is to drain my energy. If I really encounter a dangerous situation and need my help, I am afraid that I will not be able to play a big role in my current state of low energy. After hesitating for a long time, I once again confirmed that there was nothing unusual. I could not see any signs that Hades was preparing to do something wrong. I resolutely decided to go offline and rest for eight hours at a time to recover more energy. Thinking back to the rumors I had heard about the "Dragon Tribulation", they all indicated that it would be an extremely dangerous thing, and would not be much easier to deal with than the "Heavenly Tribulation" of the Knight of Destruction. I tried my best to maintain my condition so that I would have more energy to deal with any emergency.
After a long sleep, I felt much more energetic, but I was a little uneasy. I hurriedly went online, and it was still calm, with no abnormalities, so I breathed a sigh of relief. According to the situation I sensed, Taotao would be able to break out of the egg and complete its evolution in about four or five hours. Unless Hades still has some powerful "killer weapon", the usual means of ambush would not be able to pose too much of a threat. However, if I directly hurt Taotao in that way, my intention would be too obvious and should not be allowed by the rules. As time passed, Taotao would soon complete its evolution, and Hades still did not make any unusual movements. It seemed that it really did not intend to intervene, which gave me a false alarm and wasted my time.
Taotao finally stopped absorbing my spiritual power, indicating that it had finished evolving. A moment later, the "Hell Lava Pool" suddenly began to turbulently, with increasing amplitude, which lasted for two or three minutes. In the central area, a thick lava column about 10 to 20 meters high instantly rose up. After a loud crash, a fiery red figure mixed with some black shadows rushed out of the pool and rushed straight into the sky. At the same time, the sky above the "Hell Volcano" suddenly changed color, and almost instantly condensed into a ball of fire cloud. Although the area did not show a trend of expansion, it has always maintained a large circle with a diameter of 100 meters, but the concentration is getting thicker and thicker, gradually showing an increasingly dazzling red light, and also emitting an invisible pressure. Even I felt it, as if a big stone was pressing on my heart, which was extremely heavy. I instinctively wanted to stay away from it, the farther away from the fire cloud, the better. The low-level volcanic undeads around the top of the mountain performed even worse. The huge sense of oppression from instinct had overcome the restraining effect of the "Soul Contract". They scattered like birds and beasts, desperately fleeing, not daring to approach the fire cloud. The twelve undeads who were qualified to soak in the primary area also plunged into the "Hell Magma Pool" and refused to show up again. The ruling class such as Let's Ivoire, Khufu, and Kekexili and the privileged class such as Guben did not perform much better. They were trembling with fear, and felt their instinctive fear, which seemed to be even stronger than the fear of the bone dragon when facing the "Nine-fold Thunder Tribulation" of the high-level Destruction Knight. It seemed that they could not play a big role, and they were reluctant to let them sacrifice easily, so they could only let them hide in the "Hell Magma Pool". As soon as the order was issued, they immediately rushed in and hid in the depths of the magma pool. Their moods gradually calmed down, as if they had been relieved from a great threat. All the subordinates of Huoshan behaved so badly regardless of their rank. I don't know if they were affected by the invisible pressure or because they were instinctively afraid of the fire cloud and felt the huge power contained in it. I couldn't help but look up at the fire cloud in the sky. This should be the cloud that brought down the "Dragon Transformation Tribulation". In addition to increasing my sense of oppression and the red light it emitted becoming brighter and brighter, I couldn't see any special power. It was neither like the "Heavenly Tribulation" with lightning and thunder, nor did it show blazing flames or magma. I don't know how it can test the Hell Dragon.
The figure that rushed out of the "Hell Lava Pool" has also solidified in mid-air. Although the direct spiritual connection has not been restored and it is impossible to communicate with it, the basic power of the "Pet Contract" is still there, and it can be confirmed that it is Taotao. It is still a bone structure, but the shape has changed greatly. It has four limbs, thick hind legs, short forelimbs, a pair of bat wings on its back, and a lizard tail. It has a typical Western dragon shape and has obviously become a member of the Hell Dragon clan. The whole body is fiery red, mixed with black stripes, black and red, indicating that Taotao has a physique with both fire and darkness attributes. The red on the surface of the body is almost two-thirds of the area, which obviously means that the fire attribute occupies a larger proportion in the body. The height is about five or six meters, and the physique does not look very strong. The movement of flying in the air is relatively flexible, with sharp claws, and a nearly one-meter-long conical bone horn on the top of the head, half of which is fiery red and half is black. After it soared into the sky, it took a short flight to adapt itself, and soon it slowly flapped its wings to stabilize its body, looking up at the fire cloud that was moving with its position and shrouding the sky with it as the center. It seemed that although it was a little nervous, it was not panicking and was basically calm. I strengthened its spiritual support and encouragement through the power of the "Pet Contract", allowing it to face the upcoming "Dragon Transformation" test with confidence and fearless fighting spirit.
After waiting for five or six minutes, the "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" finally took shape and began to erupt. There were no shocking sound and light effects, nor were there any overly intense attack scenes. It was just a fiery red beam of light that shot out from the center of the fire cloud, like a pillar of fire, and enveloped Taotao. It was silent and there were no other changes. It looked so plain and didn't seem to have much power. Taotao, who was hit by the fire beam, was still frozen in mid-air, not even doing the most basic dodging. There was no abnormality in his body, and it didn't seem like he was hurt. I kept wondering if he was experiencing the "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" and what kind of test he was undergoing?
It didn't take long for me to feel the change. Although Taotao didn't seem to have suffered any damage, he seemed to be in great pain. Through the induction of the "Pet Contract", the attack did not seem to come from the flesh, but directly acted on the consciousness and spirit, as if there was an invisible flame burning Taotao's soul. This is more insidious and vicious than the physical damage caused by the "Heavenly Tribulation". Ignoring the target's defense and agility, there is no way to avoid or resist it. It can only be passively endured helplessly, testing the target's mental resistance and willpower. Once it can't bear it, the soul will be burned by the "Dragon Tribulation", which is equivalent to losing life and dying. Even if Taotao is a pet, consuming 3% of my mental power limit can revive it, so it will not die completely. If it doesn't survive the "Dragon Tribulation", its evolution must have failed, and it will still return to the form of a fire dragon beast and accumulate energy to continue to grow.
This is a spiritual competition, a contest of wills. There is no way to take shortcuts. It is impossible to arrange external forces to help like the Destruction Knight did when he survived the "heavenly tribulation". Fortunately, through the connection of the "pet contract", I can use my identity as a master to strengthen Taotao's spiritual support, encourage it to persevere and fight, endure the pain from the depths of its soul, and never give up resistance and suffer the fate of failure. Compared with other volcanic undead, Taotao has a very short growth period with the guidance and help of the undead wizard. It has only been more than four years. Its ability may not be bad, but it lacks a lot in life and combat experience. It is definitely not as mature as those ordinary undead who have grown for hundreds or thousands of years. The "Dragon Tribulation" may be more harmful to it. If I could not cheer it up through the power of the "pet contract" and constantly enhance its mental resistance, it might not be able to persist to the end relying on its own willpower.
The "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" has been going on for more than three hours, and there is still no sign of stopping. The power seems to be getting stronger and stronger. Taotao's body first trembled violently, and gradually it was unable to maintain its suspended state in the air, and fell to the ground on the top of the mountain. It was obvious that the pain from the soul was becoming more and more unbearable. It kept making shrill roars of pain. The body seemed to have lost the strength to stand up, and collapsed on the ground, just twitching constantly. I believe that if I hadn't tried my best to use the power of the "Pet Contract" to support Taotao spiritually, it would have collapsed long ago, and it would have been impossible to hold on to it until now on its own. I really don't know how the "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" can be so powerful, and how other Hell Dragons succeeded in passing the tribulation on their own. Is there a big gap between Taotao and them? After all, it is a "super pet" given by the dead old man. Logically speaking, even if it is not the best, the dignified Death God Boss should not use inferior goods to fool me?
"Believe in yourself, you can do it", "You must hold on, never give up"... I kept saying similar things to Taotao. I had been saying this to him mentally for almost five hours, and I had to concentrate. Once my attention was distracted, the effect of my encouragement on Taotao would be greatly reduced, and it would not have much effect. If I hadn't taken a wise eight-hour break before, which eliminated a lot of mental fatigue, and had done such a long period of high-intensity mental work, I would have probably overdrawn my energy long ago. The power of this "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" is too great. Even if Taotao can't be killed, if it is made mentally retarded, wouldn't it be scrapped anyway? Fortunately, Taotao has been cultivated since he was a child. He has grown up with me step by step until now, and we have the highest degree of fit. My spiritual support is the greatest encouragement to him, and he has a very high obedience effect. Even if he is not conscious, he will accept it instinctively, and do his best to fight against the "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" that burns his soul, fight against the pain, and never give up, and guard his increasingly weak soul with tenacious perseverance.
After six hours, the "Dragon Transformation Tribulation" finally passed, the fire beam was withdrawn, and the fire cloud dissipated. Everything was done silently, and calm was restored almost instantly, as if nothing had happened. Only Taotao, who was limp on the ground and completely unconscious, and I, who was also exhausted and shaky, were left. It showed that we had just experienced a disaster...
