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Chapter 218
chapter 208 part 1
Chapter 208: Dragon Blood Buff! Scheming Against the Sun Anglerfish
"Hiss..."
As Tang Zheng stared in the direction of the Magma Sea, contemplating how to deal with the Sun Anglerfish, he felt a fiery, stinging pain all over his skin.
He looked down.
Raising his arm to look at his exposed palm, Tang Zheng clearly remembered having already healed his own injuries with healing magic.
Why was he still feeling a stinging sensation?
"This is..." Tang Zheng looked at his skin, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.
Due to the influence of the Magma Sea within the Lava Zone, the entire area between the mountain walls reflected the scorching red light emitted from the magma.
Therefore, Tang Zheng hadn't paid much attention after healing his injuries at first. Only now did he discover large red marks on the surface of his palm's skin.
In an environment already saturated with fiery red light, they weren't conspicuous. If he hadn't looked closely, he truly wouldn't have noticed.
A grave expression appeared on Tang Zheng's face. He hurriedly checked the other parts of his body and found that besides his palms, any exposed skin had large red marks.
They were just like the red imprints that appear on an ordinary person's skin after rubbing it.
These were all the places that had been stained with Dragon Blood earlier.
"Major Wound Healing."
With a serious expression, Tang Zheng looked at the large red marks on his skin. A pure white holy light emanated from his palm, enveloping the skin.
However, as the healing light dissipated, the red marks on his skin remained completely unaffected.
"It's not an injury, and it shouldn't be a Curse, so what is this?" Tang Zheng frowned, a hint of displeasure on his face.
The stinging sensation from his skin wasn't intense, it could even be described as faint, but the feeling was undeniably real.
And it wasn't just his skin!
Tang Zheng also felt a faint stinging sensation in his mouth, right where he had licked the Dragon Blood before.
Hm?
As he watched, Tang Zheng suddenly noticed that the large red marks on his arm seemed to have shrunk a little.
Was it an illusion?
No, with his current perceptive abilities, he shouldn't be mistaken about a change of this degree.
"So, what on earth is this?" Tang Zheng's brow furrowed even deeper.
He possessed Complete Curse Resistance, so he didn't need to worry about it being a Curse left behind by the ancient fire dragon before its death.
What Tang Zheng was concerned about was whether it was some other unknown Power. As the thought flashed through his mind, he subconsciously glanced at his stat panel.
The data hadn't changed...
This is!
Tang Zheng's gaze froze.
『MP: 448 → 449』
If he remembered correctly, after raising [Mad Mage] to its max level, his MP should have been 448 points. Now, it had suddenly increased by one.
"It's the effect of the Dragon Blood!" A glimmer of light appeared in Tang Zheng's previously stern eyes.
This was the only possibility at the moment!
However, it only increased his MP by one. Was it because he hadn't been exposed to much Dragon Blood?
Tang Zheng had originally held a skeptical attitude toward the saying "a dragon's entire body is a treasure," mainly because the resources he could currently obtain were too scarce.
Forget the corpse of a dragon, he would have collected the corpse of even a slightly stronger magical beast.
But he never expected it to actually have a special effect.
Most importantly, it was effective on him!
Comparing by level, Tang Zheng was currently Level 41.
The Sun Anglerfish was around Level 47. As one of the three great dominators, the ancient fire dragon possessed the "Ancient" prefix and was also a fire dragon, stronger than the weakest frost dragon.
Its level should also be around Level 47 or 48, but it was highly unlikely to exceed Level 50.
The Dragon Race's racial levels: Young (10 Lv), Juvenile (10 Lv), Adult (10 Lv), Old (10 Lv), Elder (5 Lv), Ancient (5 Lv).
A total of 50 racial levels. And within the Dragon Race's job system, there was a job called "Dragonic Transcendent."
Both the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord and the Platinum Dragon Lord possessed this job. Therefore, Tang Zheng speculated that only after raising one's racial level to the maximum level of 50 could one advance further and obtain the "Dragonic Transcendent" job.
Tang Zheng halted the thoughts in his mind.
In short.
According to his original speculation, even if the ancient fire dragon's flesh truly had a beneficial effect, it shouldn't provide any buff to someone of his level unless it was refined into items like alchemical potions.
Instead, the ancient fire dragon's hard dragon scales were what Tang Zheng considered most valuable.
In the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Mare's light armor was made from the scales of a deep blue Dragon Lord, while Aura's light armor was made from the scales of a crimson-black Dragon Lord.
This showed that even in the game YGGDRASIL, a dragon's scales were still exceptionally fine materials.
*Rumble!*
"Aooo—"
Another loud noise came from the Magma Sea, and a deep cry, like that of a dolphin, was faintly transmitted from within the magma.
*Swoosh!*
A huge, lantern-like palm suddenly shot out from the Magma Sea, flying rapidly toward Tang Zheng.
Faced with this attack, Tang Zheng had no intention of dodging. Instead, he calmly watched the giant lantern-palm fly toward him.
*Twang!* With a shudder, the thick, fiery-red fleshy tube connecting the lantern-palm snapped taut, stopping in mid-air.
The Sun Anglerfish's lure could extend a maximum distance of about a hundred meters. This distance was far from enough to even reach the outer edge of the lava tunnel where Tang Zheng currently stood.
It wasn't even enough to cover half the distance between them.
"I'll deal with you first."
Stirred into action by the Sun Anglerfish's commotion, Tang Zheng refocused, his gaze fixed on the Magma Sea as he spoke softly.
*Bang!*
A Scroll of [Summon Angel] appeared in Tang Zheng's hand, and he crushed it forcefully.
As a dazzling light condensed in the air, the figure of a Dominion of Observation appeared in mid-air.
With a flick of his wrist, Tang Zheng threw a magic scroll he had prepared in advance, storing [Greater Teleportation], to the Dominion of Observation.
The Dominion of Observation raised its hands and, with its massive palms clad in silver armor, placed the scroll, which was tiny in comparison to its body, in its center. It then clasped its palms together, tightly enveloping it to form a protective layer.
*Flap!*
Its bright silver-and-yellow wings beat once.
The Dominion of Observation immediately charged rapidly toward the Magma Sea.
"Hey, big fat fish, you want revenge on me?" Seeing the Dominion of Observation begin its move, Tang Zheng immediately shouted toward the Magma Sea.
*Rumble!*
*Rumble!*
In the Magma Sea, the Sun Anglerfish's massive eyes revealed a look of fury. It leaped from the magma again, sending towering columns of magma into the air.
Seeing the easily provoked Sun Anglerfish, a smile touched Tang Zheng's eyes. There were very few methods he could use to deal with the Sun Anglerfish.
For example, summoning a higher-tier angel, or a higher-tier composite elemental!
But both of these methods involved entering the opponent's home turf to fight. Once the Sun Anglerfish sensed danger and dove deep into the Magma Sea to hide, Tang Zheng would be completely helpless against it.
Therefore!
The best way was to find a way to move the Sun Anglerfish out of its home turf, the Magma Sea.
The [Greater Teleportation] magic scroll in the Dominion of Observation's hands was for this purpose. However, the activation of the magic scroll was not to be performed by the Dominion of Observation!
Chapter 208: Dragon Blood Buff! Scheming Against the Sun Anglerfish
"Hiss..."
As Tang Zheng stared in the direction of the Magma Sea, contemplating how to deal with the Sun Anglerfish, he felt a fiery, stinging pain all over his skin.
He looked down.
Raising his arm to look at his exposed palm, Tang Zheng clearly remembered having already healed his own injuries with healing magic.
Why was he still feeling a stinging sensation?
"This is..." Tang Zheng looked at his skin, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.
Due to the influence of the Magma Sea within the Lava Zone, the entire area between the mountain walls reflected the scorching red light emitted from the magma.
Therefore, Tang Zheng hadn't paid much attention after healing his injuries at first. Only now did he discover large red marks on the surface of his palm's skin.
In an environment already saturated with fiery red light, they weren't conspicuous. If he hadn't looked closely, he truly wouldn't have noticed.
A grave expression appeared on Tang Zheng's face. He hurriedly checked the other parts of his body and found that besides his palms, any exposed skin had large red marks.
They were just like the red imprints that appear on an ordinary person's skin after rubbing it.
These were all the places that had been stained with Dragon Blood earlier.
"Major Wound Healing."
With a serious expression, Tang Zheng looked at the large red marks on his skin. A pure white holy light emanated from his palm, enveloping the skin.
However, as the healing light dissipated, the red marks on his skin remained completely unaffected.
"It's not an injury, and it shouldn't be a Curse, so what is this?" Tang Zheng frowned, a hint of displeasure on his face.
The stinging sensation from his skin wasn't intense, it could even be described as faint, but the feeling was undeniably real.
And it wasn't just his skin!
Tang Zheng also felt a faint stinging sensation in his mouth, right where he had licked the Dragon Blood before.
Hm?
As he watched, Tang Zheng suddenly noticed that the large red marks on his arm seemed to have shrunk a little.
Was it an illusion?
No, with his current perceptive abilities, he shouldn't be mistaken about a change of this degree.
"So, what on earth is this?" Tang Zheng's brow furrowed even deeper.
He possessed Complete Curse Resistance, so he didn't need to worry about it being a Curse left behind by the ancient fire dragon before its death.
What Tang Zheng was concerned about was whether it was some other unknown Power. As the thought flashed through his mind, he subconsciously glanced at his stat panel.
The data hadn't changed...
This is!
Tang Zheng's gaze froze.
『MP: 448 → 449』
If he remembered correctly, after raising [Mad Mage] to its max level, his MP should have been 448 points. Now, it had suddenly increased by one.
"It's the effect of the Dragon Blood!" A glimmer of light appeared in Tang Zheng's previously stern eyes.
This was the only possibility at the moment!
However, it only increased his MP by one. Was it because he hadn't been exposed to much Dragon Blood?
Tang Zheng had originally held a skeptical attitude toward the saying "a dragon's entire body is a treasure," mainly because the resources he could currently obtain were too scarce.
Forget the corpse of a dragon, he would have collected the corpse of even a slightly stronger magical beast.
But he never expected it to actually have a special effect.
Most importantly, it was effective on him!
Comparing by level, Tang Zheng was currently Level 41.
The Sun Anglerfish was around Level 47. As one of the three great dominators, the ancient fire dragon possessed the "Ancient" prefix and was also a fire dragon, stronger than the weakest frost dragon.
Its level should also be around Level 47 or 48, but it was highly unlikely to exceed Level 50.
The Dragon Race's racial levels: Young (10 Lv), Juvenile (10 Lv), Adult (10 Lv), Old (10 Lv), Elder (5 Lv), Ancient (5 Lv).
A total of 50 racial levels. And within the Dragon Race's job system, there was a job called "Dragonic Transcendent."
Both the Elder Coffin Dragon Lord and the Platinum Dragon Lord possessed this job. Therefore, Tang Zheng speculated that only after raising one's racial level to the maximum level of 50 could one advance further and obtain the "Dragonic Transcendent" job.
Tang Zheng halted the thoughts in his mind.
In short.
According to his original speculation, even if the ancient fire dragon's flesh truly had a beneficial effect, it shouldn't provide any buff to someone of his level unless it was refined into items like alchemical potions.
Instead, the ancient fire dragon's hard dragon scales were what Tang Zheng considered most valuable.
In the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Mare's light armor was made from the scales of a deep blue Dragon Lord, while Aura's light armor was made from the scales of a crimson-black Dragon Lord.
This showed that even in the game YGGDRASIL, a dragon's scales were still exceptionally fine materials.
*Rumble!*
"Aooo—"
Another loud noise came from the Magma Sea, and a deep cry, like that of a dolphin, was faintly transmitted from within the magma.
*Swoosh!*
A huge, lantern-like palm suddenly shot out from the Magma Sea, flying rapidly toward Tang Zheng.
Faced with this attack, Tang Zheng had no intention of dodging. Instead, he calmly watched the giant lantern-palm fly toward him.
*Twang!* With a shudder, the thick, fiery-red fleshy tube connecting the lantern-palm snapped taut, stopping in mid-air.
The Sun Anglerfish's lure could extend a maximum distance of about a hundred meters. This distance was far from enough to even reach the outer edge of the lava tunnel where Tang Zheng currently stood.
It wasn't even enough to cover half the distance between them.
"I'll deal with you first."
Stirred into action by the Sun Anglerfish's commotion, Tang Zheng refocused, his gaze fixed on the Magma Sea as he spoke softly.
*Bang!*
A Scroll of [Summon Angel] appeared in Tang Zheng's hand, and he crushed it forcefully.
As a dazzling light condensed in the air, the figure of a Dominion of Observation appeared in mid-air.
With a flick of his wrist, Tang Zheng threw a magic scroll he had prepared in advance, storing [Greater Teleportation], to the Dominion of Observation.
The Dominion of Observation raised its hands and, with its massive palms clad in silver armor, placed the scroll, which was tiny in comparison to its body, in its center. It then clasped its palms together, tightly enveloping it to form a protective layer.
*Flap!*
Its bright silver-and-yellow wings beat once.
The Dominion of Observation immediately charged rapidly toward the Magma Sea.
"Hey, big fat fish, you want revenge on me?" Seeing the Dominion of Observation begin its move, Tang Zheng immediately shouted toward the Magma Sea.
*Rumble!*
*Rumble!*
In the Magma Sea, the Sun Anglerfish's massive eyes revealed a look of fury. It leaped from the magma again, sending towering columns of magma into the air.
Seeing the easily provoked Sun Anglerfish, a smile touched Tang Zheng's eyes. There were very few methods he could use to deal with the Sun Anglerfish.
For example, summoning a higher-tier angel, or a higher-tier composite elemental!
But both of these methods involved entering the opponent's home turf to fight. Once the Sun Anglerfish sensed danger and dove deep into the Magma Sea to hide, Tang Zheng would be completely helpless against it.
Therefore!
The best way was to find a way to move the Sun Anglerfish out of its home turf, the Magma Sea.
The [Greater Teleportation] magic scroll in the Dominion of Observation's hands was for this purpose. However, the activation of the magic scroll was not to be performed by the Dominion of Observation!
