Everyone has different eating habits. Kent's habit is to eat the most delicious things first and save the less tasty ones for later. So, he swallowed the Hundred-Year Dragon Blood Fruit first. A warm stream immediately spread throughout his body, making him feel extremely comfortable.
[Swallowing the Uncommon-grade resource "Hundred-Year Dragon Blood Fruit" triggers two options.]
[Option 1: Digest it immediately, slightly increase the concentration of the dragon bloodline, slightly increase all attributes, and gain a large number of experience points.]
[Option 2: Integrate its essence into the bloodline, significantly increase the concentration of the dragon bloodline, greatly increase all attributes over time, and trigger two evolution paths.]
After some thought, Kent chose option 2. He didn't have an urgent need to increase his strength now. Although the players would arrive on the Ocasus Continent in less than two days, he didn't know how many levels he would have by the time they reached the level to explore "The Chaotic Rock Cave."
[Choosing "Option 2," integrating the essence of the Hundred-Year Dragon Blood Fruit into the bloodline, +1 to all attributes, each resistance increases by 20, triggering two evolution paths.]
[Evolution Path 1 "Dragon Wings": Grow dragon wings, current evolution degree 15%, each level up increases by 5% (can be increased to a maximum of 50% through leveling up), taking "Dragon Blood Fruit" can increase by 1% (maximum increase of 20%).]
[Evolution Path 2 "Dragon's Breath": Grow a dragon's breath organ, current evolution degree 21%, each level up increases by 5% (can be increased to a maximum of 50% through leveling up), taking "Dragon Blood Fruit" can increase by 1% (maximum increase of 20%).]
Kent frowned. His powerful math skills, honed through multiple revisions, told him that something was wrong. How come leveling up and consuming dragon blood fruit didn't max out the evolution degree to 100%? The system promptly provided an answer:
[The Uncommon-grade resource "Hundred-Year Dragon Blood Fruit" is not enough to evolve the Wasteland Dragon Lizard into developing dragon wings or a dragon breath organ. It can only activate this evolution path, and the host needs to find additional resources to complete the evolution path.]
So, Kent wasn't worried. Even if he couldn't find suitable resources later, he could use design points to max out the evolution degree. Thinking of this, Kent's eyes lit up. Both flying and dragon breath were incredibly powerful abilities. How should he choose?
Only children make choices. Adults, of course, choose—"I want them all!"
[Spending 20 design points, while retaining two evolution paths, currently prioritizing the evolution of "Dragon Wings."]
Long-range attacks are indeed attractive, but who doesn't have a dream of flying freely in the sky? Moreover, growing dragon wings might also compensate for the low agility of the giant Wasteland Dragon Lizard.
At the moment of making the choice, a warm stream began to flow in Kent's scapulae and chest, causing a slight itching sensation. He turned his head to look at his back and found that there were two protrusions on his scapulae, where his undeveloped dragon wings were incubating.
He swallowed the remaining thirteen dragon blood fruits, raising the evolution degree of "Dragon Wings" to 28%. In addition, his strength increased by 1.3 and his physique by 2.6.
With the attributes boosted by the Hundred-Year Dragon Blood Fruit, his current attribute panel became:
[Race: Giant Wasteland Dragon Lizard, Alignment: Red-Name Elite, Level: lv12 (Experience: 5785/7500)]
[Strength: 29.2, Physique: 40.2, Spirit: 19, Agility: 13.2]
[Physical Resistance: 91, Magic Resistance: 59, Internal Space: 0.4/1]
[Health: /, Mana: 1900/1900, Stamina: 1206/1206]
Looking at the significantly improved attribute panel, Kent showed a satisfied smile. Feeling the warm stream in his scapulae and chest, he slowly fell asleep in the center of the cave.
This time, he didn't have to worry about any lizards biting his little Kent.
In the tropical rainforest of the Cons River Basin in South Zou, when a butterfly occasionally flaps its wings, it may cause a tornado in the Ssako State of M Country two weeks later. This is the famous "butterfly effect." And in a corner of the Immortal Continent, a certain change occurred because of a small "butterfly."
Turning back a few hours, in a certain part of the Giant Lizard Forest, a four-person mercenary team was moving forward under the shining sun.
The composition of this mercenary team was unique, consisting of a hunter, scout, assassin, and thief. There were no warriors or healers, no tanks or mages. Even the hunter was of the lightly equipped archer type, focusing on an all-agility strategy. They called themselves the "Rogue Band," although with their size, they couldn't be called a band.
The Rogue Band never accepted commissions to hunt monsters; their main source of income was gathering resources. They rarely confronted monsters head-on, mostly sneaking in to steal resources while the monsters were asleep.
At this moment, the leader of the Rogue Band, Rexar, the level 20 hunter with the highest level and strongest combat power in the team, was looking at the mess in the forest with joy.
The bushes around here were shattered as if they had been run over by a magical energy train. Large trees, as thick as an adult's waist, were snapped in half and collapsed on the ground. The spattered blood and the grass torn apart by violence on the ground all indicated that a great battle between beasts had taken place here.
Rexar bent down and picked up two pieces of slightly different colored broken scales, carefully examining them. His rich hunting experience quickly allowed him to determine which monster's scales these were:
"Two giant Wasteland Dragon Lizards fought here."
He then carefully inspected the surrounding environment and concluded:
"The battle took place two or three hours ago. The higher-level and larger Wasteland Dragon Lizard was defeated and fled this way, heavily injured."
The assassin looked in the direction pointed out by the captain and said excitedly:
"The guy who lost in the lord's battle can only leave the clan forcibly, which means there won't be any Wasteland Dragon Lizard guards around him."
The thief's eyes sparkled as he added:
"A heavily injured, solitary, giant Wasteland Dragon Lizard."
For low-level mercenaries, hunting red-name elite monsters was very difficult because they were not only powerful themselves but also had a group of guards around them.
But now, the hunting difficulty had reached its lowest point!
Rexar looked at the three excited team members, pondered for a moment, clenched his teeth, and said:
"Damn it, fortune favors the bold. If this hunt succeeds, we'll go to North Town and have a blast for a month. Let's do it, brothers!"
"Let's do it! I've had my eye on that Succubus at the Inn for a long time."
"With your physique, can you handle a Succubus? You should stick to Cat Girls!"
"Can you not be so lecherous? Of course, as a human, I'd go for a human. I think the innkeeper's daughter looks pretty good."
"Damn it! She's only twelve years old, you perverted lolicon! Go die!"
"Then who would you choose?"
"I think the innkeeper's wife still has some charm."
"I think you're just really hungry."
After some joking around, Rexar took the lead and started tracking along the blood trail. The other three followed closely behind, with the assassin and thief applying poison to their daggers, and the scout taking out arrows and placing them on the bow.
Would they become rich overnight, or would they end up exposed in the wilderness? It all depended on this battle!