OBS Chapter 63 Bloodline Purification
Chapter 63 Bloodline Purification
If the element of fire bestows upon living beings a wild and violent burst of power, then the element of earth bestows upon them a strong and robust physique.
As the earth elemental magic within his body gradually increased, Thor clearly felt that his strength and stamina had improved accordingly.
He raised one claw and grabbed at the ground beneath his feet. A faint yellow light flashed across the tip of his claw, and the hard rock was easily pierced through as if it were loose mud. A rock the size of a football was pried out.
In the instant it raised its claw and swung, the rock transformed into a whistling cannonball, slamming into the horde of skeletons ahead.
Two skeleton soldiers were unfortunately hit, their withered bones instantly shattered, and they fell to the ground, completely losing their ability to move.
A pale blue notification flashed past below the line of sight, displaying "Mental Essence Fragment +0.7".
It seems that the skeleton riding the bone horse was indeed a high-level creature, providing even more essence fragments than the ghost.
Immediately afterwards, Thor pushed off the ground, his 19-foot-long body, like a speeding dump truck, crashing straight into the skeleton army in front of him.
The skeleton cavalrymen at the forefront, clad in tattered armor, raised their rusted weapons to try and block.
Unexpectedly, the enormous fledgling dragon suddenly lowered its body upon contact, its two front claws digging deep into the ground, and it swung its entire hindquarters, along with its long and powerful tail, towards the ground.
Its long tail, covered in scarlet scales, shimmered with a faint yellow light, and when swung at high speed, it made a loud, piercing sound, almost like a steel lock.
Even a real steel skeleton would be smashed to pieces under such fierce beatings, let alone the iron-gray bones of those skeleton cavalry.
A series of "crackling" sounds rang out. Within a huge fan-shaped area more than three meters in front of Thor, all the skeleton cavalry and skeleton soldiers were whipped into the air, flailing their arms and legs wildly, and finally their bones scattered all over the ground.
Thor's tail whipping motion drew a huge circle on the ground.
He glanced at the few remaining essence enhancement prompts below his line of sight, then leaped forward again, landing hard as he stomped on the shattered skulls of the skeleton soldiers.
For creatures like true dragons, almost every part of their body is a powerful weapon. This is especially true for an exceptionally strong red dragon like Thor, who can easily shatter these fragile skeletons with a mere gesture.
However, this efficiency was still too slow for him. After feeling his throat, which had been completely restored under the cleansing of pure life force after loading the Salon Monster template, he opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of flames.
The skeletal structure of skeletons gives them good immunity and resistance to arrows and poison, but it becomes a fatal weakness when faced with high-temperature flames.
The invisible flames could easily penetrate their riddled bodies, reaching the core of their soul fire through the holes in their armor and skulls.
As the skeletons lay dying, they let out mournful shrieks, their black bones seemingly dancing in the flames before finally falling silent.
The notification messages below the view started flooding the screen again, but compared to ghosts, skeletons provided fewer essence fragments, generally only around 0.2 to 0.3.
After all, as lower-level undead creatures, ghosts exist purely by relying on their souls and spiritual power, as well as abundant negative energy.
A skeleton, on the other hand, requires an additional frame to support it, so the weight of the soul is naturally much less.
Saul was slightly annoyed that he hadn't gotten what he expected, and he turned to Sistana and Calp, who were still standing there in a daze, and yelled at them.
"How long are you two idiots going to stand there like idiots? Can't you even handle the lowest-level skeletons? If that's the case, you might as well just smash your head against a rock and die, so as not to disgrace our Red Dragon Clan!"
Upon hearing this, Sistana and Calp's faces flushed red instantly. They wanted to retort, but after glancing at Thor's body length, which was almost twice their size, they could only silently charge towards the scattered skeletons on the ground.
Dozens or even hundreds of skeletons with a challenge level of less than level one, plus a small number of skeleton cavalry with a challenge level of level four or five, were not enough to cause Thor much trouble.
After using a few breaths to kill the more outstanding ones, the remaining skeletons in his claws were like fragile toys.
He glanced at his own brief introduction in his mind and found that the challenge level column had changed to 9+, and the words "bloodline purification" had been added after "Young Dragon" in the age column.
The original five-colored dragons created by Tiamat, once they reached adulthood, possessed power comparable to demigods, and were able to confront giants and gods head-on.
However, after generations of reproduction, the bloodline has become increasingly diluted, and with the disappearance of divine power, the current five-colored dragons, even after reaching adulthood, cannot even reach the legendary level.
Among them, the bloodline of the White Dragon has declined the most severely. The difference in strength between the five ancestral dragons was not as outrageous as it is now.
"Does the appearance of the words 'bloodline purification' mean that my current bloodline is moving closer to that of my ancestral dragon?"
This must be the effect of that pure life force; it replenished the missing parts of my bloodline. I estimate that after extracting another powerful monster template and completing the slumber from hatchling to young dragon, my bloodline will level up again.
The sounds and flashes of the battle unsurprisingly attracted the attention of other creatures.
A few light footsteps sounded in the distance, barely audible, but Thor's keen sense of vibrations did not escape them.
He pulled his attention from his mind and looked up into the darkness to his left, where several jagged boulders stood, and three green figures emerged from behind them.
"I thought it was someone else, but it's just you green lizards. It's quite a surprise, I didn't expect even you could survive."
With her two companions by her side, Cui Bi looked at the enormous red dragon cub standing proudly in the embers of the flames not far away, and her eyes flickered.
I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but in just a few hours, this guy seems to have grown a bit more. The scarlet scales on his body are as thick as iron, and there are clear muscle outlines protruding below them.
Is this guy really an ordinary red dragon? With a body length of nearly 20 feet, it's quite an exaggerated size even for a young red dragon.
The situation is unclear now, so we can take advantage of this brute's strength.
"Great Lord Thor, aren't you also safe and sound? Our meeting here must be at Her Majesty Tiamat's behest. Why don't we join forces..."
Thor exhaled two disdainful breaths from his nostrils, billowing thick smoke mixed with bright sparks.
He knew what these green dragons were up to the moment they raised their tails.
However, there is a truth to the saying that when facing those undead creatures, having an extra dragon does indeed provide more strength.