Black Blood Tribe.
A shadow quickly approached from the horizon.
As it came closer, one could see it was a Black Dragon carrying a giant bear demon flying this way.
The shadow loomed, becoming gradually clear.
With a loud boom, the massive Earth Bear's body heavily crashed onto the ground.
By this time, Mondo had already consumed all the stored meat from the Black Blood Tribe, his expression a mix of hunger and the pain from his body being continuously transformed by the power of the Dragon Vein.
Udi slowly descended, stirring up clouds of dust.
Extending a dragon claw, with a casual pull, he tore off one of the Earth Bear's arms.
With a thud, he threw it in front of Mondo.
Thereafter, Udi carried the Earth Bear missing an arm with his dragon claw and headed towards the Water Pool Dragon Nest.
Behind him, Mondo endured hunger and pain, respectfully kowtowing to his master's departing figure.
After kowtowing, Mondo immediately transformed into a bloodthirsty beast, devouring the flesh and blood of the Earth Bear's arm.
The bear's arm was extraordinarily thick, looking like a snapped-off century-old tree trunk.
And as a Level 6 demon, a single arm surpassed the blood and flesh benefits of beasts weighing over ten tons of low-level demons.
As he consumed more and more of the Earth Bear's flesh, Mondo's bodily transformation became increasingly apparent, and his aura quickly recovered and grew stronger.....
Meanwhile, Udi had already landed at the edge of the Water Pool Dragon Nest.
"This three-month slumber for magic awakening cost me the accumulation of two levels of the Banquet," Udi exhaled, feeling a bit regretful in his heart.
But this regret was quickly shrugged off by Udi.
The benefits of magic awakening accompany a Giant Dragon for life; the earlier the awakening, the better. Compared to that, losing two levels of Banquet accumulation wasn't significant, after all, the Banquet talent can accumulate one level per month, and living a few more months stacks up quite a lot of levels.
And with a dragon's lifespan, accumulating tens of thousands of levels is a breeze.
Udi took a deep breath, activating the Banquet with a thought.
Previously, when he fell into this slumber, Udi had just ended a Banquet, so the cooldown had already ended after the three-month sleep, which was why Udi said it was a pity to miss out on accumulating two levels during this period.
It was silently wasted during the sleep.
With the Banquet activated, Udi devoured the entire Earth Bear, whose size was larger than his own, at a terrifying speed.
Yet, even that didn't satisfy the Banquet's progress.
Udi set his sights on the nearby warehouse, where a large amount of iron ore mined by the kobolds over several months was stored.
Burying his dragon head into the pile of iron ore, the sound of crunching continued to ring out.
After a good while, after consuming a considerable amount of iron ore, the Banquet's progress finally reached one hundred percent.
Seizing the brief moment of consciousness gained from completing the Banquet's progress accumulation, Udi swiftly leapt into the water pool, diving into the dragon nest.
A day of slumber passed for the strengthening process.
Another day of blazing sunlight, at the water pool under the silver cascades, a robust and agile black-scaled, winged giant beast suddenly burst out of the water.
The silver cascade slammed onto the dragon body, yet the latter remained unmoved.
[Udi: Biological Level 5, Professional Level None.] (Body length 7.68m)
[Life Force: 12.2]
[Current Banquet Level: 17 levels] (Cooldown: thirty days)
[Spell-like Abilities: Dark Magic, Low-Light Vision, Identification Skill]
After Udi's magic awakening, there were slight changes recorded on the panel.
"It probably won't be long until my Biological Level increases to Level 6," Udi thought secretly.
At Level 5, he could slaughter a Level 6 Earth Bear; once he reaches Level 6, he can't even imagine....
By that time, a newly adolescent Black Dragon might not even be his match.
The Black Dragon during the Egg Stage has a Biological Level between Level 1 and Level 4.
The Juvenile Stage is between Level 4 and Level 5. Crossing from Level 4 to Level 5 is a major threshold from Low-Level to Middle-Level, with challenges and improvements not less than going from Level 0 to Level 4, sometimes even exceeding it.
The Adolescent Stage is between Level 5 and Level 7, Youth Stage is between Level 7 and Level 10, Adolescent Stage is between Level 10 and Level 15, Adult Stage starts from Level 15 onward, finally being capped before Level 20 (Legendary).
The above refers to typical Black Dragons, the kind that grows in strength by simply eating and sleeping.
Particularly talented Black Dragons or those who diligently improve themselves don't fall into this category.
Just like the exceptionally talented Udi, at less than two years of Dragon Age, has already reached close to the Adolescent Template in both strength and size.
After a moment of self-satisfaction, Udi heard footsteps approaching.
He turned to look, and two figures, one tall and one short, emerged from the forest.
The taller figure stood four meters tall, like a small giant, with its robust muscles covered in a thick layer of vine armor. The shorter figure was also two meters tall, wearing a coat made from some Level 4 Demon's hide, beneath which was a physique as solid as steel.
The visitors were none other than the Black Blood Tribe leader, Kobold Shiji Black Blood, and the Wandering Forest Giant Leader, Mondo Thorn. Both were now Udi's trusted generals.
After waking up from a deep sleep, Udi used the contract to order them to drop what they were doing and come to the Water Pool Dragon Nest.
Yesterday, he was in a rush to hunt after waking and then went back into a Banquet sleep, leaving no time to carefully understand the development of the Black Blood Tribe and the specific circumstances around Black Blood Valley.
This place was where he planned to initially develop, so naturally, he couldn't afford to be careless.
With a respectful call of "Master," Shiji and Mondo saluted Udi, and without wasting time, Shiji began to speak directly,
"Master, the Black Blood Tribe has now gathered more than three hundred Kobolds, mostly young and female Kobolds.
The tribe's actual controllable territory extends over thirty square kilometers around Black Blood Valley, with the influence reaching over a hundred square kilometers. However, due to strength limitations, we cannot explore further into the distant regions."
Pausing slightly, Shiji continued, "At the edge of the influence range, we discovered a medium-scale Goblin Camp. According to the spies in the tribe, traces of Casters have been found in that camp."
Casters?
Udi, who was calmly listening to Shiji at first, showed an expression of interest.
Goblin Casters are indeed rare.
Quite right, Udi felt the urge to accept new Followers again.
Now that Udi's strength had grown, he wasn't impressed by the average monster or demon anymore.
After all, without sufficiently strong Followers, they wouldn't even have the ability to hunt enough food for him, so what use would they be?
Although Udi's Servant Contract would grant creatures a weakened version of the Feast Talent, allowing them to gain some improvement from his growth, Udi had no interest in nurturing a low-level monster into a robust high-level monster.
Lucky Kobold Shiji was just a special exception; it was unlikely to happen again.
"A medium-sized Goblin Camp has less than five hundred Goblins. Even with a Goblin Caster, such a scale couldn't produce a Mid-level Mage.
And now, with the Black Blood Tribe having over three hundred Kobolds, leader Shiji, together with Mondo, two Level 4 'powerhouses,' and two other Level 3 Forest Giant Demons, should be enough to take them down."
The individual strength of Goblins is much like that of Kobolds, both being like hidden dragons and phoenix chicks.
As Udi pondered, Mondo's contribution provided him with a clue that shook his spirit.
"You said, you've seen Wild Dwarves?" Udi asked with a deep voice to confirm once more.
Mondo nodded firmly, "Master, Mondo wouldn't mistake them."
Receiving Mondo's confirmation, a gleam of excitement flashed in Udi's eyes.
Wild Dwarves, securing the allegiance of a Wild Dwarves Tribe would mean Udi wouldn't need to hunt personally for a long time.
Unlike Gray Dwarves or Volcano Dwarves, this subspecies of Wild Dwarves didn't have the Dwarves' unique forging Talent. According to the Dragon's Legacy, this is because the regression of Wild Dwarves' civilization, coupled with their long history of living in the jungle, caused their forging talent to gradually degenerate.
But at the same time, to adapt to the harsh jungle environment, they evolved poison resistances and an extremely disease-resistant constitution, with skin tough like cowhide. And to combat the endless hordes of demons, they also evolved a stronger magic resistance than other Dwarf subspecies.
Moreover, their combat talents have been honed over long periods, having been passed down through generations, becoming an almost instinctual talent etched into the body of every Wild Dwarf.
Wild Dwarves excel in using blow darts and throwing hand axes, and they are proficient in setting up jungle traps, pitfalls, snares, and also in cultivating battle beasts, along with secret techniques.
Since Wild Dwarves inhabit deep mountain jungles, there's a peculiar rumor among Green Dragons who love forest dwelling that only a Green Dragon that tames a Wild Dwarves Tribe as followers can be considered a powerful Green Dragon Lord.
The fact that even a True Dragon sees taming a Wild Dwarves Tribe as an achievement—though the veracity of the rumor is uncertain—yet it does highlight how coveted such followers are among True Dragons.