The transformation by the Dragon Vein Power requires a lot of energy consumption.
For the kobolds, it's not too bad. Given their basic level is too low, the maximum improvement from a single transformation won't be too high, so the energy required isn't much.
But for Mondo, who's four meters tall and has a Biological Level of Level 4, the energy needed is not insignificant.
Especially since Mondo was severely injured and extremely weak before accepting the Dragon Vein Power.
Udi watched as his second Dragon Descendant Follower's body showed signs of abnormal trembling and sensed the unstable aura from him. His expression slightly tensed, and he instructed Shiji beside him,
"Bring all the stored meat from the tribe here for him to eat."
Shiji absolutely followed the master's command, and immediately led the small team of kobolds quickly to the tribe's warehouse.
Soon, a large amount of fresh and dried meat was transported here.
Mondo couldn't resist the hunger anymore, his eyes were red as he pounced on the pile of meat, devouring it like a wild beast.
In a short time, at least one to two hundred pounds of meat were swallowed down by his huge fanged mouth.
Mondo's skin-and-bones frame was filling out at a relatively slow yet visibly noticeable pace.
Udi glanced at the quickly diminishing meat on the ground, pondered for a moment, and then instructed Shiji to watch over Mondo before flaring his wings and transforming into a shadow, flying towards the forest outside the valley.
.....
"Lucky."
Udi's pupils suddenly brightened as he looked at the yellow giant bear below.
Level 7 Demon, Earth Bear.
However, the Earth Bear below was evidently not an adult. An adult Earth Bear stands over seven meters tall and has dark yellow fur all over.
While the Earth Bear wandering in the forest below was just over six meters tall, with deep yellow fur.
An Identification Skill was thrown down.
The Earth Bear immediately raised its head in rage, discovering Udi flying in the sky.
"Unable to detect, meaning it's above Level 5, but looking at its size and fur, it can't be Level 7, so it must be Level 6."
The Identification Skill cannot identify creatures of a higher Biological Level than oneself, and Udi's Biological Level is Level 5.
Level 6 Earth Bear... Udi was eager to try.
"Big guy, you and I should collide!"
Udi roared low, aggressively diving down, targeting the Earth Bear below.
Fearing the impact might not be strong enough, his wings behind him vibrated again, accelerating a second time!
The Earth Bear below, upon seeing the actions of this young Black Dragon, immediately let out an angry growl. It didn't choose to run away; instead, a yellow light flashed across its body, covering itself with a thick layer of Earth Armor, opting to confront this rash young Black Dragon head-on!
Seeing this, Udi, who was in the midst of accelerating the dive, was extremely excited. With a Dragon's Roar, his speed seemed to increase somewhat once again.
Like a missile, a terrifying, low-pitched boom directly echoed through the surrounding kilometers of area.
For a moment, the nearby region was startled, with birds and beasts fleeing, and the sky was covered in a mass of flying birds.
At the center of the collision, a blood-drenched Earth Armor giant bear was engaged in a frenzied melee with an Abnormal Black Dragon of massive muscular dimensions.
The Earth Bear's left arm, as thick as a century-old tree, was twisted, fractured, and hanging limply, its Earth Armor shattered by half, the price it paid in their earlier head-on collision.
Conversely, the Black Dragon, apart from some cracks seeping slight amounts of blood at the impact point, was still full of vitality.
With the stacking of sixteen layers of Banquet, Udi's Dragon Body Strength far exceeded the body strength of an ordinary Level 5 demon.
The collision with the Earth Bear also confirmed this point.
The Earth Bear, known for its exceptional melee combat capabilities, and Udi could meet force with the Level 6 Earth Bear, fortified with Talent Magic 'Earth Armor Technique,' and only suffer minor injuries. This spoke volumes.
"Roar!"
A bear paw, larger than a bathtub and covered with thick Earth Armor, struck Udi's head hard, but it was blocked by the front and rear pairs of Ghostly Black Dragon Horns.
A dull collision sound rang out.
After the massive blow turned Udi's dragon head to another side, his eyes were fierce, and his dragon tail wrapped directly around the Earth Bear's left leg, covered in Earth Armor.
The black-scaled dragon tail contracted with all its might!
A creaking sound of bones arose, the Earth Bear was in unbearable pain, and its paw struck even harder than before on Udi's Dragon Horn.
Even with a dragon body harder than steel, after receiving two strong hits from the Earth Bear's massive paw on his Dragon Horns, Udi's head was slightly dazed.
A bit dizzy.
Yet instinctively, Udi's consciousness forced his dragon tail, entwined around the Earth Bear's beastly leg, to tighten its strength further, while his ferocious dragon mouth bit fiercely on the Earth Bear's intact right arm.
With a crunch, a bone-breaking sound echoed.
But it wasn't Udi shattering the Earth Bear's right arm bones, but the left leg, entangled by Udi's dragon tail, finally ground to pieces after a long stalemate.
Blood and fur mixed with bones, resembling a medley dish. At this moment, the Earth Bear's left leg looked this tragic.
The Earth Bear, which had just let out a miserable howl, heard a tearing sound. Its thick right arm was brutally bitten down by Udi's ferocious dragon mouth, a chunk of bloody flesh as large as half a human, attached with coarse and firm fur.
This large piece of flesh was forcibly bitten off; one could only imagine how painful it was. The white bones and veins beneath the flesh were exposed to the air, extremely horrifying to behold.
Finally sensing the threat of death approaching, the Earth Bear was terrified.
It frantically tried to break free from Udi's restraint.
Even Udi, facing this dying, ferocious giant beast, found controlling the opponent with dragon tail and dragon claws somewhat untenable, and it momentarily broke free.
And having regained its freedom, the Earth Bear, driven by the fear of death, tried to flee deep into the forest.
"Trying to run?" Udi grinned broadly, his smile extremely ferocious.
A streak of black light shot out from Udi's mouth, instantly hitting the panic-stricken Earth Bear.
In the Earth Bear's perspective, the once clearly visible forest suddenly turned pitch black.
It couldn't see anything, there was no sound, the pungent smell of blood from its mouth no longer filled the air, the sweet fresh blood in its mouth tasted bland, and even the intense pain in its body disappeared.
As an Earth Bear which could reach Level 7 Demon upon adulthood, its intelligence was not inferior to ordinary humans. Immediately, it realized that it was under the spell-like ability from that evil dragon.
Other than learning spells to counteract, the most simple and violent way to break through such a special spell-like ability was to deplete vast amounts of Magic Power to counteract the foreign magic invading its body.
The Earth Bear was about to mobilize its magic to cleanse off the abnormal magic of that Black Dragon when it died.
Outside, the moment Udi used the spell-like ability 'Dark Magic' to hit the Earth Bear, he knew this battle was over.
He descended before the Earth Bear, wildy flapping his Dragon Wings, his strong and powerful dragon claws pressing against the frantically turning body of the Earth Bear, his dragon maw opened, pouring a long-accumulated acid breath into the opponent's mouth.
A hissing corrosion sound arose, and the massive bear body of the Earth Bear collapsed with a loud sound, its life ended decisively.
"The Dark Magic as a spell-like ability is really merciful." Udi clicked his tongue in wonder.
The Earth Bear, face-to-face with him, despite being sprayed with acid directly on its head, did not howl or struggle fiercely, but instead stoically endured his full-strength Dragon Breath spray.
To die without pain, isn't that a form of mercy?
To clearly sense one's own head being corroded by acid is indeed a terrifying thought.