Chapter 200: CH : 194 New Spells And Abyss
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Awed by the terrifying aura exuding from the red-scaled dragonman leader, the six little dragons followed him obediently.
Beyond the lava volcano, the six little dragons saw a huge forest in the distance.
In the center of the ancient forest, there was also a green, towering mage tower that stood thousands of meters high.
"This is the Emerald Green Tower under the crown of the legendary green dragon, 'Clever.' You two little green dragons, please go over there. That is the green dragons' headquarters," the red-scaled dragon leader said, pointing to the tower emitting astonishing energy in the distance with a respectful expression.
The two teenage green dragons among the six dragonets looked at each other and swallowed.
But before they could take action, a dozen green dragons flew out of the giant tree forest, ranging from teenagers to young adults to adults.
"Are there new hatchlings here?"
The leader, an adult green dragon with a body length of more than 20 meters, landed in front of the six little dragons, his original expression of surprise gradually turning into disappointment.
"Forget it, there are two little dragons again. They are a force, after all. Little guys, how about joining me, Phileas? Our team has two adult dragons, eight young dragons, and five adolescent dragons."
The green dragon Phileas lowered his head and looked at the two teenage green dragons.
"We..." The two young green dragons were still a little confused at the moment. They had been rescued by the strong red dragon, thrown into a place that looked terrifying at first glance, brought here by a powerful red-scaled dragonman, and now confronted by a powerful adult green dragon inviting them to join his command.
"Thal, didn't you explain the situation to these little dragons?" Phileas looked at the two confused little dragons and realized something. He turned his head to the red-scaled dragon with a dissatisfied expression.
"You know I'm very busy. There have been too many little dragons and monsters taking refuge recently. You should also share this explanation. Fine, you four little dragons should follow quickly. I will take you to the territory of your predecessors." Thal laughed, then greeted the other four little dragons and led a group of dragonmen away.
Behind him, Phileas snorted in dissatisfaction, but he also knew that things were hectic in the Crimson Nest. He signaled a green dragon under his command to explain the current situation to the two little dragons, then flew back to the Canopy Palace.
Scenes like this happened almost every day in the Crimson Nest.
A large number of Chromatic dragons and their monster relatives gathered here, and an astonishingly huge force was amassing at a terrifying speed. The messengers of the Crimson Mother who went out to recruit Chromatic dragons were not just strong red dragons like Carolina. Besides her, there were also more than a dozen powerful Chromatic dragons.
The disappearance of a large number of Chromatic evil dragons and their monster relatives also caused other forces to notice this anomaly.
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Blackwing Lair
Dragon Pound
Since Carolina left three days ago, I pondered deeply and concluded that in this situation, I must take the initiative.
So, I took the initiative to contact Carolina.
The red dragon's scales shimmered, and a red dragon image appeared in front of the black dragon.
"Your Majesty the Black Dragon King, what's the matter with you?" Carolina looked at me, surprised by my summoning her. Could it be that after three days of thinking, he had decided to join the Crimson Nest?
I didn't waste any time and got straight to the point. "I need some spells."
"Your Majesty, please speak." Although a little disappointed, Carolina still responded politely.
Since recognizing me as the legendary black dragon, Carolina's attitude had become very respectful.
"Plane Teleportation and Super Long-Range Instant Teleportation."
After hearing these two spells, Carolina pondered for a moment and said, "I don't have these two spells in my collection, but I know a few strong green dragons who should have them in theirs. However, this is a transaction, so Your Majesty needs to pay a price."
Respect is respect, but there was no way Carolina would find spells for me for free.
"This is natural," I nodded slightly, moved my massive dragon body, and revealed the immense piles of treasures behind me.
The female red dragon's eyes widened instantly, and her tone changed from polite to eager. "It is an honor for me to serve Your Majesty. I will go find those green dragons right away."
Sure enough, when dealing with Chromatic dragons, treasure is more effective than strength.
Under the temptation of wealth, Carolina found the Plane Teleportation and Instant Teleportation spells for me within half a day.
I paid her for the two magic knowledge scrolls and also gave the female red dragon an additional thousand gold coins for her effort. Both parties were satisfied.
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Although a thousand gold coins wasn't much for Carolina, earning it in half a day—and from a legendary black dragon, no less—gave her an immense sense of accomplishment.
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After completing the transaction, I began my routine study of these two spells.
The Plane Teleportation spell is a "super world traveling technique" that allows travel to most locations in the star multiverse. A powerful mage almost always learns it.
However, there are limitations. If you don't have the corresponding world coordinates, the Plane Teleportation spell will teleport you randomly. If you accidentally teleport to the center of a void storm, you're essentially dead.
For this reason, mages who master this interdimensional spell strive to collect the coordinates of other planes, especially undisclosed material plane coordinates, which are considered world-class treasures.
The only material plane coordinate I know so far is Tal, the plane of my birth.
However, the Dragon Legacy contains some well-known public coordinates left by individual spellcasters and senior black dragons.
For example, the Endless Abyss.
As for the Instant Teleportation spell, it is a long-distance instant teleportation technique. At the sixth tier, its advantage lies in its rapid casting, making it suitable for avoiding sudden, fatal dangers or for use in combat.
It's similar to Void Walking but operates under different laws. Additionally, it covers a very long distance without placing excessive strain on my body or mana pool.
In contrast, the fourth-tier spell Any Door is more likely to be used during travel. Even if it reaches the level of instant spells, there is still a brief movement and delay when passing through the door.
The sixth-tier spell Instant Teleportation is different. It directly affects the caster, requiring no gate construction for teleportation.
At higher levels of combat, reaction time and speed become increasingly critical.
A thousandth of a second can determine the outcome of a battle—or even life and death.
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As the atmosphere across the continent grows increasingly strange, some who are aware of it silently build their strength.
The Crimson Nest continues to gather Chromatic dragons and expand its power. Even if other major forces are slow to react, they will soon detect the signs. Following these signs, rumors begin to spread rapidly across the continent.
The Crimson Disaster, which had disappeared for thousands of years, is about to sweep across the continent once more.
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"Perhaps it is because the strength of the soul is constantly strengthening and improving under the influence of the feast. It originally took more than a month to learn the six-tier water dragon spell five years ago. Now, five years later, I'm learning the same six-tier water dragon. It only took half a month to get started with the teleportation technique.
This learning speed is definitely considered genius, considering my current level as an eleventh-level spellcaster.
It is estimated that many master-level spellcasters above level 15 cannot learn sixth-tier spells as fast as me.
"You've got started, and then you just need to pass the time to master and return to your true nature," I thought leisurely.
I did not rush to the Abyss Plane immediately with the new teleportation spell, but continued to research and learn. After all, it is a cross-dimensional spell, and the proficiency is not high. If I make a mistake, it will cost a dragon's life.
In the process, I also learned the six-tier spell of instant teleportation, but my research focus was still on the otherworldly teleportation spell.
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Time Flies By.
Another three months have passed.
I raised my proficiency in the plane teleportation spell to 50% of the entry-level, and at the same time, I also successfully learned the six-tier instant teleportation.
"Fine, the higher the proficiency level, the higher the energy consumption. If you want to increase the teleportation spell from the entry-level 50% to the proficiency level 0%, even if you study diligently and dedicatedly, it will take at least half a year. And now, this proficiency is enough to use it safely."
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Blackwing's Lair, Dragon Pond.
The black dragon slowly opened his eyes and then made up his mind.
It's time to start my journey into the abyss.
During the past three and a half months, I was not only studying and learning spells. When I was tired and rested, I would take the time to look through the memories of the abyss in the Dragon's Heritage.
The abyss is bottomless and endless.
It is a combination of nearly all negative bodies in the Astral Realm. It can be said that as long as the Astral Realm is still generating negative energy, thinking, and so on, the abyss will expand endlessly.
And how many years have passed since the birth of the Star Boundary?
This is an answer that even the oldest gods cannot give.
Just like no Abyss Lord knows how big the abyss is and how many layers it has. Because the abyss cannot be described in terms of size or numbers.
However, so far, there is a specific number of coordinates of the Abyss Plane disclosed in the Star Realm—about 180 million.
But the records in the Dragon's Heritage are several thousand years old. Maybe there are more now, maybe as high as 180,100,000? Twenty thousand?
Of course, it could also become more than 179 million.
Because the Abyss Plane can be destroyed and swallowed.
In order to expand their authority, Abyss Lords often launch bloody battles in the abyss, allowing the Abyss Plane they control to devour the planes controlled by other Abyss Lords. Therefore, as the Abyssal Plane increases, it will also decrease, but the overall number has been growing continuously.
It is certainly impossible to record the coordinates of all the public Abyss Planes in Dragon Heritage. It is estimated that even the immortal Dragon God does not have the long time and energy to visit all the public Abyss Planes.
In my Dragon Heritage, I only found a dozen Abyss Plane coordinates. ——Let me mention it again, the dragon inheritance knowledge passed down by different dragon bloodlines is different. If the ancestors were rich and was a Dragon God, then it is normal to leave one hundred thousand Abyss Plane coordinates and coordinates of millions of planes.
Obviously, my ancestor may not have been wealthy, or rather wealthy, but that ancestor was too lazy to leave behind this knowledge.
Not all dragons are willing to leave inheritance knowledge, especially the selfish Chromatic Dragons. Nowadays, the dragon inheritance knowledge of Chromatic Dragons has become so vast and vast. That is because the ancestors of Chromatic Dragons who have been idle one after another for countless billions of years have accumulated bit by bit.
Take my search for knowledge about the abyss in Dragon Heritage, and I will often find the records of a certain black dragon ancestor. For example, in such and such a year, in such and such a place, I, Ulquiorra, was in such and such a place in the abyss. He cut off the head of the legendary Balrog the Balor.
Such records are mostly useless, and there is much more messy knowledge than useful knowledge.
It was in this situation of digging for gold in shit that I found more than a dozen recorded coordinates of the Abyss Plane.
After screening these dozen Abyss Planes, I finally selected three as final candidates.
The conditions for my choice are also very simple. The first priority is order and safety.
Although the abyss is chaotic, there is order in chaos and chaos in order. In many Abyss Planes, some regional lords will build large or small cities and castles. After all, unless an individual is so strong that there is no need to form a group, forming a force is what most strong people are willing to do, especially in the abyss where plundering can make them stronger.
No. 9896, No. 556246, No. 1646466.
The above three are the relatively reliable Abyss Planes that I selected from the Dragon Heritage.
The three Abyssal Planes all have relatively small numbers, and the smaller the number proves that the coordinates of the Abyssal Plane have been public for a longer time, and the fact that the Abyssal Plane has not been swallowed up by other Abyss Lords for such a long time means that the Abyss Lord must be powerful enough.
In the abyss, only with the power of the Abyss Lord can there be a relatively stable order.
To be weak and in the abyss is original sin.
"Let's go to the Abyss Plane numbered 9896." After thinking for a while, I made a decision.
After stuffing several interdimensional bags full of treasures into the gaps between my scales, I transformed into a three-meter-tall dragon-man form. After that, I began to recite the spell silently and release the plane teleportation spell.
The reason why the dragon's true form is not used is because it is too conspicuous. Not only is it conspicuous in size, but the dragon is also a relatively conspicuous race in the abyss, and being conspicuous often means it will be more dangerous.
The abyss is different from the Material Plane of Tal. In the Tal Plane, there may be many strong people who can defeat me, but if I only want to escape and survive, there are really not many strong people who can kill me. For example, the legendary warrior—I can't defeat him, can't I fly far away? If that doesn't work, I can still leave with a teleportation spell.
But in the abyss, there are too many terrifying strong men with too many tricks. If you don't keep a low profile, you will probably be captured and used as a mount, or you will be dismantled and sold for parts.
The white and red teleportation array slowly appeared at the feet of me, who had transformed into a dragon-man. With a flash of light, and a large amount of elemental crystal energy being extracted and turned into ashes, the dragon disappeared from the Tal Plane.
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There was a scarlet blood moon in the sky, and the ground was a wasteland where all kinds of weird plants grew. One could also see an active volcano thousands of feet high, erupting magma.
"Is this a lava field?"
I, who was in the form of a dragon-man, looked left and right and found that except for an active volcano in front of me that was somewhat alive, everything in other directions was dead.
After thinking for a few seconds, I strode forward. Dragon Heritage only has the coordinates of the Abyss Plane and does not specify a certain city in the Abyss Plane. This needs to be found by myself.
Sense the release of spells and mental power, covering an area within a few miles at all times.
I did not choose to fly, because in the abyss, flying is exclusive to the strong and chaotic. The former are unafraid of anything, while the latter are chaotic and unpredictable individuals, so it is normal for them to do anything that invites death.
After walking for more than a hundred kilometers in a straight line, the active volcano that was erupting was finally in front of me.
I also finally encountered my first abyssal creatures. To be precise, it was a group of them.
A group of demon dogs with dark fur, blood-red pupils, and ferocious teeth.
"Beast-shaped demons, order two to four," the information about the group of demon dogs in front of me emerged in my mind.
I looked around and found no other living creatures.
In the clicking sound, my form quickly changed, and in the blink of an eye, I returned to my true form as a fifty-meter-long black dragon. A terrifying suction force came from the dragon's mouth like an abyss, and in an instant, a dozen demon dogs rushed over excitedly, suffocating in one mouthful.
With a flash of black light, I transformed back into the form of a three-meter-tall dragon man and touched my belly, which had not changed at all.
"It's not enough to fill the gap between my teeth."
As the dragon's body continues to grow, even when I'm not in a feasting state, my daily food intake has reached a very exaggerated level, with units measured in hundreds of tons.
And it digests quickly.
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