Chapter 272: Black and White Dragon

Amid the tense gazes of the crowd, the black dragon's egg showed movement before the white dragon's egg.

Accompanied by another crisp "crack" sound, the black dragon's egg developed its first crack, followed by a second and third.

It seemed as if some living thing inside the shell was pecking at it forcefully.

Seeing this, Qin Chu and Yue Li, who had drawn near, held their breath simultaneously.

Shortly after, with an even clearer sound, a gap suddenly appeared on the dark-scaled dragon egg, and a black head poked out.

It was an extremely young black dragon, its eyes crimson; having just hatched, its scales had not yet hardened, and its body surface was coated with a bit of colorless transparent slime.

A prominent horn-like protrusion, similar to a rhino's horn, sat on its snout; judging from inside the shell, it had just used this horn to break the egg.

Upon poking its head out and seeing Qin Chu and Yue Li staring intently, it obviously froze for a moment.

The next instant, the black hatchling let out an excited, affectionate juvenile cry.

"Ya—"

"How cute!"

Yue Li's eyes lit up, then she glanced worriedly at the white dragon's egg beside her.

The two dragon eggs almost simultaneously trembled; the black dragon's egg was broken open first, while the white dragon's egg still showed no crack.

The occasional muffled thuds indicated that the tiny life inside was also striving to break free of the shell's restraint.

This scene was also witnessed by the newly hatched black dragon.

Its cry grew noticeably more anxious; from the crack it extended a claw already bearing sharp talons, pressed against the edge, and pulled hard, widening the gap considerably.

It fiercely gnawed a few bites at the shell's edge, seemingly gaining strength, and struggled to crawl out bit by bit.

Soon, the black hatchling's entire body emerged from the further widened gap.

Its hindparts still not fully hardened, the soft-feeling membranous wings twitched; it slowly climbed to the egg's top, and its bony-spurred, slender tail whipped like a lash at the white dragon's egg on the other side, instantly toppling the upright egg.

"Huh?" Watching this, both Qin Chu and Yue Li were somewhat dazed.

But the next instant, they noticed that the toppled white dragon's egg had developed a crack!

The crack's location was exactly where the black hatchling had just struck.

Obviously, the tiny life inside the white dragon's egg seized the opportunity, cooperating inside and out to finally tear open the first gap in the dragon egg! Qin Chu and Yue Li exchanged a glance, their faces unable to hide their astonishment.

The newborn hatchling actually already understood the principle of mutual aid.

With the first crack, the subsequent steps became much simpler.

Soon, a gap appeared, and a white hatchling with golden pupils poked its head out of the shell.

Compared to the black hatchling, its beak was somewhat sharper and finer, and it lacked the horn on its snout.

Perhaps precisely because of this, its hatching was more difficult.

The white hatchling widened its eyes at Qin Chu and Yue Li, then turned its head, saw the black hatchling staring at it, and emitted an affectionate, excited sound.

The black hatchling also seemed infected, raising its head and calling out repeatedly.

Once the white hatchling smoothly crawled out of the dragon egg, the black hatchling ceased its calling and began quickly gnawing its own eggshell.

Seeing this, the white hatchling on the other side, unwilling to be outdone, kept gnawing until its mouth ended up on the black dragon's egg.

"Ya!"

The black hatchling widened its eyes, looking at the white hatchling with some displeasure, then moved its head toward the white dragon's egg.

Watching the two hatchlings mutually nibble each other's dragon eggs, Qin Chu spoke with a hint of uncertainty, "They're chewing mixed eggshells… probably no effect, right?"

"In many Western dragon legends, it's often mentioned that dragon eggs are the first meal after hatching, and the calcium they contain helps solidify dragon scales and strengthen dragon wings." A few others then gathered around; Lai Ang Te, hearing Qin Chu's words, smiled and spoke.

"Since it's food, I suppose different dragon eggs shouldn't differ much?"

"They're eating happily; let them be." Yue Li chuckled softly, gazing at the two adorable hatchlings, her eyes shining.

After eating the shells clean, the two hatchlings' physiques underwent a certain degree of change.

The slime originally coating their surfaces had now been absorbed by their bodies; the bare skin, which already bore faint patterns, rapidly solidified into sheets of dragon scales upon contact with air and the hatchlings' consumption of the shells.

The hatchlings' originally somewhat weak membranous wings now had straight wing bones, preliminarily taking on the shape of dragon wings; although they still couldn't fly, their flapping could already stir a breeze.

Finally, the information of the two hatchlings appeared in the scan.

At this point, they could be considered officially born as spirit beasts.

【Spirit Beast Species: Fierce Dragon】

【Spirit Beast Attribute: Fighting System】

【Spirit Beast Level: Juvenile Stage Lv1】

【Spirit Beast Status: Uncontracted】

【Spirit Beast Introduction: The Fighting System spirit beast Fierce Dragon, aggressive and brave by nature, innately possesses the exclusive trait 【Dragon Lineage】, an ultra-rare species.】

This is the black hatchling.

【Spirit Beast Species: Vortex Spirit Dragon】

【Spirit Beast Attribute: Psychic System】

【Spirit Beast Level: Juvenile Stage Lv1】

【Spirit Beast Status: Uncontracted】

【Spirit Beast Introduction: The Psychic System spirit beast Vortex Spirit Dragon, calm and sharp by nature, innately possesses the exclusive trait 【Dragon Lineage】, an ultra-rare species.】

This is the white hatchling.

Fighting System and Psychic System? Qin Chu looked somewhat surprised at the two hatchlings before him, then opened the detailed description of the exclusive trait 【Dragon Lineage】.

【Dragon Lineage: When a spirit beast possessing the 【Dragon Lineage】 trait is nearby, the race value increases by 50%】

【Note: The exclusive trait does not conflict with additional traits or equipment traits, and has no cooldown】

Several sharp intakes of breath quickly sounded in the venue, obviously showing that everyone present was stunned by such a powerful trait effect.

"I'll contract the Vortex Spirit Dragon, you contract the Fierce Dragon?" Yue Li whispered.

Although the Fierce Roaring Dragon emerged from the dragon egg first, its physique was noticeably stronger, but precisely for that reason, Yue Li felt a bit of pity for the Vortex Spirit Dragon, and the more she looked, the more she liked it.

"Good." Qin Chuan nodded.

For the two hatchlings, the first thing they saw upon birth was Qin Chuan and Yue Li; they had no thought of resisting the contract, and moreover, their initial affection after contracting had already reached 90%.

Since obtaining the dragon egg, the two have deliberately kept the resources dropped from the A-rank 5-star secret realm needed to break through from the Juvenile Stage all the way to the Hall Tier.

Now that the contract is complete, the breakthrough will begin once Yue Li gives Qin Chuan luck.

The two hatchlings were first instantly raised to Juvenile Stage Level 10, then three random basic resources were gathered to meet the advancement requirements, reaching the Growth Tier.

Then raise to max, evolve, raise to max, advance, raise to max.

Until the two hatchlings, less than ten minutes old, reached Hall Tier Level 40, and even their first piece of equipment was instantly enhanced to Lunar Halo 10 by the iron hammer, this breakthrough without any childhood experience came to an end. In response, Yi Fu Lin, Hong Ye, and Lai Ang Ha Te, who watched helplessly, said:

This broken game is really boring, really.

After raising the Lie Shen Dragon—no, after its evolution its species name became the Blood Rage Magic Dragon—and its strength had increased to the point where it could not be raised any further for the time being, Qin Chuan began to check the status of his fourth pet.

Within just a few minutes, the little black dragon, which had just been a hatchling, underwent a dramatic transformation; its body length was now nearly ten meters, its whole body covered in extremely hard dragon scales, its four claws strong and powerful, and a blood-red diamond-shaped crystal core was embedded in its chest.

That was the attack-oriented equipment it forged when breaking through the Elite Tier: the Blood Rage Core.

【Spirit Beast Species: Blood Rage Magic Dragon】

【Spirit Beast Attribute: Combat Type】

【Spirit Beast Level: Hall Tier Lv40】 【Advancement】 【Evolution】

【Spirit Beast Trait: Black Dragon's Fury】

【Spirit Beast Species Value: 40000】

【Spirit Beast Affection: 98%】

【Spirit Beast Skills: Star·Dragon Body (Passive), Star·Blazing Dragon Claw (Active), Star·Shattering Dragon Tail (Active), Star·Instant Dragon Shadow (Active), Star·Blood Dragon Scale (Active), Star·Dragon Might Field (Active)】

【Equipment Affix: 【Blood Rage (Lunar Halo 10): Reduce current HP by 60%, ATK increased by 210%】】

【Current Affix Usage/Cooldown: 10 minutes/10 minutes】

【Exclusive Affix: 【Draconic Heritage: When a Spirit Beast with the Draconic Heritage affix is nearby, species value increases by 50%】】

【Spirit Beast Description: Combat-type Spirit Beast Blood Rage Magic Dragon, evolved from the Lie Shen Dragon; its fearless, death-defying nature makes it an opponent that all Spirit Beasts dread to provoke.】

Fearless of death…

Looking at this Spirit Beast description's evaluation, Qin Chuan felt a headache coming on.

He hadn't examined the other skill effects yet, but the Blood Rage equipment affix was something he had upgraded step by step, so he naturally understood it.

Under normal circumstances, a Lunar Halo level 10 attack affix can increase ATK by 140%.

Blood Rage's increase is 1.5 times that of a standard affix, but the cost is also terrifying.

Once the affix is activated, even before combat begins, his HP drops directly to below half.

It's not that he hasn't seen other combat-type Spirit Beasts, but he has truly never seen this kind before.

Now he can only hope that the Blood Rage Magic Dragon's trait and skills are stronger.

【Black Dragon's Fury: When HP decreases, instantly gain an anger shield equal to 200% of the amount lost; when taking damage, the anger shield absorbs it first, and HP is only deducted after the shield is depleted—all damage, including true damage, can be blocked by the anger shield】

Qin Chuan: "???"

He took back his previous statement.

With the Black Dragon's Fury trait, the negative effects of Blood Rage are almost gone.

One times HP plus two times anger shield means the Blood Rage Magic Dragon's effective HP is three times its normal HP.

His emotions rose and fell like a roller coaster, and Qin Chuan opened the Blood Rage Magic Dragon's skills.

【Star·Dragon Body: Passive skill, increases DEF by 20% and attribute resistance by 20%, increases damage reduction by 20%】

【Star·Blazing Dragon Claw: Active skill, deals a close-range claw strike at 120% ATK to the target, after dealing damage it applies 1 layer of 【Shatter】 effect.】

【Shatter: Each layer reduces the target's DEF by 2% and increases the damage it takes by 2%】

【Star·Shattering Dragon Tail: Active skill, deals a mid-range tail whip strike at 110% ATK to the target, after dealing damage it applies 2 layers of 【Shatter】 effect.】

【Star·Instant Dragon Shadow: Active skill, rushes at ultra-high speed to a designated position, dealing 100% ATK damage to all targets along the path and applying the 【Launch】 effect.】

【Launch: Unable to act or use skills, lasts 1 second】

【Star·Blood Dragon Scale: Active skill, usable when HP is below 50% of max HP; ATK increased by 100%; 10% of damage dealt to any target is restored as HP; the skill ends when HP exceeds 80% of max HP.】

【Star·Dragon Might Field: Active skill, instantly applies 5 layers of 【Shatter】 to all hostile targets in range; for the next 10 seconds, any skill that applies 【Shatter】 has its layers doubled; cooldown 30 seconds.】

After reviewing all the skill effects, Qin Chuan let out a long sigh of relief.

The Blood Rage Magic Dragon's abilities can be divided into two systems.

First is the healing flow system formed by the equipment affix Blood Rage, the trait Black Dragon's Fury, and the active skill Star·Blood Dragon Scale.

The more he fights, the thicker his blood becomes, and he can also leech HP to recover.

Second is the shatter flow system formed by the active skills Star·Blazing Dragon Claw, Star·Shattering Dragon Tail, and Star·Dragon Might Field.

Although the DEF reduction and damage increase from one layer of 【Shatter】 is not large, combat-type melee attributes like this are famous for high attack speed.

The little black dragon is so impressive; I wonder how the little white dragon is.

Qin Chuan looked toward Yue Li.

Before Yue Li stood a white dragon whose build was slightly slimmer than the Blood Rage Magic Dragon; its body length also reached ten meters, it gracefully lifted its head, revealing a long, slender horn on its forehead.

That was the attribute-oriented equipment it forged when breaking through the Elite Tier: Illusory Roar, whose affix is 【Arcane】.

【Arcane (Lunar Halo 10): Randomly increases attribute potency by 70%~280%】

Noticing Qin Chuan's gaze, Yue Li smiled at him, then proceeded to check the panel of the little white dragon that had already evolved into the Phantom Spirit Magic Dragon.

Just moments ago, she had already viewed the Phantom Spirit Magic Dragon's trait 【White Dragon's Fury】.

【White Dragon's Fury: For each 1% HP lost, gain 3% attribute potency】

Taking a deep breath, Yue Li, full of anticipation, opened the skill details.

【Star·Dragon Body: Passive skill, increase defense by 20% and attribute resistance by 20%, increase damage reduction by 20%.】

【Star·Thought Dragon Roar: Active skill, with 120% attack deals a blast to area targets, adds 1 layer of 【Solid Seal】 to hit targets.】

【Star·Illusory Dragon Roar: Active skill, with 80% attack deals a blast that ignores defense to area targets, adds 1 layer of 【Virtual Seal】 to hit targets.】

【Star·Illusory Spirit Realm: Active skill, builds an illusory domain centered on oneself, affects cognition and judgment of targets within the domain, every 3 seconds adds 1 layer of 【Virtual Seal】 to targets within the domain, duration 30 seconds, cooldown 60 seconds.】

【Star·Virtual-Real Entanglement: Active skill, when a target has both 【Virtual Seal】 and 【Solid Seal】 layers, can simultaneously consume 1 layer of 【Virtual Seal】 and 1 layer of 【Solid Seal】, deals true damage equal to 10% of target's current HP.】

【Star·Land of Truth: Active skill, builds a domain of truth centered on oneself, caster can use all abilities they have touched but requires double power, every second adds 1 layer of 【Solid Seal】 to targets within the domain, duration 10 seconds, cooldown 60 seconds.】

Looking at the skill details, Yue Li's smile grew richer, suddenly turned head to look at Qin Chuan.

"Let's give them a name?"

"Good." Qin Chuan nodded, looked at the Bloodflame Magic Dragon, "From now on, you will be called..."

"I'll call you Xiao Bai!" Yue Li hugged the head of the Illusory Spirit Magic Dragon, smiling as she spoke.

Qin Chuan fell silent for a moment, looking at the curious Bloodflame Magic Dragon.

"... Xiao Hei." —

(End of chapter)