Chapter 43

Ten days later.

Inside the Black Dragon Inner Fortress, within the nest, Lai Ang suddenly felt a whim and was startled awake from his slumber.

Lai Ang's instinct told him that his dragon race rank had officially broken through to Fourth Rank.

But the throbbing sensation did not fade; Lai Ang's consciousness entered his mental space.

Then he saw the auto-farming slot split open from the middle.

The ancient stone groove trembled, and under Lai Ang's 'gaze', the stone groove split into two.

They became two identical, complete stone grooves of the same size.

"This is." Lai Ang's dragon eyes showed a look of surprise and joy.

"The auto-farming slot gained another one? Why?" Lai Ang thought of how his dragon race rank had just broken through to Fourth Rank, and the auto-farming slot had undergone a change: "Could it be that an increase in dragon race rank can affect the auto-farming slot?" His thoughts surged like undercurrents in the sea, impossible to conceal his delight.

If that were truly the case, then as his dragon race rank continued to rise, the auto-farming slot would split again. After a moment, Lai Ang calmed slightly and began to study whether the split auto-farming slot had any other changes.

What made Lai Ang even more delighted was that the auto-farming slot indeed had other changes.

"The experience gained from auto-farming for a day has doubled?" A flash of ecstasy passed through the black dragon's pale yellow, icy dragon pupils.

Originally, the auto-farming slot could only automatically gain one experience point per day; now it has doubled, yielding two points per day.

Furthermore, with the addition of another auto-farming slot from the split, compared to the original single auto-farming slot, the auto-farming efficiency increased by a full fourfold!! Huff— the black dragon slowly settled his mindset.

It looked at the 【Acidic Dragon Breath】 rune that had been 'popped out' due to the split, and with a thought, placed it back into the auto-farming slot again.

After the Black Water Battle Qi broke through to Fourth Rank, Lai Ang stopped auto-farming Black Water Battle Qi and instead selected the 'Acidic Dragon Breath' ability from his many abilities for auto-farming improvement.

After all, dragon breath and dragon aura are both the dragons' most core spell-like abilities—the former being the strongest attack ability for most dragons besides their physical body.

Countless beings, upon thinking of dragons, immediately think of that world-destroying dragon breath.

Previously, he did not use the auto-farming slot to enhance dragon breath, because dragon breath's power also requires a robust dragon physique as its foundation.

Enhancing Black Water Battle Qi drives bodily development, which in turn boosts dragon breath power—this is obviously the most cost-effective.

"Which ability should I use the other auto-farming slot to enhance?" Lai Ang muttered to himself.

Continue enhancing Black Water Battle Qi?

Lai Ang thought that raising Fourth Rank Black Water Battle Qi by one level costs five hundred experience points; even though the auto-farming slot now yields two points per day, raising it to Fifth Rank would still take six or seven years.

Moreover, not auto-farming Black Water Battle Qi does not mean it cannot be improved; at worst, Lai Ang could spend a bit more time each day on battle qi training, and although the progress would be slower than auto-farming, it would still be steady.

The advantages of the auto-farming slot are: one, it grants fixed progress without daily training; two, it ignores bottlenecks. The latter is the core.

"My dragon age has reached eight years; I have less than three years until graduation, after which I will leave the Jade Academy."

Using less than three years to auto-farm Black Water Battle Qi would only raise it by four levels, which would not bring any essential change in strength.

And in an unsafe environment, prioritizing the strengthening of one's own power and enhancing survivability is paramount.

Lai Ang looked at the magical abilities he had mastered.

"The power of the Water Magic Cannon is sufficient for me now. Moreover, I still have Acidic Dragon Breath as a supplementary attack method."

Once the caster's rank reached Third Rank, Lai Ang's spiritual strength when using the Water Magic Cannon already allowed 'dual casting'.

Each cast releases two Water Magic Cannons, and with his current spiritual 'amount', he could fire fifty times with plenty to spare.

Under dual casting, a hundred successive blasts each comparable to a single-target Third Rank attack spell would give even Fourth Rank dragon Lai Ang confidence to blast them to death.

And if it were any other Fourth Rank entity, it would be even easier.

"What I lack is a burst method, a trump card." Lai Ang made up his mind. He placed the 【Third Rank Spell·Frenzy】 ability rune into the other auto-farming slot.

【Third Rank Spell·Frenzy】

【Effect】: In a short time, comprehensively increase strength, speed, and agility.

It has a buff effect similar to battle qi.

However, because it is a spell, it can not only be cast on oneself for a buff, but also on other beings. Thus, at critical moments, Lai Ang can fully boost both himself and his subordinates' power significantly in a short time.

Moreover, this Frenzy spell meets the compatibility standard for fusion with the Zero Rank Trick 'Weak Power Enhancement', gaining a trait that would likely allow the Frenzy spell's effect to improve even further.

This is an ability capable of turning the tables in desperate situations!

Raising a Third Rank Spell by one level requires 150 experience points; with two points per day from auto-farming, it takes seventy-five days to gain one level.

Raising the Third Rank Spell 【Frenzy】 to max level takes about two years. This is much faster than before.

Just as Lai Ang was overjoyed by the changes in the auto-farming slot, a drastic change occurred in the heart of the distant continent.

At the continent's center, it is occupied by humanity's strongest power, the 'Holy Silver Empire'.

Within the Holy Silver Empire's territory, humans are supreme, and all other races are inferior.

Even a powerful dragon that enters the empire's territory will either become material or become the mount of a dragon knight.

But today, a drastic change occurred——

Silver Imperial Capital.

High above, a tall, sturdy dark green figure overlooked the prosperous human imperial capital below; his blood-red eyes seemed to blaze with fierce flames—this was the fire of vengeance! 'Humanity, after ten thousand years of enslavement, today everything shall end!!'

Wreathed in the flames of vengeance, the dark green figure raised the black hammer in his hand, which flickered with threads of blood-colored lightning, and slammed it down mercilessly upon the defenseless imperial capital.

Boom! The earth seemed to lose its sound.

The Silver Emperor deep within the imperial capital seemed to sense something, his eyes snapping open as a flash of shock and anger crossed his silver pupils—but it was already too late.

A blood-colored thunderbolt hundreds of meters in diameter fell like a heavenly pillar onto the imperial capital, and boundless power spread outward.

Sturdy buildings, humans, everything—all were annihilated in the spreading blood-colored thunder.

Whether a Seventh Rank expert or an ordinary person, within the range shrouded by the blood-colored thunder, none had any ability to resist.

"Damn it, stop!"

A silver spear shot out from the palace at the heart of the imperial capital, transforming into a silver mad dragon that shattered the blood-colored thunder pillar.

But it could not stop the spreading blood-colored thunder.

In just a short time, under that dark green figure's hammer blow, at least seventy percent of the vast imperial capital was reduced to ruins, with countless casualties.

The emerald green figure, upon seeing the Silver Spear, let out a wild howl; the earth-shaking roar echoed across heaven and earth,

「Beastmen will never be slaves!!! 」

Accompanied by the roar's outbreak, almost at the same moment, within the vast territories of the Silver Empire, countless enslaved Beastmen rose up in rebellion against their former human masters.

After enduring countless ages, when an absolute sovereign appeared among the Beastmen, having secretly united the scattered Beastmen tribes on earth and the enslaved Beastmen, they resolutely hurled the Storm and Thunder Hammer they gripped tightly, sounding the horn of rebellion and freedom.

The world underwent a turning point at this moment.

Fate God, activate!

(End of Chapter)