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Chapter 184: Chapter 184: Black Dragon Hatchling

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The closer Song Jian got to the building, the higher the temperature rose. He even felt as if the air around him was on fire.

Once inside the building, Song Jian realized that there was no sign of any modern civilization. The building interior was like a deep cave with walls and pillars wrapped in thick rock. The rocks glowed with a dark red light, fissures branched out like veins, oozing a sticky red liquid. The liquid flowed slowly through these fissures, all converging into a bowl-shaped nest in the depths of the hall.

The nest, with a diameter of more than ten meters, was carved out of hot stone, glowing with heat. Embedded on its surface were fist-sized mineral crystals. A thin golden string connected these crystals, their arrangement giving off a sense of a magic array. The closer one got, the more dangerous it felt.

The bowl-shaped nest was like a pot filled with boiling magma, constantly churning in the nest and illuminating half of the great hall with a dark red glow.

Song Jian did not know how the black dragon managed to source so much magma in such a modern city. It seemed that the magma was continuously heated, never hardening.

At that moment, Song Jian’s gaze fell back on the surface of the nesting chamber. Could it be that the magic array, built from numerous mineral crystals, was heating the magma?

Inside the nest stood three black dragon eggs, each taller than a person. Their surfaces emitted a blue glow, dotted with flickering silver lights, looking like stars.

“There are actually three black dragon eggs. Dierdeli’s test only required one. Could I take two for myself?” Suddenly, a surprised smile appeared on Song Jian’s face.

Song Jian briskly headed toward the Black Dragon Nest. Suddenly, the mineral crystals on the surface burst into brilliant light, sending a wave of heat spreading in all directions. Within moments, the temperature in the building rose drastically. Song Jian immediately felt as if he had entered a gigantic steamer, his Vitality Points started to drop rapidly.

Thump-

A heatwave swept over him, filling the entire hall. Song Jian had nowhere to hide and could only use his arms to protect his face. He lowered his body slightly, taking the blow head-on.

Boom-

The heatwave hit him, causing his body to shake. A burning pain transmitted from his skin, with a fire damage of more than a hundred points floating above his head. He was during the “burning” negative state.

Burning (Level 1): causes the target to lose 10 Vitality Points per second, lasting for 60 seconds.

Upon checking his Vitality Points, Song Jian was startled. He had just lost 180 Vitality Points. If it had been another level ten player, they would have been killed instantly.

As for the level one burning status, with his current Vitality Points recovery rate, he could practically ignore it.

Song Jian started making his way to the enormous nest in the deepest part of the hall, more than twenty meters away from the entrance.

Just as Song Jian was about to approach the nest, the mineral crystals on the surface shone again.

Another wave of scorching heat surged towards Song Jian.

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Fire damage of more than two hundred points floated up above Song Jian’s head. The closer he got to the nest, the greater the damage he suffered.

At the same time, the burning status that was originally at level one had now been raised to level two; the bleeding rate per second had increased from ten points to twenty points.

At this point, Song Jian felt a sense of nervousness. Regardless of how quickly his Vitality Points were recovering, the two attacks he had just suffered cost him 400 Vitality points. Thankfully, “The Dark Slayer (Foundation)” had absorbed the Black Dragon’s Essence Blood and condensed the Dragon Blood Rune, adding 200 Vitality Points to him, otherwise, he would have been killed by the previous attack.

The recovery speed was more than 500% of his Vitality Points, allowing him to maintain more than 300 Vitality Points and continue to recover at a speed of ten points or more per second.

“I am already suffering from a Level 2 burn. By the time it reaches levels three or four, my Vitality Points recovery rate will be offset. Then I’ll be left with certain death and no chance of escape!” Song Jian felt a sense of urgency. His life was in danger, he needed to act quickly.

Just as Song Jian was less than a meter away from the nest, the mineral crystal on the surface once again emitted a dazzling light, this time at a shorter interval than the previous one, and the light was even more blinding.

What was almost a substantial wave of fire had condensed into giant fire dragon illusions on the surface of the nest, rushing in all directions.

Song Jian’s heart felt as if it had been tightly gripped by a giant hand. His pupils contracted abruptly. With a single thought, his figure disappeared instantly, replaced by a giant black cloud with a diameter of more than five meters. Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.𝘤𝑜𝓂 for the best novel reading experience

Whoosh-

A fire dragon illusion passed through the black fog. A fire damage of 150 points rose above the black fog.

Song Jian drew a long breath, having transformed into a dark cloud, his magic resistance increased by 100%. If he hadn’t reacted quickly, the fire damage of this attack would surely have exceeded 300 points. Coupled with the third-degree burn, it would have definitely killed Song Jian.

Fortunately, having transformed into a black cloud, he only suffered slightly over a hundred points of damage, and the “burning” condition was still only at level two.

Song Jian didn’t hesitate and immediately flew into the nest. Just as he was doing so, one of the dragon eggs close to the edge of the nest began to shake dramatically, and cracks started to form on the eggshell.

“Crack, crack-”

The sound of cracking echoed, and the dragon egg hatched completely in just a few seconds. A reddish, four-legged lizard that hadn’t even opened its eyes climbed out of the egg, and fell directly into the magma.

To Song Jian’s surprise, the dragonling hatched from an egg taller than a person was only the size of a palm. When the hatchling fell into the magma, not even a bubble surfaced, the shattered dragon egg also slowly fell into the magma, dissolving out of sight.

“Only two out of the three eggs are left? Surely this hatchling won’t be scorched to death by the magma.” Song Jian looked at the churning magma and thought to himself.

Just as Song Jian was intending to grasp the other two dragon eggs, a red figure burst out from the magma. The palm-sized hatchling looked like a lizard with wings, and its scales gradually changed from red to green. There were only two bumps on its head, and the dragon’s horns had not yet grown out.

[LV1 Black Dragonling] (Elite): Vitality Points, 200/200, Spirit Points: 50/50; Traits: Flame Strengthening, Low-Level Magic Immunity; Skills: Dive, Claw Clash, Flame Ejection.

The black dragon hatchling, still dripping with magma, stared at the black fog above its head, feeling a sense of kinship from the fog.

“Mama!” The black dragon hatchling bellowed at the black fog.