In an instant, the tendrils seed to breathe with a life of their own. Drop by drop, crimson blood tinged with faint gold flowed along them and into Han Ning’s body.
After about ten minutes, Han Ning retracted the extended tendrils, leaving only one out. He then took out a transparent laboratory test tube and aid the tendril at its mouth.
"DRIP~"
Droplets of thick, golden-red blood were squeezed from the tendril, flowing into the test tube.
’Next, I’ll add the crushed Red Fla Grass... to neutralize the blood’s violent properties...’
Following that, he followed the steps provided by the panel, adding various herbs and crushed ores into the small test tube one by one.
Another ten minutes passed.
A rich, golden-red light ford a thin pillar that shot toward the sky, only to be blocked by the thick rock wall.
"Cheep? Cheep, cheep!"
Egg Pancake, who had been lying on the side, quickly raised its head and looked in Han Ning’s direction.
It felt a restlessness originating from deep within its bloodline.
Even the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm within its body began to stir faintly.
Inside the test tube, a pool of liquid lay still. It resembled surging magma, golden with streaks of bright red.
’For Egg Pancake to evolve into a Red Lotus Dragon Lizard, it needs to be bathed in magma. The Fire and Earth Elents from the molten rock must penetrate its scales, and its skin must fully absorb the magma’s Energy.’
Han Ning looked at the steps on the panel and led the Soul Beasts to a spot near the Magma Lake.
At the edge of the Magma Lake, five Extraordinary Level Earth Attribute and five Fire Attribute Crystal Stones had been placed.
He shook the test tube.
"Egg Pancake, on my command. Drink the liquid in this tube and get into the Magma Lake."
"Cheep!"
Egg Pancake, of course, obeyed Han Ning unconditionally. It imdiately opened its mouth, drank the liquid in the test tube, and then, without any hesitation, took a step and jumped right in.
The mont Egg Pancake leaped into the Magma Lake and its body was subrged in the thick, dark-red magma...
"CHEEP, CHEEP CHEEP, CHEEP!!!"
The area around the Magma Lake instantly filled with Egg Pancake’s painful shrieks.
The cries were accompanied by a thick plu of smoke.
THRASH, THRASH, THRASH, THRASH~
Egg Pancake struggled violently in the magma, sending the dark-red liquid splashing everywhere.
"Egg Pancake, trust ! You have to hold on! Don’t you dare climb out!"
Seeing Egg Pancake in so much pain, Han Ning’s own heart ached.
CHEEP CHEEP!!
Although Egg Pancake was in agony, it sent no signals to Han Ning that it was begging for rcy or giving up.
’It hurts, but I won’t cry!’
"Egg Pancake, quick, think about delicious canned at, rich milk, fragrant roasted snake at! I promise, when you get out, I’ll take you out for an all-you-can-eat feast."
At this point, all Han Ning could do was try to distract Egg Pancake.
CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP!
Amidst its pained cries, Egg Pancake also projected emotions of wanting to eat...
As the magma burned away at Egg Pancake’s skin, layer by layer...
Its scales began to char, revealing the bright red flesh beneath.
Then, the flesh itself was incinerated by the magma, turning pitch-black...
The horrific sight made Han Ning’s skin crawl; he couldn’t imagine what it was like for Egg Pancake, who was right in the middle of it.
He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, "A leap in one’s level of Life truly is an arduous trial."
Yin Yi, watching from the side, was also deeply shocked by Egg Pancake’s state. The flickering flas in her pupils froze.
Just as the magma had burned Egg Pancake’s body completely black, charring all its skin and flesh, and was about to penetrate its organs and threaten its very life...
A surging fiery light, wreathed in dark brown sludge, suddenly burst outward from its body, creating a safe zone completely isolated from the magma.
Egg Pancake lay silently within the flas, its body charred black from head to toe. If Han Ning hadn’t known it was still alive through their Spiritual Power link, he would have already sent Yin Yi charging in.
’Hang in there, Egg Pancake!’
Seeing his beloved Egg Pancake in such a miserable state, Han Ning, feeling like a worried father, felt his heart twist in agony.
At the sa ti, the five Earth and five Fire Attribute Crystal Stones placed at the edge of the Magma Lake began to flicker with a brilliant light, disturbed by so unknown Power.
The Earth and Fire Elental Particles in the air were also affected, gathering from all directions toward Egg Pancake’s position in the center.
From up ahead, the dying Egg Pancake suddenly let out a deafening roar.
This roar was almost draconic!
ROAR!!
As this agonized roar echoed, streaks of crimson and earthy-yellow light stread out from the Crystal Stones on the floor, converging on Egg Pancake’s body.
Countless tiny, shimring particles slowly ford a small vortex. At the eye of this storm was Egg Pancake’s location.
A prone figure, covered by a massive amount of crimson and earthy-yellow particles, was rapidly outlined in the center of the Magma Lake.
INHALE... EXHALE...
Then, Han Ning heard powerful inhalations and exhalations, like the sound of a bellows, coming from the Magma Lake.
With each breath, the silhouette of light in the center grew a little larger.
The Spiritual Energy gathering from all directions also accelerated with its breathing.
After just three breaths, the dual-colored light from the Crystal Stones on the ground dimd.
"Good, good, good. A big appetite is a blessing!"
Han Ning muttered, then simply placed all the Extraordinary Level Earth and Fire Attribute Crystal Stones he had on the ground.
The light flowing through the air beca rich and full once more.
Under Han Ning’s astonished gaze, the lizard-like silhouette of light lying in the magma, besides slowly growing in size, began to change its appearance.
First, two crimson protrusions abruptly grew backward from the sides of its head.
Around its neck, fine lines of light erged, resembling hard, jagged rocks.
Then, its limbs gradually elongated. As the light flowed, the sharp contours of its muscles beca faintly visible.
Its five claws grew thicker and longer, extending outward at the tips.
3.5 ters... 3.7 ters... 4 ters... 4.2 ters...
During its Growth, a massive amount of Earth and Fire Elents were absorbed into Egg Pancake’s body.
Throughout Egg Pancake’s evolution, Han Ning kept the panel open to monitor its fluctuating stats at all tis.
The dense Dual Type Spiritual Energy had already finished remodeling Egg Pancake’s head, torso, and limbs.
Only its tail remained unchanged.
INHALE... EXHALE...
At this mont, enveloped in the glow of Spiritual Energy, Egg Pancake seed to have transford into a colossal machine that devoured Spiritual Energy.
With every breath, everything—whether it was the Dual Type Crystal Stones on the ground, the free-floating Spiritual Particles in the air, or even the energy within the magma itself—was drawn in as if by the eye of a storm, completely siphoned away by Egg Pancake.
The Spiritual Energy glowing around its body flared, becoming several tis brighter.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~
The magma in the lake churned like a storm-tossed sea, raising monstrous waves.
A surging, rich, dark-red Fla spilled from the magma. It coiled around Egg Pancake, spun slowly, and then... ford a furiously burning, dark-red Red Lotus!
The Red Lotus unfurled, each of its petals trembling slightly. Then, all twenty petals turned toward Egg Pancake at the center and gently closed around it.
In an instant, Egg Pancake’s body was enveloped within a giant Red Lotus of fire.
ROAR!!!
Under this influence, Egg Pancake’s body, which had been slowly ceasing its Growth, began to expand outward once more.
ters... 10 ters... 15 ters... 20 ters...
Finally, its already long and narrow tail grew longer and longer, until at last—
The lotus blossom violently burst open.
CRASH!!!
With a trendous crash, the rock wall behind Egg Pancake was smashed inward by a sweep of its long, thick tail.
A violent shockwave swept outward, blowing the hair on Han Ning’s forehead back.
The tail continued to grow until it was over ten ters long before it finally stopped.
Han Ning stared at the massive figure, now dozens of ters long, and muttered to himself, "Is it finally reaching the end..."
The words had barely left his lips when sothing unexpected happened.
YEEEOOOW!!
Enshrouded in flas, Egg Pancake suddenly let out a wail of extre agony!
Han Ning’s heart leaped in shock, but before he could even process what was happening...
...there was a sickening SQUELCH from both sides of Egg Pancake’s torso, where its forelimbs t its back, as a massive amount of crimson blood sprayed out.
Imdiately after, a pair of wings, approximately 20 ters long and over 10 ters wide, covered in golden-red patterns, tore through the flesh and unfurled toward the sky!
"Dragon Wings?!" Han Ning’s eyes flew wide.
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