Chapter 241 Awakening (Part )

"I finally woke up."

Cassius slowly opened his eyes, with smoke coming out of the corners of his mouth. He felt an unprecedented power surging in his body and couldn't help but gently stretch his wings.

"What the hell time is it now?"

The Red Dragon was not sure of the current time, because he seemed to have experienced hundreds and thousands of years in his dream, experienced countless brutal battles, and witnessed the dragon's decline from glory.

But those memories that seemed like personal experiences were shrouded in a mysterious veil and became blurred the moment he opened his eyes.

It even made him feel a little dizzy.

“It would have been terrible in the past few decades.”

Cassius looked around. The cave had become full of lava and magma. The gold coins had even been melted into the shape of water flows. There was no trace of time at all.

He whistled softly and summoned the Heavenly Tribulation Dragon Eye, carefully examining himself in the present moment and observing the situation within the kingdom's territory.

Fortunately, in his broad vision, North Wind Castle was thriving, people were busy in the streets and squares, and the kingdom had undergone considerable changes, but obviously not to the extent of the past few decades or even hundreds of years. The changes in the dragon body itself surprised Cassius even more.

"This is."

The red dragon's appearance has changed drastically compared to before it fell into hibernation, and even he himself feels a little unfamiliar.

His dragon body suddenly grew to nearly thirty meters in length, a size that only old or even extremely old red dragons could reach. It took them at least five hundred years, but Cassius only took ten years.

His scales turned a deeper red, and the shiny texture was replaced by a smooth, matte one, with only dark gold stripes showing at the edges, like gold-plated armor growing out of his body.

His wings grew wider, and the trailing edges of the wing membranes were coated with the blue-black color of metal burning in fire.

His tail became thicker, with sharp bone spurs growing on the tip, like a battering ram.

But these are merely minor details.

The changes on the red dragon's head and chest are the most significant and thorough.

His golden pupils faded, and his eyes were like red-hot lava balls, emitting fierce flames.

And on that ferocious head, there are not only two large horns that are swept back, but there are also new spiral, devil-like long horns growing on the top.

At the center of the red dragon's chest, where countless blood vessels converged, the red crystals formed by the ultra-high purity fire element were deeply embedded in his body, with ripples on its surface like flowing magma. Radial cracks appeared on the surrounding scales, revealing a glowing fire.

The energy contained in it is so huge and concentrated that it heats the surrounding body all the time, so that two rows of pore-like organs grow on his chest, neck and tail to continuously discharge sulfur waste gas and release excess heat.

If Cassius before falling asleep looked like a pure red dragon, then he was a completely alien species after waking up, and had obviously deviated from the category of normal five-colored dragons - if there were dragon scholars present, they would definitely be amazed at his appearance.

"This appearance is like the true incarnation of natural disaster."

Cassius shook his still somewhat unfamiliar body, slowly stretched out his wings, and felt the surging power in his body like a tidal wave. His eyes, like lava balls, showed anticipation.

"Then let me take a closer look at this power."

[After deep sleep, you digested the [thin ancestral dragon blood], and your body evolved.]
[Dragons are powerful magical creatures. They are naturally proficient in many aspects of supernatural phenomena, and Io's favorite offspring is even more so. As a descendant of the ancestral dragon, you have acquired supernatural abilities from ancient times.]
[You gain additional spellcasting level: 3→5]
[Your racial spellcasting level is superimposed on the warlock spellcasting level. Your current spellcasting level is: 17]
This level of spellcasting ability can barely reach the ninth layer of the magic network, almost touching the surface of the source, and going further up are the forbidden areas.

Cassius felt this extraordinary elevation deeply.

The eighth-level spell [Magic Atrophy] that he used to treat with great care, now under the influence of this powerful spellcasting ability, he can fully master it, and even use it as if it were his own arm. Ordinary low-level and medium-level spells can no longer pose a threat to him. "With this level of spellcasting ability, he should be able to walk around Anzeta with ease."

The red dragon just stared at the thick stone pillar in the distance, and his will changed slightly. In an instant, the middle of the stone pillar was melted and pierced, and flowing liquid lava gushed out. It was like an ordinary warlock casting a spell, as easy as blinking an eye, without even a moment's thought.

However, the information on the panel has not yet ended and is still being refreshed.

[Due to the blood of your ancestral dragons, you gain the dragon race's additional feat - [Primal Breath Weapon]]
[Primal Breath Weapon]:
Once a day, a dragon uses the power of its ancestral bloodline to gather the body's energy into dragon crystal, and a fission reaction occurs in it, releasing unimaginable amounts of energy. After each primordial breath, some waste will form in the dragon crystal, which may cause a certain degree of irreversible pollution to the body.

This charge takes 125-375 seconds. The dragon must not have used its breath weapon in the previous three hours, and the energy expended in this attack prevents the dragon from using the breath weapon for at least three days.

"Such a powerful breath."

"It would be more appropriate to call it 'atomic bomb' spit rather than 'primordial spit', but the aftereffects are a bit serious."

Cassius did not try the "Original Breath" which might harm his body, but instead exhaled normally.

As he slowly opened his jaw, his complex machine-like body suddenly started to move. The energy in his body was transported to the "dragon crystal" embedded in his chest through dense basal blood vessels, and gradually gathered there. The translucent crystal emitted a bright flame.

The two exhaust vents suddenly opened, emitting brilliant flame tails and bursts of white smoke.

Finally, extremely high-density energy was transported to the red dragon's throat, spitting out extremely hot white flames, melting the rock in front of it in an instant.

If the red dragon had not closed its mouth in time, the flames would have even penetrated the rock and destroyed the entire structure of the cave.

"Tsk tsk, it's almost as powerful as the extreme spit before it fell into hibernation."

"A thin bloodline can reach this level. What about the dragons of the past?"

Cassius couldn't help but sigh.

He clearly felt that the beating dragon heart was like a hot engine running at high speed. His vitality was stronger than ever before, and the gap between his vitality and that of ordinary things was orders of magnitude greater.

Simply put, this red dragon has crossed the threshold that is extremely difficult for mortals, and its life level has reached the level of "Legend" known to people.

“The security work is pretty good.”

As the wings flapped lightly, invisible waves easily destroyed dozens of spells set up around the cave entrance.

He walked slowly out of the cave and came to the Iron Dragon Wing Palace.

Due to the disaster that Cassius accidentally caused while he was sleeping, this place is already in a mess, with melted and then solidified steel all over the ground. It has a kind of messy beauty. However, for the now larger red dragon, even this steel palace seems a little narrow and cramped.

The metal gate had long been destroyed, leaving only a shapeless, uneven doorway.

The red dragon lowered its head slightly, crouched down, and folded its wings, then it barely managed to pass through the door and walk out of this once majestic main hall.

Cassius shook his body, stretched his neck, stood up, and let out a series of refreshing whistles. Finally, he was able to spread his broad wings completely, no longer restricted by the constraints of space.

He raised his head and looked up at the clear sky, his eyes slightly narrowed, with fire dancing in his lava-ball-like pupils.

"I seem to smell a familiar smell."

　It’s strange, the public chapter of the character card I posted was changed to VIP by the system for some reason.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)