lcionline Chapter 112 New Meals
Chapter 112 New Meals
Thor exchanged a full 200 points of mental energy essence for various energy crystals and ores, which he then swallowed whole.
His body's highly efficient digestive and absorption system, like an elemental furnace, immediately activated, and a surge of powerful energy instantly overflowed from his abdomen, nourishing the cells within him that had been ravenously thirsty. Various hard metallic substances were broken down into tiny particles, gradually filling his muscles, scales, and bones.
The feeling of his entire body being gradually filled made Thor let out a long, comfortable breath.
A torrent of heat gushed forth from its body, like a surging dragon, with sparks flashing within, which were its scales.
The scales that Thor's body had previously appeared rather thin were now growing at a slow but steady pace. Tiny flakes and dust were peeling off the scales—imperfections being replaced by better materials.
As a red dragon with powerful control over high-temperature flames, Thor is undoubtedly far superior to Armored Dragon and Glaive in refining ores and various metals.
This makes the carapace formed on the surface of his scales purer and thinner, perfectly combining defensive capabilities with agility.
After satisfying his hungry stomach, Thor poured all the remaining spiritual energy into the giant turntable in his mind to extract impurities.
Neon-like dots flashed by rapidly, grouping together 10 points of essence each time, accompanied by a constant stream of notifications.
"Congratulations on obtaining [Shriveled Insect Corpse], [Herbivorous Dragon Shell], [Tough Animal Hide], [Yellow Sand], [Large Jar of Honey], [Poisonous Mushroom]..."
These various items may seem useless at the moment, but they might come in unexpectedly useful ways someday in the future.
At the same time, Thor did not place his hopes on this random draw; what he really cared about was the large-scale designated ability that would be granted after every 10 draws.
With 75 points of essence, he could make 6 designated draws. He selected all of them on ore crystals and finally got what he wanted: [Iron Ore], [Armor Jade], [White Heron Stone], [Dragon Bone Oil], [Dragon Vein Carbon], and [Bird Dragon Jade].
Among them, iron ore, needless to say, is the lowest grade of ore; egret stone is of the same grade as crane stone, but it is more hard and heavy.
Armor jewels are unique crystals that can enhance the defense of objects; Dragon Vein Carbon is a super fuel formed when the corpse of a monster is buried deep underground and contaminated by the energy of the earth's veins.
What truly surprised Thor was the dragon bone oil and the bird dragon jade.
These two things, one is the secretion of the giant halberd, and the other is the energy stone on the small bird dragon. How can they be considered minerals?
Thor was a bit confused about the categorization logic of the roulette wheel, so he could only keep clicking "withdraw".
Ripples like water spread through the air, and in the next instant, a half-meter-tall bluish-gray iron ore, a football-sized milky-white egret stone and a pale green armor jade, a jet-black coal with luminous patterns, a small bucket of viscous jet-black grease, and an irregularly shaped jade the size of an egg and emerald in color appeared before him.
The next thing to do was obvious: apart from the iron ore and the bird dragon jade, Thor stuffed everything else into his mouth.
Both dragon vein carbon and dragon bone oil contain extremely high heat. The terrifying high temperature bursts out in his abdomen, and even though he is a red dragon, he still feels a slight burning sensation.
This made even the breath he exhaled from his nostrils turn into conspicuous flames, as if an ordinary person had drunk a large bowl of strong liquor, full of energy.
The egret stone and armor jade that had just been ingested melted rapidly under the influence of the high temperature and the fire and earth elements, gradually merging into the body and continuously increasing the strength of the scales and bones.
"Great! Great! This draw was a huge success, adding several new dishes to my menu. I just wonder how much they cost..."
Thor looked at the few small squares that were still lit up after the withdrawal and found that White Heron Stone and Armor Jade were 10 points of essence per kilogram, Iron Ore was 1 point of essence per 100 kilograms, Dragon Bone Oil was 1 point of essence per liter, and Dragon Vein Carbon was 5 points of essence per kilogram.
The final Bird Dragon Jade, even a small piece costs 20 points, enough to draw two environmental creature templates.
Thor looked down at the irregular crystal, no bigger than an egg, on his fingertip—an energy crystal formed from the organic matter and minerals within a small bird-dragon monster, along with the essence of its life energy.
It can also serve as a backup energy source, allowing monsters that have condensed dragon jade to run faster, jump higher, and have more stamina, which sounds somewhat like the magic core of a monster and the inner core of a demon.
However, this thing didn't seem to be of much use to him. After all, how much energy could a small bird-dragon monster possibly have?
Not only is the quantity less than 1% of what Thor currently has in his body, but the purity is also insufficient. Even if he were to consume it, there would be no noticeable change.
Unless he has hundreds or thousands of Bird Dragon Jade, he might not see a significant improvement. But if he had that much essence, whether he used it to draw high-level monster templates or to exchange for various energy crystals and ores, it would undoubtedly be more cost-effective.
Perhaps this thing is not for eating, but rather serves as a battery-like energy core for storing and releasing energy?
Based on this, could we create equipment with various magical effects like those in Monster Hunter World, or use it to forge magical weapons?
Saul thought this should work, but he had a better use for it.
He opened his mouth and let out a low growl, the strange sound spreading outwards, and a loud bird song immediately echoed from the sky outside the nest.
A black-feathered, red-beaked eagle swooped down, folded its wings, and landed on a protruding rock on the wall of its nest. It preened its glossy black feathers with its fiery red beak and tilted its head to examine the giant beast not far away.
For more than a month, Thor fed it a tiny amount of dragon crystal powder every day. With the ample food supply, it seemed to have undergone a second growth spurt, with its body size increasing almost imperceptibly.
The prolonged magical control had made it accustomed to Thor's aura, so even if the control was released now, it wouldn't fly far.
Looking into those shattered gold eyes that were staring at him, Thor couldn't help but grin.
"You little thing, you're lucky this time. Get stronger quickly and help me get all those adamantite armors, weapons, and large chunks of gold ore from the abandoned dungeon."
As he spoke, a burst of magical light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he once again took control of the black-feathered eagle's body, making it leap down, snatch the bird dragon jade that was thrown at it, and keep swallowing it into its mouth, choking until its eyes rolled back.
The life energy condensed in a small bird dragon is insignificant to Thor, but when used on an ordinary falcon, it would be more than enough for it to complete a life leap.