Free Web NovelChapter 174: Chapter 90: Fusion with the Red Dragon Mark! I’m Going to Become a Giant Dragon
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Su Xuan stared at the fragment in his hand, lost in thought. He was certain the entity known as "Mother" was real, but whether he could actually find her was another matter entirely.
"Hahaha! We finally defeated that powerful Undead Lord! That was so much fun!"
Hong Lian walked over to Su Xuan, her Giant Sword resting on her shoulder. Her laughter was filled with joy and excitement. The events that had just transpired were still vivid in her mind, but she was more focused on the thrill of victory than on how Su Xuan had managed to turn Medina to their side.
In contrast to Hong Lian’s cheerful demeanor, Lu Bo and the others looked rather perplexed. They stared at Su Xuan, their minds filled with questions.
They couldn’t understand how Su Xuan had successfully turned the hidden boss against her master. Without the hidden boss’s help, it would have been impossible to defeat the Undead Lord so easily.
Furthermore, the Adventurers from the Su Xuan Guild had also given Lu Bo and the others quite a shock.
At first, they thought only the Knight had exceptional combat power, but they hadn’t expected the other two women with the Divine Attribute to be just as shockingly powerful.
The kind of Divine Magic that could annihilate an Undead Lord was definitely not something an ordinary Holy Mage could cast.
Regarding this, Lu Bo gently stroked his beard and remarked, "I once met a Player who could control the actions of Elite monsters using a special kind of Spirit Magic. But this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone directly control a hidden boss."
"It was just a one-time trick," Su Xuan replied calmly.
The effect of [Soul Hook] wasn’t easy to trigger; it just so happened that this particular location was perfectly suited for his tactics.
"I see." After hearing this, Lu Bo had a newfound respect for Su Xuan.
"Even though we didn’t get Contribution Points from the Demon Cave and the boss, we still earned over a hundred points from the earlier fights. This adventure wasn’t a total loss," Shen Siqi said softly after carefully tallying the number of Skeletons she had killed.
"We still have too little intel on this Demon Cave. If we had known about the hidden boss’s mechanics earlier, we wouldn’t have been in such a sorry state," Shen Jun mused, rubbing his chin.
"Su Xuan is just amazing! See, I was right, big bro! His Adventurers are way stronger than yours!" Shen Siqi said with a smile. She then moved closer to Su Xuan and asked for his contact information offline.
In response to his sister’s words, Shen Jun scratched his head and glanced at his prized Desert Jackal-Head (Elite), a determined glint in his eyes.
He firmly believed that his Adventurer would one day shine brilliantly and astound everyone!
"Alright, we should get going."
Lu Bo urged everyone, "If we stay any longer, it’ll be hard to leave."
As he finished speaking, he gazed into the distance. The Players who had fled earlier were now rapidly returning to the battlefield.
"Right."
Everyone activated their Teleportation Arrays, preparing to return to their Guilds.
Before leaving, Hong Lian asked Su Xuan, "By the way, have you ever thought about challenging a high-danger-rating Demon Cave?"
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Clearly, the question Hong Lian raised wasn’t just her own idea, but came from her Guild President.
"I’ll probably consider it," Su Xuan replied.
Even the smallest high-danger-rating Demon Cave offers over 4,000 Contribution Points. Naturally, he had no reason to refuse.
After all, a medium-danger-rating Demon Cave, even one with two Demon Cave Cores, wouldn’t yield more than 2,500 Contribution Points in total.
If he wanted to rank in the top three for Contribution Points, tackling high-danger-rating Demon Caves was the only way.
For various reasons, most high-danger-rating Demon Caves were still in the reconnaissance phase. After all, they were high-difficulty dungeons where even a C+ Level Guild could be completely wiped out, so they had to be approached with extreme caution.
There were seven high-danger Demon Caves in total, but to date, only one had been cleared—and it was the smallest one at that.
"In three days, we’re going to challenge a high-danger-rating Demon Cave. If you’re interested, you can come with us," Hong Lian invited Su Xuan.
"Okay, I’ll be there."
Su Xuan nodded. He guessed that Hong Lian’s Guild had probably obtained key intelligence on that high-danger-rating Demon Cave, which was why they had decided to venture into it in three days.
He certainly wouldn’t refuse an offer to have someone lead the way. Besides, Hong Lian was trustworthy.
"Great. See you in three days."
Hong Lian waved, then stepped into the Teleportation Array.
Lu Bo and the others also entered their respective Teleportation Arrays and returned to their Guilds.
Su Xuan didn’t linger, immediately leading his Guild members into their Teleportation Array.
With a flash of white light, everyone vanished on the spot.
After returning to his Guild, Su Xuan first checked his Contribution Points ranking. He was currently in 19th place.
The top-ranked Player had already reached 5,000 Contribution Points; he would have to work much harder to catch up.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Su Xuan noticed an unfamiliar Player name in his view. Since the Player’s rating was higher than C-Level, it displayed their Guild name instead of a Player number—"Immortal Consort."
’This must be Hong Lian’s Guild, right?’
Su Xuan guessed. They currently had 2,266 Contribution Points, while he had a total of 2,630, slightly higher than their Guild.
However, if Hong Lian wasn’t lying to him, her Guild had only just joined the battlefield today.
’In other words...’
Su Xuan immediately checked the number of remaining Demon Caves for the event and saw there were only 19 left. This meant that of the five Demon Caves cleared today, the "Immortal Consort" Guild had been involved in four of them.
And one of them was a high-danger-rating Demon Cave, allowing their Guild to earn a total of 2,266 Contribution Points in a single day.
"..."
Su Xuan stroked his chin, thinking. ’A B-Level Guild or higher participating in a mission of this level is basically a curb-stomp.’
Unfortunately, his permissions were limited, so he couldn’t view their Guild information. He could only learn about the Immortal Consort Guild’s Player rating Level from the Player conversations in the event channel.
And her Player rating Level was...
"B+?"
Su Xuan raised an eyebrow. He hadn’t expected Hong Lian’s Guild to be B+ Level.
The number of B-Level Guilds was limited, and B+ Level ones were even rarer. He estimated they couldn’t have more than a hundred members!
’Since I can’t enter the high-danger-rating Demon Cave for another three days, I can focus on clearing some medium-danger-rating ones and completing commissioned quests to raise the Level of Rosaline and the others,’ Su Xuan planned his next few days. With his current strength, dealing with medium-danger-rating Demon Caves shouldn’t be much of a problem.
’Also...’
After mapping out his plan, Su Xuan took out the Soul Crystal Ball.
Right now, there were two souls inside the Soul Crystal Ball.
Setting Miss Zhen Bai aside for now, it was time to resolve the Red Dragon Mother’s wish.
With a thought, he summoned the Red Dragon Mother’s soul before him.
"Are we going to find my child?" the Red Dragon Mother asked Su Xuan eagerly.
She had waited for so many years, and now she had finally met her child again—albeit, as an egg.
"I know where your child is now. It’s in... the Land of the Fallen Dragon," Su Xuan said, having learned the Dragon Egg’s precise location through the Soul Crystal Ball. "However, the Bone Dragon there will probably be very difficult to deal with at this stage. It guards the Dragon Egg relentlessly and never leaves its side."
"This..."
The Red Dragon Mother’s expression turned worried. After a moment of contemplation, she replied, "That is very likely my body, which for some reason has turned into a mindless Corpse Bone Dragon."
Hearing this, Su Xuan fell into thought. It was easy to connect the dots and guess that the Bone Dragon was indeed the Red Dragon Mother’s corpse.
Moreover, the Bone Dragon was protecting the Dragon Egg within its own body. Even though it was nothing but a skeleton, it was still doing everything in its power to protect its child.
But no matter how fiercely it protected the egg, the Bone Dragon was still a mindless Undead creature. It had no soul, and it certainly couldn’t help the egg hatch.
To fulfill the Red Dragon Mother’s wish, he first had to bring that Dragon Egg back.
But the question was, how could he retrieve the egg from inside the mindless Corpse Bone Dragon?
A Level 70 Bone Dragon was beyond his current capabilities, and he wasn’t sure if his [Dragon Knight] ability would even be effective against it.
Besides, to trigger [Dragon Knight], he first needed to remove the Witch’s Curse Status from the Corpse Bone Dragon.
Just then, the Red Dragon Mother spoke up. "If that really is my corpse, I might have a way to deal with it."
"What way?"
"The Red Dragon Mark I gave you before is an insignia unique to the Red Dragon Race Leader. If you can fuse with it, it will give you a suppressive effect against Red Dragons," the Red Dragon Mother explained. "Even if that Red Dragon has become a skeleton, this suppressive effect will still work."
"Fusion?"
A glint of understanding flashed in Su Xuan’s eyes. ’So the Red Dragon Mark can be fused?’
"Yes."
The Red Dragon Mother nodded and added, "The Red Dragon Mark will cause some changes to your soul and body. You might even sprout some features of a Giant Dragon, but it absolutely will not harm you in any way. I swear this to you as the daughter of the Red Dragon Race Leader!"
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Su Xuan was a bit surprised. ’So the Red Dragon Mother is the daughter of the Red Dragon Race Leader.’
"Then how do I achieve this Fusion with the Red Dragon Mark?"
Su Xuan asked the Red Dragon Mother. His Player permissions didn’t have an option for fusing with the Red Dragon Mark. Clearly, he would need to rely on some other power to do it.
"I can help you, but..."
The Red Dragon Mother’s voice trailed off. Her thick, red dragon tail swayed gently, its tip tapping heavily on the ground. It seemed the next words were difficult for her to say, and she was growing agitated.
"But?" Su Xuan looked puzzled. "But what?"
The Red Dragon Mother hesitated for a moment before saying softly and gently, "It might... require you to take off your clothes. The upcoming Fusion process will cause your body to change, which will tear your clothes. Also, I will need to use a Giant Dragon Secret Technique to touch your body for an extended period. I hope you don’t mind..."
