On the spot.
The silver Giant Dragon witnessed the scene.
It wanted to struggle.
But under the effects of the Fallen Dragon Liquid,
its body was as if petrified, and it couldn’t muster a shred of strength.
It couldn’t even close its eyes.
It could only watch helplessly as the sword fell.
HISS!
The moment the blade pierced the dragon’s pupil, it made a hair-raising sound.
It was like a red-hot piece of iron plunging into snow and ice.
Compared to its hard Dragon Scales,
the dragon’s eye was incredibly fragile.
The silver Giant Dragon’s eyeball burst under the blade. Viscous Dragon Blood, mixed with crystallized fragments, splattered out, creating several fine, dark purple lines in the rain.
Faced with this scene,
Hu Qi’s expression was calm.
He applied a bit more force with his wrist.
The blade sank deeper until it was buried to the hilt.
GURGLE—
The Longsword ’Dusk’ seemed to come alive at that moment, frantically absorbing the Giant Dragon’s blood.
At the same time,
a purer form of power, filtered through the sword’s blade, traveled up the hilt and through his arm into Hu Qi’s body.
The sensation was like soaking in a hot spring on a snowy day; it felt as if every pore in his body had opened.
His already incomparably formidable physique was undergoing a fundamental transformation, nourished by this mysterious power.
Every inch of his skin greedily absorbed the energy, his muscle fibers restructuring and strengthening at a visible rate.
If one could see through his skin at this moment, they would witness a shocking sight.
The muscle tissue beneath Hu Qi’s skin was constantly writhing, compressing to form strange, scale-like patterns.
These weren’t real scales, but a special structure that formed naturally on a microscopic level when muscle density surpassed human limits.
Each pattern contained explosive power, resembling the totems of ancient Fierce Beasts.
This was the terrifying aspect of the supreme Secret Technique, the Heaven-Seizing Technique.
It could seize anything.
Looking at this scene,
although the absorption speed was not slow,
it was still too slow compared to the silver Giant Dragon’s massive body.
The commotion just now hadn’t been small.
Plus, this place wasn’t far from Cold Rain City.
He needed to end this as quickly as possible.
Thinking of this,
Hu Qi sped up the circulation of his Heaven-Seizing Technique, beginning to plunder the Giant Dragon’s Vitality and memories.
Instantly, the massive Giant Dragon began to tremble violently, a change visible to the naked eye.
The previously rigid silver Giant Dragon realized in horror that not only were its blood and Vitality draining away, but even its memories were disappearing.
Discovering this,
an indescribable terror began to brew within its heart.
It would have been one thing to be killed outright.
But this feeling of helplessly watching everything it was being devoured piece by piece was far more terrifying and painful than death itself.
"...Don’t... don’t... kill... I can form a... Contract... with you... I can... submit... to you..."
The broken words came from its mouth.
It was actually trying to declare its submission to Hu Qi.
A Giant Dragon comparable to Sequence Five—any other Professional would likely have been tempted.
But unfortunately,
it had encountered Hu Qi.
And Hu Qi needed to slay a Giant Dragon to complete his advancement ritual.
Therefore, there could only be one outcome.
He ignored it.
Hu Qi continued to absorb its memories.
This was how he learned the name and identity of the Giant Dragon before him.
Because a Giant Dragon’s true name is always extremely long and difficult to pronounce, we will refer to this dragon simply as Gass.
He was originally a White Dragon.
Giant Dragons are divided into five major types, also known as the Five-Colored Dragons.
They are the Red Dragon, Blue Dragon, Green Dragon, Black Dragon, and White Dragon.
Besides these, there are also some dragon types whose Bloodlines have undergone Mutation.
But this White Dragon was fundamentally different from an ordinary White Dragon.
His scales had a rare, silvery-gray luster, and he possessed a pair of purple pupils.
This was a mutated variant of the White Dragon Bloodline.
As for why he had appeared here in human form,
the reason traced back more than a thousand years.
He was also the same Giant Dragon from the legends of Cold Rain City.
However, the story about him transforming a desert into an oasis was not his doing.
Rather, it was caused by the blood of a Sequence Five Professional he had killed.
That was a powerful Professional on the Druid path whose strength had reached Sequence Five, a Life Lord.
His blood contained immense Vitality.
It was the corpse of this fallen individual that gave rise to the legend of the desert turning into an oasis.
And over a long period, the unknowing common people embellished the rumors, somehow attributing everything to this Giant Dragon.
And although he had killed a Sequence Five,
he had also suffered grievous injuries, bringing him to the brink of death.
He could only remain here in hiding to recuperate.
However, regardless, as a Giant Dragon, he possessed the inherent Traits of a Giant Dragon.
Dragons are inherently lustful.
It is in their nature, no matter the dragon type.
During his time recovering from his injuries,
he naturally couldn’t avoid satisfying certain physiological needs.
At first, he just sought out some animals.
This was how the original Sub-Dragon creatures of Cold Rain City came into being.
Giant Dragons have no reproductive barriers with most animals and can propagate some Sub-Dragon species.
However, they cannot reproduce with humans.
Of course, as a Giant Dragon, his initial intention was not to reproduce, but merely to satisfy his own physiological needs.
One day, a whim struck him: he wanted to try copulating with a human woman.
Once this thought arose, it became impossible to dismiss.
Thus, he transformed into his human form and sought out a human woman.