I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 888 - 889: Elementary Alchemy_1

Chapter 888 -889: Elementary Alchemy_1

The Black Dragon, now even more massive, seemed like the tyrant of the entire swamp as it soared through the midair, constantly letting out dragon roars filled with an intimidating power.

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After circling in the air for a while, the Black Dragon slowly descended toward the Highly Poisonous Lake. The lake carried a strong corrosive damage that even the Black Dragon’s scale defense couldn’t break through. The Black Dragon slowly landed in the lake and made its way towards the Dragon Head Strange Tree in the center;

Reaching the middle of the lake, the Black Dragon started to tear off the monstrous tree’s leaves and gulp them down, continuing until it had devoured nearly half of the Dragon Head Strange Tree’s leaves before it slowly stopped.

Boom~

Flames suddenly erupted from the body of the Black Dragon and quickly spread across the lake’s surface. In no time at all, the entire lake was aflame with roaring fire;

Song Jian’s brows furrowed slightly. After consuming the Dragon Scale Fruit, the Black Dragon’s strength had greatly increased; it had never had the capability to set the entire lake on fire before. However, Song Jian did not understand why the Black Dragon was doing this now;

Before long, the lake water began to boil, and a thick poison fog rose from the burning lake. Song Jian couldn’t help but take a few steps back; the fog’s damage was slightly lesser than that of the Double-headed Poisonous Jiao, but only by a little. Ordinary creatures would be poisoned to death if they got too close;

As flames rose, the water level of the Highly Poisonous Lake slowly declined. It seemed as if the Black Dragon intended to completely dry out the entire lake.

The poison fog in the sky began to spread in all directions. Under the continuous blaze, the lake water was quickly evaporated;

A large pit appeared before Song Jian, and at the bottom of the pit, the flames were still not extinguished, burning fiercely. The colossal body of the Black Dragon lay prostrate under the Dragon Head Strange Tree, motionless;

A feeling of heaviness settled in Song Jian’s heart. It seemed the Black Dragon wanted to remain under the Dragon Head Strange Tree, reluctant to leave, as if it aimed to become the Guardian of the monstrous tree, like the Double-headed Poisonous Jiao;

He opened the Pet Space interface to take a glance, and saw that the Black Dragon was still his battle pet. Even so, this did not put Song Jian at ease. After all, the former Knight of Dawn, Ya, had been lured to the Dawn Temple by Cecilia while still his follower, and afterwards had forsaken his status as Song Jian’s follower to become a true Knight of Dawn;

The current situation with the Black Dragon might not be so different. Perhaps, after guarding the Dragon Head Strange Tree for a while, it could become a sovereign-level BOSS just like the Double-headed Poisonous Jiao and then continue to guard forever, no longer Song Jian’s battle pet;

Song Jian wanted to recall the Black Dragon back into the Pet Space, but as soon as this thought occurred to him, he saw the Black Dragon open its eyes—a pair of cold, golden pupils stared at him as their intimacy index began to plummet, scaring Song Jian into immediately abandoning the thought;

In barely three seconds, the Black Dragon’s intimacy had dropped from eighty-nine to sixty-three. If Song Jian had been a moment slower, he might have directly broken the threshold for pet betrayal;

“Damn it, what’s so great about this broken tree that’s worth your guardianship?” Song Jian inwardly cursed, “If I had known, I would have cut this tree down right away!”

Song Jian waited for more than half an hour, but the Black Dragon showed no signs of leaving the Dragon Head Strange Tree, almost as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.

The entire Highly Poisonous Lake had turned into a sea of fire. Under such intense flames, the Dragon Head Strange Tree didn’t even show any signs of being scorched on the surface, which seemed quite miraculous.

With no other option, Song Jian left reluctantly, heading towards the place where the old dwarf was located;

As Song Jian mastered the Thousands of Swords Flying Immortal Decision, the Black Dragon’s utility had lessened. In most cases, its role was to attract monsters’ attention or to use Dragon Might to drive away lower-level creatures nearby;

However, the potential of the Black Dragon was immense, and once it grew, its strength would definitely not be much less than Song Jian’s, The only problem was that Song Jian simply had no time or energy to cultivate it, and the Black Dragon’s growth could almost be said to be entirely up to fate.

But if the Black Dragon just left like that, Song Jian always felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

Arriving at the edge of the swamp, the old dwarf who had been seen earlier had vanished. By the time Song Jian got there, the old dwarf slowly crawled out of a mud pit.

There were almost no monsters to be seen around, as most had been devoured by the Highly Poisonous Lake. The remaining few had become part of Song Jian’s battle experience. At this point, Song Jian’s battle experience had reached level forty at 89%, If it weren’t for the Double-headed Poisonous Jiao’s final outburst, Song Jian might have been able to level up twice in one day.

At this moment, he was unaware that the entire Doomsday City was abuzz due to his rapid leveling up, yet he still harbored some resentment toward the Black Dragon in his heart.

Seeing the mud-covered old dwarf, Song Jian directly took out ten stalks of Heart Speech Grass and handed them over.

“Judging by your expression, you don’t seem very happy,” the old dwarf said, taking the Heart Speech Grass and giving Song Jian a glance. “The monsters in the swamp have all gone berserk. You didn’t cause that, did you?”

Song Jian shook his head and replied, “There is a lake at the center of the swamp that houses a dominion-level BOSS. It was its doing!”

“What, you actually ventured into the center of the swamp and saw that dominion-level BOSS?” The old dwarf trembled all over, nearly dropping the Heart Speech Grass into the mud.

“You actually came out alive, you must be very lucky!” The old dwarf shook his head, his face full of disbelief, and then he took a notebook from his bosom and handed it to Song Jian, saying, “This is a notebook I made when I first learned Alchemy, I believe it will be of help to you!”

Song Jian accepted the notebook glowing with a blue light.

“Beginner Alchemist’s Notebook (Blue), consumable item, use effect: can improve the user’s Alchemy experience. Usage requirement: Alchemy level one;”

Clapping his hands together, the blue-quality notebook turned into a white light that entered Song Jian’s forehead. Soon after, many pieces of knowledge about Alchemy emerged in Song Jian’s mind, and the level of Alchemy in his skills tab was also rapidly rising.

In a short while, his Alchemy level broke through to level ten, earning him the title of a Junior Alchemist.

Junior Alchemist level one, Junior Alchemist level two, Junior Alchemist level three, …

Song Jian’s Alchemy skill continued to rise until it reached Junior level six before slowly coming to a halt.

At this moment, Song Jian felt as though an iron ring had been tightened around his head, causing a throbbing pain. Information about Alchemy was sparking in his mind like fireworks, those sparks eventually turning into roaring flames, until Song Jian felt as if his brain was being incinerated to ash.

After an unknown period, Song Jian let out a pained moan and slowly opened his eyes. He found himself lying on the edge of the Highly Poisonous Swamp, and the old dwarf Alchemist had disappeared without a trace.

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