Red Dragon's Advice

"No!!!! I won't die! I'm the last descendant of an ancient alchemist family! I'm also the great Floor Master of the Sky Arena! How could I fall before a brat like you!"

Just after Allen finished explaining his ideas for developing this ability known as the "Alchemy Stone," Valensa suddenly sprang up from the ground, materializing all four Alchemy Stones at once before opening his mouth and crunching them all down.

In an instant!

His entire body swelled rapidly like a balloon, and his flesh-and-blood body collapsed within mere seconds.

Fire and earth fused to create scorching-hot magma!

Wind and water fused to create hard ice!

In less than half a minute, This Guy had turned into an Elemental Giant with one half of his body made of magma and the other half made of Solid Ice.

The moment he saw this, Allen immediately retreated again and again, teasing with a half-smile, "You really are impatient. You put it into practice the moment I finished talking. But are you sure it's alright to abandon your physical body like this? In your current state, the moment your aura runs out, you'll probably die immediately."

"It doesn't matter! As long as I kill you, I'll seize all your Nen according to the contract, even that Red Dragon Nen Beast. And with it, I'll have limitless aura." Valensa revealed his thoughts with a vicious grin.

After all, the two had completed the Red Dragon's contract when they registered their match application.

Combined with his observations over this period, he had basically determined that the boy before him could have his Nen Beast devour others by fulfilling a series of conditions, thereby stealing their aura and Nen abilities.

The most crucial part was the phrase, "Wager all your Nen," before signing the contract.

Judging by its literal meaning, it meant that the victor took everything from the loser.

"Oh? Not bad! You actually noticed that. But do you know why I always deliberately stop and tell my opponents how to better develop their Nen abilities just as I'm about to win?" Allen asked meaningfully.

"Because that's also one of the prerequisites for you to seize other people's Nen abilities, right?" Valensa answered without hesitation.

After Elementalization, he clearly no longer needed lungs to breathe. The pain on his face vanished completely, replaced by utter confidence.

An elemental body had no vital points at all. So long as the aura within it was not exhausted, no matter how severe the damage, it would recover in seconds.

Allen nodded lightly. "That's right! But that's only part of it. The other part is because I like seeing my opponents erupt with stronger Nen through Vow and Restriction when they're pushed to the brink. That way, after I win, I can seize more aura and stronger abilities. Compared to the generous rewards, taking on a tiny, insignificant risk is nothing. Because I was far stronger than all of you from the very beginning. I've never even displayed my true strength here in the Sky Arena! Everything you've seen and imagined is merely the tip of the Iceberg of my full power."

"You truly are a greedy, arrogant brat! But now, you'll pay for that arrogance."

As he spoke, Valensa suddenly swung down his fist, which flowed like magma.

Boom!

The scorching lava fist instantly smashed a huge crater into the center of the arena. The stone slabs and the concrete beneath them began to melt under the magma's intense heat, and its astonishing Destructive Power made the audience scream repeatedly.

But the next second...

Allen suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Snap!

A massive mass of pale-blue Liquefied Air suddenly fell from above, smashing straight into the half of Valensa's body made of searing magma.

Sizzle—

In an instant, bone-chilling cold completely froze half his body. Even the blazing magma cooled rapidly within seconds, turning into a pile of shattered black Stones that scattered across the ground.

At the same time, the other half of his body, made of ice, began rapidly melting into water beneath the encasement of Transmutation-type aura.

"No! No! No!!!! How could this happen!"

Watching his body rapidly collapse, Valensa completely panicked and desperately tried to repair it by expending his aura.

Unfortunately, it was all futile. He could only watch helplessly as his body gradually disintegrated, finally heading toward death.

At the final moment, Allen explained, "Sorry, I forgot to tell you. My ability isn't simply turning water into vapor. It changes the states of all matter in the world, allowing them to transform between solid, liquid, and gas. As for the cold and high temperatures, they're merely heat transfer produced after those changes of state under normal-temperature conditions. Finally, thank you for your hard work. You actually helped me complete Elementalization at the very end. You must know, this is an excellent yet extremely dangerous ability. I definitely wouldn't have had the courage to try it myself. Farewell, Mr. Floor Master. Red Dragon, devour him!"

As the last word was blurted out, the Red Dragon, whose body had expanded to the size of a small yacht, instantly became tangible. It opened its mouth and swallowed the man, who had only one last breath left, after turning him into a cocoon.

"Well? Is the Elementalization ability he used at the end dangerous?" Allen asked directly.

"Yes! And it's extremely dangerous. Once you undergo Elementalization, you can never revert back. I suggest you don't use it directly on yourself. Instead, use Conjuration-type and Manipulation-type abilities to create an elemental puppet." The Red Dragon's eyes gleamed with intelligence as she offered this advice in an utterly incongruous loli voice.

Clearly, after devouring a certain number of cocoons, it—or rather, she—had begun to develop independent intelligence and personality, like a true Dragon Aspect of Azerath.

"Manipulation and Conjuration?" Allen frowned unconsciously.

Those were the two categories he was least skilled at in his current stage, and directions he had barely trained or developed in depth.

"That's right! You can try using special mediums, such as Windswept's Skull of Binding, or the Eye of Sulfuras and Essence of the Fire Lord, to directly create replicas of those ancient and powerful Elemental Lords. Of course, before that, you can combine Elemental Fire, Elemental Water, Elemental Earth, Elemental Air, Essence of Water, Essence of Flame, Essence of Earth, Essence of Air, Breath of Wind, Lava Core, and Scorching Core to create some lower-level elemental creature replicas for practice first."

After saying this, the Red Dragon quickly dismissed her tangible form and floated invisibly beside her master.

"Using four Alchemy Stones as the foundation, elemental materials dropped from Dungeons as mediums, and aura to create elemental life... That really is a genius idea. But before that, I need to seize two Conjuration-type and Manipulation-type Nen abilities for reference."

Allen's eyes lit up slightly. At once, he realized the feasibility and enormous potential of the development path suggested by the Red Dragon.

Setting everything else aside, merely imagining the moment he summoned Ragnaros and shouted, "Let the flames cleanse everything," filled him with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia and burning excitement.

Of course, Wind Prince Theralion wasn't bad either. He could toss someone into the air in Minutes, let them fall freely, and finally smash them into meat paste on the ground.

And for enemies, facing such an almost unbeatable existence would absolutely be a nightmare beyond nightmares.

Most importantly, Allen's Hunter Commercial Skills were mining and engineering, so he had no way to craft the two powerful weapons, the "Wind Sword" and "Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker." Using them as mediums to create powerful helpers was practically guaranteed profit.

But considering the drop rates of the "Eye" and the "Wind Face," as well as his current progress in Molten Core, it would be more reliable to first try creating lesser raid monsters like the Fire Lord and Lava Giant.

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