By this point, the Steel Giant was on the verge of death. Locke's Demon Dragon Flame had struck him head-on.
Locke gave the Steel Giant a startled glance. According to his prediction, that attack should have killed him.
Yet the giant still retained a sliver of vitality.
Right, it was the Life Magic contained within the Demon Dragon Rose.
Locke realized what had happened. Back then, the Rose Witch had brazenly attacked him with the Authority of a Third-Ring Throne Wizard, transforming his Demon Dragon body into a Second-Ring Magic Plant and converting the essence of the Demon Dragon bloodline into the Plant Essence of a Second-Ring Magic Plant.
But this also meant that the Demon Dragon Rose was ultimately just a wild Second-Ring Magic Plant that had never been carefully designed by a Breeder.
Moreover, because it had not been born of nature, it actually concealed contradictory powers within itself.
Life and destruction?
Locke had only realized that his Demon Dragon Rose released a thread of vitality while spewing Demon Dragon Flame at the enemy because his current normal Magic Pressure had risen to nineteen thousand, while the Ferocious Beast Panel had raised it to the ordinary Second-Ring limit of nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, with even some overflow remaining. Thus, the Demon Dragon Rose was healing its target at the same time.
This was the flaw of an artificial, wild Magic Plant.
Self-contradiction.
This was also why he was eager to use the resources of the Demon Dragon Rose to further develop a powerful Second-Ring Flying Magic Plant from the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, the Flying Magic Plant he had traditionally excelled at cultivating.
With a casual wave of his hand, a First-Ring Magic Plant, the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, flew out from within his