Dao'er Ye Is the Boss, Authentic!

"Crack, crack, crack..." A bone-grinding sound of skeletal restructuring echoed.

The massive corpse twitched violently, then staggered to its feet.

However, its appearance had changed drastically.

The scales, originally fiery red, had turned a dull, blood-red, covered in corrupt crystals.

And where the scales had been blown apart by Su Li and corroded by the Crimson Corruption, clusters of ghostly blue soulfire ignited, like tattoos from hell.

Especially its eyes, which had been corroded and ruined, now became two deep blue abysses, with two cold wisps of ghostfire flickering within.

"Holy crap, this is so cool?!" Su Li couldn't help but exclaim.

This look was a hundred times more badass than the original, ridiculously tacky big red lizard! It was practically a death knight's exclusive mount!

[Congratulations on obtaining mount: Corrupted Dragon Lizard (Can be stowed)]

[Level: Lv20 (Current cap, increases with player level)]

[Stats: Strength 90, Constitution 100, Agility 40]

[Skills: Nether Dragon Breath, Savage Charge, Steel Scale Armor]

"Roar--" The Corrupted Dragon Lizard slowly lowered its ferocious head, affectionately nuzzling Su Li's leg bone, emitting a submissive growl from its throat.

"This level of intelligence..." Su Li was somewhat surprised.

"It feels much higher than Pipi Finger, that idiot who only knows how to make a heart shape, and Pipi Axe, that simpleton who only knows how to chop! Truly worthy of being a dragon species!"

He reached out and touched the cool, hard scales on the dragon's head.

"Good, very spirited! From now on, your nickname is Pipi Dragon! As for your name... you'll be called Tina Sanks from now on. Regardless of whether you were male or female before, you're evolving into a dragon girl from now on, you hear me?"

Pipi Dragon opened its mouth, unsure if it understood, but then it spat out a red crystal emitting high heat.

[Obtained: Flame Dragon Lizard's Crystal (Rare Material), Description: A crystal containing the primal power of a Wyrm, the Flame Dragon Lizard. Can be used for weapon enhancement or attribute attachment.]

Su Li's eyes lit up, "Right! My Corrupted Iron Sword still had one chance to add an attribute after upgrading to normal quality!"

"This is perfect!"

[Use [Flame Dragon Lizard's Crystal] to enhance [Corrupted Iron Sword]?]

"Yes!"

"Voom--!!!" A dazzling light flashed.

The iron sword in Su Li's hand underwent another transformation.

On the originally dark red blade, golden patterns like flowing lava appeared. The blade became longer and sharper, even faintly emitting high heat, and a dragon head seemed to have appeared at the hilt.

[Enhancement successful! Corrupted Iron Sword (Normal Lv30) → Revered Corrupted Dragon Sword (Excellent Lv20)]

[Base stats increased: Attack Power +50, Armor Penetration +10, Magic Penetration +5]

"Armor Penetration +10?!" Su Li swung the new sword, feeling as if the air itself was being sliced.

"This is awesome! Those thick hides of the large Finger Bugs from before, I can pierce them through with one sword now! Even if I encounter other dragon lizards, this armor penetration attribute will teach them who's boss!"

Immediately after, a series of new notification boxes popped up.

[Weapon Trait upgraded: Prayer: You can use Prayer skills with this sword. When holding this sword, the effects of Corruption, Dragon Feast, and Fire-type Prayer skills are increased by 5%.]

[Attached Prayer: Flame Breath: Consume spirit, swing the sword to spray flames in a fan-shaped area in front. Requires Faith: 8]

[Due to the weapon quality upgrade, your original attributes have been upgraded. The conversion rate of Corrupted Enslavement has increased, and the power of enslaved units when self-destructing has greatly increased, with additional fire damage.

[Hint: As an excellent-grade weapon, you can also use special materials to fuse an additional attribute!]

"Prayer?!" Su Li's heart burned with excitement, "I didn't expect to be able to pray directly with a sword. From now on, I'll be a Prayer Lord!"

"A prayer guy is a guy, praying all day long, nothing else. Don't be unconvinced, who are you grinding monsters and leveling up for every day? It's a life-or-death struggle, stop messing around."

"It's a shame I don't have enough Faith. Looks like I need to add some more Faith. But for now, with Pipi Dragon holding the line, I don't lack fire attacks."

"The key is this enhanced self-destruct, hehehe. From now on, my Slime army will be the real 'Fiery Red Lips', blowing up anyone they hit."

After dealing with the weapon, Su Li didn't forget the most important thing.

He took out the ancient [Dragon Stone] from his backpack, "This is a divine artifact that can allow a Wyrm to evolve into an Ancient Dragon!"

Su Li walked up to Pipi Dragon and raised the Dragon Stone.

[Detected Wyrm mount Corrupted Dragon Lizard. Use Dragon Stone for bloodline evolution?]

"Use it!" Su Li said without hesitation.

"Whoosh!" The Dragon Stone turned into a stream of light and drilled into Pipi Dragon's forehead.

The next second, Pipi Dragon erupted in a blinding white light, illuminating the entire cave.

Its massive body was enveloped in a light cocoon, and the skeletal changes within were vaguely visible.

[Evolving... Estimated time: 10 minutes]

"Still ten minutes?" Su Li glanced at the light cocoon.

"Perfect, I'll take this opportunity to ransack this dragon's nest."

He turned and walked deeper into the cave.

As expected, even though it was just a wyrm, that greed for wealth was etched into its DNA.

In the grass nest at the deepest part of the cave, Su Li dug up quite a few gold coins, silver coins, and even some unpolished gemstones.

[Acquired Gold Coins x50, Silver Coins x300...]

"Not bad, not bad. While it's no dragon hoard, it's enough to make me a little rich," Su Li swept all the money into his backpack.

"It's a shame I have money but nowhere to spend it. Enhancing weapons requires ore, and my corrupted enslavement has too low an IQ to mine. I don't have time to be a miner myself..."

"Looks like I'll have to consider establishing a faction in the future."

Su Li stroked his chin, picturing himself sitting on a white bone throne in the future, with countless undead armies scouring the world for him.

"As the future King of the Undead, having a faction is a must. It's best if I can recruit some capable races, like cavemen or goblins."

As he was thinking, Su Li suddenly stopped.

His gaze passed through the mountain of beast bones and landed on a stone wall at the end of the cave.

There, rows of glowing ancient text were carved!

"Huh? A Dragon Language Wall?!" Su Li walked forward in surprise.

"This Flame Dragon Lizard wasn't just some ordinary lizard, was it? It mutated into a wyrm because it lived in this place with a Dragon Language Wall for so long, exposed to its radiation?"

Pushing aside his scattered thoughts, Su Li solemnly approached the Dragon Language Wall.

"Here goes! Let's see what it is this time!"

"Buzz--!!!" The familiar energy fluctuation struck again.

The runes on the wall seemed to come alive, transforming into streams of energy that surged into Su Li's body.

"Argh..." A sharp pain echoed from the depths of his soul once more.

This time, the scene he saw was even more tragic.

The sky was torn apart, and the earth burned with an inextinguishable fire.

Overwhelming dragons were slaughtering each other! Black dragons spewed destructive flames, white dragons summoned blizzards, golden dragons tore through space...

It was a civil war from the mythical age. Dragon blood stained the land, and countless mountains collapsed.

Finally, the scene froze on the final roar of an ancient dragon engulfed in crimson flames.

The illusion dissipated, and Su Li shook his head, feeling a bit dizzy.

"Tsk, this game's method of introducing background stories is really uncomfortable. It's like getting a concussion every time."

However, looking at the system prompt, he instantly stopped feeling dizzy.

[Congratulations! Learned the Power Language...]