Upgrading the Warhorse

After obtaining the materials for the dragon, Fran immediately returned to the Material Realm.

At the entrance of the cave where she was now, the Black Horse was resting. Upon seeing Fran wake up, it thought Fran was about to leave, so it deliberately walked over to Fran's side.

However, Fran simply grabbed the Black Horse's side with one hand and then used [Disorderly Touch].

The Black Horse only felt a familiar sense of loss of control before collapsing to the ground.

Fran sighed, took out the materials she needed for the Black Horse, and poured all the liquid from the Infinite Blood Bottle into the Black Horse's mouth to keep Black Horse alive.

This is also a common measure used by the Transmutation School to maintain the life of organisms. After all, once a bottle of Life Replenishment Potion is administered, as long as the organism's vitality is not exhausted, there is no need to worry about the organism dying.

The Life Replenishment Potion are quite expensive, and most poor mages can't afford them; they can only use Healing Potion instead.

If Fran hadn't possessed the Infinite Blood Bottle, Fran wouldn't have been willing to spend her Gold Coin on the Transmutation Surgery, since earning money wasn't easy for her.

After confirming that the Black Horse was unconscious, Fran used her Mental Power to slice open the Black Horse's abdomen.

However, after cutting it open, Fran didn't see any organs inside the Black Horse, nor did she see any blood flowing out. What she saw was the wound on the Black Horse's abdomen healing rapidly.

Fran had been prepared for this, which is why she had already used the Life Replenishment Potion.

She immediately used a spell she had learned from a Paper: [Form Maintenance].

This spell is a technique specifically used by the Transmutation School to perform Transmutation Surgery.

In many cases, when sorcerers perform Transmutation Surgery, they find that sometimes, after cutting open the skin, the internal organs move around erratically, making it impossible to find a place to begin treatment.

Sometimes, when encountering creatures with fast healing speeds, the wound might heal in just a few seconds. To deal with such situations, the spell [Form Maintenance] was developed.

Its function is to consume life force or the mage's own Mental Power so that even if the target is disemboweled, it will remain in its current form, unable to heal or move freely, thus facilitating the Transmutation Surgery.

After all, the mages of the Transmutation School all used this method to transform themselves, so Fran would later also have to use this method to disembowel herself for transformation.

Fran sensed that although the life force within the Black Horse's body was immense, it was also rapidly diminishing, so she didn't hesitate and immediately began to act.

Firstly, although she wanted to put the dragon-themed materials in directly, that was impossible.

Just like the ' Song of the Deep Sea ' modification that Fran obtained, you absolutely cannot put it directly into a second-tier Dragonkin as material.

A series of preliminary steps are needed to allow the Black Horse to adapt to this modification before she can put the materials in.

So Fran glanced at the huge heart she had taken from the dragon's corpse, but instead of choosing it, she looked at the large bottle of Dragon Blood on the other side.

Fran evenly sprinkled the Dragon Blood into the Black Horse's body, and then used a special blood-replacing technique from the Transmutation School to replace some of the Black Horse's blood with Dragon Blood.

The scorching Dragon Blood made a sizzling sound when it touched the Black Horse's body, but Fran ignored it, and the Black Horse itself couldn't do anything about it either.

Fran watched as the bottle of blood in her hand gradually emptied, and then bright red blood suddenly appeared on the ground. She knew that this step had been successful.

After successfully completing this step, Fran did not immediately proceed to the next step, because she knew that she still needed to wait a while.

Fran lowered her hand and then stared intently at the Black Horse lying on its side on the ground. In Fran's eyes, the Black Horse's body appeared to have grown larger.

This is the effect of the Dragon Blood transfusion, making the Black Horse's entire body larger.

Fran felt that the time was about right, so she channeled the life force within the Black Horse's body into the wound, allowing it to heal.

Fran didn't immediately transplant the dragon's heart because her Transmutation Studies were about to be upgraded.

[You have performed a health overhaul on your mount, enhancing its physiological functions. Transmutation Studies proficiency +100]

[Transmutation Studies proficiency maxed out, level increased]

[Transmutation Studies (Mastery) (Proficiency: 24/10000)]

That's right, that's why Fran stopped halfway. Her Transmutation Studies were on the verge of being upgraded, and she wanted to Transmutation Studies them before starting the actual modification work.

Her Panel only calculates all proficiency at once after Fran finishes a particular attempt, so Fran had to revamp the Black Horse first.

If her skill level wasn't high enough, Fran actually bought some small modification materials to practice and increase her skill.

It just seems like it's no longer needed.

Fran took a deep breath, then opened the Black Horse's abdomen again, this time specifically retrieving the dragon's heart from the storage bottle.

She found the Black Horse's own heart, a heart that had been strengthened multiple times by the blood of the Earth Dragon. Fran cut the heart at an extremely fast speed and then Telekinetic Hand.

Fran sensed in an instant that the remaining life force within the Black Horse was rapidly draining away, so she quickly placed the heart inside.

The moment the dragon's heart entered the Black Horse's body, it produced a loud hissing sound. Fran quickly connected the heart to the Black Horse's body and used her life force to repair the broken part.

However, this is still a second-order organ, and normally it would require at least three prerequisite sequences to be installed on another organism.

The reason Black Horse is in its current predicament is because Fran did not follow the experience summarized by many mages of this Transmutation School.

She saw small wounds bursting from the Black Horse's skin and internal organs. The liquid, resembling Dragon Blood, emitted a large cloud of white mist the moment it came into contact with the outside world, accompanied by a rapid sound.

"It sounds just like steam coming out of Steam Engine," Fran complained, her hands moving quickly as she stitched up the reopened wound.

Fran knew that if she did nothing now, the Black Horse would die on the spot, and all the materials she had painstakingly collected would be wasted.

So Fran immediately reached for another large bottle of Dragon Blood; she wanted to use Dragon Blood to help the Black Horse adapt to the heart.

Just like when Quentin the dragon returned to Monsa, his first thought was to get Dragon Blood. Dragon Blood in Monsa is extremely beneficial to Dragonkin, as it can accelerate their evolution and enhance their power.

Having obtained Dragon Blood and a dragon's heart, the Black Horse was now considered a standard Dragonkin, and naturally, it could utilize the effects of Dragon Blood.

The Dragon Blood sprinkled onto the Black Horse, instantly erasing any open wounds. At the same time, layers of tiny scales appeared beneath the Black Horse's fur.

If Fran were to touch it now, she would definitely feel that the Black Horse's body, which was originally as solid as a clod of earth, now feels like metal, and the surface of its skin is accompanied by high temperature.

Fran anxiously checked the remaining life force within the Black Horse's body. When only a small portion of its life force remained, Fran keenly sensed that the Black Horse's body was stabilizing.

"Thankfully, it was successful, and I didn't have to use my other insurance measures." Fran wiped the cold sweat that had trickled down her forehead from nervousness.

Then, before the Black Horse woke up, Fran tidied up the things she had laid out and saw the prompts on the Panel.

[You have equipped your mount with powerful organs. Your Black Horse can now be considered a First Order Magic Creature. Transmutation Studies proficiency +1000]

After some time, when Fran realized that the Black Horse was about to wake up, she deliberately helped the Black Horse up from the ground. So when the Black Horse woke up, it could only realize that it was still standing.

As Fran helped the Black Horse up, she clearly felt that the Black Horse's weight had increased significantly, far exceeding the weight of the Dragon Heart.

Fran was curious about where the weight came from, but she knew now was not the time to discuss it.

The Black Horse shook its head, instinctively trying to get closer to its master, but as it was about to take its first step, its hooves seemed to crush something.

The Black Horse took a step back in shock and saw the spot where it had just walked. The originally grayish-brown earth had turned scorched black, and there was even a depression in it.

It didn't quite understand why such changes were happening to it. Since Fran hadn't implanted any intelligence-enhancing organs in it, it still considered its changes as Talent.

Although its Order rose to First Order after being fitted with a dragon's heart, magical beasts at this level of life still experienced an increase in intelligence.

However, the Black Horse has only just advanced to the First Order, and its increased intelligence has not yet been fully manifested. Therefore, it is unaware that its strength will increase after it loses consciousness.

The Black Horse shook its head again, adjusting to its new body, and then walked over to Fran's side.

Fran, feeling the heat emanating from the Black Horse's skin, blinked and thought that there were some downsides to the Black Horse's advancement in Order.

The good thing is that the Black Horse is stronger now. Even if the Black Horse were to fight a First Order magical beast, the beast might not be able to defeat Black Horse.

Furthermore, now that the Black Horse has met the requirement of being immune to Blaze, she only needs to complete the Trial of the Sun to obtain the Sunflame Knight Profession.

The downside is that riding the Black Horse might not be very comfortable in the future.

Fran touched the intense heat on the Black Horse's back. Although as Profession, her physique was superior to that of an average First Order Profession, and she could certainly endure it, it was far from comfortable.

"You have to give up something to gain something," Fran said, as she mounted her Black Horse and rode off towards the village.