Earth Dragon

Biodata

Appearance

• Resembles an earthworm, but is vastly larger; the five-thousand-year specimen is as thick as an adult man’s thigh 22.
• Gu Ping’an first notices a tail-like portion protruding from the ground beside a huge rock 22.

Habitat & Behavior

• Earth Dragons usually remain underground, emerging during heavy rain, flooding, or when the soil becomes too wet 22.
• Granular, pellet-like soil beside a muddy hole helps Gu Ping’an confirm the creature’s identity 22.

Abilities & Skills

Ultimate Earth

Earth Dragons possess ultimate earth power despite their relatively weak combat strength 22.

• Absorbing this specimen’s life essence allows Gu Ping’an’s earth attribute to cross the remaining threshold into ultimate earth 22.
• The result confirms his theory that ultimate-attribute energy can catalyze his Blue Silver Grass’s evolution 22.

Resistance to Extraction

• The specimen remains firmly underground even after Gu Ping’an entangles it with several Blue Silver Grass vines and pulls with all his strength 22.
• This resistance does not prevent his vines from draining its life essence and soul power 22.

Story Role

After rejecting several stronger ultimate-attribute soul beasts as unsuitable targets, Gu Ping’an chooses the five-thousand-year Earth Dragon to test his catalyst theory. He teleports above its hiding place and sends vines into its hole, but cannot pull it free 22.

Gu Ping’an instead uses Blue Silver Devour while it remains underground. The Earth Dragon struggles hard enough to shake the ground, but he completely absorbs and refines its life essence. With his earth attribute completed, Gu Ping’an turns his attention toward obtaining ultimate wood and further developing his water and metal attributes 22.