Among all his retainers, very few had managed to gain even one level in a year and a half.
However, although few retainers had grown stronger during that year and a half,
quite a few children had been born.
Thanks to Xiluo's encouragement.
The Hyena-People alone had welcomed ten newborns.
The Boar-Pigfolk had slightly fewer, but still had eight.
Eighteen in total was no small number for two tribes that each numbered only several dozen.
Unfortunately, it would take quite some time before these newborns could fight.
Hyena-People and Boar-Pigfolk had different life cycles from humans.
Still, they needed around seven years to reach adolescence and acquire some fighting ability.
To become fully grown, they needed twelve years!
Soon,
Tīgǔ brought over a heavy suit of full plate armor.
The armor was pitch-black all over and looked like an iron can.
One of the hundred-odd Descenders who had attacked the mountain had worn it.
Although it was hardly outstanding equipment, its extremely thick plating still offered powerful protection.
Xiluo remembered that its previous owner had ultimately been burned alive by the Red Dragon Whelp's flames...
The armor had remained relatively intact, aside from a deep dragon claw mark on its chest...
Xiluo examined it for a while.
He gently drew a breath.
Under everyone's gaze, his body began to shrink and contort.
His forelegs slowly became arms, his hind legs became human legs, and his wings and tail retracted into his back and disappeared.
Finally,
he became a naked man, 1.85 meters tall, with an extremely muscular physique like a bodybuilder's.
He raised a hand and conjured a mirror of water before him to examine himself.
His eyes had not changed with the transformation. They remained as azure and pure as the sea, just as in his dragon form, with