Unexpected gains?!
Another piece of priceless intelligence!
Within the swamp, you can use the Divine Format to extract Essence of Life... These essences can break potential limits!
Although the current limit is only 2 Stars potential, it still fills Lear with excitement.
What is lacking the most right now?
Sufficient military strength.
And currently, the only force available to mobilize is the Wetland Lizard-men.
But these 1 Star potential warriors have already reached the Level 6 limit!
He turns to look at the warrior beside him, with blood soaking the black armor, carrying an aura of bloodthirst and brutality.
His eyes lit up.
"Gather all these ratman corpses together."
With the order given, the Wetland Lizard-men disengaged from battle and immediately took action.
Just then, Haggs came over from a distant pile of grass, dragging a barely alive Kelder Ratman.
"Sovereign... this is the mongrel we just found."
The amber eyes held a lingering hint of killing intent.
There's no need for pleasantries with enemies.
Lear looked at the panting, blood-drenched Kelder Ratman, his eyes slightly narrowing.
"Where did you come from?"
The ratman grinned, with blood continuously dripping from the corner of his mouth, his voice rasping like a windmill.
"The great Queen... will feed you all to the rat pups..."
"This territory belongs to our Kakarok Clan... surface dweller, you're courting death..."
"Kakarok Clan? Your territory?!"
Haggs' gaze turned cold, creaking.
The hand gripping the opponent's neck tightened further.
"A group of lowly mongrels dares to covet my master's land!"
"The Kakarok Clan are the rulers of the Dark Mountains! Surface dweller, you have no idea the kind of existence you've provoked!"
The Kelder Ratman's voice was sharp and still full of madness.
Dark Mountains?
Surface dweller?
These two keywords made Lear's eyes narrow.
The Dark Mountains are a well-known range in the Underworld.
Is there a passage within the swamp to the Underworld?
Lear's thoughts spun, and he spoke slowly.
"Curses are nothing but the wails of the weak... Kelder Ratmen, do you really dare to spy on the surface?"
"We are merely the vanguard for exploration... Just wait, once the Queen kills the aging Red Dragon, this place will become paradise for the Kakarok Clan... you won't escape!"
As the words fell, his breathing grew rapid, then his body stiffened, eyes losing focus, and his life breath vanished instantly.
Dead.
Haggs' expression twisted, with a sudden twist.
He directly ripped the opponent's head off and threw it violently into the distant muddy water, splashing a large bloom.
To be threatened by this damn sewer mongrel...
Lear was not provoked, calmly surveying the surroundings.
"Find a few more alive ones to question."
Haggs acted immediately, finding four more severely injured Kelder Ratmen... After some interrogation, the testimonies were corroborated.
What the other side said was true.
These Kelder Ratmen indeed came from the Underworld.
But unlike the initial information from the first ratman, the Kakarok Clan hadn't extended their reach to the surface yet.
They were scouts, inadvertently discovering a passage to the surface.
The message had not yet been relayed back.
The journey to the underworld had taken them seven whole days... It would take time to communicate to the depths.
The Kakarok Clan is indeed powerful; they are preparing to hunt an aging Red Dragon.
But mobilizing the entire clan's might would require recovery time even if they kill the Red Dragon, and they wouldn't notice the surface for a while.
With this confirmed information, Lear felt relieved.
Having just arrived at Mire Swamp, he wasn't eager to face these brutal enemies so soon.
No matter how strong the potential, it requires time to realize, and what he lacks most now is time.
As he interrogated, the Wetland Lizard-men piled the corpses fished out from the crimson mud into a small hill.
Over three thousand gruesome corpses stacked together, creating quite a visual impact.
Building a ghastly mound!
Over the past half month, after dozens of conflicts and battles, Lear had gradually grown.
Such a bloody scene, though chilling, was no longer enough to shake his heart.
One must get used to it; in this world, the weak have no right to survive!
Taking a deep breath, he tried to inject Spiritual Power into the fragmented azure Divine Format in his mind.
His gaze turned to the towering corpse pile, slowly extending his right hand.
Magic Power surged like a burning flame on him, suddenly soaring.
It rushed forth, eroding the corpse pile in front.
The next moment, pale blue flames began to burn on the bodies.
One by one, the crimson Essence of Life was extracted, floating in mid-air, gathering into a river.
Lear's mind stirred.
The crimson energy slowly spread like a river, flowing into the bodies of the surrounding Wetland Lizard-men.
The Wetland Lizard-men only felt some wonderful transformations within their bodies.
Muscles became thicker, bones more solid, tendons gradually resilient...
They were getting stronger!
The amber eyes turned scorching and frenzied as they looked at Lear once more.
The Sovereign is bestowing them with power!!
The pile of corpses slowly shriveled, finally crumbling directly like mummies weathered for thousands of years, crack~
Turning into fragments all over the ground.
Submerged by the crimson muddy water...
Once the energy of the corpses was drained, the rapidly surging aura of the Wetland Lizard-man calmed down.
Lear looked with curiosity at a Wetland Lizard-man by his side.
On its Attribute Panel, an additional Status bar appeared behind the Potential section.
Potential: 1 Star (Evolution Level: 50%)
If the Evolution Level just needs to be full, can the potential break through to 2 Stars? Will the level cap also increase?
The essence of life from over three thousand Kelder Ratmen helped these 15 teams of Wetland Lizard-men reach halfway in their evolution.
In other words, just over three thousand more, and they can achieve transformation.
Not bad, very good!
Lear was in a great mood.
The Divine Spirit truly deserves to be the ultimate existence in this world.
He only grasped a trace of its power, and it was already so extraordinary.
If he were to completely control the Divine Format... it's unimaginable what kind of mighty power it would be!
However, the pity is...currently, the maximum potential limit that can be raised is only 2 Stars.
Haggs, the 2 Stars Hero, showed no change.
After calming himself, Lear instructed the Wetland Lizard-man to search around, especially the tunnels from which the Ratmen fled.
But as the interrogation information suggested, the passage leading to the Underworld was winding and rugged, the Wetland Lizard-man could not enter at all.
They could only mark this location on the Magic Map for future exploration.
The Underworld, Dark Mountains, Kelder Ratmen, the deceased Red Dragon, the Mouse Queen...
These all exuded a sense of mystery, inducing a craving in him to explore them thoroughly.
Given some time to develop... who is the prey is still uncertain.
He organized the team and set off again.
The winding path led through swamps, bogs, trees, and grassy fields.
After traveling two or three kilometers, four branching paths appeared in front of them, heading in different directions.
Lear waved his hand, signaling to move towards the leftmost path.
Over the past half month, he had established absolute prestige within the group.
Even if it was unreasonable, no one would question it.
Quite a few Mud Swamp People even began to regard Lear as the Divine Son who could listen to the Divine Spirit's will.
The dragon dung drove away most dangers, and their speed began to increase.
By noon, they had already traveled 20 kilometers... but at this moment, Lear suddenly waved his hand, instructing everyone to stop.
His tone carried a hint of gravity.
"Destroy the dragon dung immediately, everyone get down!"
Bain at the back didn't hesitate, and immediately poured a large amount of clean water into the ceramic basin. The dragon dung, stained with blood, dimmed as if a light bulb had lost its power when submerged in the water.
Dragon's Might vanished.
A moment later, as people were puzzled.
Roar~
A low, thunderous roar echoed in the air.
Looking up, a terrifying creature with a wingspan exceeding 20 meters, reminiscent of an ancient giant beast, was gliding through the sky.
Casting a huge shadow.
It was a gigantic flying dragon with thick hind legs.
The sinister dragon head was even more fearsome than the evil dragons depicted in reliefs and murals within the city.
Its grey dragon skin resembled the bark of a millennium-old ancient tree, rugged and full of a sense of resilience.
What's more terrifying was the aura of oppression it emitted, stemming from the power of an upper-position life's bloodline, like a mountain pressing down from above.
Two-legged Flying Dragon
Level: 16
Potential: 4 Stars
???
???
The 4 Stars potential limit is 15 levels, but this flying dragon actually had a Level 16?!
It broke through the limit!
Lear's eyes turned extremely sharp.
Just one distant glance made him feel that soul-penetrating oppression.
All the people in the convoy didn't dare to breathe heavily.
The Mud Swamp People trembled, some even had their pants soaked...
In the blink of an eye, the fearsome flying dragon vanished without a trace... but everyone had yet to recover their senses.
Immersed in that terrifying oppression.
Lear let out a long breath.
After entering the swamp, his senses, merged with the Divine Format, were amplified tenfold by the swamp, and he decisively ordered the disposal of the dragon dung after sensing unease.
If discovered by that two-legged flying dragon, great horror would ensue in an instant.
His inner vigilance was suddenly heightened to the extreme at this moment.
In the perilous wilderness, no one could predict when the next danger would arrive.
He had to utilize the Intelligence System, the Divine Format, and every bit of power he could wield to strengthen himself swiftly.
Flying dragon?
Eventually, I will make you crawl beneath my feet!
After this frightening incident, his heart became resolutely determined once more.
"Soak the dragon dung again... move out!"