A day passed, and the transformation of the body ended. Udi awoke in the real world.
It looked at its current form.
Its original length of 2.4 meters had now grown to 2.9 meters.
An increase of half a meter!
The previously somewhat immature scales and short wings now appeared jet-black and smooth, and significantly thicker, evidently enhancing its defense considerably. The wingspan had also become even larger, with the bony membrane wings wider and thicker.
"My body has become much stronger." Udi thought joyfully.
It looked at its current panel.
[Udi: Biological Level 1 → Level 2, Professional Level N/A.] (Length 2.4m → 2.9m)
[Life Force: 2.5 → 3.5]
[Current Banquet Level: Level 1]
[Banquet Cooldown Time: Thirty Days]
Firstly, life force had increased from 2.5 to 3.5. Life force represents the comprehensive strength and energy level of a life form. The higher the life force, the stronger the power.
For many creatures with weak bloodlines, such as humans, increasing their life force would not only enhance their strength but also potentially extend their lifespan.
However, for Udi, born a giant dragon, this life force increase could only bring about a boost in strength, without extending its lifespan limit.
This is because the blood of dragons inherently possesses immense potential. For humans, increasing life force by a small amount might be breaking through their bloodline's limitations, but for dragons, especially those at the dragonling stage, even an increase of tenfold in life force would still be far from their bloodline's upper limit.
"In other words, when my life force reaches the limit of my Black Dragon Bloodline, and then I stack the Banquet levels, could it further extend my lifespan to some extent?!" Udi was somewhat excited.
Originally, dragons live for a very long time. Even the White Dragon, which ranks at the bottom of the Five-Colored Evil Dragon, lives for around two thousand years. If they step into the Legendary Tier, their lifespan will be greatly extended!
And what about humans? Even among the strong, most professions reaching the Legendary Tier can only get a lifespan of seven to eight hundred years. Only mages and some powerful special professions can exceed a thousand years or more after reaching the Legendary Tier.
But compared to the newly born dragonlings... the essence is still somewhat lacking.
This is the essential difference of bloodline.
Besides life force, Udi also noticed that its biological level has increased from Level 1 to Level 2.
The Dragon's Legacy provides detailed interpretations of biological levels.
Biological level refers to the innate power level of extraordinary creatures. Biological level increases as they grow. For Udi, even without the talent of the Banquet, as a Black Dragon, its biological level will continuously increase over time, rising from Level 1 at birth to Level 19.
As for Level 20, this belongs to the domain of Legendary.
Legendary, even for top-level magical creatures like dragons, is a challenging threshold that only the exceptional can cross.
Yet, even among the Five-Colored Evil Dragons, the likelihood and difficulty for Red Dragons and White Dragons to reach the Legendary differ significantly. The former, with just a little effort, has a considerable chance of reaching Legendary in the elder dragon stage, whereas the latter, even in the peak of old age, has a very low probability of breaking into Legendary.
Udi sorted through its chaotic thoughts and directed its gaze to the last line of the panel.
[Banquet Cooldown Time: Thirty Days]
"There's still a cooldown period." Udi was a bit displeased.
However, the displeasure quickly faded. After all, a month's cooldown might seem a bit long for humans, but for dragons, it's just a blink of an eye.
"Stacking one layer of Banquet a month, that's twelve layers a year... This will be more than enough to distance myself from other dragons." Udi thought to itself.
After contemplating a lot, Udi became somewhat bored. It looked around, then casually found a corner not far from the mire to lie down, with its head connected to its short thick tail, forming a black disc, and fell into a deep sleep.
Dragonlings are naturally fond of sleeping. Through sleep, their bodies can grow faster.
Five days quickly passed.
Just awakened from slumber, Udi was leisurely eating the half-remaining Swamp Demon Shark.
After five days in the dark, damp cave, the Swamp Demon Shark had decayed more thoroughly.
Similarly, it tasted even better.
Udi felt psychologically averse, but physically it was thoroughly enjoying it, feeling both discomfort and delight.
"Huh?" Udi heard a noise coming from nearby, turning to look in the direction of the sound.
So, it was those two Dragon Eggs that had yet to hatch. Udi realized suddenly.
Judging by the timing, it's about right. Typically, Dragon Eggs laid by a Dragon Maiden hatch around the same time, usually not more than ten days apart.
Udi had spent one day evolving through the Banquet, slept for five days; today was its seventh day since birth.
Under Udi's curious gaze, the two Black Dragon Eggs cracked in succession, and a large, naive black head emerged from each.
"Heloise... Sigmund!" murmured the freshly hatched little female dragon in a tender draconic language.
"Brook... Sigmund!"
Hmm, this one's a young male dragon.
After shouting, the newly born Dragon Sister and Dragon Brother bulged their clear eyes and dorkily searched for their Dragon Maiden.
Hmm? Where's our Dragon Maiden?
Dragon Sister and Dragon Brother's gazes fixated on Udi.
"Where's Mother?" Heloise asked bluntly.
Udi raised an eyebrow (dragons have eyebrow ridges, formed by the eye bones), feeling slightly displeased.
The newly born little sister had quite a sharp tone.
Udi turned around, showing them its rear, and continued eating the delicious Swamp Demon Shark on the ground.
The munching sound was loud.
Enticing to dragons.
"Stop that, it's food Mother left for me!" Heloise noticed Udi didn't reply. Without Udi needing to respond, she quickly sensed the powerful presence deep within the nest, relaxing her heart while also seeing the remains of the Swamp Demon Shark due to Udi's eating action. She became anxious and broke free from the egg constraints to rush out.
A noticeably slower-reacting Dragon Brother, Brook, hurriedly followed, breaking free from the egg to chase after Heloise. As he dashed, he shouted,
"Wait for me, there's a share for me too!"
The two young dragons, just over two meters long, charged in front of Udi, Udi slowly raised its head.
First, it swept Dragon Sister Heloise with its tail, then punched Dragon Brother Brook, making him roll back two circles.
The Swamp Demon Shark is guarded by me, Udi!!
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—Currently available information:
*Swamp Demon Shark
*Adult biological level reaches Level 5, generally 6.5~8m in length, abilities they can awaken include: Metal Saw Teeth (common individuals), Flowing Swamp Manipulation (excellent individuals)
They prefer to live in regions such as freshwater, swamps, possess a murderous nature, and even after satiation, they may indulge in the massacre of weaker creatures for fun, a solitary and powerful demon.