The moment Dan Feng's words fell, towering waves suddenly surged around him with majestic momentum.
Dan Feng's expression remained unchanged. He gripped the Heavy Abyss Pearl tightly in his hand and hurled it upward without hesitation.
The Heavy Abyss Pearl carried immense power and shot straight toward the rock ceiling above.
In an instant, a deafening roar echoed through the cave.
The rock overhead shattered upon impact from the Heavy Abyss Pearl.
Fragments of stone flew everywhere, dust and smoke filled the air, and within that haze, a colossal azure dragon formed entirely of water suddenly manifested.
This azure dragon had a long, slender body like a coiling serpent, yet its head was as majestic as a qilin, with antler-like horns crowning it.
Though it was merely a dragon made of water, the pressure it exuded was enough to strike terror into any living creature.
When the water azure dragon fully emerged, the overwhelming aura it released pressed down like a massive mountain, bearing straight onto the Red Dragon below.
The Red Dragon was pinned motionless under this crushing pressure. In the face of such immense power, it seemed so small and fragile.
The water azure dragon looked down upon the Red Dragon from above. Its icy gaze seemed to convey a single message: "Submit, or die?"
However, the Red Dragon clearly did not understand the meaning. It only knew that the creature before it was of a far higher rank. Under this overwhelming pressure, it had no room to resist—submission was its only option.
With the rock ceiling shattered by the azure dragon, the raging wind and snow outside were now visible to everyone around.
The cold wind howled through, and snowflakes drifted down in flurries.
"Look—what is that in the Red Dragon Mountains?!" Nearby adventurers stared in terror at the scene in the distant sky. The azure-green water dragon soared freely through the heavens, as if looking down upon everything in the world with disdain.
"Heavens, what is that thing?"
"Something big is happening in the Red Dragon Mountains!"
"Let's go—hurry and check it out!"
Adventurers all around rushed into the Red Dragon Mountains, eager to see what exactly had occurred.
At this moment, Dan Feng naturally felt no pity whatsoever for the Red Dragon before him. He formed a sword incantation hand seal, his movements flowing as naturally and smoothly as clouds and water.
Then he thrust his hand forward toward the Red Dragon. The water azure dragon, which had been circling in the sky, received the command and dove straight down without hesitation. Its speed was lightning-fast, its momentum thunderous and imposing.
Under the effect of the cold air, the water rapidly froze. The water currents, infused with boundless dragon qi, struck the Red Dragon.
In merely an instant, a massive hole appeared before Dan Feng's eyes, and the Red Dragon was reduced to dust under that single strike.
The Heavy Abyss Pearl slowly floated back into his hand.
Dan Feng coldly gazed at the enormous hole he had created with one blow, his heart completely calm.
Because he knew this was the power of Imbibitor Lunae. In this world of swords and magic, as long as he filled that progress bar completely, he could walk sideways through everything here.
The massive phenomenon he had just caused would surely draw people rushing over soon, so he needed to leave this place quickly.
As soon as Dan Feng had that thought, with a shift of his mind, he used the Heavy Abyss Pearl to achieve rapid movement.
All that remained in his original spot was a pool of flowing water.
Dan Feng's path of dragon transformation had finally reached an important milestone. He had successfully completed his initial dragon transformation process.
However, this achievement was not limited to his personal growth—it would have a profound impact on the fate of the entire world.
Just as the butterfly effect described, a tiny change could trigger a chain of reactions that ultimately led to massive shifts.
Originally, the people of this world should have followed their predetermined fates, but the emergence of Imbibitor Lunae power had disrupted that balance first.
At this time, Roxy and Etrill, who had already descended the mountain, also noticed the abnormal phenomenon in the Red Dragon Mountains.
That azure-green creature had shocked them deeply, filling them with grave concern for Dan Feng's safety.
After all, a Red Dragon was already an extremely powerful being. With this unknown creature added to the mix, could Dan Feng really survive unscathed?
After teleporting down, Dan Feng clearly felt that the Imbibitor Lunae power within his body had been completely exhausted.
This depletion made him realize that the dragon transformation technique might have certain limitations on its use.
"It seems I can't casually expose this ability in front of others. Better to keep it as my trump card." Dan Feng thought to himself. This transformation had made him fully aware of how powerful Imbibitor Lunae power was—a force that did not belong to ordinary magic.
Although the incomplete Imbibitor Lunae power could not yet reach the level of Dan Heng, it was still a force capable of looking down upon all beings.
Moreover, Dan Feng knew that fully restoring this incomplete power would still require a certain amount of time.
...
At this moment, far away on the Begaritt Continent, Orsted looked toward the direction of the Red Dragon Mountains and murmured, "An unfamiliar dragon aura... Strange. Has something like this ever happened before?"
He had white hair, was exceptionally tall, and his eyes were the frightening sanpaku type—ordinary people would be too terrified to speak upon seeing him.
He was the current Dragon God—Orsted.
Orsted decided to go take a look at the Central Continent.
"Could this loop be different this time?" Orsted thought to himself. Then, step by step, he walked across the sand toward the house where he kept his teleportation magic circle.
When he stepped on a clearly sunken spot, a massive worm immediately burrowed deeper underground. It seemed to be terrified of Orsted above.
Orsted continued walking without a care, paying no attention to the worm burrowing downward.
When Orsted returned to the house containing his teleportation magic circle, he entered a room, changed out of the clothes he was wearing, and stepped straight into the magic circle glowing with white light without hesitation.
A burst of white radiance filled the entire house, and Orsted's figure vanished from it.
...
Dan Feng successfully descended the mountain. His overall condition could only be described with one phrase: slightly dirtied at the hem.
The Imbibitor Lunae outfit had disappeared after the transformation ended, returning him to his original clothes. The long-eared elf-like feature had also vanished after the transformation.
The pair of azure-green energy dragon horns had disappeared as well.
The current Dan Feng was once again the original human Dan Feng.
Since he had obtained Imbibitor Lunae power and learned to control it, the template progress bar had now reached 32%.
He had also incidentally unlocked a personal panel.
[Name: Dan Feng]
[Gender: Male]
[Race: Human / Vidyadhara]
[Bone Age: 19]
[Talents: Inch Longer Inch Stronger, Dragon Transformation Technique, Dragon Vein]
[Abilities: Chantless Magic Skills, Chantless Healing Magic Skills, Basic Cloud Rider Spear Technique (Mastered)]
[Weapons: Cloud-Piercer, Heavy Abyss Pearl]
[Buff: Imbibitor Lunae Power Continuously Influencing World Fate]