A Dragon against the Whole World

This sleep cycle is about nine years longer than that of an ordinary young dragon.

Galos was not surprised by this, as his periods of sleep always seemed longer than those of his peers.

Because during this time, he was not merely enhancing his life level, but also adapting and evolving, so it was only natural to take more time.

"By this calculation, I am now ninety-eight years old, with only two more years until I officially become an adult dragon."

Galos pondered inwardly.

Was this peculiar age a perfect culmination of his youth, or perhaps a so-called half-step adult dragon?

He humorously teased himself in his mind.

After exchanging a few brief updates, Galos said, "Later, you can tell me in detail about the significant events worth noting that happened while I was asleep."

"For now, I need to focus and fully understand all the changes happening within my body."

The other dragons nodded in understanding at his words, then slowly dispersed, leaving Galos sufficient space and peace for self-exploration.

Before leaving, the Red Silver Dragon gazed at him deeply, with a shimmer in her eyes like the depths of an autumn pond.

Her graceful dragon tail gently swayed, as if she were contemplating something, but in the end, she said nothing, only blushing slightly before quickly departing.

Galos arrived at his personal grounds and began to delve deeply into his transformation.

First, he noticed that the frenzy fire within him had become much more subdued, no longer as active as before his sleep, and didn’t persistently fuel his anger.

However, Galos had a clear intuition.

As long as his spirit was fully concentrated, he could still actively reignite it.

He did not attempt this immediately.

Before doing so, he wanted to first understand the changes in his blood.

Whoosh—!

He took a deep breath, and his muscles instantly tensed and inflated, directly entering a state of excitation, prompting the Dragon Blood within him to circulate rapidly.

As the blood circulation accelerated, Galos clearly felt his blood becoming hotter, as if it might ignite at any moment. The sensation was akin to the precursor of entering the red lotus state, yet essentially different.

The blood was merely on the verge of burning, yet it missed that final step to truly ignite.

Even as he escalated from a state of excitation to blood explosion mode, the situation remained unchanged.

His blood was in a delicate state, primed but unignited, bringing a sense of physiological stagnation and irritation.

The previously dormant frenzy fire quietly regained activity, causing several bloodshot threads to appear in Galos’s eyes.

Yet unlike before, despite the lingering irritation, he seemed to possess a detached "third perspective," maintaining a calm and clear mindset, unaffected by the physiological discomfort and frenzy fire.

In this state, the newly awakened frenzy fire quickly returned to dormancy.

Galos pondered for a moment and then raised one of his dragon claws, covered in tough scale armor.

With a sickening sound resembling metal being forcibly torn, he used his sharp claw tips to slice open the scale armor on his arm, cutting through the flesh beneath.

Scalding Dragon Blood immediately gushed from the wound.

However, just as the blood left his body and was exposed to the air, a strange change occurred.

The Dragon Blood did not dribble like ordinary liquid nor flow along the pattern of the Dragon Armor; instead, it instantly and explosively ignited! It transformed into clusters of dark red, nearly black hot flames, whirling and adhering to his incised arm armor, fiercely blazing.

Essentially, this was a concentrated form of Dragon Qi.

"My blood... once it leaves my body, it directly transforms into Dragon Qi? And in such a condensed flame form?"

Gazing down at the quietly burning black-red flames on his arm armor, Galos couldn’t help but be taken aback.

The next moment, he quickly regained his composure, with countless thoughts flashing through his mind, which became incredibly agile.

After multiple attempts and verifications, Galos confirmed this fact.

As soon as his blood left his body, not only did it not lose or waste away, but it also underwent qualitative transformation, burning and converting into high-concentration Dragon Qi, appearing in flame form.

What exhilarated him even more was this.

When he attempted to reabsorb this detached Dragon Qi back into his body, it effortlessly returned and rapidly solidified and transformed back into the continuously flowing hot Dragon Blood, merging back into his blood circulation.

The whole process formed a cycle.

The blood transforms into Dragon Qi, and Dragon Qi can convert back into blood.

Eternal and cyclical.

The losses involved were negligible.

"Blood can be converted into Dragon Qi, and Dragon Qi can be transformed back into blood."

"Is this like the conversion between blood and mana?"

"I think... I’m somewhat invincible now."

"No, not somewhat... as long as a Legendary isn’t present, I, Galos, am invincible! Even facing an ordinary Legendary, I might not be powerless!"

"Who now can defeat me? Who can truly kill me?"

The eyes of the Red Iron Dragon burst with a brilliant gleam, filled with an unprecedented confidence and pride, and his mindset inevitably expanded somewhat.

This lasted only for a moment.

"Stay grounded, must stay grounded, can’t get carried away!"

After a deep breath, his immense willpower allowed him to stabilize his fluctuating emotions once more.

However, to be honest, Galos honestly couldn’t imagine anyone below the Legendary Realm threatening or defeating him at this moment.

Even if it were himself, he couldn’t.

If faced with an exact replica of himself, he wasn’t confident he could defeat it.

Speed, power, attack... these formidable attributes, compared to his survival skills now, were a level lower.