Chapter 690 - 414: Dragon Forging Transformation Base 3
These are exceptionally excellent alchemy and enchantment materials.
If they are put into the Earth Vein Symbiotic Pool, supreme materials can be cultivated.
Especially the body fragments of the King of Mountains Groom, their rarity is no less than the materials from the Giant Dragon’s body.
Samantha showed immense interest in this, collecting all the body fragments left by the King of Mountains, intending to use them for alchemical creation, and then she plunged into a comprehensive exploration of the mountains, striving to uncover any hidden secrets and the precise location of that Abyssal Rift.
At this moment, the towering figure of the Red Iron Dragon is no longer amidst these conquered mountains.
In the Northwest Wilderness Region, the former Undead Nest has now been transformed into a Dragon Forging Base.
From the outside, it appears to be just an unremarkable hill, but its interior and underground have been completely hollowed out, forming a vast complex structure.
Galos folded his wings and slowly landed on a flat ground.
Two Giant Dragons had been waiting here patiently for a long time.
One was the deep and dark-scaled Black Dragon Seraphina; the other was the entirely vibrant green Green Dragon Ludwig.
Now, they too had successfully entered the young dragon stage, and both their size and actual life level had surpassed ordinary adult dragons, evidently outshining their fellow kin.
"Dragon Lord."
Seraphina’s voice was deep and slightly hoarse, filled with respect.
"Lord Galos, you’ve arrived."
Ludwig’s voice seemed relatively more animated, yet equally respectful.
The Red Iron Dragon nodded slightly to both, as a form of acknowledgement.
He then used Transformation Technique to slightly shrink his overly large body to adapt to certain passages within the base.
He succinctly said, "Lead the way."
Immediately after, under the guidance of these two young dragons, he stepped deeper into the Dragon Forging Transformation Base.
After decades of continuous investment and constant modification, the appearance here was worlds apart from when it was initially occupied.
On either side of the passageway leading inward, the once rough and uneven rock walls had been relined to become smooth and had a layer of hard metallic substance, where in intervals, Undead Guards or hidden Magic Traps were placed, making it heavily guarded.
The further you go inside, the more expansive the space becomes.
Finally, a grand cave, as if the entire mountain belly had been thoroughly hollowed out, unfolded before Galos’s eyes.
Here lies the most crucial area of the Dragon Forging Transformation Base.
The first thing to strike the eye is an astonishingly large pool.
The pool is not filled with searing magma, but a thick, dense liquid constantly flickering with dark red and metallic luster. It is a Dragon Forging Essence processed through complex alchemical methods, mixed with Dragon Blood and various catalytic potions.
Around the pool, countless thick energy pipelines connect beneath the ground, constantly channeling geothermal heat and elemental energy converging from all directions into the pool to maintain the essence’s activity and constant high temperature.
"This is the Dragon Blood Furnace."
The Green Dragon Ludwig whispered in introduction, "Now, the transformation process has been simplified significantly. It only needs initial immersion in it to quickly complete the basic first stage of Dragon Scale transformation."
"Further in-depth transformations require undergoing other different rituals."
After years of practice and optimization, the Dragon Forging Transformation Ceremony gradually matured and became systematic, no longer as complicated and dangerous as in the early exploration phase.
At present, dozens of well-selected elite warriors from races like Ogre, Jackal Wolf Folk, or Centaur, holding a complex mixture of awe and longing, step onto specific stone platforms at the furnace’s edge in sequence.
Upon standing firm, a structurally complex giant bone arm slowly descends from the dome.
The giant bone hand firmly fixes them, then slowly immerses them into the constantly boiling, rolling Dragon Forging Essence.
"Ugh—!"
"Roar!!!"
The cave immediately echoed with painful screams and muffled roars.
Their bodies convulsed fiercely in the thick essence, skin muscles writhing unevenly, rough and Dragon Race-featured scales stabbed through the skin, growing with blood streaks.
The characteristics of the Dragon Race visibly manifest on their bodies, solidifying.
They are being transformed into Dragon-forged Warriors.
At this moment, a mutation arises suddenly.
A Jackal Wolfman Warrior undergoing transformation lets out a shrill, sharp cry.
His body uncontrollably expands violently, scales on the surface growing irregularly and crazily, eyes bloodshot, skin cracking, nearly losing control and causing a transformation failure.
At this critical juncture.
On the observation and control platform above the furnace, a Corpse Demon Mage overseeing the transformation process quickly raised a skeletal hand and pressed a rune in front.
Whoosh!
A gray energy beam shot out responsively, precisely entangling the Jackal Wolfman on the verge of collapse, the gray energy permeating his body, effectively suppressing the rampaging Dragon Blood Energy inside him, gradually calming him down.
The Jackal Wolf’s state subsequently stabilized, allowing the transformation process to continue.
Soon, the Dragon-forged Warriors birthed from this base will be dispatched across various strongholds, outposts, or resource points scattered throughout the Sel Wilderness of the Molten Iron Territory.
They are meticulously selected, loyal to the tribe, and themselves inherently far superior to ordinary followers.
Upon successful transformation, they generally became small chiefs commanding other followers, or had already been chief-level figures, further advancing through transformation and becoming critical nodes that the King of Iron uses to firmly control the vast territory.