Goblin Dependency

[Skill]:

Vortex Slash Level 5 (Max), Teeth Hunting Level 5 (Max)...

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Indeed!

Xia Nan’s emotions surged.

Just as he had anticipated, even if he briefly lost control of his physical form in the real world, his consciousness was dragged here.

However, his attribute panel’s Golden Finger had still followed him!

Unconsciously, he recalled the actions he took when climbing the dirt slope earlier.

Although it was somewhat challenging due to this body’s frailty, when his wolf claws landed on the unstable dirt slope, within his rolling and crawling, he exhibited a balance that ordinary younglings of his kind would not possess.

Previously, he hadn’t noticed it because of his urgent speculations; now, upon recollection, he instantly understood.

This was precisely the manifestation of his Tidal Shaping specialty when it came into effect!

One proof to eternal proof!

Even though his physical form was briefly out of control, Xia Nan, possessing the attribute panel’s Golden Finger, had successfully transferred the specialties and battle skills he learned earlier, including Night Mother’s Gaze, Teeth Hunting, Embers Resonance... onto this young wolf’s body.

Xia Nan instantly realized.

If this indeed was the ceremony held by "Algae Scale" Dodd, where numerous adventurers on Stodd Island were drawn in.

Then the existence of the attribute panel, those battle skills and specialties from his human body, would become his exclusive, huge advantage ahead of everyone else!

Thinking of this, Xia Nan’s mind raced.

As his thoughts flowed, he instinctively mobilized his spiritual power, attempting to use the most convenient Gravity Control to prove his speculation.

Good news, Xia Nan’s speculation was correct.

The battle skills and specialties from the human body could truly be used in the wolf beast form.

——The gravity he was manipulating caused a small pebble at his feet to slightly float.

Bad news, evidently, with his current newborn wolf body, there wasn’t enough spiritual power to sustain Gravity Control.

Even though he operated it for less than a second, it instantly drained Xia Nan’s mental energy.

His vision darkened, losing balance.

His fluffy, round body swayed like a ball of brown thread, and then lightly rolled down from the small dirt slope.

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Meanwhile, in a desert far away from Xia Nan’s woodland location.

Inside a scent-filled sand cave.

Light yellow eggshell fragments were covered in mucus, scattered across the ground.

This was supposed to be the nest of certain egg-laying creatures nurturing younglings.

But now, the six oval beast eggs, watermelon-sized, originally hidden deep within the sand cave, were all completely shattered.

The first lizard to break its shell, in a manner that ordinary young beasts wouldn’t exhibit, ruthlessly and decisively killed its five unhatched siblings meant to grow together.

Turning their blood and flesh into nutrients for its own growth.

Devouring the nutritious, viscous flesh from the shattered eggshells, feeling the warming flow spreading throughout its body from the abdomen.

"Algae Scale" Dodd carefully felt this body, his face, also covered with scales, showing a human-like satisfaction.

To ascend to Transcendent, becoming a Scale Changer, one of the necessary requirements is "to achieve victory in a large-scale competition themed on wildness and primal instincts".

And this was why he used a strangely textured metal ring as a medium, with the active fluctuations of magic particles during the Moon Tide Banquet, arranging a multitude of Deep Sea Resonating Stones on Stodd Island to hold the ceremony.

The whole island, a hundred of the most powerful senior adventurers who were most suitable to become his stepping stones.

Now, they had been dragged into the Secret Realm by him.

With the form of infant beasts, descended here, starting from zero.

Without Enchanted Equipment, without the physical qualities of professionals.

"Battle Skill", "specialty"... everything once mastered by the physical form was left in the original world.

Everyone, including "Algae Scale" Dodd himself, started from the same starting line.

Slaughter, evolution...

And he would achieve ultimate victory in this competition ceremony filled with primal and wildness, stepping out of that last step towards "Transcendent".

Restricted by the requirements of the Scale Changer ceremony, "Algae Scale" Dodd actually didn’t enjoy much convenience, just like other adventurers, temporarily relinquishing everything he had in the real world, starting anew.

Truth be told, he confidently believed that without resorting to any other means, he could easily defeat and kill other adventurers in the ceremony solely with the experience and growth abilities he had accumulated over the years.

But considering it concerned his ability to ascend to Transcendent, regardless of how confident he was, Dodd didn’t overestimate himself.

Instead, relying on his "Ceremony Arranger" identity, he prepared some "insignificant" minor methods in advance.

Firstly, to some extent, knowing the content and mechanism of this ceremony already granted him an absolute advantage in information asymmetry.

Compared to other adventurers who had just entered this world, bewildered, even shocked by their beast forms, unable to act.

Just knowing what to do had given Dodd a crucial lead.

Then, regarding his origin, Dodd took relevant measures while arranging the ceremony.

This was very important.

Because the mechanism of the ceremony itself means that a sufficiently high racial starting point could help him evolve into a more formidable creature at a faster pace.

It’s certain that the majority of adventurers entering this world initially, as beastly identities, would be among the most common and ordinary wild beasts without special abilities on the continent.

Whereas Dodd himself, as the ceremony’s master controller, could influence this aspect to some extent.

Restricted by the relative fairness required by the ascension ceremony, he certainly couldn’t directly control being born into powerful races like "giant dragons" or "Giant Purple Worms".

But if it’s just slightly enhancing his origin, gaining a certain initial advantage...

It wouldn’t affect the ceremony’s proceeding.

"Gravel Scale Lizard" was his choice.

This creature living in deserts and rocky areas wasn’t considered particularly powerful as a demon.

Even after maturing, its Challenge Level barely reached Level 2.

Yet, compared to ordinary beasts from other adventurers, the Gravel Scale Lizard is rightfully a creature with a Challenge Level and can be called a "Demon".

Sufficient enough for Dodd to crush most ceremony participants from the outset.

Moreover, while the Gravel Scale Lizard’s Challenge Level isn’t high, it indeed contains a trace of thin Dragon Blood lineage within its body.

Strictly speaking, it actually belongs to "Sub dragon" creatures.

Based on this, Dodd could say he had a clear evolutionary direction.

As long as his luck was good enough, he might not even need to kill a few adventurers, and he could direct his evolution towards the "giant dragon" path.

Then, even if it were the most controversial "White Dragon" among Colorless Dragons, its inherently strong physical traits, plus the dreadful Dragon Breath that could become the nightmare of countless beings, would be enough for Dodd to achieve the final victory in this ceremony.

And finally, Dodd’s confidence in completing the ceremony at the fastest speed lies in.

His ability to judge the approximate positions of the one hundred adventurers currently dragged into the ceremony by him.

In his mind, a hundred faintly glowing blue dots, centered around his location, scattered in different directions.

Some are quickly moving amidst the shaking, while others remain stationary.

The one closest to him is just five or six kilometers away.

With these three aspects combined, like a rolling snowball, Dodd’s advantage will grow over time.

He could even already envision that, in the near future, having evolved into a powerful dragon-like creature, he would kill and devour the adventurers one by one according to the perceived directions of each glowing dot.

"Gulp."

Swallowing the last mouthful of egg fluid, the Gravel Scale Lizard that Dodd transformed into burped.

Slightly identifying the direction, it crawled out of the sand cave.