Chapter 260: 218: Dragon Lady? Little Dragon Girl? Or Dragon Mother?_2
Mainly, the altar had its limitations: it could only replicate Lords Bosses and those beneath them in strength. Otherwise, if it were possible to directly copy Frost Giants and Golden Behemoths, he would dare to take on a Heretical Sect's headquarters by himself.
"This altar was upgraded by someone else using treasures. Can I continue to upgrade it?"
As long as it could be upgraded to the extent where it could replicate Epic Bosses, his power would instantly skyrocket by several folds.
He could also specifically select some physically extreme Epic Bosses to resurrect. Would he then become an invincible force to be reckoned with?
After collecting the altar, Zi Liyuan emptied the monster lair of its treasures and took out a guiding jade card; then, he sent a message to General Huang.
"Time to clean up~!"
The resources gained from eradicating a single monster lair are hundreds of times that of farming in wild instances.
Of course, the difficulty of wiping out monster lairs is dozens of times harder than farming in wild instances.
After all, there are choices in wild instances. In those low-level wild instances, Zi Liyuan could also obtain precious Lord's Hearts from the instance origin treasure chests.
The challenge of eradicating monster lairs was something Zi Liyuan also came to appreciate this time.
If he hadn't specifically resurrected 8 Epic Beast Bosses and summoned 320 Bone Dragons, it would not have been so easy to break into Dragon Island's inner areas and storm into the Black Dragon's lair.
After unearthing every inch of the Black Dragon's lair, Zi Liyuan, followed by a host of Undead Bosses, swaggered onto Dragon Island.
Looking up into the sky, what filled his view were countless dragon shadows; a massive swarm of Bone Dragon Bosses was pursuing and killing Black Dragons and Sub-Dragon Beasts.
The 448 Bone Dragon Bosses, incomparably stronger than the earlier Bone Dragon Swarm, were completely overwhelming the Black Dragon camp.
What surprised Zi Liyuan even more was that, likely due to the change of ownership of the altar, every replicated Black Dragon and Sub-Dragon Beast displayed a countdown BUFF.
However, the originals did not display this BUFF, meaning that the current Bone Dragon Swarm could relentlessly beat down on the true bodies of the Black Dragons and Sub-Dragon Beasts.
Indeed, it was so. 28 Lord Bone Dragon Bosses were ganging up on 3 Black Dragon originals.
84 Heroic Bone Dragon Bosses had entangled 18 Black Dragon Replicas, preventing them from reinforcing their true selves.
336 Rare Bone Dragon Bosses held off all other Sub-Dragon Beasts, and with their numerical advantage, they were punishing the enemy relentlessly.
Above in the sky, dragons were occasionally plummeting to the ground, either Bone Dragons or Sub-Dragon Beasts. Generally speaking, more Sub-Dragon Beasts fell, and all that fell were originals.
Once the distinction between originals and replicas was clear, the Black Dragon camp had no advantage left and only faced swift extermination.
Watching the three Black Dragons in the sky, now ragged and wounded, and noting that their health bars had dropped to less than a tenth,
Zi Liyuan hesitated no more and again summoned a hundred Bone Dragons. He casually jumped onto the back of one, pulled out a magic rope, secured himself, and rose into the sky under the escort of the Bone Dragons.
He swiftly arrived at one side of the battlefield where the three Black Dragons were being surrounded and beaten.
At this moment, the three Black Dragons were grossly swollen, covered in wounds, and missing many of their dragon scales.
"Surrender, or die?"
They were, after all, Lord Bosses, and Giant Dragons are known for standing at the top in strength among those of the same tier and template.
At this moment, Zi Liyuan no longer lacked for Lord Boss-level combat power, but he had the future to consider.
Training his subordinates, enhancing the strength of his forces, having a Lord Black Dragon Boss sign a contract of servitude, was a fine method to bolster strength.
Whether the Black Dragon Bosses would wish to become someone's pet, was that his concern?
Unwilling?
Just give them a beating, and it's settled.
However unwilling they are to become pets or mounts, they'll receive just as many beatings, until they eagerly beg Zi Liyuan to let them serve as pets or mounts.
The Boss's dignity?
The Giant Dragon's dignity?
When it comes to survival, to hell with dignity!
The more powerful the creature, the greater their fear of death, and this truth applies to the vast majority of races.
For a Black Dragon known for being sneaky, cunning, and greedy, they would even forsake their treasure, so isn't it normal for them to grovel in the face of a threat to their life?
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"Surrender! We surrender!"
"Necromancer Lord, we surrender, we are willing to be your mounts!"
"Whimper...we are willing to be your pets, please don't kill me...whimper..."
A strange voice, mixed in between, drew Lord Zi's attention to the last Black Dragon that had spoken on the left.
This Black Dragon's frame was slightly more slender than the previous two, its lines more graceful in appearance, and its fearsome head not as terrifying, but somewhat softer?
Huh, was this a female dragon?
Dragon mom? (〃'▽'〃)
Little Dragon Girl? (〃⊙o⊙〃)
Dragon mommy? (╯°Д°)╯︵┻━┻
Weird thoughts suddenly filled Lord Zi's mind.
Increasingly perverted ideas suggested that someone was aspiring to match Boss Cao, inheriting Wei Wu's exquisite charm.
"I remember giant dragons can transform into human form, can you?"
As Lord Zi spoke, his eyes glanced nonchalantly toward the female dragon.
Whether it's a dragon mommy, dragon mom, or dragon girl, that would be three different methods of execution.
"To answer the Lord, any giant dragon promoted to a hero BOSS template can transform into human form."
The three Black Dragons scrambled to speak first, afraid that speaking too slowly would result in being beaten to death by the swarm of Bone Dragons surrounding them.
"Good, now descend and wait for questioning."
After taking a deep look at the female dragon, Zi Liyuan once again directed the Bone Dragon he was riding to descend towards Dragon Island.
The three Black Dragons glanced at each other, swept their gaze over the surrounding Bone Dragon Bosses, sighed together, and then reluctantly began to descend.
The situation was more powerful than them; the scales of victory changed too quickly, so fast that they had checked the Black Dragon lair hoping for a stroke of luck, but in the blink of an eye, they were besieged by a host of Bone Dragon Bosses.
From lofty Black Dragons to human captives, the shock was too great, but they had no choice but to accept reality.
That's what they get for fearing death.
Watching the three descending Black Dragons, surrounded by a group of Epic Giant Beasts Bosses, and seeing the Black Dragons trembling, Zi Liyuan couldn't help but laugh mischievously.
Bullying the powerful felt rather nice, especially when it was the Black Dragons at the top of the food chain.
"I ask, you answer. If your answers don't satisfy me, you will know the consequences."
With a slight glance from Lord Zi, the Frost Giants and Golden Bimons surrounding the Black Dragons cooperated by roaring at the dragons and scraping deep marks into the ground with their massive claws.
The three Black Dragons trembled as they lay on the ground, their proud heads touching the surface, symbolizing submission.
"Lord, please ask; we will tell you everything we know!"
The lives of dragons were precious, and there were no secrets the Black Dragons felt the need to hide.
"When did Dragon Island appear here?"
Zi Liyuan remembered clearly, wild dungeons would turn into monster nests; dungeon bosses would fight and merge with the heart of the dungeon before integrating into Blue Star.
Meaning, in the freshly arrived monster nest, there should be only one Black Dragon Lord Boss.
The heart of the destroyed monster nest indicated that the Black Dragon Lord Bosses had a spawn rate of one per month.
When Zi Liyuan assaulted Dragon Island, he faced not one but three Black Dragon Lord Bosses, which means that Dragon Island had been in existence for at least two months.
This place was at the border of Shenglong State, and given the protective measures of the Great Xia Empire, regular inspections were carried out every day. Even if camouflaged by magic fogs from battle formations, the chance of it being discovered was very high.
Therefore, Zi Liyuan surmised that Dragon Island was not originally in this location, but it was moved here later!
The quickest way to the answer was to interrogate these three Black Dragons.
"Dragon Island was moved here seven days ago by a band of ape-like creatures using ten Lord's Hearts as material with a space-shifting formation."
The tallest Black Dragon spoke first and even conjured a magical projection with dragon language, showing the ape-like creatures he described.
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