Chapter 438: Dark Demon and the Primordial Dragon (4k)
Summoning a six-star Mana Spirit through a regular summoning spell would take Dak nearly an hour, and he couldn’t afford to interrupt the process. Therefore, he decided to use the Sacrificial Summoning Spell.
After acquiring “Greed Slime II,” even the sacrificial summon became more convenient.
“Perfect timing for a test.”
Dak immediately took out “Greed III” and approached the Trash Slime, picking it up and saying, “I’m entrusting this to you.”
“Gururu—” The Trash Slime rubbed against his hand, showing some happiness.
Dak then activated the regular summoning spell, quickly starting “Greed III.”
The Trash Slime instantly evolved into “Greed Slime II” under the light.
Looking at the huge Slime in front of him, Dak commanded, “Use ‘Divide and Conquer.'”
“Poyo!”
“Greed Slime II” gently swayed its body, splitting into three “Greed Slimes I.”
These three “Greed Slimes I” clearly lacked intelligence, clumsier than most general Mana Spirits at level 2.0.
But their purpose was to be sacrifices, so their intelligence didn’t matter much.
Dak immediately began the summoning: “There are three two-star Mana Spirits. Using these three ‘Greed Slimes I’ as sacrifices, sacrificial summon — ‘Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon!'”
Instantly, the three “Greed Slimes I” transformed into light and merged with the white light shooting from the “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon” card, quickly weaving into a large sacrificial summoning array.
The Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon then materialized from this array!
Only now did Dak realize that “Baby Dragon” referred specifically to the dragon category.
This newly born “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon” stood about three meters tall, even taller than the Lion Beast.
Though it looked round and had cute blue eyes, its mountain-like body gave a heavy sense of pressure.
As a creation of “Pride Fruit,” this “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon” had already awakened its intelligence without needing a Capital Sin Card.
Unlike Diuxys, which also embodied “Pride,” it seemed less aloof.
Dak pondered briefly and extended his hand.
The Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon obediently lifted one paw and placed it gently in his palm.
Of course, due to the size difference between their hands, it seemed like Dak’s whole hand was covered.
But the Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon didn’t apply any force; it just opened its eyes wide and stared at Dak, trying hard to remember his appearance.
“Perhaps its pride is hidden within.”
Dak scratched the Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon’s palm and retracted his hand, murmuring, “Let’s try ‘Dragon Egg Conversion.'”
The Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon tilted its head, spread both hands, held them over its head, clasped them together, and stood on one foot, spinning around.
“Woowoowo—”
After a joyful call, the Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon closed like a flower, transforming back into a bud. Its outward energy rapidly contracted, shrinking into an egg shape.
When the light faded, it had become a giant egg about one and a half meters tall!
Dak picked up the Mana Spirit Card of the “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon” to check its status change.
But his gaze fixed on the card name, noticing it had changed!
“What’s going on?”
The card face now read: “Primordial Dragon Egg!”
He wasn’t unfamiliar with this transformation. After evolution, the “Solo Sword Sheath” converted into weapon form, and the Mana Spirit Cards changed names, attributes, and ultimate skills.
“Could it be…”
Dak raised an eyebrow, noticing that after becoming “Primordial Dragon Egg,” the card had dropped from six stars to three stars!
This drop in stars… wasn’t necessarily bad!
A six-star Mana Spirit required a sacrifice to summon quickly, while a three-star could summon normally.
From Tier 2 to Tier 1, this “Primordial Dragon Egg” could be summoned directly through a regular summoning spell.
If it could hatch smoothly into a “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon,” it could be used as a special summoning method.
Additionally, compared to “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon,” this “Primordial Dragon Egg” might have different ultimate skills.
Dak immediately injected mana to check.
“Indeed.”
The information returned from the Mana Spirit Card was indeed different!
[Card Name: Primordial Dragon Egg]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ???]
[Race: Dragon]
[Attribute: Light Type]
[Mana: 1500]
[Attack: 0]
[Defense: 1500]
[Ultimate Skill: Incubation]
“It only has one ultimate skill? And it’s just ‘Incubation’?”
The initial excitement vanished, and Dak’s brows deepened.
In terms of stats, this “Primordial Dragon Egg” had no special features. The full 1500 mana and defense were acceptable, and the 0 attack was expected, but having only one “Incubation” ultimate skill…
On the surface, “Incubation” seemed to be a skill that could hatch the “Primordial Dragon Egg” into a “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon.”
To understand the time needed for “Incubation,” Dak further injected mana.
Suddenly, his frown eased, revealing joy.
“Incubation” unexpectedly turned out to be a deeply meaningful ultimate skill!
[Incubation: The Primordial Dragon Egg possesses infinite possibilities before hatching. The current standard hatching route is unlocked: (Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon).]
[Hatching Route ①: Inject enough mana to hatch the Primordial Dragon Egg into a Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon.]
“This means the egg is the core? Looks like my previous feeling was correct.”
Dak suddenly realized and instinctively took out a “Pride III” card from his deck and summoned it.
“In the name of Dak Diemon, Mana Summoning!”
At that moment, dark gold light burst from the “Pride III” card, illuminating the surroundings.
The dragon egg illuminated by the “Pride” light reflected dazzling gold.
A massive “Pride” emblem slowly emerged from the eggshell, absorbing and devouring the surrounding light, channeling it into the dragon egg.
The Primordial Dragon Egg gradually exuded a sense of pride.
Dak focused intently, observing the egg’s changes.
With the light from “Pride III” fading, the eggshell finally cracked open, and a “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon” with dark gold stripes emerged.
Dak immediately checked the Mana Spirit Card and found it had changed from “Primordial Dragon Egg” to “Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon”!
This “Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon” was clearly a sub-species of “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon.” Apart from the dark gold stripes and the “Pride” emblem on its wings, it was identical to the “Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon.”
Its race, attribute, and stats were exactly the same.
[Card Name: Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ?????]
[Race: Dragon]
[Attribute: Light Type]
[Mana: 2500]
[Attack: 3000]
[Defense: 2500]
[Ultimate Skills: Dragon Egg Conversion, Baby Dragon’s Call, Dragon’s Inverted Scale, Sin World.]
“Four ultimate skills, only the last one differs from the Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon.”
“The original ‘Light Hall’ has become ‘Sin World.'”
“But since it’s a Sin Dragon hatched using ‘Pride III,’ the ‘Sin World’ should be related to the Capital Sin field card.”
Dak injected more mana, attempting to gather more information about this ultimate skill.
[Sin World: The Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon can summon the ‘Sin World.’ Mana Spirits with original sin powers die in the ‘Sin World,’ and the residual original sin power is absorbed by the ‘Sin World,’ allowing it to be used as a sacrifice to summon another Mana Spirit with the same original sin power, not exceeding the star rating of the dead Mana Spirit. The duration of the ‘Sin World’ is three minutes.]
“A special field skill!”
“If deployed during battle, it can ignore the sacrifice rule and continuously summon eligible Mana Spirits.”
“This is undoubtedly a better field skill for me than the ‘Light Hall.'”
Dak gradually understood.
“This ‘Sin World’ should also be a type that can directly summon Mana Spirits from the deck, but Mana Spirits like ‘Curse Cage: Imp’ or ‘Magical Beast: Ibut,’ which are initially unrelated to Capital Sin, cannot use this mechanism for special summoning.”
“Regardless, this is definitely a core ultimate skill for duels. But ideally, multiple Mana Spirit Cards with the same original sin power should be paired.”
Dak touched the scales of the “Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon,” gaining a clearer understanding of the “Incubation” ultimate skill of the “Primordial Dragon Egg.”
“The Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon and the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon can be seen as lower forms of the ‘Blue-Eyed White Dragon’ and ‘Sinful Blue-Eyed White Dragon.'”
“Since the ‘Primordial Dragon Egg’ has infinite possibilities, finding the right formula should unlock the ‘Blue-Eyed White Dragon’ and ‘Sinful Blue-Eyed White Dragon,’ and potentially more sub-species.”
“Among them, the ‘Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon’ follows the standard hatching route, requiring only sufficient mana to hatch.”
“By deduction, its higher form, the ‘Blue-Eyed White Dragon,’ likely requires higher-quality mana to hatch.”
“And the ‘Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon’ was hatched using ‘Pride III.'”
“So its higher form, the ‘Sinful Blue-Eyed White Dragon,’ might require ‘Pride IV’ or ‘Pride V’ to hatch.”
“Most likely, ‘Pride IV’.”
“Besides, I can try other ‘Capital Sin’ cards to see if they unlock new hatching routes.”
“For now, let’s see how long the cooldown of ‘Dragon Egg Conversion’ is.”
…
The ultimate skill “Dragon Egg Conversion” was clearly different from the “Weaponization” of the “Solo Sword Sheath.”
Its cooldown was long, but shorter than Dak expected, about an hour.
Once the cooldown ended, Dak ordered the “Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon” to revert to “Primordial Dragon Egg” and experimented with “Bliss III,” “Greed III,” and “Bliss III Moon.”
However, none of the other “Capital Sin III” cards except “Pride III” could prompt the “Primordial Dragon Egg” to hatch.
“Is it because of the wrong attribute?”
Dak fell into thought.
“White dragons with blue eyes are fundamentally light attribute, though some sub-species have other attributes.”
“Or perhaps still due to insufficient energy level?”
“After all, sub-species of Blue-Eyed White Dragons are generally eight-star and above.”
“The two types of Baby Blue-Eyed Dragons hatched so far have limitations.”
“In any case, it’s still because there isn’t a higher-level ‘Capital Sin’ card available for further research.”
“I must find a way to research the ‘Capital Sin IV’ formation array template during this long holiday!”
Frustrated by the lack of progress, Dak temporarily set aside his research.
When he came back to his senses, it was almost five o’clock.
“Has it really gotten so late?”
Dak shook his head, organizing the experimental table.
The Mana Spirit Card created this afternoon might not be particularly practical currently, but it undeniably expanded his deck system.
“Future prospects are promising.”
Moreover, from a research perspective, the “Primordial Dragon Egg” had another significant meaning.
By experimenting with various sub-species of Blue-Eyed Dragons, he could use them as a foundation for further research, creating more sub-species of Blue-Eyed Dragon Mana Spirit Cards.
This could be considered a “chicken-and-egg” approach.
If this logic could be fully applied, he would eventually construct a powerful “Blue-Eyed Deck.”
Perhaps he could even compete with Pandora for the title of “White Dragon King.”
Overall, Dak was very satisfied with this experiment.
He documented the results and planned to return in the evening to create another “Bliss III Moon.”
As for the newly hatched Baby Blue-Eyed Dragon… it would have to stay inside the Mana Spirit Card for now.
…
On the first Wednesday of the last month of the first year, Professor Metia brought her prepared teaching instruments onto the carriage, ready to give her adorable students a little surprise tonight.
The students had earlier learned that tonight’s astronomy class would assign final projects, so they prepared themselves, arriving at the Spiral Bell Tower before seven o’clock, eagerly discussing the final assignment in the classroom.
“Rumor has it that Astronomy will be an elective course for second-year students. Who knows if Professor Metia will still be around?”
While petting Ibut, Dak said to Diana and Rose.
