ROAR—!
In pain, the wyrmling violently shook its neck, trying to throw Charmander off.
But it failed.
Charmander's sharp teeth were firmly embedded in its neck.
"Bite!"
Under Cao Ye's control, streams of magic power flowed out from Charmander's core and gathered around its head.
The magic wrapped around its jaws and fangs.
Instantly, Charmander's bite force and sharpness were greatly enhanced.
Rip!
Blood splattered everywhere.
Charmander tore a large chunk of flesh from the wyrmling's neck.
A massive wound appeared on the long neck, and blood poured out uncontrollably.
Judging by the amount of blood—
It had probably bitten into a major artery.
"Bite again!"
A single move repeated again and again.
As an early experimental product, Charmander had very limited attack methods.
But Cao Ye didn't mind.
No matter what the move was—
If it killed the enemy, it was a good move.
RIIIP!
Charmander bit again and tore another strip of flesh from the wound.
Blood spread across the ground and continued flowing outward.
At that moment, Cao Ye opened his Imaginary Space and took out several bottles.
Then he ran over.
ROAR!
The wyrmling tried to kill Charmander.
But the next moment—
Cao Ye suppressed it.
Weapons fell from the air and pinned the wyrmling to the ground.
While it was still alive, Cao Ye hurried over.
Stepping through the blood, he placed a bottle at the wound and began collecting the blood.
Dragon blood.
That was valuable stuff.
Even if it was only from a wyrmling, it was extremely expensive.
And drawing blood from a living wyrmling was very difficult.
That made it even more valuable on the market.
If he brought back a few bottles—
That would be a huge amount of valis.
Glug glug…
The wyrmling's large body helped.
Even with such a huge wound and massive blood loss, it held on for quite a while before finally dying.
BOOM.
Its body exploded into black smoke.
Standing there covered in blood—especially with his hands completely stained red—Cao Ye looked at the half-filled bottle and sighed.
"That's it?"
He looked to the side.
There were twelve bottles.
Actually—
Twelve and a half bottles of wyrmling blood.
One bottle could easily sell for 200,000 valis.
That wasn't expensive for something this rare.
It could also be used to temper weapons.
As for potion-making, Cao Ye didn't know much about that yet.
But looking at the large pool of dragon blood still on the ground—
He suddenly felt he had lost money.
He should have brought a basin instead of bottles.
Just looking at the wasted blood—
That could have filled 20 or 30 more bottles.
If the wyrmling were still alive, it would probably curse him.
Killing it wasn't enough—
He even drained its blood.
"Hmm?"
At that moment, Cao Ye suddenly had an idea.
SWOOSH.
He summoned black mud.
It spread out and covered all the dragon blood.
Within seconds, the black mud absorbed it completely.
Then Cao Ye guided the dragon-blood-infused black mud into Charmander's body.
After all—
Since it was Charmander, absorbing dragon blood sounded perfectly reasonable.
The black mud carrying dragon blood flowed into Charmander's core.
Under the catalytic effect of dragon blood, the technique engraved on the magic jewel core began to change slightly.
"Hmm… not bad."
"Bathing in dragon blood counts as a good start."
Cao Ye looked over his masterpiece with satisfaction.
Then he checked his Daily Quest.
Today's task had already been completed.
Daily Quest:
Kill 12 Orcs
Progress: 12 / 12
Reward: 10 Diamonds
Since Charmander was his cursed corpse, its kills counted as his own achievements.
Rumble rumble…
A new batch of monsters suddenly appeared.
Cao Ye glanced over.
Not far away were more than a dozen Imps, and behind them were several bulky Orcs.
SWISH.
Cao Ye waved his hand.
A large mass of black mud shot out like a spray.
All monsters touched by it were instantly corroded.
Then—
They collapsed and died.
This confirmed Cao Ye's theory.
Black mud caused monsters to collapse, leading to immediate death.
Originally Cao Ye had prepared himself for another monster riot, just like yesterday.
But nothing happened.
After waiting a long time, the surroundings remained quiet.
This confused him.
"Could yesterday really have been an accident?"
"Was the riot unrelated to the black mud?"
The moment the thought appeared—
Cao Ye immediately rejected it.
There were no such coincidences.
The first monster feast might have been coincidence.
But the second monster riot?
Impossible.
Yesterday every monster type from the upper floors had appeared.
The only ones missing were enhanced species and a floor boss.
Otherwise he might have thought a god had entered the Dungeon, triggering its hostility.
Just like in the original story—
When Hestia released divine aura and provoked the Dungeon's wrath.
"Wait…"
"God?"
The word struck Cao Ye like lightning.
In the original story, many of Bell's "adventures" were secretly orchestrated by Freya.
She did it to push Bell into growth and transformation.
When Bell once fled in terror from a Minotaur—
Freya even ordered Ottar to train a Minotaur personally.
Just so Bell could defeat it and overcome his fear.
If that were the case…
Yesterday's Dungeon riot suddenly felt very suspicious.
It happened without warning.
The mission title had even been clear:
"Dungeon's Malice."
Originally Cao Ye thought the Dungeon rejected his black mud.
But today's situation suggested otherwise.
There was another reason behind it.
"My dear goddess…"
"This wasn't your doing… was it?"
A chill ran down Cao Ye's back.
If his guess was correct—
What could he even do about it?
The answer was simple.
Nothing.
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