Chapter 281 - 166: Hatching the Shadow Giant Dragon and Opening the Dragon Race’s Secret Hoard

Chapter 281: Chapter 166: Hatching the Shadow Giant Dragon and Opening the Dragon Race’s Secret Hoard

’Brilliant. Simply brilliant!’

As for the second item, the Black Dragon Monarch’s scale...

"This thing requires Grandmaster Level Forging Mastery to craft, which is way too far off for me."

"Right now, I only have one High Level Blacksmith in my territory. Who knows when I’ll ever be able to turn this into a piece of equipment."

"However..."

Shen Xing’s mind raced. ’This scale has extremely high defensive power, and its size is just right, isn’t it?’

’Could I... just use it as a shield?’

It just so happened that he had recently recruited a Leader Level Guardian who still lacked a proper shield.

Shen Xing decided to toss it to Fording later to see how it worked.

"Alright, next item."

Shen Xing raised his right hand slightly, and a pitch-black orb of light appeared. Inside was a curled-up baby dragon, with a pattern of three stars above it.

[Shadow Dragon Nest]

[Tier: Boss ★★★]

[Area: 782 square meters]

[Effect: Can be placed in the territory. Consume materials to recruit a Level 10 (Tier Two) Shadow Giant Dragon. Hatching time is 24 hours.]

[Hatching Space: 0/1]

[Recruitment Cost: Soul Stone*10,000, Black Crystal*5,000, Food*2,000, Black Dragon Scale*100]

[Upgrade Requirements: Large Soul Stone*5,000, Giant Dragon Crystal Ingot*1,000, Leader-level Soul*10, Tier Four Boss Dragon Soul*1]

(Note: Each time the Dragon Nest’s star level is increased, 1 hatching space will be added.)

(Note 2: Hatched Shadow Giant Dragons are in a growth state and require a large amount of Food daily. Please be mindful of Food consumption.)

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"Excellent! With this, I can summon Shadow Giant Dragons in batches, and they’re even Tier Two, Three-Star Boss Level Giant Dragons!"

Shen Xing clenched his fists, his heart pounding with excitement.

’But the materials required are just ridiculous.’

’Recruiting just one costs over ten thousand Soul Stones and 2,000 units of Food. Who the hell can afford that?’

Of course, this was also indirect proof of just how powerful the Shadow Giant Dragon Soldier Type was.

Shen Xing pondered for a moment and decided to hatch one first to check its strength.

His other resources were relatively abundant, but his Food was, yet again, running out.

Right now, the entire territory had less than three thousand units of Food left.

What other Lord was like him, mass-producing soldiers every few days? No amount of Food could keep up with that.

’I still need to develop my logistics to support the territory’s ever-increasing consumption.’

Shen Xing secretly decided to focus the territory’s next expansion on farming and animal husbandry, to produce as much Food as possible.

Then, he pushed his wheelchair to the west side of the Outer City District, to an empty plot of land next to the Hellfire Nest.

BUZZ...

The pitch-black orb of light in his hand began to rotate slowly before landing in the center of the empty plot.

RUMBLE...

The ground began to tremble slightly as a large number of dark-colored bones and a pile of black stones rose out of thin air.

They then rapidly reassembled in mid-air, piling up into the shape of a massive nest.

Beside this nest stood two pitch-black stone pillars shaped like dragon heads. At the center of each pillar was a sunken hexagonal outline, a place for inlaying Gemstones.

Since this Giant Dragon Species Nest started at the Boss Level, it could be inlaid with two Gemstones.

Next, he directly opened the nest’s interface.

[Consume materials: Soul Stone*5,000, Black Crystal*5,000, Food*2,000, Black Dragon Scale*100 to hatch 1 Shadow Giant Dragon?]

"Yes."

Deep within the nest, dense Dark Energy began to gather.

Through the gaps in the black bones, one could faintly see a half-man-high Dragon Egg slowly forming inside, its surface shimmering with Dark Gold patterns.

Unlike other Unit Nests where recruitment was instantaneous upon consuming materials, the Shadow Giant Dragon in this Dragon Nest required a period of time to hatch.

"A 24-hour hatching period means I can only recruit one per day. That’s a bit slow."

"But it seems I can increase the hatching space by raising its star level, which in turn increases the hatching speed. That’s not too bad."

Shen Xing clapped his hands, surveying his first Dragon Race barracks with satisfaction.

Next, he prepared to inspect the final piece of loot—the Giant Dragon’s Secret Collection.

The so-called Giant Dragon’s Secret Collection was similar to a Treasure Chest in a game, from which one could obtain treasures hoarded by Giant Dragons.

CLANK!

With a muffled sound, a massive stone chest, roughly two meters long, rectangular, and resembling a coffin, appeared before him.

The body of the chest seemed to be crafted from Obsidian, its surface carved with Dragon Scale patterns that looked incredibly lifelike.

[Open the Giant Dragon’s Secret Collection?]

"Open it."

As Shen Xing confirmed his choice, the Obsidian lid slowly lifted, unleashing an intense white light.

When the light faded, Shen Xing immediately peered inside, and his breath caught in his throat!

He saw a huge pile of Gold Coins and Silver Coins glittering brightly, covering the entire bottom of the chest.

On top of this pile of coins lay a black robe embroidered with a dragon pattern, an Ancient book, and several sparkling Gemstones.

With a wave of his hand, he swept all the treasures into his inventory.

[Obtained: Kingdom Gold Coins*174]

[Obtained: Kingdom Silver Coins*16,492]

[Obtained: Dragon Priest Robe (Gold)]

[Obtained: Sacrificial Contract Skill Book (Gold)]

[Obtained: Dark Gemstone (Gold)*2]

[Obtained: Ice Gemstone (Gold)*1]

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"Tsk tsk, as expected of treasures from a Giant Dragon’s collection. There really is some good stuff here."

"Over a hundred Gold Coins... adding the reserves I already have, I’ve got almost 300 Gold Coins now."

"That converts to 300,000 Silver Coins, enough to buy a piece of Epic Equipment."

Shen Xing patted his inventory, almost able to hear the pleasant sound of Gold Coins clinking inside.