Chapter 244: Ancient Blazing Dragon Blood Multiplied By x10,000!

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Riven massaged his temples carefully as he continued reading through the long series of system notifications that floated in front of his eyes. The sheer volume of information made his head ache slightly, yet excitement kept building inside his chest with every new line.

[Skill Acquired: [Ancient Blazing Dragon Blood – Level 1]: You have inherited a faint trace of the Ancient Blazing Dragon Bloodline once belonged to the family of the same name, originating from the World of Dragons, Drakenward. You can manifest a faint amount of the Blazing Dragon Lineage by infusing Mana and Blood Energy into your own Bloodstream, transforming into a Lesser Blazing Dragonoid for a couple of minutes. The Transformation includes Scales, Tail, Sharp Fangs, Claws, Flame Breath, and Dragon Fear as Abilities. While in this form, your stats increase drastically, but your Stamina and Mana is rapidly drained.]

[x10,000 Reward Multiplier Activated!]

[Skill: [Ancient Blazing Dragon Blood – Level 1] has been multiplied by x10,000!]

[You have learned the Skill: [True Primordial Purgatory Dragon God Lineage – Level 1]: You have awakened and channeled the deepest root of the Ancient Blazing Dragon Blood, awakening the power of their Primordial Progenitors, the True Primordial Purgatory Dragon Gods, who shaped entire Realms and Planes and are known as powerful Divine Authorities within the cosmos. The Lineage of Surtr, the Dragon King of Purgatory now flows through you and so his powerful and Ancient Legacy and Inheritance. You can now manifest a True Dragon Heart of the element and unleash a True Draconification with each level giving you a stronger form until achieving a Full Divine Purgatory Dragon Form. While Transformed you gain Divine Dragon Claws, Divine Fangs, Magic Reflecting Scale Armor, a Dragon Spear Tail, Blazing Dragon Wings, and Deadly Purgatory Breath whose Flames can reduce mountains to ashes, alongside Dragon Tongue, capable of shaping the elements of arcane magic with words alone (requires training) and force foes to kneel before your might. While Transformed, All Stats increase by 5000%. Constantly consumes Mana, Stamina, and Spirit Energy. Synergy: Divine Spirit Heart + True Primordial Purgatory Dragon God Lineage = True Primordial Divine Dragon Heart Forging Art.]

"Wow."

The single word left his lips almost without thought. The moment Riven felt the new power course through his veins like liquid fire, a massive blazing dragon erupted from his body. It roared mightily toward the open sky before exploding into pure flames that surged at his every command. A long and powerful tail sprouted from his lower back. Enormous burning wings unfolded from his shoulders. Sharp horns pushed upward from his forehead while gleaming scales covered large portions of his skin. In mere seconds he became a perfect hybrid of human and divine purgatory dragon. His stats rose massively under the transformation, giving him a sense of overwhelming strength he had rarely experienced before.

"In this form... I can be as strong as an A Rank?" he wondered aloud while examining his transformed hands and claws. "Not bad...! However, the cost of energy is really massive. But thanks to my new Divine Spirit Heart, I’ve got enough reserves to maintain it for like... half an hour? Maybe a little less, but that’s not bad at all."

Riven quickly analyzed the synergy ability called True Primordial Divine Dragon Heart Forging Art. The moment he activated it, he felt his blazing power and pure Dragon Energy combine smoothly with his Spiritual Energy. The two forces began to flow together through his entire body in a steady, circulating rhythm.

"This is a Cultivation Method!" he realized with growing excitement. "By merging these energies together, the Divine Spirit Heart can grow even faster, and my new Dragon Heart can connect with it, eventually manifesting from within it? How interesting...! Truly fascinating."

He spent several quiet minutes testing the circulation of the combined energies, feeling how the Dragon Heart slowly formed a deeper connection with his existing Spiritual core. The process felt natural yet powerful, as if the two hearts were meant to work as one. Every breath he took seemed to strengthen the link further, and he could already sense that continued practice would bring even greater rewards.

As Riven finished analyzing everything related to the dragon lineage, he looked back at the remaining notifications. There was still one last skill he had obtained from the recent consumption.

[Skill Acquired: [Reckless Charge – Level 1]: Unleash an explosion of Mana and Vitality from your body and charge against a foe to unleash a rapid attack. While activating Mad Charge, your Agility, Movement Speed, Dexterity, Critical Hit Chance, and Strength and Attack Power increase by three times, if the attack connects, an explosion of Elemental Flames will strike the foe and everyone around them for massive damage, can ignore up to 30% of the foe’s defenses.]

[x10,000 Reward Multiplier Activated!]

[Skill: [Explosive Mad Charge – Level 1] has been multiplied by x10,000!]

[You have learned the Skill: [Explosive Mad Charge – Level 1]: The frenzied essence of the Mad Locomotive has been refined and elevated into a catastrophic force of unstoppable momentum. You can transform your body into a living engine of destruction, coating yourself in armored plating of condensed mana while generating extreme kinetic force. Upon activation, your Movement Speed, Strength, and Momentum increase by 8000%, allowing you to accelerate beyond your limits for short bursts. Collisions unleash chain explosions of pure destructive energy that erode both physical and magical defenses. The longer the charge is maintained, the greater the final attack damage becomes. Synergy: True Primordial Purgatory Dragon God Lineage + Explosive Mad Charge = Purgatory Express.]

"Oh...!" Riven was surprised by the sheer power described in the skill. "Now this is... Let’s try it."

He took a single step forward while still in his dragon hybrid form and then activated the new ability with full force.

BOOOMMM!!!

A massive explosion of pure energy erupted from behind him the instant he moved. His charge became so fast that he resembled a blazing meteor streaking across the landscape. He crashed into a distant mountain dozens of kilometers away and pierced cleanly through its rocky body, leaving a clean small hole as he continued forward. Momentum finally failed him and he fell downward, crashing and rolling hard into a wide river below.

BOOOM!

Another explosion surged from his landing point. The blast left a small but intensely burning crater in the riverbed as half of the surrounding water evaporated instantly into thick steam. Any wildlife that had not already fled the area either ran away in panic or was caught directly in the expanding wall of fire.

Riven slowly rose from the scorched ground, steam rising from his scaled body.

"Damn..."

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