In front of the nest, the huge black cocoon seemed to have become somewhat transparent.

The soul power contained within it seemed to be slowly being absorbed by Doragon.

The heartbeat sounds coming from within the huge cocoon became more and more obvious.

From the looks of it, it seemed that Doragon was about to break out of the cocoon. Copperfield looked at the huge cocoon in front of him and pondered for a moment.

Copperfield was also very curious about what kind of changes Doragon would undergo after breaking out of the cocoon, so he decided to wait another day to observe the changes in the huge cocoon.

It just so happened that he had told Doragon about his plans so that he wouldn't be unable to find this stupid dragon after he returned from the town. Although there was a master-servant contract between them, and Copperfield could vaguely sense where Doragon was, Copperfield would also get a headache if it was allowed to fly around.

After all, this was Copperfield's first official contract creature, and it was also a dragon with great potential. Copperfield also paid more attention to Doragon.

Since he had decided to wait for Doragon to break out of its cocoon, Copperfield was no longer in a hurry. At most, he could stay in this volcanic region for a while longer.

Arriving at the mouth of the magma where the roasted pig had been, Copperfield skillfully set up the grill and prepared to make some dinner. Coincidentally, there were still some fire-devouring beasts that Doragon had killed.

After killing the fire-devouring beasts, Doragon rushed to the crypt. After returning from the crypt, he was enveloped by the huge cocoon and fell into a deep sleep.

He had not eaten any of the fire-devouring beasts that he had killed previously.

Copperfield saw four or five fire-devouring beasts piled in front of the cave, which saved him the time hunting for food.

After all, not all magical beasts could be eaten. For example, the ape that he had killed in the afternoon. Copperfield would never eat such a humanoid magical beast. Most of the meat of magical beasts was dry and woody, not suitable for eating.

As the grill slowly turned, a refreshing aroma of meat spread out. Doragon's years of experience as a foodie was indeed useful. After the meat of the fire-swallowing beast was roasted, the taste was many times better than that of the Thorn Boar.

Suddenly, Copperfield heard a voice from the bottom of his heart.

"This is the fire-devouring beast that I painstakingly hunted down. You actually ate it all alone here!"

Copperfield's brows twitched. Wasn't that the voice of that stupid dragon?

He turned around to take a look.

The black cocoon was continuously thinning at an astonishing speed. The soul power undulations contained within it were becoming increasingly intense. Waves of black smoke and dust were continuously being emitted from the cocoon.

The heavy heartbeat from before was also slowly calming down.

As the final wisp of smoke dispersed, Doragon within the cocoon was finally able to reveal his current appearance.

The red scales that covered his body had already disappeared, replaced by a layer of black armor on his back. The metallic luster reflected off the armor was extremely terrifying. The once scarlet scales had turned dim in color, it was similar to the dark-red color of blood.

The red fire-type soul power that had once surrounded Doragon had also been replaced by the dark-purple soul power.

Traces of energy undulations that were filled with an aura of death began to radiate from Doragon's eyes.

The biggest change was that Doragon's body had shrunk from its original size of 30 meters to around 20 meters. However, his aura had become more corporeal.

"Roar!"

With a deep and heavy gasp, Doragon began to inspect his body.

"Boom!"

A mouthful of dragon flame was spat out, and the mountain in front of Doragon actually changed as if it was made of glass.

Under the burning of the dragon flame, the mountain walls gradually became smooth. One could imagine how terrifying the power of the dragon flame that Doragon was currently spraying out was.

This fellow spat out a mouthful of dragon flame just so that he could get himself a big mirror so that he could admire his heroic appearance?

"..."

"Yo, you're quite handsome!"

"Eh? Why has this king become smaller?"

"Eh? This king's cultivation has actually fallen!"

The first thing that Doragon noticed was actually the change in his appearance. The second thing was his shrunken figure. When he probed his soul power, he discovered that his cultivation had actually fallen to the level of a high-tier two-star.

Doragon was greatly alarmed. In his panic, he immediately checked the changes within his body.

With a single look, he discovered that although his current power had fallen to the level of a two-star high-tier, his soul power had become even more condensed. The fiery red soul power vortex that had been swirling within his body had now turned purple, from the undulations that it emitted, it was unknown how many times purer this fire-type soul power was compared to his previous self. The changes to his physical body were still unknown, and he needed to go through a battle to verify it.

Doragon was overjoyed as he looked at the changes in his body.

As expected, I didn't make the wrong choice. After signing the contract with Copperfield, my fire-type soul power has indeed undergone a huge change. Although my cultivation base has dropped, my current combat strength is basically the same as before, in fact, Doragon could sense that his combat strength was slightly higher than his three-star combat strength.

His current power was at high-tier two-star, and his combat strength was actually the same as when he was a three-star. Doragon understood that there was only one possibility, and that was that his bloodline power had evolved.

This was also the reason why the color of his soul power vortex had changed.

It seemed that it was the deathly aura of soul power that Copperfield had emitted previously. Doragon could feel that he seemed to have grasped a sliver of the power that represented death!

"Can you hear me?"

A voice immediately rang out in Doragon's heart. Shocked, Doragon abruptly turned to look at Copperfield behind him.

Upon seeing this, Copperfield instantly understood that after he had signed a contract with Doragon, there seemed to be some sort of connection between him and Doragon. He could transmit his divine sense to Doragon from the bottom of his heart. In other words, he could communicate with Doragon from a long distance.

This was much more convenient.

At least in the future when they acted independently, he wouldn't be unable to find this stupid dragon.

"Copperfield..."

Just as Doragon was about to call Copperfield by his name, his heart suddenly tightened, and his breathing became rapid. It took a while before he recovered.

Doragon seemed to suddenly understand something.

He probed.

"Master?"

The pain in his heart did not appear again.

...

???

What was going on?

Copperfield naturally noticed Doragon's sullen reaction. This should be the effect of the contract. However, Copperfield could feel that if he wanted to, this restriction could be lifted at any time. After all, he did not care about addressing.

However, judging from Doragon's expression, Copperfield did not immediately remove it. This stupid dragon's sullen expression was rather interesting.

"According to what I said before, if you don't intend to follow me, I won't restrict your actions."

"But if you follow me, you have to listen to my orders. Of course, I won't let you die, and I won't violate your bottom line."

Copperfield said faintly, although he felt that the dragon before him did not have any bottom line.

However, if this stupid dragon wanted to follow him, he had to obey the basic orders. Copperfield did not need a burden following him.

Things had already come to this point.

No matter how stupid Doragon was, he knew that if he followed Copperfield, the benefits would definitely be far beyond his imagination. Just by signing a contract, his bloodline power had already evolved.

If he could follow Copperfield, wouldn't he be able to have whatever he wanted in the future?

Furthermore, humans only had a lifespan of a hundred years. After a hundred years, wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wanted?

Thinking of this, Doragon didn't hesitate anymore and immediately asked.

"Master, where should we go next?"

...

Copperfield didn't expect that this dragon really didn't have any bottom line. However, since it was willing to follow him, then so be it. After all, with the contract, Doragon wouldn't have any say on him. He would be able to have an additional fighting force by his side.

After all, even though both of them were two-star high-tier soul masters, Copperfield was still a human. In terms of fighting force, without the help of Nameless, he should still be slightly weaker than Doragon.

The purple flames on Doragon's body reminded Copperfield of the scene when he signed the contract in hell with Elegy. In the depths of the fog, the burning flames seemed to also be of this color.

"Hellfire, huh."

It should be because Doragon's power was too low and he couldn't release the true power of the Hellfire. Copperfield couldn't feel the pressure of the Hellfire from Doragon's dragon flames.

Although it seemed that Doragon's dragon flames were much stronger than before, it only meant that Doragon's potential had increased. He had evolved from an ordinary fire dragon to a hellfire dragon, it didn't mean that Doragon could immediately fully utilize the power of hellfire.

Otherwise, not to mention a four-star magical beast, even if it was a beast of much high power, it wouldn't be able to survive the burning of hellfire.

After a short conversation, Copperfield roughly understood Doragon's current situation.

There was one thing that made Copperfield feel a little strange. After Doragon had formed a contract with him, the soul power vortex in his body had changed and evolved. However, after Copperfield had absorbed the Fire Crystal, a separate fire-type soul power vortex had appeared, it had not fused with his own soul power.

However, there was not much point in thinking about this matter. After all, Copperfield had never heard of such a thing before. If he had the time to return to the altar, he would look for that unreliable skeleton to ask about it.

From the current situation, what the skeleton had said to him was not a lie. However, that skeleton did not seem genuinely good.

However, Copperfield had wronged the skeleton. If others were to look at Copperfield, they also would not think that Copperfield was a good person.

Now that the matter was basically settled, Copperfield decided to return to the town the next day after he prepared some lava to roast the fire-devouring beast for Doragon.

Originally, Copperfield didn't want to bring Doragon along. After all, even though Doragon's body had shrunk to a size of twenty meters, it was still too eye-catching and inconvenient for him to move about.

However, Doragon was immediately unhappy after hearing Copperfield's words. He had stayed in the mountain range for way too long.

It wasn't easy for Copperfield to find something fun to do, yet he actually didn't want to bring Doragon along.

As Doragon's soul power surged again, he instantly transformed into a small purple snake that was around half a meter long. It coiled around Copperfield's right arm.

According to what Doragon said, this was an innate ability of the dragon race. Doragon himself disliked this form and felt that it wasn't powerful enough.

However, in order for Copperfield to bring him along, Doragon had no choice but to compromise and transform.

When all was said and done, Copperfield decided to leave for Maka Town the next day.

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