Black Blood Valley, beneath the water pool.
Inside a simple dragon nest.
Udi, having just consumed a large amount of low-level demon flesh and blood, found his consciousness entering that void world once again.
Viewing his dragon body through the perspective of an observer, Udi initially thought this time would be as uneventful as the previous fifteen banquet enhancements.
However, as the enhancement progressed, a large number of faint blue light dots suddenly gathered around his dragon body.
These faint blue light dots, once gathered, swarmed into Udi's dragon body like bees returning to the hive.
As the vast amount of faint blue light dots surged in, Udi's dragon body gradually took on a dreamy blue hue.
"Is this... Natural Water Element?"
Within the void world, Udi's consciousness was stirred.
The knowledge of the Dragon's Legacy unveiled a veil due to Udi's stage growth.
A flood of knowledge poured into Udi's mind and soul, which he absorbed.
When Udi's consciousness returned from the void world, he remained asleep in reality.
Time passed, and three months went by in the blink of an eye.
In the water pool dragon nest, Udi slowly opened his eyes. A trace of confusion flashed across them before quickly realizing what had happened to him.
Magic Awakening!
The Magic Awakening, which usually occurs at the juvenile dragon stage, happened to Udi while he was still in the dragonling phase.
The surprise was so sudden that Udi even forgot about the hunger in his belly.
"Along with the Magic Awakening, I also automatically mastered three types of spell-like abilities," Udi thought with excitement.
These are extraordinary abilities!
This delighted Udi, who had always relied on his brute dragon body for hunting and combat.
"Dark Magic!" With the surge of magic power in his dragon body, a dark light shot into a water pool excavated inside the dragon nest, accurately hitting a sharp-toothed cannibal fish.
Udi had raised dozens of cannibal fish to prevent the nest from feeling too quiet.
However, due to not being fed for three months, only one cannibal fish remained alive in the pool.
This fish, which had eaten dozens of its companions, seemed quite fierce, but under the effect of the Dark Magic, it began thrashing about wildly in shock.
Seeing this, Udi nodded in satisfaction.
'Dark Magic', Effect: Deprives a creature of its five senses, and the casting effect grows with one's magic power strength.
A very practical spell-like ability.
In addition to Dark Magic, the other two awakened spell-like abilities are:
'Low-Light Vision', Effect: Grants oneself or others special vision to clearly see the surroundings in a dark, lightless environment.
'Identification Skill', Effect: Allows one to detect the biological level of a life form; cannot identify life forms with a biological level higher than one's own. (Note: Using the Identification Skill will make the other party aware of you.)
Among the three spell-like abilities, apart from Dark Magic assisting in combat, both Low-Light Vision and Identification Skill are entirely auxiliary spell-like abilities.
But they're all very useful, and Udi was quite satisfied with them.
Take Low-Light Vision as an example. Normally, Udi would not need it; even in pitch-black nighttime environments, his unique dragon eye structure allows him to see the surroundings to some extent without the need for spell-like abilities.
But if in an extremely pure dark environment or darkness created by an extraordinary ability, vision would be obstructed, and Low-Light Vision would be very useful then.
Identification Skill is similar; it's not usually needed as the Dragon's Legacy is incredibly powerful and records so many species that upon seeing the other party, their information would generally surface in his mind.
Except when encountering species not recorded in the Dragon's Legacy or creatures hiding their true strength; in normal circumstances, it's not needed.
But once needed, it can serve an important role.
After sorting out the changes following the Magic Awakening, Udi burst out of the water like a swordfish, landing on the ground.
It was precisely midday under the blazing sun.
Udi looked around and, seeing a wooden warehouse not far from the water pool, strode over.
Seeing the warehouse filled with iron ores, Udi nodded in satisfaction.
Having followers is indeed different.
With his dragon claw, he scraped a few chunks of iron ore and chewed them up, swallowing them down.
The taste was just acceptable, but definitely better than dirt.
After snacking a bit to fill his belly, Udi spread his dragon wings, giving them a slight shake, and quickly flew toward the Black Blood Tribe.
Before long, Udi arrived above the Black Blood Tribe.
Having unexpectedly slept for three months, Udi needed to see how his group of followers had developed.
He wasn't like the Black Dragon Maiden who disregarded the development of her followers' power.
"Hmm? Signs of a battle." Udi's expression tightened.
Compared to three months ago, the Black Blood Tribe had expanded once again after three months.
There were now ten houses.
Additionally, there were several enormous cattle pens housing wild rabbits, wild goats, and other domesticated beasts.
If not for the dark red blood stains and battle marks still on the wooden house walls, the Black Blood Tribe would have appeared peaceful and serene.
After a while, the Kobold Shiji hurriedly arrived.
When Udi asked about the battle signs in the tribe, Shiji was initially taken aback, then immediately explained,
"A while ago, three stray forest giant demons accidentally wandered in here, resulting in a battle. In the end, I, along with the tribe members, managed to capture them alive to see if we could tame them as labor for the tribe."
"Captured alive?" Udi's interest was piqued.
He recalled the heavy-armored forest giant warriors under the Black Dragon Maiden Leanna's command and the powerful forest giant leader, Gray.
Giant demons make excellent servants.
The Five-Colored Evil Dragons are quite fond of this type of servant, which isn't too weak in strength, has thick skin, excellent recovery ability, and great power.
Whether used as labor or cannon fodder, they are outstanding.
And among them, the forest giant demon—capable of using the 'Plant Control' spell-like ability—is even more valuable than ordinary giant demons.
After all, who wouldn't love cannon fodder equipped with its own gear?
"Take me to see them."
"Yes, Master."
To prevent the three stray forest giant demons from escaping, Shiji instructed the kobolds to imprison them in an underground cave.
This cave was located at the back of the tribe, with a large hole covered by a stone slab weighing over a ton.
With the stone slab moved aside, the path down into the cave was very winding. The innermost part contained a cave cell the size of a small room, and the entire design allowed the small-statured kobolds to navigate easily, while greatly restricting the movements of the large-bodied giant demons.
The kobolds' excavation talent was vividly showcased in these details.
Under Shiji's orders and Udi's watchful eyes, six kobolds gathered their courage to enter the cave.
Soon, thunderous roars and the sound of frightened kobolds came from the underground cave.