Chapter 101: Hunting Game (Part 1)

  This sentence was indeed more useful than any intimidation, the dragon tribe's patriarch's hand trembled slightly, and those shiny sharp fingernails were lightly trembling on Du Wei's neck, almost piercing his skin.

  His facial expression changed instantly and again, the eager gaze and suspicious color in his eyes intersected several times, but he still couldn't resist the temptation of transforming back into a dragon - being tricked by Aragorn into becoming human for nearly a thousand years was already the greatest shame of the dragon clan leader's life. The anger of being deceived was nothing, but being unable to transform back into a dragon and being trapped in a human body was a great torment!

  "Alright!" The dragon clan leader shouted loudly, withdrawing his hand that was placed on Du Wei's neck, gritting his teeth and saying: "Let's see what kind of trick you can come up with! Speak quickly, how exactly do I transform into a dragon body?!"

  Du Wei reacted quickly this time, fearing that the penguin who had slept for a thousand years would get dizzy and say it out easily. He hurriedly intercepted the conversation, saying: "How can we tell you so easily? Are we going to let you kill us after we've said it? It's better if we all scatter!"

  "Hmph!" The dragon clan leader glared at Du Wei with annoyance. At this moment, in his heart, this little brat's hatred was no less than Aragon... Not to mention other things, just that insult he hurled at him earlier. From ancient times to the present, when had a dragon clan leader ever been scolded like this? His hatred for Du Wei at this moment made him want to flay him alive on the spot! Although regaining his dragon form was tempting, but to let this old dragon spare Du Wei's life, he was not willing.

  To kill or not to kill, this question was now entangled in the mind of the dragon tribe's leader. The dragon tribe's arrogance and determination for revenge were renowned. Looking at the old dragon's changing expression, Du Wei quickly provoked it again: "I know you want to kill me. But don't forget, you are the dragon tribe's leader, yet you have always maintained a human form. How can you command the dragons like this? Are you willing to continue being ridiculed by others?"

  "You're saying all this just to save your skin." Old Long's heart stirred, and he immediately thought of a solution: let this little guy off the hook for now. What's the big deal? At worst, after he recovers his dragon form, he can go back to the human world and find him to settle the score. How much ability could this little guy possibly have? In the human world, there are hardly any strong ones who can rival himself... If he can recover his dragon form, that is. Unless Aragon comes back to life, no one in the world can withstand him! Even if this little guy runs to the ends of the earth, as the mighty Dragon Clan's leader, can't he still find him?

  Settle accounts after autumn! It's settled then!

  But the dragon tribe's leader was clever, and Du Wei wasn't a fool either. Seeing the old dragon's eyes revealing a murderous intent, Du Wei naturally knew what the other party had in mind. This old dragon was indeed difficult to deal with, and even if Du Wei escaped from here today, sooner or later the other party would come seeking revenge, and that would be impossible to resist.

  "You old fellow don't think about any tricks. If you still have the idea of running away after doing something and then coming back to kill me, then why not give me a quick death today! Otherwise, I will die today and die tomorrow anyway, so it's better to drag you down with me!" Du Wei gritted his teeth.

  "Little one, do you think a few simple words can dispel the hatred I have for you in my heart?" The dragon tribe leader thought for half a day and finally came up with an idea he considered not bad: "Alright, I won't easily let you off. But getting back to my true form is something I must achieve. So, I can make some concessions. We can play a game... If you win, then from now on, I won't bother you again! If you lose, sorry. You and all your companions will be mine!"

  "Listen to what it has to say first." Du Wei nodded: "You speak first. If I think it's unfair, I will absolutely disagree."

  "It's been a long time since I've played a hunting game!" The dragon tribe leader sneered: "I can let you out now, I can allow you and your companions to run first, I'll give you a day's head start! A day later, I'll set off to chase you. If I catch up with you, the result is naturally self-evident! If I don't catch up, then you win. Let's settle our grudge once and for all. As the dragon tribe leader, I guarantee that as long as you can escape, I will absolutely not bother you again. How about it?"

  Du Wei thought for a moment...

  One day? In one day's time, I can probably run to that abandoned ice field. But what about this old dragon's skills? It shouldn't be too hard for it to catch up with me in a day's time.

  "No way! This condition is too unfair." Du Wei shook his head: "You are the Dragon Clan's leader, the strongest in today's world. I'm just a small magician, my abilities far inferior to yours. In one day, you can fly over with just a flap of your wings, while I have to rely on my legs to run. How far can I possibly go?"

  "That's two days." The dragon tribe leader said coldly: "Can't be more. I give you two days to escape, which should be enough."

  Two days... Looking at the Long Tribe's chief's resolute eyes, if he disagreed again, it would probably immediately take action to kill him.

  "There's another problem," Du Wei said: "Two days later you come after us, there must be a limit! Otherwise, if you keep chasing like this without stopping, where can we escape to?"

  "Then let the Icebound Forest be the boundary." The old dragon sneered: "I'll let you run for two days first. Two days later, I'll go after you! As long as you can successfully run into the Icebound Forest under my pursuit, then you win! I'll immediately turn back to Mount Spirit and never bother you again."

  "In these two days, you and all the Earth Dragons! None of you are absolutely not allowed to lay a hand on me and my companions! Do not block our escape!"

  "Alright!" The dragon tribe leader nodded proudly.

  Du Wei calculated that with two days' time, it would be enough for him to cover half the distance to the "Abandoned Ice Field" (it took Du Wei four days to cross that treacherous ice field filled with terrifying storms when he came here). Even if this old dragon was extremely powerful, and it set out to chase them two days after they left, it would still take at least a day for it to catch up.

  It adds up to three days.

  That is to say, there are about three days left for oneself to escape.

  After crossing that terrifying icy tundra full of storms for three days, Du Wei didn't have much confidence. But at this moment, it seemed to be the only glimmer of hope.

  "With respect, elder, how about we make another contract?" The penguin's words made the old dragon's face change color. It absolutely did not want to make any more contracts with humans! One contract with Aragon had already given it a headache.

  "Hmph, no need to make any contract. As the leader of the dragon tribe, I naturally won't go back on my word. If I were a person who didn't keep his promises, I wouldn't have been sealed away for thousands of years by just a few lines written on a tattered piece of cloth from Aragon!"

  After finishing speaking, the dragon tribe's patriarch used a low and heavy voice, with an eerie tone, to utter an oath in the dragon language. Du Wei couldn't understand it, but seeing his solemn and sacred expression, he thought that this proud guy wouldn't lie either. Then the dragon tribe's patriarch also repeated the oath in human language, and the agreement was reached.

  "Now, tell me the way to recover my dragon body, and then you can start running!"

  After finishing speaking, the dragon tribe's patriarch waved his hand, and in an instant, a huge hourglass appeared in his hand, with sand pouring down from it. He smiled and said: "When all the sand in this hourglass has fallen, exactly two days will have passed! Two days later, I will set out from here to chase you."

  Du Wei looked at the penguin and the penguin nodded in understanding. "In those days, you could transform from a dragon's body into human form, so it's clear that you must have mastered transformation magic, right?"

  "It's settled." The dragon tribe leader said proudly: "I am the dragon tribe leader, my transformation magic has reached the highest level, I can transform into any creature in this world, naturally including humans."

  "Alright." The penguin nodded: "So Aragorn asked me to tell you that the spring water he let you drink back then was actually a kind of 'permanent shape fixation' magical spring water. This thing, there is no antidote in the world, I'm afraid only gods can lift the magic of this spring water."

  Lao Long's expression changed: "Then what's your solution?"

  "It's very simple." The penguin smiled and said: "Aren't you skilled in transformation magic? You shouldn't have forgotten your original dragon form from back then... You can use transformation magic to turn back into a dragon..."

  "Preposterous!!" The Dragon Clan's Patriarch was furious: "You're trying to deceive me with such words?! If I could transform back into my dragon form using transformation techniques, I would have done so a thousand years ago!"

  In fact, transformation magic in the human world is already considered to be a useless thing, seemingly powerful but actually very impractical.

  The reason is that this magic is too difficult to cultivate! It's extremely difficult and profound. Moreover, considering the effect obtained and the hard work paid, many people think it's not worth it.

  Transformation magic, as the name suggests, allows the person who practices this kind of magic to transform into other species besides themselves.

  At the same time, it's not just that you can transform into another species' appearance, but after transforming, you can also gain the abilities of the species you transformed into!

  That is to say, if a person uses transformation techniques to turn into a bird, they can spread their wings and fly high! If they turn into a fish, they can swim freely in the water!

  But what kind of species it becomes depends on the level of intensity of the transformation technique. Low-level transformation techniques can only transform into some weak and small things, such as fish or rabbits and other small animals... Even if they are trained to come out, they don't have much use.

  Like that old mouse prime minister Gégé Wū, he was originally just a mid-level master of transformation magic, but his highest level was only able to transform into some low-level magical beasts with mediocre abilities. And as a low-level magical beast, its strength is limited after all, so although Gégé Wū's transformation magic was amazing, his actual combat strength didn't have much value, so he wasn't taken seriously by others.

  But transformation magic is absolutely not a useless magic! If you can practice it to an advanced stage, you can become a more powerful creature! In history, some great transformation magicians could even transform into some powerful high-level magical beasts! Only when practicing to that level can the power of transformation magic truly be revealed!

  Even in legend. If you can practice the transformation technique to the highest level, you can even transform directly into a dragon! And have all the instincts of a dragon! Including the mysterious and powerful dragon language magic!

  A powerful dragon is absolutely a terrifying existence!

  It can be seen from this that transformation magic is absolutely not a useless magic.

  But the problem is that this magical cultivation method is too profound and too difficult. In history, there are very few examples of people who have cultivated transformation techniques to a high level. Even among the currently recorded human magicians who are most skilled in transformation techniques, they can only transform into some advanced magical beasts. However, the time and energy spent on this are several times that of other systems of magic.

  As for cultivating to become a dragon's top-level transformation technique, that is something that no human has ever been able to do in history.

  Moreover, transformation magic has a time limit because it achieves the effect of transformation through magic. When the time is up, whether you like it or not, you will transform back to your original "true body". In theory, the stronger one's magical power is, the longer the transformation time will be, and the more powerful the transformed creature is, the shorter the transformation time will be.

  But if I could become a dragon, even if it's only for half a day, it would be absolutely useful in battle.

  But...

  "Change back into a dragon through transformation?" The old dragon felt it was being ridiculed and angrily roared: "Don't you know that the transformation technique has time limits?! Even if I can change back into a dragon, I can only change back for a short while! Afterwards, I will still transform back into a human!"

  "I understand." The penguin tapped his head lightly and began to explain:

  Eternal Youth Spring. Its actual fundamental effect is "permanent shape fixation".

  Taking transformation as an example, for instance, you were originally a human being, your "true body" is human, so when you transform into another form, even if it's a "temporary body", once the time is up, you will have to revert back to your "true body".

  But the Spring of Youth doesn't age, then it will disrupt this law. To take a simple example, Gege Wu. That old mouse prime minister, its original body is human, but because when in mouse form drank the spring water, as a result made its mouse form permanent! In other words, its mouse form became "the original body".