This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!

Chapter 170 - 24: Dragon Egg Hatching

After granting Ava the Servant Contract, Udi focused most of his thoughts on breaking through the caster level.

The key to improving the caster level lies in magic power and spirit, and of course, mastering certain spell runes is also a requirement.

Previously, with the Banquet enhancing soul strength, Dragon Body strength, magic power, and spiritual power, there was no need for rigorous cultivation. With just a little training, they would be naturally uplifted. Moreover, as the depth and quantity of spell rune mastery increased, the spell runes would automatically hone the spiritual power, making it stronger and purer. This allowed Udi to focus the vast majority of his energy on researching magic.

However, this was because the previous caster level was sufficient, while the magic needed to enhance power and effect.

But now, having acquired the Water Dragon Skill, Udi was somewhat restless, so he actively changed his strategy, spending most of his time daily on the cultivation of spiritual power. — The magic power was absolutely sufficient; even without further enhancement, it would be enough to reach Master-level Mage. As for spell runes, Udi controlled four Middle-tier Spell Runes (Any Gate, Guardian Barrier, Shrinking Skill, Acceleration Skill).

Among them, Any Gate and Acceleration Skill both reached the Returning to Truth Level, while Guardian Barrier and Shrinking Skill stepped into the Master Level.

As for other lower-tier magic and illusions, there’s an abundance at the Master Level and Returning to Truth Level.

Considering the tier of Intermediate Mage alone, Udi’s accumulation was one of depth. Many Intermediate Mages might not master a single middle-tier Returning to Truth-level magic; mastering several Master-level middle-tier magics already qualifies one as an Elite Mage.

Because unlike Udi, who didn’t have to worry about accruing magic power and spiritual strength, most casters spend a considerable amount of time training their spiritual power and magic power daily.

Under these circumstances, on a certain day after a month, Udi’s caster level naturally broke through to Level 10.

....

"Water Dragon Skill, here I come." Not long after the breakthrough, the still-excited Udi devoted his entire focus to studying this upper-tier magic.

Three days, five days, ten days passed...

Dragon Pool.

A thick dragon tail, seemingly crafted from pitch-black metal and covered densely with dragon scales, thunderously crashed into the water pool.

The Dragon Pool, 200 meters deep and spanning several square kilometers, instantly whipped up a ’tsunami.’

At the edge of the Dragon Pool, the dragon-blooded maid and the Harpies guarding their master flickered with a trace of nervousness, unsure why their master suddenly erupted in anger.

Until now, they had never seen their master so ’irritable.’

Shifting the gaze.

At the center of the Dragon Pool.

The black giant dragon lying atop a Treasure Mountain flickered with a hint of annoyance in his eyes.

"It’s been half a month, and I can’t even breach the threshold of the Water Dragon Skill." Udi rubbed his dragon tooth, somewhat agitated.

After venting for a while, he gradually calmed down.

From the knowledge acquired through the Dragon’s Legacy, being a caster is a profession that’s hard to enter, harder in the middle, and even harder later on, with the training difficulty increasing exponentially.

Even though it is a general profession that every intelligent being with casting aptitude can learn and transition into, the difficulty and strength can rival many special professions, if not exceed them.

Moreover, because special professions often have a certain specificity, for some groups, the training difficulty might be much less.

But the caster profession is different, treating all intelligent races equally. If you have great talent, then you can learn and train faster. This profession considers talent and effort, and out of a perfect score of one hundred, at least ninety goes to talent, while the rest can be seen as mere embellishments.

Udi wasn’t considered weak in caster aptitude, but caster aptitude could be subdivided into various types.

Some have superlative speed in spiritual power enhancement, some in magic power enhancement, others in spell learning ability, and some even in magic innovation ability as monstrous casters.

Setting aside other aspects, in terms of spell learning ability, clearly, Udi was ordinary... maybe slightly better than average — at least not a super genius.

"No worries, as long as I can get started, with the panel, the skill level can eventually be fully brushed up to the Returning to Truth Level."

Udi consoled himself this way.

But to speak the truth, the complexity level between middle-tier and upper-tier magic is at least tenfold, and after continuous research, even a dragon’s brain gets muddled.

For the first time, Udi admired those giant dragons labeled as magic addicts.

Clearly, they could coast through life but chose to torment themselves.

It’s like growing up happily playing, directly inheriting a billion in adulthood, but deliberately enrolling in numerous interest classes and tutoring sessions from a young age... just to inherit two billion upon adulthood.

In any case, both are ’billionaires’; is there such a big difference between one billion and two billion? Why trouble yourself from youth? — This was Udi’s understanding so far. He finally understood why the dragons didn’t bother studying magic when they were young, nor did they choose any simpler professions.

When the dragons grew older, many would begin to take the initiative to study magic. Was this because they repented and reflected?

No.

It was just that they had no confidence in breaking through to legendary status.... In simple terms, it was the fear of death that made the dragons turn back to the right path in their old age, beginning to strive for cultivation. This was the most common scenario.

"Rest for a day, and then continue." Udi thought to himself.