This Giant Dragon is So Powerful!-Chapter 54 - 53: Covenant and Civilization

After that, every three days, during Udi’s break from studying magic, he would take the two Little White Feathered Owl-tailed Cranes out of the water pool for a walk and to feed.

During this period, the appearance of the two little cranes began to show subtle changes. In the center of their foreheads, the originally white feathers began to turn jet black from the roots, and the wing tips also showed a tendency to darken.

The initial changes were not significant, because the stronger the bloodline, the greater its resistance to the bloodline of the Giant Dragon. Naturally, the external changes would be less noticeable. If it were a powerful demon with a bloodline not inferior to that of a dragon, like the Nine-headed Monster Snake or Blood-Eyed Lion, the ordinary dragon bloodline would simply not be able to erode it. Instead, it would be absorbed to strengthen itself.

The White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane watched helplessly as her two children changed, her eyes gradually turning from anger, anger, anger to silence.

On the eighteenth day of torment, the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane finally bowed her proud head and chose to submit.

....

By the water pool, dragon scales and dragon blood floated in the air, then fused and transformed into a Dragon Scale Contract Book filled with tiny dragon script.

The Dragon Scale Contract Book entered the forehead of the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane and disappeared.

The Servant Contract was officially established.

Udi looked at the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane in front of him, which was quietly accepting the dragon vein transformation, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

Now, under his command, he had his first piece of high-level combat power.

Although Udi defeated and captured the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane, this did not mean his strength surpassed her.

Had the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane not been distracted by the two little cranes, her attack would not have been so hasty, nor would she have chosen to engage directly, as this put her at a disadvantage against the strengths of a melee assaulting mage.

Moreover, even if the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane could not defeat Udi, with her speed and agility far surpassing his, escaping would not have been difficult.

Extreme speed gives one an innate invincible position!

To help the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane accept the dragon vein transformation more smoothly, Udi had the Monster Race warriors deliver a large amount of fresh meat.

Though the White Feathered Owl-tailed Crane looks pure and elegant, like an immortal crane, as a demon, especially a high-level one, it is surely a carnivore.

However, this species of White Feathered Owl-tailed Crane is picky about its meat, for instance, disliking anything dirty, smelly, or hideously odd-looking, and generally only eating the most tender and nutritious parts of its prey.

Fortunately, as a powerful demon that reaches a high level at maturity, this selective feeding hasn’t driven the species to extinction yet.

Nevertheless, the population of the White Feathered Owl-tailed Crane is already quite rare these days....

Once the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane completed the initial dragon vein transformation through feeding, her previously weak aura somewhat recovered, and she slowly opened her eyes, her jet-black beady eyes gazing at Udi.

"First, find a spot near the water pool to build a nest. Your future task is to hunt high-quality fresh prey for me."

Issuing orders to the Mother Crane through the spiritual connection, Udi saw her nod yet remain reluctant to leave.

After noticing the direction she was glancing towards, Udi grinned.

With a Dragon’s Roar, the two little cranes that had been happily following Udi quickly returned to the Mother Crane’s side.

"These are your children; how could I possibly take them away?" Udi said calmly.

To this, the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane simply nodded gratefully towards Udi, then called the two Little White Feathered Owl-tailed Cranes to fly towards a mountain cliff about four or five hundred meters high by the side of the water pool.

At the top of the cliff stood a lush banyan tree, towering forty to fifty meters high, its canopy covering most of the cliff. Once the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane landed on the cliff, she surveyed her surroundings and revealed a fairly satisfied expression.

While it might not be as good as her original nest, it might be safer here.

With a master, and a large number of Monster Race warriors, even when she is out hunting, her two children would have a safety net. The Mother Crane thought to herself.

Generally, intermediate demons are no less intelligent than ordinary humans, and high-level demons often surpass ordinary humans in intelligence.

Yet intelligence is just intelligence; the reason humans have spread across the entire Star Realm, establishing one great empire after another, with human deities raising the Divine Fire and sitting on the thrones of the Divine Kingdoms overlooking the Star Realm, comes down to civilization and order.

Dragons possess decent fertility (compared to other creatures of similar bloodline level), great power, long lifespans, and a colossal wealth of accumulated knowledge passed down through their racial history, allowing them to be a major power in the Star Realm despite not establishing civilization and order.

If all... no, if more than half of the dragons could unite and develop in solidarity, the position of the overlords of the Star Realm might need to change.

Unfortunately, even the Metal Dragon Clan can’t achieve such unity, let alone the Five-Colored Evil Dragons or other dragon species. Freedom, laxity, and arrogance are instincts imprinted in the dragon bloodline.

Time, steadfastly moving forward.

Three days later, Udi ushered in the opening of the thirtieth Banquet.

This time, the main dish included a long-lost intermediate demon, the ’Green Poison Python’. Indeed, this was the achievement of the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane.

Since submitting to the Wudi Dragon Wings, the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane began venturing out constantly to find high-quality prey for the master.

As a result, during this time, a white feathered light often shot across the sky of Black Blood Valley, which was the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane flying with unbelievable speed.

By the water pool, as Udi ate the delicious Green Poison Python flesh, he couldn’t help but feel,

"Taking in the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane as a follower was absolutely the right move."

While Udi could easily kill most intermediate demons, finding them was another matter. His conspicuous figure and intimidating biofield often caused powerful demons with keen perception to flee before the dragon’s shadow even arrived.

But the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane was different. With speed far exceeding Udi’s, her biofield wasn’t as conspicuous or intimidating. Though her crane frame wasn’t small, when soaring high above the clouds, powerful demons below rarely noticed her unless paying special attention.

Even if noticed, if the distance wasn’t too far, the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane could utilize her speed to close in and hunt the demon down.

The Green Poison Python, that Level 7 Demon, was basking on a tree when the White Feathered Owl-tailed Mother Crane hunted it this way. Although it sensed danger and discovered the Mother Crane attacking, it couldn’t escape swiftly enough and was ultimately pierced through the head by the Mother Crane’s terrifying beak in a single deadly strike.

With large gulps, the ten-plus meter Green Poison Python soon vanished into Udi’s gaping jaws.

But the progress of the Banquet was still far off.

The quality of food required for each Banquet is related to the strength of Udi’s dragon body, so each subsequent Banquet needs considerably more food than the previous one.

Udi’s gaze shifted to another pile of prey stacked like a small mountain.

Level 2 Demons, Level 3 Demons, Level 4 Demons, Level 2 Beasts... glancing over them, there were no prey below Level 2 in sight.

On the right side of this pile of prey, there was also a heap of refined iron blocks and copper blocks. These were made by the two Monster Race clans, and the refined ore knowledge was naturally obtained through trading with the Higlind family of the Kas Duchy.

Not a particularly precious advanced refining method, as the refined copper and iron blocks contained quite a few impurities and were not of high quality, but the refining method had the advantage of not requiring very advanced complex refining equipment.

While too poor as weapon material, as Banquet food, it was acceptable.