Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 312: Chapter 176: A Serpent Emerges from the Fish Pond

The dragon swims into the sea, no longer restrained.

Within Ji Yuan’s Divine Sense, he could clearly see the wisp of dragon energy rapidly swimming back and forth in the Fish Pond without tiring.

Wherever it passed, the surrounding Spirit Fish seemed to feel an immense terror, frozen in fright.

This was true even for Spirit Fish at the late stage of Tier One.

Just the aura emitted by this single wisp of dragon energy was enough to make these Tier One beings submit.

Ji Yuan watched for quite some time, and it seemed that the dragon energy truly had no intent to leave, enjoying its freedom within the Fish Pond.

Is it really so?

Ji Yuan was skeptical; he surmised that once the dragon energy grew bored of the Fish Pond, it would want to seek a larger pond, and then it would surely try every way possible to escape.

He placed this dragon energy in the Fish Pond, partially to see if it could recover a bit.

If it could recover, it could become a perpetual motion machine.

On the other hand, he wanted to see if any of these Spirit Fish could absorb a trace of dragon energy and thereby undergo mutation.

Just as Ji Yuan was about to retract his Divine Sense, suddenly, he noticed a dark, bluish-black carp sharply open its mouth.

This carp was merely at the early stage of Tier One, hiding in a corner of the Fish Pond. Judging by the scales shed from its body, it was at the very bottom layer of the pyramid within the Fish Pond.

The kind that could be bullied by any other fish.

Just like now, with the dragon energy suppressing the Fish Pond, all the Spirit Fish were too terrified to move.

It was the same, yet different.

It was already hidden in the corner of the Fish Pond, and just as the dragon energy swam towards it, it was about to turn.

But at that moment, it opened its mouth wide.

Its mouth wasn’t large, but it was enough to swallow the finger-thick wisp of dragon energy.

With a flick of its tail, it surged forward, and in an instant, its gaping mouth devoured the dragon energy into its belly.

Ji Yuan, who watched the entire event with Divine Sense, couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

He never expected to find such a fierce character in his little Fish Pond.

Though the wisp of dragon energy was weak, it still had the strength of late-stage Qi Cultivation, yet the carp before him was merely at the early stage of Tier One.

So this was destined to be an act of self-destructive devouring.

In fact, it truly was so; the moment the carp swallowed the dragon energy into its body, its belly burst open.

With a ”poof”.

The fish’s belly exploded... but was immediately frozen by frost.

The temperature of the entire Fish Pond dropped significantly, and Ji Yuan, sensing this, quickly opened the exterior view.

In no time, golden light rose from all directions within the Fish Pond, finally converging in the center of it.

Across the surface of the Fish Pond, one could see wisps of cold air swirling.

At the bottom of the pond, the Spirit Fish frozen by ice lay motionless.

Not only that, the swallowed wisp of dragon energy had disappeared without a trace.

Ji Yuan sensed something, glancing at the panel.

Coincidentally, words popped up on the panel.

”Fish Pond triggered Spirit Effect: Rainbow Carp to Serpent.”

In a simple line of text, it announced the imminent arrival of a Tier Three Demon Beast hatchling.

Ji Yuan felt joy in his heart, yet a bit of regret.

It consumed a wisp of dragon energy to trigger this Spirit Effect.

Such a significant consumption expected the Frost Serpent to be stronger, right?

The cluster of golden energy that was hovering above the Fish Pond suddenly plummeted into the lake, enveloping the frozen Spirit Fish.

Rainbow Carp to Serpent.

Ji Yuan watched as the body of the frozen carp gradually elongated, growing four claws from its belly, and the originally dark, bluish scales turned ice blue, the entire body appearing as if forged from ice crystal, exceptionally beautiful.

It was only as long as Ji Yuan’s arm and as thick as two fingers.

Except for the absence of dragon horns and the head not resembling a true dragon, the rest of its appearance closely matched that of a dragon.

Still a Tier Three Demon Beast.

When the Fish Pond reaches Level 4.

And once more gains the Spirit Effect of Serpent to Winged Dragon, then the Serpent will achieve a true dragon form.

At first, this Frost Serpent resembled an ice sculpture devoid of spirit; after a few breaths, with the dispersing of golden light, it instantly came to life, swaying its tail as it swam through the Fish Pond.

In Ji Yuan’s perception, this Frost Serpent currently only had the strength of mid-stage Tier One.

Yet, it suppressed several late-stage Tier One Spirit Fish, rendering them motionless.

As Ji Yuan wondered what the Frost Serpent would do, he saw it swim up to another early-stage Tier One Spirit Fish and then suddenly open its mouth.

”Crack—”

The Spirit Fish’s head was instantly shattered, cold air spreading, leading to its death.

Then the Frost Serpent seemed to have a target, swimming towards another Spirit Fish.

It opened its mouth again.

In one bite, it killed another early-stage Tier One Spirit Fish.

Seeing this, Ji Yuan suddenly realized something.

This Frost Serpent... was taking revenge.

It originally originated from that injured carp. Previously it had no strength and could only be bullied by other fish. Now it had transformed into a Serpent, possessing power.

Naturally, it was seeking revenge!

After biting to death the mid-stage Tier One Spirit Fish, it finally stopped.

Ji Yuan thought it would end, but then he saw it drag the mid-stage Tier One Spirit Fish’s corpse to another pitiful early-stage Tier One Spirit Fish, indicating for the latter to eat it.