At this moment, Moria had already comprehended his new Rank 5 skill.

He began to display his true nature as a Demonic Lord.

【Devilish Qi Surging (LV1)】

【Effect 1: Consumes 100 Mana. After killing an enemy unit, its corpse can be refined into Devilish Qi and stored within the body.】

【Effect 2: Releases Devilish Qi from within the body. The Devilish Qi will automatically attack surrounding enemy units or defend according to the host's will. Its power and range depend on the amount of stored Devilish Qi.】

The next second.

The dozens of Devilish Qi he had accumulated were instantly released by Moria.

“Roar—!”

A mournful roar echoed through the canyon.

The dozens of black Qi twisted and expanded in mid-air, transforming into hideous black demons that roared and pounced on the remaining members of the "Frenzied Lion Guild."

“Ah! What in the world is this?!”

“Help! My blood! My blood is draining!”

“Don’t touch me! Get away!”

A black demon pierced through a mage's body.

The mage's HP plummeted at a visible rate, and his body rapidly shriveled, as if all his life force had been sucked dry.

His screams abruptly ceased.

He fell to the ground, transforming into a wisp of new Devilish Qi, which merged into the surging black tide.

Panic spread like a plague.

The few survivors completely broke down and turned to flee.

“Run! They are devils! They are devils!”

As a rogue ran two steps, a swift Sword Qi flashed past him.

Pfft.

His head flew high into the air, his eyes still filled with endless terror.

Yasuo sheathed his sword, his figure like the wind, chasing after the next target.

After this battle, the names of the three figures began to circulate in the professional circles of Donghai City.

A swordsman, incredibly fast.

A shield guard, indestructible.

And one, a Grim Reaper lurking in the shadows.

Ordinary guilds dared not easily provoke these three.

...

Suburban villa.

Zhou Huai did not pay much attention to the battle in the wilderness.

Instead, his thoughts were focused on how to hatch the black Dragon egg before him.

Just as Assistant Xiao Liu said.

The little guy inside the egg was still alive, with an astonishingly vigorous life force.

One could even say he was a bit too lively.

Zhou Huai could clearly hear faint but powerful Dragon roars occasionally coming from inside the eggshell.

Owoo, owoo.

The sound was childish, yet it carried an undeniable authority.

It even interacted with Zhou Huai.

Zhou Huai extended a finger and gently tapped twice on the smooth eggshell.

“Thump, thump.”

Soon, two responses of the same rhythm came from the inner wall of the egg.

“Thump, thump.”

It was like it was greeting him.

A smile appeared on Zhou Huai's face.

This little thing is quite spiritual.

He grew fonder of the little Dragon inside the egg.

But with that came deeper distress.

The hardness of this eggshell completely exceeded his imagination.

He tried to burn it with fire; the eggshell only became slightly warm.

He tried boiling it in water; not even a bubble appeared.

Chopping with a knife or axe couldn't even leave a white mark.

Finally, he even had Yasuo unleash a full-power sword strike.

The sharp Sword Qi, powerful enough to cut through steel, only made a crisp "ding" sound when it landed on the eggshell, then dissipated into nothingness.

The eggshell was perfectly intact.

Zhou Huai perused a large number of ancient texts and relevant materials that Butler Fu had found.

The information he obtained only made him more of a headache.

For the ancient Dragon Clan, hatching a young Dragon was a long and complex process.

The parents would continuously transmit their power to the hatchling in the egg through special means.

This was a slow process of accumulating power.

Only when the young Dragon's internal power had accumulated enough to break through the constraints of the eggshell could it possibly break out from within.

Forcibly breaking the eggshell from the outside would only lead to the premature death of the young Dragon due to insufficient power.

“Where am I going to find its parents?”

Zhou Huai sighed, leaning back in his wheelchair.

If they were that easy to find, this Dragon egg wouldn't have been gathering dust in the military's treasure vault for fifty years.

Zhou Huai was melancholic.

He felt a sense of powerlessness, like holding a peerless treasure chest without a key.

This melancholy continued until the third night.

A black shadow silently merged into the shadows of the bedroom.

Moria, whose Rank had already risen to Rank 10, quietly returned to the villa.

As soon as he stepped into the room. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

The black Dragon egg, which Zhou Huai had placed on the bedside table, suddenly began to tremble violently.

“Owoo! Owoo!”

The little Dragon inside the egg let out cries more urgent and excited than ever before.

Zhou Huai's spirits lifted.

A reaction!

Could there be something about Moria that was attracting it?

He immediately controlled Moria to quietly walk to the bedside.

The Dragon egg's reaction grew even more intense.

It shook wildly on the table; if Zhou Huai hadn't quickly held it, it probably would have rolled directly onto the floor.

“This guy...”

“What exactly is it that attracts it so much?”

Zhou Huai's gaze fell on Moria's slender, cold-aura body.

He thought of the Devilish Qi within Moria.

Over the past few days, as Moria killed more and more exotic beasts in the wild, the Devilish Qi accumulated within him became increasingly dense.

Now there were thousands of strands.

Zhou Huai's heart stirred, and he tried to control Moria to release a wisp of thin Devilish Qi from his fingertip.

That wisp of black Qi, like a nimble little snake, slowly floated towards the Dragon egg.

The next second.

A strange scene occurred.

As soon as the wisp of Devilish Qi touched the eggshell, it was suddenly pulled by an invisible suction force.

Whoosh!

A soft sound.

The Devilish Qi was instantly sucked into the Dragon egg, disappearing without a trace.

The feeling was like someone slurping noodles with a straw.

It really works!

“Owoo! Owoo!”

The little Dragon inside the egg became even more excited, its cries filled with longing.

As if saying.

I want more! I want more!

Zhou Huai tried releasing another wisp of Devilish Qi.

The result was the same; it was quickly absorbed again.

So this night.

An extremely peculiar scene unfolded in the bedroom.

Moria, the noble and elegant Dark Night Demon Lord, stood motionless by the bed.

He extended a finger, and from its tip, wisps of black Devilish Qi continuously floated towards the black Dragon egg.

And that Dragon egg, like a hungry infant, greedily devoured it all.

Zhou Huai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It turned out that this was actually a Demonic Dragon.

Zhou Huai directed Moria to feed it all night.

He himself went to bed and slept.

Until dawn.

When the thousands of Devilish Qi accumulated in Moria's body had been fed until only over a hundred remained.

The little Dragon inside the egg finally let out a satisfied burp.

It seemed to have turned over inside the egg, adjusted itself into a comfortable position, and fell into a deep sleep.

When Zhou Huai woke up and saw this scene, he silently felt sorry for the little Dragon in the egg for two °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° seconds.

It had been in the military's treasure vault for decades without eating anything.

Look how hungry this child is.

Although Moria's hard-earned Devilish Qi was depleted by eighty to ninety percent.

His heart, however, was filled with joy.

He finally found the correct way to hatch this little thing.

It seems that before it breaks out of its shell, Moria, the Dark Night Demon Lord, will have to work hard as the Demonic Dragon's nanny.