Chapter 776: Volcanic Eruption

No time to waste.

Liszt immediately rode Leo to carefully circle around the crater of Dodo Island Volcano, mapping the flow patterns of the volcanic magic at every point. He then identified the key nodes and guided Leo to unleash the Fire Dragon's supercharged magic, merging it with the volcanic magic to initiate resonance.

This was no small feat.

Several attempts at guiding the resonance ended in failure, but through these failures, Liszt gradually discerned a pattern. He realized precise resonance wasn’t needed to trigger an eruption. Just the Fire Dragon’s supercharged magic tugging at the volcanic magic to create tidal waves was enough.

Once the waves peaked past a critical point, the still-warm magma inside would boil anew, churning with the magic tides.

However, this process would consume a significant amount of Leo’s Fire Dragon supercharged magic, which it had painstakingly accumulated—key to its growth.

"Rrrawr!"

It seemed reluctant to part with it.

"Don’t be stingy, Leo. Triggering a volcanic eruption will greatly benefit your growth. What kind of Fire Dragon can’t even make a volcano erupt?"

"Rrrawr!"

Leo agreed to Liszt’s plan. It, too, yearned for growth. Without shortcuts, as a young dragon, it might take a century to mature. Meeting Liszt might have been a great misfortune in terms of freedom, but from the perspective of growth, it was a huge break.

With the Smoke Mission’s help, Liszt could casually tweak fate’s threads to accelerate Leo’s development—just like now, guiding the volcanic eruption.

With the Fire Dragon’s supercharged magic fully invested, Dodo Island Volcano roared back to life. The mountain began to rumble, and thick smoke plumed skyward. Moments later, the first stream of magma spilled from the fractured crater, hardening the moment it hit the air.

"Not enough—push harder, Leo!"

"Rrrawr!"

Reading Liszt’s mind, Leo channeled its long-accumulated Fire Dragon supercharged magic in one explosive burst. At that moment, the magic tides within Dodo Island Volcano erupted like a tsunami, triggering a chain reaction. The magma inside the volcano surged violently, erupting in a frenzy.

Boom!

Boom!

Amid the rolling smoke, a massive pillar of fiery-red magma shot skyward, reaching a height of a hundred meters. Fire magic raged, tearing through the sky, ripping apart stray magic, leaving only the fire-attribute magic to sweep unchecked. The falling lava flowed down the mountainside, igniting flames and smoke everywhere, along with the reek of sulfur.

"Rrrawr!"

Proud of its work, Leo dove straight into the magma pillar, bathing its body in the molten flow. Liszt, meanwhile, swiftly pulled out a huge knight’s shield from his spatial ring, curling up inside the Dragon Tooth Platform to shield himself from the scorching lava, joining Leo in the molten bath.

After several immersions, the Fire Dragon’s supercharged magic within Leo and the volcanic supercharged magic of the magma pillar naturally began to resonate.

Through this resonance, Liszt could clearly sense Leo’s magic transforming—shedding its immaturity and blending the boundaries between high magic and supercharged magic, no longer distinct but progressing in layers.

Boom!

After a final, intense eruption, the volcano exhausted its magma, unable to sustain the pillar. The magic tides gradually dissipated, and Dodo Island Volcano quickly fell silent, leaving only the still-cooling lava flowing down the slopes, radiating intense heat.

"Rrrawr!"

Leo opened its jaws and unleashed a burst of dragon breath. Without precise measurement, it was clear the temperature had drastically increased—reaching at least two to three thousand degrees. It could melt steel in an instant, now a deadly weapon, not just magic venting.

However, after exhaling the superheated breath, Leo sagged, drained. The process of triggering the volcanic eruption had drained too much of its Fire Dragon supercharged magic.

"Let's go back, Leo."

Riding the Fire Dragon slowly to the shore, Liszt jumped down, and Leo swiftly transformed into a ball of flames, merging into his body.

"Mission complete. Reward: Dragon's Breath heats up."

The swirling smoke shifted, forming new serpent tongue script: "Mission: The merchant caravan has searched through the major magic trade markets of the Sapphire Duchy and finally transported back a female violent earth dog puppy. The Bloodline Fruit evolution plan can now begin. Please feed the female violent earth dog puppy the Bloodline Fruit. Reward: A new clue about the Supreme Dragon Beast."

"Hmm."

"I thought the mission reward would just be a new Blizzard Beast to fob me off," Liszt couldn't help but chuckle at his own assumption.

Following the usual pattern of smoke missions, the rewards were always a natural progression—feeding the violent earth dog the Bloodline Fruit should have rewarded an evolved Blizzard Beast.

This time, however, it offered a new clue about the Supreme Dragon Beast.

"Clearly, the clue about the Supreme Dragon Beast holds higher value... Anyway, it's time to head back. This Dodo Island has been destroyed for the second time." Liszt glanced at the island, now completely buried under volcanic lava. The vast groves of Human Skull Trees and scattered Hemp Rope Vines were all submerged.

Only the area under Acheronides' protection still had a few intact Human Skull Trees.

The Lightgreen Gem Dragon had yet to awaken. It had been in a deep slumber for three or four months, showing no signs of stirring, leaving Liszt frustrated.

The Soulfruit Island had likely already begun forming Lightgreen Gem deposits, yet its creator, the Lightgreen Gem Dragon, remained barely alive.

"What exactly did the Soulfruit Tree do to it to cause such severe damage?" Liszt walked over, stroking the Lightgreen Gem Dragon's scales as he pondered.

If not for its steady breathing and stable mental world, Liszt would have suspected it had become a "plant dragon."

...

The Lightgreen Gem Dragon ultimately failed to wake under Liszt's watch, forcing him to leave it behind to continue its slumber on the ruined Dodo Island.

By the time he returned to his territory, the merchant caravan had just delivered a young female violent earth dog that was still small.

Locked in a cage, the little violent earth dog growled fiercely, surrounded by Hiddleston, the eight pups, and Hiddleston's mate, Tupo.

They were all curious about the little violent earth dog.

"Woof! Woof!"

When Liszt stood before the cage, the little violent earth dog barked louder, sensing the intimidating presence radiating from his every move.

However, Liszt paid no mind to the pup's reaction. Instead, he pulled out the Bloodline Fruit sapling and planted it in the soil to let it grow. At the sight of the Bloodline Fruit, Hiddleston and the eight pups immediately eyed it greedily, but without Liszt's permission, they didn't dare take it.

From afar, the grazing ground bird Loki and the three Flame Dragonbirds—Xiao Hong, Xiao Huang, and Xiao Zi—from Thorn Fort also flew over, gazing hungrily at the Bloodline Fruit.

The little violent earth dog in the cage was drooling buckets.

After half a day of waiting, the Bloodline Fruit was ready. Liszt swiftly plucked it and fed it to the little violent earth dog, who was practically drooling itself dry.

Watching the pup devour the fruit ravenously, he felt a surge of anticipation: "Eat up, eat up. Once you're full, hurry up and evolve. The army of violent earth dogs is counting on you... Oh, right, let's give you a name first. Your evolution is like food fermenting, creating something new and exciting. So, let's just call you Yeast."

Hiddleston, Tupo, Yeast.

Somehow, it felt like fate was at work.