Published at 11th of November 2026 10:20 am

Chapter 3365: Chapter 3366: Alternatives

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Very soon, the flesh on Jasmine’s chest had finished proliferating.

Thick energy aura swirled above the dining platter, heavier than the energy aura from earlier in the heart. At least, that’s how it felt perceptually.

If the heart’s energy aura was vigorous yet unexpressed, then the flesh on the chest was a classic case of baring teeth and claws, unrestrained.

Even Angel, who was poring over the "menu," was startled awake by this overwhelming energy aura.

Angel lifted his head and unexpectedly noticed vaguely a dragon formed of mist hovering above the opposite platter.

This Mist Dragon looked identical to a Mercury Dragon, yet it was composed of energy aura. Only an exceedingly saturated energy aura could materialize in such a form.

This, too, displayed how abundant the Aggregation Energy carried by the chest flesh was!

At this moment, Jasmine also gazed at the dragon shape in mid-air, yet her eyes showed more emotion of nostalgia than shock: "Such a natural augmentation supplement may not be seen again... This could be the last Dragon Banquet."

In a few days, Aivikato’s mystical blessings will fade away, and supplementing Aggregation Energy through external food will likely become impossible.

Even if other supplements are available, none will be as overwhelming as the chest flesh.

As for letting Aivikato search again for the Evil Wizard’s blessings, that won’t work either. Because the Evil Wizard’s Blessing Magic is purely random, and the odds of getting the same blessing through sheer luck are no higher than finding sand in the sea.

Moreover, it’s impossible to continuously receive blessings in a short time.

This is precisely why organizing another Dragon Banquet is nearly impossible.

Jasmine was fortunate enough to catch this last ride. Hence, observing Angel’s conflicted visage opposite, she could not help but remind him: "Such an opportunity is rare, do not miss it."

Jasmine’s kind reminder was heard by Angel.

Having set aside any qualms in his heart, naturally, he wouldn’t miss this chance. Furthermore, after looking at the menu, he now indeed has a target.

"pure colored scale," "eye of mercury dragon," "umbrella core," "tail removal."

These four are essentially the selected options.

Firstly, all four are relatively small, capable of being swallowed in one gulp. Moreover, their effects, in Angel’s view, are exceptionally useful.

To elaborate, the "pure colored scale," it is a unique scale from the body of a Mercury Dragon.

By analogy, the pure colored scale is somewhat like the frequently seen "Reverse Scale" in holographic tablet novels. Each Mercury Dragon possesses only one.

Legendary "Reverse Scale" reportedly connects to the lifeline, losing it causes grave concern. The pure colored scale is not as terrifying; losing it merely deprives a channel for releasing talent, without causing severe harm to the Mercury Dragon itself.

However, there will certainly be a period of weakened strength for the Mercury Dragon.

After all, the role of the pure colored scale is unique, it is an organ for the Mercury Dragon to channel talent abilities. Or say, it’s the medium central for releasing its own abilities.

Since its birth, every time the Mercury Dragon taps into its talent, it uses the pure colored scale as the medium. Losing it equates to losing the medium, won’t endanger its life, but cultivating a new medium would require a high time cost.

A temporary reduction in ability is inevitable.

But considering the long-term, the pure colored scale being constantly bathed in innate talent, its mysterious aspects are closely linked with the Mercury Dragon’s talent.

The Mercury Dragon’s talent, boosts Aggregation Energy, and also includes a small portion of "Mirage" abilities.

Not mentioning Mirage for now, "Aggregation Energy boost" might seem vague. For example: through Aggregation Energy boost, one could manipulate mirror explosions, and enhance their power.

It can be said the Mercury Dragon’s talent leans more towards offense and control.

And because the pure colored scale has been the medium for releasing talent, long-time in contact with Mercury Dragon’s talent, it’s imbued with its talent aura.

This also achieves the most unique effect in the Dragon Banquet menu —

"pure colored scale: Enjoying a pure colored scale has the chance to decipher and inherit lower-tier talents of mirror control and phantom body."

To put it bluntly, if Angel eats the pure colored scale, there’s a possibility of "Awakening" relevant talents. Though these would surely differ from the Mercury Dragon’s own talent, being lower or even lower-tier abilities.

This akin to eating a sharp fruit, with various capabilities, yet regardless of the capability, it ultimately originates from Divine, such obtained abilities are extremely hard to surpass Divine’s, categorizing as Divine’s lower abilities.

The talent parsed from pure colored scale is also similar to this.

However, despite the chances of talent hierarchy not surpassing that of a Mercury Dragon, it’s still quite decent. If Angel can decipher "mirror control" ability, even if unable to achieve "nuclear explosion" effects, a minor explosion’s power could match True Knowledge Level Spell Techniques.

This would mean a significant enhancement to his combat abilities.

Of course, if a "phantom body" ability is deciphered, it wouldn’t hold much value. After all, he can himself manipulate illusions to create phantom bodies.

Nonetheless, the above explanation only pertains to the "enjoyment" effect of the pure colored scale.

If Angel takes the pure colored scale as demonic material and refines it into Alchemy Tools, then the effect would differ.

According to Angel’s insight, a pure colored scale possessing inherently extraordinary effects as the main material for Alchemy Tools, the finished product would absolutely not be subpar.

Additionally, if the illusion effect within is extracted, it can also synergize with his own talent, guaranteeing pure profit.

This is also why Angel lists the pure colored scale as a candidate.

Following is the second candidate: "eye of mercury dragon."

The reason Angel fancies the eye of mercury dragon is due to its resemblance to a natural "Eye of Lawbreaking."

Eye of Lawbreaking is a Level 1 Spell Technique, its effect is to unravel illusions.

In the Southern Domain, it’s essential to counter Illusionist Wizards with Eye of Lawbreaking. However, despite being a universal spell technique, available for study by Wizards of the three major constructs, its learning difficulty ranks at the forefront in the spell technique directory.

The primary reason is because mastering Eye of Lawbreaking requires a fundamental Mental Power Value.

Mental Power Value reaching 25 points is the threshold for cultivation.

Yet Mental Power Value is notoriously hard to increase, even for Angel isn’t currently at 25 points.

To describe it in one sentence: "Some things you’re not born with, so you barely have a chance to possess them in this lifetime." Mental Power Value is precisely so, if you’re not close to 25 points at birth, even with efforts later, opportunities remain scarce.

Of course, Eye of Lawbreaking can also be learned through organ "transplantation," similar to Shapeshifting Technique. However, akin to Transforming Soft-bodied Insects, organ proliferating beings supplying Eye of Lawbreaking are nearly extinct, pursuing them rather than trying to surpass the 25-point Mental Power Value is unimaginable.

That said, the effect of eye of mercury dragon is akin to a natural "Eye of Lawbreaking."

It can unveil most illusions that do not exceed one’s own level.

Even if ingested, there is a high probability of inheriting this ability.

For Angel, obtaining the Mercury Dragon’s Eye is equivalent to gaining a Level 1 Spell Technique in advance, which naturally makes him long for it, placing it as a candidate option.

As for the remaining two options, "Umbrella Core" and "Tail Removal," although they are also candidates, their priority is relatively lower in Angel’s mind.

"Umbrella Core" and "Tail Removal" can be discussed together because their effects are similar.

—— Constructing the core of Aggregation Energy.

Among them, "Tail Removal" was previously recommended by Jasmine, referring to the dragon’s tail.

As Jasmine mentioned, the dragon’s tail is one of the three major energy deposits of the Mercury Dragon, and the redundant Aggregation Energy it contains has almost solidified, forming a special internal operating structure.

This structure can continuously attract external Aggregation Energy to come in.

In Wizard’s terms, this is a ready-made "Magic Vortex," only the Magic Vortex attracts external Magic Power, while "Tail Removal" attracts Aggregation Energy.

Once possessed, "Tail Removal" is tantamount to grasping the key to Aggregation Energy.

The so-called "Umbrella Core" is a core condensed under the Mercury Dragon’s abdomen, named for its umbrella-like shape.

The Umbrella Core, like Tail Removal, is one of the three major energy deposits of the Mercury Dragon. However, "Tail Removal" must be ingested to take effect, while the "Umbrella Core" can function as an "external organ," similar to natural Alchemy tools, and can grasp Aggregation Energy without being integrated into the body.

Of course, the absorption and release effects of Aggregation Energy are certainly lower for the Umbrella Core compared to Tail Removal.

But Angel does not like the feeling of having an alien energy core in his body, so if he had to choose, he would lean more toward the Umbrella Core between it and Tail Removal.

Yet, both Umbrella Core and Tail Removal actually point to one area: studying Aggregation Energy.

If Angel chooses these two, it would most likely mean learning the ability of Aggregation Energy in the future.

Angel is indeed interested in Aggregation Energy, but his interest is limited to the research itself, and he is less concerned about learning the specific abilities of Aggregation Energy.

Because as an "outsider," learning Aggregation Energy is extremely difficult.

Wizards practicing capacities from other structures across different disciplines are already ten times or a hundred times more difficult; crossing an entire system to practice Aggregation Energy is even harder than cross-discipline.

Thus, achieving a certain height requires more effort and sweat than practicing Magic Power.

And most importantly, after all the effort, there may still be no return.

Angel doesn’t mind opening a project specifically researching Aggregation Energy in the future. But he doesn’t plan to seriously practice the capabilities of Aggregation Energy as it is too time-consuming.

This is why his interest in the Umbrella Core and Tail Removal isn’t high.

There is no need to rely solely on Mirror Dragon’s organs to study Aggregation Energy.

Moreover, the Aggregation Energy condensed in the Mirror Dragon’s organs may carry the Mirror Dragon’s mark, differing from conventional Aggregation Energy. If Angel wants to study Aggregation Energy, it certainly would focus on conventional Aggregation Energy and not the Mirror Dragon-exclusive Aggregation Energy.

In this case, the Umbrella Core and Tail Removal become candidates within candidates.

His primary choice remains the Solid-colored Single Scale and the Mercury Dragon’s Eye.

These two, whether truly "ingested" or concealed in the abdomen for future Alchemy, are both excellent choices.

However, which one to specifically choose requires Angel to ponder a bit more.

The method of deliberation is to simulate Alchemy with "servers" in his mind, to see whether the possibility of creating tools is higher with the Solid-colored Single Scale or with the Mercury Dragon’s Eye.

As Angel was contemplating privately, Laplace also made her own choice, proposing the item "Dragon Neck Meat" to Aivikato.

Previously, Jasmine also mentioned Dragon Neck Meat, although its effects are not particularly significant in enhancing the strength of the flesh.

This effect is quite subtle for Laplace’s main body.

But for Laplace’s avatar, it is very beneficial.

Combined with the half-heart consumed earlier, both flesh and energy strength can be significantly increased. This is also a preliminary preparation for Laplace’s avatar’s upgrade.

However, the real reason Laplace opted for Dragon Neck Meat is the sentence Jasmine brought up earlier: "When it comes to the most delicious part, undoubtedly it’s the Dragon Neck Meat."

The opportunity to consume Mirror Dragon flesh is already rare, so naturally one would choose the most delicious one to taste.

Even Jasmine, who is also a Mirror Dragon, stated that Dragon Neck Meat is the most delicious, so naturally, Laplace wants to try it.

After Laplace voiced her demand, Aivikato quickly started consuming fruits for organ proliferation.

Under the flow of Mysterious Power, in no time, juicy Dragon Neck Meat was laid upon the dining plate.

Unlike the previous chest meat, Dragon Neck Meat did not release much energy aura; instead, there was an intense scent of fresh blood.

It wasn’t a fishy smell but a kind of sweet fragrance.

This sweet aroma is quite peculiar and easily stirs the onlookers’ bloodlines.

"Dragon Neck Meat can enhance the bloodline, so its presence is able to arouse the surge of bloodlines." Jasmine explained, but after saying these words, she deeply looked at Angel.

Because out of all present, everyone’s bloodline has a certain level of agitation except for Angel, who seems engrossed in thinking, seemingly unaffected by the surge of his bloodline.

This situation implies either Angel’s bloodline level is exceptionally high to the extent that means of augmentation like this don’t affect him, thus remaining unaware; or Angel’s bloodline level is very low, to a point where he can’t sense the attraction of the bloodline.

Which one could it be?

Angel appears to lack a visible bloodline, so could it be the latter?

Jasmine subdued her suspicions internally for the moment.

After all, such questions delve into many layers and might be inappropriate; if the former, Jasmine’s inquiry might be misinterpreted as prying into privacy; if the latter, it might be misconstrued as mocking.

Therefore, there is no need to insistently question, just keep these thoughts internalized, and perhaps through Angel’s behavior and other details in the future, conclusions might be drawn.

As certain things cannot remain hidden.

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