Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire-Chapter 231 - 163: The Black Sun, The Second True Form_2

However, what captivated Noah the most was this ferocious destructive beast, possessing a pair of gigantic dark wings that could perfectly envelop its body.

When it soared across the sky, it was as if darkness was about to spread across the world, like a pitch-black sun emitting an ominous glow, making one question whether it might tear the sky apart, shatter the earth, and annihilate all living beings.

What kind of harsh environment could lead to this? Or rather, how intense and fervent must the desire for destruction and annihilation be in one’s heart to evolve into such a form?

Noah couldn’t imagine or understand it, but it didn’t stop him from observing every detail on this giant beast, for there was much he could learn from this monstrous creature.

Spells and Word Spirit were indeed useful and elegant in practice, but on the most treacherous and dire battlefield, the survival rate of spellcasters was most worrisome.

It’s not just because they are easily targeted by enemy attacks, but more importantly, casting spells consumes too much energy. Once their power is overly depleted without timely replenishment, losing the ability to protect oneself, the outcome on the battlefield is easily imagined.

Therefore, having a body powerful enough to crush and tear everything is the greatest safeguard for survival on the battlefield. In an inescapable dire battlefield, the ones who can persist to the end and survive will certainly be warriors.

However, although Noah had many thoughts, he was unwilling to abandon his regal Golden Dragon form like a king.

Not to mention practicality or fighting ability, in the Dragon Clan, appearance is of paramount importance, comparable to any race, even more so.

The Red Dragon, chief of the Colorful Dragons, despite being a Golden Dragon, had to admit that it was the face of the Colorful Dragons, truly representing the prestige of an Evil Dragon.

The two young dragons he raised, Bar and Aurora, even when they were just young dragons, could rally various monster tribes in the mountains just with their appearance. If a White Dragon tried the same, it would probably be thrown into a pot and stewed on the spot.

Even without considering the Colorful Dragons, he himself had reaped the benefits of good looks; the successful establishment of the Gemology Society, with Noah as President, owed much to his Golden Dragon appearance, which played a crucial role.

Although his appearance, especially those Dragon Wings, seemed to his Dragon Dad Angelis as wayward, beauty was beauty, and his majesty would not change due to any dragon’s aesthetics.

Now, the young dragons in the Gemology Society were more numerous than at its founding, and every dragon had experienced battlefield training.

Although some dragons perished in the war while fighting evil, this did not diminish Noah’s prestige; rather, it further established his authority, as Noah avenged them, and all his actions were beyond reproach.

"Perhaps, I can evolve a second form born for warfare!"

Since he couldn’t make a choice, Noah decided to have it all. How could bloodline evolution be such an inconvenient thing? If it required abandoning previously established advantages, then what’s the point of calling it evolution?

If Tidel could have a second form, why couldn’t he?

For a Golden Dragon about to transform the Transformation Technique into a Talent Ability, evolving a second form was indeed not difficult, but evolving a battle form equivalent in strength to his original form had its difficulties maximized.

As for evolving a battle form stronger than his original form, that was out of the question, as unrealistic as a mortal without any supernatural abilities trying to fly by standing on one foot—it was absurd, defying basic laws.

Though it was impossible to be stronger than the original form, sacrificing some basic abilities to strengthen other abilities in a targeted way could produce a second form more suitable for battle, indirectly enhancing it.

"On a truly high-level battlefield, even a Legendary Mage can’t summon elements on a large scale, so it’s possible to weaken, or even abandon, the perception and control of elements, and comprehensively enhance the body... Isn’t this the Red Dragon route?"

Noah gradually clarified his thoughts, but as he continued along this line of thinking, the Golden Dragon suddenly felt something was amiss; this thought seemed to have deviated from the orthodox path of the Metal Dragons.

"No, I can’t deny the other side just because of hostility. The Colorful Dragon race is still active on various Planes today, which indicates that their evolution and propagation routes are by no means erroneous, but represent another correct path."

The Golden Dragon soon reflected on himself, ensuring he didn’t deny the other side due to opposition,

"The Red Dragon is indeed a Dragon Species born for the battlefield, and needing to fit the battlefield’s second form naturally leads to inevitable overlaps."

"But even if there are overlaps, I must comprehensively surpass the Red Dragon!"

The Golden Dragon made its final decision, beginning to make targeted modifications and adjustments, as the bright red Blood Origin Flames burned fiercely on him, providing the fundamental impetus for Noah’s thoughts.

No matter how absurd the ideas seemed, they could now be realized because there was enough power to support and verify all of Noah’s proposals, not to mention a real case right before his eyes for reference.

"Not enough, still not enough!"

Having only one case for reference didn’t satisfy Noah, but he soon realized he wasn’t being repelled; his consciousness remained on this Primitive Wilderness land.

"Ah!"

Noah understood this was the Natural Fruit he’d accumulated over five years, and it wouldn’t be consumed so easily like the first time. He still had more opportunities.

So Noah’s gaze once again began to scan the land, seeking out existences similar to the destructive giant beast, for more references.

It didn’t take long before Noah found another beast with a pair of pale large horns and spiky scales all over its body, which also had a skeletal structure similar to dragon species. Judging by its strength and performance, it could be recognized as part of the Dragon Clan.

The densely packed bone spurs, enough to make any creature retreat in fear, couldn’t hide its strong muscles and powerful limbs. Even its Dragon Wings had extremely developed muscles, containing terrifying power capable of splitting mountains and breaking peaks, while its thick and long dragon tail was its strongest and most powerful weapon.

"Forsaking the control over elements and influencing nature, it only pursues extreme physical strength!"

By modern standards, such monsters lacking even a sliver of Elemental Perception and control capability would mostly be classified as beasts.

But in Noah’s judgment, this monster before him was enough to be called a dragon, as it was a Giant Beast Hunter, a manifestation of some natural will, serving to maintain balance.

"Truly, there are all sorts of monsters!"

Noah was amazed by the monsters that had strengthened their flesh and blood to the extreme, even with his current ideas, he found such creatures to be quite extreme.

On this Barbaric Land, creatures of similar nature were everywhere, and Noah also saw a giant beast that devoured metallic ore veins, with a particularly unique bodily structure; its bones, flesh, and a scale armor-like outer layer melted together with no clear distinction.

Yet even such creatures possessing biological properties but having metal attributes, weighed down like mountains, could fly off the ground using their Talent Ability.

"Truly wondrous creatures; are these really products of natural evolution?"

Even after having seen many Ancestor Dragons and suspected Dragon King predecessors, the giant beasts active in this Barbaric World continued to astound Noah, providing him with endless inspirations and insights.

"I know what kind of second form I need now."

Copying verbatim was undesirable; Noah needed to extract their essence and learn their strengths, and from this, a new form began to slowly emerge and take shape.