The Primal Blood Demonic Dragon

"I want to eat it." beside him, she almost drooled looking at the iron blood plant.

"Oh, you also get hungry?" To his understanding at her rank, food should no longer be necessary.

She also proved the statement after staying silent for a moment to understand the new word spoken by him.

Shaking her head she denied firmly "No, not hungry. Just... want to eat it."

"This iron blood root?" He held the small plant in hand, which she was staring intensely at.

"Mm hm." She nodded, still staring at the plant in his hand.

He moved the plant from one side to another, her eyes also moved along with it.

’Is it because of blood properties?’

He took out a piece of meat from bracelet and held it in front of her. "Do you also feel like eating it?"

But she didn’t even look at that, completely ignoring it. Only eyes on the iron blood plant.

’What is their difference, both have blood energy present in them, one is from a living organism and other is non-living organism.’ He called out Musa to inquire something.

’Did you gave contents of storage ring to Lucy that time after leaving institute, my share of materials from dean.’

’No, master. You were knocked out right after leaving city so i kept it on me ever since then.’

’Alright, take it out.’

Wearing the newly appeared ring on finger, he searched inside activating the space ring.

Soon after, a red stone appeared on his palm.

Immediately her focus shifted from the plant to the red stone.

’Okay, it seems she likes condensed blood essence. Iron blood root also have very low quantity of condensed natural blood essence, where that piece of meat doesn’t have.’

"Feel like eating it?" Holding the stone he moved it in front of her face from one side to another.

She also nodded while moving her head from one side to another, eyes glued on stone.

He threw it toward her and she didn’t even bother to use hands. She moved her head, mouth wide open and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Yummy!" She giggled while holding her cheeks.

He shook his head smiling and focused toward a little distant cliff beside ocean. Dark clouds hovered above, thunder rumbling from time to time.

"So, next there right?"

"Yes." She responded while eyeing the iron blood root again.

"You can’t eat it, i will need it. But don’t worry you will be compensated with more of those red stones later when i get more."

"Okay." She accepted it quickly but still with dejected look. He rubbed her hair seeing her like that.

"Let’s go."

Stopping at few hundred meter distance from the cloud area, he observed the terrain much different from where he was standing.

World illustrated purple. Purple plants, purple grass, even purple rocks absorbing lighting essence through time mutated to lightning rock. Discharged thunder bolts raining down and striking places from time to time. Many absorbed by components present while remaining stayed as pure form of element eliminating anything coming in contact other than same elemental matter.

’It can be dangerous. Very dangerous.’ Only after reaching near did he realised even weaker bolts looks like can crisp him into fry.

’Even more risky since i don’t have lighting affinity.’

He hesitated looking at the lightning covered land while she had already entered while he was distracted from choice to make.

He clapped his own forehead spotting her entering the purple zone. "This girl!"

Immediately he also sprinted forward and was about to shout at her to stop.

But saw a discharged thunder bolt crashing on top of her. Subconsciously he also shouted "Dodge it!"

But as if she couldn’t hear, didn’t change her movement. Thunder bolt struck her and spread around with her as center.

Naked eyes couldn’t see through what was happening so he spread his spiritual sense but it also didn’t pass through the lightning.

So instinctively activated primal eyes next moment and found her perfectly fine in middle of lighting with only her hair have straightened upward from electro conductivity.

Soon lightning dispersed at surroundings, making her visible on eyesight again. He also reached her and inquired concerned, holding her shoulders "Are you okay?" Even though his face didn’t have the look of concern.

"Yeah?" She responded but with her own confusion. "Wow, is it blood?" She pointed toward his eyes and asked.

Only from her inquiry did he felt little pain coming from both eyes. Checking them he found line of blood dripped on cheeks. ’This was bound to happen since blood force haven’t recovered enough to activate it like usual.’

"Don’t worry, they will recover after healing after some time. Let’s leave. This area is dangerous" He said them, yet soon changed his own words. "Though not dangerous for you."

He sprinted back and left the lightning zone soon. She looked toward deeper into purple zone for once and followed him outside soon after.

After reaching previous spot he sat cross-legged and applied dual element, eliminating the little pain he was even feeling.

"It’s uninteresting to only wait, should i go and collect them?"

He only looked at her dark faced ’Only few minutes have passed and she is already like this. It is my fault, exploring places to collect different materials at every different places have made her feel the fun of adventuring and she even finds it boring to just wait for some time.

But maybe only she can enter and leave that purple area unharmed....’

After weighting pro and cons he agreed.

Immediately she dashed forward and vanished soon into lightning area.

Time passed soon, she came back even before his eyes had fully healed. Only her hair is disheveled and mostly stood up.

"Here." She returned the storage ring that he had lent her. That after just two demonstration she learned to use the ring during their adventure of material collection.

He looked inside the storage ring and instantly got stunned looking at the new components inside.

"Damn! So many!"

Inside storage ring at a corner, there lay a small hip of only purple bead.

"Least few thousand. Which is equivalent to build thousands of lightning cultivator or as well billions of super phee stones. But able to grow elemental bead of such quantity, how strong is power of thunder even there." He felt she definitely have Mira’s peak rank as well fully healed body unlike Mira right now.

"Good job." He rubbed her head after pulling her on his lap.

"Of course, i am great."

"Yes, yes, of course."

’She also have that strange power to negate force, not affect her least a little.

Sigh! Forget it, whatever. Only thing sure is i wouldn’t survive inside. My speed isn’t enough to avoid the lightnings.’

He erased any thought of going inside again and stood up with her. "Let’s go, we’re returning."

With still dual elements covering his eyes he dashed while she followed him.

Thud!!!

He landed in front the open cave entrance making quite noise while she also landed beside him but no noise from her.

’Her control have increased to such degree.’ He could only admire looking at her beside him.

"So play now?" She immediately eagerly asked.

"No, only material collection have been done. There is many more steps to complete now."

Her happy face dropped immediately. Looking at her he sighed and took her in for hug and rubbed her head.

"There there, no need to feel down. You can enjoy playing other games with me."

Her low mood immediately took u-tern. "What games?" She eyes literally shined.

"Follow me, you will know when we play. And Don’t mention about any play until then."

They walked inside through plants at surroundings while Gin sealed the bracelet and also commanded Musa to seal it from inside.

Inside inner cave of essence pond.

Lucy sitting cross-legged with no cloths covering her, while Saira had both of her palms glued on Lucy’s back. Clearing lingering remains of destroyed core and foreign energy from Lucy by circulating her own core energy through her.

Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!... Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!

Hearing two footstep different sound they immediately looked toward the tunnel while Saira created water walls on both sides at the same time. Ready to deploy immediately, while both speculating who could it be. After all only one person among them had gone outside and who is Gin.

Soon they saw two silhouette becoming clear and immediately they both put their guard down while Mira recalled water walls back.

But also wondered who this new charming beauty is whom they have never seen before.

"How far has it proceeded?" He got straight to the point even before stopping on track.

Mira shook her head "Not even one percent. Her blood....

somehow is affecting the process and becoming obstacle to my energy. Which is slowing down whole process by far."

He scratched his hair not knowing how to exactly describe this since he also doesn’t understand much about it. "Well, i have previously noticed her situation is somehow special and i also don’t understand it fully yet."

"Gin, why don’t you introduce this new companion." They didn’t get the time to debate as Lucy was more curious about this new person.

Gin looked at the redhead beside her "Go ahead."

She pointed at herself "Me?"

Gin nodded.

"Um..., i am female."

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To Be Continued.