Friel watched this scene with a strange look on her face.
"You're pushing way too hard. Can your body take it?"
Jona Velli answered Friel's question with action, crushing a frost-patterned magic crystal in one bite and swallowing it directly without chewing.
Seeing this, Friel felt a sense of admiration.
She hadn't expected Jona Velli to be so persistent and desperate just to improve her strength.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Mofana, who was currently locked in combat with Qiao, paused as alarm bells rang out in her heart.
She could sense it, she could clearly sense that the star silver vein she had guarded for decades had been slightly damaged.
This made her whip her head around to look at the cave entrance she had come from.
"Shameless thief!!"
Bang!
Qiao slammed a claw into her body, the powerful force knocking her back several steps.
"Mofana, don't get distracted during a fight, Jie jie jie~"
Mofana's mind was in total disarray; she only wanted to go protect her vein now! She didn't have the slightest desire to continue fighting.
"Qiao! If you dare stop me again, I will absolutely fight you to the death!"
Hearing Mofana's enraged roar, Qiao was momentarily startled, but then felt he had lost face.
"Mofana, do you f*cking think I was raised on threats? 'To the death'? Come, come, come, I'll beat you into submission today and have you begging on your knees!"
A new round of combat began. Mofana was so angry her breathing was ragged and her eyes were bloodshot.
"I... I'll f*cking kill you! I'm going to risk my life against you today!"
...At the star silver vein, faint changes had already begun to appear on Jona Velli's body.
First were her scales, which now shimmered with a faint starlight. The starlight was ethereal and fleeting; if one didn't look closely, it was hard to notice.
However, it added to Jona Velli's overall aura, giving her a mysterious and void-like feel.
Not only that, but star patterns also grew across Jona Velli's body.
Her originally pure white scales combined with a shiny metallic texture already felt noble and divine; combined with these mysterious star patterns, it added even more nobility and mystery.
However, these star patterns weren't distinct lines like Mofana's, but rather a star-like radiance at the joints of her scales.
More importantly, the hardness of Jona Velli's scales had increased significantly. She was confident that with the improvement brought by just this one piece of star silver ore...
If she were to face the breath of the Molten Fire Crystal-Armored Lizard again, she could hold out for five seconds.
It wasn't just her defense that had improved; one must remember that the star silver ore also contained surging mana and ice elements.
Therefore, Jona Velli felt that the purity of her ice element had loosened again, seemingly becoming a bit higher.
This was an extraordinary discovery. One must know that elemental affinity was almost always fixed; generally speaking, it stayed at whatever level it was and wouldn't change at all.
But now... "This really is some damn good stuff."
Jona Velli looked at the star silver vein, the greed and obsession in her eyes completely unconcealed.
Friel watched the changes in Jona Velli with envy, but soon shook her head.
After all, no matter how much she envied her, it was useless; she still needed to work hard herself.
Sensing that the commotion outside was dying down, Jona Velli and Friel exchanged a glance and walked toward the underground cavity.
Jona Velli was in no hurry to continue devouring the star silver ore. She needed to recover properly; after all, her body hadn't yet adapted to these changes and power. If she devoured another piece, Jona Velli didn't know if her body could hold up.
During this time, Jona Velli also continuously dug out some frost-patterned magic crystals to replenish her nearly depleted mana.
Before the two dragons even got close, they heard an enraged roar.
"Mofana! Are you f*cking crazy? Do you really want to kill me?"
Hearing this, both dragons perked up and couldn't help but quicken their pace.
Upon reaching the cavity, the scene before them left both dragons completely stunned.
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