Chapter Three: Golden Achievements, the Making of a Conqueror! Skill Training!
After visiting Dragon Mother and the children, Dragon Father turned and left without hesitation.
The Tyrannosaurus is a typical solitary creature, especially adult male Tyrannosaurs. Only during the breeding season do males briefly live alongside females.
The rest of the time, they roam the outskirts of overlapping territories with the females, maintaining a distant yet connected relationship with their mates and offspring.
Male Tyrannosaurs do not take responsibility for raising the young; all duties such as egg incubation, hunting, and nurturing fall solely to the female.
As a result, female Tyrannosaurs tend to be larger and more formidable in battle, especially during the nurturing period, making them creatures even other dragons fear.
However, exceptions exist. Chu Xu’s Dragon Father is a rare example of a good husband and father, sometimes bringing back large prey he cannot finish to share with the family.
Time passed swiftly, and a month flew by in the blink of an eye.
Though Chu Xu’s life was monotonous—staying in one place every day, eating, sleeping, and exercising—he experienced quite a few events.
Following the birth of Dragon Sister Longyue, the third dinosaur egg hatched successfully, revealing a male Tyrannosaurus.
Chu Xu named his dragon brother Liuxing.
However, the fourth and fifth eggs showed no signs of hatching.
They were likely contaminated by parasites or bacteria during incubation, or the temperature and humidity conditions were inadequate, causing the embryos to cease development and resulting in infertile eggs.
Such occurrences are common in the wild; generally, dinosaur eggs have less than a 50% hatch rate. For Dragon Mother to have three out of five eggs hatch successfully was already fortunate.
Of course, even if eggs hatch, whether the young Tyrannosaurs survive their fragile and helpless juvenile phase is another matter entirely.
In the end, the two infertile eggs became food for Chu Xu, Dragon Sister Longyue, and Dragon Brother Liuxing.
Night fell, and in the profound silence, Dragon Mother emitted thunderous snores in deep sleep.
Chu Xu lay prone on the ground, opening his attribute panel before sleep to review the day’s gains.
[Name]: Chu Xu
[Age]: 1 month
[Species]: Rex Tyrannosaurus (Male)
[Growth Stage]: Juvenile
[Attributes]: Strength 33, Agility 33, Constitution 33, Spirit 35
[Evolution Points]: 21
[Skill]: Claw
[Achievement]: Tyrant’s Talent (Basic)
[Next Evolution Form]: Agumon
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As of today, Chu Xu had just turned one month old and successfully completed three novice tasks, resulting in considerable growth in his attributes.
Through daily feeding and accumulation of evolution points, he had earned a total of 21 evolution points.
[Ding! You have successfully completed three novice tasks and obtained the golden achievement—Tyrant’s Talent (Basic).]
[Tyrant’s Talent (Basic): A golden achievement that can be upgraded. It allows the user to radiate an imposing aura that intimidates and terrifies enemies, even causing weaker opponents to faint. It is a mark of kingly aptitude. At the basic stage, fine control is not yet possible.]
A golden achievement, Tyrant’s Talent?
Chu Xu was overjoyed. The ability to intimidate enemies solely through one’s aura was an exceptionally powerful skill!
In addition, Chu Xu had newly acquired a skill.
[Claw (0/100): Basic skill. Swing sharp claws to inflict tearing physical damage on enemies.]
[By repeatedly training the skill, proficiency can be increased. Upon reaching full proficiency, the skill will evolve into a higher-level ability.]
[Claw — Wild Claw — Flaming Claw — Dragon Claw…]
Wow, it could be developed like that?
Chu Xu opened the detailed skill descriptions.
Wild Claw is an elementary skill that can unleash 2 to 5 consecutive claw strikes instantly.
Flaming Claw is an intermediate skill that attacks with fire-engulfed claws, dealing both tearing and burning damage.
Dragon Claw is an advanced skill that combines speed and strength, with even more devastating power.
Beyond advanced skills, even more formidable abilities exist.
Terrifying indeed!
What puzzled Chu Xu was that despite mastering such formidable skills, they were ultimately intended for battling Cretaceous dinosaurs—a case of using a cannon to kill mosquitoes, a mismatch of talent and challenge.
Or perhaps the enemies he would face in the future were not limited to these ordinary creatures?
This thought stirred a sense of urgency within Chu Xu, suggesting that the future of this world might be far more complex than he had imagined…
Without hesitation, Chu Xu began diligent practice, swinging his forelimbs and waving his tender little claws.
Fortunately, his body was still small, and though he inherited the Tyrannosaurus’ short-arm genes, the proportions had not yet become too unbalanced, allowing him to reach and swipe at enemies before him.
It is well known that the seemingly useless tiny arms of the Tyrannosaurus have long been a subject of controversy.
Even for an adult Tyrannosaurus, the forelimbs measure only about 80 centimeters—roughly the length of a human arm.
Yet, compared to the enormous size of the adult Tyrannosaurus, these limbs are absurdly short, creating a stark contrast.
Proportionally, even the tiny arms of an adult Tyrannosaurus cannot reach its own mouth, let alone perform actions like push-ups, hugging, bending to pick things up, or crouching.
According to Chu Xu’s previous research and current observations, the primary functions of these short forelimbs are to maintain balance, assist in holding prey during feeding to aid the massive jaws, and possibly stabilize opponents during certain infrequent interactions.
As for why the Tyrannosaurus evolved such diminutive arms, it aligns with the evolutionary principle of “use it or lose it.”
During evolution, parts of the body frequently used—such as the skull for biting prey, the hind limbs for walking and running, and the tail for balance—became increasingly developed.
Meanwhile, the rarely used forelimbs gradually atrophied, culminating in their current form.
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“Swish, swish, swish!!”
Chu Xu snapped back to concentration and began repeatedly swinging his arms and claws, practicing his skills over and over.
However, after swiping at the air for a long while, he saw no increase in skill proficiency.
“Strange… Could it be that I need to practice on a real object?”
With this thought, Chu Xu quietly rose and moved to a nearby patch of vegetation, practicing on a tree.
One swipe left only a shallow white scar on the bark.
But Chu Xu quickly noted that his skill proficiency rose from 0 to 1.
“So it really requires real objects to practice!”
Fueled with renewed vigor, Chu Xu treated the tree as an imaginary foe and relentlessly attacked with his claws.
One strike, two strikes, three strikes…
After more than ten minutes, his proficiency had increased by a total of five points, reaching his training limit for the day. His little claws were worn and aching, even bleeding slightly from the gaps between his fingers.
To reach full proficiency would require at least twenty days of training.
“Use 1 evolution point to heal.”
With a thought, Chu Xu immediately spent one evolution point to treat his claws, enabling him to continue training tomorrow.
A cool sensation quickly spread across Chu Xu’s palms, and in just a few seconds, his claws were restored to their original condition, pain vanished.
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