Chapter 1798 - 153: Another Golden Trait Added, Immortal Stone! (2)

"This time, the breakthrough requires 50 Source Points, I hope it aligns with my expectations," he thought to himself as he looked at the current panel.

The next moment.

With a thought, the Source Points instantly reduced by fifty.

Roar—

Then, a dragon’s roar exploded within his body.

He felt the meridians within him heating up and burning, becoming taut and straight.

"It’s a pity!"

A thought flashed through his mind instantly.

Following that, he quietly felt the breakthrough in his body.

The whole process was exceptionally smooth, with a sense of effortless flow.

In less than thirty minutes, the commotion within his body settled.

He slowly opened his eyes, a fullness and brightness shining in them.

[Skill]: Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill (Six times breaking limit 101/70000) (Traits: Whale Swallowing (Deep Purple) Dan Sea (Light Purple) Dragon Tendon (Light Gold ↑) Dragon Body (Deep Purple))

"Indeed, my previous feelings were not wrong; the change in traits this time fell on the Dragon Tendon trait."

His gaze slightly focused.

[Dragon Tendon (Light Gold)]: Tendons like dragon tendons, perfectly combining hardness and softness, measuring their expansion and contraction, have the power to shake the heavens and earth.

After glancing at the panel’s description, he closed it and clenched his fist.

The tightness of his knuckles instantly pulled the blue veins inside his arm.

He could feel that those blue veins, compared to before, were more resilient and flexible.

Between expansion and contraction, they also brought him even stronger explosive power.

At the same time, he also felt the strength he could mobilize within his body had increased by approximately thirty percent compared to just now.

This thirty percent change is due to the advancement of the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.

"With the current strength, if facing the Heavenly Soldier again, perhaps I could really hold my own instead of starting entirely on the defensive!"

He then looked at his own panel again.

[Source Points]: 56.77

"Next time, the breakthrough for Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill requires 100 Source Points, currently there’s an accumulation of fifty-six points, so it isn’t a distant goal!"

"It’s just in terms of time... it would be difficult to attend tomorrow’s court assembly!"

A thought arose in his mind as he looked in the direction of the Royal Capital.

The bright moon had already risen, hanging over the eastern mountain top, moonlight draping the earth like a veil, the outside world silent.

"Enhancing personal strength is more important, as for fulfilling my promise to Ji Minghao regarding the court assembly, I must break it!"

He secretly decided in his mind and made his decision.

Then, he turned his gaze toward the two nearby Heavenly Soldier remnants.

One Heavenly Soldier remnant was already damaged and incomplete due to his repeated slicing.

The next moment.

He tightly grasped the silver halberd and stood up.

Activating the power of Dragon and Tiger convergence and the strength of Heart Tribulation Fire.

The simultaneous explosion of both forces, he instantly swung the silver halberd in his hand.

Crack—

A sharp, piercing sound echoed.

A fragment of silver armor broke off upon impact.

"The improvement in physical strength, coupled with the explosive power of the Dragon Tendon, indeed makes it much easier!" Seeing the silver armor fragment as big as two segments of his fingers, he couldn’t help but smile.

With this swing, he could clearly feel that slicing the Heavenly Soldier remnants was much easier than before.

Slicing off larger silver armor fragments was not as difficult as it had been just moments ago.

He knew this wasn’t because the hardness of the Heavenly Soldier remnants had decreased, nor that the silver halberd in his hand had become sharper.

None of those elements had changed, only his strength and explosive power had.

The strength increased by thirty percent, and the grade elevation of Dragon Tendon trait allowed his explosive power to increase by over fifty percent.

Combining the two, it’s an exponential gain.

Subsequently, he picked up the silver armor fragment, throwing it into his stomach.

"The breakthrough of Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill has clearly enhanced my physical power; being able to slice off larger silver armor fragments is also an efficiency boost for me, truly a multi-pronged approach."

A thought flashed by. He closed his eyes and began refining the larger silver armor fragment in his stomach.

In just a moment, he was elated inside.

Because he felt that his efficiency in refining this silver armor fragment had also increased.

Moreover, the increase in efficiency was obvious, more than a thirty percent rise.

After a cup of tea’s time.

He opened his mouth, a flash of silver from his mouth, and the waste debris was expelled.

Then, he began to operate the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill, the vigorous force rising within him, dominating and overwhelming.

Running through bones, flesh, viscera, and membrane throughout his body.

In an instant, he felt his body being refined, its vitality and strength enhanced in turn.

[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +537]

"The breakthrough in the level actually increased the efficiency instead of decreasing it?" He was puzzled for a moment, then focused full-heartedly on continuing his effort.

A moment later.

He opened his eyes, looking at the panel.

[Skill]: Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill (Six times breaking limit 2673/70000) (Traits: Whale Swallowing (Deep Purple) Dan Sea (Light Purple) Dragon Tendon (Light Gold) Dragon Body (Deep Purple))

"Good! Very good!"

Looking at the panel, he nodded in satisfaction.

Compared to just before the breakthrough, he found that his practice efficiency had not decreased but instead increased, improved efficiency.

Regarding the factors, he could roughly guess that it was because this time the refined silver armor fragment was larger, providing more energy.

And Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill is a cultivation technique heavy on cultivation resources.

Having auxiliary resources results in two completely different efficiencies.

"Now complementing each other, it’s a beneficial thing for me!"

"The breakthrough of Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill enhances my strength, fortifies my body, allowing efficient refinement of the silver-armored Heavenly Soldier remnants; improving refinement efficiency also helps me raise the cultivation efficiency of Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill!"

At this moment, Jiang Ning was deeply composed in his heart.

This was tantamount to ascending with each step.

He didn’t know how powerful his strength would become after refining these two Heavenly Soldier remnants.

Thinking about this, his fighting spirit surged even more.

The next moment.

Without any delay, continuing to wield the silver halberd, slicing the fragment of the Heavenly Soldier remnants, ingesting them, refining with all his might.

Under the moonlight, a silhouette sat amidst the ruins, with Qi-Blood burning like a furnace around him, and the silver armor fragments transformed into pure energy within his body, subsequently bolstering the cultivation of Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.

Silvery rays streamed through his musculature.

That was the pure energy he extracted from the silver armor fragment.

[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +533]

[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +563]

[Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill Experience Value +555]

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As time went by, the experience value of Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill on the panel grew continuously.

And on the ground, the remnants of the silver-armored Heavenly Soldier were gradually damaged and incomplete due to his chopping.

Piece by piece, silver armor fragments were sliced off by his hand wielding the silver halberd.

Jiang Ning also knew that this opportunity was rare.

If he could refine both silver-armored Heavenly Soldiers, not only would it result in a more than thousand-point Source Points increase, but it would also elevate his strength by several levels.

Once he fully absorbed this gain, he had the confidence that even without the power of the Dragon and Tiger Golden Core or using the Forbidden Technique of Heart Tribulation Fire, relying solely on his physical body, he would possess the combat power equivalent to a Heavenly Soldier.

As he understood, the combat power of a Heavenly Soldier was deemed the strength of a Half-step Immortal.

As the moon in the sky gradually ascended to the zenith and then began its descent toward the east.

Jiang Ning too was wholeheartedly immersed in the cycle of iron cutting, devouring, refining, and strengthening.

...

At the break of dawn.

The chest armor of the silver-armored Heavenly Soldier was shattered by him.

Seeing the dim white stone embedded beneath the chest armor, his eyes shone brightly.

This is the Immortal Stone, an Immortal Stone with depleted energy.

But in earlier inspections, he could still feel that there was residual energy within the Immortal Stone embedded in the soldier’s chest.

So the whole night, wielding the silver halberd to slice the soldier’s remnants, he consciously hewed a shape that allowed him to extract the Immortal Stone.

Now, he finally saw the Immortal Stone hidden beneath the soldier’s chest armor.

The next moment.

He wielded the silver halberd and exerted force once more.

Crack—

Crack—

Crack—

A series of metallic breaking sounds rang out, pieces of silver armor fragments were slashed away.

After more than a dozen times.

The chest of the silver-armored Heavenly Soldier was cleaved open, revealing a complete Immortal Stone.

Fist-sized, entirely pristine white, the whole stone emitting a faint glow.

In his eyes, however, he could clearly see the remaining energy threads within the Immortal Stone.