Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 144 Demonic Dragon
"call!"

Ji Fuyou maintained his domineering form and refined two white physique source crystals in succession.

Only after feeling his extremely burdened body slightly relieved did he dissipate his true form as a hegemon.

but……

Compared to the perilous state he was in the first time when he used the Overlord's True Body and the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique to the point of almost losing his life, he is now able to withstand the damage to his body from these two secret techniques with relative ease.

Although the body still needs the help of the white physique source crystal to repair its injuries, the situation where the physical body is on the verge of collapse is now rare.

This is the improvement brought about by physical fitness reaching 28.6.

Once your physical strength reaches 30 points, using the Overlord's True Form will become much easier. When your mental strength also increases, the aftereffects of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration will disappear, making these two combined skills regular skills.

While pondering, Ji Fuyou quickly went to the side of the Fengwo Guard and drew the Cold Steel Sword.

As he drew his sword, he sensed something and quickly retrieved a source crystal from the monster's body.

One...

"Red Spiritual Source Crystal!?"

Ji Fuyou was somewhat surprised.

The fact that a red spiritual crystal was being nurtured within the monster's body was quite unexpected.

but……

He glanced at Zhou Wangchuan, who lay dead by the doorway.

This spiritual being possesses extremely high spiritual energy, estimated to surpass Yang Kaitai's, reaching a level of 25 or even 26.

If given three to five more red spiritual source crystals, he might be able to become a spiritual master.

However, such a powerful psychic, in its desperate counterattack, unleashed a psychic magic attack that, apart from disrupting the Fertile Guardian's control over the external battle situation, failed to cause any substantial damage to it. This alone demonstrates the immense power of the Guardian's psychic abilities.

If this monster hadn't lacked the corresponding secret technique...

wrong!

"This monster's secret techniques lean towards sword intent and mental combat. He uses his mind to ignite his inner fire and resonate atoms, causing the flames of his sword to burn. This is a powerful mental technique, but his mental techniques are not applied like Shadowless Technique, Illusion Technique, Soul Blast, or Spirit Arrow."

It's only natural that such a monster would eventually drop a red spiritual crystal.

Ji Fuyou did not hesitate and used the Spirit Source Crystal directly.

The rest of the team did not contribute to the siege and kill of the Fertile Guardian. In fact, he lured the monster away to protect the safety of the others in order to deliver the fatal blow.

He naturally has absolute control over this spiritual source crystal.

Compared to the fiery and violent nature of the physical source crystal, the spiritual source crystal brings a chilling coldness that freezes the soul.

In a daze, Ji Fuyou felt that his thoughts and consciousness were completely frozen and stopped functioning.

This state of frozen consciousness and frozen mind may have lasted for a moment, or perhaps for several minutes.

at last……

Having adapted to the "extreme cold" state, the mind resumed operation and quickly broke free from the frozen state.

An unparalleled calm and clarity welled up in my heart.

He clearly felt that his spiritual power had taken another step forward, and had reached a critical point of transformation.

"24.3!"

Ji Fuyou arrived at this number.

This spiritual crystal directly increased his spiritual value by 1.9 units, making his spiritual strength only one unit lower than Yang Kaitai's.

"Give me another red spiritual crystal, and my spirit will transform into divine consciousness. At that time, my divine consciousness will be able to maintain the balance in the initial stage of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration."

Ji Fuyou understood: "In a balanced state, as long as it is not an overloaded burst, the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique at its initial stage will not even cause harm to the physical body. At most... maintaining this state requires concentration, which will lead to being unable to attend to other matters."

At this moment, Ji Fuyou sensed Yang Kaitai's mental probe.

However, the team members did not see Ji Fuyou return for a long time, so they tentatively searched for him.

At that moment, Ji Fuyou released his spiritual power to make contact with one of them and conveyed the message of "safety".

Upon receiving the news, Yang Kaitai and his group quickly arrived from afar.

"team leader!"

"Are you alright, Captain?"

"Huh!? This is... this monster is dead!? And Zhou Wangchuan, they're dead too? Good! Good riddance!"

Everyone quickly grasped the situation on the field, and they were both surprised and delighted.

Ji Fuyou nodded to the group and said, "Zhou Wangchuan wanted to lure us into fighting the Fengwo Guards so he could take advantage of our conflict. I turned the tables on him and used the Shadowless Technique to lure the Fengwo Guards into a trap. At that moment, I seized an opportunity to kill the monster."

"As expected of the captain, the monster's power is obvious to all. Among all the teams in this trial ground, there are only a handful that can stand up to it. Even if our team were to face it, we would probably have to pay an extremely heavy price to kill it. In the end, the captain did what our entire team could only do."

Yang Kaitai said sincerely.

"I benefited from the surprise attack."

Ji Fuyou Road.

"That's still quite remarkable. If it were us, we wouldn't even be qualified to get involved in the battle. We would probably perish under this monster's sword in the first exchange."

Guan Yue exclaimed in surprise.

Ji Fuyou glanced at him...

This is true.

With a physique stat of only 22, he couldn't last a single round against the Fengwo guards. "Go search Zhou Wangchuan and the others; take anything useful."

Ji Fuyou gave the order, then glanced at the people in the arena: "You did not participate in the battle against this monster, so the spoils from this monster belong to me. You have no objections, right?"

"No."

"It should."

"We should thank the captain for taking on the most dangerous mission at the critical moment, luring away the monster and saving our lives."

Several people expressed their opinions.

Ji Fuyou nodded.

He had gotten to know these people and found them to be trustworthy.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have formed a team to venture into the Temple of Fertile Crescent.

"Among the spoils from this monster, I think the most valuable are the knife and sword in its hand. Can you identify what material they are made of?"

Ji Fuyou asked a question.

"Material?"

Yang Kaitai squatted down in front of the swords and knives of Fengwo's guards and examined them carefully.

Steelmaking technology in this world is quite common.

However, occasionally some special materials are created, and the divine weapons and magical artifacts they are forged from are far more extraordinary than anyone can imagine.

After a thorough inspection, Yang Kaitai quickly picked up the sword, examined it for a moment, and noticed something: "This...this weapon seems to have been forged using..."

At that moment, he focused his mind, sensed the sharp sword, and instantly...

A dragon's roar seemed to echo in his ears, shaking the heavens and earth, so terrifying that Yang Kaitai involuntarily released his sword.

"Clang."

The sound of the sword falling to the ground was clear and echoed throughout the room.

"what happened?"

"Old Tai?"

Liu Yiren and Xiao Hanxue both turned their gazes to him at the same time.

"Dragon blood!"

Yang Kaitai's expression held a hint of surprise and excitement as he turned to Ji Fuyou: "Captain! This sword has been enhanced with dragon blood!"

"Dragon blood!?"

Fang Qiyun and Liu Yiren looked surprised.

They clearly knew what it was.

"Talk about it."

Ji Fuyou asked.

"Although we know very little about the Misty World, based on the deciphering of some texts, we understand that some incredibly powerful mythical creatures were once born in this world!"

Yang Kaitai's voice was tinged with excitement: "And among the records of these mythical creatures, the most frequent one is a demonic dragon!"

"Mythical creatures."

Ji Fuyou was quite sensitive to these four words, and he immediately thought of that star-devouring demon.

"What kind of mythology is it?"

"I'm not sure about that, since we don't have much information."

Yang Kaitai said, "However, all the information that has been analyzed describes this demonic dragon as incredibly powerful. Many races worship it as a god, and everything related to it is imbued with incredible power, which is used to forge all sorts of legendary divine weapons."

He looked at the sword: "Materials stained with dragon blood contain the power of the dragon. If a cultivator can subdue the dragon's will within them, they can activate this power and make it their own!"

"The Will of the Dragon".

Ji Fuyou reached out and grasped the sword in his hand.

"Captain, be careful! The Dragon's Will is extremely powerful! I've heard my uncle say that this will not only impacts a person's spirit, but also erodes the cultivator's physique through its influence. Often, only those who have reached the master level in both spirit and physique can wield this demonic blade."

As Yang Kaitai spoke, he glanced at Ji Fuyou and said, "The best way to deal with this item is to exchange it. The value of this treasure is probably not far from that of a red skill crystal. It's no problem to exchange it for five or six red spirit source crystals."

"Five or six red spirit source crystals?"

Xiao Hanxue, standing to the side, widened her eyes: "Doesn't that mean this thing is worth five or six hundred billion?"

The Federation's annual military budget is only a little over one trillion dollars. If they spend it all on dragon blood, they can only buy twenty doses.
It seems like a lot, but in reality, after deducting fixed expenses, only about one or two out of ten can actually be used to train martial artists and spiritual practitioners.

Just like a person who earns 100,000 a year, but after deducting living expenses and social obligations, the maximum they can save is 10,000 or 20,000.

"let me try."

Ji Fuyou said something.

He held the sword in his hand and immediately probed its depths with his mind.

The next moment, the earth-shaking dragon roar that had shaken Yang Kaitai's mind exploded outwards, impacting Ji Fuyou's mind as well.

In Ji Fuyou's heart, the intent of guarding truth was rapidly activated, and his will was as firm as a rock, unwavering.

As the impact of the Dragon's Will manifested, an enormous and terrifying figure, seemingly capable of obscuring the sky, filled Ji Fuyou's vision.

Before that enormous, vast, and majestic terrifying existence, Ji Fuyou himself was as insignificant as a speck of dust. It seemed that as long as the other party made the slightest move, it could easily crush him into dust and reduce him to ashes.

(End of this chapter)