Kang Shin-mu quickly found a crystal emanating rich spiritual energy from the remains of the muscular bearded man's dragon corpse.
The crystal was about the size of a fist and was translucent. There were faint images of mystical dragons within it, exuding the aura of mystical dragons.
"This Dragon Qi Crystal … it's similar to the aura of the Flame Dragon Altar when I obtained the essence blood of the mystical dragons."
Kang Shin-mu's heart skipped a beat as he secretly guessed the connection between the two.
"No matter what, this must be a rare cultivation resource. What changes will there be if I absorb all the spiritual energy within?"
Kang Shin-mu pondered as he observed his surroundings.
Clearly, he could not absorb the Dragon Qi Crystal quietly in a dangerous place like Dragon Bone Valley. If any accidents happened during the absorption process, he would not be able to withstand it. It was too risky.
"I can either go back and try again, or find a safe place first …"
Kang Shin-mu pondered carefully. He felt that if he absorbed this Dragon Qi Crystal, he would be able to improve himself. Just the rich spiritual energy within would probably allow him to raise his cultivation by one level, not to mention the aura of the mystical dragon essence blood.
He transformed into a black dragon and flew out of the Dragon Bone Valley.
Dragon Bone Valley was a habitat for demonic beasts released by the Dragon Prison City.
Demonic beasts would basically not appear outside Dragon Bone Valley. Otherwise, they would definitely be killed by the Dragon Martial Artists of Dragon Prison City.
Soon, Kang Shin-mu left Dragon Bone Valley. In a quiet mountain range outside Dragon Bone Valley, he found a relatively deep cave. There were no living creatures in this cave. It was naturally formed.
After Kang Shin-mu entered, he destroyed the cave entrance and hid himself in the cave, preparing to absorb the spiritual energy within the Dragon Qi Crystal.
He did not act rashly. Instead, he stayed in the cave for two days to ensure that there were no other living creatures around and that there was no danger. Only then did he start to absorb the Dragon Qi Crystal.
"This so-called Dragon Qi Crystal is worth more than a million dragon coins. It is even more valuable than the Qitian Spirit Grass. It will definitely help me increase my cultivation. Maybe it has other uses …"
Kang Shin-mu thought, he was not sure of the specific effects of the Dragon Qi Crystal, but he knew that this thing was definitely beneficial to the Dragon Warrior.
Even the Black Dragon's consciousness hidden in his body gave him a vague urge to devour the Dragon Energy Crystal as soon as possible.
"Since that's the case, let's devour it!"
Kang Shin-mu gathered a pitch-black devouring force in his hand and covered the Dragon Energy Crystal. Using the devouring force, he started to devour the spiritual energy within the Dragon Energy Crystal.
As streams of rich spiritual energy entered his body, Kang Shin-mu even felt the divine dragon blood essence in his body start to boil.
This was due to the aura of the divine dragon blood essence in the Dragon Energy Crystal. However, very quickly, Kang Shin-mu realized that the aura of the divine dragon blood essence in the Dragon Energy Crystal was also devoured by his devouring force and integrated into his bloodline.
This caused the bloodline in his body to become even denser, and the devouring power that covered the Dragon Aura Crystal also became darker and darker, giving off a feeling that seemed to come from hell.
"The divine dragon blood essence has actually improved."
Kang Shin-mu was in disbelief. Devouring the Dragon Energy Crystal was like devouring many divine dragon corpses, causing the grade of his divine dragon blood essence to improve.
Previously, his divine dragon blood essence had already advanced from the level of a mortal dragon to the level of a true dragon. However, it had not been used for a long time. From the hidden Black Dragon's consciousness, he could feel that even if he devoured some of the corpses of a true dragon, there would not be much improvement.
It was much more difficult to raise the grade of the divine dragon blood essence from a true dragon to a heavenly dragon than from a mortal dragon to a true dragon.
However, with the help of this Dragon Energy Crystal, the grade of his divine dragon blood essence was actually increasing at an extremely fast speed!
"This speed is too terrifying. It is equivalent to me devouring the corpses of the dragon martial artists who inherited the blood essence of the heavenly dragon. At this rate, I will probably become an inheritor of the heavenly dragon blood essence in less than a day!"
"However, the power contained in this Dragon Energy Crystal doesn't seem to be that much.
It has only been a while, but I have already devoured one-fifth of its power. "
Kang Shin-mu felt that it was a pity.
If he had more Dragon Energy Crystals, he would be able to become an inheritor of the heavenly dragon blood essence.
Unfortunately, this Dragon Energy Crystal alone was obtained after killing so many powerful dragon martial artists. It was almost impossible for him to obtain more. Although this item could only be bought with a million dragon coins, he might not be able to find a buyer no matter how many dragon coins he had.
"I have never heard of the Dragon Energy Crystal before. I did not get any news about it in Dragon Prison City or the Xi Residence. Combined with what the dragon martial artists said, this Dragon Energy Crystal is probably something that has a price but no market."
Even so, Kang Shin-mu was extremely excited.
This was because as he continued to devour spiritual energy, his divine dragon body was changing again. The Ascending Dragon Realm was also known as the Ascending Dragon Nine Transformations. The divine dragon body could continuously strengthen along with the increase in cultivation and combat power.
The hidden black dragon consciousness did not appear again.
However, Kang Shin-mu knew that this fellow could not possibly disappear. It must be in his body now, feeling his development. He did not know what connection this black dragon had with his father, Jiang Zizai.
"Break for me!"
Following Jiang Shenwu's furious bellow, his entire body transformed into a black dragon in the cave. Then, there seemed to be a stream of black light brushing past the surface of his dragon body, causing his entire body to seem to be bathed in a pitch-black light.
"The transformation of the eighth tier of the Ascending Dragon Realm … is speed!"
Jiang Shenwu sensed that as the surface of his dragon body glowed with a pitch-black flowing light, he flew through the air as if there were no air obstructions, allowing his speed to increase by at least twofold.
Moreover, this was in his normal state.
If he used a movement type dragon martial technique, the effect would be even more obvious when his speed increased!
"If I can cultivate the Void Piercing Dragon Shadow to the Earth Level, my speed will be absolutely invincible among my peers!"
Kang Shin-mu had this confidence.
Unfortunately, the movement type dragon martial technique was not so easy to improve. Until now, Kang Shin-mu had only managed to maintain the Void Piercing Dragon Shadow at the Human Level. If he wanted to improve it to the Earth Level, there was still a long way to go.
As he finished devouring the power of the Dragon Energy Crystal, he stepped into the eighth tier of the Ascending Dragon Realm.
At the same time, the grade of his divine dragon blood essence increased by about one-third.