The concentration of the dragon mark's energy had skyrocketed by more than five times overnight.
Without a doubt, an existence at the level of the Peerless Divine Dragon was able to attract so much dragon mark energy from elsewhere.
Originally, the Peerless Divine Dragon had the ability to increase the Dragon Mark's energy in the Dragon Martial Academy, but there was no need for it. It was most likely because the four Dragon Martial Academies in the Dragon Martial Continent were not considered powerful factions, and it was not worth investing too much.
However, now that the void rift had appeared in the sky above the Dragon Martial Continent, if the Peerless Divine Dragon did not gather more dragon mark energy, the Dragon Martial Continent might be destroyed.
Since the Peerless Divine Dragon had created the Dragon Martial Continent, they naturally would not sit by and watch it be destroyed. That was why the dragon mark's energy had increased so much.
Although the dragon mark's energy had increased fivefold, to the students of the various Dragon Martial Academies, the grade of the Divine Dragon's blood essence did not increase by much.
The main reason was that the number of slots for the various cultivation zones in the Dragon Martial Academy had doubled, reaching three times the previous number.
Therefore, in reality, the amount of dragon mark energy that every student could get was only sixty percent higher than before, but it was already an incredible increase.
If the ordinary students cultivating in the Yuheng District could absorb the dragon mark's energy at a rate of one, then Kang Shin-mu, who had been cultivating in the Yuheng District, could absorb the dragon mark's energy at a rate of ten.
Now that Kang Shin-mu had gone to the Phecda District to cultivate, the overall concentration of dragon mark energy had increased again. His absorption speed could be said to have reached twenty-five!
This was almost two and a half times the original speed, and the effect was very obvious.
If Kang Shin-mu could reach the Dubhe District, his absorption speed would most likely be around fifty times faster than when he was in the Yuheng District, or even double the current speed.
Unfortunately, once he reached the Dubhe District, he would have to go to the void rift most of the time. He would not have the free time to cultivate in the Dragon Martial Academy.
Of course, the Dragon Martial Academy would not let the students from the Dubhe District and Tianxuan District train near the void rift all the time. Every student could apply for leave to return to the Dragon Martial Academy after killing enough void demonic creatures to cultivate, mainly to absorb the dragon mark's energy.
Moreover, it was said that when students from the Divine Pivot and Divine Jade districts returned to the academy to absorb the dragon mark's energy, their absorption speed would increase to a certain extent.
This was mainly the reward they could obtain from training in the Void Cracks. They could obtain demon-hunting points by hunting Void Beasts, and they could use the demon-hunting points to exchange for treasures that could not be exchanged in the Dragon Martial Academy.
Unfortunately, Kang Shin-mu did not plan on hunting Void Demons for the time being. To him, that was a little too ambitious. It was better for him to go to the Beast Abyss to train and strengthen himself first.
"About a year more!"
"One year later, I will be able to participate in the school competition and strive to enter the Heaven Center District!"
One year later, Kang Shin-mu's goal was the core of the Heaven's Pivot District. If this was known to others, it would be hard to believe, and some might even sneer at him.
Going from the Phecda Region to the Heaven Center Region in a year was practically a pipe dream. It had to be known that it had taken top geniuses like Feng Lige and Yu Tiangshang several years to go from the Phecda Region to the Heaven Jade Region, and then from the Heaven Jade Region to the Heaven Center Region.
It was almost impossible to complete such a leap in just a year.
But what others could not do, it was not impossible for Kang Shin-mu.
After all, Kang Shin-mu had the Devouring talent, and he could lead the team to monopolize the Beast Abyss, so it would be relatively easier for him to gain experience points. It was not impossible for him to reach the strength of the Heaven Center Region in a year.
Of course, Kang Shin-mu was not a hundred percent sure that he could achieve it.
There were nine places in the Heaven Center Region now, three times more than before. But every cultivator in the Heaven Center Region was the best among the students, and they basically had Divine Dragon blood at the level of the Dragon Emperor. Moreover, they were at the fifth level of the Rebirth Tribulation Realm and above!
The Dragon Emperor's blood might even be at the third or fourth level.
It would be rather difficult for Kang Shin-mu to catch up to them.
"Now that I'm in the Phecda Region, I can spend half a year to absorb the dragon mark's energy!"
Kang Shin-mu thought to himself.
His current Divine Dragon blood was at the sixth level of the Dragon King. If he wanted to reach the Dragon Emperor's level of Divine Dragon blood, he would have to upgrade it four more times.
In the past, these four upgrades might have taken him two to three years.
But now, he only needed less than a year.
Of course, the prerequisite was that he would not encounter a bottleneck in breaking through.
With Kang Shin-mu's talent, it was unlikely that he would encounter a bottleneck. Moreover, Kang Shin-mu could not always cultivate in the Dragon Martial Academy and absorb the dragon mark's energy. He had to lead the team to the Beast Abyss and train himself from time to time.
After all, his Divine Dragon Tyrant Body Technique and Wind Shadow Flowing Cloud Flash could only be improved through actual combat.
Among them, the Wind Shadow Flowing Cloud Flash improved faster through actual combat.
On the other hand, the Divine Dragon Tyrant Body Technique required him to experience all kinds of attacks, allowing his Divine Dragon body to withstand the destruction of all attributes. Finally, he could absorb the Primordial Tyrant Body Beast's energy to break through.
Therefore, it would be difficult for Kang Shin-mu to improve his advanced Origin Source Dragon martial technique if he stayed in the Dragon Martial Academy. If he stayed in seclusion, he might need one to two years to improve these two martial techniques to the Earth grade.
That was too slow for Kang Shin-mu.
Therefore, it was necessary to go out and train. Moreover, Kang Shin-mu wanted some experience points to exchange for some treasures that could help him absorb the dragon mark's energy faster.
For example, some medicinal pills that could help the Divine Dragon body absorb the dragon mark's energy faster.
Another example was that some natural treasures contained the dragon mark's energy. If he absorbed them, it could also speed up the advancement of Kang Shin-mu's Divine Dragon blood essence.
Ordinary students rarely exchanged for natural treasures that contained the dragon mark's energy. That was because the speed at which they obtained experience points was too slow.
And the speed at which Kang Shin-mu obtained experience points was definitely several times faster than ordinary students!
If he went to the Beast Abyss, as long as his luck wasn't too bad, he would be able to obtain a lot of experience points and exchange them for treasures with dragon mark's energy. It wouldn't be a waste of his time. Instead, it would shorten the time it took for his Divine Dragon blood essence to advance.
"I'll cultivate for a period of time and break through to the seventh level of the Dragon King's blood essence!"
Kang Shin-mu made his decision.
Next, he got Ran Ran, Liang Xiao, Xiao Yuhua, and the girl in white to stay in the academy to absorb some dragon mark's energy so that the Dragon King's blood essence could advance by one level … Of course, the speed at which they absorbed the dragon mark's energy was definitely not as fast as Kang Shin-mu. It could only be said that they improved as quickly as possible.
All dragon martial artists knew that if they relied solely on the treasures of heaven and earth with the energy of the dragon mark to raise the grade of the divine dragon's blood essence, the divine dragon's blood essence would not be as pure. Even if they broke through to the Dragon Emperor realm in the future, their power would be lower than that of other dragon martial artists.
Generally speaking, it was best to rely on natural treasures to absorb dragon mark's energy not to exceed half of the Divine Dragon blood essence's grade. Otherwise, it would affect one's strength.
Anything below half would not be affected.