The energy of the dragon mark surged into Kang Shin-mu's body like a tidal wave, and his entire body was being scoured by the incomparably huge dragon mark energy flow.
The dragon mark energy was constantly destroying his Divine Dragon body, but he had devoured the power of the Devil General's Devil Core and the effect of the Dark Dragon Filth Mastery allowed him to recover in a short period of time.
Pain, as always, enveloped Kang Shin-mu's entire body.
The dragon mark energy was constantly being devoured and absorbed, but there was still a lot of it constantly swimming in his Divine Dragon body.
Under such circumstances, the high-level Source Body Refining Dragon martial technique and Divine Dragon Tyrant Body Technique that he cultivated had been improved to a certain extent.
"I can feel that my Divine Dragon inheritance blood essence is becoming stronger and stronger after merging with the dragon mark energy!"
Now, Kang Shin-mu could clearly feel this.
This feeling had never been felt before. Even when he devoured and absorbed the treasures that contained the dragon mark energy, it was not as obvious as it was now.
It was almost like the Divine Dragon inheritance blood essence was improving at ten times the speed, and its grade was constantly skyrocketing.
"Dragon King to Dragon Emperor!"
Kang Shin-mu felt that his Divine Dragon body was constantly being destroyed and constantly recovering. In the process, his dragon bones, dragon scales, dragon claws... all began to thicken and expand.
Before Dragon Emperor, even at the peak of Dragon King, the essence of a Dragon Warrior could still be said to be human.
But when a Dragon Warrior cultivated to Dragon Emperor, Kang Shin-mu could clearly find that he could freely switch between the Divine Dragon form and human form. Even when he was in human form, he could explode with 50% of the power of the Divine Dragon form.
Unlike before, where he could only unleash 30% of his strength, this was the life essence of a dragon martial artist. As the grade of the Divine Dragon Inheritance Blood Essence increased, he was transforming into a Divine Dragon.
Because of this, the level of Dragon Emperor was very important to a Dragon Warrior.
Even if it was only one level of the Divine Dragon inheritance blood essence, the strength would increase a lot. That was because the life form of a Dragon Warrior was getting closer and closer to the complete Divine Dragon transformation.
The cultivation of a Dragon Warrior was, in fact, a process of attuning to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and constantly improving one's cultivation realm. At the same time, it was also a process of improving one's life form. It was said that when a Dragon Warrior cultivated to the peak, they could truly become a Divine Dragon that roamed the world.
As for what level he needed to reach … no one knew. The Fiendcelestial Ancestor was also very secretive about it. He did not discuss it with Kang Shin-mu at all.
As Kang Shin-mu felt his divine dragon body growing bigger, his strength was also increasing.
The upgrade of the inherited blood essence had directly transformed his devouring power, and his physical body had also become more tyrannical. He could feel that his dragon scales and dragon flesh had become firmer, and the temperature of his dragon blood had become higher. He could erupt with greater power at any time.
"Advancing to the Dragon Emperor would allow the Dragon Warrior's Divine Dragon Body to become even tougher. It is equivalent to cultivating a Body Refining Dragon Martial Technique!"
"This improvement may not be particularly obvious for an ordinary Dragon Warrior, but for those of us who have cultivated the Body Refining Dragon Martial Technique, it is a great change."
"After breaking through to the Dragon Emperor, I don't even need to activate the Divine Dragon Tyrant Body Technique's Guardian Stance when facing the Frost Bat's sonic attack."
After breaking through to the Dragon Emperor, the strength of the Dragon Warrior's talent power would skyrocket. For example, after Ran Ran and the others reached the Dragon Emperor level, the strength of their talent power had almost doubled.
Because of this, it was said that the breakthrough from the Dragon King to the Dragon Emperor was the biggest hurdle for a Dragon Warrior. It was also the breakthrough with the greatest change.
Kang Shin-mu's Divine Dragon body was constantly growing bigger. The process of breaking through to the Dragon Emperor was equivalent to the remodeling of the Divine Dragon body. Ordinary Dragon Warriors would basically feel a lot of pain. After all, the dragon bones and dragon scales in their body would all be strengthened.
But for Kang Shin-mu, this pain was almost negligible.
It was not as painful as the Violent Dragon Mark energy that he had not yet absorbed and integrated into the Inheritance Blood Essence. It was the pain that was wreaking havoc around his body. It was almost tearing his whole body into pieces.
As Kang Shin-mu broke through to the Dragon Emperor level, his Divine Dragon body became stronger.
When he finished devouring the power of the Devil General's Devil Core in his body, he found that he could resist the invasion of the Dragon Mark energy even without devouring the Devil General's Devil Core.
This was because he had broken through to the Dragon Emperor level. His Divine Dragon body had skyrocketed into a Black Dragon that was thousands of feet long. His physical strength had been strengthened, and the raging Dragon Mark energy around him was getting less and less. After all, he had been devouring the Dragon Mark energy.
"There is still a lot of Dragon Mark energy left!"
"The Divine Dragon Marrow is indeed extraordinary. Although it is only the lowest Yellow Rank, maybe … I can take this opportunity to break through to the second level of the Dragon Emperor!"
Kang Shin-mu set a new goal for himself.
If he directly broke through to the second level of the Dragon Emperor, the Devouring Power in his body would become stronger, and his combat power would increase again.
Now, his foundation was too weak. But after this, his foundation would catch up. Coupled with his strength in other aspects, he would definitely be able to beat countless Dragon Martial Artists of the same level.
Next, he would be able to dominate the entire battlefield of the Nine Clans!
Of course, the premise was that he would not encounter someone like The Evil Prince, who was a core member of the younger generation of the Nine Clans. People like that had countless treasures and powerful weapons.
For example, the Evil Prince's Crimson Rose Fan was still not something that Kang Shin-mu could resist.
At least, if Kang Shin-mu encountered the Crimson Rose Seal, he could only rely on the Devouring Power to solve it. He could not use his own strength to break through it.
"It's because I haven't cultivated an offensive dragon martial skill … But, I really don't have time to cultivate it now."
If Jiang Shenwu could cultivate an attack type dragon martial skill, his explosive power would increase. However, even if it was just a high level Origin Source Dragon martial skill, it was not something that could be completed in a short period of time.
If it was a Holy Spirit Dragon martial skill, it would be even more difficult.
It was basically impossible to cultivate a Human-level Holy Spirit Dragon martial skill from scratch to the Dragon Level in a year. Even reaching the Earth Level would be considered a genius.
Therefore, Kang Shin-mu had always handed the task of attacking to the other members of the team. As long as they could work together and improve, to Kang Shin-mu, it would make up for Kang Shin-mu's shortcomings.
Moreover, when he really encountered a strong enemy, as Kang Shin-mu had broken through to the Dragon Emperor Blood Essence, the effect of his Devouring Power would also be stronger.
After devouring enough power, he only needed to use the Shadow Dragon Sky Raising Break to unleash an explosive power, and he would have a chance to kill his opponent.
After all, he now had two methods to enhance his lethality.
The first was the Snow Wind Dragon Pattern Stone, and the second was the Divine Dragon Tyrant Body Technique's strong attack stance.
"The energy of these dragon marks caused such great damage to me, and made my Divine Dragon Tyrant Body Technique improve by leaps and bounds."