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A low roar came, and a tall light figure walked out of the forest.
It was a Tyrannosaurus Rex with two feet on the ground and short forelimbs, but what was peculiar was that this Tyrannosaurus Rex was not a physical entity, but a transparent yellowish-brown, clearly an energy form.
"Is this a Dragon Soul in another form?" The three girls were seeing creatures in the Dragon Valley for the first time. While curious, their expressions also became serious. After all, without spirit power, their combat strength was not very strong.
Such a strong Tyrannosaurus Rex looked difficult to deal with at first glance.
"This is indeed a Dragon Soul, but it's the most common one. Compared to Dragon Cloud, their energy level is lower, but they do have a certain consciousness. Most Dragon Souls are very aggressive. When you encounter them, as long as you can defeat them, the aura belonging to the Dragon Clan will merge into your body, improving your Physique."
Saying this, Shi Quan tapped the ground with his toe, and a powerful force erupted, directly creating a pit in the ground. The next second, a golden light flashed, and Dragon Spine Xuanyuan appeared in Shi Quan's hand.
He looked at the Tyrannosaurus Rex that was biting towards him and slashed out with his sword.
A golden light flashed by. The Tyrannosaurus Rex didn't even let out a whimper. Its energy-formed body transformed into streams of light and shot out, and Holy Dragon Eight Spears moved in unison, absorbing all the shattered energy of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"So weak?" The three girls looked suspiciously at the dissipated Tyrannosaurus Rex, unsure if Shi Quan was too strong or if this Dragon Soul was too weak.
"These Dragon Souls are not strong. Compared to their former physical bodies, they only have at most one percent of their power, or even weaker. Your current bodies have been transformed by the Dragon Soul power of Dragon Cloud, so these ordinary Dragon Souls pose no threat to you."
Saying this, Shi Quan returned to the side of the three girls, then continued, "This is the power of an ordinary Dragon Soul. Feel it."
Immediately, Shi Quan injected the newly absorbed Dragon Soul power into the three girls' bodies.
"How does it feel?" Shi Quan asked with a smile.
After the three girls frowned and exchanged glances, Dugu Yan was the first to speak, "It doesn't feel very comfortable, it's like after eating something good for too long, you can't get used to eating something bad."
Shi Quan nodded, "That's right, because Dragon Cloud's energy is purer. The power of these ordinary Dragon Souls is mixed with their former power, so it's not as pure. Your bodies have been thoroughly baptized by Dragon Cloud's pure power. If you absorb the power of these Dragon Souls again, the dross within them will instead affect your bodies, which is why you feel this repulsive discomfort."
"So that's how it is." The three girls nodded in sudden realization.
"However, the power of these Dragon Souls is not useless." Saying this, Shi Quan took out a rhomboid crystal from his hundred treasure pouch.
It was a Spirit Bone enhancer.
These conscious Dragon Soul powers are also a type of energy and can be used to create energy crystals for enhancing Spirit Bones.
The enhancement effect of this kind of energy crystal is definitely stronger than that of ordinary energy. Perhaps it can even allow these ordinary Spirit Bones to have a chance to transform into Dragon Bones with Dragon Clan Bloodline. Although they are far from true dragon soul bone, their effect is definitely much stronger than most Spirit Bones.
"Shi Quan, what is this again?" The three girls curiously looked at the Spirit Bone enhancer in Shi Quan's hand.
Shi Quan simply explained that the Spirit Bone enhancer could convert energy into crystals for preservation.
The three girls didn't dwell on it too much.
"Let's go, the appearance of Dragon Souls is good news for us."
"Why?"
"Because the most abundant things around the Dragon Tomb are these conscious Dragon Souls. As long as we walk in the direction of the Dragon Souls, there shouldn't be a big problem."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's keep going."
The interlude ended, and everyone continued to walk deeper into the plain. Along the way, Dragon Cloud still continuously surged into Shi Quan's body. Everything remained the same, and Shi Quan still evenly distributed the energy of these Dragon Clouds to the three girls.
After walking for almost two more days, the group finally emerged from the plain, and the Dragon Clouds in the sky also became sparse.
"It seems these Dragon Clouds are only found on the plain." Zhu Zhuqing's slightly regretful voice came. Her eyesight was the best among the three girls. Looking at the almost vanished Dragon Clouds in the distance, she couldn't help but sigh.
"Boss, there's a considerable commotion on the ground." Shukaku, perched on Shi Quan's shoulder, suddenly looked up and said.
"Understood." Shi Quan nodded. The three girls, hearing this, didn't need Shi Quan's reminder and moved closer to Shi Quan.
After leaving the plain, they entered a dense forest.
Soon after Shukaku's reminder, a "rustling" sound came from ahead, just as they had walked a short distance.
"Here they come."
As soon as Shi Quan finished speaking, more than twenty Dragon Souls appeared within the four people's field of vision.
These Dragon Souls were only one meter tall, with slender forelimbs and powerful, elongated hindlimbs. Their heads were large, and when they opened their mouths, they revealed tiny, blade-like teeth. They were a group of pack-hunting Void Dragon (Phantom Dragons). Their individual strength was less than one-third of the previous Tyrannosaurus Rex, but their strength lay in their speed and large numbers.
"I can handle it." Shi Quan drew Xuanyuan from his back and nodded to Xiao Meng on his right shoulder. Xiao Meng immediately understood, her wings gently vibrated, and silver light shimmered around her body.
"Scatter!" Looking at the Phantom Dragons charging towards them, as the word fell, the Xuanyuan in his hand instantly scattered into more than ten golden streams of light and flew out.
Wherever the streams of light went, the Phantom Dragons directly exploded, turning into balls of energy that flew towards Shi Quan.
Behind Shi Quan, the Holy Dragon Eight Spears moved slightly. These energies seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, and they were all poured into the Spirit Bone enhancer.
"Wow, Shi Quan, your Xuanyuan can separate? So cool!" Dugu Yan's eyes sparkled as she watched the magnificent scene before her.
"It's alright." Shi Quan chuckled. How could controlling a sword to kill enemies not be cool?
"Shi Quan, how do you control these Xuanyuan?" Zhu Zhuqing also curiously looked at the Xuanyuan hovering around, "Can you use spirit power?"
"Not spirit power." Shi Quan gently shook his head, "I use mental force, combined with Spirit God Art and Xiao Meng's abilities, to create a special control method."
"So strong." Ye Lingling couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's alright. The speed and attack strength of sword control are greatly related to mental force. Without spirit power, the strength of sword control is also limited. The most important thing is that Xuanyuan itself is strong enough. If it were an ordinary long sword, dealing with this group of Phantom Dragons would be very troublesome."
In terms of attack, Xuanyuan's attack power was even stronger than Holy Dragon Eight Spears, which is why it could so easily penetrate the Dragon Soul's energy core.
As they continued to advance and entered the dense forest, they encountered more and more Dragon Souls. However, most of them were ordinary Dragon Souls with weak strength, and almost all of them were directly slain by Shi Quan controlling Xuanyuan from a distance. The journey was very easy, and the three girls had no chance to attack.
They continued to move forward for almost another day.
"Boom—"
The Xuanyuan controlled by Shi Quan once again pierced the energy core of a Dark Armored Dragon.
"Shi Quan, these Dragon Souls are getting stronger and stronger." Zhu Zhuqing, with a swift movement, directly crushed the core of one of the Dragon Souls.
Before these ordinary Dragon Soul energies could merge into Zhu Zhuqing's body, they were already devoured and absorbed by the power of Holy Dragon Eight Spears, and then integrated into the Spirit Bone enhancer.
"Indeed, but this also means we're going in the right direction."
Shi Quan nodded. As they moved forward, they encountered more and more Dragon Souls, and he also began to let the three girls participate in the battles.
If he protected the three girls too well, it would only make them lazy, gradually making them dependent on him and losing their ability to think for themselves.
Therefore, Shi Quan only acted at the beginning to directly finish off all the Dragon Souls. Later, he deliberately left some Dragon Souls for the three girls to practice with. Even Ye Lingling, who was an auxiliary Spirit Master, Shi Quan allowed her to participate in the battle.
After the Dragon Cloud nourished their bodies, the three girls could leap nine or ten meters high with a light jump, even without the support of spirit power.
Being able to jump so high was entirely due to their own physical quality.
Coupled with their martial arts foundation, even without spirit power, dealing with these Dragon Souls was not a problem based on their physical quality.
"That's right." Ye Lingling, stepping on Lingbo Micro Step, shattered the core of a Dragon Soul with a palm strike and then continued, "Shi Quan said before that the Dragon Tomb buries the remains of true Dragons. By logical deduction, the Dragon Souls guarding the Dragon Tomb should be the strongest. The closer to the Dragon Tomb, the stronger the Dragon Souls naturally become. The plain we were in before should be the outer area of the Dragon Valley. Now, the stronger the Dragon Souls, the closer we are to the Dragon Tomb in the middle of the Dragon Valley."
"Lingling is right." Dugu Yan also nodded in agreement, "But I just don't know how strong the Dragon Souls in the Dragon Tomb actually are. These Dragon Souls are getting harder and harder to deal with."
"Don't worry, it's not a big problem." One of Shi Quan's goals in coming to the Dragon Valley was the strongest true dragon soul bone, the mountain dragon king's torso bone, in the Dragon Tomb, so he was naturally well-prepared for it.
Everyone continued to move forward.
"A Quan, there's a big fellow ahead." After another day of walking, Xiao Meng suddenly spoke up to warn him.
Shi Quan immediately stopped, and his Spirit Sense spread out. Soon, a Dragon Soul emitting a faint red glow all over its body was circling. This Dragon Soul was over twenty meters tall, with its double wings spread behind it. Its entire body seemed to be engulfed in invisible flames, and its long tail dragged behind it. Its foreclaws were incredibly sharp.
Through the shared effect of Spirit Sense, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing also saw this enormous figure.
"What kind of Dragon is this? It feels like it's more than one Rank stronger than the Dragon Souls we encountered before." Dugu Yan looked at the scene transmitted through Spirit Sense, her heart tightening, because her Martial Spirit had Dragon Clan Bloodline, making her more sensitive to the strength of Dragon Souls.
"This Dragon should be a Blazing Fire Dragon. Unlike all the Dragon Souls we've encountered before, the Blazing Fire Dragon is a true Dragon, not on the same Rank as those sub-dragons we encountered before, so the feeling is different…"