Chapter 434: The Primordial Dragon Vein

Chapter 434: The Primordial Dragon Vein

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The Eclipse Ability!

Ji Xinghuo was first filled with delight, but then his heart was filled with confusion.

He had read about the Seven Great Dragon Species, and while the Obliteration Dragon was extremely rare, countless people had come into contact with it or formed a symbiosis with it over the years. The Imperial Dragon Masters of various dynasties had also studied and compiled information about it.

There were around twenty abilities that the Obliteration Dragon could potentially awaken, and the most famous and powerful among them was the "Obliteration Beam."

The fundamental principle of this Starfall ability was related to antimatter.

The Obliteration Dragon created antimatter and collided it with regular matter, causing an annihilation effect that instantly converted the matter into energy, releasing it in the form of high-energy photons.

There were also several other abilities related to the annihilation effect.

However, the Obliteration Dragon did not possess the Primordial Dragon Vein!

Ji Xinghuo had never heard of the "Primordial Dragon Vein" ability before, at least not in the several books and records he had read.

"Primordial Dragon Vein..."

Ji Xinghuo's face showed his deep thought.

In the True Dragon people's faith, they referred to all the bloodlines in their bodies and those of dragons as the "Ancestral Dragon Bloodline."

They firmly believed that their bloodline originated from the oldest Ancestral Dragon in the Star Realm, passing down through generations of their clan and also spreading to various dragon species. Both humans and dragons were believed to be descendants of the Ancestral Dragon, having simply evolved in different directions.

The Dragon of Finality was one of the incarnations of this Ancestral Dragon.

Up until now, Ji Xinghuo had always considered this claim to be a mythical legend and hadn't taken it seriously.

But now, seeing the "Primordial Dragon Vein," he couldn't help but make a connection.

Could the Ancestral Dragon truly exist?

Does the Primordial Dragon Vein refer to the bloodline of the Ancestral Dragon?

Ji Xinghuo's mind focused on the ability information on the interface, and he immediately learned of its effects, which consisted of four aspects.

First, the Primordial Dragon Vein had a suppressive effect on all dragon-type beings, including but not limited to dragons, True Dragon humans, pseudo-dragon humans, dragon-descended races, dragon beasts, and so on. Any being carrying dragon vein genes would be affected.

When facing the Primordial Dragon Vein, their abilities, stellar power, physiology, and psychology would be disrupted and their strength weakened.

This suppression was innate and couldn't be completely avoided.

Even if the opponent's strength far surpassed one's own, they would still be affected by the disruption, although the suppressive effect would be lessened. If the strength difference was reversed and the gap between their tiers was large, the Primordial Dragon Vein could even directly control the opponent.

Secondly, the Primordial Dragon Vein could fuse with all dragon-type variants and those collected from dragon vein beings with a 100% success rate.

Thirdly, all dragon-type abilities would have their power amplified.

Lastly, during evolution and transformation, there was a high probability that new abilities would be awakened, not limited to the vein's species.

The effects of these four aspects would increase as the level of the Primordial Dragon Vein rose.

"Defying the heavens!"

That was the only thought left in Ji Xinghuo's mind.

He had come across four Eclipse Abilities before today—Man Ying's Quantum Intellect, Ye Zhen's Reincarnation and Plant Prototypes, and Jiu You's King of Darkness—and while they were all very powerful, they paled in comparison to the Primordial Dragon Vein.

Even if he were told that this was a "Cosmos Light" ability, Ji Xinghuo wouldn't doubt it.

"This is too damn strong!"

Possessing the Primordial Dragon Vein meant not only gaining infinite potential but also being the bane of all dragon-type species!

Especially in the True Dragon Dynasty.

In this dragon-ruled domain, the might of the Primordial Dragon Vein was comparable to that of a Cosmos Light ability.

"Just what have I hatched here?"

Ji Xinghuo gently stroked the hard scales of the Obliteration Dragon, his mind filled with questions. This was definitely not an ordinary Obliteration Dragon; otherwise, why would it have remained unhatched in the titanium-cobalt incubation room for over eighteen thousand years without turning into a dead egg?

Even the eggs of the God Dragon species shouldn't have been hatched using spiritual source energy.

Spiritual source energy was connected to the Star God faith.

Suddenly, Ji Xinghuo recalled the soul-shuddering feeling he had experienced when the Obliteration Dragon broke out of its shell—it was identical to the feeling he had gotten when witnessing the Dragon of Finality's ritual. There was also that terrifying aura of destruction...

And the Dragon of Finality was the Ancestral Dragon...

The Obliteration Dragon also bore a strong resemblance to the Dragon of Finality, and some scholars in the True Dragon Dynasty even speculated that the true form of the Dragon of Finality might be that of an Obliteration Dragon.

Ji Xinghuo's heart trembled.

He looked at the Obliteration Dragon, which had uncoiled itself from around him and was now hovering above the ice cave, flapping its wings from time to time as it flew sinuously, looking very happy.

Despite having just hatched, it already possessed the might of a Quake-level beast, but its intellect was comparable to that of a one or two-year-old infant.

The Obliteration Dragon could only vaguely understand Ji Xinghuo's meaning.

Ji Xinghuo shook his head.

"No matter what kind of dragon it is, it has to listen to me. Even if it's a Dragon of Finality hatchling, it'll have to be my enforcer." He put aside his worries and began thinking about how to fully utilize the Obliteration Dragon's abilities to enhance his own strength.

"My power has increased!"

It was only at this moment that Ji Xinghuo recovered from his shock and realized that by forming a symbiosis with the Obliteration Dragon, he had gained an amplification of its power.

As a Level 1 Dragon Vein user, he could only access one-tenth of the Obliteration Dragon's power.

No God Dragon species was mediocre when it came to physical strength, and although the Obliteration Dragon wasn't renowned for its might, it was a Quake-level beast. With the amplification of the Primordial Dragon Vein, its strength was comparable to that of an ordinary Meteoric-level dragon species.

Ji Xinghuo felt the energy emanating from the dragon vein within his body, constantly reinforcing his physique and increasing his strength by about 20%.

This amplification of power was not permanent.

If the dragon died, the effect would disappear.

"As long as I raise the Dragon Vein user by one level, the power amplification will increase by another 20%." Ji Xinghuo glanced at the Myriad Star Pupils interface.

[Ability: Dragon Vein User (Level 1/269)]



The 269 points of spiritual source energy were but a drop in the bucket for him now, but he didn't upgrade it immediately.

Even at Level 1, the Dragon Vein user could obtain one ability permanently from the dragon, which would remain even if the dragon died.

Ji Xinghuo had just fused with two abilities and had no more fusion chances left, nor did he have any expansion curios left.

He took out a Dissolution Pearl.

By using a Dissolution Pearl, he could eliminate one of the fused abilities while retaining the fusion chance.

He had obtained three Dissolution Pearls from Karula on Black Ring Star and had traded one with Guli Star, leaving him with two.

Ji Xinghuo had originally planned to save them for later, but now he had no other choice.

Crack!

Ji Xinghuo crushed the white pearl in his hand, pouring the liquid inside into his mouth. He tilted his head back and swallowed it, feeling an uncomfortable energy spreading through his body. He quickly controlled it, directing it towards his hands.

Soon, the invisible energy reached the palm flexor muscles on his wrists, where the "Thunderclap Hands" ability had been implanted.

The once-integrated xenogeneic tissue gradually resurfaced.

Then it melted like ice and snow.

A few minutes later, cracks appeared on Ji Xinghuo's wrists, and a splatter of blood shot out. He felt a pang in his heart as Thunderclap Hands was erased.

He opened the Myriad Star Pupils interface.

As expected, "Thunderclap Hands" was gone.

"It's a good thing it was just an Outstanding ability," Ji Xinghuo sighed. Previously, he had upgraded Thunderclap Hands to level six, consuming nearly 14,000 points of spiritual source energy, which wasn't a lot. If it had been a Superlimit ability, the loss would have been much greater.

After Thunderclap Hands was erased, Ji Xinghuo immediately felt a sense of hunger, and he could fuse with another ability.

He didn't have time to mourn Thunderclap Hands and quickly called the Obliteration Dragon to land in front of him. He reached out and placed his hand on its head.

He activated the Dragon Vein user ability and entered the dragon vein fusion state.

Ji Xinghuo's mind was presented with two blurry xenogeneic forms, a feeling that was difficult to describe in words, but he could immediately distinguish which one was the Primordial Dragon Vein and which was the Obliteration Ray, as the differences between them were significant.

Of course, he chose the Primordial Dragon Vein without any hesitation!

Ji Xinghuo's consciousness locked onto the Primordial Dragon Vein, and instantly, a wave of energy transmitted from the Obliteration Dragon into his body.

"Hiss..."

It felt like his body was being stretched, and Ji Xinghuo drew in a cold breath.

However, he immediately sensed that the dragon vein within him was undergoing earth-shattering changes. His aura climbed steadily, his bloodline underwent qualitative changes, and his body was transformed from the inside out, as if he were sublimating!

The process of a Dragon Master acquiring an ability from a dragon was similar to copying, and failure was almost impossible.

Nearly twenty minutes passed.

Only then was Ji Xinghuo's dragon vein transformation complete!

Once again, his appearance was subtly adjusted by the dragon vein. His features and physique changed only slightly, but he gained an indescribable air, and the edges of his pitch-black irises now had a ring of dark golden light, exuding an air of authority.

And within his body, Ji Xinghuo's power surged once more.

Both the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique and Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Blood, these two dragon-type abilities, were amplified by the Primordial Dragon Vein, doubling their effects.

"My power..."

Ji Xinghuo sensed the surging power within him and estimated that his bench press capacity had exceeded 2,000 tons!

The might of the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique increased significantly, and the electromagnetic field also amplified synchronously.

All electromagnetic-type abilities became stronger.

And this was without even upgrading the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique or the Primordial Dragon Vein. With the remaining 130,000 spiritual source energy, there was still room for enormous improvement!

"Finally..."

Ji Xinghuo exhaled a satisfied sigh. "I also have an Eclipse ability now!"

He exuded a bloodline aura reminiscent of an ancient ancestral dragon, and the Obliteration Dragon's gaze became even more affectionate. It happily circled around him, its wings stirring up dazzling golden light in the air as it flapped.

"Hahaha!" Ji Xinghuo laughed with delight but didn't forget about another matter. He took out Qinghong from his pocket, revealing its true form.

The last time he had upgraded Alien Symbiosis to level five, Qinghong hadn't shared any abilities.

Now that Thunderclap Hands had been erased, the Thunderclap Hands that Qinghong had shared from him was also gone, no longer appearing on its information interface.

This meant that Qinghong could still share two more abilities.

And it could choose them autonomously.

"Your turn!"

Ji Xinghuo placed his hand on Qinghong's head, activating Alien Symbiosis and entering a state similar to the Dragon Vein user's selection process. However, in the next moment, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes as he realized he couldn't select the Primordial Dragon Vein.

Among the dozen or so abilities in his consciousness, all were selectable except for the Primordial Dragon Vein. It didn't even give him the option, and several other abilities that had already been shared were also absent.

"Can't I?"

Ji Xinghuo's plan was thwarted, and he felt a twinge of regret.

He couldn't help but speculate, "Could it be that because the Primordial Dragon Vein originally wasn't my own ability, I can't share it with Qinghong?"

After confirming multiple times that Qinghong couldn't share the Primordial Dragon Vein, Ji Xinghuo had no choice but to give up and selected the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique for it instead.

Qinghong's body immediately began to strengthen. Like Ji Xinghuo's previous xenogeneic fusions, its body gradually hardened, becoming like an alloy sculpture, before softening and returning to normal, its strength and defense skyrocketing.

"It can still share one more ability."

As Qinghong was being enhanced by the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique, Ji Xinghuo considered his options.

Among the abilities Qinghong could obtain from him, Electromagnetic Oscillation, the second Etheric Resonance, Acceleration, and Spirit Power would boost its strength the most, especially Electromagnetic Oscillation, which had immense potential and could also amplify the effects of the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique and Dragon Blood.

Ji Xinghuo was about to choose Electromagnetic Oscillation when Qinghong shook its head vigorously.

"What's wrong?"

Qinghong's eyes darted around, but as it couldn't speak, it struggled to express itself clearly. Ji Xinghuo could only say to it, "You decide then."

Qinghong immediately made its choice.

Ji Xinghuo sensed the change in its ability, and he was somewhat surprised because Qinghong had chosen Spirit Power. His own Spirit Power had already reached level five, with an effective radius of 1,500 meters, surpassing most sixth-rank spirit stringers.

Qinghong's body slowly levitated, and its invisible spirit power spread out.

"So that's how it is."

Spiritual stringers could only tune their spiritual power once, determining their dominant energy attribute.

For example, Ji Xinghuo himself was an Electric Field stringer. If he fused with other creative energy-type abilities, his spiritual power could also assist in control, but the amplification effect and control precision would not be as effective as electromagnetic abilities.

And Qinghong had chosen to be a Vacuum stringer.

As a born spiritual creature, it had awakened the abilities of Microscopic and Dimensional Stomach early in its evolution, and later gained Great Change, Rift Claws, and Vacuum Perception, which advanced to Vacuum Guide Source, as well as Star Realm Jump, all of which were related to spatial abilities.

Additionally, its other abilities, Gravity Cataclysm, Bio-Field, and Blink, also involved spatial applications.

As for the Superfrequency Thought template that spiritual stringers required, Qinghong had already shared it with him.

Thus, the best evolutionary direction for Qinghong was indeed that of a Vacuum stringer!

Moments later.

Qinghong completed its tuning, mastering fifth-level spiritual power.

But since they were on Black Ring Star instead of the Star Realm, Qinghong couldn't demonstrate its newfound strength to Ji Xinghuo, as some of the Vacuum stringer's abilities couldn't be used here.

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future," Ji Xinghuo said with a smile.

The Obliteration Dragon had been observing Qinghong and now that it understood the relationship between Qinghong and Ji Xinghuo was the same as its own, it lowered its guard and approached Qinghong, sniffing curiously.

Qinghong, in a cheerful mood, responded amicably and even nuzzled the Obliteration Dragon's head with its own.

After they became familiar with each other, Qinghong allowed the Obliteration Dragon to perch on its back.

Ji Xinghuo then turned his attention to upgrading his abilities.

Dragon Vein and Titanium-Cobalt Dragon Physique couldn't be upgraded for the time being, and he still had to return to Titanium Ring City, so he couldn't afford to arouse any suspicions.

However, he could upgrade Primordial Dragon Vein.

Ji Xinghuo immediately invested spiritual source energy, and he discovered that his Primordial Dragon Vein and that of the Obliteration Dragon were separate and wouldn't be upgraded synchronously.

"Makes sense."

"The abilities of the Dragon Master and the dragon are separate. Otherwise, if the dragon died, the Dragon Master's abilities wouldn't be retained."

He thought for a moment, then invested 20,000 points of spiritual source energy respectively into his own and the Obliteration Dragon's Primordial Dragon Vein, raising them both to Level 2.

[Ability: Primordial Dragon Vein (Level 2/100999)]



Ji Xinghuo felt his strength growing again, the ancestral dragon bloodline within him becoming even more robust, though the changes on the surface were not significant. The suppression of dragon veins and the increased probability of awakening abilities were not immediately apparent.

On the other hand, the changes in the Obliteration Dragon were very obvious; its body grew from five meters to about ten meters in length, and its wingspan reached nearly ten meters as well.

Next, Ji Xinghuo upgraded Obliteration Ray.

He invested over 10,000 points of spiritual source energy, and Obliteration Ray advanced to (Level 3/63377). Unfortunately, it was not possible to test the ability's full power in the ice cave, and it wouldn't be safe to do so outside.

He still had over 90,000 points of spiritual source energy remaining.

"I'll save it for now," Ji Xinghuo decided.

Checking the time, he realized that it had been two to three hours since he left Titanium Ring City, and the End of the World Dragon Ritual should be coming to an end.

"Let's go back," he said, asking Qinghong to shrink down and enter his pocket, then looked at the ten-meter-long Obliteration Dragon, feeling a bit perplexed.

It had been a dragon egg when they descended from the space station, but now it had grown so large. How was he going to bring it back?

Suddenly, the Obliteration Dragon's body coiled and transformed into a dark golden light that descended upon Ji Xinghuo's body and vanished.

A projection of the Obliteration Dragon appeared on his chest, like a dark golden tattoo, winding from his chest, around his waist, and onto his back, vivid and lifelike. At the same time, the Primordial Dragon Vein within him merged with that of the Obliteration Dragon, concealing their presence.

"It can do that too?"

Ji Xinghuo was amazed by this newfound convenience.

He leaped out of the ice cave and, through a series of jumps, reached the low orbit of Black Ring Star. Locking onto his destination visually, he jumped again, precisely returning to his hotel room on the space station as if he had never left.

After checking out, he passed through the stargate to return to the Star Realm and then jumped back to Titanium Ring City.

The End of the World Dragon Ritual was coming to an end.

Ji Xinghuo flew into the city at low altitude, passing over the heads of the crowd as he made his way to find Cheng Sheng at the Earth Residence. However, he suddenly received an electromagnetic wave that automatically transformed into a voice in his brain: "The Obliteration Dragon has hatched?"

It was the voice of the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon King.

Ji Xinghuo was startled, but his electromagnetic perception couldn't detect the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon King's presence, and he had no idea where the other party was.

He quickly replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Good."

The Titanium-Cobalt Dragon King seemed to be expressing praise, but his voice was devoid of any emotion, and he fell silent afterward.

Ji Xinghuo waited for a long time, but he didn't hear anything further from the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon King, nor did he receive any further instructions. It was as if the voice he had heard in his mind had been a hallucination.

This left him perplexed.

What exactly was this Titanium-Cobalt Dragon King trying to convey?

However, from the other party's words, Ji Xinghuo could deduce that although the Titanium-Cobalt Dragon King had been secretly observing him, he hadn't followed him to Black Ring Star. His seemingly omniscient information-gathering ability seemed to be limited to Titanium Ring City and its surrounding areas.

This matched Ji Xinghuo's earlier assessment, which was why he had dared to go to Black Ring Star to hatch the dragon egg without fearing exposure.

Nevertheless, the feeling of being spied on at such a critical moment was uncomfortable.

Information asymmetry!

With a hesitant heart, Ji Xinghuo changed his course and flew into Upper Titanium Ring City. As soon as he returned home, he received an exquisite invitation.

The sender was Titanium-Cobalt Qingwei.

She invited him to attend a banquet that evening, along with the top-ranking geniuses from the End of the World Dragon Ritual, as well as outstanding young Dragon Masters from the Titanium-Cobalt family, including those at the fifth and sixth tiers.

Ji Xinghuo had heard of this most favored princess of the Titanium-Cobalt family and naturally wouldn't refuse the invitation.

However, a detail on the invitation caused his pupils to constrict.

The name written on the invite was "Obliteration Ember"!

(End of Chapter)

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