X-Dragon Era

Chapter 214 Chapters 170-171 Silver One Star_3

He stretched luxuriously and Xin Yun said with a smile, "Alright, the competition is over now; everyone can disperse. I need to go back and rest up well because it's my turn to enter the arena tomorrow!"

Hearing Xin Yun's words, the two girls nodded in understanding and then left together. At the same time, Xin Yun also left the arena accompanied by Ke Zhan and Speedy Slash.

On the way back, Ke Zhan said excitedly, "So, boss, are you going to make a one-hit kill tomorrow, or are you going for an overwhelming victory like Yan Qingying did?"

No sooner had Ke Zhan finished speaking than Speedy Slash chimed in, "Yeah, yeah... How are you planning to deal with those guys? Can you give us a teaser in advance?"

Halting for a moment at the two men's questions, Xin Yun then shook his head and said, "No... I'm not going to win tomorrow, but I will lose in style!"

"Ah!" Hearing Xin Yun's response, the two men were utterly dumbfounded. If he was so formidable, why not win? And if you lost, you lost; how could that be impressive?

With their heads full of questions, the two men kept pressing for answers, but Xin Yun just laughed and didn't respond. Heading back to the dorms, he immediately fell asleep, leaving the two men full of unanswered queries.

Sleeping until ten o'clock, Xin Yun left the dormitory, picked up the two girls, and went straight into the underground space. Unlike before, today's practical training was postponed.

Sitting cross-legged on the cushion without closing his eyes, Xin Yun's soul plunged into the Dragon Ball. At this moment... inside the azure sea, there were nine Giant Dragons, circling and roaring, each representing One Star Power. Now, Xin Yun, being a Bronze Nine Stars, had nine dragons. If he could merge the nine dragons into one, he would reach Bronze Ten Stars.

All along, Xin Yun hadn't merged the nine dragons not because it was a question of readiness or lack of experience. In his past life, he had done such things countless times with utmost proficiency.

But ever since he learned that Yinglong possessed the True Water Physique, Xin Yun had an idea. Since he was immune to brute force attacks, close combat would be Xin Yun's strongest suit. Thus, he couldn't casually form the dragon body; he had to consider the characteristics of close combat and modify the dragon body accordingly.

First was the transformation of the dragon horns. Besides the pair that stood obliquely back on the head, Xin Yun formed two forward-curving dragon horns on the sides of Yinglong, resembling two sharpened blades. With Yinglong's speed and impact, once hooked, it would surely cut cleanly through, even if used to slice.

Then, along the dragon's spine, from head to tail, Xin Yun formed thirty-six sharp sword-like protrusions. If hit by Yinglong, these spikes would sever even colossal pillars in half.

The third modification was to Yinglong's claws. Since close combat was the goal, it was natural to model them on the human form for familiarity and to maximize combat abilities.

The forelimbs were extended, reinforced, and ended with sharp claws. Especially the tips, which were made excessively keen. A swipe from these claws could rip through even the strongest armor.

After the forelimbs were modified, it was time for the hind limbs. Like the forelimbs, Xin Yun based his design entirely on his arms and legs. However, for the feet, Xin Yun made further improvements to enhance their destructive power, focusing especially on making the tips exceedingly sharp.

Apart from the joint spikes, after careful consideration, Xin Yun added hidden barbs in various parts of Yinglong's body. Normally, these were flush with the surface and not visible, but once Yinglong coiled around an opponent, their effectiveness became apparent.

With any contraction effort, the barbs would gradually stand up, tilting up to a 45-degree angle, or the more the enemy struggled, the tighter they'd become, driving the barbs deeper. In effect, the opponent would be hurting themselves.

After about three hours, Xin Yun successfully merged the nine dragons and completed the Coagulate Body process. A new Yinglong appeared in the world of the azure sea.

In terms of appearance, Yinglong hadn't changed. It was still dragon-shaped, but now it featured a pair of strong arms and powerful legs. Joint spikes stood tall, and sword-like spikes covered the back from head to tail, chilling onlookers to the core with its spike-covered body, a danger to touch.

With a laugh looking up at the sky, Xin Yun exited the Dragon Pearl World. At this point, Xin Yun finally achieved a breakthrough from Nine Stars, reaching Bronze Ten Stars. But that wasn't all; drawing on his past life experience, Xin Yun had already grasped the Silver abilities while he was at Nine Stars. So with one leap, he reached Silver One Star Power!

Feeling the energy radiating from Xin Yun's body, Yi Luo Xiang covered her mouth in surprise. Although she always regarded Xin Yun as incredibly strong, she never imagined he would breakthrough Nine Stars so effortlessly, skipping Ten Stars and directly achieving Silver One Star. This was beyond exaggeration; it was nothing short of monstrous.

Even now, Yi Luo remained at Bronze Nine Stars. Although her energy had accumulated sufficiently and her superhuman wisdom allowed her to understand Silver abilities at Nine Stars like Xin Yun had, she was stuck at the hurdle of merging the nine dragons.

To merge the nine dragons, you first need sufficient energy accumulation, profound control over that energy, exceptional skill, and, finally, experience. Merging the nine dragons was not so simple as to be easily accomplished.

These last two steps seemed simple: merge the nine dragons to reach Ten Stars and then break through to the next realm. However, the reality was that these were the toughest challenges. Most people got stuck here, struggling to advance any further.

Although Yi Luo was intelligent, with wisdom comparable to the reborn Xin Yun, understanding Silver abilities at Nine Stars, and even successfully unleashing them, when it came to experience, skill, and energy control, she was inevitably lacking. Many things simply couldn't be replaced by intelligence. (To be continued. To find out what happens next, please visit .

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