Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?-Chapter 273: Incomplete Dragon Soul
Chapter 273: Incomplete Dragon Soul
As the dragon soul gradually solidified from its phantom form, black veins suddenly appeared on Chen Huaian's bare upper body. The demonic energy surged within a radius of ten feet, and the Heavenly Demon Art automatically activated under the attraction of dragon qi and the aura of a ferocious beast.
The First Volume of the Heavenly Demon Art — Blood Cocoon Condensation — refined the flesh and blood of demons and evil spirits to strengthen the body, forming an indestructible dermal membrane.
At this moment, dark red fascia oozed from every pore of Chen Huaian's body, weaving into a semi-transparent cocoon. The blood cocoon simultaneously absorbed the dragon qi and the sinister beast qi from Bajii.
The two forces intertwined like a yin-yang fish, swirling across his body.
After a while, both forces were fully refined and absorbed. The shattered cocoon turned to dust before even hitting the ground, revealing Chen Huaian’s muscular and tightly-knit body.
His skin shimmered with the luster of jade, with faint flashes of gold and blood-red glow, all of which eventually faded away.
At this moment, the First Volume of the Heavenly Demon Art reached its pinnacle!
The Heavenly Demon Art ceased to operate, and Chen Huaian’s dantian underwent a transformation.
The dragon soul swam inside his dantian, leaving ripples of golden brilliance wherever its tail fin swept.
On the windowsill, Little Qing shrank into the water basin. Seeing the blazing sun-like radiance emerging from Chen Huaian’s lower abdomen, just a single glance made its eyes sting.
All the spiritual energy flowing into the dantian was immediately refined into golden dragon qi, which, under the circulation of the Tidal Art, spread throughout his body.
By now, the suction force coming from Chen Huaian had already slowed, and the ten spirit crystals of the high-level Spirit Gathering Array had long since turned into dust. Bajii collapsed on the side, and you could clearly hear faint dragon roars and the sound of iron sand flowing within the boss's body.
Once the Tidal Art completed its first major circulation, the dragon qi had completely spread throughout his body.
Creak—creak—!
Fine golden dragon scales slowly began to grow from his knuckles, extending up to his neck.
Eventually, they gathered into a golden line along his spine, fading gradually as it reached the tailbone.
【That’s... dragon tendons!】
【What the hell is this boss up to?!】
Bajii stared at the anomaly on Chen Huaian’s body.
It could only be stunned in its heart, powerless to give any reaction.
It couldn’t even twitch an ear, let alone get up.
After a while, Chen Huaian opened his eyes, a flash of golden vertical pupils passing through his gaze.
“Holy sh*t, is the effect of the Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill this insane?” Chen Huaian was shocked by the explosive surge of power within his body.
In just this short period, he had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.
One more step and he would hit perfection.
With a little rounding up, how was this any different from reaching Foundation Establishment directly?
“Finally got to feel the joy of a genius breaking through realms one after another,” Chen Huaian shook his head with mixed emotions, “but these spirit crystals and high-level Spirit Gathering Arrays sure don’t last long...”
In just half an hour, he had drained ten spirit crystals dry.
To think that ten spirit crystals could usually sustain Li Qingran, Yue Qianchi, and even three core disciples for ten whole hours of cultivation without issue.
Was he really going to have to spend money on more spirit crystals?
But the Digital Girlfriend Store didn’t sell spirit crystals.
And the high-level Spirit Gathering Array was for Li Qingran’s exclusive use.
Now, the only sources of spirit crystals were loot drops from powerful cultivators in the Cangyun Realm, or exchanging modern items with karma — like the Soul Suppressing Nail from the Corpse King Emperor Jiang.
Only spirit crystals could sustain his current cultivation speed of devouring spiritual energy. The Nine-Turn Spirit Orchid could barely maintain a comfortable “cultivator’s” living environment.
“Bajii, what’s wrong with you?”
Chen Huaian noticed Bajii lying motionless next to his thigh like a dead cat.
That shouldn’t be happening.
Bajii should be jumping around just like him.
This was a high-level Spirit Gathering Array! How dense must the spiritual energy be?
Could it be that the dense spiritual energy had overloaded it into this half-dead state?
Just as Chen Huaian was about to reach out and examine Bajii’s condition, before his hand could touch it, Bajii suddenly sprang up like a carp, stumbled into a corner, and curled up, refusing to come out.
“Useless!”
Chen Huaian shook his head.
“A wild boar can’t chew fine bran!”
Bajii almost burst into tears hearing Chen Huaian mutter.
It had lost more than half of its cultivation.
Before, it could still conceal its demonic aura and true form. Now, maintaining its cat form was already its limit.
If the boss really probed, wouldn’t its identity be exposed?
Sure, it considered itself an ant, but that was only because the elephant hadn't noticed it yet. If it did, whether it crushed it or not would depend entirely on the elephant’s whim.
【Treading on thin ice...】
【This king’s entire life, treading on thin ice!】
Bajii buried its cat head into its paws and silently cried.
Even Little Qing now had higher cultivation than it.
It swore it would never cultivate with the boss again in this life!
This time it cost cultivation.
Next time, it could cost its life!
Chen Huaian opened the game to check his player character panel.
It wasn’t like he couldn’t sense his own state.
Mainly, the game panel gave him more detailed and quantified information.
He wouldn’t have known if he hadn’t looked, but when he did, he was startled.
【Chen Huaian (Main Body)】
【Age: 21 (Remaining lifespan: 732 years)】
【Realm: Qi Refining Ninth Level】
【Talents: Yin-Yang Sword Bone, Divine Lightning Spiritual Root, Sword Spiritual Root, Grade-One Dantian - Dragon Platform, Dragon Soul (Incomplete)】
【Techniques: Tidal Art (Upgradeable) Heavenly Demon Art - First Volume: Blood Cocoon Condensation (Pinnacle) Sword Manual - First Style (Pinnacle) Sword Manual - Second Style (Pinnacle) Sword Manual - Third Style (Pinnacle) ... Twelfth Style (Barely Understood) Green Lotus Secret — Dao Birth Sword (Barely Understood)】
【Combat Power Evaluation: 《You sure this isn’t hacked?》】
Only the first three sword techniques were fully mastered.
The rest were at minor completion or just barely understood.
But Chen Huaian was already very satisfied.
After all, even the game panel admitted he was basically cheating.
What puzzled him was — how did the First Volume of the Heavenly Demon Art reach perfection without him noticing?
He originally thought he’d still need to devour a good number of demons and evil spirits before completing it, but he could already start training the Second Volume — Bone Resonance.
Did he accidentally swallow some bloodline-overloaded super demon while cultivating just now?
He had absolutely no memory of it!
And what did this “Dragon Soul (Incomplete)” mean?
Could it be that the cancerous demon dragon that was wreaking havoc inside his body had actually devoured part of the dragon soul?
That would be a disaster.
He hurriedly sank his consciousness into the dantian to check on the dragon soul.
Compared to before, when it was weak and half-dead, the soul coiled within the dantian now had the majestic body of a dragon.
Only — its eyes were shut.
With those dragon eyes closed, no matter how imposing its body was, it still felt lifeless.
Chen Huaian couldn’t help but think of a famous saying — “The finishing touch to a dragon.”
Could the missing part of the dragon soul be those eyes?
If he completed the dragon soul…
Would his dantian be able to upgrade to top-grade?
Li Qingran had a top-grade dantian.
His was only grade one.
That didn’t sit right.
A good lock deserves a good key.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t even be able to turn it.
Compelled by a strange attraction, Chen Huaian reached out to touch the dragon’s head.
A dragon roar exploded deep within his soul.
Anger, sorrow, helplessness, hysteria.
Chen Huaian couldn’t understand the dragon’s roar. freёweɓnovel.com
But its scream still condensed into a clear message in his heart.
— Taishan.
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