Chapter 32: Third Rank Black Water

After defeating Huo Er and becoming the sole leader of Black Dragon Fortress, and after the second Dragon Fortress Ranking Battle ended,

Daily life returned to tranquility once again.

However, there was a slight change from before——

In this ranking battle, Sai Jia suffered another crushing defeat at the claws of the blue dragon juvenile 'Tai La Ji', whose attack nearly tore off its dragon wings.

Perhaps for this reason, or perhaps to take revenge on that blue dragon juvenile in the next Dragon Fortress Ranking Battle, Sai Jia turned his gaze to other ways of growing stronger, eventually choosing to cultivate a battle qi technique.

Originally, Sai Jia didn't think much of the power supposedly brought by battle qi, because its strength and size grew quickly, far surpassing that of an ordinary black dragon.

Cultivating battle qi to achieve results requires a great deal of time. For humans, perhaps it can be done quickly; with talent, ten or twenty years can make one a powerful figure. But for giant dragons, their huge size advantage at this point also brings them some 'disadvantages'.

Just circulating battle qi through the entire dragon body requires an enormous amount of battle qi; naturally, the time needed to become strong is much longer than for small-bodied races.

However, having disadvantages also brings advantages. Such a vast amount of battle qi allows giant dragons to overwhelm others through sheer quantity.

For example, when reaching the level where battle qi can be projected outward, a human expert's projected battle qi might be only ten meters long.

But a giant dragon, a single battle qi slash, could exceed a hundred meters. This is not an exaggeration at all; it might even be an understatement.

Lai Ang heard that the battle qi technique Sai Jia cultivated was called Raging Wave Battle Qi, which is considered one of the stronger battle qi techniques in the black dragon inheritance.

Like Black Water Battle Qi, it can be cultivated to the peak of the Ninth Rank.

However, unlike Black Water Battle Qi, Raging Wave Battle Qi excels at explosive power, while being slightly weaker in other aspects; Black Water Battle Qi provides balanced improvements across the board, making it a pentagonal warrior.

Upon hearing this, Lai Ang still felt quite pleased.

"Sai Jia's body already develops extremely fast, and now he has also cultivated battle qi."

Lai Ang began to look forward to it.

It does not fear that Sai Jia's strength will surpass it and then overthrow it.

On the contrary, it greatly looks forward to Sai Jia's growth; perhaps this third younger brother of mine could become my left and right hand in the future.

The second younger brother, Ai Di, is not much good either; aside from being a bit smarter than an ordinary black dragon in wisdom, he seems to have nothing special.

Among the three brothers, Ai Di's strength has already been left far behind, and if nothing unexpected happens, this gap will only grow larger.

Aside from this, the otherwise peaceful days saw only a little commotion caused by the White Dragon Parna.

This mother dragon, originally timid, after fiercely defeating several strong hatchlings in that Dragon Fortress Ranking Battle, has become unstoppable.

She often strolls near Black Dragon Fortress; upon encountering a small dragon she feels she can beat, she issues a challenge.

Sometimes she wins, sometimes she loses, but because she actively chooses her opponents, she wins more often than not.

Lai Ang understood clearly that this white dragon was using this method to free herself from her previous psychological shadow.

Put simply, the honest dragon suddenly realized it wasn't actually that weak, and then erupted.

The more timid it had been, the more severely it had been suppressed; thus, when it erupted, the eruption was just as intense.

The young dragons of Black Dragon Fortress, when encountering Parna, usually sneak away to avoid drawing her attention.

After all, those who had bullied Parna the most were precisely the black dragons of Black Dragon Fortress.

Lai Ang thought that if Parna did not fear his authority as leader, perhaps the relatively weak young dragons of Black Dragon Fortress would also have suffered a beating from her.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Lai Ang felt quite exhilarated, because after accumulating over a year of idle time, his Black Water Battle Qi was finally about to breakthrough to Third Rank today!

Originally, as Lai Ang's dragonkin biological level entered Second Rank, Black Water Battle Qi had already declined significantly in his power composition.

But after today, once Black Water Battle Qi breakthroughs, its power will greatly increase and again become a major component of Lai Ang's strength.

"Here it comes."

Midnight had arrived; with the final point of idle experience ticking over, Black Water Battle Qi went from 【Second Rank 9 (49/50)】 to 【Second Rank 10】.

Level ten is max level; after reaching max level, Black Water Battle Qi naturally begins to breakthrough.

Lai Ang believed the most terrifying aspect of the idle slot talent was——no breakthrough bottleneck.

As long as the experience points are sufficient, one can naturally breakthrough to the next level, completely unbound by talent!

Perhaps some mutant dragons cultivate battle qi faster than Lai Ang's idle training, but no dragon dares claim that breaking through ranks is as easy as drinking water, with no bottleneck at all.

Unless, it also has the idle feature.

Lai Ang immersed himself in the process of his internal battle qi breakthrough. When Black Water Battle Qi reached level ten, Lai Ang felt the Black Water Battle Qi within his body begin to boil.

Like a whirlpool, the Black Water Battle Qi inside his body began to spin and coalesce.

With each rotation, the battle qi vortex grew smaller and its color became deeper and more profound.

The quality of the Black Water Battle Qi continually increased, faintly as if it were about to transform into a liquid state.

Finally, after who knows how long, the surging, tumultuous battle qi inside gradually calmed down.

Within Lai Ang's body, a near-disc-shaped pitch-black battle qi slowly rotated.

Threads of pure battle qi began to diffuse toward his dragon body, slowly nourishing his bones, organs, and cells.

"The nourishing effect on the body has increased by at least several folds." After a slight perception, Lai Ang's amber vertical dragon pupils flashed a hint of joy.

His choice to idle-cultivate Black Water Battle Qi was largely because battle qi can passively nourish bodily growth, stimulating the dragon body to develop and strengthen.

After sensing the power of his internal transformation, Lai Ang turned his attention to the information of his Black Water Battle Qi after the breakthrough.

【Black Water Battle Qi】: Third Rank 【Level】: 0 (0/150)

"Did the experience points jump from fifty to one hundred fifty?" Lai Ang pondered.

To raise Third Rank level-zero Black Water Battle Qi to Fourth Rank would likely require about four years and a bit of idle cultivation.

This was also within Lai Ang's expectations. After all, the leap from Third Rank to Fourth Rank is a major tier crossing; for those cultivating battle qi, upon reaching Fourth Rank the originally gaseous battle qi turns liquid, at which point battle qi can adhere to the body's surface and external objects, further enhancing destructive power and greatly boosting defensive power.

When adhered to rotting wood, it can cleave giant stones.

When adhered to the surface of a dragon's claw, it turns the already peerlessly sharp claw into a biological weapon of even greater extremity.

"But before that, perhaps I should study other uses of the idle slot."

Lai Ang turned his 'gaze' toward his own spellcaster profession.

In the 【Mastered Spells】 column, a new spell suddenly appeared: 【Second Circle Spell·Water Cannon (Level 0)】

(End of Chapter)