Chapter 289: Dark Dragon Heart, Three Talents

Inside the room.

Su Hao took out a black heart from his Storage Bag and placed it on the table.

The heart was about a meter in diameter; outwardly it resembled a human heart, but it was entirely black, with strands of black gas swirling around it like a living thing, beating rhythmically.

This black heart was precisely formed by the fusion of three Black Dragon Hearts.

When Su Hao first left the shelter, he had brought this heart with him, intending to use it along the way.

As it turned out, the time required for the synthesis was longer than he had expected; he only completed it after Chiyun woke up, so even now Su Hao still does not know exactly what this heart does.

Regarding the synthesized Black Dragon Heart, Su Hao had only one request: to increase the chance of obtaining a talent.

With a mixture of anticipation and nervousness, Su Hao used the Item Appraisal Technique on it.

【Dark Dragon Heart】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Tier

Effect: A special change produced by the Black Dragon Heart after special treatment.

After consuming it, one's mental strength and physique will receive a massive boost, reaching up to the level of early Fifth Tier at most, greatly enhancing one's affinity for the dark element, and there is a high probability of gaining a talent from the Dark Dragon clan.

……

"Holy shit, this effect is really obvious—worth the wait!"

Looking at the content displayed by the appraisal result, Su Hao's mouth corners curled slightly, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.

He had obtained the Black Dragon Heart while exploring the dark dungeon; to ensure he could make better use of it, he first synthesized the wireless cells all the way up to Fifth Tier, then duplicated the Black Dragon's heart.

Finally, he fused three Black Dragon Hearts together, spending this much time in order to obtain a Dragon‑related talent with a higher probability.

Indeed, this heart has not disappointed him; its effects are surprisingly good.

The former Black Dragon Heart, although it also boosted mental strength and physique, cannot compare to this one at all.

After synthesis, the Dark Dragon Heart can, at most, raise one's mental strength and physique to the level of early Fifth Tier upon consumption.

Su Hao's mental strength and physique have already reached the peak of Fourth Tier; if luck is on his side, consuming this heart might give him a new breakthrough.

Besides that, consuming the Dark Dragon Heart also increases one's dark‑element affinity; even though Su Hao currently has no dark‑attribute skills, nobody would dislike having a higher affinity.

More importantly, the chance of obtaining a Dragon clan talent from consuming a Black Dragon Heart used to be almost zero, but now there is a high probability of gaining a talent—and it is a Dark Dragon talent.

Hmm…

Although Su Hao doesn't know what the Dark Dragon talent is, the preceding effects are all better than those of the Black Dragon Heart, so this talent must be similarly good—at least it is a Dragon clan talent, which is certain.

Thereafter, Su Hao stopped thinking further, lay upon the heart and began to devour it in big bites.

Strangely, the heart's volume is roughly the same size as Su Hao himself.

But as he watched the heart about to be completely eaten, his belly showed no change, remaining exactly as before, and he felt no discomfort at all.

Until when he ate the last piece of the heart, strands of black gas suddenly burst forth from all his pores, forming a huge mass composed of black gas that exuded a rich dark‑element aura.

Wrapped within this giant egg, Su Hao could clearly feel his dark‑element affinity rapidly increasing at a visible speed.

After a short while, he felt his dark‑element affinity increase severalfold; an attack of the same dark‑element skill now had only about seventy percent effect on him.

Along with the rise in elemental affinity, Su Hao's mental strength and physique also increased.

When he reached Third Tier in supernatural training and found that his physique had not broken through, he began to suspect that there was still a very great distance between the peak of Fourth Tier and the early Fifth Tier.

Now, after the Dark Dragon Heart took effect, this suspicion was confirmed.

Within the giant egg, Su Hao could clearly feel his mental strength and physique rapidly increasing, soon rising by two or three times, yet still showing no sign of breaking through to Fifth Tier.

Until the energy of the Dark Dragon Heart was nearly exhausted, Su Hao's mental strength and physique had increased nearly fivefold, at which point he finally broke through that barrier, reaching the level of early Fifth Tier.

At the same time, the giant egg of black gas surrounding Su Hao's body began to converge toward his forehead, eventually forming, beside the Synthesis Heart and the Supreme Yang Fire deep within his soul, a brand‑new rune.

On the rune, a black giant dragon coils, its scales flashing with a dim light.

Black flame clouds swirl around the dragon, rolling and shifting, adding mysterious dignity; the entire rune emanates an aura of power and mystery.

"Whoosh——!"

Feeling the moment this rune appeared, Su Hao involuntarily let out a breath, knowing he had once again gained a talent rune, becoming a supernatural being with three talents.

Precisely because of this rune's appearance, Su Hao set aside checking his elemental affinity and the changes in his physique and mental strength.

His thoughts stirred slightly, and he opened the information panel for this new talent.

【Dark Dragon God】

Effect: All dark‑attribute skills' effects against you are halved; your own dark‑attribute skill damage is doubled; and the damage of your skills belonging to the Black Dragon and Dark Dragon clans is tripled.

Gain exclusive skill—Dark Dragon Breath, gain exclusive skill—Dark Dragon Avatar.

……

"What the heck, am I seeing this right?"

Looking at the content displayed before him, Su Hao couldn't help but rub his eyes, wearing an expression of disbelief.

This talent's effect is simpler than that of the Supreme Yang Fire, yet far more brutal—entirely combat‑related abilities.

After consuming the Dark Dragon Heart, Su Hao's dark‑element affinity increased greatly, allowing him to reduce much of the damage from dark‑attribute skills.

Moreover, having now obtained the Dark Dragon God talent, it further halves the damage from dark‑attribute skills.

Combined, anyone skilled in using dark‑attribute skills will have no chance against him in the future.

If a skill deals a thousand points of damage to a normal person, hitting Su Hao would likely leave only three or four hundred points of damage.

Meanwhile, Su Hao's own dark‑attribute skills are different: a skill that normally deals a thousand points of damage can be unleashed by him for two thousand points, and if the skill belongs to the Black Dragon or Dark Dragon clan, it can reach three thousand points.

You hit me for three or four hundred points, I hit back with a skill for two or three thousand—what's the point of fighting? Might as well just wait to die.

This talent's boost to dark‑attribute skills is downright terrifying; among the many talents and skills Su Hao has seen, it is the most outrageously overpowered, bar none.

Although the Supreme Yang Fire's effect is not bad either, the initial effect of this talent cannot be compared to Dark Dragon God.

One must cultivate feelings with the Supreme Yin Fire in order to gradually enhance the Supreme Yang Fire's ability; only when the owners of Supreme Yin Fire and Supreme Yang Fire unite and have offspring can this talent's effect be maximized, yielding a child of at least Seventh Tier supernatural.

The Dark Dragon God talent's effect is relatively simple and brutal: a proportional boost— the stronger one's own strength, the less damage taken, and the greater the skill's lethality.

Besides, after obtaining the Dark Dragon God talent, he also gained two exclusive skills.

According to Su Hao's experience, exclusive skills' effects are usually not lacking; moreover, the Dark Dragon God talent is this strong, so how could his exclusive skills be lacking? Thinking this, Su Hao felt a bit more anticipation, and as his thoughts turned, he opened the information panel of one of those exclusive skills.

【Dark Dragon Breath】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Stage (growable) Effect: Continuously consumes one's mental strength and physique, spraying in a forward fan-shaped area, continuously exhaling a breath containing dark elemental energy.

If one consumes more than half of their mental strength and physique, this breath can unleash all its power in a short time.

The power of Dark Dragon Breath and its Supernatural Grade depend on the user's overall mental strength and physique.

……

"This description is too unclear, right? How big is the range, how long is the duration, what kind of damage does it have in the burst state? Not a single thing is mentioned……"

Su Hao glanced sideways, somewhat helplessly complaining, wanting to know the concrete effect of this skill, he still needed to properly test it.

However, this is not urgent; after Su Hao closed the information panel of the Dark Dragon Breath skill, he opened the detailed panel of another exclusive skill.

【Dark Dragon Incarnation】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Stage (upgradable) Effect: Consumes all mental strength and physique of the whole body, incarnating as a Dark Dragon.

The duration of the Dark Dragon form depends on the total amount of one's mental strength and physique.

During the Dark Dragon incarnation, incoming damage is converted into a reduction of the transformation duration, and using Dark Dragon Breath incurs no cost.

After the Dark Dragon state ends, the damage received during this period is returned tenfold.

and falls into a weak state, with a duration ten times the transformation time.

The power of Dark Dragon Incarnation and its Supernatural Grade depend on the user's overall mental strength and physique.

……

"Holy shit, an enhanced version of the Dark Dark Fruit?"

Looking at the information before him, Su Hao once again showed a look of surprise.

This skill's effect is simply outrageous; during the transformation, its effect is equivalent to the Monster Hunter's frenzy skill, One Piece's Dark-Dark Fruit, granting immunity to any attack damage.

Even if your power could instantly kill me, as long as I incarnate as a Dark Dragon, it cannot effectively harm me; you would have to slowly hack me to death with repeated strikes.

This is practically the strongest life-preserving divine ability; there's no need to worry about dying from the enemy's high attack.

Furthermore, in this state, using Dark Dragon Breath requires no cost, allowing one to completely ignore the opponent's attacks and unleash a frenzied spray.

Let's see whether you knock me out of the Dark Dragon incarnation first, or I slowly spray you to death.

For those Supernatural beings with high attack and low defense, this effect is simply unsolvable; even if the opponent's attack capability exceeds theirs by half a stage, they will likely be sprayed to death by this despicable tactic.

However, everything values balance; such a powerful ability demands an extremely terrifying price.

How arrogant one is during the transformation determines how miserable they will be after it ends.

After ending the Dark Dragon incarnation, one will fall into a prolonged weak state, during which any damage suffered will be reflected tenfold.

If one cannot withstand this damage rebound, then there is no weak state; at the moment of ending, body and soul will explode into a cloud of blood mist, completely bidding farewell to this world.

If this ability were placed in someone else, they would surely only use it as a last-ditch trump card to perish together with the enemy at the final moment.

But in Su Hao's hands it's different; as an Aberrant Blood Demon, he's not so easy to kill.

As long as he has a drop of blood remaining, his soul cannot be completely destroyed.

Even if the backlash after ending the Dark Dragon incarnation truly blows his entire flesh and soul to pieces, he can in that instant attach his lingering soul to the surrounding blood.

Then, by absorbing the energy in the blood, he recovers anew.

Death is definitely impossible; at most he'll just be injured and weak.

"Huh? Wait, a clone should also count as one of my bodies, right? So can I do that……"

Just then, Su Hao suddenly had a flash of inspiration, coming up with a brilliant idea.

According to the description on the Dark Dragon Incarnation information panel, activating this skill requires consuming all of one's mental strength and physique.

So could this be understood as, one body can only use one such skill at a time?

But if I possess two or more independent and complete bodies, could each body use Dark Dragon Incarnation once?

After the duration of Dark Dragon Incarnation ends, could the resulting weak state also be calculated independently?

Su Hao rubbed his chin; the more he thought, the more he felt this method was feasible, but how exactly? He'd have to try it to know.

Afterwards he opened the door and walked downstairs, intending to go outside the territory to verify his hypothesis and the concrete effects of Dark Dragon Incarnation and Dark Dragon Breath.

When he arrived outside the shelter, he happened to meet Ling Xue'er, who brought along the fifteen trial-period members.

But Su Hao currently had no mood to deal with this; after giving a brief instruction for them to wait here, he continued walking farther away.

Because his mental strength and physique suddenly surged too much, to avoid causing too much destruction, Su Hao's walking became somewhat awkward, as if he didn't know how to walk.

This made the fifteen trial-period members think that perhaps Su Hao's strength is merely great, but he himself doesn't actually have much ability, leading some who just joined the territory to have different ideas.

Ling Xue'er may not know what they're thinking, but she can guess roughly.

"The boss said he wants to test a new skill; perfect timing to bring you guys to witness it."

Ling Xue'er gave them a half-smile look, then led them to follow Su Hao.

If these people don't get to see what true strength is, they might develop ideas of forming cliques and factions; after all, several of them are skilled at management, and they inevitably harbor some ambition.

Ling Xue'er knows what Su Hao truly wants, and she also doesn't want the territory to become corrupt and chaotic.

Only by letting these people know what invincible strength is will they become honest.

As expected of Boss Su Hao, his thoughts are thorough; knowing these people aren't honest, as soon as he returned he thought of giving them a show of force, and deliberately came out at this time to convey this matter through my mouth.

(End of chapter)