Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 235: Centipede Dragon and Black Flood Dragon as Supplies, Hundred-Foot Azure Flood Dragon Evolves

The centipede dragon coughed up a mouthful of blood, her eyes filled with fear of death. She hissed at the black dragon watching from afar:
"It's already this late, why aren't you coming to help? Are you thinking that once I'm dead, you'll have fewer rivals to fight for the dragon?"

"Your father was a man of great reputation, how could he have given birth to such a fool as you? Get over here and join forces with me. We'll talk about other things after we get through this ordeal and are out of here alive."

"You idiot, if I die, you won't live either."

Liu Qing was also puzzled. While he was fighting the centipede dragon, the black dragon had been watching from the sidelines the whole time, which was simply unbelievable.

Could it be thinking of reaping the benefits without lifting a finger? But even a more powerful stepmother like it isn't qualified, and it's weaker, so why should it?

Or perhaps, is he still suffering from the bad luck that Yuan Haowen was experiencing?

Judging from its dark and silly appearance, it's quite possible. Hiss, the bad luck brought about by this "Aiding Calamity and Disaster" scripture is really too bizarre.

Fortunately, I had taken Yuan Haowen and Shen Gongbao as my followers, so I didn't have to worry about them turning against me. Otherwise, I would have been really worried.

After being scolded by his stepmother, the centipede dragon, the black dragon finally came to its senses and, with its hundred-foot-long black dragon body, lunged at Liu Qing.

Liu Qing chuckled and immediately unleashed his cunning talent, transforming into a two-headed, four-armed form, with his front body wielding the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone to continue suppressing the centipede dragon.

He then wielded a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, the Mountain-Driving Whip, and a nine-petaled red copper hammer, using double whip techniques to fight the black dragon.

At this moment, Liu Qing was still in the state of "Law of Heaven and Earth," and each strike had the force of over a million catties, causing the scales of the centipede dragon and the black dragon to shatter and dragon blood to splatter everywhere.

Taking advantage of the remaining time before the "Heaven and Earth Manifestation" effect expires, Liu Qing tries to kill the two dragons within the time limit.

Only when one cultivates the Dharma of Heaven and Earth to the point of minor accomplishment can one achieve major accomplishment or perfection, without worrying about the time limit.

Boom boom——

The Mountain-Driving Whip strikes with the force of a mountain, its power unmatched. The Nine-Petaled Crimson Copper Hammer is formed from the bud of a sixth-grade Crimson Lotus; each strike is like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting.

The Panlong Eight-Tone Cone was even more terrifying; with just two attacks, it shattered the centipede's carapace, which was as tough as a low-grade spiritual treasure.

"Die!—"

The eight tones of ghostly wailing and divine howling disturbed the centipede's mind, catching it off guard. Liu Qing thrust out his spear, piercing the centipede's head with a soft thud.

The Centipede Dragon Demon Saint, a late-stage Three Flowers Realm cultivator, died physically!

Immediately, the Mountain-Driving Whip and the Nine-Petaled Red Copper Hammer fell together, shattering the Five Elements Qi spewed out by the Black Dragon. Their remaining force did not diminish and landed on its body.

Instantly, the black dragon's horn broke off, scales scattered, its spine was smashed in three places, and it fell to the ground with a scream.

Liu Qing raised his foot and crushed the black dragon's head.

The Black Dragon Demon Saint, at the early stage of the Three Flowers Realm, died in physical form.

Just as the effect of the Law of Heaven and Earth was about to expire, Liu Qing's body rapidly shrank, returning to its original form.

After the effect of the Law of Heaven and Earth wears off, there are no aftereffects, unlike the Boiling Blood talent, which requires a period of weakness after each power-up.

In fact, Liu Qing had another idea: to combine the Great Divine Power of Heaven and Earth with the Perfected Blood Boiling Talent to create his own unique Great Divine Power.

In that case, if I were to use the Heaven and Earth Transformation Technique again, its power would surely be greater than that of Erlang Shen and Sun Wukong.

Unfortunately, Liu Qing has not yet encountered an enemy that requires him to fight to the death.

It's a pity I can't try it.

After the centipede dragon and the black dragon died, Liu Qing summoned the Yin Jade Spirit Banner and absorbed their demon souls into the banner. After a period of time, Liu Qing will have two more puppets at the Three Flowers Realm.

With the remaining flesh and blood, Liu Qing unleashed divine power, transforming it into a skinning knife, to separate the scales of the centipede dragon and the black dragon, the centipede's carapace, and the dragon's horns, claws, and bones, keeping them for refining spiritual treasures.

The remaining dragon blood, dragon flesh, dragon heart, and dragon liver from the physical body were set aside separately to be used later to refine the sixth-grade Myriad Dragon Pill.

The Myriad Dragon Pill is a spiritual pill with a better power-enhancing effect than the Dragon Elephant Pill. It is made by refining the flesh and blood of a black dragon and a centipede dragon. After consuming both, one's strength will surely double again.

Liu Qing vaguely sensed that his path to enlightenment, the ultimate goal of which was the Great Dao of Power, was to achieve the Primordial Dao Fruit.

As the foremost Dao in the Three Realms, its power is terrifying, far surpassing that of ordinary Primordial Dao Fruits.

However, the path of strength is also the most difficult. If one wants to ultimately attain the fruit of the path, one must put in several times more effort than others.

Liu Qing was prepared for this.

Having finally embarked on the path of cultivation, one should strive for the strongest Primordial Dao Fruit. Even if one ultimately fails, it would be a glorious and spectacular achievement, as brilliant as fireworks, rather than fading into obscurity as an ordinary person.

The Centipede Dragon Pearl was found next to the Centipede Dragon's corpse. It originally contained more than half of the Centipede Dragon's essence, but much of it was consumed during the battle, and now there is not much left.

But it was also equivalent to a top-grade local treasure. With a thought, Liu Qing caused the ground to surge and swallow the Centipede Dragon Pearl, leaving it for the evolution of the Power Cave Heaven.

The Water-Dividing Fork, a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure left behind by the Black Dragon, has the power to control water flow and divide rivers. Liu Qing's awakened supernatural power naturally possesses this power, so he doesn't think much of it and plans to give it to Hong Gu.

After dealing with these matters, Liu Qing paused, causing the ground to surge again, burying the remaining two dragon remains in the Power Cave Heaven.

It can be used as an evolutionary authority grotto-heaven, or to accelerate the ripening of acquired mid-grade spiritual roots and blood peaches.

There were two other dragon tendons. Liu Qing originally planned to keep one to refine the Immortal Binding Rope, and to devour the other to evolve his main body.

Who knew that the main body was too powerful, and one dragon tendon was not enough, so he had to let the Elephant Devouring Talent devour and refine it as well.

Everything revolves around the evolution of the main body. [Race: Serpent (Evolving)]

With the refinement of its Devouring Elephant talent, its true form, the serpent, began to evolve continuously.

The evolution of the main body takes time. Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Qing briefly sensed the power and law realm left behind by the centipede dragon and the black dragon after their deaths.

Not far away, two illusory entrances to the Dharma realm appeared faintly.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Liu Qing found the collections they had accumulated over hundreds of years within the Dharma Realm. Looking at the piles of incense silver, power gold, mountains of river treasures, various refining materials, and hundreds of magic artifacts of various grades, he was overjoyed.

In terms of the abundance of collections within the Dharma realm, these two dragons are the most numerous.

He surpassed even the likes of Linggan Dawang, Benboerba, Baboerben, and the City God Yang Yong, Yang Zhen, and other opponents who died at Liu Qing's hands.

After the two dragons died, their spheres of authority could not be maintained for long. Liu Qing himself had his own celestial realm of authority, so he was too lazy to maintain it. He occupied the spheres of authority of the two dragons and let them eventually shatter and turn into nothingness.

The entire collection inside was then moved into his own Power Cave.

After this retreat, the resources for spiritual practice that had been depleted were replenished again, and far exceeded those before.

Looking at the huge harvest, Liu Qing already had a plan in mind. When he had time, he would first extract the incense and silver from the mountain of offerings and transform them into divine objects.

Just like when I killed the enemies before, I used the incense and silver first.

Otherwise, after these deities are killed, the incense money they produce will gradually lose its divinity due to the drop in their status, and will revert to its original form as paper money and ingots.

What Liu Qing needed to do was to absorb and refine the divinity of these incense offerings before they dissipated, so as not to waste them.

Whether it is a deity of authority or a deity of incense offerings, after they die, the incense money produced by their divine duties will slowly dissipate its divinity and turn back into paper money and ingots.

This is irreversible; after a deity dies, there is no divine authority to rely on, and these offerings will no longer remain unchanged.

If it is the Power Gold, it is fine. It is not produced by the gods themselves, but is an innate thing. Even if the gods are killed, the Power Gold will not be affected.

After dealing with these matters, Liu Qing dispelled his human form and transformed into his sixty-foot-long serpent body, winding through the Quanbing Cave Heaven, waiting for the moment when his body would evolve into a dragon.

The talent for swallowing elephants has reached perfection. The speed of devouring and refining dragon tendons is very fast. It clears away the foreign energy in the two dragon tendons, extracts the most original evolutionary substance, and integrates it into Liu Qing's body.

As this process continued, Liu Qing's serpentine form began a new round of rapid growth.

The length of the main body of the dragon-like creature starts at sixty zhang, then increases to sixty-one zhang, sixty-five zhang, and seventy zhang.
Several hours later, Liu Qing's serpentine form had grown to ninety-nine zhang.

At this point, it seems to have reached its limit, and the body no longer grows.

In contrast, the change is in the form of the main body, which is the most crucial change in the evolution of the main body from a serpent to a dragon.

The snake's snout lengthened again, resembling a camel's lips; its eyes became like an eagle's; its dragon whiskers under its chin grew longer; and its short antlers on its head suddenly grew into dragon antlers.

The snake's scales flashed with bursts of bloody light, transforming into dragon scales.

The lion's mane on its back is longer and thicker, moving on its own even without wind, majestic and awe-inspiring like a fluttering flag.

The snake's tail became completely flat, like a fish's tail, with a wide tail fin that made a splashing sound when it swayed.

However, the biggest change was in the abdomen, where fleshy feet began to grow.

As a gash tore open in the abdomen, a fleshy foot slowly grew out, then rapidly grew larger and harder, covered with fine dragon scales. The fleshy foot resembled an eagle's claw, but it was a dragon's claw.

If it happens at the same time, three dragon claws will grow out.

With two claws in the front and one claw in the back, making a total of three claws, it is a three-clawed dragon.

Ow—

Seeing the changes in himself, Liu Qing couldn't help but let out an excited howl, which turned into a dragon's roar.

As soon as the dragon roared, the wind and clouds surged within the Power Cave, and mist rose beneath their feet. Liu Qing did not unfold his fiery wings, but he had already taken to the air.

At this point, evolution has reached its final stage.

Liu Qing's body grew another zhang, reaching a total of 100 zhang.

At this moment, Liu Qing finally evolved from a serpent into a hundred-zhang-long, three-clawed dragon.

With a majestic dragon head, ferocious horns, sharp claws, and a robust body covered in deep blue scales, it is a Azure Dragon.

[Race: Azure Dragon]

Thanks to Liu Qing's physical body evolving into a dragon, the Heavenly Gang Great Divine Power that Liu Qing's divided spirit was comprehending, which allowed him to summon wind and rain and ride the clouds, was instantly perfected.

This is really an unexpected surprise.

Liu Qing then soared freely through the clouds within the Powerful Cave Heaven until he was completely satisfied before finally stopping.

After evolving, the Azure Dragon also comprehended the perfected Cloud Riding and Mist-Riding Great Divine Power. Its speed was only slightly slower than that of the Firewing Talent, and about the same as that of the Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast, Shui'er.

However, it has been a long time since I rode Shui'er, and now that I have the great supernatural power of flying through the clouds, it seems that I will have fewer and fewer opportunities to ride Shui'er in the future.

Fortunately, Shui'er was clever and learned to ride Liu Qing, which made up for some of the regrets.

(End of this chapter)