The Crystal Dragon was a special type of sub-dragon, said to be a mutated branch of the Light Dragon. It possessed a unique crystallizing light capable of turning anything it touched into crystal.
The Crystal Dragon could control the hardness of these crystals. They could be used as weapons, or the opponent themselves could be crystallized into something fragile and then shattered completely through physical attacks.
At first glance, it sounded somewhat similar to the Crystal Bear, a mutated variant of the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear. But in truth, the crystallization principles of the two were entirely different; only the outward effect appeared similar.
Although its dragon bloodline was not pure enough and it remained merely a sub-dragon, as a special mutation possessing miraculous abilities, its combat power even slightly surpassed that of orthodox dragons.
To Chen Ming, the flow and operational structure of the energy within this crystal were incredibly strange and beautiful. Its utilization of the light element could practically be called miraculous.
Although he currently lacked a light attribute himself, Chen Ming still memorized the unique energy circulation within the unsealing crystal. He then began experimentally probing the crystal sealing the skeleton, exploring the special power within the sealing crystal itself.
While the sealing crystal was likewise composed of crystalline power converted from Light elements, the energy flow structure was different. Its crystalline properties had become extremely stable and "lazy," with the rate of energy dissipation being nearly one-thousandth of the conventional rate.
Among all conventional elements, Light was undoubtedly the most unstable. To suppress such an active element into a stable energy crystal—if this technology were applied to energy storage and practical usage, its mysteries would be unimaginable.
After sensing it for more than ten minutes, Chen Ming slowly pressed one corner of the unsealing crystal against the sealing crystal.
The pointed tip of the unsealing crystal merged into the sealing crystal as though sinking into water.
As the two powers, originating from the same source yet differentiated through different energy structures, fused together, they gradually intertwined. Then, their stable material form transformed back into light-element energy and dissipated into the world.
This exquisite method of energy conversion made Chen Ming nod continuously in admiration.
"What was the final cultivation level of that Crystal Dragon senior?"
"When that senior sealed the skeleton, his cultivation was Level 95. In the end, he reached Level 98, but perished while attempting to break through to Level 99."
"Amazing, truly amazing. What a pity I was not born in the same era as that senior." Chen Ming spoke regretfully.
In an era when Spirit Master development was still primitive, anyone capable of reaching Level 98 through their own efforts and dying only at the threshold of Level 99 was unquestionably a supreme genius.
Placed in a later era with mature technological development, every one of those people would possess the qualifications to become gods.
Especially a predecessor with a Crystal Dragon Martial Soul like this one. In the era of Douluo III or IV, such abilities would make him a supreme figure capable of producing stable materials required for battle armor. Even in the era of Douluo II, he would make countless high-level soul engineers drool with envy.
After unsealing half of the Rainbow Dragon's wing, Chen Ming withdrew the crystal in his hand.
The unsealing crystal had become slightly smaller than before, its energy somewhat depleted. But both the unsealing crystal and the sealing crystal remained perfectly stable, unaffected in the slightest.
Carefully removing the enormous half-wing, Chen Ming cautiously explored the internal structure of the Rainbow Dragon skeleton with his Spirit Power. Even without flesh remaining, the Rainbow Dragon's energy structure was still extraordinarily remarkable.
Although the strength of its bones was not particularly high by dragon standards—one could even call them fragile—they were exceptional conductors of energy. At the same time, they possessed several traits: stabilizing Spirit Power, gathering Spirit Power, amplifying Spirit Power, and drawing in the natural energy of heaven and earth.
Most astonishingly, they maintained extremely high affinity toward all types of energy and Spirit Power.
The bones of the Rainbow Dragon were natural superconductors; the massive wings themselves were "super staves" capable of mobilizing the primeval energy of heaven and earth.
A living Rainbow Dragon was likely equivalent to a natural "living staff," capable of mobilizing world energy to release various abilities as easily as eating or drinking.
Even if a Spirit Master without a dragon-type Martial Soul absorbed a Rainbow Dragon's Spirit Ring, they wouldn't be able to maximize its effects. However, the Rainbow Dragon's inherent traits could provide an excellent modification for both Beast and Tool Martial Souls. If applied to Elemental-type Martial Souls, the effect would be even more pronounced and terrifying.
"Elder Chen, have you already thought of something?" Ning Fengzhi asked.
"Indeed. I truly have gained quite a few ideas." Chen Ming stroked the Rainbow Dragon's massive wing and turned toward Ning Fengzhi.
"Sect Master Ning, I will return to study this for a few more days. In several days, we can begin the experiments. The characteristics of the Rainbow Dragon are truly extraordinary. I believe they will provide tremendous help in breaking through the limits of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
Chen Ming was being completely serious.
After all, the last "staff" he had seen that possessed abilities such as strengthening Spirit Power and amplifying Spirit Ability intensity was precisely Ning Fengzhi's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
The Rainbow Dragon's skeleton and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda displayed remarkably similar traits, yet they functioned through entirely different methods and materials. The two possessed tremendous complementary potential, and the mere thought of it excited Chen Ming immensely.
As long as he fully understood part of both and combined them together, the efficiency of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could be enormously supplemented and improved. Allowing Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit Masters to break through into the Spirit Douluo realm would absolutely not be a problem. Raising the upper limit to Titled Douluo would only be slightly more difficult.
Chen Ming was certain that although the Martial Soul of that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect ancestor still appeared outwardly to be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, its core structure was definitely entirely different from an ordinary one. It had likely been strengthened to an almost terrifying degree.
Its amplification abilities might even rival the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul Ning Rongrong obtained in the original story after consuming the Immortal Herb Qi Luo (Damask Tulip).
It would simply be another path—different, yet equally powerful.
And if this technology were further combined with the energy stabilization techniques left behind by that Crystal Dragon Spirit Master...
Chen Ming could even create energy cannons capable of unleashing destructive power comparable to a Titled Douluo, or even a single strike at the level of a Limit Douluo. Given sufficient output, even attacks comparable to those of gods would not be impossible.
The material science of the Douluo world was simply too bizarre and unfathomable. So bizarre that Chen Ming genuinely could not understand why the people of Douluo had still not advanced to the level of interstellar colonization.
After all, if the world from his previous life had possessed even half the material science standards of Douluo, humanity would already have become a galactic civilization.
Watching Chen Ming intoxicatedly stroking the Rainbow Dragon's wings and crystal, Ning Fengzhi glanced at Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo behind him.
The two merely wore awkward yet polite smiles.
Over this period of time, the two of them had studied this crystal many times themselves. Aside from concluding that its sealing ability was extremely powerful, they truly understood nothing else. As for using the Rainbow Dragon skeleton to raise the upper limit of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, they did not even have the slightest clue.
Yet the moment Chen Ming arrived, he immediately claimed he had a solution...
Was this reasonable?
Did he really have a method, or was he bluffing? And if he truly did have a method, then just what kind of brain did he possess?
Everyone had one nose and two eyes, so how could someone's brain function so differently?
The three of them turned to look at Dugu Bo, only to see him wearing an expression of complete "I expected this already." His entire demeanor carried a feeling of lonely supremacy at the peak.
As long as one accepted one's own weakness, then one became invincible.
In Dugu Bo's eyes now, no matter what Chen Ming managed to invent or research, it was all perfectly normal. There was no need to make such a fuss.
That calm, utterly confident appearance, as though everything had long since been within his expectations, caused the uninformed Ning Fengzhi and the other two to develop a newfound sense of admiration toward Dugu Bo.
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