Cultivation: I can solidify equipment attributes

Chapter 630 Searching for a Nest in the Deep Sea

deep sea.

Thousands of feet below the sea surface, the streak of light transformed into an almost invisible dark stream, traversing the pitch-black water.

It is about 300 miles away from the site of the ancient dragon's nest.

The seawater pressure is continuously rising, and the water is being squeezed in from all directions, making the density several levels higher than that of the nearshore area.

The currents no longer follow a predictable pattern; multiple streams of hot and cold water collide and clash in the depths, carrying a large number of fine mineral particles and spiritual impurities.

However, for Li Yuan's physical body, these pressures were insignificant.

The permanent entry for the Demon Tracking Mirror is continuously operating, passively analyzing the aura in the surrounding waters.

In addition, Li Yuan's powerful divine sense allows him to probe very far distances.

Two miles ahead, a dark-scaled sea serpent, about 1.5 feet in size, was crouching behind a reef. A mid-grade second-tier demonic beast, its spiritual energy fluctuations were stable, indicating it was in a dormant state.

Li Yuan adjusted his direction and approached the dark-scaled sea python in a straight line.

The Darkscaled Sea Serpent sensed the approaching spiritual energy fluctuations and awoke from its slumber. Its dark gray vertical pupils snapped open, and its body instinctively sprang forward in an attempt to escape.

The Golden Blade Technique shot from his fingertips, piercing through the python's head.

The entire process proceeded without any setbacks. The overwhelming power of a Nascent Soul cultivator over a second-tier demon beast was absolute; the difference in strength was so great that the beast couldn't even mount a decent resistance.

Li Yuan took the inner core and continued on his way.

The condition for making the "Jiaolizard Spirit" attribute permanent is to kill three second-tier monsters in the deep sea environment.

The dark-scaled sea serpent we just saw was the first one.

The Demon Tracking Mirror continued to analyze the distribution of aura in the surrounding waters.

About half an hour later, the second target appeared.

A second-tier superior-grade spiny-backed sea turtle, large in size, with a layer of grayish-green hard scales covering its shell, and spines protruding outward from the edge of the shell.

The sea turtle was nibbling on some algae on a rocky seabed. Sensing Li Yuan's approach, it immediately retreated into its shell, its spines standing erect.

Space cutting technique.

A spatial crack slid along the side of the tortoise shell, precisely cutting into the gap between the shell edge and the body.

The sea turtle's body slid out of its shell and sank to the bottom of the sea.

The second one.

They took the inner core and continued on their way.

The third target appeared within the detection range of the Demon Tracking Mirror about fifteen minutes later.

Li Yuan didn't waste any time, his Golden Blade Technique piercing through.

The moment the kill was completed, a reaction occurred in the personal mini-world.

The inner core of the deep-sea lizard dissipated.

The green light stream penetrated the small boundary wall and flowed into the body, spreading throughout the body along the meridians.

The screen filled with images.

The scene depicts a cultivator practicing under high pressure underwater, drawing on relevant experience.

The image disappeared.

The essence of the dragon lizard has been permanently created.

The efficiency of spiritual energy circulation in underwater combat is permanently increased by 20%, and high-pressure tolerance is permanently enhanced.

Li Yuan sensed the changes after the process became permanent.

A very thin layer of water separation effect did indeed appear on the skin. It wasn't due to spiritual energy protecting the body, but rather a change in the physical relationship between the physical body and the seawater. The water automatically diverted upon contact with the skin, no longer creating direct resistance.

The flow of spiritual energy within the body became smoother. The stagnation of spiritual energy in the aquatic environment disappeared, and the flow speed of the nascent soul's spiritual energy was almost the same as on land, or even slightly faster.

This effect, combined with the previous multiple buffs, resulted in an overall improvement in combat effectiveness and mobility in the deep sea.

Continue on your way.

The Dragon Transformation Technique continued to operate while traveling.

As they ventured deeper into the sea, the lingering aura of dragons in the surrounding waters grew increasingly intense. This aura had been settling in the deep sea for countless years; its concentration was extremely low, yet its distribution was vast, like a faint, underlying layer permeating every drop of seawater.

The dragon's blood energy is extremely sensitive to this atmosphere.

The activity of blood and qi in the bone marrow layer is continuously rising, and each round of the Dragon Transformation Technique is smoother than the last. The combined driving force formed by spiritual power and dragon blood and qi in the bone marrow layer is stronger with each iteration, and several weak links in the cultivation path that previously required deliberate maintenance are being rapidly opened up.

At the moment a certain cycle is completed, the last weak point in the cultivation path is completely broken through.

The operation of the compound driving force has changed from requiring active guidance to a semi-automatic cycle.

He was proficient in the Dragon Transformation Technique.

The efficiency of the dragon's blood energy in modifying the underlying structure of the physical body has been noticeably improved during the proficiency stage.

The beam of light continued to advance forward.

After flying for about an hour, the seabed topography suddenly changed.

The originally relatively flat seabed broke off in front, forming a ring-shaped trench several thousand feet wide.

In the center of the circular trench, a half-collapsed underwater mountain stands in the darkness of the deep sea.

The mountain is over a hundred feet high, and most of the top has collapsed, with the remaining rock face covered with a thick layer of deep-sea sediment.

The passive perception of the airspace was detected the anomaly the moment it reached the edge of the circular trench.

Spatial folding layers.

The entire partially collapsed mountain was covered by a layer of folded spatial structure. The existence of the folded layer made the actual volume of the mountain much larger than it appeared to the naked eye, with a large amount of space compressed and folded within the visible outline of the mountain.

At the same time, the walls surrounding the site are unusually thin.

Several natural spatial fissures are scattered around the mountain, with the edges of the fissures glowing with a very faint, eerie blue light. The spatial structure near the fissures is in a state of continuous disorder.

In addition to the natural cracks, there is also a layer of protective array around the mountain.

The array's structure is severely aged, and most nodes in the spiritual energy circuit are nearly depleted of energy, but the core framework is still barely functioning, maintaining the most basic defensive capabilities.

The Formation Dao Heavenly Pivot automatically analyzes the structure of formations.

This is a high-grade, third-tier protective formation, designed with a focus on passive defense.

More importantly, the structure of the formation is independent of the spatial folds within the mountain. The protective formation only covers the outer perimeter of the mountain and does not involve the spatial structure of the folds.

Destroying the formation will not have any impact on the interior.

Li Yuan raised his hand.

A shockwave of spiritual energy surged from his palm, precisely striking the core node of the formation.

The remaining spiritual energy channels collapsed instantly under the impact.

The protective array dissipated.

There were no further obstacles around the mountain.

Li Yuanfei flew to the edge of the spatial folding layer on the front of the mountain and used spatial cutting techniques to carve a narrow slit in the folding layer.

The stability of the void, thanks to the profound emptiness of the airspace, makes the cutting process extremely precise, with the width of the gap just wide enough for one person to pass through.

Pass through the narrow gap.

The field of vision expands after a spatial jump.

The first outer hall.

The stone hall was approximately fifteen zhang square. The domed stone walls were engraved with dense dragon patterns, most of which had faded and lost their luster, with only a few spots still gleaming with a faint dark golden sheen. Scattered on the hall's floor were some gravel and sediment, and a very faint lingering dragon aura permeated the air.

The Dragon Transformation Technique within his body spontaneously accelerated its circulation once, stimulated by the dragon-like aura.

Deep within the outer hall, there is a natural fissure leading to a lower level.

Li Yuan walked slowly through the outer hall, his divine sense sweeping over every wall.

The Array Dao Celestial Pivot analyzed the dragon patterns on the wall. Most of the dragon patterns were decorative clan emblems, while a small number were no longer functional illumination runes.

Li Yuan's gaze lingered on a recess in the right wall.

A palm-sized scale was embedded in the groove.

The scales are dark blue-green throughout, with fine, silky patterns on the surface and edges as thin as cicada wings. The material of the scales is not ordinary dragon molt scales, but a special product that has naturally solidified after being immersed in dragon breath for a long time.

Within a three-foot perception range, the words rippled.

Green grade.

Touch the surface of the scales with your finger.

[Equipable item detected: Dragon's Breath Scale]

[Equipment Attribute Preview: Scale Breath Resonance (Green)]

[Effect: Increases defense by 20%, and increases scale armor defense by 20%]

[Preview of Permanentization Conditions: Reaching Mastery in Dragon Clan Techniques]

The Dragon Transformation Technique has just reached the level of proficiency; there are still two stages—mastery and minor mastery—to go before it reaches the level of complete mastery.

Li Yuan stored the dragon's breath scales into his personal miniature world.