Chapter 712: The Big Guy’s Real Combat Training
The moon and stars dotted the night.
The dragonman youngster and Zi Di walked out of the Ice Sculpture Capital, came to a snow mound in the outskirts, and once again entered the divine domain spatial interior.
This was their true encampment.
During the day, they would temporarily rest in the Han Yu Clan hotel but did their best not to stay in it overnight.
At night, they would hurry here.
The Charming Blue Divine Domain was the place they felt most relaxed and was the best place to withstand outside threats.
Under the current circumstances, the main threat was not Hua Tang or the assassin Yi Jiu, the possibility of them making a fuss was low. The dragonman youngster was relatively afraid of the Li Jian Clan’s surveillance methods.
Based on what he and Zi Di surmised, this surveillance method should be rooted in the Li Jian Clan’s spatial bloodline superiority.
Therefore, the divine domain was necessary.
So long as there was the slightest fluctuation in the divine domain, the dragonman youngster could instantly sense it.
After returning to the divine domain to rest, the dragonman youngster once again scrutinized the Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl.
This [Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl] was the size of a fist, completely white, and felt ice-cold, it was a type of alchemy item.
When he bid farewell to Long Meng, the latter had gifted it to him.
Long Meng told him, “Sire Long Fu, your acceptance of my teachings went beyond my expectations, it was wonderful.”
“I will teach you wholeheartedly.”
This battle skill [Dragon Pearl] is the most classical battle skill for us dragonmen, it suits you well so I want to give you this as a present.”
“It is even more perfect when paired up with this, the [Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl].”
As he mentioned it, he gave him a magic image record of the Dragon Pearl battle skill as well as the [Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl].
With regards to [Dragon Pearl]. The dragonman youngster knew about it – War Merchant had it in his database.
This battle skill was used by condensing battle qi into pearls that circled through the air around the user. When it came time to do battle, the fighter could spiritually control them and smash them into an enemy.
Long Meng’s words were correct, [Dragon Pearl] was a very classic battle skill. From its foundation, many subcategories and branches were derived from it.
Some people liked to condense one giant dragon pearl, using it for offense and defense. Others were more proficient in multiple condensed dragon pearls that would hover around them like flying swallows, expending them as long ranged attacks, or flying back to the fighter to replenish their battle qi.
“Long Meng recommended the [Dragon Pearl] battle skill to me; he must have seen my usage of the battle skill [Battle Qi Ball] during the duel.”
“To a dragonman, [Battle Qi Ball] cannot compare to [Dragon Pearl].”
“The Dragon Pearl battle skill was specifically developed for dragonmen, becoming Battle Qi Ball when enlarged and becoming other battle skills when shrunk.”
Because gold level battle qi could leave a fighter’s body, the battle skill [Dragon Pearl] was a gold level battle skill.
In fact, when the dragonman youngster was picking a long ranged attack method, he considered this skill. But time was too short and he decided to pick the battle skill Dragon Talon Strike to see its effects.
Because there were so many derivations of the [Dragon Pearl] battle skill, practicing it was not as simple as [Dragon Talon Strike], so the dragonman youngster decided to pick it up later.
As for [Battle Qi Ball], it on the contrary was a priority and one of the main things he trained on.
“Speaking in terms of myself, [Battle Qi Ball] is more suitable for me than [Dragon Pearl].”
The reason was simple, the dragonman form was just one life shape, he had many bloodlines in the Bloodcore and had many life shapes.
Therefore, to him, [Battle Qi Ball] was a more usable and suitable battle skill. If he energetically practiced [Dragon Pearl], then it would only strengthen the dragonman form. But mastering [Battle Qi Ball] would benefit both the dragonman form and the fishman form.
“However, if the alchemy item [Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl] is added in, the battle skill will be immensely improved and make it much more tempting.”
The [Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl] could store dragonman battle qi in it, and after a dragonman used the battle skill [Dragon Pearl]. Battle qi would instantly bubble out of it and expand into a large pearl, fully forming a dragon pearl.
There were other benefits.
For example, the item [Ultra-energy Dragon Pearl] could act as a core for a dragonman to command many more battle qi dragon pearls, and regardless of their smarts, their control range would substantially increase.
“This alchemy technology improves the quality of [Dragon Pearl]!” The dragonman youngster lamented.
This pair up was not in War Merchant’s database. Nor was it in War Merchant’s records.
Based on what Long Meng said, this technology only started getting popular in the last few years.
This kind of pair up caused the dragonman youngster to make a mental connection to Lan Zao’s Air Cannon and alchemy projectile cores.
“It seems it has formed a kind of fad…some alchemy items being developed for battle skills that can increase their power.”
“If battle skills are like that, then it doesn’t make sense if magic and divine spells can’t be amplified similarly.”
The dragonman youngster had an unorganized train of thought, and he pondered over Long Meng again.
“Why is Long Meng doing this?” This was the question he had been pondering on the way here.
“Is Long Meng coveting my reputation? After all, giving me advice can indeed raise his own renown.” A new possibility came to the dragonman youngster at this moment.
But he quickly rejected this notion.
Although the dragonman youngster was currently the hottest celebrity around, his reputation could not compare to Long Meng.
If news got out that Long Meng was teaching him, then the dragonman youngster would be the one that benefited the most from his connection with Long Meng.
The dragonman youngster’s mind suddenly stirred, sensing something.
“An opportunity.” He immediately summoned Cong Mang.
After the Vegetable Pirates boss saw the dragonman youngster, he instantly kneeled and expressed his readiness to serve.
After coming to the Ice Sculpture Capital, he was less inclined to be presumptuous.
If he was exposed, the Ice Sculpture Capital guards would definitely come for him, and if he wasn’t beheaded, he’d be locked up.
“Follow me, our pirate group needs assistance.” The dragonman youngster glinted with blue light, and after a few breaths, he turned into a fishman.
He grabbed Cong Mang’s shoulder and walked ahead.
Space violently undulated, then calmed down in an instant.
Cong Mang and the fishman youngster had traveled through space, and within a second, arrived on Cong Mang’s flagship.
The night wind whistled, and the moonlight was clear.
A naval battle was already underway here.
Cong Mang’s pirates were running away in a sorry manner, with the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s First Navy Fleet at their heels.
Of course this was not the main force, just a small detachment.
The head of this detachment was Bei Jia, a gold level snow elf fighter.
Since the Li Jian Clan’s Second Fleet had been routed by Da Han’s pirate alliance, the First Navy Fleet had strained itself to clean out the calamitous flood of pirates across Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s ocean defenses.
As Bei Ji a was commanding his fleet, he had the “good fortune” of noticing the Vegetable Pirates.
At least, he believed it was his good fortune.
According to the intelligence reports, The Vegetable Pirates had suffered disastrous losses when they were plundering Snow Bird Harbor, and Cong Mang was heavily wounded and carried away by a mysterious fishman expert. Therefore, Bei Jia immediately reported this positive battle report.
Mei Lin approved of his military operation, and so Bei Jia led his fleet day and night at double speed to relentlessly chase down the Vegetable Pirates, vowing that he would scoop up the whole lot of them.
After the Vegetable Pirates noticed they were being pursued, they instantly chose to accelerate their departure.
But Bei Jia’s naval fleet used methods, such as condensing seawater or tampering with the ocean currents to slow down the pirate ships.
The Vegetable Pirates had suffered immense losses to their crew, but not much to their ships, and after appropriation of personnel, there weren’t many people on each ship.
After sinking into this crisis, Hong Zhu immediately started praying.
The big guy was a fanatical believer in the dragonman youngster, and after the young man’s large scale preaching, Hong Zhu had become a pious believer in the God Mist.
Added on to the fact that the dragonman youngster always paid attention to them, not long after Hong Zhu started praying, he realized what kind of situation they were in.
He gave the order, making the pirates sail at top speed, disregarding the energy consumption. If necessary for time, they could abandon some ordinary pirate ships to stall for time.
As Bei Jia approached the Vegetable Pirates at dusk, he had used all kinds of methods to slow down the pirates, while the pirates tried various methods to stall for time.
The two sides’ fierce battle of wits lasted until 2 am.
“These wretched snow elves, they actually don’t want to let us go!” Cong Mang was familiar with the latest situation and gnashed his teeth in rage.
He impatiently gazed at the fishman youngster next to him, his desire to be sent into battle evident in his words.
The fishman youngster smiled, “It is time to counterattack.”
“You can charge.”
When Cong Mang heard he could act, he ecstatically raised his arm and shouted, “Little ones, follow my charge!”
Not long after retreating from Snow Bird Harbor, the Vegetable Pirates and Cong Mang were overtaken by the fishman youngster and easily taken over by the latter.
Therefore, the pirates were mentally prepared for Cong Mang and the fishman youngster.
The pirates admired the strong, so when the Vegetable Pirates’ old captain defected, the pirates followed without objection.
“What?” Seeing Cong Mang appear, Be Jia was flabbergasted, “Cong Mang is here? He was hiding in the pirate group?”
Cong Mang showing himself greatly increased pirate morale.
He and the Hoodlum battle squad began to do boarding actions on navy ships.
The fishman youngster didn’t show himself, instead he was in the ship hold, putting his hand on the big guy.
“Father!” The big guy knelt to the ground, shouting that word in his thoughts, his expression was filled with joy.
Although he was living on a pirate ship, his days were quite comfortable.
Da Dou became his personal chef, giving him meals that filled his mouth with grease, his happiness swelling like his belly.
As for fresh ingredients, the dragonman youngster delivered them constantly through Divine Domain Descent.
The fishman youngster examined him, confirming that with the big guy’s extraordinary bloodline and lightning fast progress, he was closing in on the silver level.
“Relax a little, I have come to give you something.” As the fishman said that he began to use divine spells.
After three divine spells, in addition to a massive expenditure of divine favor, the big guy’s aura underwent a qualitative change, going from iron level to the silver level!
Upon seeing this, Hong Zhu was very excited and envious, Da Dou too also revealed a look of amazement.
As a [divine emissary], the fishman youngster naturally could promote a believer’s transcendent level. There were two principal restrictions to this, one was the receiver had to possess room to improve, and the second was faith in Charming Blue Goddess or the fishman youngster.
“Get out there, get out and cause havoc on the navy ships.” The fishman youngster lightly clapped the big guy’s shoulder, encouraging him.
“Father, Xiao Guai, afraid!” The big guy shouted in his heart, then lay on the floor, hugging the fishman youngster’s thigh and shivering.
Hong Zhu: …
Da Dou: …
The fishman youngster gave an exasperated sigh.
He had dedicated himself to cultivating the big guy, and this was a good chance to get live combat training, but the big guy was naturally timid and that hadn’t changed.
“It doesn’t matter.”
“Let me help you.”
“Come, look into my eyes.”
An intense blue light flowed from the fishman youngster’s eyes and into the big guy’s eyes, rapidly permeating through his entire body.
A moment later, the big guy stood up, and boldly slapped his chest, like he was a gorilla!