Chapter 53

The black dragon bowed its head, and Luo Li looked at it, beginning to visualize!

First, he visualized the black dragon's body, observing its scales, its skin, its bones, its flesh, its tendons, and its veins, understanding the flow of its blood, and seeing through to its liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach, gaining an unparalleled understanding of the black dragon's body. Then he continued to imagine its spirit, rhythm, essence, and energy, contemplating its movements, stillness, joy, anger, and sorrow, elevating from the physical to the emotional, thus completely mastering the black dragon. Finally, he formed a complete image of the black dragon in his mind, making it his own, and then used his true qi to shape his own body, obtaining that formidable strength. This was the way of the black dragon.

The others all cultivated in this manner. Over these days of observation, Luo Li had already understood that Luo Xin visualized the black dragon's aura, obtaining the method of dragon might, which greatly increased his aura, allowing him to overpower others. Jin Ling visualized the black dragon's body, with black dragon scales faintly visible all over his body, and his strength had reached a terrifying level. He Li visualized the black dragon's claws and teeth, obtaining the black dragon's combat method, with horns on his head and sharp fingers, easily tearing through any defense.

In fact, Wang Nitian was the most devious. He seemed to only visualize the black dragon's senses, but Luo Li knew he was hiding his strength. In reality, he visualized the most comprehensively, possessing both the pressure of dragon might and the strength of the black dragon, but he concealed it, wanting to play the role of a tiger in the guise of a pig.

Now it was finally Luo Li's turn to visualize the black dragon, but he smiled. He did not visualize the black dragon like the others, because Luo Li knew they were wrong!

Completely wrong! Even Master Xiyi likely felt something was amiss, which was why he sought out many young people to experiment!

They all visualized the black dragon in this way, but in fact, they were on the wrong path. No matter how well they visualized, it was still the way of transformation, with the dragon as the main focus, transforming humans into dragons. In the end, even if they succeeded, they would be half-human, half-dragon, a deviation from the true path!

Before cultivating this technique, what Luo Li did the most was think! He deliberately did not visualize the black dragon for a month, just to observe the reactions of Luo Xin and the others after their cultivation, letting them explore the path first to see if there were any problems.

Now it seemed he had done the right thing. They indeed had problems. At least, the Long Wending Luo Li had seen initially did not look like them. Long Wending possessed the strength of the black dragon, but his external appearance was still human, not a half-human, half-dragon monster. That was the true way of cultivation in the Black Dragon Sect. Therefore, Luo Xin and the others were wrong in their cultivation!

Cultivation, cultivation, no matter how many great techniques one cultivates, the ultimate goal is to become powerful, with the human as the main focus. Those techniques that transform humans into half-human, half-ghost beings are problematic!

Therefore, the way of visualizing the black dragon should not be for humans to imitate the black dragon, changing themselves to adapt to the black dragon. Instead, it should be the other way around: visualize the black dragon and change it to suit oneself, then visualize it again.

This was the problem Luo Li discovered after much thought. So he did not visualize the black dragon like the others, but first cultivated the method of controlling illusions, then began to change the appearance of the black dragon!

The huge, terrifying, and fierce black dragon began to change bit by bit in front of Luo Li. Its fangs disappeared, its claws became smaller, its ferocity vanished, its body shrank, and it transformed from a large, terrifying black dragon into a small, cute dragon baby, only three feet in size, flying playfully in front of Luo Li. This was the black dragon Luo Li needed to visualize!

Looking at the cute dragon baby in front of him, Luo Li couldn't help but smile bitterly. This was the black dragon he visualized. Although it looked a bit strange, it should be fine, at least his divine ability guided him this way!

Luo Li indeed took the right step. This was the secret technique of the Black Dragon Sect, a technique never recorded in any secret manual, not even taught orally. It was only revealed quietly during the transmission of the sect's teachings, the greatest secret of the Black Dragon Sect.

At the beginning of their cultivation, all cultivators of the black dragon's body were at the Qi Condensation stage. They were like the black dragon in its juvenile stage, the dragon baby. In the Black Dragon Sect, they all started by visualizing a dragon baby, and as their cultivation progressed, the black dragon they visualized gradually grew, eventually becoming a terrifying giant dragon.

Those who did not know this method, even if they obtained black dragon blood and all the secret techniques of the Black Dragon Sect, would directly visualize the mature giant dragon. This was like a three-year-old child wielding a hundred-pound hammer, ultimately only hurting themselves and leading to their own destruction. This was the secret the Black Dragon Sect used to protect its lineage.

Master Xiyi, upon obtaining the secret technique of the Black Dragon Sect, instinctively felt something was amiss. Therefore, he never cultivated it himself but instead created batches of small cultivators to explore the path. Many cultivators walked down the wrong path, but only Luo Li discovered the problem and correctly cultivated the black dragon's body.

Thus, Luo Li began to cultivate, visualizing the dragon baby, observing its body, bones, flesh, skin, scales, tendons, veins, blood flow, liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach, and thinking about its spirit, rhythm, essence, energy, movement, stillness, joy, anger, and sorrow. Gradually, a dragon baby formed in his mind, and his true qi, following this dragon baby, altered Luo Li's entire meridians and physical body.

Day by day, Luo Li's strength increased infinitely. With a single stretch of his hand, he could easily lift a thousand-pound object. A layer of primordial energy protected his skin, and even if dozens of talismans he had refined were simultaneously blasted onto his body, he remained unharmed. Swords and knives left only a white line on his skin, and even if they pierced through, the wounds healed instantly.

At the same time, a pressure appeared on Luo Li's body. Under this pressure, people were intimidated, and all living beings fled. This was the dragon might!

This was the black dragon's body. Luo Li continued to progress, but as time passed, the others also improved. Luo Xin and the others became even stronger!

Jin Ling's body was covered in black scales, standing over ten feet tall and with a waist circumference of six feet, like a giant, easily lifting ten-thousand-pound boulders. He Li's body was light and agile, with his hands and feet enlarged into dragon claws, each finger sharp as a knife.

Luo Xin's dragon might was visible to the naked eye, forming a halo around her, extending several feet in all directions. Wang Nitian had hair three feet long, and he could sense objects ten feet away, with sparks occasionally falling from his body. Compared to them, Luo Li's only advantage was that his external appearance remained unchanged, just as it was before.

But was it really so? Had Luo Li fallen far behind them? No! Luo Li actually had a strength that surpassed them all!

The small dragon baby did not have a powerful body, terrifying senses, or formidable dragon might, but it had the strongest dragon breath!

Luo Li abandoned the transformation of the dragon body, the strength and defense, the dragon might, the dragon heart's senses, and the dragon scales and claws. What Luo Li truly pursued was the dragon breath!

The invincible dragon breath, the Black Dragon Wave. A beam of light could destroy everything and annihilate all living beings. This was Luo Li's pursuit!

In the cultivation room, Luo Li stood seven feet away from the target used for trial cultivation, motionless.

He looked at the target, his mouth moving as if chewing something. Inside his body, his true qi was wildly circulating, gathering in his mouth, undergoing a strange transformation!

Suddenly, he inhaled deeply and then exhaled, a beam of light shooting out of his mouth. The beam was as thick as a bowl and about ten feet long, composed of countless refined flames, white and intense like a rainbow, sharp like a blade, instantly piercing through the target and leaving a hole the size of a bowl!

The beam shot out, clear and cold, emitting an overwhelming aura of destruction.

Jin Ling's formidable body and He Li's terrifying dragon claws were nothing but illusions under this beam, shattered in a single strike!

Then Luo Li inhaled and exhaled again, and the Black Dragon Wave shot out once more, this time sweeping horizontally like a blade, instantly cutting through the target. The target, used for cultivation by Foundation Establishment cultivators, was split in two by Luo Li's Black Dragon Wave!

Luo Xin's dragon might and Wang Nitian's disguise were completely shattered under this beam, unable to withstand a single strike!

Luo Li panted heavily. This was Luo Li's trump card, the Black Dragon Wave. Its power was equivalent to a spell cast by a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Talismans, true qi shields, and defensive artifacts were all powerless against the Black Dragon Wave!

Mastering this technique, Luo Li was fully confident he could persist until the last moment of the life-or-death battle.

However, such a powerful technique could not be used without limit. At the third level of Qi Condensation, he could only emit three beams.

Moreover, the beam could cut through anything within ten feet, but beyond that range, its power weakened, causing no damage.

However, the Black Dragon Wave could be emitted instantly, requiring no preparation time, which was its greatest strength.

Luo Li trained hard and prepared silently, as did the other four. Days passed, and in the blink of an eye, three months had gone by, and the time for the life-or-death battle was approaching.

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