After infusing Long Xi with pure dragon power, Long Zu concentrated on teaching him how to wield the Sea Dragon Ball.
"Currently, the assistance the Neptune Ball provides you is entirely passive, because although it has recognized you as its master, it is not yet complete." As Long Zu spoke, he waved to Ye Luyao, who was not far away, beckoning her over.
After Ye Luyao approached the Dragon Ancestor, the Dragon Ancestor raised his right hand and pointed lightly at him. He only felt an imperceptible tingling sensation from his arm, and a drop of dragon blood floated out and slowly fell onto the Sea Dragon Ball on Tang Yunqing's Code of Truth.
In the next instant,
The dragon blood covered the entire Sea Dragon Ball, and the blood-red and blue colors intersected, gradually merging together. As the dragon blood and the Sea Dragon Ball mingled, Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao both keenly noticed something. They both felt that the other party seemed to have become much friendlier, and there was an unbreakable bond in the darkness.
"What happened?"
Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao asked in unison.
"Although the Sea Dragon Ball can only recognize the human race as its primary source, it also requires the assistance of the Sea Dragon Race."
Long Zu said, "Now you can use some of the Sea Dragon Ball's active abilities. Give it a try."
When Tang Yunqing heard this, his spirits lifted, and he looked at the Sea Dragon Ball on the code with anticipation.
At this moment, the color of the Sea Dragon Ball had returned to normal, and it seemed as if nothing had changed.
Tang Yunqing summoned his divinely bestowed icon and poured divine power into the Sea Dragon Ball. The next moment, memories suddenly flooded out of his mind, and the contents of these memories were all the basic abilities granted to him by the Sea Dragon Ball.
It took Tang Yunqing a long time to return to normal, and then he began to try them out.
The first was underwater breathing.
Since Tang Yunqing arrived in this lost land, he had to constantly surround his nose and mouth with divine power, filtering seawater to breathe. This was extremely inconvenient, but activating the Sea Dragon Ball freed him from the pain.
After he removed his divine power, seawater suddenly poured in, but he felt no discomfort, as if he were on land.
Then came the physical changes. Upon entering the sea, Tang Yunqing's body was affected by the temperature and pressure of the sea, requiring divine power to protect it. He was now unaffected. He could then induce the aid of seawater, which increased his strength and endurance in the sea, enhancing his vision, hearing, perception, explosive power, swimming speed, jumping ability, and so on.
Most importantly, Tang Yunqing could understand the languages of all sea races, including some of the top sea tribes.
It should be noted that not all sea races speak human languages, and having a way to communicate would greatly benefit him.
This is the most basic ability; besides it, he has many more powerful active abilities.
He can create ice in various shapes, such as staffs, guns, shields, hammers, swords, and so on. His control is so refined that he can even build a small city.
He could also transform into the appearance of many sea races, but there is a limit to the number of times.
He could also blend with seawater.
And so on.
Due to the interconnectedness of the numerous abilities the Sea Dragon Balls could provide, Tang Yunqing couldn't fully master them all, so the Dragon Ancestor suggested choosing a few more powerful ones, which he also enjoyed mastering.
Tang Yunqing could now control the abilities that should be activated at the moment of life and death, instantly restoring both his divine power and dragon power, which would greatly enhance their comprehensive thermal power and create a more powerful method.
The benefits of the Sea Dragon Balls made Tang Yunqing a little excited, but he didn't become overly excited. Even with so many abilities, he was still only a fifth-level intermediate controller. Not to mention in front of the Dragon Ancestor, even in the eyes of those ninth-level sea dragons, he was a minuscule existence. But Tang Yunqing wasn't discouraged. After all, these sea dragons had cultivated for decades, even hundreds of years, and they had time to catch up.
So in the following days, Tang Yunqing and Ye Luyao practiced on the platform of the Dragon Ancestor's tower.
In the process of continuously replenishing the tenth-level Star God and the ninth-level Sea Dragon with dragon power, Tang Yunqing became increasingly proficient in absorbing dragon power and divine power, and was only one step away from truly breaking through to the "endless life" stage.
Continuously replenishing the pure dragon power for the ninth-level Star God and the ninth-level Sea Dragon also gradually developed a friendship between them. Since then, Tang Yunqing often went to them in his free time, inquiring and learning about the major ocean races, fighting methods, and so on.
This was not only for his own cultivation, but also for the future of humanity.
He was studying for the rise of humanity.
During this period, Tang Yunqing learned from the ninth-level humanoid Sea Dragon that, in fact, more conventional knowledge could be studied by Tang Yunqing in the "Sea Dragon Library" on his own.
The only difficulty was that the text in the books and documents in the library was all in Sea Dragon script.
In the past, this had been a major problem for Tang Yunqing, but since the activation of the Sea Dragon Balls, this was no longer an issue.
In the following days, Tang Yunqing increasingly squeezed in his sleep, soaking in the Hailong Library almost every day, hoping to memorize every book in his mind and transcribe it when he returned to the City of Truth.
It was important to know that the Sea Dragon Clan was one of the most powerful races on the planet Falan, and their race could obtain more information than the three human regions combined.
For over three hundred years, humanity had been trying to contact and establish contact with the Sea Dragon Clan, but so far, there had been no success. If the Divine Messenger of Courage knew that Tang Yunqing was now in the Sea Dragon Clan's library, he would surely be shocked.
Almost a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Tang Yunqing successfully replaced all the dragon power of all the ninth-level sea dragons and tenth-level Star God-level sea dragons with pure dragon power. This significantly increased their strength. Although the time was short, it was enough to give them a head start in the war with the dragon demons.
After replacing the dragon power of all the ninth-level and tenth-level sea dragons, the Dragon Ancestor didn't let Tang Yunqing idle, but asked Tang Yunqing to replace the pure dragon power for him as well.
Upon hearing the Dragon Ancestor's request, Tang Yunqing first took a breath and was immediately shocked by the efficacy of the Sea Dragon Balls.
The Dragon Ancestor was a powerhouse about to break through to the twelfth-level Great Heavenly God realm, but the dragon power absorbed by the Sea Dragon Balls was still purer than what he had absorbed himself. This made Tang Yunqing wonder how advanced the raw materials used to refine the Sea Dragon Balls were, and how powerful the refiner was to achieve such a level.
During the period of replacing the Dragon Ancestor's dragon power, Tang Yunqing finally gained a deeper understanding of the power of an eleventh-level Moon God-level powerhouse. If the dragon power of a ninth-level Sea Dragon was like a river, then the space of a Star God-level Sea Dragon was like an ocean, and the Dragon Ancestor was like a vast, boundless universe. No matter how much time Tang Yunqing spent, he couldn't replenish the Dragon Ancestor's dragon power.
Until the fourth day, when he had replenished the Dragon Ancestor with pure dragon power. Tang Yunqing was sitting cross-legged in front of the Dragon Ancestor, above the Code of Truth in his right palm, the divinely bestowed statue was floating, and the milky white light clusters like five small suns were gently fluttering, drawing the majestic dragon power from the air.
Next to the five light clusters, there was another relatively dim light cluster, flickering and dimming, floating and sinking.
Suddenly, a sharp sound rang in Tang Yunqing's ears.
This sound did not originate from the real world, but from the depths of his soul. He saw that the originally faint light cluster suddenly became extremely bright, and with a slight influence, Tang Yunqing's rate of absorbing dragon power accelerated again.
At the same time, the sea dragon ball embedded in the Code of Truth also glowed with a pale blue luster.
In the darkness, Tang Yunqing had a feeling that from now on, even if he didn't summon the God-given Code and manifest the God-given Icon, the divine power would still be continuously drawn into the Code.
Tang Yunqing still felt the shackles lift.
He knew that this was the benefit the God-given Icon would receive after reaching the eighth level.
As a core law enforcer, once he broke through to the eighth level, his strength would reach the eighth level, and there would be no bottlenecks.
In other words, as long as Tang Yunqing could acquire enough divine power and his knowledge reached the point where it could be recognized by the Sacred Courtyard of Truth, he could easily break through to the eighth rank.
But that wasn't a simple task.
First of all, the divine power of the law enforcer had to be slowly absorbed and accumulated, and if the foundation wasn't stable, there was a high chance of accidents during the breakthrough. Furthermore, the knowledge that could be recognized by the Sacred Courtyard of Truth had to be based on true talent and practical experience, which was a great test of the law enforcer's talent and hard work.
Overall, even if a divinely bestowed icon cultivated to the eighth rank and achieved "endless life," it wouldn't be easy to break through to the eighth rank in a short time. Furthermore, Tang Yunqing's divinely bestowed icon hadn't yet broken through to the eighth rank, only the sixth rank. The reason he could now acquire the "endless" ability was entirely due to the amplification effect of the Sea Dragon Balls, and he still had a very, very long way to go.
Cultivating the God-given Symbol to the eighth level, in addition to gaining the "Endless Life" ability, the God-given Code would also be covered in a layer of gold, known as "The Golden Statue." Unfortunately, Tang Yunqing didn't acquire this ability.
However, he was already very satisfied; after all, he couldn't chew too much.
Obtaining the Endless Ability accelerated Tang Yunqing's own cultivation speed, and the Dragon Ancestor's rate of replenishing his pure dragon power significantly accelerated. After several days of repeated news that several ninth-level sea dragon clans were about to make a move, he was finally replenished with pure dragon power.
Although he couldn't see anything on the surface, the slightly raised corners of Long Zu's mouth told Tang Yunqing that his help to Long Zu was definitely greater than he imagined.
Perhaps it could also be said that it was the help brought by the sea dragon orbs.
At this point, time finally slowly advanced to the eve of the outbreak of war between the two races.