Contracting Little Dream Dragon had not affected Russell's ability to contract the Shadowflame Dragon now.
A Dragon Knight was the endpoint of the Knight's Path. Throughout the five-thousand-year Warm Era, Dragon Knights represented the absolute ceiling of combat power.
They required no cultivation, nor was there any room for further advancement.
However powerful the dragon itself was, that was how much power the Dragon Knight could wield. Thus, there was little difference between contracting for one day and contracting for ten years. There was no need for Perfect Synchronization, nor any need for Mental Balance.
The scales atop its head rose, and a throne materialized.
Russell lightly leaped up, stepping through the air until he reached the Shadowflame Dragon's head. He turned around and, just as he had sat upon the Dream Ancient Dragon's throne in the Amber Dreamscape, sat down with natural efficiency, fitting the throne perfectly.
Boom!
Immense power rippled through Shadowflame Volcano. The lava churned, shooting hundreds of meters into the air before pouring outward.
"Roar!"
The Shadowflame Dragon let out a soaring dragon roar. The power of the contract was completed in an instant, and its dragonflame surged through the contract and flooded into Russell's body.
Looking inward at his power particles, the original five-ring concentric structure expanded by one ring. A new layer appeared between the outermost layer and the fourth layer. This layer belonged to the Shadowflame Dragon's dragonflame. It covered the other powers, while itself being enveloped by the Dream Ancient Dragon's dragonflame.
Six layers!
Every one of Russell's power particles now consisted of a six-layer concentric structure, powerful to the extreme and inseparably fused together.
At that moment, Russell's power surged once again.
He sat upon the Shadowflame Dragon's throne, his eyes fixed on the erupting lava as he extended an arm