"Buzz—!"
The instant he activated his cultivation technique, the vast energy stored within the three crystals seemed to find an outlet, transforming into three streams of warm, mellow yet incomparably weighty golden torrents that surged explosively through the meridians in his arms and into Lu Chen's body!
This energy was extraordinarily pure. It required almost no refinement before swiftly merging into his limbs, organs, meridians, and bones!
The first to react were the Dragon-Pattern Spirit Bones.
All two hundred and six bones throughout his body emitted faint, crisp chimes, like gold and jade striking one another!
Pale golden dragon patterns surfaced across the bones, flowing and shifting as they became clearer and more intricate.
The density of his bones rose at an astonishing rate, becoming tougher and heavier, as though they were truly transforming toward the legendary "dragon bones."
A tingling itch and scorching heat rose from deep within his marrow as fresh blood and qi, containing even greater vitality and power, were ceaselessly produced.
Next came his flesh and meridians.
Every inch of muscle fiber became more elastic and explosive beneath the energy's scouring.
His meridians widened and strengthened, their inner walls coated in a pale golden sheen. They became even more resilient, capable of withstanding fiercer and greater impacts of true essence.
His blood and qi surged like mercury, producing a rushing sound as his vitality flourished to its utmost limit.
Then came his true essence and Dragon Thunder Baleful Force.
Within his dantian's sea of qi, the lake of liquid true essence rapidly expanded and deepened beneath the infusion of golden energy, becoming denser and purer.
Nourished by the dragon marrow earth qi, the violet-gold radiance of the Dragon Thunder Baleful Force grew ever purer and more dazzling. The three powers within it—thunder, dragon essence, and baleful