Harsh Hatching Conditions

"Hmm? Let me take a look."

A sharp gleam seemed to flash through Di Tian's eyes. The Dragon Clan was extremely important to him. Since it had been obtained by someone like Xu Tianchen, who possessed immense fortune and a Special Destiny, it was very likely an egg of a Pureblood True Dragon.

In Di Tian's view, there were currently only three Pureblood True Dragons on the Douluo Continent: himself, Zi Ji, the Hell Dragon King, and the Silver Dragon King.

Thus, he was filled with anticipation for the dragon egg in Xu Tianchen's possession, hoping it would produce another true dragon.

Xu Tianchen took out the dragon egg Long Xiaoyao had given him from a Soul Guidance Device capable of storing living creatures, then handed it to Di Tian.

Over the past few years, Xu Tianchen had also tried to hatch the dragon egg, but none of the methods he tried had succeeded.

Di Tian carefully accepted the dragon egg from Xu Tianchen. He looked as though he were handling a priceless treasure.

He closed his eyes and used the power of his bloodline and his spiritual power to sense the vitality and bloodline within the dragon egg.

After a while, Di Tian opened his eyes and looked at Xu Tianchen.

"The vitality within this egg has not yet faded, but I can sense that its bloodline is somewhat mixed. Although it is a true dragon breed, it contains roughly three attributes: light, space, and destruction. Though it does not possess a single attribute, that does not mean it will be weak in the future."

Hearing Di Tian's words, Xu Tianchen looked at his right arm. The Soul Bone he had absorbed should have come from this egg's father or mother.

After all, his Soul Bone possessed the three attributes of light, fire, and destruction, while the dragon within this egg had likely inherited light and destruction. The remaining space attribute most likely came from the mate of the dragon that had produced the Soul Bone.

This Soul Bone had helped him greatly. Since that was the case, he ought to find a way to hatch this egg.

"Then how do we hatch this dragon egg?" Xu Tianchen asked.

"Simple, yet extremely difficult," Di Tian replied.

Di Tian's cryptic words left Xu Tianchen somewhat confused. "Hmm?"

"It is simple because this dragon egg only needs an uninterrupted supply of energy. Once it reaches a certain level, it can break out of its shell. It is difficult because it requires light, space, and destruction energy. Ideally, those energies should also carry the aura of dragons. Furthermore, to maintain the vitality within the egg, it also needs nourishment from life energy."

"If this were during the Dragon Clan's heyday, when its parents were still alive, these conditions would have been easy to fulfill. But now..."

Though Di Tian did not finish, Xu Tianchen understood what he meant.

"Senior Di Tian, I'll take responsibility for hatching it. But I cannot accomplish it alone. I need you to provide some assistance."

Xu Tianchen was somewhat unwilling to give up. Now that he knew the exact method of hatching it, he still could not hatch it.

"The rest is easy enough. Only destruction-attributed energy... Although our Star Dou Forest has destruction-attributed dragons, and we can use their blood, the quality of the destruction attribute in their blood is insufficient..."

"Would I work?" Xu Tianchen asked Di Tian directly.

"You?"

Di Tian looked at Xu Tianchen skeptically. Although he could sense a dragon aura with the destruction attribute within Xu Tianchen, that did not mean Xu Tianchen could meet the requirements.

"Yes. I believe you can sense the aura of a destruction-attributed dragon within me. You can examine it."

As he spoke, Xu Tianchen drew out a drop of his own blood. Di Tian stepped forward and first examined it with his spiritual power, then leaned closer and sniffed it.

"It will work. The quality of your attribute is sufficient, but you are not a Pureblood True Dragon after all. It would be best to add some medicinal herbs as support."

"You can place this dragon egg inside the Reverse Scale and have Bi Ji look after it. There is now Spirit Life Metal within the Reverse Scale as well. With that and Bi Ji, the nourishment of life energy is the least of our concerns."

"Alright."

Xu Tianchen first communicated with Bi Ji through his spiritual power. Because of the Reverse Scale, Bi Ji could also know what was happening outside. Having learned the full story, she readily agreed.

Besides, it would keep her from becoming too bored in the days to come.

Xu Tianchen placed the dragon egg inside the silver dragon scale, then looked at Di Tian and pointed toward the increasingly intense battlefield in the distance.

"Now that everything on our side has been resolved and this was all a misunderstanding, shouldn't we stop the fight over there?"

"That's right. Let's go stop the battle."

Di Tian nodded, dismissing the random thoughts in his mind. He swept Xu Tianchen up and flew toward the nearby battlefield.

The battlefield was already a complete mess. The towering ancient trees around it had been blown askew, and dust filled the air. The ground was littered with broken sections of dark-green branches, enormous claw marks, and traces of dark corrosion. Other than three figures, not a single living creature could be seen nearby.

High in the sky, a black dragon drifted through the air, nine Spirit Rings hovering around its body. It was Long Xiaoyao, with his Martial Soul Avatar activated. The once cloudless blue sky had turned pitch-black beneath the spread of Long Xiaoyao's Dark Domain.

On the ground stood a gigantic bear fifteen meters tall. Its enormous body resembled a mountain, covered in dark-golden fur. Its arms were extraordinarily long and thick, and several bloody wounds marked its body. Yet the most eye-catching feature was undoubtedly its pair of dark-golden giant claws, sharp as blades.

This giant bear was Xiong Jun, who had become somewhat carried away by the fight. Seeing Long Xiaoyao, another dragon-type being like Di Tian and one with the darkness attribute, Xiong Jun wanted to use Long Xiaoyao to vent the grievances he had suffered under Di Tian over the years.

Not far from the giant bear stood another figure with a slightly greenish complexion and a pair of turquoise eyes filled with eerie light. They were completely different from Bi Ji's gorgeous emerald green, giving off a gloomy and somewhat chilling impression. This was the Myriad Demon King.

To be honest, he had truly come to break up the fight at first. But Xiong Jun had gotten too fired up, and he could not stop him. All he could do was watch over Xiong Jun and make sure Long Xiaoyao did not beat him to death.

Xiong Jun did not care about any of that. He let out a furious roar, raised his dark-golden giant claws high, and swung them down at Long Xiaoyao overhead. Five dark-golden claw streaks several feet long tore through the air, shooting directly at Long Xiaoyao's face.

Heaven-Rending Claw!

It was Xiong Jun's strongest skill. He had even relied on it to wound Di Tian before.

Long Xiaoyao did not evade. As his ninth Spirit Ring flashed with an eerie red light, the dragon slowly opened its massive jaws, gathering an intense sphere of energy within them.

"Ninth Soul Skill, Dragon Emperor Annihilation Wave!"

The two attacks collided violently, and the resulting shockwave spread directly through the surroundings, causing the already half-dead flowers and grass to lose all life completely.