Rustle, rustle! As the dragon hide shriveled, the entire ground beneath it turned out to be covered in blood-red, stone-like crystals. Clearly, the dragon blood had corroded it into this state. No wonder none of the blood had seeped into the ground...
Li Xiaoya slipped his hand into the dragon hide without betraying anything and found the Fire Dragon Sword. It felt warm, but otherwise showed no particular change. Evidently, absorbing the Black Dragon Marshal's flesh and blood had not caused it to evolve...
Li Xiaoya also discovered that the Fire Dragon Sword had only grown slightly stronger. Clearly, its current grade was already so high that even the flesh, blood, and essence of the Mighty One Stage Black Dragon Marshal had only improved it a little. Naturally, this surprised him...
Still.
The Fire Dragon Sword's ability to devour the power of the Dragon Race was clearly far stronger than before. Li Xiaoya remembered that, in the past, when it devoured dragons, it could not consume their bones, the hardest part of their bodies. Now, however, it could even devour the power within their bones. He could only imagine how formidable the Fire Dragon Sword would be if he could wield it...
Li Xiaoya discreetly drew the Fire Dragon Sword back into his body, leaving no sign of what he had done, then rose into the air. He also discovered that the Black Dragon Marshal's imprisoned demon core and demon nascent infant were absent. Clearly, Tianyuan had already taken them...
Naturally, Li Xiaoya asked no questions. After all, he had already gained more than enough. Although a Mighty One Stage black dragon's demon core and demon nascent infant were extraordinarily precious, he still said nothing...
"This is rather good!" Looking at Li Xiaoya beneath the shriveled dragon hide, Tianyuan flew