116: Dragon Blood Tempering

Arthur's subsequent tasks, besides summoning characters based on the appearances of the noble subordinates given to him by Victor and the others.

His main focus was on increasing his strength.

Arthur suddenly brought up the subject of strength improvement because the dragon blood of a Dragon is a Divine Object that can improve human Physique and rapidly increase their Cultivation speed.

Of course, because the Dragon is only a Legendary Creature, its blood only has an effect on the strength of people who are Sky Knights or below.

Arthur only possesses Silver Rank strength, so it is more than sufficient for him.

Regarding the dragon blood, the Dragon's fifty-meter body contains a massive amount of blood, roughly six hundred cubic meters of dragon blood.

Even if Arthur soaked in a six-cubic-meter tub of dragon blood every day, he could do so for about a hundred days, so he wouldn't have to worry about running out.

Of course, the actual duration would be even longer, given Arthur's Physique as a Silver Knight.

When first soaking in dragon blood, it's impossible to calculate it in cubic meters; it must be calculated drop by drop.

And then diluted with Clean Water!

Furthermore, when first using dragon blood, it is best to use some Magical Plants to temporarily slow the onset of the dragon blood's potency, so that Arthur's absorption process won't be too painful.

Speaking of which, these methods were proposed by Dragon Joao, whom Arthur summoned. As a Dragon, he was quite knowledgeable about the best ways to use dragon blood.

Therefore, Joao became Arthur's coach and helper for dragon blood Body Tempering.

Arthur's dragon blood Body Tempering truly began on the fifth day after he summoned Joao, because before that, he had to collect some Magical Plants that could assist the dragon blood Body Tempering.

After finishing the collection of auxiliary Body Tempering Magical Plants, Arthur finally began the long-awaited dragon blood Body Tempering.

He first placed an obsidian tub, two meters in diameter and two meters high, in the Bathroom.

Ordinary Materials could not withstand the corrosion of dragon blood—a wooden tub certainly wouldn't work—so Arthur directly used shapeable obsidian, which could be purchased from the Portable Shop, to create the bathing tub.

The obsidian also received Joao's approval, confirming it was suitable.

That evening, Arthur stayed alone in the Bathroom, gazing at the half-full obsidian tub containing reddish liquid.

The tub contained the dragon blood Body Tempering Medicinal Fluid, which was a mixture of ten drops of dragon blood, some Magical Plants, and Clean Water.

He didn't know if it was due to the dragon blood, but even though there was no flame continuing to heat the bottom of the obsidian tub, bubbles indicating boiling still appeared in the water.

Arthur guessed that this was a special reaction between the dragon blood and the Magical Plants.

It looked somewhat terrifying, but in order to quickly increase his strength, Arthur could only grit his teeth, strip naked, and jump in.

Arthur wasn't afraid of accidents, because Dragon Joao, who had transformed into human form, was guarding the door outside the Bathroom.

As soon as he entered the obsidian tub, Arthur felt his entire body become scorching hot, as if he were submerged in Boiling Water—it was incredibly uncomfortable!

Initially, this sensation was only on the surface of his skin, but when the medicinal potency of the dragon blood mixed with the Magical Plants entered Arthur's body through his pores.

Arthur truly realized the terror of the dragon blood. His whole body felt as if it were melting, and the pain nearly overwhelmed the Physique and Spirit that he had Cultivated over a long period.

Veins bulged on his face, and he nearly passed out!

If the dragon blood hadn't been constantly stimulating his Spirit while inflicting pain, he likely would have collapsed long ago.

But Arthur wasn't much better off, constantly hovering on the verge of dizziness.

It wasn't until an hour later, when his body initially adapted to the dragon blood's Reinforcement and the amount of dragon blood decreased after being absorbed, that the pain subsided somewhat.

Afterward, his condition improved steadily. Three hours later, the water inside the obsidian tub had completely turned into clear, Ordinary Water.

Arthur also felt that, after three hours of dragon blood Reinforcement, his body was about twice as strong as it was before soaking in the dragon blood.

Furthermore, his strength also achieved a Breakthrough from Silver Knight Middle Stage to Silver Knight Late Stage.

Arthur couldn't help but sigh in admiration: worthy of the blood of a Legendary Dragon, it was truly Terrifying, causing such a massive change in him after just the first use.

If this continued, Arthur's strength would surely Advance by leaps and bounds.

The rapid increase in strength made Arthur consider soaking again, but the thought quickly vanished.

This was because Arthur realized that although his physical condition was remarkably good this time, his Spirit was exhausted due to the previous pain.

Under such circumstances, even if soaking in dragon blood again would lessen the pain compared to the first time, Arthur didn't know if he could endure it.

If he couldn't, it would be dangerous!

Moreover, according to Joao, dragon blood soaking should be done at most once a day, which allows the body a process of adaptation.

So Arthur ultimately dispelled the temptation of rapidly increasing his strength and decided to stick to the plan of soaking in dragon blood once a day.

For the next month, Arthur spent a few hours every day soaking in dragon blood in the Bathroom to increase his strength.

The amount of dragon blood added to the obsidian tub also increased as Arthur's strength improved.

Starting from ten drops, then twenty drops on the second day, forty drops on the third day... After one month, nearly half of the obsidian tub was filled with scorching dragon blood, totaling one cubic meter of pure dragon blood. The liquid in the tub was so intensely scarlet that no Clean Water could be seen neutralizing it!

And Arthur's strength rapidly increased during the month-long dragon blood soaking, achieving a Breakthrough directly from Silver Knight Middle Stage to Earth Knight Early Stage.

It was truly Terrifying!

In just one month, Arthur's strength increased by two Ranks!

Speaking of which, the Earth Knight stage is indeed the first stage to produce a Qualitative Change, allowing one's Lifespan to unusually reach three hundred years.

The difficulty of its Breakthrough is also surprisingly high.

During Arthur's thirty days, he had actually reached the Peak strength of a Gold Knight by the twentieth day.

The following ten days were spent stuck at the stage of breaking through from Gold Knight Peak to Earth Knight, striving for the Earth Knight Breakthrough.

He finally succeeded on the thirtieth day!

During Dragon Joao's explanation, Arthur learned that the human Breakthrough to Earth Knight is a process of Transformation.

Only Earth Knights are considered to have initially entered the Ranks of the Powerful, which is why dragon blood's effect is very pronounced before the Earth Knight stage.

After reaching the Earth Knight stage, the speed of strength improvement through dragon blood soaking slows down several times. After reaching the Sky Knight stage, it slows down significantly again!

Once the Legendary stage is reached, it has almost no effect on increasing Cultivation speed.

According to statistics, the blood of one Legendary Dragon is enough to rapidly promote a human from the Bronze Stage to the Sky Knight Early Stage.

And the time required for this is exactly one year!

This is just the effect of dragon blood, yet it is countless times more effective than the precious Magical Medicine in Human Kingdoms!

Arthur couldn't help but sigh in admiration: truly worthy of the Dragon, whose entire body can be called a treasure!