About a month later, the Crystal Demon Princess Belle finally contacted Long Yi, informing him that the Crystal Cores for the Dragon Clan had been completed. The creation of the Crystal Cores was completed half a month earlier than Long Yi’s estimate, which was indeed a piece of good news, considering nobody knew when the Black Dragon army would march in.

Upon his return from the Crystal Demon Plane, Long Yi immediately began the adaptability trial of the Dragon Clan’s Crystal Core.

Long Yi did not place the Crystal Cores on the forehead of the Dragon Clan members, but on their chests, as it was the area where the Dragon Power concentrated most, making it a more effective location.

When a Crystal Core was implanted, the Crystal Poison that had lost its infectivity quickly spread throughout the Dragon Clan’s bodies and combined with their cells. Long Yi also observed that the Crystal Poison would crystallize around the Dragon Clan’s mitochondria, forming miniature crystals. These crystals would take on the role of symbionts, converting Dragon Power into Mana or Fighting Aura. Although their efficiency was far from that of the symbionts, their function proved to be remarkably similar.

The most important point was, there was an abundance of them.

After the success of the first batch of experiments, the Crystal Cores finally began to be equipped on a large scale within the entire Dragon Clan.

At first, the Dragon Clan had a certain level of fear towards this unanticipated Crystal Core. After all, it was a Crystal Core, which usually implied Crystal Poison, and Crystal Poison signified incurable death.

However, when they saw comrades from the initial trials gaining unprecedented power, almost every dragon was thrilled.

It makes sense; as a Giant, Long Yi might not be able to quickly help the Dragon Clan lift the curse, but he could always find some ways to enhance their power. If it’s a Giant technology, what’s there to fear? The equipping of three hundred thousand members of the Dragon Clan with the Crystal Cores did not take long. Implanting the Crystal Core wasn’t difficult either. Each Dragon Knight received their own Crystal Core and placed it on their chest. The Crystal Core would then merge into the dragons’ skin.

Upon acquiring the Crystal Cores, these dragons, who for many years knew only how to use Dragon Breath, finally experienced what it was like to have their own power!

The pleasure and exhilaration they felt when their Dragon Power transformed into Fighting Aura or Mana of their own will, and then converted these Fighting Auras or Mana into Fighting Aura techniques or Magic to cast, was something these dragons have never experienced in their lifetimes!

Yes, literally, for several lifetimes. Since the Dragon Clan was cursed, all members on Dragon Island could only rely on the devices left behind by the Giants for rebirth. Some dragons have been reborn several times but have yet to wait for the removal of the curse. This explains why these dragons are so anxious and even ready to go to war. Conflicts between dragon species is one aspect, but the furious collision of desires to better relationships with the Giants and to kill the Giants has accumulated a grudge over ten thousand years.

Now, with the newfound power, almost every dragon was immersed in delight. While resting, all dragons looked forward to the arrival of the second day’s training.

However, with the increase in power, some inappropriate voices emerged within the Dragon Clan. Among these voices, the most significant was the Dragon Knight redundancy theory.

Some members of the Dragon Clan believed that since they had regained their power, they no longer needed the Dragon Knights. These Dragon Knights needed to be cared for while on the dragons’ backs; wouldn’t it be more effective for the dragons to fight on their own?

This opinion spread from ordinary members of the Dragon Clan to the Councilors, and finally reached Asus.

Embarrassed, Asus informed Long Yi about it, who didn’t care much as he knew such a thing was bound to happen.

As for this, Long Yi had one solution.

Fight! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

If you say you’re strong, and he says you’re weak, who’s right and who’s wrong? Let’s have a match and find out!

Each camp sent out a hundred Flying Dragons, and the battle began straight away.

However, the outcome of the battle was quickly decided.

The Flying Dragons without Dragon Knights won, while those with Dragon Knights lost.

The reason was simple.

Even though the power of both sides was evenly matched, the side with Dragon Knights had to take care of the Knights on their backs. This made the Flying Dragons hold back somewhat during the fight. Dragon Knights also had trouble adapting to the Giants that suddenly possessed their own power. Traditionally, Dragon Knights were expected to charge forward and cast Fighting Aura techniques or Magic. These factors combined led to the swift defeat of the Giants with Dragon Knights, while the Giants without Dragon Knights seemed to win without much effort.

"The truth is in front of us; the Dragon Knights seem to be dragging us down," said Long Yi.

"Huh?" Asus was a bit taken aback. This didn’t seem like something that Long Yi would say. After all, these Dragon Knights were brought in by him. Discrediting the significance of Dragon Knights seemed inappropriate, right?

Long Yi signaled Asus with his eyes to calm him down.

"Let’s do it this way. Brothers of Dragon Knights, Giant brothers, I propose we give ourselves a grace period, not too long, just a month. During this month, you can have these challenges anytime. If after a month, our Dragon Clan brothers still believe that Dragon Knights are unnecessary, we will let these Dragon Knights go home, how about that?"

Long Yi’s proposal took both parties into consideration. It neither immediately rejected the role of Dragon Knights nor indirectly agreed with part of the Dragon Clan’s view.