The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 670 - 0667: Testing the Ice-Sealed Sword (Fourth Update, Celebrating 10,000 Coins Reward)

Chapter 670: Chapter 0667: Testing the Ice-Sealed Sword (Fourth Update, Celebrating 10,000 Coins Reward)

This chapter is an additional update for “Invigorating Gem” reward.

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It was said to be an inspection of the Banpo Cattle Farm, yet there wasn’t much to inspect; the cows birthing calves were very healthy, as were the calves themselves.

Liszt personally fed the cows a few bundles of hay as a form of solace.

Afterward, he asked someone to slaughter a mixed-breed Estuary Piglet from the Estuary Pig Farm, as he wanted to eat roast suckling pig at dinner.

Standing on the slope of the Black Horse Ranch, looking out at the group of Black Blood Treasure Horses in the distance, Lightning nestled up beside him. He had rarely ridden this King of Black Blood Treasure Horses; most of the time, Lightning leisurely behaved as its own lord, mating with whichever horse it desired.

The herd had birthed many foals, and with herders taking care of these foals, not a single one perished—the population was slowly expanding.

Even larger was the herd of mixed-breed horses, with foal after foal falling to the ground, now numbering in the hundreds. Once these foals grew up, they would be able to arm the Black Horse Island Knights Order. Although their dragon bloodline was thin, they could still be called Dragon Breed Horses and were more robust than Magical Beast horses.

“It’s a pity that the Formless Dragon only visits my territory about once a year. Otherwise, if it visited a few more times, I probably wouldn’t be short of Dragon Breed Beasts,” he lamented.

The reason dragons could infect creatures with dragon lineage was due to the influence of their bloodline magic power.

According to the Dragon Rearing Manual written by the Marquis of Bull, this magic power might originate from the boiling of blood. When dragons are extremely excited, their blood boils rapidly, releasing infectious magic power from their bloodline, which then infects the surrounding creatures, resulting in dragon lineage beings.

But to excite a dragon to the extent that both its mind and body reach that climax-like state is very difficult.

The excitement point of a Formless Dragon is Smoked Grass. A feast of Smoked Grass could make it uncontrollably excited and thereby release bloodline magic power to infect creatures like the Banpo Cattle and Estuary Pigs. It also happens to produce Space Gems. Up until now, Liszt has obtained four Space Gems from the Formless Dragon.

Perhaps due to its youth or its restraint, the Formless Dragon only visits once a year. Even with the attraction of Smoked Grass, it has only come twice in total.

If it frequented more often, not to mention Dragon Breed Beasts, even Space Gems could be wholesaled.

Of course.

In his own “Liszt’s Dragon Taming Manual,” he speculated that the infectious magic power of dragon bloodlines probably couldn’t be released at any time and required a long time to accumulate. Therefore, it’s not common for dragons to get excited; once a year is likely a normal frequency. Getting excited too often might harm them.

Besides, if it doesn’t hit the exact point of excitement, a dragon might never get excited in its lifetime.

After becoming a dragon rider, Liszt also attempted to understand Leo’s excitement needs through mental and emotional harmony. However, Leo did not grasp this concept. Whether it was Smoked Grass, grilled steak, or even being thrown into a volcano crater, nothing could make it joyous, make it laugh, or excite it.

Its excitement point wasn’t any of these.

Thus, Leo had never released the power of bloodline infection since its birth.

It might take a long time to figure out how to excite it—referring to the Sapphire Family, aside from the Blue Blood Treasure Horse, there was no mention of breeding Dragon Breed Beasts. It can be inferred that even after more than one hundred and fifty years of exploration, they have never grasped the excitement point of the Sapphire Dragon.

As for Dragon Beasts, they are even rarer. Apart from Liszt, who has two Low-Level Dragon Beasts (the Landwalker Bird has evolved), it’s uncertain if anyone else in the Duchy of Sapphire owns another Dragon Beast.

And as for higher-level Sub-dragons (Super Dragonkin Magical Beasts)—apart from the barely evidence of the Phoenix Feather, there is no other proof that they truly exist.

“I wonder if it’s possible to artificially simulate a dragon’s excitement point to make dragons excited and thus release the infectious power of their bloodline… Maybe this could also be considered a form of training, simply called ‘Dragon Blood Infection.’ Heh,” Liszt idly thought.

Although he knew this couldn’t be considered a real training method, he still called out for the Smoke Mission.

Sure enough, the Smoke Mission remained unchanged, still maintaining the same task as before—low-key exploration of the next method of cultivation.

“Hopefully, Ach can verify the resonance theory soon,” he hoped.

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After leaving Black Horse Ranch, Liszt rode Lightning to the construction site of Thorn Castle. The foundation of the castle had been poured, and the first layer had started to be laid. With rubber water as the setting material, the construction was effortless, but the detail work was labor-intensive.

The chief commander of the construction project, Jomaya Bangtu, was aware of whom he was building the castle for.

He was personally involved in every step and ensured that the quality met the highest standards—in fact, Liszt had thought about asking him to cut corners, since it was unknown who the Thorn Castle might be sold to in a few years. But in the end, he didn’t speak up; after all, this castle would be his home for the next few years.

Even if he left the Duchy of Sapphire to found a country overseas, this castle would still be the best place to admire his achievements.

The Apple Minor Elf’s cordyceps had already been settled in the planned Apple Wonderland; now, many serfs were planting seedlings for the autumn. In two years, this apple orchard would be lush and thriving.

“Thomas, have someone fetch a few fresh well fish for the kitchen, I want to have fish soup for the banquet,” Liszt instructed.

“Yes, my lord.”

“Also, tell the kitchen to scramble a mix of green-headed duck and flamingo eggs with some Golden Cordyceps.” Golden Cordyceps was a type of abandoned cordyceps. Since the trade of Flame Mushrooms began, the production of Golden Cordyceps had been climbing and thriving.

The personal servant Thomas replied, “Yes, my lord.”

Green-headed ducks were Water Attribute magical beasts, and flamingoes were Fire Attribute magical beasts. Combined with the Earth Attribute Golden Cordyceps, frying them together produced a unique taste.

Having ordered his dinner, there was still some time until the banquet began.

He thought for a moment and decided to visit the Mage Tower to check on the progress of the magic plants. However, on his way through the Knight’s Square, an excited Alvin Eagle Sword approached him: “My lord!”

“What is it?”

“I have fully mastered the Ice Seal skill of the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword!”

“Oh?” Liszt was immediately delighted. Most of the time, the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword was being studied by Alvin for its skills, “Is that so? Come, tell me about it in detail.”

As the only Iron Knight in the territory, Alvin had a private office, workshop, and residence at the Knight Academy. He was also not one to stay idle for long and had already cohabited with a young lady, with a wedding date set to start a family.

Of course, Liszt was pleased about this development.

Holding the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword in hand, he patiently listened to Alvin’s relentless explanations.

“My lord, you have already properly integrated the Ice Rotation skill, freely converting Fire Attribute Dou Qi into Ice Attribute Dou Qi, which is a prerequisite for the Ice Seal skill. Next, you only need to switch the operating frequency of the Dou Qi to activate the Ice Seal skill—the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword can amplify the operating frequency of the Dou Qi, thereby blocking the Dou Qi resonance of the Dou Qi Domain.”

It seemed like a complex operation, but the principle was simple.

The Dou Qi Domain is a form of Dou Qi resonance, it may require precise and complex operations, but the principle remains that Dou Qi resonance forms a domain.

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The Ice Seal skill of the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword also had a complex set of operations, but its principle was to use the frequency of released Dou Qi to interfere with the Dou Qi Domain and then use the Ice Attribute Dou Qi to disturb the resonance, achieving the effect of sealing.

With Alvin’s guidance.

Liszt quickly mastered the method of executing the Ice Seal skill. With the longsword in hand and the Dou Qi in motion, a clear blue broadsword emitted a buzzing sound. Ring after ring of bone-chilling Dou Qi radiated from the blade and swiftly spread out like waves over the surrounding area.

There was a bit of commotion, indeed causing the air around to drop several degrees.

But the effectiveness was hard to determine.

There was no Domain Knight here to test his sword on, so after executing the Ice Seal skill a few times, he sheathed the Ice Soul Dragon-Slaying Sword, thinking to himself, “Sooner or later, I’ll have to take part in the Pioneer Mandate; then, when I go to seize Marquis Nuta’s Dou Qi Domain Manual, it will be the perfect opportunity to test the sword on him.”