Tale of the Red Dragon Without Dragon's Might-Chapter 453 - 445: Submit in 9 Breaths

When he saw the Golden Finger reward, Leon’s eyes suddenly contracted into thin lines.

It’s no wonder he reacted so dramatically... Compared to those beings who have lived for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, his rise was as swift as a meteor streaking across the night sky. Though he had mastered many powerful spells, his mana reserves were always his greatest limitation.

"It’s here."

"It’s finally here."

After so many years, had he finally found a spell to solve his mana shortage problem?

"Wait, don’t get too excited yet," Leon reminded himself, trying to temper his expectations. "The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."

Leon walked for five minutes to calm his mind.

His understanding of the Nine Breath Qi was limited, confined to the Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Techniques in the Comprehensive History of Immortals, and nothing more. He had never seen it used in any mythical story... Regardless, everything depended on the real experience.

Leon took a deep breath, focusing his mind entirely on the Nine Breath Qi he had just mastered.

As he delved deeper into comprehension, an excited glow gradually appeared in his eyes.

The Nine Breath Qi he mastered was a cultivation divine skill allowing one to quickly absorb and transform nature’s spiritual energy into mana through breathing and exhaling. Its core lay in completing the absorption and transformation of spiritual energy within nine breaths, offering recovery, balance, and an enhancement of cultivation.

The foundation of Nine Breath Qi lay in synchronizing with nature’s spiritual energy through breathing, establishing a unique rhythm between one’s inner breath and the external spiritual energy through nine patterned breaths, which mobilizes and refines the spiritual energy into pure mana.

Throughout the Nine Breath Qi process, breathing is not only the medium for energy exchange but also a crucial link connecting the human body with nature, requiring precise control of mana flow direction to ensure efficient energy absorption.

"Does it feel kind of strong?" Leon muttered to himself, thinking that Nine Breath Qi allowed him to complete the transformation of nature’s spiritual energy within nine breaths, enabling rapid mana recovery outside of battle and providing sustained support for continuous casting during combat.

Does this mean—from now on, endurance battles will no longer be his weakness!

Facing endurance battles, as long as he could find a brief chance to catch his breath, he could quickly reverse the mana exhaustion disadvantage with Nine Breath Qi.

Leon didn’t get too excited too soon and remained calm. Although Nine Breath Qi, as a high-level reward, was exceptionally powerful, it was not without weaknesses. On the contrary, the weakness was quite obvious.

The oxygen content in the atmosphere exceeded twenty percent, but when a Cloud Burst Bomb exploded, it consumed oxygen, causing severe oxygen deficiency at the site for a certain period.

In such a situation, nature’s spiritual energy would be even scarcer than oxygen. If he used Nine Breath Qi to convert all spiritual energy into mana in one breath, before the spiritual energy replenished... no matter how powerful Nine Breath Qi was, it was impossible to make a woman out of nothing.

To solve this problem, either constantly change the battlefield or stay in areas abundant with spiritual energy, like his upgraded Cave Heaven Blessed Land on the Volcanic Island.

Regardless, with Nine Breath Qi, he could now say he had several mana bars. Except for Fatian Xiangdi, which consumed too much mana, he no longer needed to be so cautious when using Sanmei Divine Wind.

If he stayed on the Volcanic Island, which was abundant in spiritual energy due to feng shui formation, he could use Nine Breath Qi anytime to replenish mana, and his challenge level would at least increase by one level compared to the outside.

So with Nine Breath Qi, can he rest easy now?

His next opponents could be at least heavenly gods descending. Even if he had Long Rainbow Escape, who knew what moves his opponents had to prevent him from disengaging from battle. Especially when wanting to maintain Fatian Xiangdi for a long time, the mana bar still needed to be long enough. Therefore, the point that Nine Breath Qi could also speed up mana growth was something Leon greatly valued.

In everyday life, the Breathing and Exhaling Skill had become second nature. With Bone Shedding and Rebirth, the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy increased. The Volcanic Island transformed from a feng shui treasure to a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, marking a significant improvement... counting Nine Breath Qi now, it’s a quantitative change causing a qualitative change, and Leon could hardly imagine the speed of his mana growth—it would be multiple, tenfold, or even more than before.

Knowledge comes from practice.

Leon decided to try the Nine Breath Qi. He reverted to his Dragon Form, roared to the sky, vigorously flapped his wings, and spiraled upward, activating Nine Breath Qi. In the first breath, he absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy, with each ensuing breath taking in more, and the last breath devouring the energy entirely, causing the weather to change.

If Leon had no mana, he would quickly replenish his exhausted mana with the mana absorbed from the Nine Breath Qi just now. Since his mana hadn’t been consumed prior, it stayed temporarily within his body... Indeed, Nine Breath Qi also allowed his mana to temporarily exceed its limit, like taking a deep breath before diving underwater.

Through the Golden Finger, Leon had mastered the divine skill of Sanmei Divine Wind, not only to create divine wind but also to produce winds without much power.

At this moment, as he kept swirling in the sky, a gigantic hurricane appeared... a vast hurricane overshadowing the Sun and the Moon, stronger than any weather manipulation, almost a divine power.

The hurricane blew toward his Zhen Dan Kingdom. Leon was not one to destroy without reason, so he took a deep breath quickly, his chest glowing brilliantly, and blew Samadhi True Fire into the eye of the storm.

Should he choose to invest mana, the Samadhi True Fire he now spewed was no mere flame—it appeared more astounding than the Nuclear Explosion Dragon Breath of a certain Red Dragon named Ash King Sodak.

Samadhi True Fire burned the eye of the hurricane created by the spell, sparking Leon’s imagination. Knowing that Sword Control Technique could chemically react with Three Heads and Six Arms, could Samadhi True Fire and Sanmei Divine Wind possibly combine to create a Samadhi True Fire Divine Wind wielding both powers?

An idea’s potential is determined not by the tallest plank in a barrel, but precisely by its shortest one. With Nine Breath Qi filling his last shortcoming, even though strong divine power might still be untouchable, what about those weaker ones?

There ought to be Golden Finger rewards for slaying gods, right? Or must he replace Tiamat, or Bahamut instead? Alternatively, what about becoming a neutral Dragon God, different from the evil Tiamat and the good Bahamut?

Leon, half lost in these thoughts, descended slowly onto the Volcanic Island, wondering if his daughter had rested well—the baby dragon was brimming with energy.

Leon couldn’t be happier right now. He had a daughter who seemed to be a mana-sustaining dragon, promising a bright future. With one shortcoming resolved, he whimsically considered granting amnesty and halving taxes for six months, celebrating nationwide... but dismissed it since formalism should be avoided.

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