Chapter 265: Dragon Essence (1/2)

Seeing the golden dragon flying at him, Yuan subconsciously retrieved his Empyrean Overlord and took a defensive stance as it felt like an extremely powerful and violent beast was rushing at him at this moment.

”Brother Yuan?” Xiao Hua was puzzled by Yuan's sudden alertness and called out to him.

But alas, Yuan was too focused on the dragon to hear Xiao Hua's voice.

Whoosh!

The dragon slithered through the air in a smooth movement before headbutting Yuan.

Yuan held the Empyrean Overlord in front of his body to block the attack, but to his surprise, as though it was a ghost, the dragon went directly through his sword and straight into his body!

”Ah!” Yuan shouted in a surprised voice when the dragon suddenly invaded his body.

”What happened, Brother Yuan?!” Xiao Hua left the necklace and asked him.

”T-The golden dragon went inside my body!” He quickly said.

”Brother Yuan, Xiao Hua believes that the dragon is—”

Right as Xiao Hua spoke, a notification appeared before him.

Ding!

[Heaven Refining Physique activated]

[Minor Dragon Essence has been refined]

[Soul Strength +10,000]

[Your Divine Sense has reached a new level]

[Divine Sense Mastery Level (1) → (2)]

”—Dragon Essence, so it's not harmful to your body. In fact, it will even benefit you greatly!” Xiao Hua said.

”Dragon Essence? What is that? I just gained a lot of stats from absorbing the Minor Dragon Essence.” Yuan said.

”What! Brother Yuan already absorbed the Dragon Essence?!” Xiao Hua looked at him with a gawking expression on her small face.

Unlike monster cores, monster essences are very unique in the way they are created and absorbed. When a magical beast dies, its Dantian will form into a monster core that allows Cultivators to absorb some of its spiritual energy. However, when it comes to essences, they can be created without needing the magical beasts' death.

With that being said, only powerful magical beasts have the ability to create essences, mostly Divine Beasts like the Great One, and even then it requires a lot of energy and time to form its own essence.

As for why magical beasts would waste their time and effort on creating essences— it's sort of training for them, like how Yuan trains his Divine Sense, as it strengthens their control over their own spiritual energy as well as their soul and mental strength.

”B-Brother Yuan, even though it's only a minor essence, it normally takes months if not years for an individual to fully absorb it, yet you managed to absorb it so quickly, almost instantaneously… It's almost as shocking as your eating habits…” Xiao Hua said to him with her eyes wide as saucers.