"A metal that possesses life force — could it be that..."
Thinking of the Star Dou Forest and the state of life decay, Chen Ming immediately remembered the Golden Tortoise from the original story, the one that sacrificed itself to Xu Sanshi and became his Spirit Soul.
These symptoms were clearly what happened after swallowing a large piece of Life Gold and being harmed by its backlash.
If that was the case, then it made sense.
After all, even if it was a true dragon Spirit Bone, providing life force equal to two and a half Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bones at once was still far too much.
The Blue Silver Emperor might not have been strong in combat, but it was still a true life-attribute top-level Spirit Beast.
Even a true dragon of the same level could not be stronger than a specialist in every single area.
"Little Earth, can you tell me about what you've seen in the Star Dou Forest?"
"I'm quite interested in Spirit Beasts. Why don't you tell me about them?"
"My lord, since you want to hear it, I'll speak…"
The Mountain Giant Dragon thought for a moment, then began talking about things from when it was young.
As Chen Ming listened to the Mountain Giant Dragon's story, he learned all kinds of details about Spirit Beast life, as well as Spirit Beast common sense from the Star Dou Forest that human Spirit Masters might not discover even after studying for tens of thousands of years.
At the same time, he studied his current left arm.
After a while, Chen Ming roughly figured out the state of his left arm.
Simply put, when he used the Golden Claw ability, the Life Gold hidden inside the Spirit Bone would be activated. Part of his body would turn into a very special state, like a mix of flesh and alloy carrying the traits of Life Gold.
In this state, his left arm had a special field around it. It could easily pierce through most Spirit Power barriers and defenses, and it could also directly absorb the target's life force.
Devouring metal was not the trait of Life Gold.
Life Gold's trait was devouring life force.
It was only devouring the life within the metal.
The reason the power inside the metal could also gather into Chen Ming's body was because the Mountain Dragon King and Earth Dragon King bloodline hidden in his blood or Martial Soul already carried a hidden trait of strengthening itself by absorbing metal power.
The reason he could use his left claw to pierce metal and draw out the energy within to strengthen himself was the result of those two traits combining. A single factor alone could not reach this level.
There was one more point: because this ability came from the former Heavy Armored Earth Dragon, now the Mountain Giant Dragon, it also inherited part of the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon's trait of devouring metal, melting it into alloy, and covering itself with it.
In simple terms, Chen Ming could change the composition of his metalized left arm to a certain degree.
As long as he devoured enough metal and understood Spirit Power and those metals well enough, his left arm could become all kinds of alloy combinations.
It might even produce unexpected effects.
This ability was simply stronger than all of Chen Ming's other abilities combined. Even if those hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone abilities and Spirit Ring abilities were added together, it was still the same.
"Little Earth, between my current Golden Claw ability and the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's Dark Gold Terror Claws, which one is sharper?"
"Of course it's your Golden Claw, my Lord."
"Although the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's Dark Gold Terror Claws are even more destructive than a true dragon's claws, your ability has clearly combined a normal true dragon claw with the traits of that metal you called Life Gold, then raised it even further."
"Whether in physical destruction or energy destruction, it is stronger than the Dark Gold Terror Claw"
The Mountain Giant Dragon spoke like a loyal follower. Then, as if he had thought of something, he added,
"My Lord, I can sense that the life force inside your left arm now is like a small world. We souls can move into the Spirit Bone in your left arm and live there."
"Also, because the left arm bone has both powerful life force and devouring ability, in theory, even though it has already become a Spirit Bone, this bone can continue to grow."
"But I don't know more than that. You will need to test it yourself. After all, I'm only a Spirit Beast, and Spirit Beasts can't absorb Spirit Bones. I can only give some rough advice."
"I think you really are very wise. Truly." Chen Ming praised the Mountain Giant Dragon.
Even among Spirit Beasts of the same kind, there were differences.
Just like how humans were all the same race, but the gap between individuals could be as vast as heaven and earth.
The Mountain Giant Dragon was not only powerful in cultivation. The wisdom he showed had also surpassed most Spirit Beasts Chen Ming had seen.
He could not say all of them, because Chen Ming had also seen a Sacred Magical Devil Ape.
Without waking that one up, Chen Ming could not be sure which of them was wiser.
But one thing was certain.
Compared to the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian, the Mountain Giant Dragon was clearly better at adapting to situations and was more realistic.
Chen Ming could not see much dragon pride in him, but his wisdom for survival was practically overflowing.
If this had been the ancient age of Spirit Beasts, when the dragon clan was at its peak, then with his talent and wisdom, he might even have become one of the higher-ups of the dragon race.
"If I have the chance in the future, I'll definitely promote you properly." Chen Ming made a promise to the Mountain Giant Dragon.
The Mountain Giant Dragon nodded again and again. No matter what happened in the future, at least for now, he knew what kind of attitude he should show.
The Mountain Range Dragon's soul, together with the Dragon Turtle' s soul and the Sacred Magical Devil Ape's soul, were transferred by Chen Ming from his spiritual sea into the Spirit Bone of his left arm — all three hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast souls together.
Every drop of the Life Gold was a tiny world teeming with life. This metal was by nature a precious substance perfectly suited to nurturing souls.
Although they had been moved out of his spiritual sea, the souls of the three hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts were clearly more comfortable staying inside Chen Ming's left arm bone.
Even the souls of the Dragon Turtle and the Sacred Magical Devil Ape gradually began to awaken during this process.
It would probably not take long. Even without Chen Ming actively waking them, the two souls would recover to their peak under the nourishment of Life Gold, then naturally regain consciousness.
Chen Ming first showed his face around and canceled the safety measures he had set up before.
Then, taking advantage of this rare free time, he quietly used his earth-attribute ability to widen the mine tunnel.
On the foundation of the original hollow space, he dug several hundred meters downward and created a huge underground chamber to serve as his experimental laboratory.
With great interest, Chen Ming began his experiments.
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