"What amazing battle talent…"
Long Na'er coughed up a mouthful of blood and pressed a hand to her chest.
On the surface, it looked like she was fixing the clothes over her chest.
In truth, she was quietly using her Spirit Power to cover the restless black scale there.
It was the reverse scale of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, a trump card she carried to protect herself. Once it was triggered, Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian would tear open space and come directly.
In truth, even if this body was destroyed, Long Na'er did not see it as a big problem.
The only thing she absolutely could not lose was the Silver Dragon Spear she carried.
If a companion treasure like this was lost, her strength would drop greatly.
Sometimes, the Silver Dragon King even wondered if it was because she had taken the Golden Dragon King's spear with her back then when she fled that the Golden Dragon King had ended up surrounded by the gods of the Divine Realm.
Ultimately, he was sealed before he even had a chance to escape.
If she ever met real danger, or if someone tried to forcibly defile this body, she would self-destruct at once. Then she would activate Di Tian's scale and summon the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian. He would kill all the enemies, then take the Silver Dragon Spear that contained her divine thought back to the Star Dou Forest.
Chen Ming took out an outer coat and draped it over Long Na'er's shoulders. He then produced a small medicinal gourd, poured out several pills, and handed them to her.
Long Na'er did not stand on ceremony. She placed the pills directly into her mouth. The moment she sensed the energy released as the pills dissolved, her expression turned somewhat strange.
A dragon's body was full of treasures. When Chen Ming refined pills, he often liked to use dragon bones and dragon blood as medicinal catalysts to govern various ingredients and produce excellent elixirs.
This was no problem for Chen Ming, yet Long Na'er found the taste of that dragon blood rather odd.
However, as the medicinal power spread through this body of hers, nourishing her damaged internal organs and healing her meridians, her expression gradually relaxed.
Although using dragon-kind as an ingredient struck her as somewhat… distasteful, she had to admit the medicine's efficacy was truly formidable. The injuries on this body had been largely suppressed, leaving only some superficial wounds that still required time to recover.
"You refined this medicine yourself?" Long Na'er asked with some curiosity.
"Yes. I've done a little research into medicine." Chen Ming spoke modestly and made a small gesture with his fingers.
"As expected of the number one genius on the continent…" Long Na'er sighed. With a casual wave of her hand through the void, the Silver Dragon Spear rose under the pull of her Spirit Power and flew back into her grasp.
"According to our previous agreement, I can temporarily lend you my Martial Soul for research. But there is one thing I don't understand. How exactly did you execute that final technique? Had you already researched 'Will,' or…?"
"I felt inspired after watching your elemental manipulation ability and learned it from there. Just now it was merely a fluke that I managed to integrate Will into my Spirit Power. If you asked me to do it again right now, I might not be able to replicate it."
"Still, you are quite formidable. Such combat talent, such cultivation, such a Martial Soul, and such a unique realm… truly impressive."
Chen Ming's voice carried undisguised admiration. Although Long Na'er felt this was only natural, she still nodded with a hint of pride.
After all, even though she had suppressed her own strength, her realm and battle ability were still far beyond the mortal level.
As half of the Dragon God, and the symbol of wisdom and elemental power, she was confident that in wisdom, strategy, battle skill, and many other areas, she was far stronger than that big dumb brute, the Golden Dragon King.
In truth, this was also a fact.
After all, although the Silver Dragon King was not smart, the Golden Dragon King was even more of an idiot.
He had no brains and was always angry.
Using his own origin to stuff an enemy's child to death was something extremely special, even across countless worlds. Or rather, it was probably one of a kind.
Chen Ming casually tossed a few pills into his mouth and dissolved their medicinal power. He then released his Martial Soul possession. Under his control, Spirit Power adhered to his body and sealed the wounds pierced open by the Silver Dragon Spear.
With the aid of his own formidable life force and the medicinal power, Chen Ming's wounds rapidly scabbed over and healed. That recovery speed was practically like a professional support-type Spirit Master treating him.
Theoretically, Chen Ming's defensive power had already reached the level of a powerful Spirit Saint. Ordinary people would find it difficult to break through his defenses. Yet the Silver Dragon Spear was a primary divine weapon. Even after several layers of seals had been added, its fundamental nature remained immensely powerful.
Although it was not as domineering as the Golden Dragon Spear and did not specialize in physical attacks, a single thrust into a human or Spirit Beast still left a gaping hole.
Moreover, the Silver Dragon Spear possessed an energy-absorbing property. If one tried to defend with Spirit Power, not only would it fail to protect the body, but it would directly siphon away energy before piercing through flesh and blood. Having been stabbed several times earlier, Chen Ming had also lost a considerable amount of energy.
To resist the piercing power of the Silver Dragon Spear through pure physical defense alone?
That would at least require a body at the level of a Ferocious Beast to stand any chance.
Chen Ming led Long Na'er to the side, into the room where the two had previously been conversing.
After resting for a short while, Chen Ming took out some medicinal food that could quickly restore blood, energy, and Spirit Power, then placed it on the table. He then took the Silver Dragon Spear from her hands and began to examine it carefully.
This was a silver long spear. To suit Long Na'er's current age and physique, the Silver Dragon Spear manifested at a length of approximately two and a half meters. It appeared quite slender, giving off the feeling of a long needle.
Upon the slender spear shaft was a layer of fine, dense silver scales. These scales were hexagonal, exceptionally delicate and uniform. Upon closer inspection, one could even sense Spirit Power flowing beneath the scales, as if it were the breathing of a living being.
The spearhead occupied roughly one-third of the total length, protruding from a silver-white pearl.
During the earlier battle, the spearhead had, according to Long Na'er's will, begun to swell and transform into a state akin to an energy form. It could continuously extend and elongate, adopting a quality that was firm yet supple, supple yet firm.
"A fine spear. A truly fine spear." Although Chen Ming also possessed a Dragon Spear Martial Soul, a simple comparison with the Silver Dragon Spear allowed him to sense numerous shortcomings in his own Martial Soul.
Before encountering the Silver Dragon Spear, the two finest conductors of Spirit Power Chen Ming had seen were the inherent material of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul and the dragon bones of the Rainbow Dragon.
Both could transmit energy with almost no loss while greatly amplifying the intensity of Spirit Power; they were exceptionally potent materials for staves. Chen Ming had spent a considerable amount of time before deciphering the composition of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, enabling him to artificially synthesize "Seven Treasures Glazed Tile" through material combinations.
Yet when compared to the Silver Dragon Spear, these two could at best be considered merely adequate.