Chapter 535: Chapter 422: Successful Potion
The potion was successful.
Next, it was time to select the Dragon Knights.
The experimental potion was a generalized one, but when it’s put to actual use, it needs to be combined with incomplete Dragon Blood Reincarnation. This means that Dragon Knights would need the cooperation of their Mount Dragons to obtain maximum power. As such, not every Dragon Knight can use this potion.
The relationship between a Dragon Knight and their Mount Dragon was the only criterion.
Long Yi moved with Little Zi, through every legion, and thirteen Female Demons created a dream scenario for unsuspecting Dragon Knights and their Mount Dragons. In this dream, they would face danger. Without any mental defenses, their instinctual reactions to these dangers would illustrate how their mind worked. These reactions would determine Long Yi’s judgment.
After half a month of intense screening, Long Yi eventually selected a thousand individuals out of three thousand Dragon Knights.
One third.
This number surprised Long Yi as he originally thought it’ll be as low as a few hundred people at best!
The relationship between the Dragon Knight and their contract dragon determined if Long Yi chose them. Long Yi demanded absolute trust between the knight and their contract dragon and they needed to be willing to sacrifice everything for each other. In Long Yi’s view, finding a couple of hundreds would be luck, but to his surprise, he found a thousand. This was the perk of the White Dragon Empire Dragon Knight training program; the relationship between Dragon Knights and Mount Dragons resembled trusted compatriots rather than just mounts and riders.
Long Yi offered a bit of dragon blood essence and mixed it with the potion thoroughly. Only then, did the potion became a genuine finished product.
Being the first to receive the injection, Wesley felt faint with nerves.
"Such a big man, and you’re afraid of a needle?" Long Yi teased, waving the injection of Elven essence in his hand.
"Bro, I’m not afraid of the needle, I’m afraid of death. Spare me the questions...my legs are already weak. Just get it over with!"
Wesley stuttered.
"Don’t worry, one jab and you’ll be back to being a real man," Long Yi said.
"I’m already a man! Argh!"
The needle was infused into Wesley’s arm vein.
"Next!" said Long Yi, switching out the used needle for a new one. The used needle was set aside where Ai Lin used a high temperature to sanitize it. It was made of fine gold alloy, extremely high temperature resistant.
A cook and a mosquito received their injections respectively.
As opposed to the potion given to the Dragon Clan, this one acted slowly. The speed was mainly decreased to prevent side effects.
Changes began to appear in the three of them.
Firstly, they all started to grow more muscular. The mosquito was relatively the same as he was already lean with explosive muscles. Wesley virtually had no muscle mass. However, after a day he joyfully discovered a significant increase in biceps. One evident change from this transformation was their increased appetite.
The first day, the chef was on a diet.
On the second day, Wesley found himself not only becoming stronger but taller too! Mosquito didn’t see any major change in size, but his speed, and explosiveness had visibly improved.
The second day, the chef was still on a diet.
On the third day, Wesley, who had always been teased for his slenderness, started to show off his muscles to Long Yi. Whereas, Mosquito noticed some finely scaled textures emerging on his skin.
The third day, the chef was still on a diet.
Finally, after a week, all transformations were completed.
As a result, without being able to change their thought processes, the three of them grew dragon horns on their heads. Their heights had noticeably increased and their bodies became more robust. The chef, who was once a long time obese man, for the first time, noticed the shape of his own muscles. Mosquito was overjoyed by his improved agility, speed, and responsiveness that he began to sprint back and forth impetuously.
The second major change was that they could morph their entire body into thick, white, bony armor that provided excellent protection. The armor naturally grew and covered every inch of their skin without hindering their movement. The armor was entirely made of Dragon Scales and provided a strong defense against Fighting Aura. With this armor, damage in aerial combats was reduced by at least 30%.
This unexpected transformation only resulted after the addition of Dragon Blood essence. Initially, during trial experiments, the only mutation that occurred were dragon horns and some finely scaled textures on certain joints.
The changes didn’t come from the Dragon Knights, but from the Dragons themselves!
The white bony armor appeared as a natural skill. Now that they had this white armor, Long Yi no longer needed to worry about crafting new Dragon Knight armors.
The white bone armor along with the White Mount Dragon and a set of white dragon horns on the head, they looked impressively majestic!
How did Long Yi know?
Because the cook and the mosquito had been standing in front of the mirror for a while now! You could tell by the self-obsessed smiles on their faces!
Of course, the side effect was that the clothes would be torn apart when the bone armor appeared.
So, the trio boldly ran over to other Dragon Rider troops, undid the upper body bone armor in front of other Dragon Knights, fiercely flaunted their upper body muscles and then hastily retreated.
As expected, that day, the leaders of the major Dragon Rider legions once again came to Long Yi.
This time, the injection couldn’t be self-administered. Little Zi’s thirteen Female Demon avatars personally administered the injections throughout. Some tried to sneak in, but the Female Demons had already marked every suitable Dragon Knight, and the sneaky ones were immediately thrown out.
This instantly led to dissatisfaction.
After all, only one-third of a legion could become super Dragon Knights, which wasn’t exactly pleasing to anyone.
So, Long Yi had to explain to them: the potion contained a magic that required a close relationship between the Dragon Knight and their Mount Dragon to take effect. If you weren’t selected, it’s only because your relationship with your dragon had not reached such a level of intimacy, so you can’t blame anyone else.
As a result, a quick bonding activity between Dragon Knights and their Mount Dragons sprang up throughout the White Dragon Empire.
It felt like getting married first and then fostering the relationship. Surprisingly, it worked. Another five hundred people were quickly selected.
Actually, it was not really about effectiveness but the already good relationship between Dragon Knights and dragons. The initial standards set by Long Yi were quite high, which is why some didn’t make the cut then. But now, a little cultivation of relationships and you were instantly selected.
The warriors started to transform, becoming tall, strong, and powerful. Although they had dragon horns on their foreheads, it had no impact on their status in the eyes of ordinary people.
This was ultimately different from the grotesque creatures of the Black Dragon Empire!
And this was a result that Lady Nor could accept.
At first, the Dragon Knights were somewhat worried about their new images, as they had changed too drastically from their former selves. However, aesthetics are influenced by public opinion. Allowing people to make subconscious comparisons between themselves, and the Fairy Dragon, they would soon realise some similarities between the two.
So, specialised terms such as ’Dragon Gods’ and ’Handsome Dragons’ were quickly adopted.
But, when these rejuvenated Dragon Knights truly grasped their new powers, all their previous speculations and doubts were thrown to the back of the mind. As the new seven Dragon Marks were pulsing within their bodies!
No one could have predicted this result besides Long Yi and his team. From a team with an average strength of three Dragon Marks, they were directly upgraded to an average strength of seven Dragon Marks. The potion of Long Yi was simply a godsend!
However, having Fighting Aura level alone was not enough, it required complementary training, and this time, as opponents of the dragons, these Dragon Knights were finally strong enough.
The Long Yi legion’s camp was busy every day, with the five major legions visiting in rotation. A full fifteen hundred Dragon Knights rotated for lessons.
And Long Yi’s attitude was simple, if you want to challenge me, first defeat the Dandi sisters.
For the previous Dragon Knights, the Dandi sisters were absolutely invincible. But for the current Dragon Knights, the power of the Dandi sisters was no longer out of reach. After all, seven Dragon Marks had an edge over the equivalent six Dragon Marks of the Dandi sisters. However, these Dragon Knights had suddenly gained such great power, so controlling it was not that easy, and they needed more time for adjustment.
At this time, Yake and Tilian also got the news.
Almost entirely without any side effects of transformation, it does not affect intelligence at all. They did not expect such a result. For Yake, this method of enhancing Dragon Knights must have a detrimental effect on intelligence, it’s just a matter of the degree of damage, but had Long Yi solved this problem?
They frowned deeply.
"Dragon Blood Reincarnation? There must be a Dragon Blood Reincarnation spell in that potion!" Yake asserted confidently.
"Impossible! Even we have never succeeded in Dragon Blood Reincarnation, based on the stolen data from the front lines, how could Long Yi come up with this simplified version of Dragon Blood Reincarnation in such a short time?" Tilian questioned.
"Then you tell me, what other method could make Dragon Knights quickly acquire the power of their Mount Dragons without being affected by the strong bloodline of the Dragon Clan?" Yake asked.
"This..."
"No, Long Yi must have found a way to use Dragon Breath Reincarnation normally. That’s why he dared to use the potion on every Dragon Knight so brazenly!" Yake’s face started to distort in anger, "And the idiotic White Dragon Empire definitely didn’t want their Dragon Knights to become monsters. That’s why Long Yi never used those potions. But our recent war, although it shattered the confidence of the Dragon Knights of the White Dragon Empire, it opened a door for Long Yi! Allowing him to market his potions!"
Damn it! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to qidian.com to vote and support. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
