Chapter 430: Chapter 430: Saint Xi’s Growth Stages
Li Wei stared at the four new Epic Level Extraordinary Traits he had obtained.
He was stunned for a long, long time.
It was a while before he finally came back to his senses.
The Holy Giant Dragon’s Life Sharing Extraordinary Trait didn’t give him a direct increase in power.
However, it drastically extended his lifespan.
’Who wouldn’t want to live longer?’
Li Wei didn’t have to do anything. As long as nothing happened to Saint Xi, he could easily live for six thousand years.
And his lifespan would continue to increase as Saint Xi grew.
It was normal for a Holy Giant Dragon in its Complete Stage to live for a hundred thousand years.
Just like that, Li Wei had obtained something countless people could only dream of.
To gain a longer life, Torresta had been forced to abandon his human identity and transform into a Witch Lich just to eke out a thousand years.
Now, Li Wei could easily live much longer than Torresta.
Even as a Witch Lich, one’s lifespan wasn’t endless.
It was still limited by the longevity of the materials used to create their Life Box.
Li Wei, on the other hand, had no such restrictions.
Most importantly, he didn’t have to abandon any part of his humanity.
Besides the limitation of the Life Box, a Witch Lich also faced the immense risk of losing their emotions.
By living too long, they would transform into true Undead Creatures.
They would become Undead Witch Liches.
Torresta had to use complex methods just to barely maintain his human emotions.
Li Wei, however, had no such worries.
A six-thousand-year lifespan... in six thousand years, it was uncertain if the Human Empire would even still exist.
After all, the Human Empire itself hadn’t even been established for two thousand years.
It had reached its peak a thousand years ago.
And now, it was on a downward slope.
The second Extraordinary Trait, Holy Dragon Body, was also incredibly powerful.
It directly granted Li Wei immunity to the vast majority of negative status effects.
It was a simple but brutally effective ability.
At the very least, negative status effects below the Legendary Level could no longer affect him.
Negative status effects at the Legendary Level and above involved Rules and Laws.
It would then be a matter of whether the Holy Dragon Body was stronger, or if the Rules and Laws tied to the negative status effect were stronger.
But that was a concern for the distant future.
Li Wei had yet to even meet a handful of Legendary Level experts.
There was no need to worry about vague, faraway enemies.
For now, the Holy Dragon Body was more than powerful enough.
It made him nearly invincible.
The third Extraordinary Trait, Power of the Giant Dragon, was self-explanatory.
Its effect was similar to using a Dragon Blood Potion.
In fact, its potential was even greater.
A Dragon Blood Potion could only grant the user a small fraction of a Giant Dragon’s power.
The power Li Wei received from Saint Xi might not seem as potent as a Dragon Blood Potion at the moment.
However, as Saint Xi grew, this power would inevitably surpass the effect of any Dragon Blood Potion.
This was a level of potential that a Dragon Blood Potion could never match.
The Power of the Giant Dragon possessed extremely high growth potential.
The fourth Extraordinary Trait, Holy Power, was entirely related to the Holy Giant Dragon’s race.
The very reason Holy Giant Dragons were considered one of the top-tier Dragon Races was precisely because of their incredibly mighty Holy Power.
The most important characteristic of Holy Power was its ability to directly ignore Energy Defenses.
No Magic Shield, Shield, or Barrier could block Holy Power.
Holy Power’s suppressive effect on physical defenses wasn’t as potent as it was against Energy Defenses.
But it was still not to be underestimated.
The damage dealt by Holy Power could essentially be considered true damage.
The most crucial point was that Holy Power could be added to any of Li Wei’s attacks.
This meant that when Li Wei imbued his Magic with Holy Power, he could directly ignore an enemy’s Magic Shield and deal true damage.
Before Li Wei, Mages were now essentially defenseless.
A Mage’s physique was already frail to begin with.
Now, even the Magic Shields they relied on for survival were rendered useless.
It was safe to say that no Mage was qualified to fight Li Wei head-on anymore.
They simply couldn’t withstand his attacks.
After Dragon Flame evolved into Holy Dragon Breath, its rank increased from Basic Level to High Level.
A High-Level breath attack already possessed the power of an adult Giant Dragon’s flame breath.
This meant the power of Holy Dragon Breath was at least at Tier Six.
Furthermore, since Holy Dragon Breath was infused with Holy Power, its might was comparable to the breath of a Tier Seven Giant Dragon.
It had been promoted to one of Li Wei’s trump cards.
Among all the Skills Li Wei currently possessed, the power of Holy Dragon Breath was likely second only to his Meteor Fireball Technique.
The Meteor Fireball Technique was already approaching the level of a Forbidden Curse.
Even a Tier Seven Legendary Level expert would find it difficult to withstand the attack of a Forbidden Curse.
"Aruu~"
After actively forming the highest-level Soul Contract with Li Wei, the Little Holy Giant Dragon looked exhausted and let out a yawn.
She had only just been resurrected and hadn’t fully adapted to her power yet.
And she had already given half of her Life Force to Li Wei.
This was a tremendous burden on her.
A Holy Giant Dragon’s body needed an immense supply of Life Force to grow and thrive.
Li Wei stroked the Little Holy Giant Dragon’s head. "Saint Xi, go rest in the Beast Taming Ring for a while."
Saint Xi shook her head, not wanting to go inside.
Nitro’s body was still in the Beast Taming Ring.
It made her feel uncomfortable.
After her resurrection, Saint Xi was only at Tier Four.
As she grew and transitioned from the Juvenile Stage to the Growth Stage, she should be able to reach Tier Six or even Tier Seven.
Dragon Infant Stage, Juvenile Stage, Growth Stage, Mature Stage, Complete Stage, Peak Stage, and Decline Stage...
These seven stages mapped out the growth path for the vast majority of the Dragon Race.
Typically, a Giant Dragon would naturally transition to the next stage upon reaching a certain age.
Their power Level would also increase accordingly.
The Dragon Infant Stage was the period when they were still in their eggs or had just hatched, lacking the ability to survive independently.
It mostly consisted of the time spent unhatched inside the egg.
After a member of the Dragon Race broke out of its shell, it could quickly master survival skills—a process that could take as little as a few hours or as long as a few days.
The Dragon Race possessed bloodline inheritance, allowing them to directly receive the survival instincts of their predecessors.
The Level of a dragon in this stage was typically between Tiers One to Three.
The power gap between different species of Giant Dragons at the time of hatching was enormous.
Holy Giant Dragons belonged to a species that could reach Tier Three immediately after hatching.
Therefore, their Juvenile Dragon Stage began at Tier Three.
Saint Xi had already grown to Tier Four, so she wasn’t far from the next phase, the Growth Stage.
After entering the Growth Stage, Saint Xi’s power would increase rapidly.
Once she reached a certain point, she would enter the Mature Stage.
During the Mature Stage, power growth would slow down. This was also the longest stage in a dragon’s life.
A Giant Dragon that lived for five thousand years might spend three to four thousand of those years in its Mature Stage.
Most members of the Dragon Race, upon reaching this point, might not advance any further.
They would skip the Complete Stage and Peak Stage entirely, heading straight into the Decline Stage.
A dragon in its Complete Stage was incredibly terrifying. Even a Giant Dragon from a weaker species could utterly dominate a Mature Stage Giant Dragon from a powerful species once it entered its Complete Stage.
The power of a Complete Stage Giant Dragon could likely reach Tier Eight.
If a dragon entered its Complete Stage early on during its Mature Stage, the Complete Stage would last for a very long time, almost equal to the duration of the Mature Stage itself.
After the Complete Stage came the shortest period in a dragon’s life.
The Peak Stage.
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