107 Dragon Perception (2/2)

'Are those... eyes?'

Suddenly as if to confirm her suspicion, the Heavenly Fire took the form of a large magnificent dragon then roared a deafening sound that shook her soul.

She was terrified, terrified more than she's ever been, but this power was hers and she could feel it coursing through her veins.

'1st stage of the [ Heavenly Fire ] Dragon Perception,' she thought, but this thought was not her own.

Whatever this was, she felt as though she had broken through to the next level of some kind of evolution. The power she felt inside of her was several times stronger than before.

Li Lian got up feeling completely different. She no longer felt bound to this mortal world, almost as if her body could soar through the skies unhindered.

Her hair, eye, and hands glowed a bright fiery red, her body felt as light as a feather, and all of her sweat started to evaporate into steam.

She was convinced that if she jumped into a pit of flames she'd come out of it unharmed. Whether something was too hot or not was something she no longer worried about. She felt one with fire.

When her hair and hands stopped glowing, Li Lian finally walked out of her room then went down stairs. When she saw Xun Wei sparring against Xiao Fang she became confused.

'Xun Wei's movements... they're too slow,' she thought.

She couldn't guess how fast Xiao Fang was because he hardly moved from where he stood, it was clear that he was just using a fraction of his strength to challenge her.

When Li Lian finally walked outside, Xun Wei stopped then looked at her. The first thing she noticed were Li Lian's eyes, they were no longer emerald green, they were a scarlet red.

Xun Wei knew there was something else different about Li Lian, but it took her a few moments to figure it out.

”Could it be that you've grasped Dragon Perception?” Xun Wei asked.

Hearing those words from Xun Wei's mouth, Xiao Fang was shocked.

When Xiao Fang was little he witnessed his father, Xiao Jianhong, make a breakthrough into what he referred to as his Dragon's Perception. He made Xiao Fang swear never to tell anyone about it, not even Xiao Kong or Wu Yue.

”Xun Wei, what do you know about Dragon's Perception?” Xiao Fang asked.

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Dragon's Perception:

Spirit attributes - grants cultivators in the Mortal realm +1 realm of battle power, which means that they could fight against cultivators a realm higher than them. (example: a Profound Body Cultivator going even against a Divine Body cultivator)

1st stage Dragon Perception - grants cultivators in the mortal realm +2 realms of battle power, and grants cultivators in the Heavenly realm +1 realm of battle power.

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Xun Wei explained it the way her Master, Wu Yue, explained it to her.

Xiao Fang was impressed with how much she knew, but considering who her master was, perhaps it was to be expected.

Li Lian finally spoke,

”In that case, that would mean I could even beat you at full strength?” She said to Xiao Fang.

Xiao Fang shook his head in disagreement.

”You are a tiger with no fangs. You have the cultivation, but you lack a strong cultivation method. Without it, you wouldn't be able to fight me at full strength.”

Truth is, he was curious to see just how strong she was, but he didn't want to risk using his curse again.