"Mind guard your heart; can you bear it?" Zhang Fan communicated with the Blood Demon Flood Dragon telepathically.
"Master, just do it." Seeing the starlight on Zhang Fan's palm, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's blood-red eyes were filled with excitement. It vaguely knew what Zhang Fan was about to do.
"Since that's the case, then let's begin." Zhang Fan stared at the Blood Demon Flood Dragon with a half-smile and suddenly pointed at its forehead.
An immense amount of information flowed into the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's consciousness. Even though the Blood Demon Flood Dragon had reached the peak of the Heaven-Human Realm and its consciousness was considered powerful, receiving such a vast amount of information instantly still made it feel dizzy, as if its head were about to explode.
In less than a single breath, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon found it unbearable and let out a deafening roar from its throat.
Its body also rapidly expanded, growing dozens of times larger in less than a second, until its body finally returned to its original state.
Its colossal body lay sprawled on the beach, trembling slightly, like a stranded flood dragon.
Its body, over thirty feet long, made Zhang Fan and the others appear tiny.
At this moment, the powerful aura of a peak God Realm expert on its body was not restrained in the slightest, radiating outwards without reservation. This further filled Ellebellara and Lin Haotian, who were at the Sacred Domain level, with trepidation.
The transmission process only lasted a few seconds, but for the Blood Demon Flood Dragon, it felt like years. When Zhang Fan withdrew his finger, despite its powerful life force, it felt utterly exhausted.
However, even though the transmission process had caused it immense suffering, and its soul felt a tearing pain, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's lantern-like blood-red eyes were filled with excitement and fervor.
"It truly is the body-refining technique of the Blood Dragon race!" Sensing the new information in its mind, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon, besides being excited, looked at Zhang Fan with a hint of reverence.
Earlier, in the cave dwelling of the Half-Moon Immortal, Zhang Fan had mentioned the Reincarnation Technique to the Half-Moon Immortal, which led it to believe that Zhang Fan was merely a Golden Core stage cultivator in his past life, who had reincarnated on Earth.
However, after Zhang Fan imparted the Blood Dragon race's body-refining technique to it, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon sensed the mystery of its master.
Its consciousness was now extremely powerful, reaching the peak of the Heaven-Human Realm, just one step away from matching an ordinary Golden Core stage cultivator.
Yet, it had suffered so much while receiving that vast information, while Zhang Fan, on the other hand, had been incredibly at ease, as if he had naturally mastered this information.
Furthermore, the Blood Dragon race's body-refining technique was strictly guarded and never passed on. Even a Nascent Soul stage cultivator would find it incredibly difficult to obtain.
Yet, Zhang Fan possessed it and had so casually imparted it to him, indicating that this precious body-refining technique was nothing to Zhang Fan.
Moreover, although his master's cultivation was only at the peak of the Divine Sea Realm, his combat power was terrifying. As a peak Heaven-Human Realm Blood Demon Flood Dragon, it was even stronger than an average peak Heaven-Human Realm human cultivator.
But when it fought Zhang Fan, it was utterly defeated. Even without using his peculiar domain divine ability, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon was still suppressed. This was enough to make Zhang Fan helpless with its powerful physical defense.
For all these reasons, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon felt that its master's background was far from ordinary.
"Go now. This is an unparalleled fortune for you. Digest it properly. Even if it cannot help you break through, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance your strength," Zhang Fan instructed the Blood Demon Flood Dragon after the transmission.
"I will definitely not disappoint Master," the Blood Demon Flood Dragon declared confidently. It also understood that today was likely the turning point of its fate.
Originally, it was merely a flood dragon with a trace of Blood Dragon bloodline. Although its bloodline was nobler than that of ordinary demonic beasts, it was still far inferior to truly top-tier demonic beasts.
But with the Blood Dragon race's body-refining technique imparted by Zhang Fan, its potential would be greatly increased. Even if this technique were cultivated to a very high level, fully awakening its Blood Dragon bloodline and transforming into a true dragon was not impossible.
A flood dragon was ultimately just a flood dragon. Only a true dragon was the true king among demonic beasts.
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After the Blood Demon Flood Dragon departed, Zhang Fan chatted with his parents and Ellebellara for a while, and also explained some of their cultivation confusions. Afterward, he called Yi Feicheng and asked him to bring Guangtou Qiang to the lake island.
Less than half an hour after receiving Zhang Fan's call, Yi Feicheng and Guangtou Qiang, treading on the water, arrived at the lake island.
"Xiao Fan."
"Brother Fan."
Seeing Zhang Fan, Yi Feicheng and Guangtou Qiang seemed very excited and immediately called out.
Having not seen Yi Feicheng and Guangtou Qiang for a long time, Zhang Fan felt a sense of closeness upon seeing them again.
One was his brother, and the other was his loyal subordinate.
"I am returning to Donghai this time to go into seclusion for cultivation. I cannot determine the exact duration of this seclusion; it could be as long as a year, or as short as three to five months."
"I asked you to come over because I want to guide your cultivation. After all, you won't be able to see me for some time to come," Zhang Fan said.
Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Yi Feicheng had always been guided by Zhang Fan. He had never lacked cultivation resources, and coupled with his own considerable talent, he had reached the peak of the Innate Realm.
With the combat techniques taught by Zhang Fan, Yi Feicheng could even contend with invincible Grandmasters, and was only one step away from the Sacred Domain.
As for Yan Qianghu, although he had followed Lin Dahai in cultivation since childhood, his aptitude could only be described as ordinary. After decades of learning from Lin Dahai, he had only reached the peak of Inner Strength.
Now, under Zhang Fan, despite having ample cultivation resources and Zhang Fan's personal guidance, he had only cultivated to the mid-stage of the Innate Grandmaster realm, far behind Yi Feicheng.
However, he was still very satisfied with the strength he possessed now, even if there was some disappointment in his heart compared to Yi Feicheng.
After all, his lifelong pursuit in the past was to cultivate true qi and become a true qi master like his master.
A realm like Innate Grandmaster was a martial arts legend to him back then, unattainable.
Now that he had reached this realm himself, every time he stepped on the water, he felt a sense of dreaminess.
"Secluding yourself for so long, are you about to break through to the Golden Core Earth Immortal realm this time, Xiao Fan?" Yi Feicheng asked, his bright, sharp eyes flashing with surprise.
According to rumors in the martial arts world of Huaxia, Zhang Fan was currently at the peak of the God Realm. If he were to break through this time, wouldn't that mean he would truly enter the Golden Core Earth Immortal realm?
The legend of the Golden Core Earth Immortal was known to very few, even within the martial arts world of Huaxia. After all, in the past few hundred years, only the Half-Moon Immortal had reached that realm, and currently, the strongest in Huaxia was only at the peak of the God Realm.
Upon hearing this, Guangtou Qiang's eyes also lit up, and he stared at Zhang Fan with anticipation. If his boss could step into the legendary Golden Core Earth Immortal realm, then he and their Black Tiger Gang would also benefit.
With a Golden Core Earth Immortal guarding them, even if their Black Tiger Gang's overall strength was not very high, it would likely immediately become one of the most powerful forces on Earth.