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The claim that the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon was slaughtering humans was merely an excuse.
Deep down, Su Wen naturally harbored no qualms about it.
Hunting a Heavenly God-tier dragon to extract its dragon tendons and forge a Consolidated Equipment Set for his own cultivation was not a psychological burden for him at all.
They didn't know each other, and they weren't of the same race.
Why should he feel sympathy?
It was just like when he cultivated soul power on the Douluo Planet--didn't he also have to hunt soul beasts to obtain soul rings?
Sympathy was a privilege reserved only for the strong, and the object of sympathy was always the weak.
Once Su Wen possessed the power to decide everything, he might feel sympathy for the soul beast race of the Douluo Planet and improve their plight by introducing a method to self-condense soul rings.
However, this world inherently operated on the law of the jungle; if you weren't strong, you would ultimately be beaten.
Even if the soul beasts managed to escape being hunted by spirit masters, they would still lag behind the current development of the spirit master world and eventually be enslaved by them.
That was the reality.
Therefore, even though Su Wen had already developed the technique to self-condense soul rings, he had not yet spread it across the Douluo Continent.
Firstly, he hadn't developed this technique for the sake of the soul beast race. He hadn't reached that altruistic height yet; the development of this technique was primarily because he needed it himself. As for the simplified version, it was created because the spirit master world needed it--to ensure that the spirit master world wouldn't run out of soul beasts to kill and soul rings to attach in the future, which would otherwise cut off their path of cultivation.
Secondly, Su Wen intended to use this technique as a bargaining chip.
A bargaining chip to negotiate with the soul beasts.
Although soul beasts could not ascend to godhood, god-tier powerhouses still existed among them, namely the Silver Dragon King. By virtue of the innate strength of her true essence, she still retained god-tier power.
Though heavily injured, she still possessed power at that level.
To break through to the god tier himself, he naturally needed to understand the god tier and the power of that realm as much as possible.
The Sea God had previously allowed Su Wen to experience the condensation process of Sea God Divine Power, but Su Wen had been very weak back then. Moreover, experiencing only one type of Sea God Divine Power was too limiting, so Su Wen wanted to experience as many different god-tier powers as possible.
The Lord of the Netherworld was one.
The Silver Dragon King could be another.
Looking at the deep blue dragon before him, Su Wen unleashed his full power immediately.
The Sea Dragon clan possessed a racial talent that made them much stronger within the ocean. As long as they stirred up storms and quickly retreated into the sea, even the Xuantian Palace could do nothing against them.
Su Wen, however, did not care about this at all.
So what if it mobilized the power of the ocean?
I'll let you have the enhancement of the ocean's power, and in the end, you'll still face absolute despair.
With his hands clasped behind his back, he watched the Heavenly Energy surge within the sea dragon inside the ocean, its integration with the surrounding heaven and earth reaching a higher level. He didn't panic in the slightest.
The Dreadfiend Sea Dragon erupted with a dragon roar, its dragon aura dispersing in all directions, attempting to mentally intimidate Su Wen.
Yet, it was useless.
The dragon also realized that a head-on clash was the only option left.
Its massive dragon body soared through the midair. It opened its maw and spat out a winding river; the impact of the seawater was incredibly terrifying.
Su Wen's Saint Heavenly Energy rippled outward, and the surrounding space of heaven and earth seemed to solidify. The torrent of water, which had been pouring down from the sky like a water dragon, collapsed and fell back into the ocean.
The Dreadfiend Sea Dragon's massive pupils contracted. Sensing Su Wen's Saint Heavenly Energy, it was gripped by terror.
"What kind of power is this?!"
From this energy, it felt a profound sense of dread.
Terrifying!
What a terrifying power.
The essence of this power far surpassed its own Heavenly Energy.
"Is this Saint Energy?"
The characteristics of Saint Energy were quite distinct, especially since the profound truth of creation within Su Wen's Saint Energy was incredibly dense. This was an aura that belonged to the creation of the world.
The Dreadfiend Sea Dragon was terrified. It hadn't expected that this legendary power could actually be mastered by a human Heavenly Jewel Master, and moreover, that this person was its enemy.
This power was simply too strong.
The Dreadfiend Sea Dragon was certain that its cultivation realm was higher than that of the human Heavenly Jewel Master before it--at least two stages higher in the cultivation of Heavenly Dao Energy.
With such a gap, the difference in strength should have been obvious.
However, the quality of Su Wen's Saint Heavenly Energy was extremely high, even stronger than its own Heavenly Energy.
If that were all, it might be manageable, but Su Wen's degree of control over the power of heaven and earth was also higher than its own!
Furthermore, Su Wen's techniques and methods were superior as well.
In every single aspect, the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon was utterly outclassed by Su Wen.
"I still have the ocean's enhancement!"
The Dreadfiend Sea Dragon roared, mobilizing the power of the ocean to bless itself, trying its best to integrate further into the marine environment.
Su Wen shook his head.
He had played around enough.
The Sea God imprint on his forehead flashed, and the ocean instantly turned calm.
"Though I am not the Sea God, nor am I the Sea God's successor, I do at least have the Sea God's trial missions."
Borrowing a bit of the Sea God's power was still quite easy.
What's more, Su Wen himself actually mastered the conceptual intent of the ocean, which he had honed on the Sea God Island. Additionally, his Law Enforcement Domain could also be applied to the sea.
While it looked like he was borrowing the Sea God's power to seal the ocean's enhancement to the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon, in reality, he was merely using the Sea God's power as a catalyst to combine several of his own abilities to achieve this effect.
The Dreadfiend Sea Dragon looked terrified.
It stared at Su Wen.
Suddenly, a cold chill ran down its spine.
It sensed a lethal intent.
With a roar, it flew toward the depths of the ocean.
Su Wen shook his head and extended his right hand. The four elements of earth, fire, water, and wind swirled around him, and the surrounding space fell entirely under his control. The space where the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon was located nearly solidified, making escape virtually impossible.
With the space solidified, Su Wen strolled calmly until he stood right in front of the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon.
"I will only take your dragon tendon; your bloodline can remain." Su Wen killed it with a single strike, then extracted the dragon tendon.
Looking at the corpse of the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon, Su Wen shook his head. He refined the life essence within it, condensing a lump of an embryo that contained dense vitality, and threw it into the deep ocean.
At his current level, he already possessed the ability to stimulate life.
Of course, the more powerful a living creature was, the harder it was to birth offspring; new generations of races like the dragons and elves were especially difficult to conceive.
However, if it was just a matter of sending it into a new cycle of reincarnation based on its original foundation, Su Wen could still manage it.
Meaning, the vitality and life source still belonged to the original creature, but the soul would be brand new.
Gotta maintain biodiversity, after all.
Su Wen didn't know if there were any other pure Dreadfiend Sea Dragon bloodlines left in the depths of the ocean. After some thought, he figured it was better to preserve this bloodline.
If he met the Dragon Emperor again in the future and the Emperor found out about this, it would serve as a good account of his actions. At the same time, during this process, Su Wen could also practice his own profound truth of creation, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of it.
Having killed the Dreadfiend Sea Dragon and extracted its dragon tendon, Su Wen shook his head.
"The quality of this dragon tendon is still a bit lacking." He turned his gaze toward the direction of Xuantian Palace.
Inside Xuantian Fort, a Dark Demonic Dragon felt a sudden chill rise from its spine, traveling straight up its dragon tendon to the top of its head, causing it to shudder violently.
"Forget it, I'll upgrade it myself."
Su Wen shook his head and stored the dragon tendon in his hand into his Heavenly Jewel.
The Heavenly Jewel--Consolidated Equipment.
Inside the Heavenly Jewel, Su Wen had already opened up a space. He placed the dragon tendon into it, where all the elements he mastered--earth, fire, water, and wind--began to temper the dragon tendon.