However, this was not a problem for Quan Yi.
Quan Yi opened his abyssal maw, and his teeth, at some point, had transformed into sharp, beastly fangs.
The teeth were one of the bones covered by the external soul bone.
This was a localized draconic transformation of the external soul bone.
The compressed meatball was tossed into his mouth, colliding with the incomparably sharp dragon teeth; the meatball, with a hardness comparable to metal, was like soft jelly before the dragon teeth.
With a few bites, the meatball was crushed into soft, delicate meat paste and swallowed into Quan Yi's stomach.
Although Quan Yi's teeth could also bite through metal, the dragon teeth were more convenient and aided in digestion.
With a hundred kilograms of whale meat consumed, Quan Yi's hidden meridians operated at full capacity, accelerating the circulation of qi and blood to the extreme.
Under the strengthening effect of qi and blood on the physical body, the energy in the meat paste was absorbed by the body and quickly converted into qi and blood, transported to the soul bones.
But a mere hundred kilograms was nowhere near enough energy required to evolve the soul bones.
In a matter of minutes, the energy of the whale meat was exhausted, and Quan Yi unhesitatingly took out more whale meat, repeating the process.
In the blink of an eye, another compressed meatball was crushed by the dragon teeth, turning into meat paste and entering his stomach.
Two hundred kilograms, five hundred kilograms, one thousand kilograms...
In a dozen minutes, Quan Yi had swallowed about a ton of whale meat.
The surging qi and blood even caused Quan Yi's tough skin to bulge slightly, revealing a bloody red color.
But this only lasted for a moment; the rate of qi and blood increase was far less than the rate of soul power recovery.
After all, qi and blood didn't have as efficient a method of circulation as soul power.
"The soul bones' hunger can be sustained for at least two hundred thousand years.
Relying solely on meat is not enough; I must change my approach."
In Quan Yi's mind, the image of the external soul bone evolving from a pair of solitary dragon horns into a full set of dragon armor appeared.
Within the Yang Spring, besides the extreme heat elemental power, there was another special energy.
That was 'Dragon Force'.
That special energy, decomposed from the Dragon King's corpse, provided immense help to the dragon-type external soul bone.
Having personally dived into the deepest layer of the Yang Spring, Quan Yi knew the source of this Dragon Force was the two Dragon Kings.
Back then, when he came into contact with the Fire Dragon King's torso bone, his entire body's soul bones resonated with it.
Did this mean they were very interested in Dragon Force?
The Golden Jade Furnace Flame Left Arm Bone also reacted to the Dragon Force.
Quan Yi immediately cut off the supply of qi and blood, instead absorbing Dragon Force from the spring water and providing it to the three soul bones.
He slightly exposed his head above the water, and long dragon horns slowly emerged from his forehead, the slightly curved tips of the dragon horns submerging into the spring water.
The vermilion dragon horns instantly erupted with an extremely strong suction force.
If there was anything on Quan Yi's body that could best absorb Dragon Force, the Scarlet Dragon Horns could be considered the strongest Dragon Force extractor.
The terrifying suction force was frantically absorbing the Yang Spring's energy; Quan Yi did not digest this energy, but directly channeled it into the soul bones.
"Since you are so hungry, let's see if you can digest these."
Contrary to expectations, when the extreme heat elemental power and Dragon Force poured into the soul bones, they not only showed no signs of indigestion, but instead erupted with an even more greedy side.
Especially the right arm bone's instinctive desire for Dragon Force actually stimulated a small amount of dragon bloodline hidden within the soul bone.
"Bloodline evolution!
It's about to evolve into a true dragon species.
Can't my soul bones hurry up too?"
In the sea of consciousness, the Sea Iguana Flame Dragon King sensed the aura of the dragon bloodline.
Moreover, this aura was increasing at a very alarming rate; before long, the purity of the bloodline would catch up with the Flame Dragon King's left leg bone.
The right arm bone's growth progress had already spread to the upper arm; at this rate, it wouldn't be long before it covered the entire left arm.
In comparison, the changes in the Flame Spirit Shadow Leopard Right Leg Bone seemed very calm.
The Flame Spirit Shadow Leopard and Golden Jade Furnace Flame Turtle, without the dragon bloodline, could not directly devour Dragon Force like the Dragon Flame Behemoth to strengthen themselves.
But this didn't mean that Dragon Force had no attraction to them; it was just that the reaction between them was more complex than the right arm bone.
Faced with Dragon Force of a higher level than their own bloodline, they were not so much absorbing it as they were fusing with it.
Two different races should have been mutually exclusive, but Dragon Force exhibited an unusual compatibility here.
It didn't seem to cause rejection from other bloodlines.
Dragon nature is inherently promiscuous; this creature seemed to have no so-called reproductive isolation, and could give birth to offspring by mating with any other race.
From this, one could also see the compatibility of Dragon Force.
Moreover, there was an even more important reason, and that was that the level of Dragon Force within the Yang Spring was much higher than that of the Golden Jade Furnace Flame Turtle and Flame Spirit Shadow Leopard.
The suppression in bloodline level suppressed their resistance to the extreme, forcibly integrating itself in an almost violent manner.
This also reflected the domineering nature of the dragon bloodline.
Dragon Force was constantly accumulating in the soul bones; although the changes in the two non-dragon soul bones were not obvious, Quan Yi could feel that something seemed to be brewing inside them.
In the long wait, the first to change was the right arm bone.
The red light emanating from Quan Yi's right arm spread from his forearm to his upper arm, completing the full coverage of the right arm bones.
This also meant that the twenty-thousand-year Dragon Flame Behemoth Soul Bone had successfully evolved into a hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
"Roar!"
This time, an extremely obvious dragon roar came from Quan Yi's right arm, and a pure true dragon aura emanated from it.
With the evolution of the soul bone, Quan Yi's body also received feedback, and his physical attributes received an explosive boost at the moment of evolution.
From this moment on, the name of this soul bone should no longer be Dragon Flame Behemoth, but should be changed to Flame Dragon.
Since it had become a true dragon species, the word Dragon should be placed at the end of the name.
After the baptism of Dragon Force, the bloodline of the right arm bone had successfully evolved from a mottled sub-dragon species into a true dragon species with a purer bloodline.
The evolution of the right arm bone had not yet ended; its suction force not only did not weaken, but became even greater.
In order not to cause a greater disturbance, and also to absorb more Dragon Force, Quan Yi put on his helmet and began to frantically dive deeper into the spring water.
One thousand meters, five thousand meters, ten thousand meters.
At this depth, Quan Yi should have slowed down his descent due to the powerful water pressure.
However, this time Quan Yi's speed did not slow down at all, but instead seemed to be handling it with ease.
The diving depth continued to deepen, and Quan Yi easily broke the all-time record, reaching a depth of fifteen thousand meters.
Before absorbing and breaking through to the Soul Douluo level, Quan Yi could only barely hover around the ten-thousand-meter mark.
But, breaking through to the Soul Douluo level, the evolution of the Golden Jade Furnace Flame Left Arm Bone and the Flame Dragon Right Arm Bone had raised Quan Yi's physical attributes to an unimaginable level.
Looking at the gradually increasing depth, Quan Yi suddenly realized that the distance between him and the bottom was no longer far.
