Yasenia touched the boulder and circled around it in thought. 'The first test was a test where many creatures attacked you. So, it probably was an endurance test. We just overcame it quickly because we destroyed the core of where the golems spawned from.'
The dragoness pondered further. 'The second test was an agility test. While some puzzle-solving was involved, it was an overall agility test. How about this large boulder?"
First of all, Yasenia tried to store it in her spatial ring. She could see her energy flowing into the [Five Realm Spatial Ring]. However, as the energy of it extended and enveloped the large black boulder, it didn't react. 'Hm. As expected, there is something preventing it from being stored away. Spatial formations? Perhaps…' Yasenia knew that her ring didn't work probably because of her own lack of cultivation.
After all, the [Five Realm Spatial Ring] was suppressed because of her lack of strength. Even if it was a Supreme Ranked treasure, not everyone could use it at 100%.
Yasenia guessed that she wouldn't be able to use it to its full extent until she crossed the transcendence realm.
Yasenia used her energy and gathered it around her arm, then she punched.
Bang!
The girls looked over and tilted their heads. Kali asked, concerned. "Love, are you getting frustrated?"
Yasenia blinked. "Huh? Why do you ask?"
Kali looked between where Yasenia punched and her. "Well…"
Yasenia understood and laughed. "Not at all. I was thinking that this might be a strength test. So, I punched it with all my strength. Sadly, I don't know what kind of ore this thing is made of, so I can only guess randomly. Andrea, any ideas?"
Andrea shook her head. "I don't know either. However, it is extremely hard and durable." Andrea touched it and sent a pulse of energy into it out of curiosity, and then she blinked. "Huh?"
Yasenia asked. "What's wrong?"
Andrea sent another pulse, and after confirming what she had seen, she said. "We need to move this rock."
The girls looked at the giant boulder and tilted their heads. "Move it?"
Andrea nodded. "There is a hole below it. I think that's the only way to cross this section."
Yasenia commented. "Does doesn't seem like a complicated thing to do."
Andrea shook her head. "The bottom part of this thing is magnetic." Then, she used the tip of her armored show and tapped the floor. "The floor is made out of an extremely ferromagnetic material."
Yasenia blinked. "I see… Should I try in my dragon form first? We can go from there depending on the results."
The other girls agreed to her plan, so Yasenia transformed.
The girls jumped backward enough for Yasenia not to accidentally step on them.
The dragoness looked at the now relatively small rock and stretched her claw. It was around 20 meters tall, so she could easily grab it by using her two frontal claws.
After she felt that she had a good grip, Yasenia slowly moved her hind legs and approached, bending her spine to lift the small thing in a comfortable position.
"One, two, three… GO!"
The girls saw the massive dragon's muscles tense and interlock together, creating a ridiculous lifting force. Our girls thought that the rock would directly fly into the sky, thrown away like a small pebble. However, the result was really different from what they expected.
Yasenia's giant dragon got stuck as her entire body almost rebounded downwards. The girls speechlessly looked between the now small-looking rock and the giant dragon.
Yasenia looked at them and spoke with a despondent look. "It didn't even budge."
They all laughed at the depressed look on the enormous creature's face.
Andrea asked. "Are you not confident even if you use all your skills?"
Yasenia pondered as she looked down. "I'll try, but it feels impossible."
First, they saw Yasenia letting go and doing a quick seven-step dance. The agility and grace a creature of her size could show in seven steps were awe-inspiring.
"[Heavenly Constellation Steps, Second Sky: Ursa's Grasp]."
The image of an Empyrean-looking bear was summoned, and after a silent roar, it dove right into the dragon's body.
With that, her strength made a large leap. However, Yasenia didn't grab the large boulder again. Instead, she began using one skill after another.
"[Cosmos Body Reinforcement]."
One of her body cultivation reinforcement skills was activated.
"[War Intent Level Three]."
The strength brought by this intent surrounded her being, further strengthening her.
"[Cosmos Dragon Imperial Suppression]."
While it was an aura skill, it was also an innate skill. As an innate skill, it similarly offered an increase in strength.
"[Celestial Cosmos Dress]."
The self-strengthening skill she was the most proficient at unfolded and surrounded her entire body in fantastical lights that acted as a dress for the beautiful Celestial Dragon.
"[Star Night Domain], [Star Assimilation]… [Star Dragon Body]."
First, with her domain, Yasenia summoned thousands of stars. Then, with [Star Assimilation], she quickly fed the stars and her body with Star energy. After a few moments of reaching the limit of stars she could summon, Yasenia absorbed them all with [Star Dragon Body].
The blue dragon began changing colors, becoming pure white.
Every scale shone with the pureness of the emitting star energy, making her look holy and unmatched. Each scale glowed like the most beautifully polished alabaster, blue streaks of her original color adoring her length.
The girls couldn't help but look in awe at the majesty of their lover. By now, Yasenia's pressure was suffocating enough to affect our girls.
But she was not done. As Yasenia approached, she chanted, her otherworldly, draconic voice echoing around.
"[Internal Cosmos Ignition]."
A skill she had yet to use from her Body Cultivation path.
It was a skill very similar to [Day and Night Cycle]. However, instead of focusing on her three energies, this skill was a pure body-enhancing berserk skill.
Her dantian poured waves of energy through her meridians, and then, [Internal Cosmos Ignition] consumed that energy ravenously, creating a torrent of pure physical energy that filled every fiber of Yasenia's white, golden, and blue dragon body
Once every inch of her titanic body was enveloped by all her strengthening skills, Yasenia slowly approached. Her four limbs made the floor creak under her as the pressure she emitted surpassed her cultivation's limits by a long stretch.
The now white dragon extended her frontal golden claws and slowly grabbed and surrounded the sizeable black-colored boulder.
The contrast felt as if a sacred creature was grabbing a world of darkness.
One of Yasenia's hind legs moved forward, creating a loud sound as she planted her body. Then, Yasenia pushed upward and roared. "UP!"
BOOM!
The loud sound generated by Yasenia's fully tensing body as she pulled on the boulder reached them together with the pressure waves constantly released by the Empyrean dragoness.
The girls looked in disbelief as the boulder failed to move. However, they could see that it was trembling. Andrea shouted. "Yasenia, it's working! Continue pulling!"
Then, she quickly turned toward Kali. "Kali, can you use your roots and skills to help her? Cecile, use your buffing skills as well."
They both nodded and began chanting skills. Kali summoned massive roots that coiled around Yasenia's frontal limbs and helped her pull up while she also used [Life Enhancement: Vitality], [Whispering Blossom Essence Dance], and [Life Intent Level 3].
At the same time, Cecile readied her bow and fired an arrow, [Phoenix Celestial Harmony], at Yasenia.
When the ethereal-looking silver arrow sunk into Yasenia, both became connected, and part of Cecile's own strength was shared with her.
With all the boost surrounding her body, Yasenia felt that she had begun moving it. It was still completely locked, but there was some effect.
So, her lips arched, and she chanted.
"[Celestial Intent Level 2], [Internal Celestial Cosmos Burning]."
BOOOM!
Her aura exploded with strength as her [Celestial Star Energy] began rotating in her dantian, feeding her entire body Celestial Energy that was then consumed by the skill to give her even more physical strength.
Thanks to the combined efforts, Andrea saw an opportunity and took it.
She had been preparing for a while, and when she saw that the boulder had started moving, her pupils shrunk, and she shot forward like a burning meteor.
Her own strengthening skills piled up on her, and she used her halberd to collide with the rock.
A loud explosion ensued when Andrea landed on the side of the large boulder.
Yasenia had seen her coming, so instead of pulling straight up, the moment Andrea landed, she twisted her entire body to make a lateral throw.
"ROAR!"
With their combined efforts, the giant boulder finally detached and flew like a shooting star across the room, smashing against the distant wall.
Yasenia lost balance and stumbled a few steps, quickly using her limbs and tail to balance her entire body.
The loud sounds of her heavy steps were the only thing left for a while. Then, breathing slightly roughly, Yasenia smirked, looked down at Andrea, and smiled. "Good job, Darling."
Andrea looked upward and saw the beautiful dragon smiling, making her laugh. "I just did the last push; there's nothing to be proud of."
The dragon lay on her belly, placing the side of her building-sized head by Andrea's side. "No need to be humble, darling. The timing was impeccable~."
Andrea used her armored hand to caress the white dragon with a smile. "Thanks."
While Andrea and Yasenia spoke, Cecile had approached the 20-meter-tall black boulder. She could see at the side the part of the boulder that was used to block the entrance. Out of curiosity, Cecile tried storing it in her spatial ring, but there was no response.
While they couldn't do so at first, when it was blocking the entrance, Cecile had hoped to store it later.
Yasenia felt Cecile's emotions through the connection and looked over to see what her sweetheart was doing. "What's wrong, sweetheart?"
Cecile looked to the side and saw the giant head of her dragon lover, making her smirk. "I was trying to store this thing in my spatial ring. I couldn't, though."
Yasenia blinked and extended her claw where the ring was placed. When she transformed into her dragon form, the ring also changed shape to fit on her digit. "Come."
The boulder trembled, and after a few moments, spatial tendrils wrapped around the entire thing and sucked it into the ring.
The girls looked over just in time to see the 20-meter-tall boulder get sucked into the ring, and their eyes twitched. 'Will she even eat the trial item?'
However, seeing their dragoness's delight while looking at her spatial ring, they refrained from speaking. 'Whatever, she can eat whatever she wants. Doesn't our dear like treasures? Well, that is considered one.'
Kali asked. "What will you do with it, love?"
Yasenia shrugged. "Maybe we can dismantle it and use it to make weapons in the future. The materials making it are quite good."
Valeria suddenly shouted. "Girls, quickly go through the hole!"
They didn't know why she said it, but they all obeyed. Yasenia also turned back into her humanoid form as she rushed toward the hole.
When all of them entered, something fell from the ceiling, and with a loud explosive sound, it sealed the entrance.
Before it fell, however, our girls could see that it was a similar boulder. However, the color was brown.
Yasenia turned toward Eira and blinked her beautiful and alluring golden eyes. "Can you get it for me?"
Eira's heart was shot with an arrow, but Valeria stopped her before she could unsheathe her sword and slash the boulder in half. "That thing is worthless. The one Yasenia has is good, but the one above us is super-strengthened mud. I can feel the earthly aura coming from it."
Eira frowned, looking at the thin vine holding her wrist. Then, she turned to look at Valeria and uttered coldly. "Lady Valeria, Young Miss has said that she wants it, so I shall get it."
Valeria blinked, feeling the animosity. Yasenia hugged Eira from behind and kissed the top of her head. "If it is worthless, then I don't want it. Let's go."
Eira relaxed and nodded.