It was extremely dangerous for a carp to leap through the Dragon's Gate even though it was not related to transforming into a dragon.
It was especially dangerous for Fang Yuan as he was already seriously injured. Hence, Fang Yuan had no choice but to use the Dragon Stinging Technique to preserve his life after breaking through.
It was called the Dragon Stinging Technique as it granted the user a second chance at life. It preserved the life force and energy of the user, and in an instant, it used up all his elemental energy, turning him into a foot long black carp.
On the upside, all his injuries were reduced by more than half.
"Because I am too heavily injured this time, I will need to maintain the Dragon Stinging Technique for quite a long period of time. Once it finally ends, I can smoothly breakthrough to the 4th transformation…"
He appeared greyish, as if his stats window got sealed up, and murmured to himself under his gills.