I would love to say the Golden Dragon King was my toughest foe yet. We had a battle worthy of song, and I would boast to my grandchildren about the terrible mountain-sized dragon I slayed.
But reality... Reality was a bitch. And I shanked that fucking mountain sized dragon in the throat with my Mystic Eye's Of Death Perception enhanced Death Scythe martial soul right in his death lines but three seconds after I came out of the portal I opened.
I shanked a literal god to death like I was putting in work dealing with my sleeping celly, and the poor bastard literally didn't even wake up from his food coma that was the result of him eating several dozen other god's bodies and their souls.
"I really could have died so easily, should we have fought back then." Gu Yuena spoke with a slight frown at seeing the mountain-sized Golden Dragon King's body lying limply as I watched the golden Spirit Ring form above his head.
"I told you, that we should fight. That, although you could kill me. I would kill you for sure." I said with a shrug as I should abandon all forms of defense. I was fairly sure, I could score a single cut on Gu Yuena's massive dragon form.
And a single cut was all I needed to cut someone's death lines.
I took a deep breath as I looked at the golden Spirit Ring forming above me. And I asked curiously. "What Spirit Ring will the Golden Dragon King give me? And which Martial Spirit should I direct it towards?"
I could feel the Spirit Beasts inside of myself discussing it, but still Gu Yuena spoke firmly. "The essence of the Golden Dragon King is an unrivaled powerful body. A body strong enough to shatter the chains of space and time. To be untouched by poison or... Supposed to be untouchable by curses and such."
A cough escaped me as my Mystic Eye's weren't really a curse. But I wasn't going to get into that with her.
Then Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan, spoke softly. "Jake, the spirit ring should reside within your Seal of Solomon, Martial Soul. It will likely improve your body passively, to say nothing of the possibility of it also giving a boost to your lovers as well."
I blinked as that was actually a good point. Better frankly than my Death Sycthe, or the Heavenly Evil Sea in either case. 'That's a good point Bi Ji. Thank you.' I spoke mentally to her.
At this point, the Million Years of cultivation Spirit Ring had formed and I glided up into the air towards it as I had already used some ice to seal up the blood coming out of the Golden Dragon King's throat. As it's entire body was a treasure trove of materials...
Even though I wasn't going to tear into it in front of Gu Yuena. It still was something I was going to take with me. And hell, I bet Azazel could make a Longinus tier sacred gear out of the damned thing even with the Golden Dragon King's soul being destroyed.
"Alright... Time to kill myself a little bit. Fucking again." I muttered with exasperation as I made a scalpel out of ice and, using my Mystic Eye's I cut at the death line containing the remaining will of the Golden Dragon King that filled the Spirit Ring.
I mentally pulled the divine Spirit Ring into me, and even as I did it. I could hear that bastard Tian Meng giggle out evily. 'He done fucked up haha!'
My body literally cracked with blood splurting out of it as the overbearing divine level spirit energy of the million years of cultivation in the spirit ring obviously overwhelmed my body.
"Dammit, this all over again." I groaned as I collapsed onto the corpse of the Golden Dragon King as I felt Bi Ji take over the use of my Seal of Solomon martial soul to enhance my Blood of the Phoenix God skill. Which made my blood hiss as my skin and muscles that had exploded from being too bloated with energy began violently healing.
And thus my life was suffering... For god know's how long, and it got even worse as I was totally concentrated on keeping my mind intact while absorbing the Spirit Ring. Gu Yuena carefully pulled me off the corpse and put me into a large depression in the ground.
"This is for your future Jake. Don't die on me or I will... I will be disappointed to say the least." Gu Yuena spoke quietly and then my life truly became suffering as not only was I dying a little on the inside.
But Gu Yuena began flooding the pit that was covered in a metal fabric-like tarp she had with the steaming hot blood from the Golden Dragon King.
"This is a bit much, you know." Tian Meng spoke as he formed as an apparition outside of my body.
And Gu Yuena gave the Dream Silkworm a dull look before saying calmly. "He is still human at the end of the day. Even if he is the most talented human in countless universes. He still has that human lifespan that lies in his body and soul."
At this point, my mind was all but blank from the pain, and even though I could hear them, and my other spirit beasts were talking. I had more important things to focus on. Like keeping my mind active so I didn't die via my healing skills not being used quick enough.
"He is strong... And will get through this." Xue Nu, the snow queen, spoke next with her typical cold tone, but her words freely shared the confidence she had.