Sunset Forest Core Area.
The land was scorched earth.
The air was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur and the stench of burning flesh.
The once lush and towering ancient trees are now reduced to a few withered stumps emitting wisps of smoke.
In the center of that enormous crater, a massive, suffocating body lay quietly curled up.
"Cough...cough cough..."
Yu Nan felt as if his soul had been thrown into a washing machine and churned hundreds of times, and then stuffed into a tattered sack.
Intense pain shot through every nerve ending, making Yu Nan want to curse.
But Yu Nan quickly realized that he was still alive!
"God, are you kidding me?"
"You just transmigrated here and you're already hitting me with a blow to the head?"
Yu Nan silently complained to himself.
He had just transmigrated into the body of the 190,000-year-old Azure Phosphorous Serpent King, who had been asleep for a hundred years.
Before they could even get used to this powerful beastly body, or even stretch, they were still drowsy.
Two hundred thousand years of lightning tribulation struck down.
That was a true catastrophe, a near-death experience.
Fortunately, Yu Nan's life was not meant to end!
As consciousness gradually cleared.
Yu Nan was pleasantly surprised to find that although her body was in so much pain that it felt like it was about to fall apart.
But the blood in his body was undergoing a tremendous change.
The chilling aura that originally belonged to snakes was fading, replaced by a majestic and domineering presence as bright as the sun.
Yu Nan struggled to open her heavy eyelids.
What came into view was no longer the original emerald green snake scales, but layers of purple-gold interwoven, indestructible dragon scales!
A pair of majestic dragon horns have now sprouted from its once bald head.
Five powerful claws grew from its lower abdomen.
"This is... a dragon transformation?!"
Yu Nan was overjoyed, and his previous complaints vanished instantly.
This is not one of those sub-dragon species with a trace of dragon blood, but a genuine dragon!
He not only survived the inevitable calamity.
Furthermore, he took this opportunity to fully activate the ancient bloodline hidden within his body, transforming from the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King into the legendary Poison Attribute True Dragon!
"Those who survive a great calamity are sure to be blessed with good fortune!"
The ancients were right!
Yu Nan felt the dragon power within his body, though weak, but of extremely high quality, and his heart was filled with boundless pride.
Given time to recover, with his true dragon body, he could even take on those ferocious beasts deep within the Star Dou Great Forest...
Yes, the weakest of those ferocious beasts, the Crimson King.
He even dared to touch it!
However, just as Yu Nan was preparing to circulate his soul power to repair the dragon's body...
A very familiar fluctuation of soul power suddenly entered his perception range.
Those were the auras of two humans.
One is strong, and the other is weak.
The strong aura was cold and domineering, carrying a strong fishy smell, and its soul power was as deep as an abyss.
Although the weaker one is immature, it shares the same origin as the former.
Most importantly, both of these auras carried a scent that Yu Nan found extremely familiar—
Highly poisonous!
"A human Soul Master?"
Or is he a Title Douluo with poison attributes?
Is it Dugu Bo?
Yu Nan's heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of unease welled up inside her.
If it were any other time, or even a little later...
Once he had caught his breath a little,
With the power of a true dragon, let alone ordinary soul masters, even if a titled Douluo were to come in person, he could crush them into mincemeat with a single claw.
Easily defeated.
But of all times, now!
Unfortunately, it happened right after he had survived his tribulation, his scales were shattered, and his soul power was exhausted.
A period of extreme weakness where even moving a single finger is difficult!
Damn it!
This is incredibly bad luck!
Yu Nan inwardly groaned, his initial joy at the evolution vanishing in an instant.
Through the billowing smoke and dust, Yu Nan could vaguely see two figures, an old man and a young man, cautiously making their way towards the center of the crater.
It was Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
Dugu Bo's face was filled with greed and vigilance.
Clearly, they were drawn here by the commotion of the heavenly tribulation and their own final scream, hoping to snatch up the spoils!
"It's like escaping one tiger's den only to fall into another..."
As the figure drew ever closer, Yu Nan's body, now reduced to a mere sliver of blood, trembled slightly amidst the scorched earth.
run?
Its body was charred black, unable to move, and it fell to the ground as a box.
beat?
The health bar has only one drop left.
Even facing Dugu Bo, who has the "banned floor tile" reputation, would be tantamount to suicide!
Does this mean that I'll be killed and have my bones taken right after I transmigrated into a true dragon?
Although Dugu Bo is already a titled Douluo.
But this doesn't mean that Dugu Bo doesn't want a soul bone with a lifespan of 200,000 years!
Dugu Bo's expression was tense.
His emerald green eyes were filled with greed.
Dugu Bo used one hand to protect Dugu Yan behind him, his soul power surging around him, creating a barrier of emerald green poisonous mist.
This kept out the remaining power of the thunder.
"Grandpa, what level of soul beast is this undergoing tribulation?"
That kind of oppressive aura was even more terrifying than facing the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family.
Dugu Yan's pretty face turned deathly pale, and her voice trembled slightly.
"This is definitely not an ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beast."
Dugu Bo stared intently at the dust-filled center of the crater, his Adam's apple bobbing with difficulty, and said in a deep voice:
"According to the ancient records passed down in the family, only ferocious beasts with a cultivation level of more than 100,000 years will be subjected to the baptism of heavenly lightning every 100,000 years."
The commotion just now caused thunderclouds to blot out the sun and even silenced all the beasts in Sunset Forest...
This soul beast's cultivation level is probably at the stage of undergoing a great tribulation lasting two hundred thousand years!
Although Dugu Bo was also unaware.
Why would a ferocious beast with 200,000 years of cultivation suddenly appear in Sunset Forest?
But I don't have time to think about that now.
Two hundred thousand years!
Dugu Yan gasped and covered her mouth.
A storm raged within Dugu Bo's heart.
If this ferocious beast were at its peak, even if it had just successfully transcended its tribulation and still possessed some aura.
Even if Dugu Bo had ten times the courage, he would absolutely not dare to take a single step closer.
They've already tucked their tails between their legs and run as far away as possible.
After all, a ferocious beast that is 200,000 years old is a terrifying existence comparable to a level 98 or even level 99 Limit Douluo in humans!
(In Douluo Continent I and II, the age and realm of the spirit beasts corresponding to the spirit masters are different. This is mainly because the spirit power of spirit masters in Douluo Continent II is of higher quality. In Douluo Continent I, based on Dugu Bo's judgment, the combat power of a 200,000-year-old ferocious beast is equivalent to level 98 or even 99.)
Killing this "banned floor tile" is no different from crushing an ant.
"but..."
The green light in Dugu Bo's eyes flickered uncertainly.
The image of the lightning tribulation before it dissipated kept echoing in his mind.
That last, piercing, desperate scream.
Fortune favors the bold!
Dugu Bo thought to himself.
The voice sounded extremely weak, clearly a sign of failing the tribulation or being seriously injured and dying!
If we could hunt down and kill this ferocious beast while it was on its deathbed...
He couldn't absorb that 200,000-year-old spirit ring.
But the soul bone that will definitely drop is absolutely priceless!
(End of Chapter)