Chapter 83: The Might of the Dragon Soul, Refining the god-bestowed spirit ring
At the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, those two streams of icy blue and crimson divine light, formed by the remnant Souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon King, carried monstrous fury and god-level majesty. Like two torrents of destruction, they slammed into the Thunder Sacred Dragon True Body that Yu Yuanchen had transformed into!
"Boom—!"
A dull, thunderous roar exploded at the bottom of the spring! The terrifying energy shockwave instantly pushed away the surrounding spring water, forming a fleeting vacuum zone!
Yu Yuanchen felt an unimaginable force strike him, as if he had been rammed head-on by two ancient divine mountains! Even though he was currently in his Martial Soul True Body state and possessed an incredibly strong physique, he was still shaken by this power, which had erupted instinctively from the god-level dragon Soul. His massive dragon body flew backward uncontrollably, slamming hard into the solid wall of the spring, emitting a dull thud.
Lightning flickered violently on his dragon scales, neutralizing most of the impact, and he was not injured. However, stormy waves were churning in Yu Yuanchen's heart.
"Such powerful strength! Just a remnant instinctive counterattack, and it has such might... The existence of a God King level is truly terrifying!" He steadied his figure, his dragon eyes filled with gravity.
He could clearly feel that the previous strike was not aimed at him personally; it was more like a kind of "morning crankiness" after being disturbed, an instinctive repulsion by the dragon bones against external contact. If he had rashly tried to touch them with his hand just now, he feared he would have been instantly eroded by the Ice and Fire divine force, with unimaginable consequences.
Moreover, he could foresee that if he tried to force his way closer or touch the dragon bones again, it would inevitably provoke an even stronger—perhaps even a desperate, exhausted-source—mad counterattack from these two dragon king remnant Souls! At that time, even with his Martial Soul True Body and immunity to ice and fire, he would definitely not come out unscathed.
"Forcibly seizing them is absolutely impossible..." Yu Yuanchen released his Martial Soul True Body, returned to human form, and hovered in the pitch-black spring water, his brows tightly locked as he rapidly thought of countermeasures.
"The dragon bones repel external objects, but what about the same source of aura..." A flash of brilliance appeared in his eyes. "My Thunder Sacred Dragon Martial Soul is of the True Dragon Bloodline, belonging to the Dragon Clan just like them! If I approach with the aura of the same clan, will the repulsion weaken?"
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated.
"Seventh Soul skills, Thunder Sacred Dragon True Body!"
In an instant, he once again transformed into the majestic purple-gold sacred dragon! But this time, he did not stop; instead, he circulated his Cultivation Technique with all his might, unleashing the Bloodline aura of his Thunder Sacred Dragon Martial Soul without reservation! At the same time, he pushed his brand-new dragon transformation secret technique—which he had named "True Dragon Transformation," a technique he had improved upon using his own vast blood and Qi power and which far surpassed the original version of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect—to the extreme!
"Roar—!"
A dragon roar that seemed to come from the ancient primordial era erupted from his throat, low and majestic, carrying a pure Dragon Clan aura! The dragon scales all over his body became more solid, his dragon horns grew imposing, his dragon claws became sharp, and his entire dragon body seemed to be cast entirely from purple-gold divine metal, flowing with blazing lightning and vast dragon might! At this moment, from his Bloodline to his aura, he was indistinguishable from a real, living Thunder Sacred Dragon!
After completing all this, Yu Yuanchen cautiously and slowly approached the two massive dragon king skeletons again.
Sure enough, this time, although the icy blue and crimson dragon Soul phantoms still appeared, and their dragon eyes still carried vigilance and majesty, the intense repulsion and intent to attack had significantly weakened. They circled the dragon bones, emitting silent low moans, seemingly examining and identifying this same-sourced yet somewhat unfamiliar Dragon Clan aura.
Yu Yuanchen felt a slight joy and continued to move closer slowly. However, when he reached within about ten zhang of the dragon bones, the two dragon Soul phantoms became restless again, emitting warning-like low growls, and Ice and Fire divine force began to gather. Clearly, ten zhang was the limit of their tolerance. Moving any closer would likely trigger an attack again.
"Still not enough..." Yu Yuanchen stopped his figure, a trace of helplessness flashing in his dragon eyes. The same-sourced aura could reduce repulsion, but it was clearly not enough to make these two God King level remnant Souls fully accept this "unfamiliar clansman."
He pondered for a moment, a trace of determination flashing in his eyes. It seemed he had to use his final trump card.
His massive dragon claws flipped, and nine strange, crystal-like fragments appeared in them. They flickered with purple lightning, had different shapes, yet radiated the same-sourced dragon might and an ancient aura. These were the cherished heirloom of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect—the nine crowns of the true dragon!
These were the nine fragments formed after the ancient Thunder Dragon King fell and its head soul bone shattered, containing part of the Thunder Dragon King's Origin power and Soul mark. They had three main functions: first, to burn potential and temporarily increase the age of the user's multiple Soul Rings to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years, thereby explosively increasing combat power; second, the effect of significantly boosting Spiritual Power, which all head soul bones possess; third, and most importantly, "Dragon Soul Awakening"—stimulating the remnant Thunder Dragon King Soul mark within the fragments to obtain a brief dragon Soul blessing, making the user's Soul infinitely close to the Soul of a true ancient thunder dragon—the Thunder Sacred Dragon!
However, their usage restrictions were also extremely high, causing a terrifying burden on the user's body. Without the Foundation of a Titled Douluo's cultivation, using the nine crowns of the true dragon completely was almost certain death! Even an ordinary Titled Douluo risked losing their life! Moreover, it had extremely high requirements for the purity of the user's Dragon Clan Bloodline. In the current Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, besides Sect Master Yu Boxuan and Grand Elder Super Douluo who could rely on their deep cultivation of Rank 97 and Rank 95 to forcefully resist the backlash, only Yu Yuanchen, who possessed the true Thunder Sacred Dragon Bloodline after his Martial Soul evolved, could perfectly withstand its power without being too affected.
Yu Yuanchen was not trying to use it to increase his combat power at this moment, but rather to use its core power: "Dragon Soul Awakening"!
"Dragon Soul Awakening, Activate!"
Yu Yuanchen whispered in his heart, and vast Soul Power was injected into the nine crowns of the true dragon. In an instant, the nine crystal-like fragments erupted with dazzling purple lightning, turning into nine streams of light that instantly adhered to his massive dragon head, as if crowning him with a majestic thunder dragon crown!
"Roar—!!!"
An even more ancient, vast, overbearing, and terrifying dragon might, which seemed to originate from the source of thunder, erupted from Yu Yuanchen's body! His Thunder Sacred Dragon True Body underwent another change; more complex and ancient thunder patterns appeared on his dragon scales, his dragon horns became more ferocious, his entire dragon body seemed to expand by a circle, and his aura instantly skyrocketed, filled with the vastness of the primordial era! At this moment, he seemed to be the ancient Thunder Dragon King himself!
This time, the two Ice and Fire Dragon King remnant Soul phantoms visibly trembled! The vigilance and repulsion in their dragon eyes significantly weakened, replaced by a trace of blankness, confusion, and... a faint sense of recognition, as if encountering an existence of the same level? Their circling speed slowed down, and their low moans became much calmer.
Yu Yuanchen was overjoyed and swam forward slowly. Ten zhang, nine zhang, eight zhang... This time, he encountered no further obstruction! He finally succeeded in approaching the two massive dragon skeletons!
Closely feeling the vast dragon might and residual divine force fluctuations emitted by these two God King remains, Yu Yuanchen was filled with awe. He dared not show the slightest bit of offense, let alone damage the dragon bones; that would be absolutely courting death and would instantly incite the most insane counterattack from the remnant Souls.
His goal was not the dragon bones themselves, but the nearly endless pure dragon power contained within them!
He coiled between the two intertwined giant dragon bones, his dragon claws pressing lightly upon them. At the center of his brows, the broken thunder god mark heated up slightly, resonating with the Martial Soul core in his Dantian. A secret technique he had obtained from the Thunder God Legacy, which originally required divine force to drive—the god-bestowed spirit ring condensation method—slowly flashed through his mind.
Normally, creating a god-bestowed spirit ring required consuming a large amount of divine force. The meager divine force produced by his broken God Position was not even enough for his own cultivation and enlightenment, and he was loath to waste it like this. But now, with these two God King dragon bones as an almost inexhaustible energy source, all problems were solved!
He cautiously operated the secret technique, and through the connection between his dragon claws and the dragon bones, like a trickling stream, he extremely slowly yet continuously extracted wisps of extremely pure, yet diametrically opposed, dragon power from the two dragon bones. One was Yin and cold, supple and enduring; the other was Yang and scorching, rigid and violent.
The two streams of dragon power were extracted and surged into his body along his dragon arms. Yu Yuanchen immediately activated the thunder god mark at his brow, using that wisp of weak divine force as a guide to drive the god-bestowed spirit ring condensation method, slowly stripping away and filtering the extreme Ice and Fire attributes contained within these two streams of dragon power—which were enough to freeze the Soul and burn everything—leaving only the most original, incomparably vast dragon power energy.
Even so, the filtered dragon power still carried traces of yin-soft and yang-rigid characteristics, making it difficult to fuse directly. Yu Yuanchen was well-prepared; he fully activated his Thunder Sacred Dragon Bloodline, bolstered by the thunder god position, and the power of the nine crowns of the true dragon, injecting the incomparably pure and overbearing thunder attribute into these two streams of dragon power!
Zzz! The purple-gold lightning was like the most impartial arbiter in the world, forcibly intervening between Yin and Yang! Under the overbearing reconciliation of the lightning power, the two streams of dragon power, with their yin-soft and yang-rigid characteristics, began to be forced to blend, intertwine, and compress!
This was an extremely delicate and mentally exhausting process. Yu Yuanchen was fully focused, using his powerful Spiritual Power to precisely control every bit of power. With the thunder god mark and Martial Soul core as the core, he continuously injected the filtered original dragon power, and used lightning power to temper, fuse, and compress it!
Time quietly passed at the bottom of the spring. I don't know how long it had been, but in front of Yu Yuanchen's dragon head, a light sphere about the size of a fist, entirely deep purple-gold, with countless naturally formed, incomparably complex thunder and dragon-pattern intertwined runes on its surface, and inside which a miniature thunder dragon seemed to be swimming and roaring, slowly condensed and took shape!
The prototype of the god-bestowed spirit ring was complete!
This Soul Ring prototype, based on the original dragon power of the two great God Kings, guided by thunder divine force, and condensed by the Thunder God secret technique, had such high quality and immense potential that it far exceeded ordinary hundred thousand year spirit rings!
However, just as the Soul Ring prototype was successfully condensed, a sudden change occurred!
The two relatively calm Ice and Fire Dragon King remnant Soul phantoms seemed to have sensed something and suddenly became restless! Their speed circling the dragon bones increased, and they emitted low dragon roars filled with dissatisfaction and warning. Their cold and scorching gazes locked onto Yu Yuanchen again. Although they did not attack directly, that intense sense of repulsion surged again!
They seemed to have finally discovered that this "clansman" was secretly absorbing the power of the dragon bones they were guarding!
Yu Yuanchen was startled, immediately stopped absorbing the dragon power, reached out with his dragon claws, and firmly grasped the formed purple-gold Soul Ring prototype. At the same time, without any hesitation, he immediately restrained the aura of the nine crowns of the true dragon, lifted the Dragon Soul Awakening state, turned his massive dragon body, and fled toward the surface of the spring at top speed!
He could feel that the fury of the two dragon Soul phantoms behind him was rapidly gathering, and the Ice and Fire divine force was beginning to fluctuate violently. If he didn't leave now, he might not be able to!
"Splash!"
Water splashed everywhere, and Yu Yuanchen's figure shot out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well like an arrow, landing steadily on the shore. His breath was slightly hurried, but his eyes were filled with excitement and joy.
"Brother Yuanchen!" Ye Zhilan, who had been waiting anxiously, immediately greeted him. Seeing that he was unharmed, she breathed a sigh of relief, and then her gaze was attracted by the purple-gold light sphere in his dragon claws that radiated heart-stopping energy. "This is..."
"It's done!" Yu Yuanchen released his Martial Soul True Body, returned to human form, and held the Soul Ring prototype, which had restrained its light but contained terrifying energy, in his palm. A smile curved at the corners of his mouth. "My ninth Soul Ring!"
He looked back at the spring water, which was gradually returning to calm, with lingering fear but also a hint of anticipation: "Although those two Dragon King remnant Souls have no intelligence, their instincts remain. Stealing dragon power this time has likely disturbed them. However, it is fortunate that they have no intelligence; perhaps after a while, they will forget my aura... At that time, perhaps I can try again."
After all, the God King dragon power at the bottom of the spring was an inexhaustible Treasure Trove for him now! One must know that the so-called Immortal Herbs only grew after absorbing a portion of the divine force dissipated by the two great Dragon Kings.
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