Dragon God Inheritance

"Ah, it seemed some little thing escaped." Yue Zi looked down at the city below and shook her head.

"Forget it. It won't interfere with my grand plan."

"Boss!"

Several badly mangled Evil Soul Masters flew before Yue Zi, their eyes filled with fear.

"Oh? I didn't expect any of you to still be alive. Then I won't need to act. Gather the remaining people and buy me some time. Stop those Federation crusaders. Once I become an evil god, I will surely grant you eternity!!"

"Yes!" Calling them lunatics was putting it mildly. They were practically a pack of madmen, judging by their eyes.

"What is that?" Jiang Xing watched the distant scene in disbelief. Countless enormous vines surged into the sky, encircling the city. The earth split apart as bizarre energies shot upward and poured into the enormous eye in the sky.

The ground trembled.

"Alert! Alert!"

The shouts of people and the alarms blaring from the mechas both heralded the arrival of danger.

Suddenly!

The earth ruptured, and enormous vines stabbed toward everyone like tentacles.

Boom

Everyone dodged in time, and the vines struck empty air. But immediately after... one, two... seven in total!

"Armor-piercing rounds, prepare!" Jiang Xing commanded.

With a sound like the chirping of nimble birds, tiny projectiles shot fiercely from the weapons held by several mechas.

The shells pierced through the vines, while other mechas wielded blades and sliced the vines cleanly in half.

"Lock onto the vines around the city. Blast open a gap and charge in." Jiang Xing's eyes had already turned bloodshot. If the three supersonic pilots died, how could he face the military district? How could he face the Federation? A pilot was worth far more than an aircraft. Even if they were dead, he had to find their bodies.

"Commander Xing, the satellite is suffering severe interference. We can't detect the situation inside. Are we really going in?" a mecha pilot asked through the communicator.

Jiang Xing pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth. "Go! We have to go in!! Our comrades are still inside. Do any of you agree to retreat?!" His final question rang out especially loudly.

"No!!" The soldiers answered as one.

Nearly three hundred Level Five Soul Cannon Shells were fired by the various units, bombarding the vines on the outskirts of the city.

After the thick smoke cleared, an enormous gap appeared.

But several dozen Soul King-level Evil Soul Masters emerged to meet them.

Fight!

A thousand-meter charge took mechas only a dozen or so seconds. Flesh collided with steel, Soul Skills clashed with missiles.

"In this battle, I don't know how many people will die, but we have no way back. Our fellow citizens are trapped inside, and the fates of our comrades are unknown. So don't grieve for the dead. Don't grieve for those who fall. There can be no emotions on the battlefield. If you must have them, wait until after victory!!"

"What are the conditions for opening the nine seals?" Gu You looked at the Dragon God.

"The first three are very easy. You can remove one right now and absorb its origin. The conditions are reaching Soul Elder, Soul Emperor, and Titled Douluo."

"What about the remaining seals?" Gu You felt that the conditions for lifting them were a little too simple.

"You must wait until you reach godhood." The Dragon God seemed to see through Gu You's thoughts and cut him off with a single sentence.

"Godhood?" Gu You froze. Wasn't this just messing with him?

"It may seem difficult, but once you remove the third seal and reach the level of a Limit Douluo, you will already have reached the level of a god. You simply won't possess a godhood position," the Dragon God explained.

Outside, the entire underground chamber trembled. Gu You sat cross-legged, his Soul Ring already fused into his body. It was scarlet red. If he went outside like this, who wouldn't be shocked? A Soul Elder possessing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, complete with an ultimate attribute.

His soul bone had also stabilized, his right leg emitting a faint blue radiance.

"Human, wake up already! This place is about to collapse. You can't have just made me your Soul Spirit only to get crushed to death, can you?" The Ice Emperor Scorpion hopped about anxiously in the Sea of Consciousness. Gu You's current state frightened it. It could sense that something was missing from Gu You's soul. He might be about to become a vegetable. "My life is truly miserable~..."

"That really does make things much simpler. How do I remove the first seal?"

"The conditions have already been met, so naturally it is simple. Use your heart, use your hand, and feel this vast power." Of the nine beams of light surrounding the Dragon God, one slowly flew toward Gu You and stopped before him.

Gu You placed his hand upon it. That supreme aura of destruction and Annihilation made him feel at peace. Dragon Scales began covering his entire body. Outside, a gentle white light enveloped Gu You, forming a sphere around him like an egg.

It was as though he were sleeping in a hot spring, surrounded by gentle currents of water soaking his body.

Amazing! This felt too amazing!!

It was Gu You's only thought. Everything turned blank, as though the most beautiful side of the world had unfolded before him.

Genesis meant destruction; destruction transformed into Genesis...

"My power... underwent tremendous changes after that battle. Sometimes, even I do not know whether I am truly still myself."

Crack!

The fragile sphere of light began to shatter. A pair of jade-like hands emerged first, followed by the rest of his body.

Gu You's entire body seemed to have undergone a qualitative transformation. It was no longer an ordinary mortal body, its snow-white skin almost unreal. In contrast, only his black eyelashes and violet-blue pupils remained.

"How does it feel?" the Dragon God asked.

"I've never felt this good before. I feel like my strength has improved tremendously. It even completely eliminated the hidden trouble left behind by my forced breakthrough just now. I'm now a genuine peak Rank 30 Soul Elder," Gu You said in amazement.

"Those are not the most important changes. The first seal bestowed upon you a domain Divine Skill. It has enhancement and suppression effects, and it is called Life and Death Domain. In truth, it can be considered two domains: one focused on enhancement and the other on suppression. They are called Annihilation and Genesis, respectively."

"A domain?" Gu You was slightly stunned. Generally speaking, only exceptionally talented people could comprehend their own domain after reaching Soul Sage under special circumstances. Another special case was inheriting someone else's domain. Gu You was clearly the latter.

"Since it is a Divine Skill, its effects are naturally extremely powerful. Once you develop and use it, you will understand. My benevolent will is very weak. I must enter slumber. Otherwise, if I disappear, then even if you reach the level of Soul Emperor by next time, removing the second seal will be extremely difficult." The Dragon God's voice began to weaken.

"Thank you, Senior Dragon God. Since you have entrusted your inheritance to me, I cannot ignore the affairs of the Soul Beast clan." Gu You's gaze was solemn.

"Even if you do not wish to care, you must. It is good that you understand now. Even if you are unwilling, or even break your word, I will wear both you and myself away at the cost of mutual destruction." The voice vanished, and an evil aura began to swell, pressing down on Gu You until he felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Is this the price of becoming the Dragon God?" Gu You murmured as he transformed into specks of light and vanished from this space.