"What exactly is that brat Su Ze doing?"
"Why is there such a commotion when a Martial Soul evolves?"
Looking at the scene before him, which was like a natural disaster, Dugu Bo stared in disbelief.
"That brat better not get struck dead by lightning."
He watched the figure in the distance, standing amid the storm and thunder.
Dugu Bo wondered whether he should rush into the center of that natural disaster.
At that moment, he had no idea what was happening to Su Ze.
Just as Dugu Bo hesitated, the Dark Clouds in the sky shifted again.
The Golden Lightning that had gathered in great quantities crashed down onto Su Ze.
Then, accompanied by a roar,
a gigantic phantom, hundreds of meters tall, appeared behind Su Ze.
Looking at the phantom, Dugu Bo felt smaller than he ever had before.
With the keen eyesight of a Title Douluo, Dugu Bo could just make out a roaring giant dragon.
Golden Dragon Beard, a majestic dragon head, and an enormous body made of thunder.
"A dragon! Is that the shadow of a dragon?"
"Could that brat Su Ze have Twin Martial Souls?"
Dugu Bo stared at the enormous hundred-meter dragon before him, his mouth hanging open without him realizing it.
The Golden Horn Jade Flood Dragon Martial Soul that had just evolved inside him felt an instinctive awe when it saw that immense figure.
As a Title Douluo, Dugu Bo had seen a great deal.
Yet the spectacle Su Ze had caused left him unable to stay calm.
The Dragon Shadow behind him was practically a miracle.
From what Dugu Bo could sense, that was Su Ze's Martial Soul.
Whether it was the Dragon Attribute Martial Soul Su Ze had kept hidden before, or one that had evolved,
it had caused such an astounding commotion.
That meant Su Ze's potential was truly terrifying.
Looking at the enormous Dragon Shadow in the distance, Dugu Bo suddenly recalled a legend.
Tens of thousands of years ago, before the Soul Martial Hall appeared, there had once been a girl with an Angel Martial Soul who broke through level one hundred and became a legendary god.
As he looked at the hundred-meter Dragon Shadow behind Su Ze, surrounded by thunder and storm,
a thought suddenly came to Dugu Bo.
Perhaps Su Ze could do the same.
Looking at the Dragon Shadow wrapped in thunder and storm, Dugu Bo could at least be certain of one thing.
With Su Ze's Dragon Attribute Martial Soul,
the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Family would never hold on to its title as the world's greatest Beast Martial Soul family.
And when he considered that Su Ze was not yet eight years old and already had level twenty-nine Soul Power,
Dugu Bo felt that Su Ze truly had the Potential for Godhood.
At the very least, he would become a Super Douluo.
Thinking of this, Dugu Bo felt that the brat Su Ze might well be the greatest opportunity of his life.
From now on, he had to protect Su Ze properly—not just for his own future, but for Yan Yan's as well.
"From this day forward, I must do everything in my power to protect that brat Su Ze. If he really does have the Potential for Godhood, just as I suspect..."
"Then the Dugu Family will prosper on the Douluo Continent for generations to come!"
As Dugu Bo watched the enormous spectacle in the distance, he made up his mind.
At that moment, accompanied by a dragon's roar, a bolt of golden-and-white lightning struck Su Ze.
As the lightning fell, Su Ze slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he did,
the Storm Dragon King's Phantom behind him vanished, replaced by a hundred-meter-tall phantom of the Sikong Zhen Martial Soul.
Unlike before, the Sikong Zhen Martial Soul now looked almost exactly like Su Ze.
Dugu Bo watched the massive figure behind Su Ze, surrounded by storm and thunder from head to toe.
He looked at the face that was identical to Su Ze's.
Once again, Dugu Bo confirmed his earlier guess.
Su Ze truly had the Potential for Godhood.
"I, Dugu Bo, may be about to witness the birth of the Thunder God!"
As Dugu Bo murmured to himself,
Su Ze, hovering in midair, was checking his own condition.
Now that he had awakened the Storm Dragon King,
the lightning that had been pure white was streaked with gold, turning golden and white.
In addition, awakening the Storm Dragon King Martial Soul had greatly strengthened Su Ze's physical body.
His physical strength had risen straight to level forty-five,
putting it more than ten levels above his level twenty-nine Soul Master rank.
The improvements to his physical strength and Soul Power were secondary to Su Ze.
The important thing was that, with the help of the Immortal Herb, the Sikong Zhen Martial Soul had evolved, and the Storm Dragon King form had been partially unlocked.
This time, unlocking the Martial Soul had granted him two Skill Points.
They allowed him to officially unlock Sikong Zhen's Second Skill, Furious Thunder Strike.
His ultimate skill, Thunderous Force, had also been upgraded.
Its duration had increased to six minutes.
The area covered by the surrounding thunder had expanded from a mere dozen meters to a height of a hundred meters.
Of course, compared with the abilities the Storm Dragon King brought, unlocking skills and extending their duration were minor benefits.
Thanks to the Storm Dragon King, Su Ze had gained control over the natural power of storms.
He could now summon storms and thunder at will.
Of course, the range was limited to a hundred meters.
More importantly, he could now draw power from storms and thunder at any time.
For example, whenever he used a skill, whether one of his own or one belonging to Sikong Zhen, he could draw on the storm's power instead.
Simply put,
when it was raining,
Su Ze would have an inexhaustible power bank.
He could use skills or unleash his ultimate without consuming any Soul Power.
His Mana Bar came from the lightning power across the entire continent.
For example, in the Thunder Gorge at Heaven Dou Academy, as long as the Lightning Attribute energy hadn't been used up,
Su Ze would never run out of mana.
He could use skills endlessly.
And this was only the initial unlocking of the Storm Dragon King.
According to what Su Ze sensed, if he could make the Storm Dragon King evolve again,
he would gain an ability every Soul Master dreamed of.
The Soul Rings he obtained would grow stronger along with him.
In other words, if he unlocked the Storm Dragon King's Second Form next time,
then his dream of having every Soul Ring be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring could really come true.
However, the conditions for unlocking this ability posed a problem for Su Ze.
He needed a Dragon Attribute Soul Bone.
And it couldn't be low-grade; it had to be at least a hundred thousand years old.
"A hundred-thousand-year Dragon Attribute Soul Bone!"
Su Ze's gaze went straight to the bottomless, two-colored pool of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
From what he remembered, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye had formed when the Ice Fire Dragon Kings fell to Dou Continent and their bodies were buried there.
In other words, this pool was the burial ground of two Dragon Kings.
It was quite possible that their leftover Soul Bones lay within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
The Soul Bones of the Ice Fire Two Great Dragon Kings were surely more than a hundred thousand years old.
They should even be called Divine Bones.
If they really were there, Su Ze could unlock even more of the Storm Dragon King.
Thinking of the ability to evolve Soul Rings,
Su Ze immediately recovered and dispelled the thunder, returning to his normal form.
The clothes on his upper body were completely torn, revealing his well-built muscles.
And as his Martial Soul evolved once more, Su Ze grew taller.
He had been only 1.7 meters tall before.
Now he had shot up to 1.78 meters.
If Su Ze's face weren't still a little youthful,
no one would have guessed he was only eight.
At that moment, Dugu Bo came over to Su Ze and studied the transformed boy with a searching look.
"Brat, what exactly happened just now? What was that phantom behind you?"
"What did you do? And why have you grown taller again?"
In response to Dugu Bo's questions, Su Ze smiled and stretched his limbs.
"Nothing much. My Martial Soul just evolved a little, and my body changed a bit too."
"As for those strange phenomena, they might have been caused by the Immortal Herb's medicinal effects."
Hearing Su Ze blame it on the Immortal Herb's medicinal effects, Dugu Bo was so annoyed he nearly laughed.
It wasn't as if he had never taken an Immortal Herb. He had even undergone Martial Soul Evolution himself.
Besides, he was a Title Douluo. If the Immortal Herb's medicinal effects were truly the cause,
he should have caused a spectacle too. But nothing had happened to him.
"The Immortal Herb's medicinal effects? Who are you trying to fool, brat?"
"Forget it. Maybe you don't know yourself."
Dugu Bo didn't press him any further. This was probably the brat Su Ze's own secret.
It wasn't his place to pry.
And besides, Su Ze was now the Dugu Family's benefactor.
"By the way, brat, the poison in my Soul and body has been completely cured."
"But I'll have to trouble you to find another Immortal Herb for Yan Yan."
"Oh, you've met my granddaughter, haven't you? If you two hit it off, you can become my granddaughter's husband!"
As he spoke, Dugu Bo's eyes lit up.
Having weathered countless trials, Dugu Bo
had already noticed that his granddaughter seemed to feel something for the little brat who had defeated him.
With a little encouragement, the two of them could easily end up together.
Then, with Su Ze—who had the Potential for Godhood—as his granddaughter's husband,
the Dugu Family's future would truly be secure.
Hearing Dugu Bo suddenly switch to trying to make him his granddaughter's husband, Su Ze was caught completely off guard.
After a moment, Su Ze waved his hand. "Senior Dugu, love is up to Senior Sister herself."
"Besides, this is the golden age of Soul Master cultivation. I have no plans to get involved in that sort of thing."
Su Ze's goal was to become a god.
Romance was too much trouble.
He had no interest in thinking about it right now.
Hearing Su Ze's words, Dugu Bo thought it over and agreed.
It was something the children had to decide for themselves.
Forcing himself into it would only make things worse.
"By the way, Senior Dugu, I've already taken Ye Qingxian as my teacher."
"My teacher's Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul has a defect too. Since we're looking for Immortal Herbs..."
"Why not bring my teacher here? With her Medical Skills, she might be able to make better use of these Immortal Herbs."
Su Ze's knowledge of Immortal Herbs
came from the Original Work and from the Medical Book Ye Qingxian had given him.
Ye Qingxian was a renowned physician of the age. With the information he had given her, together with her Medical Skills,
she might be able to find an even better way to use the Immortal Herbs.
If she did, his strength could grow further.
"Ye Qingxian! A defect in the Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul?"
"I understand!"
When he heard the name and recalled the Martial Soul Defect, Dugu Bo realized why Su Ze had taken her as his teacher.
But Su Ze had already cured his Jade Scale Snake Poison as he had requested, and had even completed his Martial Soul Evolution.
So Dugu Bo was willing to let Su Ze use any of the Immortal Herbs in the Medicine Garden.
It didn't matter if he used them all.
"Alright. In that case, I'll bring Yan Yan over first and pick up your teacher while I'm at it."
"By the way, as I promised, you can use any of the Immortal Herbs here, and you're free to use the Medicine Garden as well. Just be careful."
"I'll be back soon."
With that, Dugu Bo vanished from where he stood.
He had obviously gone to Heaven Dou City to fetch Dugu Yan and Ye Qingxian.
With Dugu Bo gone, Su Ze was the only person left at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Looking around the empty Medicine Garden, Su Ze headed straight for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
He gazed at the two pools of differently colored water.
The description of the Ice Fire Dragon King surfaced in Su Ze's mind.
The two Dragon Kings had been created by the Dragon God, and their strength had placed them among the most powerful Level One Gods.
Even though they had been dead for many years, if they had truly left behind Soul Bones—
No, Divine Bones.
Absorbing them would surely bring enormous benefits.
At the thought, Su Ze's gaze settled on the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
To obtain the Divine Bones of the Ice and Fire Two Dragon Kings,
he had to dive to the bottom of the pool, and to do that, he needed to acquire the Ice Fire Immunity Body.
Remembering how Tang San had carelessly eaten the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot raw in the Original Work and somehow cultivated the Ice Fire Immunity Body,
Su Ze, who had read the Medical Book, had only one comment:
What a waste!
Eating Immortal Herbs like Zhu Bajie gobbling down a Ginseng Fruit and calling it immunity to water and fire?
All it had done was give his Martial Soul a little resistance to water and fire.
He couldn't even withstand Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Flame.
According to the Medical Book, truly cultivating the Ice Fire Immunity Body required tempering the body in the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye while consuming the Immortal Herbs.
Through extreme pain, the two forces had to be completely interwoven.
Only then could one truly cultivate the Ice Fire Immunity Body.
After that, when attacks from Ice- or Fire-Attribute Martial Souls struck him,
Su Ze would not only be immune to them, but would absorb the attacks into his body and use them to nourish himself.
That was what it truly meant to have the Ice Fire Immunity Body.
Thinking of this wondrous physique,
Su Ze followed the instructions in the Medical Book, picked the two Immortal Herbs, and immediately began consuming them.
As soon as he swallowed the two Immortal Herbs, waves of scorching heat and bitter cold began alternating through his body.
Relying on the strength of his level 45 body,
Su Ze managed to endure it.
Without a moment's hesitation, he jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
Instantly, two different kinds of pain surged through his body.
Clenching his teeth, Su Ze began to endure the agony.
To gain great strength, one naturally had to face pain beyond what ordinary people could bear.
That was an unavoidable part of becoming strong.
Besides, without cultivating the Ice Fire Immunity Body, he would have no way to dive to the bottom of the pool and search for any Soul Bones that might be there.
With that in mind, Su Ze gritted his teeth and soaked in the middle of the spring. The extreme heat and cold relentlessly ravaged every inch of his skin.
Amid the intense pain, Su Ze's skin began to grow more resilient, while his muscles, bones, and flesh were continuously tempered.
The impurities in his body began to be expelled, and he was transformed from the inside out.
His physical strength began to climb steadily.
Level forty-six!
Level forty-seven!
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