Soul Skills, External Soul Bone: Dark Gold Claw

Jin Yan smiled, and the single purple soul ring on his body lit up.

"First Soul Skill, Dark Gold Divine Dragon Transformation!"

After activating his first soul skill, Jin Yan's body swelled by a full size, stretching his clothes taut. His hands transformed into sharp claws, and a violent aura erupted from him as his entire body was shrouded in golden light.

"A top-tier enhancement-type soul skill." The Fourth Pontiff, Mighty Lion Douluo, usually enjoyed studying different types of soul skills. Seeing Jin Yan's transformation, he spoke up.

Jin Yan maintained his transformed state, his crocodile tail swaying behind him and cracking through the air with explosive snaps.

"That's right. My first soul skill, Dark Gold Divine Dragon Transformation, can last for an hour. During that hour, my resistance to abnormal conditions and all my attributes increase by seventy percent.

It can be understood as a berserk soul skill with no side effects. For that hour, my strength is enhanced in every aspect!"

As soon as Jin Yan finished, Mighty Lion Douluo, who had studied soul skills the most, exclaimed in shock, "Even ordinary Ten Thousand Year enhancement soul skills don't have such effects!

Second Brother, what soul beast did this soul skill come from?

Could it be that you discovered a Golden Dragon Crocodile with the same martial soul as Xiao Yan?"

Golden Crocodile said, "We discovered a thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear."

Mighty Lion Douluo nodded. "The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear is a super soul beast. It's indeed possible for it to produce such a soul skill."

Standing nearby, Jin Yan smiled. "That's not all I got."

As he spoke, before the others could react, Jin Yan's right hand was wrapped in golden light. Then, with a sharp sound, a half-meter-long Diamond Long Claw appeared on his right hand, identical in appearance to the terrifying claw of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear!

"External Soul Bone!!"

Several pontiffs cried out in shock. They had long grown accustomed to grand events, and there was very little left on the entire continent that could make them lose their composure. Even a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone placed before them would hardly stir their emotions, yet now they all stared wide-eyed, their faces filled with disbelief.

Jin Yan had already absorbed an External Soul Bone, yet now another External Soul Bone had dropped from a mere thousand-year soul beast!

They had lived for over a hundred years and had seen plenty of the six standard soul bones, but they had truly seen very few External Soul Bones!

"Xiao Yan, want to test out your soul skills? Come, attack me with everything you have!" Mighty Lion Douluo said eagerly.

"That would be perfect."

Jin Yan had just been wanting to test the power of his soul skills. It was exactly what he wanted.

As the second-largest structure in Spirit Hall, the Worship Hall naturally possessed outstanding durability. The pontiffs were not at all worried that Jin Yan would damage the place, so they simply let him go all out here.

Mighty Lion Douluo stood with one hand behind his back. His calm expression nevertheless placed immense pressure on Jin Yan. Jin Yan fixed his gaze on Mighty Lion Douluo solemnly, the golden dragon scales over his body gleaming as he charged straight at him in the state of his first soul skill.

The sharp claws flashed with cold light. Facing such an attack, Mighty Lion Douluo made no apparent movement, yet a red protective barrier emerged around his body and blocked Jin Yan's strike.

"The power of that strike is already comparable to the full-force blow of an ordinary attack-type Soul Elder."

At the same time Jin Yan lashed out with his claws, a pair of golden dragon wings instantly spread behind him.

The golden dragon wings fluttered slightly, and terrifying air currents turned into a gale. Countless dragon scales then gathered in the sky, followed by a sweeping storm as the golden scale tempest surged toward Mighty Lion Douluo.

What Jin Yan had unleashed was none other than the skill attached to the Golden Armored Winged Dragon External Soul Bone—Myriad Scale Heavenly Feather Kill!

Countless scales became an impenetrable net and crashed violently into the barrier around Mighty Lion Douluo.

The barrier Mighty Lion Douluo had placed around himself had merely been a casual effort. Without his continued Soul Power to sustain it, how could it contend with Jin Yan's Ten Thousand Year soul skill?

Sure enough, the fiery-red barrier was shattered by Myriad Scale Heavenly Feather Kill in mere moments. The remaining scale feathers did not lose any of their momentum and continued rushing toward Mighty Lion Douluo at extreme speed.

The Heavenly Feathers covered an enormous area, nearly blocking Mighty Lion Douluo's entire vision. Before his eyes were densely packed scales glittering with golden light, each one suffused with intense sharpness.

"Come at me!" Mighty Lion Douluo laughed loudly, his eyes reflecting the scale feathers filling the sky. Just as they neared him, the countless scale feathers froze in midair, then clattered to the ground without producing the slightest spark.

Mighty Lion Douluo's control over his Soul Power was extraordinarily powerful. He had actually imposed his profound Soul Power upon the scale feathers before him, while Jin Yan, standing close to him, was not affected in the slightest.

Yet the instant the scales hit the ground, the howling wind lifted the white hair at Mighty Lion Douluo's temples. Then a terrifyingly sharp aura wrapped around his heart. Jin Yan wore a triumphant smile as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw on his right hand emitted golden radiance, rapidly expanding to more than a meter long as it howled toward him.

"Not good!"

Mighty Lion Douluo was startled. A fiery-red soul skill instantly surged around him, and the powerful wave of energy directly blasted Jin Yan back. Fortunately, his combat experience was extensive and he knew his limits. He did not use much strength, merely pushing Jin Yan away without injuring him.

"Good kid, you nearly got me with that!"

After knocking Jin Yan back, Mighty Lion Douluo strode forward with a laugh and patted Jin Yan's shoulder with his broad, rough hand.

The other pontiffs also burst into laughter. Golden Crocodile's grandson had performed so admirably that it brought glory to his face, and he felt immensely proud. His laughter was the heartiest of all.

Guangling Douluo simply found it amusing. A dignified Titled Douluo had been put in such a state by a child who had only just obtained his first soul ring.

Grand Pontiff Qian Daoliu was smiling as well, but one hand behind his back quietly clenched into a fist.

With such talent and such powerful fortune, he was even more outstanding than Bibi Dong had been in her youth. Bibi Dong had earned the recognition of a god. If I support Jin Yan with all my strength, his future will absolutely not be inferior to Bibi Dong's!

One family, three gods!

At that thought, Qian Daoliu's clenched fingers could not help trembling slightly, and the look in his eyes as he gazed at Jin Yan became even gentler.

"Big Brother, now that Xiao Yan has so many methods at his disposal and his strength is not lacking, let's agree to Bibi Dong's request.

Didn't she want that so-called Golden Generation to spar with Xiao Yan? Then let her see what true strength is!"

Mighty Lion Douluo looked at Qian Daoliu and spoke.

"No!

We agreed that Xiao Yan would stay in the Worship Hall and be taught cultivation. He can't go." Guang Ling, who had been cheerfully standing to the side, suddenly changed expression and spoke.

Mighty Lion Douluo was startled by his abrupt outburst and hurriedly said, "Why are you so anxious, Fifth Brother? I merely mentioned it casually. Since that is the case, then forget it, forget it!"

In the end, he could only give an awkward laugh and say so.