A Father Won't Let You Shoulder This Family

The ten-thousand-year Soul Ring around Yu Yuanzhen lit up. His claws seemed to transform into thunderclouds as countless violent bolts of lightning shot forth, each as thick as a bucket.

Yu Tianjun's expression turned grave. The dragon wings on his back beat, and he instantly flew a hundred meters away.

But the Dragon Wings' flight speed could not match the speed of lightning. In the blink of an eye, the bucket-thick bolts had reached Yu Tianjun.

"Golden Dragon Body!"

All his attributes doubled, and Yu Tianjun's aura now nearly rivaled that of a Soul Douluo.

"Boom!!!"

He thrust out his spear, shattering several bolts of lightning outright.

In contrast, Yu Tianjun's arm had only gained a few charred marks.

Seeing this, Yu Yuanzhen's eyes grew more complicated.

That single strike was enough to show that Yu Tianjun's physical strength had reached the level of a Title Douluo. Absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring would definitely not be a problem.

But had he truly grown old?

He could not even defeat his own son anymore.

For a moment, Yu Yuanzhen seemed to return to the day he had first taken over the clan, when his gravely ill father had called him alone to his bedside.

He said,

"Yuanzhen, you have already... surpassed me. Now, it is your turn to support this clan."

That day, Yu Yuanzhen had felt grief, but he had also been excited.

Because on the final day of his father's life, Yu Yuanzhen had finally received his father's recognition.

It was what every man desired.

The memory faded. Looking at the young Yu Tianjun before him, whose features were seventy percent similar to his own,

Yu Yuanzhen recalled that twelve years ago, he had been the one to take him to obtain his first Soul Ring.

And now, Yu Tianjun had actually caught up to him.

Watching Yu Tianjun charge toward him at a speed nearly matching that of a Super Douluo,

Yu Yuanzhen smiled.

You still cannot defeat me.

You are still young. You need someone to guide you forward.

As long as your father can still move, I will not let you shoulder this family!

Lightning raged in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes. His seventh Soul Ring shone, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Avatar emerged.

The enormous dragon body stood within Thunder Canyon, and Yu Tianjun's charging momentum abruptly came to a halt.

Wasn't this supposed to be a spar? How had it suddenly become this?

However, Yu Tianjun did not hesitate for long. Yu Yuanzhen's move was perfect—it would allow him to go all out and see just how strong he had become!

Yu Tianjun's fifth Soul Ring lit up.

Dragon King God-Breaking Spear!

Other than Spirit Bone skills, this was Yu Tianjun's strongest single-target attack!

Facing the Golden Dragon Spear that pierced through the sky, Yu Yuanzhen swung his dragon claw with all his strength and knocked it away.

"Tien Jun, be careful!"

Yu Yuanzhen laughed heartily as he mobilized all the power in his body. His eighth Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

Yu Tianjun's heart sank. Yu Yuanzhen's eighth Soul Ring had come from a seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast. Used with the strength of a ninety-fourth-ranked Title Douluo, its power was immense.

But at that moment, Yu Tianjun suddenly understood why Yu Yuanzhen had gone all out.

It was clearly only a spar.

But even if it was only a spar,

Yu Yuanzhen would not lose to him.

Yu Tianjun curled his lips into a smile and slowly raised his left leg.

Lightning burst forth with a crack, its might no weaker than Yu Yuanzhen's.

"Thunder Tyrant Dragon Left Leg Bone, second Soul Skill, Thunderstorm Dragon Tail!!!"

A thunder dragon tail dozens of meters long slowly appeared, connected to Yu Tianjun's left leg and radiating a terrifying aura.

Yu Tianjun's face paled. Although his Soul Power reserves far exceeded those of Soul Masters at the same level,

he was still only a level-seventy Soul Emperor. Releasing power comparable to that of a Super Douluo consumed an enormous amount of energy.

Yu Tianjun suppressed the turmoil in his breathing. His left leg lashed out like a whip!

The dozens-of-meters-long thunder dragon tail followed, as though heavenly punishment had descended—wild and tyrannical!

Yu Yuanzhen smiled faintly as he watched this familiar move.

"Thunder Dragon Heavenly Punishment!!!"

His eighth Soul Skill activated, and Yu Yuanzhen's aura suddenly surged.

A ninety-fifth-ranked Super Douluo!

At this critical moment, Yu Yuanzhen had actually broken through the threshold of rank ninety-five!

Yu Yuanzhen laughed freely as a Heavenly Thunder Halberd descended from the sky.

The Thunder Halberd was incomparably massive, a hundred meters long, and it collided head-on with the Thunderstorm Dragon Tail.

"BOOM!!!!!!!"

A storm capable of sweeping through half of Thunder Canyon erupted. Yu Tianjun was sent flying backward by the shockwave generated by the collision of the two great skills.

Yu Yuanzhen's expression changed. With a flicker of movement, he appeared behind Yu Tianjun and caught him steadily.

Only then did Yu Tianjun beat his Golden Dragon Wings and let out a long breath.

"I used every trick I had just to barely block Father's eighth Soul Skill. It seems I still have a long way to go."

Yu Tianjun sighed, while amusement appeared in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes.

"Silly boy, what son defeats his father at eighteen? Keep training."

Yu Yuanzhen smiled and patted Yu Tianjun's shoulder.

"Come on. I'll take you hunting for a Soul Beast and see whether the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast recorded by the clan is still there."

Yu Tianjun followed one step behind Yu Yuanzhen, a smile appearing on his face.

Touching his chest, Yu Tianjun regulated his breathing.

At the final moment, he had withdrawn some of the Thunderstorm Dragon Tail's power.

Otherwise, with Yu Tianjun's strength and physique comparable to a Super Douluo, along with the attack of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone that was likewise comparable to a Super Douluo,

the two of them should have ended in a draw in that clash.

But Yu Tianjun had held back at the end, allowing Yu Yuanzhen to gain the upper hand.

The two headed for Sunset Forest.

"According to the clan's records, a century ago, one of our predecessors saw a hundred-thousand-year dragon-type Soul Beast in Sunset Forest. However, because he lacked the strength, he could only glimpse it from afar and did not identify its name."

As he spoke, Yu Yuanzhen sounded somewhat regretful.

"Back then, your grandfather and I both wanted to try obtaining it for our ninth Soul Rings. But although Sunset Forest is not as vast as the Star Dou Great Forest, it is not so easy to search."

"Your grandfather searched for a year without success and could only absorb a ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring. As for me, under the pressure of your grandfather's grave illness, I quickly broke through to the realm of a Title Douluo."

Yu Yuanzhen's tone was filled with regret.

Back then, he had actually found a few clues.

But the Old Clan Master had been gravely ill. If he died before Yu Yuanzhen became a Title Douluo, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would be in danger.

And even if they found it, they would have had no way to kill it. At the time, other than the Old Clan Master, the strongest person in the clan had only been the eighty-ninth-ranked Yu Yuanzhen.

Shaking his head, Yu Yuanzhen pulled himself together.

"Fortunately, we did not find it. Otherwise, finding another one for you now would be difficult."

Yu Yuanzhen smiled.

Both traveled quickly, even faster than Dugu Bo and his son, who had set out two days earlier.

(With the weakened Dugu Yao in tow, Dugu Bo traveled very slowly.)

The two first checked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to make sure everything was in order before heading deeper into the Core Circle of Sunset Forest.

"That dragon-type Soul Beast was several hundred meters long and resembled a flood dragon. The ground it crossed bore marks over ten meters wide."

Yu Yuanzhen recalled the scene he had witnessed back then.

"A hundred-thousand-year dragon-type Soul Beast possesses combat power far beyond that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"Even an unusual creature like the Titan Giant Ape is only roughly equal to it in combat strength."

"Correspondingly, the Soul Ring produced by such a Soul Beast is also stronger than an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's."

Yu Yuanzhen added another remark.

"Although Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings are excellent, if you have another choice, do not choose any hundred-thousand-year rabbit or grass-type Soul Beasts. They do not suit you."