The Golden Crocodile was a very special martial soul. It belonged to none of the Nine Great Dragon Clans, nor did it carry the bloodline legacy of the nine sons of the dragon. Instead, it was an extremely ancient sub-dragon.
It was said that crocodiles had existed as sub-dragons from the very moment the Dragon Clan was born. Among all sub-dragons, crocodiles were one of the kinds closest to true dragons, supposedly unchanged since their creation.
The Golden Crocodile was a special existence formed when a crocodile gained the Golden Dragon's power on top of its original foundation, bolstered by the golden bloodline.
Golden Crocodile Douluo's martial soul had originally been a Golden Crocodile. Only when he became a Titled Douluo and absorbed the spirit ring of a hundred-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Demon Tiger did it become a Golden Crocodile King.
As he continued to break through to higher realms and accumulate soul power, his martial soul also continued to build up greater reserves and bloodline strength, preparing to transform into a higher form at any moment.
When Golden Crocodile Douluo broke through to the Limit Douluo realm and condensed a powerful Blood Essence Soul Ring of his own, his Golden Crocodile King martial soul underwent a further change, becoming a true dragon.
Yet unlike the Golden Dragon he had envisioned, what Golden Crocodile Douluo now displayed was a true dragon martial soul shaped like a crocodile. If one had to describe it, it should have been called a Golden Crocodile Dragon.
It was a true dragon martial soul that possessed the golden bloodline, yet was not quite a genuine Golden Dragon.
Golden Crocodile Douluo's physical strength was immense—absurdly so, even. Despite having declined to the utmost with age, he could still use his level 98 strength to crush a Hell