Lin Feng gritted his teeth, took out a Gold Soul Coin, and stuffed it viciously into Flender's hand.
"Thanks! My dear dean, I've learned my lesson."
Flender played with the coin, looking smug.
"No need to be polite. It's what I should do."
Every time he managed to pry money out of Lin Feng, that little miser, he felt inexplicably refreshed.
With a flip of his palm, the Blessing Gold Pouch floated out. A yellow soul ring slowly rose from beneath his feet. As light flashed, he chanted in a deep voice.
"Wrath of the Dominator!"
The air suddenly twisted, and three dark whirlpools over five meters tall appeared out of thin air behind him.
"Roar—!"
A dragon roar that shook the mountains and forests exploded. Enormous, savage dark-purple dragon heads thrust violently out of the whirlpools, their deep violet eyes filled with primordial brutality.
Their powerful dragon bodies emerged from the vortices, and a pair of dragon wings over ten meters long, as if carved from purple crystal, burst open.
The tranquil forest instantly erupted into chaos.
Within a radius of ten miles, every soul beast went limp and trembled.
Wild rabbits and boars collapsed to the ground on weak limbs, while the thousand-year soul beasts hiding farther away tucked their tails and fled frantically.
The instinctive fear within the soul beasts had been completely unleashed. This was absolute suppression from the pinnacle of the Bloodline!
"Dragons... they're dragons!"
Flender's entire body stiffened. His Four-Eyed Owl martial soul trembled madly within him, leaving him utterly dumbfounded.
The cultivation of these three dragon soul beasts was not particularly impressive, only a mere hundred years, yet the pressure they emitted made his martial soul tremble from the depths of his soul.
That was the absolute suppression of a high-level dragon Bloodline!
Lin Feng stiffly turned his head and stared blankly at the enormous creatures six meters tall behind him... No, they should be called Dominator Vanguards now.
"Is this right?"
Were these... really the Dragon Soldiers he remembered, the ones with slightly more health that got cleared along with the minions?
For a moment, Flender did not even know what to say. In a daze, he instinctively blurted out:
"Th-this is also a soul skill unlocked by your first soul ring? Three skills from one ring?"
A first soul ring with a three-hundred-year limit was already heaven-defying with two soul skills. Yet he had actually hidden a third one, and its effect was this outrageous?
Lin Feng was so excited that his face reddened slightly. Catching sight of the Water Rock Shield Turtle beside them, which was trying to slowly crawl away in secret, he immediately shouted an order.
"Dominator Vanguards, capture it for me!"
Their dragon wings flapped furiously, stirring up violent winds. Fallen leaves flew everywhere, and the grass was flattened directly by the pressure of the wind.
The three Dominator Vanguards beat their wings and charged, pouncing toward the slowly fleeing Water Rock Shield Turtle.
The three dragon beasts raised their heads at once. A deep rumble rolled from their throats as three streams of dark-purple Dragon Breath as thick as water barrels erupted, blasting pillars of dark-purple flame straight at the turtle shell!
With both hands in his pockets, Lin Feng glanced sideways at the dumbstruck Flender. His lips could not help curling upward as he spoke casually.
"Dean, I completely understand your envy. This is the true power of money."
"They're just a few little Dragon Soldiers. Hardly worth mentioning."
Seeing his smug, punchable expression, Flender gritted his teeth in irritation and clenched his fists.
"You brat, you really know how to show off! I really want to beat him up right here."
Lin Feng immediately sensed the killing intent and wisely stopped while he was ahead. He turned serious and began explaining the Overlord Buff.
"Uh, Dean, there are six Dragon Soldiers in total, but I can only summon up to three at once. After that, I have to wait two minutes before I can summon them again."
The moment he heard that another three could be summoned, Flender's eyes widened as he rapidly fired off questions.
"Do these Dragon Soldiers have a time limit? Can they keep growing stronger? Is Wrath of the Dominator exclusive to you, or can it bless others like Blue Sentinel Power?"
Lin Feng had not expected Flender to immediately think of such sharp questions. He knew what Flender was considering and let out a soft sigh.
"The Dragon Soldiers can only exist for fifteen minutes. Wrath of the Dominator cannot be used again within twelve hours."
"I'm sure you noticed that the Dragon Soldiers themselves are not very strong. They're tied to my own strength. The stronger I become, the stronger they become."
"Oh, and there's an additional healing effect. They restore 1% of health every three seconds. It's decent sustain."
I thought I'd be able to build a dragon cavalry legion, but that dream shattered before it even began.
Flender numbly processed this series of heaven-defying information, his scalp prickling.
Once Lin Feng became a Title Douluo, wouldn't that mean he would have six dragon soul beasts, each at least fifty thousand years old, as his fighters?
Elsewhere,
The Water Rock Shield Turtle miserably curled up inside its shell as the three Dominator Vanguards took turns roasting it with Dragon Breath.
The Berserk dark-purple flames never stopped. Even the turtle shell and the surrounding rocks were burned red-hot.
Ten minutes later,
A faint aroma of cooked meat drifted through the air, and a wisp of white smoke rose from the gaps in the turtle shell.
A dazzling purple soul ring floated quietly in midair.
Lin Feng gave the motionless Water Rock Shield Turtle a thumbs-up and smacked his lips.
"Lasting ten minutes against three Dominator Vanguards—tough enough. Good material."
With a thought, he dismissed Wrath of the Dominator.
The three Dominator Vanguards instantly turned into purple motes of light that scattered through the air.
Lin Feng checked the Soul Power expenditure within his body and frowned slightly.
"Using Power of the Dominator once takes thirty percent of my Soul Power. If I add the Tyrant in the future, then that consumption..."
"Looks like even unlimited Blue Buff isn't all-powerful. It's nowhere near enough against real mana hogs."
"Ah! Blue bar anxiety is acting up again..."
He cast aside those stray thoughts, immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, and began guiding the thousand-year purple ring.
In an instant, the immense Soul Power of a thousand-year soul ring was simply incomparable to that of a hundred-year soul ring. Waves of stabbing pain surged through every meridian in Lin Feng's body, making him grit his teeth as veins bulged on his forehead.
Even after consuming ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, he still felt as though he was about to burst.
Watching Lin Feng, Flender's fists gradually clenched until his knuckles turned white. He could not help worrying that he might have miscalculated.
"Theoretically, this kid's physical condition should absolutely be able to absorb a soul ring with a sixteen-hundred-year limit. This Water Rock Shield Turtle is only fifteen hundred years old. The difference is a full hundred years. I've calculated it hundreds of times. There won't... there absolutely won't be a problem!"
"Lin Feng, you have to hold on. Endure it..."
Flender's thoughts were in complete turmoil, countless worries flashing through his mind.
Half an hour later,
Seeing that the purple soul ring around Lin Feng had stabilized, Flender adjusted his glasses and let out a breath of relief. A smile appeared on his tightly drawn face.
Lin Feng, that name would one day resound throughout the entire world, and Shrek would shine because of him. You would become Shrek's finest student.
An hour later,
Lin Feng opened his eyes, and a trace of excitement flashed through them.
Just as he had expected, absorbing a defensive soul beast had indeed unlocked defensive equipment.
But once he clearly sensed the equipment contained in the soul skill, most of the excitement on his face instantly faded. He sighed helplessly.
"Tsk, I knew it was impossible for it to give me Resurrection Armor right away."
Seeing the disappointment on his face, Flender asked:
"What? You didn't get the soul skill you expected?"
Lin Feng stood up, dusted off his clothes, and lowered his head with a sigh.
"Yeah! How about giving me a Gold Soul Coin, Dean? That might cheer me up."
Thornmail was not bad either. It could max out physical defense and reflect damage back at the enemy.
Flender's face instantly darkened.
"You're about to make me sick with anger. How about you give me a few hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to cheer me up?"
"Dean, if I could beat you, I'd definitely make you drop a few million Gold Soul Coins today."
While bickering with him, Lin Feng checked the unlock prices for the defensive equipment.
"Resurrection Armor, 2,280 Gold Soul Coins. Guardian of Eternal Night, 2,020 Gold Soul Coins..."
"Oh? None of the equipment prices have changed. At least it has some conscience in that regard. I thought it would take advantage of the situation and charge me hundreds of millions for Resurrection Armor."
Flender clenched his fists, an insidious smile appearing on his face.
"Looks like someone's wings have grown tougher after breaking through to Soul Grandmaster. I just wonder whether his strength has grown tougher too."
"Just kidding, just kidding!"
Lin Feng hurriedly smiled apologetically and changed the subject at lightning speed.
"Dean, let's try out my freshly unlocked soul skill."
A purple soul ring rose from beneath his feet as he chanted in a low voice.
"Blade Armor!"
A dazzling Gold Soul Coin flew from the Blessing Gold Pouch and shot straight toward Flender.
A red-and-silver suit of thorned armor was engraved on its surface. The ridged armor was covered in cold silver spikes, their tips gleaming with a bloody light. One glance was enough to make anyone's scalp tingle, leaving them with no idea where to strike.
The instant the coin merged into his body, Flender's expression changed dramatically.
His strength surged by 45%, his defense tripled outright, and even more terrifyingly, the vitality within his body increased by 70% out of nowhere.
But before he could fully experience those changes, another coin merged into his body.
The effects of the two Blade Armors stacked. His strength surged by 90%, his defense soared to 600%, and his vitality skyrocketed by 140%.
Flender only felt explosive power filling every inch of his body. He had never felt so powerful before, and he desperately wanted to find someone to test himself against immediately.
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