Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon: True Body Descent! Defense, Speed, and Strength Increased by Three Hundred Percent!

Dugu Yan stepped forward, her voice clear and resolute:

"To become stronger, what's a little pain?"

"Good!

That's the spirit!"

Yu Nan nodded approvingly, then turned to Dugu Bo:

"Old Poison Freak, get started.

Take a petal.

Remember, use the Jade Knife, and be quick. Don't let the medicinal power dissipate."

Dugu Bo still had some concerns, but seeing the determination in his granddaughter's eyes, he knew he couldn't hold her back now.

With a flick of his wrist, a delicate Jade Knife appeared in his hand.

He carefully approached the Snow Swan Kiss, held his breath, and brought the knife down.

A translucent petal fluttered down, and Dugu Bo caught it steadily with his Soul Power.

"Yan Yan, open your mouth."

Dugu Yan obediently parted her red lips.

Dugu Bo flicked his finger. The petal turned into a streak of light and fell into Dugu Yan's mouth.

The petal melted as soon as it touched her tongue, becoming a cool yet strangely restless current that slid down her throat in an instant.

Boom!

The moment the petal reached her stomach, Dugu Yan felt as though a volcano had erupted inside her!

The Poison Dragon Soul Power that had flowed quietly through her meridians now seemed to have been crazily provoked. In an instant, it boiled over!

"Mm!"

Dugu Yan groaned. Her face turned deathly pale, and beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down her forehead.

It felt as if countless ants were gnawing at her bones, and countless steel needles were piercing her meridians!

"Don't panic!

Guide the medicinal power into the torso bone!"

Yu Nan's shout boomed in her mind, steadying Dugu Yan's wavering consciousness like a pillar holding back the sea.

"Poison Dragon Domain, open!"

Dugu Yan endured the agony and threw her head back, letting out a mournful yet piercing dragon's roar.

Aaoo—!!!

Purple-gold light erupted in an instant as the Poison Dragon Domain unfurled!

But this time, the Domain was no longer a pale purple-gold.

Under the stimulus of that Snow Swan Kiss petal,

the purple-gold mist within the Domain instantly thickened until it was as dark as ink.

A blood-red hue even glimmered faintly within it, enough to make one's heart tremble!

The air around them crackled with an ear-splitting hiss, as if even space itself were about to be corroded through by the terrifying poison!

Even though he had been prepared, Dugu Bo, standing at the edge of the Domain, was forced back several paces.

He had no choice but to activate the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's protective barrier. His eyes were filled with shock:

"Th-this is really a Domain that a Soul Ancestor can release?!"

"This aura... Even if this old man were caught inside, I'd probably be skinned alive!"

"Ah—!!!"

A piercing scream burst from Dugu Yan's lips.

The Snow Swan Kiss's tyrannical medicinal power was rampaging through her body like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins.

Fine beads of blood began to seep from Dugu Yan's once-fair skin.

Her meridians couldn't withstand the tremendous pressure, and showed signs of splitting apart.

Under the flood of violent energy, Dugu Yan's consciousness flickered like a candle in the wind, ready to go out at any moment.

"Was this still too much for her?"

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Yu Nan looked at Dugu Yan's spirit body as it teetered on the verge of collapse, his brow furrowing slightly.

The girl had a strong will, but the Snow Swan Kiss was an extreme immortal herb.

It was also the bane of poison-type Soul Masters.

And with the resonance of a 200,000-Year Soul Bone on top of that, it was indeed too much for someone who had only just reached level fifty, a Quasi-Soul King.

"Fine. Since I chose this path for you, I won't let you fall here."

Yu Nan's thoughts stirred, and his soul fluctuations swept through the entire Sea of Consciousness.

"Leave your body to me. Go to sleep."

Dugu Yan's taut nerves finally relaxed, and she sank into a deep sleep.

Outside,

Dugu Bo had been pacing like an ant on a hot pan. Suddenly, he realized his granddaughter's screams had stopped.

Dugu Yan, who had been writhing in agony and covered in blood, suddenly stiffened, then slowly straightened up.

When she raised her head again, the pain had vanished from her face.

In its place was a cold, imposing look that seemed to scorn the world and view all things as grass and dogs.

Two purple-gold vertical pupils blazed as if with undying dragon flames.

"P-Predecessor?"

Dugu Bo called out tentatively, his heart tightening.

The pressure exuding from the "Dugu Yan" before him was even stronger than it had been during the sacrifice!

Yu Nan paid Dugu Bo no heed. The instant he took control of the body, he drew upon the essence of a 200,000-year Ferocious Beast.

"Hmph. You think one petal of the Snow Swan Kiss can make me burst?"

"Refine!"

Yu Nan barked, forming a strange seal before his chest.

The frenzied medicinal power that had been rushing wildly through his body encountered Yu Nan's overbearing soul power.

In an instant, it was like a mouse meeting a cat. It obediently let itself be herded and compressed, then was poured entirely into his spine!

Humm—!!!

In a flash, dazzling purple-gold light burst from Dugu Yan's back.

Through her clothes, it was easy to see

her thirty-three vertebrae transforming into thirty-three purple-gold suns.

Each one greedily devoured the Snow Swan Kiss's medicinal power.

Crack, crack, crack—

The explosive sounds of bones growing rang out without end.

As the medicinal power fully melded with her, the 200,000-Year Torso Bone seemed to come alive.

It began to undergo the deepest level of reconstruction with Dugu Yan's flesh and fascia.

An indescribable feeling of comfort spread through his body, and Yu Nan couldn't help but throw back his head and let out a long roar.

"Roar—!!!"

It was no longer a human voice, but the pure, sky-shaking roar of a dragon!

Then, a sudden transformation took place.

Perhaps the Snow Swan Kiss's medicinal power was too immense, or perhaps the Torso Bone had fused too perfectly with the body.

It had awakened some kind of primal instinct.

Yu Nan felt a surging power within him that had to be unleashed.

It was an intense urge to break free of his human form and return to his true body!

"This feeling... I can't hold it back!"

Yu Nan's expression shifted. Then a fervent light flashed in his eyes:

"If I can't hold it back, then let heaven and earth witness the might of a true dragon!"

"200,000-Year Torso Bone Skill—"

"Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon: True Body Descent!!!"

Boom—!!!

As Dugu Bo watched in utter disbelief, "Dugu Yan" stamped down hard and shot skyward like a cannonball.

In midair, the purple-gold light expanded a thousandfold in an instant, dyeing the entire sky above the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well purple-gold.

Within the blinding radiance, Dugu Yan's figure disappeared.

In her place was a gigantic True Dragon over thirty meters long, covered in purple-gold scales, with a pair of wings on its back—majestic and ferocious!

Its thick dragon claws were sharp as knives, and two spiraling horns rose from its enormous head, stabbing straight into the clouds.

One of the 200,000-Year Poison Dragon Torso Bone's Soul Skills: Incarnation of the Poison Dragon!

This wasn't an energy construct like a Martial Soul Avatar, but a true transformation of flesh and blood!

In this Poison Dragon form, defense, strength, and speed all increased threefold, and it was immune to all poison-type skills!