Martial Soul Evolution: Serpent Transforms into Dragon!

When it came down to it, Dai Mubai and the others were merely worried that Lin Yan was nothing more than a support-type soul master who would face retaliation from Tang San because of what happened during the day.

Yet, they all forgot that Lin Yan also possessed Twin Martial Souls. While this was not a secret, he had focused primarily on his Blue Silver Grass for many years, leading people to long ago label him as a support-type soul master.

However, things were different now!

A pale blue light screen emerged, and its contents were clearly reflected in his eyes.

There were five rewards in total: bloodline evolution for two martial souls, soul rings, soul bones, and the authorization to forcibly utilize Twin Martial Souls.

Lin Yan stared at the screen, examining it for a long time before deciding to claim the evolution for his Evil Fire Demon Snake first, then apply the system-provided soul ring to it.

This way, he would finally possess combat power. As for the bloodline evolution for his Blue Silver Grass, he would wait until he was certain Tang Hao was no longer around before claiming it.

As for the External Soul Bone, he would wait and see before choosing a suitable one to fuse with.

With his plan set, Lin Yan took a deep breath.

"Martial Soul Evolution, let me see what kind of surprise the system has in store for me."

He tapped the light screen with his finger, and an interface quickly popped up with a message.

["Evil Fire Demon Snake" martial soul evolution qualification claimed. Please select the evolution path for the host:]

[1. Purify the evil fire, martial soul evolves into: Flame Giant Python.]

[2. Evolve form, martial soul evolves into: Evil Fire Demon Dragon.]

[3. Increase attributes, adds a random additional attribute to the martial soul; evolution result pending.]

Seeing the message on the screen, Lin Yan's eyes brightened significantly.

"I can actually choose the evolution route myself? The benefits are way too good."

The three evolution routes each had their own strengths.

If one were to think like an ordinary person, the first option would undoubtedly be the most suitable for his current martial soul. After all, evil fire was nothing good; it was the kind of thing that could rupture one's meridians and endanger one's life.

The reason Lin Yan hadn't been troubled by the evil fire all these years was simply because he hadn't attached any soul rings to his second martial soul, nor did he have the habit of summoning it.

Look at Ma Hongjun, on the other hand...

That guy frequented brothels more and more often as he grew older and his cultivation increased—wasn't it all to vent the evil fire? If he didn't vent it, he would die or go berserk.

So, if Ma Hongjun saw this option, he would definitely choose the first one.

But Lin Yan was different; he knew that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well contained immortal herbs that could purify and even evolve the evil fire, so he had no need to worry about the evil fire in the future.

Therefore...

"I choose 2!"

Lin Yan confirmed his choice; he chose to evolve his snake-type martial soul into a dragon!

As for adding a random attribute to the martial soul, he didn't even bother to look at it. What kind of good thing could come from something random?

A stream of energy slowly drifted out from the light screen and flowed into Lin Yan's body.

The next second, the Evil Fire Demon Snake martial soul appeared automatically. A dark purple Flame Giant Python surged out from within it, and its appearance began to undergo constant transformation.

Lin Yan could clearly feel the width of his meridians changing; he assumed this was the benefit brought about by the evolution of his martial soul's life level.

The entire process lasted less than half a minute, and Lin Yan didn't feel any pain—in fact, he found it somewhat enjoyable.

As the transformation ended, the phantom of a giant dragon wreathed in dark purple flames appeared abruptly.

It was a classic Western dragon image, with dragon wings on its back and two horns on its head, exuding the pressure of an incredibly pure dragon bloodline.

Clearly, what the system had brought to his martial soul was a true dragon bloodline...

"Evil Fire Demon Dragon—terrifying indeed!"

Lin Yan could clearly feel every change brought by his martial soul. If the previous Evil Fire Demon Snake corresponded to an ordinary martial soul, on par with wolves, rabbits, blades, and swords, then the current Evil Fire Demon Dragon was on par with top-tier martial souls like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and the Clear Sky Hammer.

Of course, the evil fire would still limit Lin Yan's performance to some extent. Ideally, the strength of the Evil Fire Demon Dragon might not yet erupt with the same combat power as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

But if he were to consume immortal herbs in the future to evolve the evil fire... Lin Yan was certain that his martial soul would then absolutely surpass the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

"Thank you for the system's gift!"

[Evil Fire Demon Dragon, Martial Soul Possession!]

With a thought, the giant dragon phantom surged from the air into Lin Yan's body. In an instant, a violent force of flame swept through his meridians, and a ring of high-temperature air even rippled out from around him.

Lin Yan grinned, revealing a brilliant smile. This feeling of mastering power made him clench his palms; he couldn't wait to land a punch on Tang San right now.

Who could understand? After being a little support for six years, he finally had strength of his own; this excitement was simply impossible to suppress.

Lin Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud while alone in his room...

After a long while, he finally pulled himself away from the joy of the martial soul evolution and looked back at the system panel.

"Next is absorbing the soul rings and fusing the soul bone."

The system had provided three God-Given Soul Rings, which were just enough to fill the empty soul ring slots of his second martial soul.

Without hesitation, Lin Yan took one of them directly from the system.

It was a sphere of golden light, the energy contained within so dense that it was difficult to see clearly; Lin Yan only felt that it was hazy, yet exceptionally pure.

He stopped overthinking it. With the previous experience of the system even being able to bestow his Martial Soul with a pure dragon bloodline, Lin Yan trusted that this spirit ring was by no means an ordinary item.

He circulated his spirit power to commune with the golden light, and in a mere instant, the light suddenly submerged into his meridians.

The next second, a purple thousand-year spirit ring emerged from beneath his feet, pulsing slowly in rhythm with his breathing.

"So fast? I didn't even have time to react!"

Lin Yan felt that his Evil Fire Demon Dragon Martial Soul now possessed a spirit skill, and he was greatly shocked; this was just too fast.

The purple spirit ring suddenly flared, and information regarding the spirit skill imprinted itself into Lin Yan's mind.

[First Spirit Skill: Dragon Fist!]

[Activate the skill to coat both fists in flames. During this duration, increase your own attack power and attack speed by 150%, and apply a flame explosion effect to every subsequent attack, dealing additional damage.]

A standard status-buffing skill that also came with attack effects—as a first spirit skill for a beast-type Martial Soul, it was nothing short of perfect.

Lin Yan smiled again. He hurriedly retrieved the remaining two spirit rings from the system space and proceeded to absorb them.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two streaks of golden light submerged into his body, and then, something unexpected happened...

Lin Yan had assumed the subsequent two spirit rings would also be of the thousand-year level, but who would have thought that the moment he sensed the successful absorption of the spirit rings, even his first spirit ring changed to yellow.

Yellow! Yellow! Yellow! Under the state of Martial Soul Possession with the Evil Fire Demon Dragon, three yellow spirit rings slowly rotated and pulsed.

"What the hell! What is this situation? Can spirit rings even regress in rank?"

Lin Yan let out a strange cry, thinking he had misread the situation or that his Martial Soul had malfunctioned... but he quickly realized the truth.

"No! Is it because the spirit ring age automatically adapts to physical strength? My current physical constitution cannot withstand three thousand-year spirit rings, which is why it turned out like this."

Once this thought emerged, Lin Yan quickly felt relieved.

Come to think of it, he had only consumed some Whale Rubber and was currently only level 31; if he had really absorbed three more thousand-year spirit rings, wouldn't he have burst from the strain!

"It seems the spirit ring age will only continue to grow once my physical strength improves."

"I didn't expect this system to be quite so considerate."