Ice-Fire Dragon Soul! (Seeking reads, seeking collection)

"What is this?"

"Crystal Guardian Bead. When you encounter danger, inject your magic energy into it and crush it. It will immediately manifest a defense similar to Water Protection, which can shield you for a while," Mu Nujiao explained.

"This thing... you're willing to give it to me?"

Mu Nujiao felt speechless inside. Was she really the type of person to be that stingy?

She took a deep breath and said with a solemn face, "You had better bring it back in one piece, otherwise you'll be compensating me with a new one!"

"Then... many thanks."

Taking the Crystal Guardian Bead from Mu Nujiao's hand, which still carried a faint lingering fragrance and her body heat, Lan Yu did not linger for even a second; he turned and left.

After stowing the Crystal Guardian Bead away, Lan Yu returned to the Municipal Building.

He summoned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and commanded, "Go, find me the seeds of the Pseudo-Cloth Demon."

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's blood-red eyes stared straight at Lan Yu, as if to say: Fine, you shovel-wielding servant, are you treating me like a dog now?

However, since the situation was stronger than the beast, it had no choice but to start digging.

With its sharp claws, it tore through the hard granite floor in just a few swipes. Within a few breaths, a large pit appeared before Lan Yu.

"Keep going! Keep going! And sniff around to see if there's anything else."

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger continued to dig, and before long, it reached the root system of the Pseudo-Cloth Demon, which was densely packed and covered an unknown, vast area.

Soon, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger seemed to have discovered something; its digging grew faster as it shredded all the roots in its way.

Beneath these roots, a seed emitting a pale green light was quietly suspended there.

"Found it!" Lan Yu collected the seed; it was worth the time he had spent.

Having obtained the seed of the Pseudo-Cloth Demon, Lan Yu didn't waste any more words and rode the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger directly toward the several survey points.

As a High-level Mage, combined with the assistance of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Lan Yu's method of surveying was simple and brutal.

He inserted the surveying device into the soil, cranked the power to the maximum to attract the nearby demons, and then killed them all.

Although they weren't high-level demons, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger enjoyed the buffet.

As long as the demons in the vicinity were all killed, the surveying task was considered complete.

If there were no demons left, how could the task not be considered complete?

It was much like the art of infiltration: if you kill all the enemies who discover you, then the infiltration is a success.

Following this, the man and beast surveyed three points within a single day at top speed, after which Lan Yu returned to the Douluo Continent.

It was still the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Dugu Bo was still outside, raging in impotent fury.

However, Lan Yu paid no mind to the raging Dugu Bo outside. He recalled the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger into the Summoning Space, then stripped off his clothes and leaped in.

With a splash, Lan Yu dove inside. He swam deeper and deeper, yet he could never see the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Good heavens, it's actually this deep, Lan Yu thought in surprise.

In order to obtain the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon King, Lan Yu exerted every ounce of his strength to dive deeper.

He didn't know how long he had been diving; the depths grew increasingly dark and profound. Lan Yu had to cast a Light Radiance just to barely see things within a three-meter radius.

Suddenly, a red and blue vortex appeared abruptly before Lan Yu. Before he could put up any resistance, the immense suction force pulled him into the Red-Blue Vortex...

When Lan Yu woke up, he found himself in a peculiar Red-Blue Space.

He sat up, his head still dizzy, perhaps from the vortex earlier.

Suddenly, Lan Yu felt a chill run down his spine. He hurriedly turned to look, and two massive skeletons immediately came into view.

These were the skeletons of two giant dragons, red on the left and blue on the right. In front of them, Lan Yu's stature was no larger than a single tooth.

Could these be the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon King?! Lan Yu's heart began to pound wildly.

In this vast, boundless Red-Blue Space, he felt as if he could hear the sound of his own heartbeat.

"Oh?"

Just then, a sound of surprise rang out, instantly making the hair on Lan Yu's body stand on end.

"A bit interesting." The voice became clearer, as if it were right beside Lan Yu's ear.

"Could it be the two seniors, the Ice and Fire Dragon King?" Lan Yu asked aloud.

"You know us?"

This time, the voice clearly came from behind him. Lan Yu turned around and saw two phantoms of Western dragons, one red and one blue.

"I didn't expect you to be a person from another world; this truly surprises me," the Ice Dragon King's soul said.

Lan Yu then asked a question that left the two Dragon Kings speechless: "That said, you aren't going to kill me, are you?"

If the Ice and Fire Dragon King were to suddenly attack him, his only option would be to activate the forced teleportation ability of his Summoning Element and bolt back to the magic world.

"Heh, why would we kill you?" the Fire Dragon King's soul said. "At the moment we were about to dissipate, to have a human dive down into the Ice and Fire Spring—we couldn't be happier."

The Fire Dragon King's words left Lan Yu at a loss.

"Enough, to make a long story short," the Ice Dragon King's soul continued. "Originally, we intended for that other human to inherit our power, but he didn't dare to jump down, so we set our sights on you instead."

"Wait a moment, jumping straight into this—don't you think it's a bit abrupt?" Lan Yu hurriedly waved his hands.

The Fire Dragon King's dragon soul scoffed, "Do you think we would hem and haw or drag our feet like you humans?"

"This..."

"Human, you possess the power of ice and fire within your body, do you not?" the Ice Dragon King's dragon soul asked.

Hearing this, Lan Yu nodded. After all, he had consumed the two great immortal herbs, the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, soaked in the Ice and Fire Spring Water for such a long time, and awakened dual-element ice and fire magic. It was only natural that he possessed such power.

"Then there is no problem; it is only fitting that you serve as our successor," the Fire Dragon King's dragon soul declared.

Lan Yu found it hard to believe. According to the tropes in certain novels, shouldn't there be character assessments, strength trials, or all sorts of difficult hurdles?

How was it so... easy in his case? It felt as if the Ice and Fire Dragon King were rushing to pass their power onto him, as if this weren't a novel.

"Traveler from another world, our power is now entrusted to you."

Without waiting for Lan Yu's consent, the dragon souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon King merged with their respective skeletons.

Rumble, rumble, rumble—

A series of tremors echoed as the two thousand-meter-long dragon skeletons shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually transforming into two red and blue orbs of light the size of fists.

"Kid, are you ready? We are coming!"

Again, without waiting for Lan Yu to answer, the two orbs of light slammed into his chest.

In an instant, the forces of extreme cold and extreme heat intertwined and fused within his body.

At the same time, the Ice and Fire Star Dust within his mental universe transformed into the Ice and Fire Star River at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Since you have not awakened a martial soul, then let our power manifest as your martial soul!"