Bloodline Eruption, Star-Glory Unicorn Returns to Ancestry

Mu En was in no hurry to strike.

He spent three days traversing the Golden Valley with Mu Tianyi, mapping every exit, every stream, and every patch of woodland that could serve as a hiding spot.

The Star-Glory Unicorn seemed to sense something, for it never once showed itself.

However, the patrol range of the ten-thousand-year Golden Unicorns was clearly shrinking, as if they were guarding something.

At noon on the third day, Mu En stood still on a cliff overlooking the flattened grass at the bottom of the Vale, and suddenly smiled.

"Tianyi, step back."

Mu Tianyi retreated ten paces.

Mu En raised his right hand and pressed it into the empty air toward the meadow.

The soul power of a level 99 Limit Douluo poured out, striking the ground like an invisible giant hammer.

BOOM! Dust sprayed into the air, and the turf was ripped apart.

A brilliant golden figure shot up from an underground cavern and landed thirty zhang away, its silver vertical pupils locked onto Mu En.

It was none other than the Star-Glory Unicorn.

Its body was twice the size of the ten-thousand-year Golden Unicorns, its entire form shimmering gold, its mane like solidified moonlight, and the horn on its forehead glowing with a golden halo.

It stood there, surrounded by a dense aura of metal-elemental energy, causing the golden particles in the air to vibrate.

It did not attack immediately, but instead spoke, its voice low and raspy with the characteristic guttural tone of a beast:

"Human, this is my territory."

"I can cede a portion of the golden vein for you to mine. Take your people and leave; let us both take a step back."

No sooner had the words left its mouth than the sound of chaotic hoofbeats echoed from all directions of the Vale.

Golden Unicorn after Golden Unicorn emerged from the woods, from behind rocks, and from the banks of the stream.

A sea of uniform golden fur filled half the valley.

Mu Tianyi did a rough count; there were at least a hundred of them, the weakest being over five thousand years old.

At the front of the pack, a Golden Unicorn, second in size only to the Star-Glory Unicorn, stood with its head held high.

Golden light flowed over its body, its horn tipped with a faint gold hue, and it made no effort to conceal its eighty-thousand-year cultivation aura.

The Star-Glory Unicorn tilted its head slightly, its gaze fixed on Mu En with a mix of scrutiny and threat.

It could sense an aura radiating from this white-haired old man that made it deeply uncomfortable.

Yet, it was exceptionally confident!

The new skill it had awakened after breaking through the hundred-thousand-year threshold was enough to deal a heavy blow to its opponent at a critical moment.

Coupled with its hundred kin and that eighty-thousand-year-old general, this human, no matter how strong, would have to think twice.

Mu En glanced at the eighty-thousand-year-old Golden Unicorn, swept his gaze over the dense crowd of golden figures, and finally let his eyes rest back on the Star-Glory Unicorn.

He said nothing; his expression did not even flicker.

In the next instant, his figure vanished from where he stood.

The Star-Glory Unicorn's pupils contracted violently.

Before it could even react, a withered fist slammed into its head.

BOOM!

Its brilliant golden body was sent flying like a kite with a broken string.

Mu En withdrew his fist and walked slowly toward the cliff wall.

The Star-Glory Unicorn struggled to rise from the rubble, shaking its head as blood trickled down from its brow.

Before it could steady itself, a foot stepped onto its head, pinning it back into the pile of debris.

Mu En looked down at it, the pressure of his foot neither too light nor too heavy—just enough to keep it from lifting its head.

The valley fell into a deathly silence.

Those ten-thousand-year Golden Unicorns froze in place.

They looked at their king pinned beneath a foot, then at the white-haired human elder, and not one dared to step forward.

The eighty-thousand-year-old Golden Unicorn let out a low growl, pawing at the ground with its hooves, but it did not charge.

Mu En turned his head to look at Mu Tianyi not far away.

The youth had already completed his transformation; his hair was white as snow, black and white wings unfurled behind him, and shadows of yin-yang patterns swirled around his body.

Without waiting for Mu En to speak, he took the initiative to meet the restless herd of unicorns.

The Sacred Dragon Rending Sky Claw tore through the defenses of a five-thousand-year unicorn, the golden light of his Radiant Dragon Body flickering amidst the herd, and combined with the kicks of his Hell Demon Dragon right leg bone, every step landed precisely on the weakest points of the group.

Pinned beneath the foot, the Star-Glory Unicorn watched the white-haired youth moving with ease through the herd, and the last shred of hope in its heart vanished.

The humans before it had come to end its life; there was no possibility of negotiation between them!

It hesitated no longer, throwing its head back and roaring at the sky.

"Roar!"

A furious roar erupted, sounding neither like a horse's neigh nor a tiger's growl, but rather closer to a dragon's chant.

Brilliant golden light exploded from within its body as a power not belonging to the Star-Glory Unicorn was forcibly activated.

The Star-Glory Unicorn's body expanded once more, and golden patterns emerged across its silver-white fur.

They spread from its spine to its limbs, finally converging on the single horn upon its forehead.

Those golden pupils gradually transformed into vertical dragon-like slits, with the faint shadow of a dragon manifesting within them.

This was the Star-Glory Unicorn's final trump card, derived from the Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline deep within its veins.

After its cultivation reached the level of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a portion of its bloodline had undergone atavism.

It could rely on this bloodline to forcibly transform itself into a dragon-like form.

The pressure beneath Mu En's feet lightened slightly; he looked down at the unicorn beneath him, a flash of surprise appearing in his eyes.

The fluctuation of this aura had already surpassed the scope of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, pushing straight toward that of a Super Douluo.

The Star-Glory Unicorn violently broke free from Mu En's suppression, its four hooves stomping the ground as its entire body radiated intense golden light.

Those golden patterns bulged from beneath its fur, as if something were about to break out from within its flesh and blood.

Two rows of bone spurs rose along its spine, a cluster of golden mane grew at the tip of its tail, and fine dragon-scale patterns coiled around the horn on its forehead.

Its appearance was half-dragon and half-beast, both ferocious and magnificent.

The Star-Glory Unicorn let out a long howl toward the sky, the sound waves carrying the sharpness of the metal element and the scorching heat of the light element as they spread outward, causing cracks to spiderweb across the rock walls on both sides of the valley.

Then, it lowered its head, channeling all its strength into that single horn, and charged at Mu En.

Golden light condensed at the tip of the horn into a dazzling sphere, growing larger and brighter, like a falling miniature sun.

Mu En took a deep breath, and brilliant golden light illuminated his body.

The Avatar of the Dragon God Douluo was fully activated at this moment, the phantom of the Bright Sacred Dragon solidifying behind him to collide head-on with that sphere of light.

Boom—

Golden light exploded, and shockwaves surged.

A thick layer was shorn off the rock walls on both sides of the valley, and gravel and dust blotted out the sky.

The Star-Glory Unicorn was sent flying backward out of the smoke and dust, covered in blood; its golden patterns had dimmed significantly, and that single horn had developed fine cracks.

Mu En stood his ground, his robes torn by the shockwaves and his silver-white hair somewhat disheveled, yet his figure remained as steady as a rock.

Mu Tianyi pulled himself away from the herd, folding his black and white wings behind his back as his gaze passed over the fallen Star-Glory Unicorn and landed on Mu En.

Xuan Zu would certainly be fine; a mere Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a unicorn with only a trace of Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline, could hardly be a match for Mu En.

What interested him was that Star-Glory Unicorn.

After that Star-Glory Unicorn stimulated its Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline, the attack power it unleashed was already enough to pose a threat to a Super Douluo.

He licked his lips, his gaze settling once more on the blood-soaked unicorn.

He had taken a liking to this bloodline-stimulating soul skill.