Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Renxue

"Black Dragon," Lin Xiao called.

Black Dragon immediately understood. It left the top of his head and flew into the sky, its body gradually growing larger and larger.

Its hundred-meter-long body was fully revealed as Black Dragon soared freely through the vast sky, weaving through the dense dark clouds, appearing and disappearing from time to time. It exuded faint majesty, as though it were the unrivaled king soaring through the heavens!

"A hundred meters? I'm afraid it's a full hundred and fifty meters! Two years have passed, and Black Dragon's body has actually become this enormous. Some Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are probably far inferior to Black Dragon in terms of size." Golden Crocodile Douluo stared at the Black Dragon flying freely through the sky, his face full of astonishment as he sighed.

When Black Dragon had only been a hundred meters long, they could barely accept the peculiar nature of an External Martial Soul. But now, the Black Dragon soaring through the sky had grown far beyond a hundred meters. By preliminary estimate, it had reached an astonishing hundred and fifty meters.

Even the Martial Soul Avatar of Qian Daoliu, the Grand Worshipper, had never reached such a terrifying scale. This External Martial Soul was truly frightening beyond measure!

"Hiss..." The other worshippers all sucked in a breath of cold air as they watched the enormous creature soaring through the sky. Some were moved, some shocked, and some utterly stunned.

The worshippers' expressions were truly varied and marvelous, as though every sort of seasoning had been mixed together in complete disorder.

"Lin Xiao, was this also a change brought about by that accident? Black Dragon's body grew from one hundred meters to one hundred and fifty meters?" Qian Daoliu stroked his chin, smiling as he looked at Lin Xiao and asked.

A full two years had passed. He did not believe Black Dragon's body could have grown to such an extent on its own in merely two years. But if it was the effect of Martial Soul Evolution, then it was understandable.

Across the continent, many Martial Souls had undergone evolution. Spirit Hall's records contained numerous such cases. Once a Martial Soul evolved, it would receive tremendous enhancements, and even its soul skills would change, greatly increasing its owner's strength.

Lin Xiao nodded slightly. "Grandfather is right. The reason Black Dragon's body has become so enormous is precisely because of the effects of Martial Soul Evolution."

It had advanced from a top-tier Martial Soul on the continent into a God-Level Martial Soul. If there had been no changes at all, that would have made no sense. Its larger body represented Black Dragon's greater combat strength.

Lin Xiao even believed that Black Dragon—or rather, the Dark Demon Dragon—could now easily defeat a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast through the strength of its body alone.

Of course, he had never tested it. It was merely his own judgment. But compared to Black Dragon, whose body was over a hundred meters long, those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with bodies only several dozen meters long were like sheep beside an elephant. No matter how one looked at it, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would not be Black Dragon's opponent.

Even the Sky Azure Bull Python, with its massive body, would seem like a loach before Black Dragon now.

Black Dragon, which had been soaring freely through the sky, slowly descended to the ground. Its body coiled around the mountain peak, and then it gently lowered its imposing dragon head before Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao leaped up and landed lightly atop Black Dragon's head. With his hands behind his back and a smile on his face, he looked at his grandfathers and said softly, "Grandfathers, when I have time, I'll come back to see you."

After saying that, Lin Xiao's thoughts shifted, and Black Dragon immediately understood. Its dragon roar resounded through heaven and earth as its enormous body flew into the sky, vanishing into the night in the blink of an eye.

The seven worshippers watched the direction in which Lin Xiao had departed, their hearts filled with mixed emotions. They did not know what to say.

"Lin Xiao had only just finished his seclusion, yet he didn't even stay a few days to keep us old fellows company and chat with us. What could be so urgent that it drove him to leave?" Golden Crocodile Douluo could not help sighing.

"Lin Xiao has grown up. A grown child can't be kept at home. He has his own thoughts and arrangements. Perhaps we old fellows will only come to mind when he encounters difficulties he cannot resolve." Azure Luan Douluo smiled bitterly.

Qian Daoliu nodded slightly, a faint smile appearing on his face. "I originally thought that after leaving seclusion this time, Lin Xiao would at least stay in Spirit Hall for a few days and keep us old fellows company. Who would have thought that he would leave as soon as he emerged? Still, it's no matter. Compared with us, Lin Xiao and that girl Xiao Xue are the ones who truly have not seen each other for many years."

They were better off. Whenever Lin Xiao's Soul Power Level reached the point where he could absorb a soul ring, he would leave seclusion, and then they would bring him to the Star Dou Forest to hunt soul rings. They could still see him for a few days.

But Qian Renxue, ever since she had left Spirit Hall years ago to go to the Heaven Dou Empire and carry out the Usurpation Plan, had never returned. Nor had she seen Lin Xiao again.

"The Grand Worshipper is right. Besides, we old fellows truly aren't much fun. Whenever young people are around, we keep bringing up stories from our era, and they grow sick of hearing them." Golden Crocodile Douluo smiled bitterly.

When people grew old, they entered another state of mind. Whether there was a reason or not, they would talk about their youth. Back when Lin Xiao and Qian Renxue were still little, these old men often told them how they had roamed the Douluo Continent in their younger days, traveled across the continent, and acted generously and righteously.

But as Qian Renxue and Lin Xiao gradually grew up, they became increasingly unwilling to listen to such stories. Perhaps that was the generation gap. Young people could not understand the mindset of the elderly.

In the night, the dragon soared through the skies. Lin Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, a massive Soul Power barrier forming before him to block the howling gale. His dark eyes, like a starry sky, gazed ahead.

"Black Dragon, tell me, Xiao Xue hasn't seen us in years. What do you think it will be like when she sees us?" Lin Xiao murmured, growing more and more eager for the moment they met.

"Awoo! Awoo!" Black Dragon seemed to be responding to Lin Xiao, but it could not speak and could only express itself through its emotions.

Lin Xiao smiled faintly. "Black Dragon, I've already become a Title Douluo, yet you still can't speak. You've only grown bigger without growing wiser. What's going on?"

When his Martial Soul had first awakened, Black Dragon had been unable to speak. Now, his Soul Power Level had reached ninety-five, only one step away from becoming a Super Douluo.

Because of the system, Black Dragon had even evolved into a Dark Demon Dragon and become a God-Level External Martial Soul, yet it still could not speak.

"Awoo! Awoo!" Black Dragon understood what Lin Xiao meant. It was protesting helplessly at being called stupid. It was not stupid; it simply could not speak.