King of Ten Thousand Demons flickered his wise roots. "The key to the problem is figuring out the key problem. We can't just look at appearances. We have to see through the phenomenon to the essence."
"What is Aolai? What is 'come quickly'? Once we understand Aolai and 'come quickly,' we'll understand everything."
Di Tian's forehead was streaked with black lines.
Bi Ji's forehead was streaked with black lines.
Xiong Jun slapped down the Soul Guidance Communicator. "Old Wan, quit pretending. Our lord's meaning is obvious. Aolai City—hurry there."
"Our lord means Aolai City in the East Sea."
Di Tian's eyes lit up. "Xiong Jun, there are so many cities in the Federation. How do you know it's Aolai City in the East Sea?"
Xiong Jun pointed at the Soul Guidance Communicator. "Don't you guys check the City Circle?"
"The City Circle for Aolai City in the East Sea has been..."
"Lively lately."
Di Tian took the Soul Guidance Communicator from Xiong Jun and checked the City Circle.
Li Luo's image appeared before him.
Was this the kind of liveliness Xiong Jun meant?
He saw that Li Luo was very handsome—so handsome he was breathtaking.
But what use was being handsome?
Strength was the only thing that lasted forever.
Huh? His Martial Soul was a Rainbow Dragon?
Memories of the past surfaced in Di Tian's mind.
Back then, he'd been a little dragon, mischievous as could be—the sort who'd tear the roof off if no one smacked him for three days.
Fortunately, his mistress had often protected him.
When he was young, he'd made several serious mistakes and angered the Dragon God. It was his mistress who'd stopped their lord in his fury and pleaded for him, keeping their lord from punishing him.
When he'd grown stronger, his mistress had even made him their lord's personal guard.
For that, their lord had bestowed the Dragon God Claw upon him.
His strength had ranked among the best of the dragons.
And his mistress had been the Rainbow Dragon King. Sadly, she had fallen long, long ago.
Di Tian came back to himself and thought, This boy awakened a Rainbow Dragon of the same species as my mistress. Not bad.
Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian hypocritically took back his initial judgment of Li Luo.
He said gravely, "Our lord is very likely in Aolai City. Get ready. We're leaving for Aolai City..."
Late at night,
at Li Luo's home in Aolai City,
perhaps because forging had been tiring, or perhaps because she had the Forging Competition tomorrow, Na'er had already fallen asleep.
Li Luo, meanwhile, had gone to another room.
He took out the Beauty Badge.
The fusion began.
The crystal hexagonal badge pressed against Li Luo's forehead.
Li Luo felt a faint chill.
At the same time, seven-colored light burst from his body. In almost an instant, a dazzling array of colors filled the entire room.
The beautiful, noble Rainbow Dragon King emerged from within him.
The Beauty Badge radiated pink light and flew toward the Rainbow Dragon King's forehead, then slowly sank into it.
In the blink of an eye, pink light flooded the room...
Na'er's eyes snapped open. "It's brother's scent. So fragrant, so fragrant."
Her eyes glimmered with an unusual longing.
Without even changing clothes, she climbed out of bed in her fluffy pajamas.
Barefoot, she crept across the floor and stealthily made her way to the room where Li Luo was.
"Brother's fusing with a Soul Spirit."
"Brother's scent..."
"It smells so good."
Clear drool ran from the corner of Na'er's mouth. She wiped it away with her little hand and muttered to herself, Why do I want so badly to eat brother?
Na'er bashfully scolded herself. "Na'er is so bad."
Really, this wasn't Na'er's fault.
Li Luo's Rainbow Dragon King Martial Soul was the Wife of the Dragon God.
Now that Li Luo was absorbing a Soul Spirit, the Rainbow Dragon King's aura had been unleashed completely.
For Na'er, whose origin came from the Dragon God, it was naturally an irresistible temptation.
But Na'er didn't understand why.
She was only thirty percent Silver Dragon and had none of the memories related to the Dragon God.
All the memories concerning the Dragon God...
were with Gu Yue.
Maybe Gu Yue had made a small mistake with her knife when she cut Na'er off from herself.
In the deepest reaches of Na'er's soul, in a realm Na'er herself had never explored, Gu Yue sneezed. "Who's thinking of me?"
"Have Di Tian and the others arrived?"
Joy spread across Gu Yue's face. "This dragon is saved!"
But enough about Gu Yue. Li Luo, still absorbing the Soul Spirit, had also been drawn into his own Soul Sea of Consciousness.
The Train of the Firmament streaked across the sky.
Li Luo saw a knight with vivid scarlet hair. The knight raised his lance and tore a star-sea behemoth to pieces.
Yet his voice carried the weight of time.
"When I next met a knight who had once ridden alongside me, he had become an aesthete lost on the road to power."
"That hero who had once raised a legendary weapon and slain a devourer of worlds..."
"His armor had turned into the behemoth's scaly hide. His weapon had become claws and fangs he could never remove. His blood had become viscous, restless flame. His eyes held only wildness, no trace of reason."
"My dear friend, I hope that when we meet again, neither of us will have fallen into an omen of doom."
Then the scarlet-haired knight flicked his hand, sending a badge flying toward the center of Li Luo's forehead.
"Holy crap!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Am I going to have to shout, 'Idrila the Goddess of Beauty's beauty is unrivaled beneath the heavens'?"
"But I'm a Rainbow Dragon!"
Li Luo's eyes snapped open. A Yellow Soul Ring rose beneath his feet; the Century Soul Spirit had been fully absorbed.
The Beauty Badge was set like a gemstone in the center of the Rainbow Dragon King's forehead, making her look breathtakingly beautiful.
Li Luo immediately sensed the Soul Skill the Beauty Badge had granted him.
He said, puzzled, "Shouldn't there be two Soul Skills? Why is there only one?"
"But this Soul Skill seems kind of strange. It can target allies and enemies separately."
"When used on allies, it can increase their attack power and movement speed."
"It has a lower limit and an upper limit. The lower limit is a minimum increase of twenty percent to attack power and movement speed."
"The upper limit is...there is no upper limit."
"Holy crap."
Li Luo was stunned. "No upper limit? Doesn't that mean it can multiply their power endlessly?"
"A Soul Scholar taking on a god king?"
"Do I really get a cheat this absurd?!"
"No, wait, something's off. So that's how it works—it's not completely without restrictions."
"You have to shout, 'The Pure Beauty Rainbow Dragon King's beauty is unrivaled beneath the heavens.'"
"Utter devotion, limitless power?"
A strange look came over his face. "Do I really have to say something that embarrassing?"
"Fine."
"Besides, I'm not the one who has to shout it."
"As long as I'm not embarrassed, they're the ones who'll be embarrassed."
Li Luo quickly talked himself into it, then began muttering to himself again. "As for enemies, the first Soul Skill works differently."
"It doesn't boost them."
"Nor does it weaken them."
"Instead, it assimilates them."
"Or you could say it wins them over."
"The more over-the-top my praise, the more they'll believe what I say—and willingly do anything for me."
At that, Li Luo froze. "Isn't this just rainbow-flavored flattery?"
"No, no."
"This isn't flattery. It's Pure Beauty Light."
"But this ability does have a restriction. The other person's spiritual power can't exceed mine by more than thirty percent."
"Otherwise, I'll suffer severe backlash."
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