Will of the Dragon

Lin Yuan gritted his teeth, following the circulation method of the God of Destruction, and braced himself against the strain.

The God of Destruction hesitated between two status-type soul skills, but ultimately chose one.

"Roar!" The remnant soul of the Tyrannosaurus, lingering within the soul ring, hissed at the fellow who had dared to invade its domain.

The God of Destruction exerted a bit of pressure, and it immediately quieted down.

Although this soul had hissed at him, he would keep it for now.

In five or six years, when Electrolux descended upon the Douluo Continent, he could convert it into soul power.

After all, the insane idea of condensing a soul core at the third ring meant that having a soul spirit to help shoulder part of the pressure would be a good thing.

An hour passed.

Seeing that Lin Yuan was still maintaining this state, Cao Xin and Ning Tian could not help but grow increasingly nervous.

"Grandfather, look." Ning Tian pointed to the soul ring hovering above Lin Yuan's head.

The century-old soul ring, which had only possessed a faint hint of purple, began to change color quietly, transforming into a pale violet.

"A thousand-year soul ring? Could it be that this Tyrannosaurus soul ring was already approaching nine hundred and ninety-nine years?" Cao Xin was also struck with shock.

Such situations had been recorded in the soul master world; a very small number of soul masters absorbed soul rings that happened to be stuck just one step away from the next color tier.

During the absorption process, it wasn't just that the soul ring had accumulated enough energy, but that the soul master's own energy pushed it over the threshold to the next level.

And in Lin Yuan's case, it was clear that he had used the medicinal power of the Whale Glue to force a temporary breakthrough.

Cao Xin immediately prepared to intervene, as the pressure brought by a thousand-year soul ring was incomparable to that of a century-old one.

Just as he was about to step in to help Lin Yuan stabilize the medicinal power of the Whale Glue within his body, the thousand-year soul ring was suddenly absorbed into Lin Yuan's body.

He slowly opened his eyes and took a deep breath—

"Ang!"

A massive dragon roar erupted from his throat, forcing Ning Tian to cover her ears.

"Kid, you succeeded?" Cao Xin asked, pleasantly surprised.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, letting the soul ring rise from beneath his feet to hover above his head.

Feeling the slowly drifting thousand-year soul ring, Lin Yuan smiled. "I did not fail the mission."

His soul power had surged from level eleven to level thirteen, putting him on the same level as Tang San had been back then.

The reason he hadn't broken through more levels than Tang San, despite the higher age of his soul ring, was entirely due to the fact that Tang San had already accumulated soul power from the Mysterious Heaven Technique before absorbing his ring.

"Lin Yuan, what soul skill did you obtain?" Ning Tian asked, stepping forward with anticipation.

"I call this soul skill the Will of the Dragon. It can grant me a six percent increase to all my attributes," Lin Yuan said excitedly, holding up six fingers to the two of them.

Hearing this, Ning Tian and Cao Xin frowned, their expressions filled with utter bewilderment.

That was it?

A mere six percent increase was inferior to even some ten-year soul rings.

"Could it be that this soul ring has some other effects? A thousand-year soul ring shouldn't be this weak," Cao Xin asked.

"Indeed." Lin Yuan lowered his hand and began to demonstrate for them on the spot.

As the soul ring on his body lit up, a faint boost manifested upon him.

"Right now, this is only the first layer. My Will of the Dragon has six layers in total." Lin Yuan then activated the soul ring again.

Cao Xin and Ning Tian felt Lin Yuan's aura surge violently, reaching the level of a near-fifteen-level soul master.

"Each layer of this soul skill provides me with a triple bonus, but the consumption is also higher than other soul skills with similar boosts."

Lin Yuan then applied another layer of the bonus to himself, and his aura reached the level of a Great Soul Master!

At the same time, his face began to turn slightly pale.

His total soul power was now reduced to thirty percent, and he could not continue to break through to the fourth layer.

"My heavens!" Cao Xin was shocked beyond measure.

He did a quick calculation and reached a conclusion: at the sixth layer, the boost to Lin Yuan's state could reach a staggering fourteen times!

This was more terrifying than some powerful ten-thousand-year soul rings. Was this the benefit of absorbing a thousand-year soul ring beyond one's rank?

"Lin Yuan, can you really increase your power by fourteen times in the future?" Ning Tian covered her small mouth, also shocked beyond words.

This boost was simply heaven-defying; even the legendary second awakening of the Body Sect wasn't this fierce.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan shook his head slowly.

"At low levels, it can indeed increase by that much, but as my cultivation deepens, this boost will actually decrease slowly. However, even after reaching the Title Douluo realm, this soul skill will still be able to provide me with a two-fold bonus."

The information came from the God of Destruction.

"Two-fold is still a lot; that really is an excellent soul skill. This way, you can avoid exposing the true strength of your soul ring and claim it belongs to a weak soul beast." Cao Xin still hadn't recovered from the shock.

Clearly, this gamble had been worth it.

It wasn't just worth it; it was a massive, resounding success.

My Nine Treasures Glazed Sect... is about to produce a dragon!

The changes this spirit ring brought to Lin Yuan were not limited to these; beyond the increase in base stats, it also provided a dragon-transformation bonus.

Previously, after activating his martial soul, Lin Yuan's arms only had dragon scales attached to them.

However, that was limited to scales appearing on the back of his hands and his nails growing longer, far from reaching the point of turning into actual dragon claws.

Now, Lin Yuan could enter a dragon-transformation state with his right arm at will, turning his entire right arm from his fingertips to his shoulder into a true dragon claw.

Yet, his bloodline remained a pressing issue, as the concentration of dragon-type martial soul bloodline within his body was inherently low.

It had merely risen from a low-tier earth dragon to a common earth dragon bloodline level; in terms of dragon bloodline intensity, Lin Yuan couldn't even compare to Wu Feng's family.

But so what?

With three layers of Will of the Dragon combined with his dragon-transformed right arm, Lin Yuan could then channel his own destruction attribute.

Even a powerful Spirit Ancestor wouldn't dare take a hit from this destruction-imbued dragon claw, and if a Spirit King were careless, Lin Yuan could even kill them solo.

However, the destruction attribute was far too conspicuous; Lin Yuan would not use it this way unless absolutely necessary.

Moreover, theory was just theory; a powerful Spirit Ancestor wouldn't mindlessly clash head-on with him.

After evaluating his comprehensive strength, Cao Xin concluded that Lin Yuan could currently steadily defeat most Spirit Elders below level thirty-two.

This couldn't help but make Lin Yuan feel a bit discouraged.

"Look at how pleased you are with yourself, kid." Cao Xin was amused to the point of laughter by Lin Yuan's words.

"It is already remarkable that you, as a Spirit Master, can defeat a Spirit Elder. Don't tell me you actually want to defeat a Titled Douluo while still a Spirit Master?"

"If it were possible," Lin Yuan scratched his face and laughed, "I really would want to defeat a Titled Douluo as a Spirit Master."

Cao Xin pulled his punch and gave Lin Yuan a rap on the head.

"Alright, put away that restlessness. The road ahead will be magnificent."

Cao Xin turned his head to look at Ning Tian and said, "Alright, Little Tian, you can go and absorb your spirit ring now."