"Here, absorb it." Du Busi tossed the five-meter-long behemoth in front of Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan immediately summoned the Jade Dragon-Slayer Martial Soul and ended the Earth Cave Demon Dragon's life.
The absorption process went exceptionally smoothly, and Lin Yuan's expression was full of helplessness.
By rights, the protagonist of an average fanfiction would have gotten an External Soul Bone by now.
But clearly, his luck wasn't as good as everyone else's. He had merely absorbed the Soul Ring safely.
"What a shame. Those claws were pretty cool." Lin Yuan looked at the Earth Dragon's sharp claws, his face full of resignation.
"Kid, don't take your blessings for granted. Soul Bones and External Soul Bones don't just fall out of the sky!" Du Busi said irritably.
"I was still allowed to hope a little, wasn't I?"
"What's your Soul Skill?" Du Busi asked.
Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said confidently,
"My second Soul Skill is called Dragon Might. It can heavily suppress Beast Martial Souls whose bloodline ranks below mine."
Du Busi frowned. "Isn't that just a useless Soul Skill? Did you draw a dud?"
"No, no."
Lin Yuan smiled and wagged his finger in denial.
Du Busi couldn't help stretching his neck forward, growing curious.
"This Soul Skill's suppression is far stronger than the passive bloodline suppression of a Martial Soul. No matter how much weaker their bloodline is than mine, and no matter how much stronger their Soul Power is, the degree of suppression stays the same. And I said Beast Martial Souls, not Dragon-type Martial Souls. With this Soul Skill, I'll be the strictest father to every Beast Martial Soul out there."
"Uh... isn't that still useless? Don't you know how strong your Martial Soul's bloodline is?" In Du Busi's view, if the Soul Skill really worked like that, then it had indeed wasted a Soul Ring slot.
Lin Yuan smiled and countered, "Master, I remember Master Cao Xin told you that after I absorbed my first Soul Ring, my Dragon bloodline got a slight boost, right?"
"Oh? Are you saying your Dragon bloodline got stronger again this time?" Du Busi looked doubtful.
After all, increases in Martial Soul bloodline strength were rare across the continent.
Soul Rings did affect Martial Souls, but most of the time, the effect was negligible.
As far as everyone was concerned, Lin Yuan's Dragon bloodline improving was like winning the lottery. It wasn't going to improve by that much every time.
"That's right." Lin Yuan smiled.
This was the perfect opportunity to reveal that the God of Destruction would help him purify his Dragon bloodline.
"If my Dragon bloodline keeps improving with my third Soul Ring, then it'll be safe to say my Martial Soul can devour Dragon bloodlines."
"Master, do you know how terrifying this Soul Skill will be in the future?" Lin Yuan asked with a smile.
Du Busi quietly ran a Simulation in his head.
Generally, this kind of bloodline suppression gradually weakened as one's level increased.
For example, a Black-Haired Pig Martial Soul belonging to a Soul Master would be heavily suppressed by a Black-Haired Pig King Martial Soul belonging to a Soul Master of the same level.
When they reached the Soul Elder level, the suppression would still be there, but it would have weakened considerably.
By the Titled Douluo level, it would become negligible.
At that point, it would all come down to the Martial Souls' actual stats.
Battles between the strong could change in the blink of an eye, and if Lin Yuan's Dragon Might remained this powerful—
Then no matter how many Titled Douluos came after him, at the very least, he wouldn't lose.
"If your Martial Soul really can keep improving like that, I can't imagine anyone being able to defeat the future you."
With that, Du Busi took up a stance and beckoned to Lin Yuan.
"Come on. Hit me with everything you've got. Let's see what you can do."
Lin Yuan nodded and immediately began his Dragon Transformation, layering the Will of the Dragon on top.
Six layers of Dragon Transformation nearly drained all of Lin Yuan's Soul Power.
Purplish-black Destruction energy, crackling like lightning, gathered between Lin Yuan's dragon claws. He threw a punch with nothing held back.
Bang!
Du Busi caught the blow with one hand, and a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead.
"Master, how was that?" Lin Yuan asked with a pale-faced smile.
"You brat. Looks like I'd better spend the next few years putting you through your paces while I can still keep up." Du Busi shook the lingering Destruction Soul Power from his hand and smiled.
"Am I really that strong? You have to hurry up and train me?" Lin Yuan looked rather surprised.
Because the Destruction attribute was a secret, he still had no idea what level he could reach when giving it his all.
Du Busi had already given him such high praise. He couldn't imagine how crazy he'd get if he found out Lin Yuan planned to form a Soul Core at the third-ring level.
"Would I lie to you? Stick your head out and let your master knock you around a couple of times." Du Busi joked.
Just as Lin Yuan gave him a helpless look, the God of Destruction suddenly sounded the alarm.
"Careful! A god-level powerhouse is heading this way!"
Before Lin Yuan could even react to the words "god-level powerhouse," Du Busi pressed his head down.
Two shadows shot over their heads at incredible speed, flying off into the distant horizon.
Lin Yuan climbed to his feet, shaken. He hadn't felt any pressure just now, but his instinctive urge to flee from deep within his bones convinced him that the two who had flown past were incredibly powerful.
"What was that just now?" Lin Yuan asked Du Busi.
Du Busi watched them fly away and slowly shook his head. "I don't know. I only know those two beings were extraordinarily powerful."
"And they were injured. I caught a glimpse of them, and they were covered in blood."
Sunset Forest, two mysterious powerhouses... Could they be Da Ming and Er Ming?
As Lin Yuan pondered, the God of Destruction exclaimed again from within his Sea of Consciousness.
"Huh? It looks like the Sea God's detection barrier in this Sunset Forest has disappeared?"
"What?"
The God of Destruction then explained to Lin Yuan what the Sea God's detection barrier was.
Simply put, it was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's second line of defense.
If outsiders breached this barrier, the Sea God, far away in the Divine Realm, would also sense what was happening inside it.
That was also a major reason why, despite the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's treasure trove being right before them, the God of Destruction hadn't dared to let Lin Yuan go in and search for treasures.
Otherwise, he really would have been struck by several divine punishments from behind and ended up killing himself.
It had absolutely nothing to do with the pure and spotless Tang San, the God King. Those divine punishments had descended by accident.
It really was an accident. Let me emphasize that for the third time.
"Then does that mean we can go in now without Tang San taking revenge on us?" Lin Yuan asked excitedly.