Long Yuan's Soul Skill, Special Authority

The days that followed were incredibly mundane. Tang Wulin devoted himself to cultivation every day, only occasionally returning to the Blacksmith Association to practice forging.

It is worth mentioning that a week after he and Xie Xie fought at East Sea Park, Xie Xie paid off the 200,000 Federal Coin penalty to the academy for Tang Wulin. For some reason, however, he walked with a limp for several days afterward.

Long Yuan's life was even more monotonous. Every day was spent either with Gu Yuena, hammering away at the Blacksmith Association, or learning Soul Forging from Mu Chen.

His progress was rapid; he had already touched upon the threshold of Soul Forging and estimated that it wouldn't be long before he could begin attempting it.

The throbbing of his bloodline continued. Long Yuan did not know how long it would take to end, nor what the final outcome would be, but he was certain it wouldn't be for the worse.

As for Gu Yuena, she lived a dull and boring student life as well. However, after class, she didn't return to her dormitory but moved directly into Long Yuan's dorm at East Sea Academy.

Long Yuan's dormitory had two rooms, so even when he stayed at the academy instead of the Blacksmith Association, he didn't have to worry about being cramped.

(Do not ask why the dormitory had two rooms; if you must ask, it was simply destiny.)

On this day, Long Yuan did not stay at the Blacksmith Association but returned to East Sea Academy.

Gu Yuena had returned earlier than him, and when he pushed the door open, she had just finished her cultivation.

Long Yuan sensed the soul power fluctuations on her that had yet to subside. "Oh? You broke through to level twenty? So fast?"

Gu Yuena rolled her eyes at him. "I am re-cultivating; how could breaking through be that difficult?"

As she spoke, a seven-colored light flashed across her body, and a yellow soul ring appeared behind her.

This was the second soul ring she had condensed on her own.

In her situation, she was neither an ordinary human soul master nor a soul beast that had transformed into a human. She could condense soul rings by herself, and she wouldn't have her identity exposed by a Title Douluo just because she hadn't reached level sixty.

Gu Yuena's first soul skill was called Elemental Tide. Its effect was to amplify her control over the seven elements. Of course, that was the effect, but don't ask how much it amplified.

If you ask, the answer is "a certain amount."

Her second soul skill was called Elemental Fusion, which allowed her to fuse various elements together to unleash even more powerful strength.

As for Long Yuan, his own soul skills were even more unique.

Because his soul skills were simulated by his own divine soul and the essence of the Golden Dragon King, he could essentially choose whatever soul skills he wanted.

To save himself the trouble, he simply applied his special authorities to them.

So-called special authorities were abilities possessed only by God King-level deities, and they could be considered some of their most fundamental powers.

As the Golden Dragon King, the half-body of the Dragon God, he possessed not only the authority of destruction but also multiple special authorities.

For example, his first soul skill was "Shatter." As the name implied, the effect was the same as the Golden Dragon Claw on Tang Wulin's right hand, only more powerful. Used with Long Yuan's current strength, even the soul guidance core arrays on a two-word battle armor would be destroyed.

His second soul skill was called "Tear." The effect was also very simple: it was the ultimate tearing ability. With a casual swipe, he could tear spirit-forged metal into noodles.

His third soul skill was called "Dragon Might." In essence, it was the Golden Dragon King's dragon might manifested as a soul skill. It could significantly enhance his own pressure, especially against soul beasts; Long Yuan only needed a single glance to make them cower in fear.

His fourth soul skill was called "Ascension." For dragons or soul masters with dragon-type martial souls recognized by Long Yuan, this skill could significantly enhance their strength and physical constitution.

His fifth soul skill was called "Blood Qi." This skill, or rather this special authority, allowed Long Yuan's blood qi to surge ceaselessly, providing him with endless strength. Even if his soul power (divine power) were exhausted, he could maintain his most basic strength and continue to fight.

His sixth soul skill was called "Berserk." This special authority was also the root cause of the Golden Dragon King's lack of intellect. Originally, it would have greatly increased the Golden Dragon King's power, and the greater the rage, the higher the increase—there was even no upper limit!

But now, it had become an ability that Long Yuan could actively use, which was a great improvement. After all, he didn't want to be mindless.

After witnessing Gu Yuena condense her second soul ring, Long Yuan took a box out of his storage soul device.

"What is this?"

Long Yuan opened the box to reveal a lingzhi. The lingzhi was entirely purple, with emerald-like stalks underneath and nine leaves.

"Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma. You should have heard of it, right? I went to great lengths to get this."

Of course, Gu Yuena had heard of it.

For a spirit herb of this grade, even if it couldn't compare to an immortal-grade item, it still held significant benefits for her.

"Thank you..."

"Smack!"

Gu Yuena's face flushed red as she covered her backside.

"What kind of relationship do we have? Why are you saying thank you?" Long Yuan clapped his hands and sat down beside her. "That student in your class named Wang Jinxi, I remember his martial soul is the Bone Dragon King, right? What do you think of him?"

The bone dragon was a creature that, while called a dragon, was actually a type of undead. One could call it a dragon if they insisted, as they were indeed dragons in life, and they wouldn't be stripped of their "dragon status" after death.

"According to my observations, his Bone Dragon King martial soul seems to have a dark attribute. His talent is acceptable, but his character is not very good."

The bone dragon martial soul was extremely unique; its attributes depended more on what it possessed during its lifetime.

Just like Gu Rong from the original Douluo Dalu, his bone dragon martial soul was of the space type, while Wang Jinxi's Bone Dragon King was of the dark type. It was likely a dark demon dragon in its previous life.

"His character is not good?" Long Yuan nodded. He still had to pay some attention to these soul masters who possessed dragon-type martial souls.

In the world of soul masters, there was a special situation: if a soul master with a tool martial soul could cultivate their martial soul to an extremely high realm, then after their death, their martial soul would not disappear but would transform into a true object that remained in the world.

Just like the Sky-Supporting Douluo Yun Ming and the Surpassing Heaven Douluo Guan Yue; the former's spiritual power broke through to the Divine Origin realm, while the latter transformed his soul power into divine power at the final moment.

Correspondingly, the Sky-Supporting Divine Spear and the Surpassing Heaven Divine Spear also became true divine artifacts.

This provided Long Yuan with a new line of thought; if he could fully master the authority of Creation, would it be possible to use the aid of life energy to transform his True Dragon Martial Soul into a real dragon?

If that were possible, it would resolve the current issue of the Dragon Clan's dwindling bloodline.

He couldn't exactly repopulate the race himself, could he? He would be worked to death before he could even manage that! And besides...

Long Yuan cast a glance at Gu Yuena.

"Hmm? Long Yuan, you aren't thinking about anything improper, are you?"