Leo Kick Becomes Erlong Flying Kick! Phantom Dragon Impact

Facing Liu Erlong's provocation, the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon let out a roar of utter humiliation.

It kicked off the ground with all four limbs, launching its massive body into the air. Flames condensed and compressed at the tip of its horn—Explosive Flame Impact.

It barreled toward Liu Erlong like a burning locomotive.

Liu Erlong soared into the sky, and the dragon beast missed, its momentum carrying it forward. Thinking she was trying to escape, it roared in fury and continued to use its charging skill to pursue her.

"This guy is a complete idiot." Liu Erlong scoffed as she watched the dragon beast below, still frantically charging about.

She could fly, it couldn't, yet it insisted on using a charge attack.

"Then let it die in the midst of its own charge." Jiang Ce's voice suddenly rang out, followed by a thought transmitted directly into her mind.

"Try the Leo Kick."

Liu Erlong's eyes lit up. She climbed higher, then twisted her body and dove diagonally toward the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon below.

Dark golden flames ignited on her right foot, and she became like a burning meteor, crashing straight into the dragon beast's horn.

On a distant mountain ridge, Ye Yingling only saw the flaming meteor in the sky slam violently into the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon.

With a thunderous boom, a blinding white light exploded through the forest, accompanied by a terrifying, deafening roar.

A small mushroom cloud billowed up from the depths of the forest, and the shockwave uprooted surrounding trees, sending debris and broken branches swirling into the air in a violent gale.

As the smoke and dust cleared, a massive crater appeared where the beast had stood, looking as if it had been struck by a meteorite.

The Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon remained in a charging posture, but its horn was shattered, and a hole the size of a person had been torn into the top of its neck, blood gushing out in a steady stream.

Judging by the trail of blood, it had charged forward for quite some distance after its neck was pierced before finally collapsing.

At the very end of the blood trail, a proud figure in a black bodysuit crouched on the ground, her right foot still emitting wisps of white smoke.

"Not bad, not bad. That Leo Kick was textbook."

Jiang Ce's voice echoed in her mind, and a black liquid hand slapped her backside.

Liu Erlong shuddered and rolled her eyes. "You bastard, couldn't you have picked a better time?"

"Impossible. This is timely training for you. Remember, three thousand times, three thousand times." Liu Erlong's mouth twitched violently.

This guy kept going on about how an Anti-Magic Ninja could withstand a three-thousand-fold sensory test; if that were really the case, her brain would have been fried long ago.

She ignored him and stood up.

A black soul ring was slowly rising from the corpse of the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring. Liu Erlong stared at the black ring, her eyes filled with excitement—she was about to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring for her fourth slot, and this one was twenty thousand years old at that.

"Soul rings from ten-thousand-year soul beasts carry a soul shock." Liu Erlong's expression turned solemn.

She had heard of this soul shock: once a soul beast reached ten thousand years, it gained sentience. After being killed, its lingering soul would harbor resentment, and upon absorption, that resentment would assault the soul master's spiritual sea.

Those who couldn't hold on would either become drooling idiots with blank minds or be directly possessed and controlled by the resentment.

Speaking of drooling idiots with blank minds, she felt like she had been in that state for the past few days, especially whenever this guy mentioned the 3,000-fold multiplier.

"But you don't need to be afraid. Your third soul skill and external soul bone each double all attributes, including your spiritual power. With my amplification on top of that, your current spiritual strength exceeds even that of a Soul Saint—soul masters only cultivate soul power, and their spiritual tempering is just a passive byproduct of their growth; they can't compare to you at all."

Jiang Ce paused. "Plus, after devouring so many spiritual soul beasts lately and receiving the feedback, a mere soul shock will, at most, make your body twitch."

Liu Erlong nodded and sat down cross-legged.

The moment the black soul ring surged into her body, a tyrannical will began to assault her spiritual sea.

Sure enough, the dragon beast's lingering soul was fighting back frantically.

But when that shock hit her spiritual barrier, which had been reinforced by multiple layers of amplification, it couldn't even crack it.

A moment later, the black soul ring slowly solidified beneath her feet.

The instant the absorption was complete, her soul power surged wildly.

The feedback accumulated over the past few days and the energy from the soul ring detonated simultaneously—

Level forty-one, level forty-two, level forty-three, level forty-four.

She sensed for a moment, then extended her hand, dark golden flames surging in her palm.

Fourth Spirit Ability—

Blazing Dragon-Capturing Slam.

After locking onto a single target, she would wrap her entire body in golden flames and burst forward, seizing the opponent with one or both claws, followed by nine consecutive explosive slams into the ground.

Each impact dealt fire damage and triggered a shockwave, rendering the target completely immobile for the duration of the grab until the combo ended or was manually interrupted.

At the same time, Jiang Ce's black tentacles surged from Liu Erlong's thigh, covering the entire dragon corpse.

After a while, the consumption was complete; Jiang Ce's age increased from 20,000 years to 24,000 years.

Simultaneously, he fed back 400 years of spirit beast age in spirit power to Liu Erlong—

Equivalent to over half a year of arduous cultivation, it boosted her level 44 spirit power by a significant margin.

The six skills of the Golden Armored Red Flame Dragon—

Golden Flame Dragon Horn Thrust, Dragon Tail Spin Sweep, Bone-Crushing Dragon Bite, Golden Flame Dragon Wing Strike, Dragon Claw Rock Smash, and Golden Flame Scale Armor.

Because of the consumption, all fire-based abilities had their damage increased once again.

Once the consumption finished, the black liquid spat out a dark golden bone.

A ten-thousand-year right leg spirit bone, dark gold throughout, its surface covered in fine, dense scale patterns.

"Huh, it actually dropped a spirit bone."

"Indeed, and a right leg bone at that. Absorb it for now; it can even strengthen that 'Erlong Flying Kick' of yours."

The corner of Liu Erlong's mouth twitched.

What was originally the Leo Kick had become the Erlong Flying Kick in his mouth.

However, she didn't change her expression at his theory that "if we get a better spirit bone later, we'll just chop off the leg and replace it"—

With this guy around, losing a leg was no different than clipping a fingernail, and she naturally possessed that kind of ruthlessness.

She fused with the spirit bone, and scorching spirit power poured continuously into her body.

Combined with the 400 years of spirit beast age feedback from Jiang Ce, Her level climbed once more from 44, stopping steadily at 46.

The spirit bone skill Golden Flame Dragon Horn Thrust was hers—

Golden flames ignited on her body to form armor, launching a short-range explosive charge forward.

Hitting a target forced a knockback and stun, while she gained super armor that could not be interrupted, And enemies along the path of the charge were forcibly pushed aside by the air pressure.

It even carried explosive flame damage!

Liu Erlong flexed her newly fused right leg, her muscles and bones emitting a series of crisp cracks.

"Refreshing."

No sooner had she spoken than the black liquid slapped her firm buttocks again.

"Mission accomplished; it's time to celebrate."

"Celebrate your big head." Liu Erlong clenched her fists, her gaze falling on the young girl still sitting blankly on the rock in the distance.

She hadn't forgotten the new skill Jiang Ce had boasted about earlier—Split.

Once this bastard decided to parasitize that girl, the lass would be hung up and tormented every day, unable to even touch her toes to the ground.

However, the power was real.

"Tsk, that little girl is in big trouble." She curled her lip at Jiang Ce.

"You could play the role of a senior sister and pass on some experience," Jiang Ce's voice carried a hint of a smile, "like how to stay conscious while on the whip."

Just as Liu Erlong was about to say who the hell would want that kind of experience, Jiang Ce launched a Phantom Dragon Impact!

She let out a muffled groan, nearly losing her footing.

"You bastard—what kind of situation is this, you mother—"

Her cursing echoed through the forest, but Jiang Ce only let out a sinister, cackling laugh, urging her to keep moving forward.

Liu Erlong gritted her teeth and stepped toward the top of the rock.