Douluo Dalu: Martial Soul Lugose, Cosmic Devourer
Chapter 45

Can Still Hold On for Ten Thousand Years

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Meanwhile, above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the outside world, the terrifying divine beast aura that had oppressed the entire valley swiftly vanished.

The water was still churning, but it was no longer nearly as out of control as before.

The pressure on Bibi Dong and the others suddenly lightened.

Yue Guan let out a long breath, though his expression remained ugly. "It's gone..."

Gui Mei said gravely, "Those auras from before have all disappeared."

Dugu Bo looked toward the center of the spring, undisguised shock in his eyes.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had actually concealed something so terrifying.

And shortly after Lu Chen went down, such a change—one they could not understand at all—had erupted beneath the lake.

Bibi Dong slowly suppressed the fluctuations in her Soul Power, her gaze still grave.

Those two divine beast auras had already been frightening enough, but the even more terrifying aura that appeared afterward was clearly connected to Lu Chen's martial soul.

Was Lu Chen's martial soul really only a god-level martial soul?

The thought flashed through Bibi Dong's mind, but she quickly forced it down.

What mattered most now was not uncovering the secret of Lu Chen's martial soul, but confirming whether he was safe.

"Go down." Bibi Dong finally spoke.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei nodded at the same time.

Dugu Bo did not object either.

Though he was equally wary of the situation beneath the lake, since the pressure had already vanished, it at least meant that the most dangerous stage of the eruption had passed.

Besides, Lu Chen was still down there. No matter what, they had to take a look.

The four of them hesitated no longer. They immediately circulated their Soul Power, completely enveloping their bodies.

The spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was extremely dangerous. Even as Titled Douluo, they could not enter directly without any protection.

Especially as they went deeper, the extreme cold and heat would grow stronger. They had to prepare in advance.

The scene returned to the space at the bottom of the lake.

The multicolored cloud mass shrouding the two Dragon Kings' divine consciousness and the two enormous dragon corpses was slowly contracting.

The violent aura that had once filled the entire space had completely disappeared. The flames no longer surged, and the chill no longer spread unchecked.

The battle that had been enough to shake the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well seemed to have truly ended at last.

As the final wisp of crimson and icy-blue light was swallowed by the multicolored cloud mass, distinct changes began to appear within it.

Massive amounts of energy converged at its center, and the multicolored mist gradually solidified. First, a huge torso emerged, followed by arms, sharp claws, wings, and a head.

A moment later, the gaseous Leugocyte returned to physical form, its thirty-meter body appearing once again in the space at the bottom of the lake.

It still retained the form it had taken when it completely seized control of Lu Chen's body, but compared to before, the aura it emitted was far more profound.

The remaining divine consciousness of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King had been completely devoured, and the most important sources of power within the two dragon corpses had been taken as well.

They were the god-level soul bones left behind by the two Dragon Kings.

At this moment, those two god-level soul bones did not appear outside its body. They had already entered Leugocyte's power system.

The completely opposing god-level auras of fire and ice briefly circulated within its body before gradually being suppressed.

Though Lu Chen was still in that special state of observing the battle, he could clearly sense what Leugocyte had just devoured.

However, Lu Chen did not immediately lose himself in this gain.

His attention soon settled on the two dragon corpses before him.

After losing their divine consciousness and god-level soul bones, the corpses of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King still retained their enormous, magnificent forms.

The crimson scales still resembled frozen flames, while the icy-blue dragon scales continued to gleam with cold light. Yet Lu Chen could clearly sense that the lingering might around them was slowly weakening.

This weakening was not particularly fast.

Judging by the energy remaining within the two dragon corpses, even after losing the soul bones that served as their core power sources, they would likely need around ten thousand years before they completely lost their effect.

But from this moment onward, the source of energy sustaining the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had already been damaged.

Perhaps no changes would be visible in the short term, but ten thousand years from now, this treasured land would likely decline completely after losing its true energy source.

Lu Chen did not want to see that outcome.

He had already obtained the greatest opportunity within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

The divine consciousness of the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King had been devoured by Leugocyte, and the two god-level soul bones had also fallen into his hands.

Compared with these, the immortal herbs and other opportunities growing around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while equally precious, were no longer the most important things.

Since he had already taken the greatest benefits for himself, there was no need to destroy the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as well.

Lu Chen did not intend to leave this place entirely to any particular person. He simply felt that it would be too great a pity if such a rare treasure land were to disappear completely because of his actions.

What those who came later could obtain from this place would be their own concern.

At the very least, he did not want to take everything away now. He should leave the later arrivals at least a little broth to drink.

The moment this thought surfaced in his mind, Leugocyte, which controlled his body, immediately sensed it.

The relationship between Lu Chen and Leugocyte was not that of an ordinary soul master and martial soul.

At that moment, Leugocyte was attached to the martial soul and indirectly controlling his body, so Lu Chen's thoughts were conveyed to it with almost no concealment.

Leugocyte turned its head slightly and looked at the two dragon corpses, whose remaining might was slowly fading.

After a moment, it seemed to understand Lu Chen's meaning.

Its massive body slowly straightened, and the wings on its back spread open.

Unlike when it had been preparing to unleash Genesis Requiem, Leugocyte's aura did not turn violent this time, nor did its chest core gather destructive purple energy.

It merely spread its wings calmly.

A crimson light swiftly lit up on its left wing.

Icy-blue energy appeared on its right wing at the same time.

These two powers were not attributes Leugocyte originally possessed, but came from the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King it had just devoured.

The two energies continuously flowed across the surfaces of its wings. Though they still retained the opposition between fire and ice, they had lost the aggressiveness contained within the Dragon Kings' divine consciousness.

Leugocyte did not pause.

With a gentle flap of its wings, two beams of light shot out simultaneously.

The crimson energy fell toward the Fire Dragon King's corpse, while the icy-blue energy fell toward the Ice Dragon King's corpse.

The two beams respectively covered the surfaces of the dragon corpses, rapidly spreading along their scales and bones.

The energy that had been continuously dissipating after the loss of the soul bones slowly stopped leaking the instant it came into contact with these two powers.

The scattered fire-element energy around the Fire Dragon King's corpse gathered once more, while the chill surrounding the Ice Dragon King's corpse began contracting inward.

The red and blue lights grew stronger and stronger, soon completely concealing the two enormous dragon corpses.

The entire space at the bottom of the lake was illuminated by brilliant light once more, and the originally chaotic energy within the two dragon corpses rapidly stabilized.

The crimson light continuously circulated around the Fire Dragon King's corpse, while the icy-blue light slowly revolved around the Ice Dragon King's corpse.

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