The venomous Soul Power seeped everywhere, crazily penetrating through the gaps in the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon's scales and into its flesh and meridians.
This was the deadly poison Soul Power of a level ninety-eight Super Douluo. If Du Busi had not deliberately held it back—
In but an instant, this Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon would have dissolved into a pool of black water!
Emerald poison mist tightly enveloped the massive dragon body like a tightening cage, continuously crushing and corroding it from within.
Seeing this, Lu Xiao hurriedly called out, "Master, preserve its blood essence! I want to use the dragon blood to awaken my second Martial Soul!"
Upon hearing "second Martial Soul," Du Busi froze abruptly. He nodded, and the surging poisonous Soul Power instantly came to a halt.
"Don't worry! Your master knows what he's doing!"
Du Busi spoke urgently, unable to conceal the turbulent shock in his heart. With a thought—
The emerald poison mist around him transformed into countless tiny poison blades, all of them piercing into the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon's body.
The Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon convulsed violently. Its two ferocious dragon heads swayed weakly, while the previously raging winds and thunderstorms completely ceased.
It tried to struggle into flight, but the enormous emerald hand above its head pressed down like a mountain, utterly immovable!
Miserable, feeble roars intermittently escaped from its mouths!
In only a few minutes, this three-thousand-eight-hundred-year mutated top-tier Soul Beast had been tortured by the poison until it was covered in wounds, its life hanging by a thread.
Its two enormous dragon heads drooped to the ground. Its dragon eyes were filled with blood, its life force rapidly fading as it fell completely into a dying state.
Seeing that the time was right, Du Busi brought Lu Xiao and Xiao Wu before the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon.
"Do it."
Lu Xiao's eyes flashed with brilliance at those words, and he nodded heavily.
He had waited far too long for this moment!
Silver light flashed from the Soul Tool on Lu Xiao's finger, and a long blade appeared in his hand.
Then, he raised his hand and gathered all his Soul Power, aiming precisely at the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon's heart before stabbing down fiercely!
Pfft—
The Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon's enormous body shuddered. Its four eyes glared venomously at Lu Xiao before it went completely rigid.
Its two dragon heads fell entirely, and the light in its blood-red eyes instantly dimmed.
As the Soul Beast died, a streak of purple soul light suddenly surged from the demon dragon's corpse.
A Thousand-Year Soul Ring with profound patterns and an overwhelming aura slowly took shape, hovering before Lu Xiao.
Just as he was preparing to absorb the Soul Ring, a thought suddenly arose in his heart: bathing in dragon blood would make refining this Soul Ring easier.
The pull from somewhere beyond was incomparably clear, as though a source power hidden deep within his bloodline was stirring restlessly.
"Master, I want to awaken my second Martial Soul and absorb this Soul Ring at the same time!" Lu Xiao said in a deep voice, his eyes full of certainty and anticipation.
Du Busi waved his large hand, and that Bronze Cauldron appeared before Lu Xiao.
Immediately afterward, the Soul Power around him transformed into countless fine threads that entered the demon dragon's corpse.
"Out!"
With a low shout, strands of dark-red dragon blood glimmering with gold were drawn out in full and poured into the cauldron.
This blood essence differed from ordinary Soul Beast blood. It was dark red like agate and contained the power of wind and thunder!
After all its blood essence was extracted, the demon dragon's once-enormous corpse rapidly withered. Its scales lost their luster, its flesh dried up, and it became an empty husk.
In mere moments, all the blood essence of the three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon had been sealed within the cauldron.
The blood essence inside the cauldron churned and surged. Wind and thunder rumbled faintly within, while threads of golden radiance continuously flowed through it. Majestic life force and dragon might spread in every direction!
Du Busi turned to Lu Xiao, his expression incomparably solemn. "Disciple, if anything goes wrong, give up the Soul Ring if you must!"
"This disciple understands!"
Lu Xiao nodded deeply. Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped lightly into the air and landed steadily inside the cauldron.
Scalding dragon blood instantly submerged his entire body.
In that instant, Lu Xiao felt unbearably hot all over. Every inch of skin and every meridian in his body trembled and stretched wildly.
Lu Xiao tightly shut his eyes, calmed his mind, and guided the dragon blood's power throughout his body to nourish himself.
He could feel an unknown source within his body rapidly devouring the dragon blood's power.
Gradually awakening and stirring.
Lu Xiao cast aside all distracting thoughts, circulated his Soul Power, and began drawing in the three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon Soul Ring.
Guided by his Body Martial Soul, Bronze Treasure Light bloomed brilliantly across Lu Xiao's body.
The purple Soul Ring slowly enveloped Lu Xiao, and endless wind-and-thunder Soul Power poured continuously into his body.
The blood-colored radiance within the cauldron grew increasingly intense as the dark-red dragon blood was gradually dyed by a layer of dazzling golden light.
And the source of that golden light was Lu Xiao.
Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.
Bzz—!
Suddenly, a dragon roar that shook heaven and earth resounded across the land!
The roar was majestic and tyrannical, carrying the pressure of an ancient supreme being. Its aura far surpassed that of the previous Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon.
"It's about to awaken!"
Du Busi's pupils contracted sharply, and his body trembled slightly!
He could feel that pressure. It absolutely could not belong to an ordinary Martial Soul!
Inside the cauldron, Lu Xiao's entire body glowed gold.
Deep within his Consciousness Sea, the Body Martial Soul stood silently, while the phantom of a brand-new Martial Soul slowly condensed amid boundless golden light.
Rumble—
Golden light shot into the sky, bursting through the cauldron's opening and piercing straight into the clouds!
A colossal dragon phantom, golden all over, with crystal-clear scales, imposing and majestic dragon horns, and dragon eyes dazzling like the blazing sun, rose from Lu Xiao's dantian and coiled behind him!
Its dragon body was long and domineering, every scale flowing with pure golden brilliance!
His second Martial Soul—Ultimate Strength!
The Golden Dragon had completely awakened!
Xiao Wu curled up, her eyes filled with horror.
As a Soul Beast in human form, she could clearly sense the absolute suppression originating from her bloodline.
At the same moment, the three-thousand-eight-hundred-year Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon Soul Ring suddenly contracted, its outer edge gaining a faint golden rim!
The Soul Ring's patterns became more profound and noble!
The instant the Soul Ring fully fused into the Body Martial Soul, something flew from the Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon's corpse!
It was dark cyan throughout, wreathed in fine arcs of lightning and dim wind patterns.
It did not resemble an ordinary Soul Bone. Instead, it looked like a long, winding dragon spine, its vertebrae distinct and its scale patterns interwoven, emanating an unruly and domineering dragon might.
Du Busi's gaze suddenly locked onto that dark-cyan dragon spine, and he cried out in shock, "External Soul Bone!!!"
An External Soul Bone was a special existence beyond the six major categories of Soul Bones. On the Soul Master's Dream Ranking, it ranked second only to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!
Before anyone could react, the dark-cyan Wind-Thunder Demon Dragon Spine had already transformed into a streak of light and shot precisely toward Lu Xiao's back.
The instant the Soul Bone touched Lu Xiao's body, it turned into a pool of dark-cyan liquid and slowly seeped into his spine.
At first, Lu Xiao only felt as though a warm liquid had wrapped around his back.
But very quickly, that warmth turned cold and violent!
Lu Xiao's entire back had turned dark cyan.
Faintly, it seemed as though something beneath his flesh was about to burst through the skin on his back...
Roar—
Suddenly, a violent dragon roar erupted from within Lu Xiao's body!
The previously berserk energy instantly quieted down.
Layers of fine, profound patterns quietly emerged across Lu Xiao's back. Dark-cyan halos flowed through them, concealing frighteningly vast power.
The immense power gradually compressed within his bones before slowly taking shape. A hint of golden light lit up along his dark-cyan spine!
Crack, crack—
The faint crisp sounds were especially clear in the silent mountain wilderness.
The first change appeared on Lu Xiao's back.
Beneath his fair skin, dark-cyan light slowly flowed. Fine, orderly dragon scales rapidly spread from his spine, covering his shoulders, elbows, and both hands.
Every scale shimmered with faint flowing wind-and-thunder light, seamlessly adhering to his skin.
Half of Lu Xiao's body was covered in scales, his dragon might awe-inspiring!
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