Tyrannosaurus Rex

Outside, Gu You slowly opened his eyes. His Golden Pupils looked a little brighter than usual.

The dragon-scale patterns on his body had already faded.

The feeling after fusing with a soul spirit was not especially strange. He had thought there would be a huge boost in strength, like being able to punch a cow to death.

"How do you feel after fusing with the soul spirit? Is the effect of your first soul skill decent?"

Leng Yaozhu spoke from the side. From the moment Gu You began fusing until it ended, she had been keeping watch the whole time.

"My soul power rose by two ranks. It feels no different from before the fusion. As for the soul skill..."

Gu You was not sure either. Only after releasing his martial soul and using the soul skill could he know for certain.

"Two ranks? Looks like the Hell Demon Dragon is very suited to the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon martial soul. Try releasing the soul skill here. You can destroy whatever you want inside the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Leng Yaozhu said.

That was exactly what Gu You had in mind. With a thought—

"Roar!"

A dragon's cry rang out, and the phantom of the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon condensed behind him. A deep-purple soul ring rose beneath his feet, and his body began to partially dragonize.

Lowering his molten-gold Golden Pupils, Gu You saw that both his hands had turned into purple dragon claws. The power of destruction coiled around them, and piece after piece of purple dragon scales spread outward, completely covering his chest area before stopping at his neck.

Looking at Gu You and sensing the aura on him, Leng Yaozhu could no longer stay calm.

Although his cultivation was not high, meeting those eyes of his gave her an indescribable feeling of suffocation.

And he already had dragonized traits at one ring. Was this kid trying to defy the heavens?

"I've never felt this refreshed before!"

Gu You raised his dragonized hand. Only now did he truly feel the power after fusing with the soul spirit. Forget punching a cow to death—even tearing apart a hundred-year soul beast with his bare hands would be no problem.

The purple soul ring spun beneath his feet, then lit up the next moment.

Gu You turned his dragon claw palm upward and opened it.

In that instant, it was as if he saw the Hell Demon Dragon open its eyes in his spiritual sea.

Purple light gathered in his palm. At first, it was only a single point, then it collapsed into a mass and, with him at the center, formed a gigantic vortex!

The gigantic vortex devoured all the natural energy around him madly, feeding it back into Gu You.

As long as it was a living being or energy, it fell within its range of absorption.

Leng Yaozhu's expression changed, because the vortex was absorbing her life force!

"Stop!"

She shouted at once.

Gu You clenched his dragon claw, and the vortex vanished.

"Is it the Devour Domain?"

Leng Yaozhu recognized Gu You's soul skill at a glance. It was the famed innate domain of Zi Ji, the Hell Demon Dragon King, one of the Ten Great Savage Beasts.

Its effect was almost identical to Gu You's soul skill: devouring life force and natural energy to feed back into the body.

"Yes."

Gu You nodded. After the soul ring lit up, the effect of his first soul skill had automatically appeared in his mind. It was absurd.

It could only be called ridiculously overpowered. As long as something was within the vortex's devouring range, if it belonged to the energy level, the vortex would devour it and convert it into energy his body needed.

"What kind of luck do you have, child? You obtained the Hell Demon Dragon King's innate domain as your first soul skill."

Even Leng Yaozhu was a little jealous. It was possible for a Hell Demon Dragon to bestow the Devour Domain soul skill, since every soul beast species had innate abilities.

When a soul master fused with a soul spirit, there was a certain chance of inheriting the soul spirit's innate ability.

Under normal circumstances, soul skills were all suited to the soul master's martial soul.

If the soul spirit later added more soul rings for you, then with good luck, perhaps you might draw an innate ability.

Drawing one was one thing, but the problem was that Gu You's was a domain skill.

Even an eight-ring Soul Douluo without three-word battle armor might not necessarily have a domain soul skill, yet a one-ring soul master had one. It really made people envy, resent, and hate him!

"Roar!!"

Just then, from outside the Hell Demon Dragon's rock cave came an earth-shaking roar, so loud that Gu You's ears rang from it.

"What the hell?"

He was startled.

"A big one is here. Let's go take a look."

Leng Yaozhu had no fear at all. What a joke—how could there possibly be anything in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform that could threaten her?

Even in the High-Level Spirit Ascension Platform, facing a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, she could kill it!

Outside the rock cave was a dense forest, lush and verdant. Thick ancient trees stood everywhere, each one looking as if it had a history of a thousand years.

When he saw clearly who had let out the roar, Gu You's mouth fell open.

It was actually...

Not far away, a massive monster stood taller than the ancient trees around it. It was over sixty meters tall, its enormous body like a small mountain, its huge head taking up almost a quarter of its entire frame.

The king of the sub-dragon species, Tyrannosaurus Rex! Also known as the King of Earth Dragons.

Seeing Gu You and Leng Yaozhu, a hint of confusion appeared in the Tyrannosaurus Rex's enormous eyes. These two people before it were far too tiny. Had that aura just now come from them?

"Roar—" The Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly opened its mouth wide and let out a bellow. The tremendous sound wave actually turned into a terrifying sonic blast that swept toward the master and disciple.

Gu You dug his dragon claws into the ground and braced himself, only then managing not to be blown away.

"Teacher, are you fighting it or not?"

Gu You looked at Leng Yaozhu and asked. If his teacher had not been here, he would have slipped away long ago.

Just from its size, it was clearly a ten-thousand-year soul beast. This existence from ancient times, capable of rivaling giant dragons, had enough cultivation at ten thousand years to contend with an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

"I don't want to fight either, but this fellow doesn't look like it plans to let us go."

Leng Yaozhu spread her hands. Running into a Tyrannosaurus Rex was something even she had not expected. This creature was one of the guardians between the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and the High-Level Spirit Ascension Platform, and it was the strongest guardian among them.

"Teacher, try releasing your martial soul's aura and see if you can scare it off. I feel like something's wrong with this thing. Why is it just staring at us?"

Gu You looked up at the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his Golden Pupils paused.

As if sensing his gaze, the Tyrannosaurus Rex also stared at him. For a moment, both sides locked eyes.

"I'll try."

Leng Yaozhu's aura rose all over her body. She did not want to kill the Tyrannosaurus Rex outright.

This Tyrannosaurus Rex was also a real Indomitable Soul Spirit within the Spirit Ascension Platform, and had always been a precious asset of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda. If she could scare it off, she would; killing it would be too much of a waste.

"Roar!"

The Tyrannosaurus Rex moved. With a roar, it charged toward Gu You.

"How dare you!"

Nine soul rings rose almost simultaneously, and Leng Yaozhu's Super Douluo aura burst forth in an instant. Heaven Phoenix True Fire boiled around her, then surged toward the Tyrannosaurus Rex!

The Tyrannosaurus Rex was instantly engulfed by Heaven Phoenix True Fire.

Seeing this, Leng Yaozhu let out a breath of relief. If the Tyrannosaurus Rex died, then so be it; it was nowhere near as precious as her treasured disciple.

"Roar—!"

But right then, something unexpected happened. The Tyrannosaurus Rex engulfed in Heaven Phoenix True Fire turned into an illusory shadow and rushed out of the flames, heading straight for Gu You.

Leng Yaozhu had guarded against everything, yet she had never imagined this. What the hell? Soul spirits inside the Spirit Ascension Platform could turn incorporeal?

She wanted to stop it, but it was already too late. She could only watch helplessly as the Tyrannosaurus Rex's illusory shadow merged into Gu You's body.

Then... then nothing happened.

Gu You stood where he was and scratched his head. Where had that huge Tyrannosaurus Rex gone?

It seemed to have gone into his body!