The Golden Earth Dragon King, Just Like a Puppy!

"This big fellow wasn't easy to get. Snake Spear and Pufferfish spent a full day and night lying in wait in the Star Dou Forest before they finally caught it."

That day, quite a few people came to Jiang Yuan's residence. Chrysanthemum Douluo looked at the huge creature on the ground ahead and spoke in an amazed tone.

It was an enormous golden dragon, its entire body covered in golden dragon scales. Its ferocious claws radiated a chilling aura. Even though its presence had been suppressed into weakness by the pressure of the several Titled Douluo present, its pair of red-gold pupils still shone with savage ambition and defiance.

The Golden Earth Dragon King!

The dragon race itself was synonymous with power, and the Golden Earth Dragon King, which possessed a golden bloodline, was a formidable existence even among dragon-type soul beasts.

This was the path Qian Xunji had chosen for Jiang Yuan.

No matter what, a true dragon martial soul had to follow the assault system, and spatial-type true dragon soul beasts were extremely difficult to find. Naturally, the first few soul skills had to come from soul beasts that could grant enhancement-type soul skills.

Most early-stage offensive soul skills became useless in the later stages. What mattered was strengthening Jiang Yuan's raw stats.

The Void Ancient Dragon's stats were already terrifying to begin with. Once enhanced, Jiang Yuan only needed overwhelming strength to work miracles.

Besides, who said the Void Ancient Dragon wasn't a mechanics monster?

"The Golden Earth Dragon King is not easy to find. This may be one of the only few left on the continent. I have to say, kid, you really are blessed."

Qian Xunji looked at Jiang Yuan, and a trace of envy actually rose in his heart. Back then, his own first soul skill had been nowhere near this top-grade.

"Heh, isn't this all thanks to your care, Uncle Qian?"

Jiang Yuan looked at the Golden Earth Dragon King before him with some excitement. He had not expected Qian Xunji to give him such a surprise.

"This soul beast's age has reached eight hundred years. Xiao Yuan, can your physical constitution withstand it?"

Qian Renxue stood at the side and looked at the Golden Earth Dragon King, worry in her eyes.

"Don't worry. I personally checked little Jiang Yuan's physical constitution. Absorbing this soul beast will be more than enough for him."

Chrysanthemum Douluo looked completely certain as he patted his chest and guaranteed it.

They would not configure soul beasts for geniuses according to the so-called soul master limits.

One had to know that this data had also been compiled by Spirit Hall over countless years.

At their level, they had long known that the absorption age limits for hundred-year and thousand-year soul rings were related to a soul master's physical constitution and martial soul strength.

It was just that without soul tools to test it, accurately finding a soul beast with a compatible age was extremely difficult. That was why, in all of Spirit Hall, only a handful of heavenly prides could enjoy such treatment.

Only after hearing Chrysanthemum Douluo's guarantee did Qian Renxue relax.

"Go on. Absorb your first soul ring."

Jiang Yuan nodded and stepped forward to stand before the Golden Earth Dragon King. The other party's icy gaze could not bring him the slightest pressure at all.

Without the slightest hesitation, he took out the Hundred-Refined Longsword he had prepared long ago and raised his hand to throw it.

Accompanied by a ripple of spatial fluctuation, the longsword that had just left Jiang Yuan's hand seemed to cross through space and arrived directly in front of the Golden Earth Dragon King.

Under the creature's somewhat stunned gaze, the longsword pierced straight through the Golden Earth Dragon King's huge eye and shredded its brain.

Blood flowed continuously, and just like that, this eight-hundred-year Golden Earth Dragon King was killed by Jiang Yuan.

A deep yellow soul ring tinged with faint traces of purple emerged from the Golden Earth Dragon King's corpse and floated above it.

Jiang Yuan sat down cross-legged. The phantom of the Void Ancient Dragon appeared behind him, drawing the soul ring down onto his body.

Jiang Yuan officially began absorbing his first soul ring.

"That was... spatial power?"

Qian Xunji was somewhat surprised, his mind still replaying the scene of Jiang Yuan's earlier attack.

Chrysanthemum Douluo, Snake Spear Douluo, and the others exchanged glances, all falling somewhat silent.

Unless one's martial soul innately possessed spatial attributes, a soul master would only touch upon space after breaking through to rank ninety-nine. Yet Jiang Yuan, a mere rank-ten soul scholar, had done something even they, these Titled Douluo, could not do.

It made envy rise in all of them despite themselves.

"Tsk. That really is a powerful martial soul."

"Roar!"

Within Jiang Yuan's spiritual sea, the Golden Earth Dragon King's defiant remnant soul roared in fury. It had just been suppressed by Qian Xunji and the others, but now that the restrictions were gone, a brutal aura instantly rushed at him.

"You're just clinging to life. Why don't you take a look whose territory this is?"

Jiang Yuan stood calmly in the distance, quietly watching the maddened remnant soul of the Golden Earth Dragon King.

Behind him, the enormous Void Ancient Dragon and Ancient Sky Phoenix, so vast their ends seemed impossible to see, appeared silently. A pressure tens of millions of times more terrifying than the Golden Earth Dragon King's descended with a boom.

"Wuwuwu..."

The Golden Earth Dragon King, which had been insufferably arrogant just a second ago, instantly sprawled on the ground and let out whimpering sounds. Its savage eyes also regained clarity.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I supposed to do?

Jiang Yuan slowly walked up to the Golden Earth Dragon King. With his two great martial souls revolving behind him, he simply watched it in silence.

Wuwu!

The Golden Earth Dragon King's eyes turned fawning. It let out a gentle, aggrieved cry, lowered its head, and stretched it to Jiang Yuan's feet.

Looking at the Golden Earth Dragon King, which was acting just like a puppy, Jiang Yuan showed not the slightest softness. He directly struck and shattered its remaining consciousness.

Immediately after, the Golden Earth Dragon King's spirit ring slowly floated beneath him. Looking closely, one could see that faint purple-gold dragon-scale phantoms had appeared across the surface of the spirit ring, mysterious and noble.

At the same time, Jiang Yuan's spirit-power bottleneck, which had been stuck at rank ten, broke through smoothly.

It surged all the way to the peak of rank thirteen before stopping, not far from rank fourteen.

"How does it feel?"

Seeing Jiang Yuan wake up, Qian Renxue set aside the worry in her heart and stepped forward, asking curiously.

This was her first time seeing an eight-hundred-year first spirit ring.

Even though her innate spirit power had reached rank twenty, her first spirit ring had only been seven hundred years.

"It feels amazing!"

Jiang Yuan rose, joy showing on his face. Spirit power surged around him, and a yellow spirit ring tinged faintly with purple suddenly rose.

At the same time, his pair of tender young hands transformed into thick dragon claws. Fine scales emerged layer upon layer, giving off a metallic sheen beneath the sunlight.

A tyrannical pressure erupted from within him.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others frowned slightly. The instant Jiang Yuan's martial soul possessed him, that fleeting purple-gold light had actually made them feel a trace of fear!

This was not pressure born from strength or cultivation, but intimidation that came from the soul, from the bloodline.

"With this martial soul born into the world, the seat of the continent's number one beast martial soul is about to change hands."

"Hmph! If not for the fact that the several worship families have so few descendants, the position of the continent's number one beast martial soul would never have fallen to his Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect."

"In terms of martial soul strength, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon might not even make it into the top five."

When Pufferfish Douluo heard this, his brows furrowed, and he spoke in a rather unconvinced tone.

Compared to Tang Chen's reputation as the continent's number one tool martial soul, which he had carved out with the Clear Sky Hammer, there was no doubt that today's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was even less able to sit firmly upon the throne of the continent's number one beast martial soul.

It was supported purely by the lingering shade of its ancestors and the large population of its clan.