First Soul Skill! Dustless Domain!

The little girl plopped down on the ground, her face deathly pale and her whole body trembling. She was on the verge of tears.

The young master's expression was equally ugly.

As a core disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, dragon martial soul blood also flowed through his veins.

Although that dragon's might did not suppress him as fiercely as it did Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianjiao, the reverence rising from the depths of his soul still left him chilled with fear.

"What in the world is that...?"

The young master looked toward the depths of Dragon Valley, his voice carrying a tremor even he had failed to notice.

Farther away, Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Grandmother Chao Tianxiang were preparing to leave Dragon Valley with Meng Yiran when the dragon's might swept over them. Dragon Duke Meng Shu abruptly stopped.

The silver dragon-headed cane in his hand shook violently.

A phantom of a dragon head emerged uncontrollably from the cane's head, lowering itself toward the depths of Dragon Valley.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu's expression changed completely.

He was a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse who had weathered countless storms, yet as he stared into Dragon Valley, an almost devout reverence appeared in his cloudy old eyes for the first time.

"The Dragon King has awakened! No, that's not right... It's something even more ancient than a Dragon King..." he muttered.

At the center of it all, Lu Mingfei had no idea how much of a commotion he had caused.

He only felt that after the dragon's might erupted from his body, it seemed to stir some deeper resonance in the void.

Then, a strange power surged from the depths of Lu Mingfei's soul.

Like an invisible net, it spread out around him, enveloping the ground beneath his feet and all the space around him.

He opened his eyes and found a pale golden halo roughly a hundred feet across surrounding him.

The halo was like a transparent barrier, enclosing both him and Huang Fei.

Within the halo, the flow of air became exceptionally clear. Every wisp of wind moved along some precise trajectory, silent and invisible, yet containing unimaginable power.

Two words naturally surfaced in his mind...

Domain.

Emperor.

Lu Mingfei froze for a moment before understanding all the information about this domain.

Emperor, number one in the sequence of Words of Power, the beginning and source of all Words of Power.

Its effect was to create an independent domain. Within it, all dragons and dragonbloods would suffer an absolute shock to their minds.

It was an irresistible pressure, like a commoner's instinctive urge to kneel before an emperor.

But the Emperor domain did not merely suppress.

It could also enhance the bloodline power of dragons and dragonbloods within the domain, increasing their strength.

Suppression and enhancement!

Two utterly opposite effects existed within the same domain, like the two sides of a coin.

"This is..." Lu Mingfei raised his hand and looked at the pale golden halo, momentarily dazed.

"Lu Mingfei, why are you spacing out?"

Huang Fei's voice came from beside him, tinged with anxiety.

She had also sensed that dragon's might just now. As the owner of the Purple Flame Phoenix martial soul, she was not of the dragon race, but that pressure had still filled her with fear.

Now, seeing the golden halo suddenly appear around Lu Mingfei, her vigilance instantly rose to its peak.

Lu Mingfei came back to himself and shook his head at Huang Fei. "It's nothing. I... I think I just awakened something."

"What?"

Huang Fei hurried closer and scrutinized him from head to toe. "What was that dragon's might coming from you? For that instant, I nearly thought a Dragon King had awakened in the depths of Dragon Valley!"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head. "It seemed like... I was the one who released it."

Huang Fei fell silent for several full seconds. She stared at him for a long time with an expression that plainly said, Are you kidding me? Then she took a deep breath.

"Release your martial soul first and let me see it. What exactly did you become after absorbing that soul ring?"

Lu Mingfei nodded. With a thought, he released his martial soul.

A phantom black dragon soul emerged from his body, but this time, it was far more solid than before.

The patterns of its scales were clearly visible, its dragon head held high, its dragon eyes glinting with cold, majestic golden light.

The Black Dragon King's aura had surged dramatically.

That oppressive feeling from the depths of his bloodline made Huang Fei instinctively take half a step back.

What shocked Huang Fei even more was the change in Lu Mingfei's body.

After his martial soul possessed him, Lu Mingfei's hands transformed into pitch-black dragon claws, covered in dense black scales. His five fingers were long and sharp, their tips gleaming with metallic coldness.

Faint black markings surfaced on his skin, like dragon-scale tattoos spreading past his forearms.

For a six-year-old child who had absorbed only one soul ring, this was already extraordinarily rare.

"Dragonification!"

Huang Fei's gaze landed on Lu Mingfei's arms, and her pupils contracted sharply. "You developed dragonification after absorbing just your first soul ring? Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul can't do that... Hurry, let me see your first soul skill!"

Lu Mingfei immediately activated his soul skill.

As he sensed the information contained within the purple soul ring, understanding rose in his heart.

He raised his right hand, slightly curled his dragon claw, and began chanting in the dragon language.

"First soul skill, Dustless Domain."

The purple soul ring suddenly lit up.

Centered on him, an invisible force field instantly expanded, completely shrouding the space within a hundred feet around him.

High-speed currents of air flowed across the surface of the force field, forming a barrier nearly invisible to the naked eye.

Like a transparent ward enclosing him within.

Huang Fei extended a finger and tentatively touched the air barrier.

The moment her fingertip made contact, a tough yet soft force gently bounced it away, as though she had poked an extremely elastic air cushion.

Lu Mingfei closed his eyes and carefully sensed every effect of this soul skill.

Dustless Domain...

It formed a massive force field centered on himself.

High-speed air currents flowed over its surface, creating a defensive barrier similar to a ward.

This barrier could withstand all physical attacks.

Whether blunt impacts or sharp piercing strikes, all would be dissipated by the high-speed currents.

It could even let him leap down from great heights without suffering a scratch.

Because the air currents would provide enough cushioning.

With this soul skill, he could even float in the air for a short time.

More importantly, this barrier could be shared.

He could allow other people or objects into his domain without harming them, meaning he could share its defense with his companions.

In battle, he could protect those behind him. While fleeing, he could take others with him. Its practicality was absurdly high.

"A defensive soul skill?"

Huang Fei frowned slightly, surprise in her voice.