The Radiant Flying Dragon's head slammed downward under the impact. A long, deep crack split the center of its skull, dark golden dragon blood pouring from the fissure. After its enormous body convulsed violently on the ground several times, it fell completely still.
A deep black soul ring rose from the corpse.
Sixty-three thousand years. The black soul ring's halo dyed the entire valley in a heavy, dark shade, its Soul Power fluctuations more intense than ever before.
The moment the soul ring rose, Li Long sat cross-legged, laying the Dragon Emperor Rod across his knees and closing his eyes to adjust his condition.
Qian Shengyuan stood several steps away, remaining ready to intervene at any moment, his gaze fixed on Li Long.
The impact of a Sixty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring would not be easy to withstand, but he had ample confidence in Li Long's mental strength and physical resilience.
Li Long sank his consciousness into his body and guided his Soul Power to establish a connection with the black soul ring.
The instant the soul ring touched the Dragon Emperor Rod, a vast torrent of Soul Power, almost tangible in its density, surged into his meridians.
The accumulated Soul Power of sixty thousand years was more than twice that of the thirty-thousand-year Vajra Giant Ape. Every inch of his meridians endured pressure far beyond normal.
Yet after the Icefire Body Tempering, Dragon Bone fusion, and the initial mastery of the Indestructible Vajra Body, his meridian walls had become tough to an entirely new degree. They trembled beneath the impact but never developed a single crack.
The spiritual resentment of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring surged in after it, as the Radiant Flying Dragon's memory fragments and draconic will attempted to invade his sea of consciousness.
Li Long gathered his