Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, in its most central forbidden zone-the Lake of Life-a dragon hundreds of meters long lay coiled beside the lake, radiating terrifying pressure.
He had four legs and two wings. His golden eyes, larger than great bells, stared toward a certain spot in the Star Dou Great Forest, filled with shock.
"I actually sensed my lord's aura in the Star Dou Great Forest...
"What exactly is that person's relationship with my lord?
"It seems similar, yet different... more like a power from the same source."
Di Tian lay coiled on the shore of the Lake of Life. As an eight-hundred-thousand-year-old Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, he had sensed the aura of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline within Chen Ci.
The power of this bloodline was almost identical to that of the slumbering Silver Dragon King.
Yet it was also completely different...
Although Di Tian was filled with questions, he did not go looking for Chen Ci.
Compared to Chen Ci's faint, elusive aura, the great being within the Lake of Life was his true lord.
But what exactly was that person's relationship with his lord?
Di Tian could not puzzle it out, no matter how hard he thought.
Just then, a breathtakingly beautiful girl with long silver hair and purple eyes walked out of the lake.
Di Tian's enormous dragon eyes trembled in shock as he stared at the beautiful girl in disbelief.
His lord, who had slumbered for countless years, had actually awakened?!
Gu Yuena condensed her soul power into a long silver dress, walked over to Di Tian, and asked:
"Di Tian, did anything happen on the Douluo Continent while I was asleep?"
Di Tian knew Gu Yuena wanted to ask about that unusual aura, but as her subordinate, he could not reveal that he knew what was on his lord's mind.
Instead, he recounted the major events that had taken place on the Douluo Continent during that time:
"The Angel God and the Rakshasa God seem to have found successors on the Douluo Continent...
"Across the ocean, there is another human civilization. They seem to have populations of soul beasts they can mobilize as well...
"Two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest took human form and went to the human world...
"Just now, I sensed a human in the Star Dou Great Forest who seemed to possess the same power as you, my lord."
Gu Yuena nodded slightly and said:
"That human may be able to help me recover from my injuries. You must not harm him under any circumstances.
"I will handle this myself."
Di Tian answered:
"Yes."
Di Tian closed his eyes again and lay prostrate on the shore of the Lake of Life, guarding Gu Yuena's true body.
As for Gu Yuena's avatar, she vanished from the Star Dou Great Forest's central forbidden zone, her destination unknown.
The outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Chen Ci was familiarizing himself with his newly acquired first soul skill, Golden Dragon Body.
Based on what Chen Ci had learned, it currently granted him the following effects:
Golden Dragon Body was a sustained enhancement soul skill with extremely low overall soul power consumption, allowing him to maintain it for long periods.
It enhanced his physical body in every respect, greatly improving his strength, physical defense, explosive speed, and bodily resilience.
Using Golden Dragon Body also activated the Golden Dragon King's blood and vital energy, continuously nourishing his body and allowing him to recover rapidly from physical injuries.
His close-combat abilities and recovery had already been formidable. With Golden Dragon Body's enhancement and recovery effects added to the mix, his strength advanced even further.
When fighting soul masters of the same rank, or even one rank above him, he would have almost no rivals.
Furthermore, activating Golden Dragon Body naturally released a faint pressure from the Golden Dragon King bloodline, intimidating low-level soul beasts.
Once his Golden Dragon King bloodline and Silver Dragon King bloodline fused and evolved into the Dragon God bloodline, Golden Dragon Body could also evolve into Dragon God Indestructible Body.
Good. Very good.
Chen Ci activated Golden Dragon Body and saw a faint layer of illusory golden dragon scales appear over his skin, accompanied by the innate pressure of a sovereign.
Just then, a small, fair hand reached out in front of Chen Ci and stroked the illusory golden dragon scales on his hand.
Along with it came a lovely, lilting, gentle voice:
"What a familiar aura..."
It makes me want to devour it...
Chen Ci instinctively followed that slender, exquisite hand with his gaze and saw its owner.
She was a stunningly beautiful girl, more beautiful than any woman Chen Ci had ever seen.
Silver hair, purple eyes...
This stunning girl was none other than Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena!
Chen Ci saw a dangerous glint in those lovely purple eyes.
Holy shit, wasn't Gu Yuena supposed to be so severely injured that she needed at least twenty thousand years just to begin recovering?
Even during the Peerless Tang Sect era, Gu Yuena couldn't freely leave the Lake of Life at the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Only in the Legend of the Dragon King era could she start laying her plans in the human world.
Why had Gu Yuena awakened when this was still the Douluo I timeline?
If I remember correctly, Gu Yuena genuinely wanted to eat Tang Wulin when she first met him...
Damn you, Tang Jia San Shao. You've screwed me over.
I can only hope the Silver Dragon King's love-addled brain works its magic.
Chen Ci took a deep breath, already bracing himself to die here.
Gu Yuena narrowed her purple eyes, studying the handsome boy before her, and asked:
"You... know who I am?"
Chen Ci hurriedly shook his head and said:
"No, I don't know you, miss.
"I've just never seen a woman as beautiful as you. You look like a fairy descended from the heavens.
"I just... couldn't stop staring."
At his words, Gu Yuena broke into an exquisite smile, one that could rob heaven and earth of their color. She chuckled softly:
"What a sweet tongue you have."
Chen Ci did not know whether he was imagining it, but he felt that the dangerous glint in Gu Yuena's eyes had vanished, replaced by a complicated look.
Gu Yuena spoke again:
"Who are you? What's your name?"
"My name is Chen Ci. I'm an orphan, and my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass.
"What about you?"
Chen Ci returned the question. He was rather curious: the Douluo I timeline was twenty thousand years earlier than Legend of the Dragon King, so would the Silver Dragon King still call herself Gu Yuena?
A sly gleam appeared in Gu Yuena's purple eyes as she said:
"My name is Gu Yuena. I'm an orphan, and my martial soul is the Silver Dragon Spear.
"As for everything else, I've lost my memory. I don't remember."
My dear Golden Dragon King, the bloodline within you is still far too thin. Unless I fatten you up, eating you won't do much good.
To keep anyone else from ruining you ahead of time, I can only stay by your side and protect you. Once you've grown, I'll eat you in the end...
It seemed that, under fate's guidance, the Silver Dragon King had ultimately still chosen the name Gu Yuena.
But why does her answer feel like she copied mine word for word?
It seemed Gu Yuena had no intention of killing him right away.
A smile appeared at the corners of Chen Ci's mouth. As long as Gu Yuena did not kill him immediately, with the Golden Dragon King bloodline backing him up and her love-addled nature, winning her heart would only be a matter of time.
If he could get Gu Yuena to stay by his side, he would have a god-level bodyguard who could walk the mortal world.
Chen Ci asked:
"Gu Yuena, you've lost your memory, so you can't find your family right now.
"Why don't you be my little sister for the time being? I'll protect you and provide for you.
"Once your memories return, you can decide whether to stay or leave. How does that sound?"
Gu Yuena thought it over, decided it was a good idea, and readily agreed:
"Okay, big brother."
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