Tang Hao fell silent for two seconds, then looked at Tang San's small, scrawny frame again. Finally, he nodded. "All right, we'll do it your way."
Although Tang San was a little worried, his eldest brother sounded certain, so he could only follow Tang Hao to a spot over a hundred meters away.
Only after the two had gone far enough did Tang Tianlin walk to the center of the valley and take the Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Essence Fruit, Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Bone Flower, and Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Ganoderma out of his Storage Soul Tool.
The three ten-thousand-year natural treasures lay in a row, giving off such dense blood energy that even the surrounding air grew somewhat viscous.
Tang Tianlin sat cross-legged, regulated his breathing, and brought himself into peak condition.
"That should do it."
He reached out, picked up the Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Essence Fruit, and swallowed it in one gulp.
The flesh melted the moment it entered his mouth.
Immediately afterward, Bloodline Power as violent as a tsunami exploded inside him!
Tang Tianlin felt as though his internal organs had been thrown into a furnace. The blood throughout his body instantly boiled.
Gritting his teeth against the excruciating pain, he grabbed the Dragon Bone Flower and Dragon Blood Ganoderma and stuffed them into his mouth together.
The three violent medicinal forces churned together inside him like three rampaging true dragons, charging wildly through his meridians.
"Ngh!"
Veins bulged on Tang Tianlin's forehead, and golden patterns began appearing across his skin, as though something were about to burst out of his body.
Over a hundred meters away, Tang Hao's brows knitted tightly.
He could clearly sense the blood energy inside his eldest nephew rising at a terrifying speed.
Even he felt his heart quail at that power.
"What kind of monster is hiding inside Tianlin's body?"
Just then, a piercing dragon's roar suddenly erupted from within Tang Tianlin!
Golden light blazed!
A terrifying golden dragon phantom soared from behind him, shooting into the sky and slamming headfirst into the Soul Power barrier Tang Hao had erected.
Boom!
The barrier shook violently, creaking under the crushing strain.
Tang Hao's expression changed, and he hurriedly raised a hand to steady the barrier.
"Fucking hell, is this kid actually a true dragon reincarnated?!"
By then, Tang Tianlin had no attention to spare for the outside world.
His consciousness sank into his body, locked in a tug-of-war with that violent dragon power.
The Golden Dragon King's power was supremely domineering. Like a fierce, untamable beast, it battered madly against the meridians inside him.
As his blood energy increased, cracks gradually appeared across his skin, flickering with his breaths.
Whenever the cracks were about to split open, an emerald-green halo mended them.
Tang Tianlin inwardly counted himself fortunate. Had he not obtained the abilities of Life Blessing and Child of Nature beforehand to protect his entire body, he would probably have faced far more peril than promise in breaking through the seals this time.
But now...
"Behave yourself!"
Gritting his teeth, Tang Tianlin drove his Life Force at full strength, guiding that violent dragon power toward his dantian.
Under his guidance, the fifth and sixth seals inside him gradually loosened...
As time passed, two scarlet-gold Soul Rings gradually appeared around Tang Tianlin, revolving slowly around his body.
Each ring gave off terrifying blood energy that made hearts tremble, as though an ancient true dragon were sealed within.
"What kind of Soul Rings are those?!"
Standing over a hundred meters away, Tang San suddenly turned deathly pale. His legs began trembling uncontrollably, and he felt an urge to kneel before his eldest brother in submission.
Just then, a rough, broad hand pressed down on his shoulder.
"Steady your mind!"
Tang Hao's voice exploded beside Tang San's ear like thunder.
Tang San shuddered, and the urge to submit was instantly suppressed.
He looked up at Tang Hao and discovered that a fine sheen of sweat had also formed on his father's forehead.
"Dad, you too..."
"Shut up and guard your mind!"
Tang Hao cut him off in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the figure shrouded in golden light at the center of the valley, his expression complicated.
It was not just Tang San. Even he, a mighty Titled Douluo, felt an urge to submit when facing Tang Tianlin.
It felt like a lowly stray dog facing a lofty true dragon.
But the problem was, he had a tool Martial Soul?!
"Roar!"
Suddenly, an even more piercing dragon's roar rang out from within Tang Tianlin.
The outline of a third blood-energy Soul Ring began appearing around his body.
The next moment, Tang Tianlin's tightly shut eyes flew open.
They were scarlet-gold eyes with vertical pupils, blazing with dragon flames that seemed capable of burning the entire world to ashes.
"Break!"
Tang Tianlin growled, and the blood energy inside him erupted.
Boom!
Golden light filled the sky, and draconic might surged boundlessly.
The entire valley shook violently at that moment.
Around Tang Tianlin, the third blood-energy Soul Ring finally fully condensed into shape.
Three scarlet-gold rings revolved slowly around his body, radiating suffocating pressure.
The instant the blood-energy Soul Ring fully condensed, an ultimate surge of vitality and dragon power burst outward from him.
It became a golden-green ripple visible to the naked eye, sweeping in every direction.
Wherever the ripple passed, the valley's withered yellow grass sprouted anew, and dead branches put out fresh leaves.
It was as though the entire valley had come alive in an instant.
Over a hundred meters away, the moment that golden-green ripple washed over Tang San-
His Soul Power began circulating on its own, beyond his control.
The next second, Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer emerged from his palms simultaneously.
One on the left and one on the right, they began madly devouring the vitality and dragon power lingering in the air.
The pale golden patterns on the Blue Silver Grass deepened at a speed visible to the naked eye, while its blades trembled slightly and grew thicker.
Even the Clear Sky Hammer grew restless, a rare occurrence, and several faint golden patterns appeared on its head.
Sensing the changes in his Martial Souls, Tang San was shaken.
Was this... Martial Soul Evolution?!
Just who was his eldest brother? Even the aftershocks of his breakthrough could improve his Martial Souls.
Just then, a powerful suction came from beside him.
Tang San turned his head and saw his father's body madly absorbing the surrounding golden-green mist like a bottomless pit.
By now, towering waves of shock had already surged through Tang Hao's heart.
The moment the golden-green ripple had washed over him, the blockages accumulated in his meridians over many years began breaking down bit by bit.
Those hidden injuries, which even he had almost forgotten, were healing at a speed that could only be called outrageous.
Because he had pushed himself beyond his limits wielding the Clear Sky Hammer in his early years, the chronic injuries inside him had long since taken deep root.
Even the full power of the Nine-Star Begonia, hailed as the world's greatest healing-type Martial Soul, could only ease them, not eliminate them.
Yet now, merely the aftershocks spilling out from Tianlin's breakthrough had healed more than half his injuries?
If he could drink Tianlin's blood, wouldn't he recover on the spot?!
The moment the thought appeared, Tang Hao dismissed it.
Tianlin was not only his nephew, but also the hope heaven had bestowed upon the Clear Sky Sect.
Instead of thinking about protecting him properly, he was actually thinking about drinking his blood. He really fucking deserved to die.
At that thought, Tang Hao suppressed his craving, turned to Tang San, and said gravely:
"San, this is probably an opportunity Tianlin has given us. Don't resist. Absorb it with everything you have!"
Tang San understood immediately. He sat down cross-legged at once, activated the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and madly absorbed the surrounding golden-green mist.
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