Blessings of the Nine Dragons and Luo Sanpao's Advance!

"Congratulations on obtaining the collateral reward: Beast Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao!"

"This Martial Soul has completely severed all ties with its original host and can be used as an independent summoned beast!"

A notification arrived from the Stock Realm.

With a thought, Sun Shan summoned Luo Sanpao.

Luo Sanpao looked utterly bewildered as soon as it appeared.

It had thought Yu Xiaogang was going to use it as a punching bag to vent his emotions again, or send it out as cannon fodder to be battered by powerful Soul Beasts.

Only after looking around did Luo Sanpao realize that the person summoning it had actually changed, and its surroundings were unfamiliar too.

Luo Sanpao: "Roar, roar, roar."

It seemed to be asking what had happened.

Sun Shan explained, "Your former master guaranteed someone else's Soul Power Loan. When he couldn't repay it, he pledged you to me as collateral."

"Whimper, whimper, whimper." Luo Sanpao felt terribly wronged.

It had thought that as long as it worked hard enough, it could earn its master's approval.

Who knew that in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, it was merely a plaything he could pledge as collateral on a whim?

Luo Sanpao immediately felt boundlessly humiliated and withdrew into itself.

It curled up in a corner, quietly sobbing.

Exasperated at its failure to measure up, Sun Shan sneered:

"That's right, keep wallowing like this. Show Yu Xiaogang that you, Luo Sanpao, really are a fucking waste, and what a wise decision he made!"

Luo Sanpao: "Roar!"

Its roar brimmed with endless fury and resentment.

Seeing that he had achieved his aim, Sun Shan immediately tempted it:

"Do you crave power?"

Luo Sanpao nodded.

"Very good. Actually, Sanpao, hidden within you is an exceptionally pure Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline."

All you need is my specially designed training to strengthen your body, and you can awaken that bloodline."

Hearing this, Luo Sanpao brimmed with fighting spirit.

"Luo Sanpao, body tempering is seventy percent eating, thirty percent training, and another ninety percent steady, solid jabs!"

"As the saying goes, the dragon has nine sons. With every injection I give you, Luo Sanpao, you'll gain the blessing of a Ferocious Beast."

Sun Shan fiddled with a syringe as thick as his forearm. Sinister emerald-green medicinal liquid, glimmering with specks of fluorescence, churned inside:

"Stanozolol grants you Taotie's great stomach loan, letting you devour all things and make them your own.

Turinabol grants you Yazi's fangs and claws, letting you tear through all things, unstoppable.

Oxandrolone grants you Chaofeng's wings, letting you soar through the nine heavens and cross a thousand miles in an instant.

Cypionate grants you Pulao's rhinoceros horn, letting you command thunder and awe all eight directions.

Trenbolone grants you Suanni's eyes, letting you distinguish truth from falsehood and see through every illusion in the world.

Winstrol grants you Bixi's sinews and bones, giving you boundless strength to hurl mountains and sever rivers.

Mibolerone grants you Bi'an's skin, making your body like metal and stone, impervious to all arts.

Stenbolone grants you Fuxi's brain, giving you world-shaking wisdom, divine calculations, and ghostly stratagems.

Methenolone grants you Chiwen's throat and tongue, letting you breathe water and fire, summon clouds and bring rain.

Nandrolone decanoate grants you Qiuniu's enormous body, making you as immovable as a mountain."

Sun Shan paused, then pulled a mysterious little pill from his jacket pocket:

"Finish with one Little Sunflower liver-protection tablet."

Luo Sanpao shook its head, seemingly puzzled.

"What, you're asking me whether that makes ten dragons?"

Being able to ask such a difficult question was precisely why it was so weak.

Because it meant that Luo Sanpao's muscles still weren't sufficiently trained, and its purity wasn't high enough.

As everyone knew, there were five of the Four Heavenly Kings, so it was actually perfectly reasonable for the dragon's nine sons to number ten.

Luo Sanpao: "Roar?"

Its hesitant gaze seemed to question whether these drugs were safe.

"Relax. Pure technology, zero natural ingredients. Didn't you see the end of the training schedule? It finishes with one Little Sunflower liver-protection tablet. You'll be all grave."

Sun Shan reassured it.

"Luo Sanpao, are you truly determined to cast off your weak former self?"

Luo Sanpao: "Roar!" (extremely resolute)

Luo Sanpao recalled the painful memories of being bullied and humiliated by Yu Xiaogang.

Then it remembered the humiliation of being abandoned, and its fighting spirit immediately soared!

Luo Sanpao roared at the top of its lungs, its determination utterly firm.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west-don't you bully Sanpao for being weak!

"Advance, Luo Sanpao!"

As long as you persist in completing the training plan I've designed for you, you'll soon awaken the sacred dragon's power within you.

Then, in the majestic form of the Golden Sacred Dragon, you'll make Yu Xiaogang, who once looked down on you and treated you as trash, regret it!

Wu Family Village.

Inside the sacred grounds of body tempering.

As injection after injection of devilish drugs entered its body.

Luo Sanpao felt every scrap of flesh in its body roaring.

Sun Shan encouraged it, "You're powered up. Get in there!"

The scrawny Luo Sanpao dragged more than a dozen bucket-thick logs upstream from below the waterfall.

It used the weight of the logs to activate the drugs inside its body.

It used the waterfall's violent currents to scour and temper its body.

The path of body tempering tormented not only the flesh, but the mind as well.

Whenever Luo Sanpao thought of giving up, he would remember his weak former self.

And Yu Xiaogang's ugly face.

The stubborn little beast advanced one footprint at a time beneath a crushing burden, successfully fighting upstream to reach the top of the waterfall.

By the time Luo Sanpao reached the top, it felt as though its entire body had been elevated.

Roar!

A roar resounded through the mountains and wilderness!

Yet a natural body ultimately had its limits.

One training session a day was already the limit.

"Get some rest, Sanpao. Continue tomorrow," Sun Shan urged.

Luo Sanpao shook its head, indicating that it could keep going.

The closer it came to the limits of flesh and blood, the more Luo Sanpao understood the weakness of its natural shell.

And so, to take revenge on Yu Xiaogang, Luo Sanpao decided to stop being human!

Luo Sanpao bellowed, "Bring the drugs!"

Sun Shan hesitated. Could it really endure repeated injections of such large doses of veterinary drugs?

"Why don't we slow down? If you accidentally ascend to Planet Steroids, it'll be more loss than gain."

Luo Sanpao's gaze was resolute.

Seeing this, Sun Shan said no more and gave it another injection.

Luo Sanpao instantly returned to full health.

Sun Shan's expression changed in shock:

"Luo Sanpao, to think you actually possess the legendary constitution seen only once in a century in the body-tempering world, the innate injection-resistant sacred physique-the Arno Divine Body!"

As the sun and moon revolved, another round of trials passed.

A week later, Luo Sanpao had grown considerably, from its original scrawny-dog appearance to the size of a calf.

Its head and horns stood proud, a pair of tiny wings had sprouted on its back, and its whole body shone with a faint golden light.

During these days in Wu Family Village, the harsh training had nearly killed Luo Sanpao.

The transformation it gained was equally astonishing.

Luo Sanpao ran to the stream and looked at its reflection in the water.

Even if Yu Xiaogang came, he probably wouldn't dare believe this was Luo Sanpao.

The only thing that left Luo Sanpao somewhat dissatisfied was that he wondered why the top of his head was so pointed.

Sun Shan was very supportive:

"That's a good thing! It means you're going to grow horns. Sanpao, you're about to turn into a dragon!"

Sun Shan held up five fingers and asked:

"Sanpao, how many is this?"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Luo Sanpao roared three times, indicating the number three.

Sun Shan nodded in satisfaction:

"Your muscles are properly trained now. This is a level of purity I approve of."

The next moment, drowsiness overcame Luo Sanpao, and it lay on the ground and fell into a deep sleep.

Countless golden threads suddenly emerged all over its body, interweaving and winding together into an enormous golden cocoon.

An invisible pressure spread from within.

Sun Shan put the enormous cocoon into his storage ring.

When Luo Sanpao awoke again, the Golden Sacred Dragon would once more reign over the Douluo World!