The process of solidifying the soul ring was far more painful than absorbing the dragon core. It was a deep connection between power and soul.
Every bit of power poured into the soul ring was like tempering Lin Chen's soul.
Large beads of sweat rolled down Lin Chen's forehead. He clenched his teeth, his muscles tensed, and he endured the excruciating pain.
The power within his body was still surging. He had only refined most of the immense power of the Golden Dragon Pill, and the remaining pure dragon energy, like a wild horse, was rampaging through his meridians, bringing waves of intense, throbbing pain.
Lin Chen could clearly feel that his physical body and soul core were nearing saturation and could no longer contain any more power.
But now the arrow is on the bowstring, and he has no choice but to stop.
If he stops, the uncontrolled dragon power will be enough to sever all his meridians.
"This is the only way!"
Lin Chen steeled his resolve, diverting a portion of his purest golden dragon power to cleanse his meridians.
At the same time, he channeled his ultimate lightning power, carefully isolating the dragon power from the Thunder God's bloodline to ensure its purity and prevent any trace of dragon aura from tainting it.
Just as Lin Chen was completely focused on refining the dragon pill and had no time to spare, the auspicious beast bound to the side did not give up.
Its golden vertical eyes were fixed on the blue silver vines wrapped around its body, its little paws struggling incessantly, its eyes filled with resentment.
Suddenly, the auspicious beast paused, as if it had suddenly remembered something.
"Waaah!"
With a low groan, its third vertical eye on its forehead suddenly lit up, and within the golden light, a hint of fiery orange-red and holy pure white was faintly revealed.
The next second, the blue silver vines that were wrapped around the auspicious beast suddenly burst into flames!
The flames were no ordinary fire; they were an intense golden-red, their temperature terrifyingly high, distorting and warping even the air itself. Although the Blue Silver Emperor Vines had been evolved by lightning and were incredibly resilient, they were ultimately not immune to such extreme fire. Under the scorching heat of these flames, they instantly turned charred black and began to break apart inch by inch!
Lin Chen was startled and turned his head sharply. He saw that the auspicious beast was surrounded by golden-red flames and holy white light. The two extreme powers intertwined and burned the Blue Silver Emperor Vines to ashes.
"Ultimate Fire? Ultimate Light?" Lin Chen's pupils shrank, his face filled with disbelief.
He never expected that after the auspicious beast broke through to 50,000 years of cultivation, it would directly awaken two ultimate attributes! You must know that even for top-tier soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, possessing one ultimate attribute is already considered heaven-defying, yet this imperial auspicious beast actually mastered both ultimate fire and ultimate light!
Previously, the auspicious beast only had a few thousand years of cultivation, and its foundation was insufficient to unleash its ultimate attributes. Now, with its cultivation level soaring, it has finally awakened this terrifying innate talent.
"Oops!"
Lin Chen inwardly cried out in alarm, but he was currently in a critical stage of refining the process and had no way to distract himself from stopping it.
"Sizzle—!"
"Sizzle!"
The extreme fire instantly burned the last Blue Silver Emperor vine to ashes. The auspicious beast suddenly broke free of its restraints, its small golden body leaping out. It shook off its charred fur, its eyes full of smugness and cunning.
It moved with light steps, approaching Lin Chen, who was sitting cross-legged, step by step. Its childish voice carried undisguised sarcasm: "Human, didn't expect that, did you? I have this trick up my sleeve! Can you still move now? Still arrogant?"
Lin Chen looked up and a strong sense of regret welled up in his heart. He cursed his damned fate in his heart!
It was clearly fate that guided him to absorb the dragon pill here, yet this auspicious beast awakened dual extreme attributes, allowing it to escape at the most crucial moment! At this moment, he was at the most critical stage of refining, his soul ring had not yet fully solidified, and the power within his body was surging endlessly. Let alone resisting, even moving a finger was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
If this little guy were to make a move now, he would surely die!
"Calm down, I must calm down!" Lin Chen forced down his panic, his mind racing to find a way out. He couldn't just sit and wait to die; he had to find a way to keep this auspicious beast in check.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him.
Lin Chen stopped looking at the auspicious beast, slowly closed his eyes as if ignoring its existence, and continued to immerse himself in the refining process, letting the golden dragon power within his body surge and flow.
Seeing that Lin Chen ignored him and instead accelerated the refining process, the auspicious beast sneered, "What? You want to speed up the refining process and regain your mobility as soon as possible? You're underestimating the power of this dragon pill! You won't succeed in less than a few hours!"
It stopped and looked at Lin Chen with great interest, its little face full of mockery: "I'll just stand here and watch. When you're halfway through refining it and the power backfires, I'll swallow you whole! At that time, the Dragon Core will be mine, and the mysterious bloodline in your body will also be mine!"
Lin Chen endured the excruciating pain from the surging power within his body and feigned composure as he spoke: "Trying to scare me? You little brat, you've probably never killed anyone before."
As soon as he finished speaking, he met the auspicious beast's golden vertical eyes, which looked at him like he was an idiot.
Lin Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he instantly realized that he was wrong! This Emperor Beast had lived in the Star Dou Great Forest for thousands of years. Although it did not hunt actively, it was by no means a benevolent creature. It was common for it to eat the brains of soul beasts and watch life-and-death battles. Killing a person was nothing to it.
Realizing things were going badly, Lin Chen immediately put on a fawning smile and softened his tone: "Um... could you please protect me for a moment? I'm begging you."
"So you actually beg for mercy?" The auspicious beast immediately became smug, its little head held high. "I can't be bothered with you, you can just wait to die!"
Instead of retreating, it curiously took a few steps closer, its nose almost touching Lin Chen's arm, its golden eyes full of inquiry: "I want to see what kind of bloodline you have that you can fight against a Title Douluo."
A cold glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes, and a strange smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "Do you know that getting this close to me makes it easy to get taken advantage of?"
"Huh?" The auspicious beast was taken aback, not yet able to react.
The next second, Lin Chen suddenly erupted!
Ignoring the excruciating pain from the backlash of his internal energy, he used all his strength to leap forward and pin the unsuspecting auspicious beast firmly beneath him!
The auspicious beast was filled with shock and rage. Just as it was about to unleash its ultimate fire and light to fight back again, Lin Chen gave it no chance at all.
"Fate's Judgment!"
The skull of destiny between Lin Chen's eyebrows shone brightly, and the invisible power of destiny transformed into chains of judgment, piercing the spiritual world of the auspicious beast. It stiffened, its eyes instantly became empty and vacant, and it completely lost the power to resist.
Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opening, Lin Chen flicked his wrist, and countless Blue Silver Emperor Vines shot out, binding the auspicious beast into an impenetrable golden ball of fur at an even faster speed. However, he was currently pressing down on the auspicious beast, and this binding also bound him in, leaving the two of them tightly pressed together, unable to move.
But this is exactly the result Lin Chen wanted!
The power of the Golden Dragon Pill within his body was already excessive, causing his meridians to swell and ache as if they were about to burst. Forcing further absorption would only result in his body exploding and dying. The auspicious beast itself possessed the bloodline of the Golden Dragon, making it the perfect object to "drain" this excess power!
Lin Chen lowered his head and, without hesitation, aimed at the auspicious beast's small mouth, directly pouring the excess, uncontrollable golden dragon power within his body into the auspicious beast mouth to mouth!
"Waaaaah—!"
The auspicious beast was suddenly jolted awake from its daze of the judgment of fate, and instantly felt a surge of pure and powerful golden dragon energy flow into its body, resonating strongly with its own bloodline!
It opened its eyes and was greeted by Lin Chen's face so close to its own; it had been "kissed" by this human!
The mythical beast was instantly filled with shame and rage, its golden eyes widening as if it wanted to tear Lin Chen to pieces. But it had no time to think about such things; the surging power had already resonated with its bloodline, something it couldn't stop. It could only focus on refining it!
"hateful..."
The auspicious beast gritted its teeth, but could only close its eyes and fully circulate its bloodline to passively refine the sudden power of the golden dragon.
As the excess golden dragon power within him flowed continuously into the auspicious beast's body, Lin Chen's tense body finally relaxed, feeling a great weight lifted from his shoulders. The throbbing, almost bursting pain in his meridians rapidly subsided, and he immediately seized this rare opportunity to separate a strand of his purest dragon power, beginning to carefully cleanse and expand his own meridians.
Each flush made his meridians stronger and wider, laying a solid foundation for him to carry soul rings of higher lifespans in the future.
The immense power of the Golden Dragon Pill was completely decomposed, transformed, and integrated into the bloodlines of the two people through their passive sharing and active refining.
After an unknown amount of time, the auspicious beast was the first to sense that the surging dragon power had completely disappeared. It knew that the Golden Dragon Core had been completely refined. This power did not cause its age to increase again, but it refined the already impure golden dragon bloodline within its body to an extremely pure state, faintly showing some signs of reversion to its ancestral form.
It suddenly opened its eyes, its golden vertical eyes blazing with fury as it stared intently at Lin Chen, who was standing right in front of it.
"Humans!"
The mythical beast trembled with rage. If it weren't for its current weakness, it would have torn Lin Chen to pieces immediately.
At the same time, Lin Chen also felt that the power of the Dragon Pill was completely exhausted. He slowly opened his eyes, feeling the renewed power in his body and the solidified golden soul ring. He couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "Is this fate? I have to join forces with this little guy to completely refine this Dragon Pill. If I had insisted on absorbing it by myself just now, I would probably have exploded and died by now."
While feeling sentimental, Lin Chen suddenly remembered that he was still suppressing the auspicious beast, so he quickly looked down.
The little golden furball was glaring at him with eyes that seemed to want to devour him whole, its little paws clenched tightly, and the intense fire around its body was flickering slightly, clearly indicating that it was extremely angry.
Seeing the auspicious beast's fur standing on end, Lin Chen awkwardly scratched his head and chuckled dryly, "Hehe, I'll untie the vines right now, but don't you dare touch me. If you dare to, I won't be polite and will beat you to a pulp."
Before he finished speaking, he slightly moved his fingers, and the blue silver vines that were entwined with the auspicious beast instantly turned into specks of light and disappeared.
Almost the instant the vines were untied, a flash of lightning appeared beneath Lin Chen's feet, and his figure retreated swiftly several feet away like a ghost, creating a safe distance. He looked at the auspicious beast with a mocking expression.
"Human! You shameless!" The auspicious beast erupted completely, its golden fur standing on end, its third eye on its forehead glaring at Lin Chen, letting out a deafening roar.
Lin Chen shrugged, his face displaying an expression of utter nonchalance, and laughed with complete magnanimity: "Shameless is shameless, that's just how humans are. What can you do about it? If it really comes down to a fight, you might not even be my match."
The mythical beast was so enraged by his shameless behavior that it trembled all over, its lungs about to burst with rage. It roared, "Get out of here! I never want to see you again!"
"Alright." Lin Chen replied with a smile, then turned around and pretended to tear through space. "I'm leaving. You can stay in this godforsaken place by yourself and wait for your Lord Di Tian to come and save you."
The mythical beast froze, then instantly calmed down.
It suddenly realized that they were still trapped in this secret realm sealed by the power of fate! It was desolate and lifeless, with no way out. Only Lin Chen possessed spatial abilities and could open a passage to escape.
If Lin Chen really leaves on his own, it will probably be trapped here forever, not just for a few days, but for years or even decades!
"Wait!" The auspicious beast's expression changed drastically, and it quickly changed its words, its tone softening, "Take me with you, let's go together!"
As it spoke, it forgot all its anger and trotted towards Lin Chen with its short legs. It looked nothing like the arrogant little follower it had been just moments before, and was now like a little follower afraid of being abandoned.
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