Click click click!
The hard granite, which was as tall as two people, turned grayish-white in an instant and then turned into a pile of rubble!
The entire room fell silent.
On the distant hillside, Meng Shenji's mouth gaped open, his jaw nearly dislocated.
Bai Baoshan rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was under a spell.
Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng were completely stunned, as if they had lost the ability to think.
"It's...it's done?"
After a long while, Meng Shenji finally let out a dry, hoarse groan:
"She...she really absorbed a 70,000-year-old spirit ring?!"
"And... completely unharmed?!"
At this moment, their decades-long theoretical framework of martial spirit shattered into pieces.
Dugu Bo glanced at the group of dumbfounded "spectators" in the distance, a smug smirk playing on his lips. He then looked at Dugu Yan, his eyes brimming with pride.
"Good! Good! Good!"
"Yanyan, how are you feeling?"
Dugu Yan stood up, feeling the surging power within her body, as well as the powerful fifth soul skill that even made her heart tremble.
She turned to look at Dugu Bo, her eyes gleaming with excitement:
"Grandpa, I feel... better than ever before!"
"And, just as my senior said, I really did acquire that skill..."
Dugu Yan's lips curled slightly upward, revealing a dangerous smile:
"Medusa's gaze!"
The same soul skill as Dugu Bo's head soul bone!
"Ha ha ha ha!
good!
What a Medusaian gaze!
Looking at his spirited granddaughter, Dugu Bo couldn't help but burst into laughter, the sound of which made the leaves around him fall in a rustling sound.
He walked a few steps to Dugu Yan, looked her up and down, his eyes filled with undisguised pride and doting affection:
Level 53!
He was promoted three ranks in a row!
And he even obtained such an excellent soul skill!
Yan Yan, your achievements now far surpass what your grandfather accomplished back then!
On the surface, he was praising his granddaughter, but in his heart, Dugu Bo immediately used his spiritual power to...
Respectfully transmitting his voice to Yu Nan within Dugu Yan's body:
"Senior's skills are extraordinary, and this junior admires you to the point of prostration!"
If it weren't for the senior's presence, Yan Yan would never have been able to absorb this 70,000-year-old soul ring.
The Dugu family will never forget such a great kindness!
"Alright, stop flattering me."
Yu Nan's languid voice echoed in Dugu Bo's mind, tinged with a hint of nonchalance:
"This girl has a good foundation. Now that she has become my host, I will naturally not let her stop at the mortal realm."
This is just the beginning.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo was overjoyed.
With this big shot's words, the future of the Dugu family is not just glorious, it's practically soaring to the heavens!
Just as the grandfather and grandson were immersed in the joy of their sudden increase in strength.
A hurried figure suddenly broke through the poisonous fog that had not yet completely dissipated.
"Yan Yan—!!"
With a heart-wrenching scream, Yu Tianheng rushed over without hesitation.
Dugu Bo frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes.
He had never thought much of the arrogance of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family.
Although Yu Tianheng is quite sincere towards Yanyan.
But in that crucial moment, this kid couldn't help at all except cry out in despair.
However, considering that this guy was Yan Yan's boyfriend after all, and that the two had always had a good relationship, she thought about it.
Dugu Bo snorted coldly and finally dispelled the soul power barrier blocking his way, allowing Yu Tianheng to rush in.
"Yan Yan!"
Are you...are you alright?!
Yu Tianheng rushed to Dugu Yan, his hands trembling as he tried to grab her shoulders, his eyes bloodshot.
Her face was still streaked with wet tears, and she looked utterly disheveled.
There was not a trace of the demeanor of the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family.
Do you know how dangerous that was?!
That's a 70,000-year soul ring!
How could you do something so reckless?!
Yu Tianheng's voice became hoarse with excitement, his tone containing both the relief of surviving a disaster and reproach for Dugu Yan's reckless behavior:
"What am I supposed to do if something happens to you?"
Have you even considered how I feel?!
As he spoke, Yu Tianheng reached out to embrace Dugu Yan, wanting to feel her body temperature and confirm that she was still alive.
However.
Just as Yu Tianheng's hand was about to touch Dugu Yan.
Dugu Yan subconsciously took a half step back.
This step is very light and small.
But between the two, it seemed as if an invisible chasm had been drawn.
Yu Tianheng's hand froze in mid-air, he was stunned, and stared at Dugu Yan in astonishment:
"Yanyan...?"
Dugu Yan looked at the man in front of her, whose face was covered in tears and whose expression was agitated.
What welled up in my heart was not gratitude, but a strange... irritation.
Even disappointment.
Once upon a time, Yu Tianheng was perfect in her heart.
He is the twin star of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family, the top student of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and a leader among the younger generation.
He was strong, confident, and domineering, fulfilling all her fantasies about a partner.
But now...
Looking at the man in front of her, who cried and wailed over the slightest risk and even tried to use "love" to restrain her pursuit of power.
Dugu Yan suddenly felt that he was so weak.
It's not just a weakness in strength, but also a weakness in spirit.
When she absorbed the soul ring just now, she witnessed firsthand Yu Nan's unparalleled domineering aura, as if he could control the sky with one hand and regard a 70,000-year-old evil soul as an ant.
That sense of superiority, that feeling that "all those below the level of a god are ants," and that composure in controlling everything, have long been deeply imprinted on her soul.
Having witnessed a true dragon soaring through the heavens, why would one care about a lizard on the ground?
Before the towering, mountain-like figure of Yunan.
Yu Tianheng's so-called "Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex" is simply like a mudfish that hasn't grown up yet, childish and laughable.
"I'm fine, Tianheng."
Dugu Yan spoke calmly, her voice so composed it was almost cold.
Dugu Yan reached out and gently brushed away Yu Tianheng's hand, which was frozen in mid-air. Her eyes no longer held the affection and tenderness of the past.
Instead, it is replaced by a sense of superiority and detachment:
"The path to power is fraught with thorns. If you don't even dare to take this risk, how will you ever reach the summit?"
"you..."
Yu Tianheng stared at Dugu Yan in disbelief, as if she were a stranger.
Although Yan Yan used to be proud, she was always gentle and submissive in front of him, and she would be touched by his care.
I would feel sorry for him because of his injury.
But now, she stood there, radiating a suffocating sense of oppression.
That look in his eyes...
It's like watching an immature child, or rather, a weak person.
"Yanyan, you've changed..."
Yu Tianheng muttered to himself, a huge sense of panic rising in his heart.
"People always change, as the heavens do."
Dugu Yan turned away, no longer looking at him, but instead casting her gaze into the distance, her voice low and melancholy:
"I used to think that as long as I could win the Soul Master Competition, as long as I could be with you, that would be the greatest happiness."
(End of Chapter)