Chapter 25: Domain of Annihilation and Ultimate Talents
After absorbing the twenty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear soul ring and successfully breaking through to Soul Elder, Lin Yun's abilities were now essentially perfected.
First Soul Ring (3,000-year Bloodrage Behemoth):
[Frenzied Dragon Force]
After activation, greatly enhances Lin Yun's physical power and attack strength beyond normal limits for 30 minutes, until soul power is exhausted or his body reaches its limit.
Second Soul Ring (8,800-year Titan Snow Devil):
[Golden Dragon Tyrant Body]
Significantly boosts Lin Yun's physical durability and strength. The enhancement scales according to the soul power input and lasts indefinitely until manually deactivated or soul power runs out.
Third Soul Ring (20,000-year Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear):
[Heaven-Shattering Dragon Fist]
Channels Lin Yun's full strength into a devastating strike, compressing air into a powerful ranged attack. Enhanced by the Power of Destruction, this fist strike can shatter the heavens.
Dark Gold Terror Claw Right Palm Bone (External Soul Bone, 40,000-year):
[Heaven-Rending Dragon Claw]
Upon manifesting the Golden Dragon Claw, creates an enormous, concentrated claw-shaped energy projection, capable of piercing through and shattering anything.
Golden Shadow Dragon Wings (formerly Blue Shadow Divine Eagle External Soul Bone):
[Dragon's Ascension]
Grants extraordinary flight speed and agility, vastly surpassing agility-type soul masters of the same rank.
These three soul rings and two soul bones provided Lin Yun with five immensely powerful soul skills, each at the pinnacle of excellence.
[Frenzied Dragon Force] and [Golden Dragon Tyrant Body] complemented each other exceptionally well, greatly enhancing the destructive power of [Heaven-Shattering Dragon Fist] and [Heaven-Rending Dragon Claw].
Additionally, the [Dragon's Ascension] skill perfectly compensated for Lin Yun's inability to fly, granting him unmatched speed and mobility among peers.
Lin Yun's current strength was now terrifyingly formidable.
Furthermore, during the absorption of his third soul ring, the energy from the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear had activated the dormant Golden Dragon King bloodline within Lin Yun. Although he still couldn't fully bear the Golden Dragon King's martial soul—its outward appearance remaining as a Golden Dragon—he had successfully awakened his innate domain and ultimate talents.
Any supreme martial soul inherently carried ultimate talents, just as Wang Qiu'er and Huo Yuhao did in the original story. Lin Yun naturally had these as well.
Golden Dragon King's Innate Domain:
[Domain of Annihilation]
This domain's ability was straightforward yet devastating: pure annihilation. Within this domain, any target whose soul power rank was lower than Lin Yun's would find all defenses meaningless. Physical defenses, soul power shields, or defensive soul skills—all would be ignored, ensuring Lin Yun's attacks dealt true, critical damage.
Even opponents stronger than Lin Yun would have their defenses reduced by at least ten percent. The only limitation was that this defense-ignoring capability applied exclusively to Lin Yun himself and could not be shared with allies.
As for the original Golden Dragon King's true [Divine Domain of Annihilation], it was even more terrifying. At the God King level, all gods within its range were as fragile as bubbles. No wonder the Divine Realm was incapable of killing the Golden Dragon King directly and could only resort to sealing him away in the Forbidden Land.
Even a single touch could be lethal. Having already suffered heavy casualties battling the Dragon God, who would dare sacrifice more lives against the Golden Dragon King?
In addition, Lin Yun's awakened ultimate talents numbered four in total:
[Dragon's Strength]:
The physical might of dragons can shake heaven and earth. The Golden Dragon King possessed the strongest physical body among all dragons. With this talent, Lin Yun could bypass conventional rank limitations, endlessly enhancing his physique, potentially achieving a divine body even before becoming a god.
[Dragon's Blood]:
Dense, mercury-like dragon blood, highly corrosive and poisonous to other beings, granted Lin Yun extraordinary regeneration and self-healing capabilities.
[Dragon's Devour]:
The dragon's appetite knew no limits. Anything containing energy could be rapidly absorbed and converted into Lin Yun's own power, constantly strengthening himself.
[Dragon's Majesty]:
A supreme dragon aura that dominated all beneath the heavens. Creatures with weaker bloodlines inevitably submitted before him, especially effective against dragon-type beings.
This explained why Di Tian had shown such an exaggerated reaction the moment Lin Yun broke through to Soul Elder. The invisible presence of [Dragon's Majesty] was particularly potent on Di Tian, who already worshipped him deeply.
'Senior, just how massive was the gift you gave me?' Lin Yun silently reflected, feeling the boundless strength within him and marveling at his terrifying talents and abilities.
Only by genuinely experiencing the Golden Dragon King's power could one truly appreciate how overwhelmingly strong he was.
Fortunately, Lin Yun experienced firsthand the terrifying power of the Golden Dragon King—the pinnacle strength just beneath the Dragon God.
Yet, Lin Yun had a strange premonition.
He felt…
The senior who gifted him this "cheat" might very well be a fellow native.
But if so, why would a fellow native give him such an advantage? Isn't it said that when transmigrators meet, the first thing they do is kill each other to monopolize the world's resources?
[Someone: Laughs—I've created the world; why bother with scraps like those?]
Soon, Lin Yun cast these tangled thoughts aside. His current strength wasn't enough to deal with such matters; perhaps only when he reached his peak would he uncover the truth.
He wasn't overly worried anyway, since that senior had originally given him two options, and Lin Yun only gained the Golden Dragon King's power after choosing to defeat Tang San.
So Lin Yun understood clearly:
As long as you kill Tang San, then we're brothers from different fathers and mothers!
Shortly after Lin Yun's breakthrough to Soul Elder, the Ice Emperor who had survived the 400,000-year heavenly tribulation returned, her strength soaring again. Even outside the Extreme North, she now wielded the power of a level 98 Super Douluo.
In her home turf—the Extreme North—the Ice Emperor with 400,000 years of cultivation could even contend with peak Douluos.
A perfect bodyguard!
Upon her return, she replaced Di Tian as the sole soul beast guarding Lin Yun. She transformed into a small scorpion, about ten centimeters long, hiding within his clothes.
At night, the scorpion could transform into a soft, fragrant little girl—a comforting pillow for Lin Yun to fall asleep with.
(Auspicious Beast: "Damn it, that's so unfair! I arrived first, sob sob… No, I must also take human form. The Empress's position must be mine!")
(Mine!!!)
Then the Auspicious Beast disappeared. Lin Yun asked Di Tian where the Three-Eyed Golden Nian had gone, but Di Tian only smiled silently. No matter how much Lin Yun pressed, Di Tian remained tight-lipped.
Days passed, months turned, spring gave way to autumn.
Eight months slipped quietly away…
(End of chapter)
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