Chapter 121: A Triumphant Return
The blue purple light wrapped around Yu Tianlin's body, showing that he was absorbing the Thunder Holy Dragon torso Spirit Bone. The process lasted a full 5 days. During those 5 days, Yu Tianlin remained immersed in a comfortable, relaxed sensation, as if time passed in the blink of an eye.
As the last strand of the Spirit Bone's energy fused into his body, Yu Tianlin's ribs, sternum, and spine all released an intense blue purple glow.
Having bones shine through the skin like that was honestly a little eerie.
At the same time, a pair of broad dragon wings suddenly unfurled from Yu Tianlin's back. An urge surged through him. He could not hold it in. He lifted his head toward the sky and let out a scorching, passionate dragon roar.
That roar swept through the 2 piles of Thunder Holy Dragon Spirit Bones beside him. The remaining 39 Thunder Holy Dragon Spirit Bones trembled in response, flickering with faint blue purple light, as if answering his cry.
After exhaling a mouthful of stale air, Yu Tianlin felt his breathing smooth out. The light radiating from his body gradually receded a moment later, and the dragon wings on his back naturally withdrew into his body.
Still sitting cross legged, Yu Tianlin subconsciously sprang to his feet. His body, now perfectly coordinated, burst out with power far beyond before. He actually jumped 20 meters into the air.
Yu Tianlin was startled.
He could jump 20 meters before, but only if he went all out. This time, he had not even used full strength. It was just a casual leap, yet the height was the same.
It looks like my physical fitness has improved by a lot.
Yu Tianlin immediately began checking the changes in his body. He had been mentally prepared, but the results still made him inhale sharply.
"My body changed this much?"
With only a quick inspection, Yu Tianlin noticed multiple transformations. First, the hardness of his entire skeleton had risen significantly, with the torso bones improving the most and becoming the toughest. His fascia and muscles had also undergone a clear upgrade.
On top of that, the dragon scales across his body had become denser and finer, and a thin layer of transparent glaze seemed to coat their surface, boosting his defense by a huge margin.
"As expected of a second level god Thunder Holy Dragon torso Spirit Bone. The improvement it gives is truly enormous."
Yu Tianlin gently clenched his dragon claw, carefully feeling the surge of strength. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"With my current physical condition, I should be able to remove more Spirit Bones."
With that, Yu Tianlin placed the remaining 39 Thunder Holy Dragon Spirit Bones into his storage Spirit tool and began dismantling Spirit Bones from the True Dragon skeletons around him.
The result was beyond what he had expected.
Yu Tianlin originally thought that even after absorbing a Thunder Holy Dragon torso Spirit Bone and greatly boosting his physical attributes, he would at most be able to obtain Spirit Bones from the Holy Light Dragon and the Holy Fire Dragon. As for other True Dragon Spirit Bones, he assumed their rejection would remain too severe, making removal nearly impossible.
But reality was far kinder.
For some reason, after absorbing the Thunder Holy Dragon torso Spirit Bone, Yu Tianlin's affinity toward all the remaining Spirit Bones rose sharply. He could now collect Spirit Bones from any kind of True Dragon, whether they were third level god or second level god.
"What's going on?" Yu Tianlin frowned, staring down at his outstretched palm. "What changed in my body? Why did my affinity with all True Dragon skeletons increase so much?"
He thought about it for a long time and still could not find an answer, so he simply stopped.
"Whatever. Why waste time worrying about it?"
Yu Tianlin put it aside and scanned the few skeletons in the Dragon Clan Cemetery that still had not collapsed.
Those Spirit Bones were impossible to dismantle. He could not even touch them. Anyone who came within 3 meters of those Spirit Bones would be repelled.
Without a doubt, those remaining skeletons belonged to Dragon Kings, first level gods.
Yu Tianlin had already swept up thousands of Spirit Bones from the entire Dragon Clan Cemetery, leaving only a few Dragon King level Spirit Bones that he could not handle.
"I've only absorbed 1 Spirit Bone so far. My physical attributes still haven't reached their limit." Yu Tianlin took a deep breath. "I'll absorb a few more Spirit Bones to push my physical body higher, then I'll see if I can take those Dragon King level Spirit Bones."
"The second Spirit Bone, it'll be this one."
After deciding, Yu Tianlin began selecting from the massive pile of Spirit Bones he had collected, and quickly found what he wanted.
"The Space Holy Dragon Spirit Bone, second level god."
Yu Tianlin had long envied spatial attributes. In his eyes, nothing was more useful than space, no matter whether the attribute was earth, fire, water, wind, light, or darkness.
He chose a skull Spirit Bone with spatial attributes, believing it would help him comprehend space more easily in the future.
Then Yu Tianlin began absorbing the Space Holy Dragon skull Spirit Bone. This process took longer, lasting 7 days, but he succeeded in the end.
However, even after absorbing 2 Spirit Bones, it still was not enough for Yu Tianlin to endure the energy fluctuation from a Dragon King corpse. He gritted his teeth and prepared to absorb a third.
And at that moment, something terrifying happened.
The third Spirit Bone he chose was a left arm bone.
As the violent energy of the left arm Spirit Bone poured into his body, Yu Tianlin felt as if his entire arm was about to explode.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Thunder Holy Dragon torso Spirit Bone awakened on its own. It helped Yu Tianlin expel the violent energy from the left arm Spirit Bone, averting the crisis of his arm exploding on the spot.
"This… this…" Yu Tianlin was drenched in cold sweat, panting heavily. "My arm was almost ruined just now."
"I can feel the dragon claw. The left arm Spirit Bone itself is fine, but the destructive force from the attached dragon claw Spirit Bone is too great. With my current body, I simply can't withstand it."
Yu Tianlin immediately recalled how, in Douluo Continent II, even absorbing a right palm bone of a 2,000 year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear carried the risk of an arm exploding. And that was only 2,000 years.
Now he was dealing with a dragon claw Spirit Bone that had reached the god level.
True dragons primarily fought with their claws. The energy inside a dragon claw Spirit Bone was naturally violent, completely unlike other Spirit Bones.
"Does this mean I can't absorb any of these 4 limb Spirit Bones?"
These divine level True Dragon Spirit Bones did not just include the dragon claw on arm bones. The leg bones also came with attached dragon claws, and they were all beyond what Yu Tianlin could endure right now.
"Without absorbing limb Spirit Bones to push my physical attributes higher, there's no way I can obtain a Dragon King level Spirit Bone in my current state."
"So be it." Yu Tianlin shook his head, helpless but calm. "What is meant to be yours will be yours. What isn't, you can't force it. I did my best, but I still can't obtain a Dragon King level Spirit Bone. Since that's the case, then forget it."
"Besides, other than first level god Dragon King Spirit Bones, I've already obtained over 200 second level god Spirit Bones and nearly 100 third level god Spirit Bones. That's enough."
In Douluo Continent I, a Spirit Bone over 50,000 years was already considered top grade, and a 100,000 year Spirit Bone was extremely rare. A god level Spirit Bone far surpassed a 100,000 year Spirit Bone by an unknown margin.
Yu Tianlin had acquired so many divine level Spirit Bones. If he brought them all back, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would be practically unstoppable.
Well, unstoppable might be exaggerated, but with these Spirit Bones, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would at least fear no one and no force.
"That's good enough."
By dismantling and absorbing Spirit Bones, Yu Tianlin had spent over 4 months inside the Dragon Clan Cemetery. Adding the time he spent absorbing dragon clouds, his 6 month limit was almost up.
"Our harvest in the Dragon Graveyard is basically complete. It's time to leave and hunt dragon spirits to charge the Dragon Slayer Blade."
After collecting every Spirit Bone he could carry, Yu Tianlin took one last look around. He spread his dragon wings and flew out of the Dragon Graveyard.
From beginning to end, Yu Tianlin never touched the 7 colored dragon spirit at the very center of the Dragon Graveyard.
He knew that 7 colored dragon spirit was a remnant of the Dragon God. He was neither the Golden Dragon King nor the Silver Dragon King. If he rashly made contact with it, something unpredictable could happen.
He could not even obtain a Dragon King level Spirit Bone, let alone a remnant soul of the Dragon God.
The Dragon Slayer Blade did have some connection to the Dragon God's remnant soul, but Yu Tianlin did not dare use it to touch that remnant. He knew his only way out of the Dragon Realm was through the Dragon Slayer Blade. If the Dragon Slayer Blade mutated after contacting the Dragon God's remnant soul and he could not return to Douluo Continent, he would be finished.
So he left the Dragon God's remnant soul there.
It was not going anywhere.
He would come back when he was stronger, and maybe then he could gain something from it.
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