With a resounding dragon roar, the entire Shrek village trembled. Chickens, ducks, geese, dogs, and other domestic fowl scurried about, trembling.
Ma Hongjun quickly lifted Ma Ming's chair and called Li Hui and Cuihua to step aside.
It seemed that once the dragon soul appeared, it was no longer Ma Hongjun's concern.
Grandmaster stood still, his eyes vacant, already in a strange state.
"Whoosh!"
Flander flew over at lightning speed, flapping his wings. The dragon roar had alerted them.
Flander possessed a flying martial soul, so he was the first to arrive. When he saw Grandmaster standing in the courtyard, he was astonished.
"What's going on?"
Flander asked, then walked towards Ma Hongjun. At this moment, Luo Sanpao was already floating beside Grandmaster, his original purple appearance now showing a hint of golden light.
At this moment, both Grandmaster and Luo Sanpao were in a state of transformation.
"It must be my martial soul that triggered his, causing some changes in his martial soul," Ma Hongjun explained.
After a moment, Zhao Wuji and the other old men, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and others also arrived.
"Teacher!" Tang San exclaimed in surprise.
Flander made a silencing gesture to everyone and whispered,
"Don't make a sound."
At this moment, everyone could see that the Grandmaster's martial soul was undergoing changes.
It was best not to disturb him at this time.
Luo Sanpao's floating body grew at an astonishing speed. Large rhomboid scales began to grow from its chubby body, and solid muscles bulged. Its massive body continued to expand, and two twisted tentacles grew from the top of its head. Its deep blue eyes gradually turned gold, and from the inside out, gold occupied its body. Several more high-pitched dragon roars rang out
, like a suppressed dragon letting out an unwilling roar, trying to break free of its shackles.
Luo Sanpao's body began to expand violently, its form elongating with each stretch, covering it with golden scales.
The first to change was its head.
Two antennae on its head gradually took shape, resembling deer antlers; its eyes became as bright as a rabbit's; its ears resembled those of a cow; and its head was shaped like a camel's.
Seeing this, no one recognized it more than Ma Hongjun.
Sure enough, when Luo Sanpao's transformation was complete,
"Head like a camel, antlers like a deer, eyes like a rabbit, ears like a cow, neck like a snake, belly like a clam, scales like a carp, claws like an eagle, paws like a tiger.
It's a dragon, a five-clawed golden dragon!"
Ma Hongjun exclaimed in surprise. No one knew this creature better than him; it was a sacred symbol from his past life, existing in myths and legends, permeating their entire culture.
The five-clawed golden dragon's long body coiled around the master's body, its proud dragon head gazing arrogantly at the sky, majestic and radiant.
The entire courtyard was bathed in golden light. In this golden glow, a warmth spread throughout everyone's bodies.
Flander gazed at the somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar dragon before him, lost in memories.
The changes to Grandmaster's martial soul were similar to, yet different from, the changes they experienced when the Golden Iron Triangle performed their martial soul fusion technique.
After the Golden Iron Triangle's martial souls fused, Flander, as the Flying Horn, provided wings, the ability to fly, and his own soul power; Liu Erlong, as the Killing Horn, provided the dragon body; and Grandmaster, as the Wisdom Horn, provided Luo Sanpao as a host.
After the fusion, Luo Sanpao transformed into the Golden Sacred Dragon, a creature recorded in soul beast texts and a real entity in this world.
This dragon before him, though also golden, was a type of dragon he had never seen before, lacking wings and possessing five claws.
In fact, after seeing the Golden Sacred Dragon during their martial soul fusion technique, they knew
that Grandmaster's martial soul mutation wasn't towards a lower level, but rather towards a higher-level dragon race. However, due to insufficient innate soul power or some other reason, the mutation failed.
They had considered that the Golden Sacred Dragon might very well be the result of Grandmaster's mutated martial soul.
But now, Flander felt it wasn't so.
The five-clawed golden dragon before him seemed to be the ultimate form of the Grandmaster's Martial Soul mutation.
In fact, if you add the wings on its back, the five-clawed golden dragon before him was somewhat similar to the Golden Sacred Dragon.
This made sense, since he provided the wings during the Martial Soul fusion. It's
just that Flander didn't know which was stronger, the five-clawed golden dragon or the Golden Sacred Dragon.
But either way, it was far better than the boar beast; after all, this Martial Soul was definitely a dragon.
Ma Hongjun had seen the dragon species of this world in the Soul Beast Classics. According to the comparison between Eastern and Western dragons in his previous life, the dragon species of Douluo Continent all had wings, leaning towards the characteristics of Western dragons.
The five-clawed golden dragon, on the other hand, was an Eastern divine dragon.
Which was superior was actually a matter of debate.
The Grandmaster's Martial Soul mutation was actually a completely new Martial Soul. His mutated Martial Soul was a completely new species in this world, and a very powerful top-tier dragon.
The dragon soul in Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear was undoubtedly the dragon soul of the five-clawed golden dragon, the purest dragon soul from another world.
After being truly awakened by the Dragon Soul, the flaws in the Grandmaster's Martial Soul were repaired, allowing him to completely transform.
The dragon's roar resounded once more, a triumphant cry to the heavens, a roar that released all pent-up emotions.
Finally, a golden dragon shadow emerged from the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's body, but compared to when it entered, Ma Hongjun noticed the golden dragon shadow was fainter.
It seemed the Dragon Soul had paid a price for helping the Grandmaster complete his Martial Soul transformation.
The golden dragon shadow returned to Ma Hongjun's Dragon Soul Spear, and Ma Hongjun immediately felt that the soul power he consumed to maintain his Martial Soul state had increased.
At this moment, the Grandmaster also opened his eyes. The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon was still coiled around him. Although he had completed the Martial Soul transformation, his Martial Soul did not possess him like other people's beast Martial Souls, but remained detached from his body as before.
However, it no longer looked as real as Luo Sanpao's; it was more like a body condensed from golden light.
"Xiao Gang!"
"Teacher!"
Yu Xiaogang did not answer the two. He closed his eyes again, spread his hands, and felt the power of his new Martial Soul.
As if sensing his emotions, the five-clawed golden dragon emitted golden rays that bathed Yu Xiaogang. Its massive head lowered, resting on Yu Xiaogang's left shoulder, wriggling endearingly.
Two tears streamed from the corners of Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
He took a deep breath, not releasing his years of suppressed emotions with a shout.
He straightened his back, no longer bowing.
At this moment, no one could understand Yu Xiaogang's feelings.
Born into a proud family, he should have been a proud person, but the strange martial soul he awakened turned that pride into a shackle, a mountain weighing him down.
He was like a pig suddenly mixed into a dragon herd, becoming the laughingstock and shame of his race.
One could easily imagine the life of this pig. How painful his life must have been.
Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex—what a domineering and proud name, yet Yu Xiaogang dreaded hearing it; it had become a thorn in his heart.
He hated this family, and he loved this family.
Although he has now left the family, he can't truly sever ties deep in his heart; it's always been his root.
Now, he finally has the confidence to face his family and everything else.
He once said that there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters, which was merely a form of self-comfort and encouragement.
He had always been immersed in the research of martial souls, trying to find the path to develop his own, but cruel reality told him that useless soul masters only appeared occasionally, while useless martial souls always existed.
He was a person with a disabled body but a strong will; even if he couldn't make any further progress, he still strived forward on the path of a soul master.
Now, he has finally ushered in his rebirth.
It's like the deaf regaining their hearing, the blind seeing again, and the stumbling standing up again.
Now, he can finally put his theories into practice. His former pride will return and bloom again
with the golden light emanating from him !