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Above the lake, the soaring Thunder Emperor Dragon was completely dumbfounded.
He was carefully mulling over Xiao Lin's words. It didn't sound like a lie, and the soul power inside Xiao Lin's body was definitely real.
Deep down, he was starting to hesitate.
The conditions were simply too good to pass up.
Becoming a God—this was an opportunity that his own father had spent over two hundred thousand years desperately searching for. In fact, wasn't his father currently up above right now, undergoing a tribulation for that very reason?
While the Thunder Emperor Dragon was deep in thought, Tang San's palms were already drenched in sweat.
Brother Lin is way too good at bluffing.
Divine tools? Innate Rank 20 full soul power?
How come I've never heard of this?
Seeing that the Thunder Emperor Dragon was still hesitant, Xiao Lin added more fuel to the fire.
"To tell you the truth, Little San and I have already been selected as candidates to become the Sea God's successors. As long as we travel to Sea God Island, we will undergo the Sea God's Trials and inherit the divine throne."
"I am definitely not lying to you."
Xiao Lin spoke with absolute grandeur, looking entirely confident.
"A true man should possess the ambition to swallow the mountains and rivers. Don't tell me you don't want to become a Divine Dragon?"
Every single one of Xiao Lin's words struck a chord deep within the Thunder Emperor Dragon's heart, but a prodigy like him wouldn't be swayed so easily. After all, he was still a 100,000-year soul beast, a proud genius possessing the bloodline of the Azure Dragon.
"You don't believe me? Or do you just not trust humans?"
Xiao Lin pondered for a long time, trying to figure out why the Thunder Emperor Dragon was so reluctant to sacrifice himself.
In the end, he suspected that the Thunder Emperor Dragon was probably worried that his consciousness would fade away after the sacrifice, leaving him completely unable to control his own fate.
If that was the only issue, Xiao Lin had a solution.
Xiao Lin knew that after Tang San's two "brothers-in-law" had sacrificed themselves in the original story, Tang San rarely chatted with them.
The most likely reason was that their consciousness's were blurred because their soul power wasn't strong enough to restore their clarity. Even Xiao Wu only managed to retain her consciousness after consuming an immortal herb.
"If you're worried about your consciousness fading, you can completely put those fears to rest."
As soon as Xiao Lin finished speaking, he summoned his Martial Soul, the Horned Dragon Staff.
The moment Xiao Lin's Horned Dragon Staff appeared, the air around him instantly froze. It was as if the Horned Dragon Staff knew exactly what Xiao Lin wanted to do; the moment it emerged, it unleashed its full power.
Under the stunned gazes of Tang San and the Thunder Emperor Dragon, the Horned Dragon Staff expanded violently against the wind, flashing with lightning as it grew. To their eyes, the Horned Dragon Staff seemed to possess a spiritual life of its own.
In a single instant, it shot straight into the clouds, welcoming the baptism of the raging thunder.
Then, illuminated by the flashes of lightning, the winding dragon patterns engraved upon the Horned Dragon Staff gleamed with a dark golden luster, faintly accompanied by the resounding roars of a dragon.
What shocked the Thunder Emperor Dragon the most was that Xiao Lin didn't seem to exert any effort at all while summoning this thousand-meter-long Horned Dragon Staff.
Shortly after, four blurred figures of light and shadow materialized around the staff. These four figures gradually manifested into a Vajra Giant Ox, a Thunder-Shadow Leopard, a Blazing Ape, and a Comet Snow Wolf.
These were Xiao Lin's original soul beasts.
Now possessing clear consciousnesses, they began to move dynamically under the enhancement of the Horned Dragon Staff's soul power. The Thunder Emperor Dragon could see it clearly: the consciousnesses of these soul beasts truly existed.
They weren't mere illusory phantoms, and there was a very high probability that they weren't even under the strict control of the Horned Dragon Staff. By this point, the Thunder Emperor Dragon believed that Xiao Lin's words were mostly true.
A Martial Soul capable of demonstrating such power was absolutely at the level of a divine tool.
However, did Xiao Lin expect him to sacrifice himself just because his consciousness wouldn't fade? That was looking down on him too much.
He required status.
In other words, even if he became Xiao Lin's soul ring, he demanded an equal status with Xiao Lin. Before long, the Thunder Emperor Dragon voiced his demands, insisting that Xiao Lin swear an oath upon his own Martial Soul, the Horned Dragon Staff.
Yet, this was the one condition that Xiao Lin could absolutely not agree to.
Because in his spiritual consciousness space, he and the two Great Dragon Kings treated each other as equals—or rather, as equal friends. To put it bluntly, the two Great Dragon Kings would never allow a little dragon like the Thunder Emperor Dragon to address them as equals.
It would be a complete defiance of the natural order.
Even if the Thunder Emperor Dragon's grandfather came here in person, he would still have to respectfully bow and call them Dragon Kings!
Because the two Great Dragon Kings refused to permit it, yet Xiao Lin couldn't very well explain their existence outright, he couldn't help but look incredibly guilty.
"Good, good, good! As expected, you humans are completely untrustworthy. You actually wanted to deceive me!"
Suddenly, the Thunder Emperor Dragon seemed to realize what Xiao Lin was thinking, flying into a violent rage.
In an instant, the winds and clouds above the lake shifted violently, followed by the rolling crash of thunder. Thick patches of dark clouds directly shrouded the surface of the lake, sending a suffocating, powerful pressure crashing straight down onto Xiao Lin and Tang San.
"Hmph!"
Before long, Tang San, whose physical constitution was weaker than Xiao Lin's, was forced to let out a muffled groan. He forcefully circulated his Mysterious Heaven Skill to regain control over his body, trying to suppress the surging blood and vital energy inside him.
However, as the Thunder Emperor Dragon continued to release his dragon might, even Tang San was on the verge of losing control. The fact that the Thunder Emperor Dragon hadn't directly unleashed his full dragon might was already giving them a chance.
Right at that moment, a brilliant, faint light flashed from Xiao Lin's right leg bone. Soon after, a Chaos Domain expanded beneath Xiao Lin's feet, and the aura of primal chaos spread out within a ten-meter radius around him.
The pressure on Tang San instantly lightened.
Sensing the damage reduction and sheer power of this primal chaos aura, even the Thunder Emperor Dragon couldn't help but be startled. If he could obtain this power, he might actually have the confidence to survive his next 100,000-year heavenly tribulation.
But then his thoughts shifted—even if he passed it this time, what about the next? What about the time after that? Could he really survive a million-year heavenly tribulation?
Becoming a Divine Dragon was indeed his ultimate dream. Nonetheless, seeing that Xiao Lin, a mere Soul King, could actually withstand his dragon might left him deeply shocked. With that in mind, the idea of a trial formed in his head.
Since Xiao Lin wouldn't treat him as an equal existence, then Xiao Lin had to display an even greater strength. Only then would he be willing to accept the sacrifice. By now, Xiao Lin also roughly understood the Thunder Emperor Dragon's train of thought.
In other words, Xiao Lin had to prove that becoming a God didn't absolutely require the Thunder Emperor Dragon's help. He had to prove that the Thunder Emperor Dragon's sacrifice would merely be the icing on the cake, rather than a saving grace in a time of desperate need.
It wasn't an absolute necessity.
Gradually, the minds of the human and the dragon aligned.
The man and the dragon began their second contest.
If dragon might couldn't crush Xiao Lin, then he would use soul power pressure. The Thunder Emperor Dragon no longer held back, fully releasing the raw pressure of a 100,000-year soul beast.
The moment this pressure erupted, every soul beast in the entire Thunder Gorge was startled. Even the heavenly thunder hadn't targeted them specifically, but the Thunder Emperor Dragon's pressure was a true, indiscriminate attack.
Feeling the sheer weight of the Thunder Emperor Dragon's pressure, Xiao Lin's body gradually began to stiffen. His bones began to grind against each other under the immense force, creaking as if subjected to infinite gravity.
Tool Soul Avatar Physique, activate!
"Heaven and Earth Toss, Flowing Shadow Lightning Flash, Blazing Power, Comet Star Strike, Blood Essence Power, activate!"
In one breath, Xiao Lin unleashed every single method at his disposal.
A yellow, a purple, another purple, and a black—four soul rings flashed past in an instant.
Xiao Lin's entire body erupted in gold and blue flames.
The cores of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice fused together, and faint arcs of lightning flickered around the flames of his blood essence.
Finally, the silver-white soul power of the Horned Dragon Staff surged into the depths of Xiao Lin's body, serving as the protection of his Invincible Vajra Body. Yet, even so, Xiao Lin still found it difficult to hold out against the Thunder Emperor Dragon's suffocating pressure.
As for Tang San beside him, even with the powerful vitality of the Blue Silver King, he could no longer stand up straight. Xiao Lin could only support Tang San with one hand while leaning on the Horned Dragon Staff with the other, proudly glaring up at the Thunder Emperor Dragon.
In the next second, a pair of majestic, towering dragon horns grew from the top of Xiao Lin's head.
The formidable dragon might stemming from the Divine Giant Dragon Horns (they would be called by this name from now on) refused to show any weakness, surging forward to collide directly with the Thunder Emperor Dragon's combined dragon might and soul power pressure.
For reasons unknown, the very instant Xiao Lin's dragon might appeared...
The Thunder Emperor Dragon's dragon might was instantly popped, exactly like a balloon meeting a needle. Though Xiao Lin's dragon might wasn't massive in quantity, its quality was far beyond the Thunder Emperor Dragon's.
"What?!"
Because his dragon might had been instantly shattered, the Thunder Emperor Dragon's eyes widened in sheer shock. He stared at Xiao Lin in utter disbelief; he had never felt dragon might of this quality even from his own father.
"Little San, can you hear me? It's time to use our blood-boiling fusion skill."
Even at the absolute limit, the unyielding Xiao Lin still wanted to strike, determined to give the Thunder Emperor Dragon a massive shock.
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