Chapter 296: Self-Destruction of the Saint Dragon Spirit Bone
Although the cloud vortex had become violently unstable because of Yun Xi's reckless rampage, Yu Tianlin was protected by his grandfather's Domain, and he also had a certain affinity with the place itself. Because of that, getting closer was not a problem.
As soon as the two of them arrived beneath the cloud vortex, they heard Yun Xi's furious and shocked roar coming from within.
"How could this be? Impossible! Impossible! I am a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!"
"Ahhh! I will never die! Explode! Explode! Explode!"
The next moment, a dazzling purple-gold light burst out from inside the vortex, overwhelming even the surrounding lightning. Then an earthshaking explosion erupted, followed by an incomparably violent gale. Only because Yu Yuanzhen's cultivation was so deep was he able to shield Yu Tianlin and keep him from being blown away by that terrifying storm.
But this sudden turn of events also made Yu Yuanzhen's expression turn grim.
"I miscalculated. I didn't expect that fool Yun Xi to self-destruct the Saint Dragon Spirit Bone."
Originally, Yu Yuanzhen had given Yun Xi a Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone in order to help it break through to the 100,000-year level, turning it into Yu Tianlin's future Spirit Ring. After that, he naturally planned to reclaim the Spirit Bone.
Who could have expected that the moment Yun Xi broke through to the 100,000-year level, it would go mad and recklessly charge into the center of the cloud vortex? Judging from what it had shouted just now, it seemed it could no longer hold on and was about to die, so in desperation it chose to self-destruct the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone in a final attempt to escape.
Losing a Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone like this was an enormous loss in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes.
But Yu Tianlin did not see it that way. He even felt it was a small gain.
He did not lack this Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone. While it was somewhat regrettable for it to be destroyed like this, if it could be exchanged for a 100,000-year Spirit Ring, then he could accept it.
More importantly, Yu Tianlin's attention was no longer on the destroyed Thunder Saint Dragon Spirit Bone, but on something else entirely.
After all, it had been a Saint Dragon-level Spirit Bone. The power released by its desperate self-destruction was astonishing enough to tear open a crack in the enormous cloud vortex. And the moment that crack appeared, Yu Tianlin suddenly felt as though all the blood in his body had started boiling. His heart pounded wildly, and his first Spirit Ring, already wrapped in a faint red glow, began trembling intensely, as if it wanted to drag him straight toward that opening in the vortex.
Just as Yu Tianlin was about to lose control, Yun Xi burst awkwardly out through the crack in the vortex.
It was hard to imagine that a True Dragon of the thunder attribute could be reduced to such a miserable state by lightning energy. Yun Xi now looked wretched beyond words. Its huge Dragon claws were scorched black, obviously injured by the terrifying heavenly lightning inside the cloud vortex. No blood flowed from its wounds, or rather, any blood that emerged was instantly burned to ash.
The most pitiful part was its left foreclaw.
Because it had obtained the Thunder Saint Dragon's left arm Spirit Bone, that Spirit Bone had fused into its left Dragon claw during the initial absorption process. As a result, when it self-destructed the Spirit Bone earlier, that entire left claw vanished along with it.
Yun Xi felt so depressed it wanted to cough up blood. In fact, it already was.
It had originally believed that a complete Thunder Saint Dragon skeleton had to be hidden inside the cloud vortex, and that the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone it possessed was the key to entering the center. That was why, after advancing to the 100,000-year level, Yun Xi confidently launched an assault on the cloud vortex.
But what it never expected was that the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone it had absorbed was not some key at all. It was the source of disaster.
When Yun Xi first entered normally, the cloud vortex had only rejected it violently. It had not yet become truly deadly. But when it could no longer advance deeper on its own strength, it activated the power of the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone, hoping it could force its way farther in.
The moment that happened, however, it was as if a drop of water had fallen into boiling oil. The entire cloud vortex exploded. Countless horrifying bolts of lightning erupted at once and struck Yun Xi directly, nearly blowing its mind apart.
Although its True Dragon body barely endured the first wave and kept it from dying on the spot, Yun Xi instinctively realized that if it stayed there for even a moment longer, it would almost certainly be killed.
In that life-or-death situation, Yun Xi decisively self-destructed the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone, using the enormous power from its detonation to tear open a path and barely escape.
Its life had been preserved, but the price was devastating.
Not to mention its injuries, just the destruction of the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone alone was enough to cripple it. It was only because Yun Xi was a True Dragon with an exceptionally strong bloodline that it managed to preserve its 100,000-year cultivation. If it had been some ordinary Spirit Beast, it would have fallen straight out of the 100,000-year realm.
After suffering such a terrible loss, Yun Xi was in no mood for anything. It only wanted to return at once and stabilize its cultivation. But then it saw Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianlin, grandfather and grandson, standing not far away.
"Yu Yuanzhen? Why are you here?!"
That nearly scared Yun Xi to death.
In its current condition, facing Yu Yuanzhen meant certain death. Its fear surged immediately, and it lashed a Dragon claw toward the Thunder Gorge below, summoning its subordinates to rush over and support it.
But Yu Yuanzhen ignored Yun Xi completely.
He looked at Yu Tianlin with a solemn expression and asked, "Have you thought it through? Do you really want to go in?"
A trace of hesitation flashed through Yu Tianlin's eyes. But when he saw that the crack in the cloud vortex, which had just been torn open by Yun Xi's self-destruction of the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone, was already slowly healing, he took a deep breath and made his decision at once.
"I've decided. There won't be any problem."
As soon as those words left his mouth, Yu Tianlin spread his dragon wings and flew toward the crack without waiting for Yu Yuanzhen to say anything else.
During the flight, he did not activate his first Spirit Skill, but his first Spirit Ring continued shining the entire time. Dense black light and faint red light wrapped around his body.
Then a strange scene appeared.
When Yu Tianlin reached the outer edge of the cloud vortex, the heavenly lightning that had become incomparably violent after being provoked by Yun Xi did not attack him when it touched the light released by his first Spirit Ring. Instead, it subtly parted, as if clearing a path for him.
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