Chapter 297: Yu Tianlin Enters, His First Spirit Ring's Age Soars!
Because Yun Xi had burst out through the crack in the cloud vortex, and Yu Tianlin's target was that very opening, he quickly flew close to Yun Xi.
Seeing that Yu Yuanzhen did not attack, and that the little fellow beside him was instead flying straight toward him, Yun Xi, though unable to understand the situation, still reacted on instinct. Its Dragon tail swept out horizontally, intending to knock Yu Tianlin out of the sky.
"Yun Xi, you are courting death!"
Naturally, Yu Yuanzhen was not about to stand by and watch Yun Xi attack his grandson. He appeared in front of the Dragon tail as if he had teleported, then kicked out viciously.
As a 100,000 year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Yun Xi's body was enormous. Its Dragon tail alone was larger than Yu Yuanzhen's entire body. But size did not equal strength. The moment the two collided, the thick Dragon tail was kicked aside, and the immense force dragged Yun Xi's entire body backward with it.
Before Yun Xi could steady itself, Yu Yuanzhen pressed forward once more. Since Yun Xi had self destructed the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone, greatly angering Yu Yuanzhen, he had already decided that even if he could not kill it today, he would still beat it soundly.
On the other side, with Yu Yuanzhen covering him and no one interfering, Yu Tianlin shot straight into the crack in the cloud vortex and rapidly descended deeper along the fissure.
The crack itself was extremely strange. Its edges were made entirely of the blue purple lightning generated by the self destruction of the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone, while beyond the fissure lay the cloud vortex's own incandescent heavenly lightning. Although the blue purple lightning constantly resisted the incandescent lightning, it was ultimately water without a source. Under the endless erosion of the heavenly lightning, it was steadily being annihilated, and the crack itself was slowly closing. It would not be long before it healed completely and vanished.
Still, that brief window of time was already enough.
In Yu Tianlin's perception, traveling through the fissure torn open by the self destruction of the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm Spirit Bone reduced the pressure to less than one tenth of what it had been during his previous attempts. Because of that, he was absolutely certain he could enter the true center of the cloud vortex this time.
As the crack steadily healed, Yu Tianlin continued rapidly inward. Before long, he arrived at the very heart of the cloud vortex.
At the exact center of the vortex floated a huge golden sphere of light, like a blazing sun. It seemed to be formed entirely from golden lightning.
The moment Yu Tianlin saw the golden lightning sphere, he fully activated his first Spirit Ring and let its light wrap around his body. Without the slightest hesitation, he charged straight toward it.
The instant he entered the golden lightning sphere, an ancient and invisible aura filled the air. For one fleeting moment, Yu Tianlin felt as insignificant as an ant. Fortunately, his mental force was strong enough, and he quickly broke free from that strange sensation and began observing his surroundings.
Everywhere around him was dazzling golden lightning, like a sacred domain. Under the protection of the light emitted by his first Spirit Ring, the golden lightning did not harm him, but it did obstruct his vision, preventing him from seeing anything else.
Even so, that was not a major problem. The sense of attraction was still there, clear as ever. Yu Tianlin only needed to follow it to find the source that had been calling to him.
But just as Yu Tianlin was about to continue moving forward, the brilliant golden lightning around him seemed to sense something and surged toward him all at once.
Yu Tianlin was startled, thinking that the golden lightning was about to attack him. Yet in the next moment, every strand of it poured directly into his first Spirit Ring.
The instant the first trace of golden lightning entered it, the pitch black Spirit Ring, which had originally only been covered by a faint red glow, suddenly lit up. In the blink of an eye, the deep black receded, and the entire ring turned a vivid blood red.
Blood red. 100,000 years.
With the help of the golden lightning, Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring officially broke through to the 100,000 year level. He had finally obtained a true 100,000 year Spirit Ring.
From an initial white Spirit Ring of less than a century, to a red Spirit Ring of 100,000 years, Yu Tianlin had spent a full 10 years. During that time, the dull repetition of drawing down lightning to temper it every single day had not been easy.
Yet even after his first Spirit Ring officially reached the 100,000 year level, the golden lightning did not stop. Instead, it poured in even more violently.
Under those circumstances, Yu Tianlin suddenly found himself unable to move. He could only feel the Spirit Power fluctuations coming from his first Spirit Ring growing more and more intense, while the age of the ring soared at a shocking speed. On that blood red ring, a golden pattern slowly emerged.
After an unknown amount of time, the enormous golden sphere of light at the center of the cloud vortex, which had resembled a sun, disappeared completely. All of the golden lightning within it had poured into Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring, and as a result, the age of that ring had risen to an astonishingly terrifying level.
Four golden patterns had appeared on the fully blood red halo. Amid the interplay of red and gold, a mysterious nobility mixed with boundless majesty spread out.
Yu Tianlin hovered there silently, carefully sensing the transformation that had taken place in his first Spirit Ring.
"Four golden patterns. That means after absorbing all of that golden lightning, my first Spirit Ring directly rose to 400,000 years?"
He could not help sighing inwardly.
Such an enormous leap left him both excited and deeply emotional.
He had spent 10 years raising his first Spirit Ring to the 100,000 year level, yet now, after absorbing this mass of golden lightning, it had instantly jumped another 300,000 years. The contrast was simply too extreme.
"It seems the age of my first Spirit Ring can continue to increase."
Yu Tianlin thought to himself.
"In the future, I will have to find a way to absorb some kind of special lightning. Otherwise, I can only grind it out little by little, and that would be far too slow."
Originally, Yu Tianlin had believed that once his first Spirit Ring reached 100,000 years, that would be its limit. He had never expected it could continue rising.
That discovery made him happy, but also a little troubled, because future increases to the age of his first Spirit Ring would clearly become far more difficult.
"My first Spirit Ring also gained an additional Spirit Ability. I will test its effect after I get out."
"For now, let me see exactly what it is inside this cloud vortex that has been drawing me in."
With that thought, Yu Tianlin stopped examining the changes in his first Spirit Ring and slowly lifted his head, looking deeper into the very center of the cloud vortex.
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