Chapter 404: Five Golden Stripes
A peculiar scene was unfolding in the core of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Silver lightning continuously struck down from high in the sky, one bolt after another. Because the speed was so extreme, the bolts eventually merged together, as if a silver white thread were hanging down from the clouds.
Around the area, powerful Spirit Beasts knew that a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast was undergoing a Heavenly Tribulation. Some trembled in fear, while others harbored ambitious thoughts.
Those trembling were naturally afraid of the Heavenly Tribulation. As for the ambitious ones, their thoughts were simple: if the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast died during the Heavenly Tribulation, they would have a chance to claim its territory.
At this moment, in the core area, although the Azure Dragon was still raging, he could not help feeling shocked.
Having experienced a Heavenly Tribulation before, he naturally knew that the current Heavenly Tribulation was nearing its end and would soon be over. Yet the human in the sky had endured all of it.
He understood the power of the Heavenly Tribulation very well. Although he was confident he could survive it, if it were his second brother, the Titan Giant Ape, there was an eighty percent chance he would fail.
This human was clearly weaker than his second brother, so why was he able to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation?
The Azure Dragon could not understand it.
Just then, the silver thread that seemed to hang from the clouds suddenly broke, and the continuous lightning strikes ceased. However, the clouds in the sky did not disperse. Instead, they became even deeper, as if brewing an even more terrifying strike.
"This is the last one."
Although he was not afraid, that subtle premonition still made the Azure Dragon's heart tighten, and his frenzied movements involuntarily slowed.
"The last one? Bring it on."
Yu Tianlin also sensed that this was the final strike. He directly closed his eyes, spread his arms, and waited for the lightning to descend.
It could be seen that Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring, which had originally been red with four golden stripes, now had dense golden light flowing across its red base in fine threads, as if it would soon transform into a fifth golden stripe.
In the sky, the dark clouds continuously rolled. Everyone and every Spirit Beast who saw them could not help feeling terrified, but Yu Tianlin remained unmoved, quietly waiting.
Finally, the energy in the clouds seemed to reach its peak. Dazzling silver white light burst forth, and a bolt of lightning appeared.
Like the cold gleam of a divine sword, this lightning descended from the clouds.
The lightning was extremely fast, and because of the immense energy contained within it, it even tore through the surrounding space before instantly striking Yu Tianlin.
Under such a terrifying lightning impact, Yu Tianlin's entire body uncontrollably twitched violently. However, this twitching lasted only a very short time. His body rapidly adapted, converting the lightning's power into the power of his first Spirit Ring.
After a few breaths, Yu Tianlin stopped twitching. Above his first Spirit Ring, the thread-like golden light became even richer, finally surpassing a certain limit. With a brilliant flash, the golden light successfully condensed into a fifth golden stripe.
Five golden stripes meant that Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring had reached the five hundred thousand year level.
Originally, Yu Tianlin's first Spirit Ring was only four hundred thousand years old. Who would have thought that by undergoing a Spirit Beast Heavenly Tribulation, he would directly increase it by one hundred thousand years?
"It seems that the future enhancement of my first Spirit Ring will depend on Spirit Beast Heavenly Tribulations."
Opening his eyes and looking at the newly added fifth golden stripe on his first Spirit Ring, Yu Tianlin could not help showing a satisfied smile. At the same time, he quickly determined his next goal: to find Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts or Vicious Beasts nearing their limit and enhance the age of his first Spirit Ring by having them undergo Heavenly Tribulations.
"But there is no rush for that. I can look for Spirit Beasts that can undergo Heavenly Tribulations later."
Yu Tianlin's gaze fell on the man and dragon fighting below.
"Let's deal with the eighth Spirit Ring first."
Thinking of this, Yu Tianlin directly activated his seventh Spirit Ring, transforming into the Thunder Saint Dragon. Then, wrapped in golden lightning, he swooped down from the sky toward the Azure Dragon.
Feeling the threat from high above, the Azure Dragon was about to turn back and defend, but Yu Yuanzhen also exerted his power at that moment, posing an even greater threat to him. Helpless, the Azure Dragon could only focus most of his attention on Yu Yuanzhen. As for Yu Tianlin above, he could only respond by flicking his tail.
However, Yu Tianlin's current strength was already very close to that of a Super Douluo. Even if the Azure Dragon was much stronger than him, relying on only a dragon tail to deal with him was far from enough.
Carrying the momentum of his dive, one of Yu Tianlin's Dragon Claws swung toward the Azure Dragon's dragon tail, while his other Dragon Claw heavily struck the Azure Dragon's back.
Yu Tianlin showed no mercy with this strike. With his full power, he directly broke through the Dragon scales on the Azure Dragon's body, carving open a wound on his back from which blood flowed.
The Azure Dragon cried out in pain, his Dragon body thrashing wildly as he tried to turn back and deal with Yu Tianlin. However, Yu Yuanzhen gave him no chance, firmly holding his attention from the front.
If the Azure Dragon forcefully turned around, he would expose a weakness and suffer a fierce blow from Yu Yuanzhen.
Thus, the grandfather and grandson attacked the Azure Dragon from the front and back. Under this pincer assault, the Azure Dragon inevitably began to sustain injuries, most of which were left by Yu Tianlin, who had been attacking from behind.
Because of this, the Azure Dragon's hatred for Yu Tianlin rapidly increased, quickly breaking through its limit and driving him completely insane. Ignoring Yu Yuanzhen's attacks, he swung his Dragon body, forcefully turned around, and let out an earth-shattering roar directly at Yu Tianlin.
As the roar sounded, a transparent Azure Dragon seemed to appear out of thin air, rushing straight toward Yu Tianlin.
"Mental attack?!"
Yu Tianlin's reaction was extremely swift. After roughly determining the nature of this attack, he unhesitatingly activated his third Spirit Ring.
A phantom Thunder Saint Dragon head appeared behind Yu Tianlin, followed by a high-pitched Dragon roar. An invisible wave spread toward the transparent Azure Dragon.
Although the invisible waves did not stop the transparent Azure Dragon's advance, they significantly weakened its power.
The transparent Azure Dragon directly rushed into Yu Tianlin's head. Then, the phantom Thunder Saint Dragon head that had appeared behind him because of his Third Spirit Skill slowly dissipated, and two streaks of blood flowed from his nose.
Although he looked somewhat miserable, Yu Tianlin still endured it. He did not faint from the Azure Dragon's mental attack and remained conscious.
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