Chapter 145 Evolution, Ten-Headed Fire Dragon King!
Eighth Place, Annihilation Dragon Halberd, Three Major Mechanism Attributes?!
The Forbidden Grounds of the Imperial Palace.
In an underground palace surrounded by scorching magma.
Ji Ruxue, dressed in a crimson phoenix robe, floated cross-legged above the magma.
Before Ji Ruxue, a fist-sized inner core, wreathed in ten-colored flames, trembled violently.
With the final, complex hand seal, the inner core let out a mournful cry of resentment and submission, transforming into a crimson-gold torrent that surged into Ji Ruxue's brow.
"Boom—!!!"
In an instant, a terrifying heat wave, capable of destroying the heavens and earth, swept wildly in all directions from Ji Ruxue's center.
The entire underground palace shook violently, as if it would collapse at any moment.
"Roar—!"
Accompanied by a dragon's roar that shattered the sky, a huge phantom suddenly formed behind Ji Ruxue.
Initially, it was just a mighty fire dragon king, its body covered in ruby-like scales.
But as the energy of the inner core erupted completely, the Fire Dragon King's body began to expand wildly, and its neck underwent a horrifying transformation.
Flesh tore apart, and scales regenerated.
On either side of the original dragon head, new fleshy growths bulged, then burst open, growing new heads!
One, two, three... until the tenth ferocious and majestic dragon head rose high, roaring to the sky.
The clouds above the entire palace were instantly dyed a blood-red hue!
The Ten-Headed Fire Dragon King!
The Fire Dragon King was already a powerful being among the God-Kings.
Not to mention, now Ji Ruxue's Fire Dragon King Martial Soul had evolved into the Ten-Headed Fire Dragon King!
The ten dragon heads simultaneously spewed out extreme fires of different attributes explosive, corrosive, insidious, holy, and indestructible...
Ten flames intertwined, forming a divine power capable of incinerating all things.
Ji Ruxue suddenly opened her eyes, and deep within her pupils seemed to be two eternally burning golden divine flames flickering.
Ji Ruxue slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, which instantly vanished into nothingness in the air.
She felt the terrifying power within her body, as vast and boundless as an abyss.
Ji Ruxue slowly raised her jade hand, gently clenching it. Visible black cracks appeared in the surrounding space.
"Is this... power surpassing level ninety-nine?"
"I only need one more opportunity to step into the realm of gods."
To be precise, Ji Ruxue hadn't completely refined the Ten-Headed Fire Dragon King's inner core.
Because this inner core was equivalent to a divine core.
Ji Ruxue could only refine the surface divine power, evolving her martial soul and improving her cultivation.
But the deeper laws could only be placed in her spiritual sea in the form of the inner core.
Once she broke through to godhood, she could easily refine them and become a powerful god.
Ji Ruxue's voice was clear and majestic, echoing in the empty underground palace:
"The Ten-Headed Fire Dragon King's inner core completely refined, martial soul ultimate evolution..."
Ji Ruxue slowly stood up, her phoenix robes fluttering without wind, a pressure that could change the very heavens and earth naturally emanating from her.
Sunset Forest, the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.
Ten thousand feet below.
The Fire Dragon King, who had been nurturing his remnant soul in slumber, suddenly felt a terrifying tremor originating from the depths of his bloodline.
"Boom—!"
An invisible pressure, seemingly traversing endless space and time, descended directly upon the ten-thousand-foot-deep underground.
That pressure was domineering and scorching, carrying a supreme power that commanded the submission of all fire.
Instantly, the entire spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well boiled violently.
"Roar—! What…what is this?!"
The Fire Dragon King's remnant soul let out a terrified roar, its enormous phantom trembling violently in the magma.
It barely managed to resist the urge that wanted it to kneel and submit.
The Fire Dragon King stared intently in the direction of the Second Continent of Sun and Moon, its eyes filled with disbelief and shock:
"This aura… this pure to the extreme, although far from reaching the fire element fluctuations of my prime…"
"But she hasn't become a god yet; refining it to this level is already the limit for mortals."
"It's that Ji Ruxue?!"
"She...she actually refined that inner core?!"
The Ice Dragon King, standing nearby, was also startled by this sudden turn of events.
Feeling the terrifying heat wave in the air that almost melted its icy domain, his voice was filled with horror:
"Old Fire, you're not mistaken, are you? That's...that's the legendary Ten-Headed Fire Dragon King's inner core!"
"That's a true God-King level treasure! It contains violent energy enough to destroy an entire plane!"
The Ice Dragon King's massive body churned in the icy pool, stirring up thousands of waves:
"Even for you back then, fully controlling that level of power would have been extremely difficult. That human woman named Ji Ruxue was just a mortal, how could she possibly withstand the impact of that power without exploding and dying?!"
"Perhaps it's because of the Heavenly Curtain?"
The Fire Dragon King guessed.
"Only the Heavenly Curtain can explain why Ji Ruxue has reached this point."
The Ice Dragon King's voice trembled, carrying an undisguised awe and envy:
"I have a premonition that the restrictions on this world won't last long. Once the restrictions are lifted, Ji Ruxue will definitely become a god, and a powerful god-king no weaker than you at your peak!"
The Fire Dragon King shook his head with a complicated expression:
"No, I also have a premonition."
"Then Ji Ruxue must know I'm in the Sunset Forest now, and it won't be long before she comes to us in person."
"We'd better be mentally prepared!"
Above the Heavenly Curtain.
"Boom—"
A muffled thunder rumbled deep in the clouds, but no lightning flashed.
Only an extremely suppressed aura of destruction began to spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent.
Immediately afterward, a dark purple light tore through the darkness, like demonic light from the Nine Netherworlds, carrying a sharp aura capable of severing all laws of the world, fiercely cleaving the sky!
The Heavenly Curtain's grand and indifferent voice once again resounded throughout the heavens and earth:
[Top Ten Peak Martial Souls Ranking, Continued!]
[Eighth Place!] The scene suddenly zooms in.
In the endless dark void, a long, ancient-looking, jet-black halberd floats silently.
This halberd is about twelve feet long, with a lifelike black dragon coiled around its shaft, its scales open as if breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
The halberd's blade doesn't have an ordinary metallic sheen; instead, it flows with a dark purple light called "annihilation." Just by hovering there, the surrounding space, unable to withstand the sharp aura it exudes, constantly crumbles and reforms, emitting a series of teeth-grinding cracking sounds.
[Martial Soul: Annihilation Dragon Halberd!]
[Owner: Wei Tianchen of the Sun Moon Empire!]
[Cultivation: Level 99, Power Attack Type Limit Douluo (Demigod)!]
The scene shifts, and a majestic figure appears in the center of the sky.
It is a man who appears to be middle-aged, clad in dark gold heavy armor, his face as cold as iron, his eyes seemingly containing mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
He holds the halberd in one hand, standing proudly above the turbulent sea.
With a casual wave of his hand, the black dragon atop the Annihilation Dragon
Halberd seemed to come alive, unleashing a soul-shaking roar.
A dark purple halberd beam, a thousand meters long, swept out, cleaving a bottomless chasm through the vast, boundless sea below!
Seawater surged back, towering waves crashed, yet nothing could heal the wound.
The lingering power of annihilation within the wound was relentlessly devouring all life and energy in its vicinity.
The accompanying commentary appeared on the screen:
[Reason for inclusion: The ultimate destroyer among weapon spirits. The Annihilation Dragon Halberd is a masterpiece created by a powerful being using the divine nature of annihilation to fuse and alter the Trident of the Sea God—a top-tier artifact!]
[This weapon spirit possesses three ultimate attributes: "Armor Penetration," "Annihilation," and "Dragon's Might."]
[Anyone wounded by the Annihilation Dragon Halberd will not heal; their soul power will be continuously devoured until they are exhausted and die. Its offensive power is so great that it can ignore most defensive soul skills; it is a true killing weapon!]
(End of chapter)