Chapter 107: Ten-Thousand-Year Thorn Dragon
The two of them lingered in the Star Dou Great Forest for another day.
That afternoon, Lin Mo finally found the Spirit Beast he had been looking for.
It was a slender Spirit Beast with a rather strange appearance. Its entire body was covered in spike-like growths, and it was about three meters long. It stood on its hind legs, while the spikes covering its body were a deep black.
However, its eyes were a strange, bright silver. Beneath the layer of black spikes, its skin also shimmered with a metallic silver-white luster.
A tail dragged behind it, more than two meters long and exceptionally flexible.
If that long tail was included, its total body length exceeded five meters.
Judging by its body length and physical characteristics, this Dragon-type Spirit Beast's cultivation had just entered the ten-thousand-year realm.
That highly unique appearance allowed Lin Mo to recognize its identity at once.
The Thorn Dragon, known among Dragon-type Spirit Beasts as the master of space!
Although it was a Sub-Dragon species, it possessed an extremely rare and powerful space attribute.
Looking at this Thorn Dragon, Lin Mo was extremely satisfied.
After all, as the saying went, when time did not appear, space was king.
If he could obtain a space-attribute Spirit Ability from this Thorn Dragon, the improvement to Charmeleon's strength would be enormous.
Immediately, Lin Mo lowered his voice and said to Dugu Bo beside him, "Senior, I want this Spirit Beast."
Dugu Bo's emerald snake pupils swept over the Thorn Dragon, and he nodded slightly. "Its aura is concentrated and stable. It is indeed at the level of having just entered the ten-thousand-year mark, and its attribute seems quite peculiar as well."
Just as Dugu Bo was about to make a move, Lin Mo hurriedly added, "Senior, please be careful."
"This Spirit Beast seems to possess rather formidable space abilities, and it is extremely fast when escaping. It would be best to kill it in one blow. Do not give it any chance to react."
He did not directly say the name "Thorn Dragon," so as not to raise too many questions from Dugu Bo.
Hearing this, Dugu Bo smiled disdainfully. "Kid, you are being too cautious."
"As a Titled Douluo, dealing with a Spirit Beast that has only just entered the ten-thousand-year level is no more difficult than flipping my hand."
"Even if it can run, can it escape from my grasp?"
After speaking, he waved his hand at Lin Mo. "Summon Charmeleon and protect yourself from the side. I am going in."
Lin Mo obeyed. With a slight movement of his mind, Charmeleon appeared at his feet.
The human and the dragon immediately restrained their auras, hid behind the dense bushes, and quietly watched Dugu Bo's movements.
Dugu Bo's figure flickered as he silently approached the Thorn Dragon, which was currently lowering its head and gnawing on some kind of silver ore.
When he was close enough, green light flashed in his eyes. His first move was a fierce killing blow, and a green, snake-shaped beam of light shot straight toward the Thorn Dragon's vitals.
However, to Dugu Bo's surprise, the strike he had been certain would succeed actually missed.
Just as the attack was about to hit, the Thorn Dragon seemed to have foreseen it. Its silver eyes lit up, and it suddenly vanished from its original position without warning, reappearing several meters to the side.
Swoosh!
The attack that should have been enough to severely injure it only grazed its body in the end, leaving a shallow, bloody scratch across the surface of its skin.
"Hmm?"
A look of obvious astonishment flashed across Dugu Bo's face.
And in the very next instant after Dugu Bo's attack missed, Lin Mo immediately felt the surrounding environment change.
A sense of stagnation and spatial fluctuation enveloped the area. Lin Mo lowered his eyes to look at the Thorn Dragon, his gaze narrowing slightly.
Had it used its innate ability?
It wanted to escape!
Spatial Battlefield was an innate ability mastered by Thorn Dragons.
Within the range of Spatial Battlefield, a Thorn Dragon could continuously use Teleportation. At the same time, its own attributes would receive a certain degree of enhancement.
As the one standing at the center of the battlefield, Dugu Bo naturally sensed this even more clearly.
Dugu Bo's old face instantly flushed red, and shame mixed with anger surged in his heart.
As a dignified Titled Douluo, he had failed to take down a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast in one move, and in front of the kid Lin Mo, no less. He had truly lost a great deal of face.
"What a slippery beast!"
Dugu Bo snorted coldly and no longer held anything back.
The seventh spirit ring beneath him lit up instantly, and emerald-green light erupted from within his body.
Immediately, he shouted, "Martial Soul True Body, Jade Phosphor Serpent!"
Accompanied by a low hiss, Dugu Bo's tall and thin body continued to expand within the green light, rising higher and higher until it finally transformed into a massive Jade Phosphor Serpent.
At the same time, the eighth spirit ring on his body also lit up.
"Eighth Spirit Ability, Time Stasis!"
Black light spread across his serpent body, instantly turning that emerald green into a dark green. Dugu Bo opened his mouth and spat out a green bead.
The moment the bead appeared, the space within a hundred-meter radius centered on the Jade Phosphor Serpent seemed to freeze.
The Thorn Dragon, which had just cast Spatial Battlefield, had its body shimmering with silver light and was preparing to use Teleportation to escape again.
Its body suddenly stiffened.
It was forcibly frozen in place. Even the shock in its eyes and the silver light around its body were solidified.
Seizing this fleeting opportunity, the Jade Phosphor Serpent's massive tail lashed out like a giant steel whip, striking the frozen Thorn Dragon with terrifying force.
Boom!
A dull, heavy sound echoed through the forest.
The silver radiance around the Thorn Dragon's body instantly dimmed, and its protective spatial force shattered in the face of absolute power.
It let out a wail. Its body was sent flying by the heavy blow, smashing through several large trees before crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
It struggled to get up, but blood mixed with fragments of internal organs kept spilling from its mouth and nose. Clearly, it was critically injured and close to death.
"Senior is mighty!"
Seeing this, Lin Mo shouted, then immediately walked out from his hiding place with Charmeleon.
He looked at the Thorn Dragon lying on the ground and nodded toward Charmeleon beside him.
Charmeleon let out a low growl. Its chest swelled, and it suddenly spat out a Dragon Pulse that struck the Thorn Dragon's head with perfect accuracy.
Boom!
The Thorn Dragon, already heavily injured and dying, completely lost its life under this blow.
A deep black spirit ring slowly emerged from its corpse.
Seeing this spirit ring, Lin Mo could not help shaking his head. This Thorn Dragon was truly unlucky.
If he had faced it alone, then even if Charmeleon could suppress it with raw strength, keeping it from escaping would have been impossible, let alone killing it.
The space attribute was simply too unreasonable when it came to escaping and dodging.
Unfortunately for this Thorn Dragon, which possessed powerful space abilities, it had encountered Dugu Bo. Not only was Dugu Bo's cultivation far above its own, but he also possessed the rare time-type control Spirit Ability, Time Stasis.
Time Stasis happened to restrain its space abilities to a certain extent.
It could only be said that it had met its natural enemy and nemesis. It was destined to become Lin Mo's fourth spirit ring.
"Don't just stand there. Hurry up and absorb it. The energy of a ten-thousand-year spirit ring is overbearing, and absorbing it will be several times harder than absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring. You must protect your mind!"
Dugu Bo had already deactivated his Martial Soul True Body and landed beside Lin Mo, reminding him in a serious tone.
"I understand. Thank you, Senior."
Lin Mo nodded, took a deep breath, and forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart. Without any further hesitation, he sat down cross-legged and adjusted himself to his best state.
Charmeleon also sat down beside him.
Opening its mouth, Charmeleon inhaled, drawing the ten-thousand-year spirit ring over before swallowing it in one gulp.
Instantly, energy far more violent than that of a thousand-year spirit ring erupted inside Charmeleon. Through the connection between the two, it surged wildly into Lin Mo's limbs and bones.
Lin Mo's body trembled violently, and his skin instantly flushed with an unnatural crimson.
Not only were his Meridians and flesh being impacted, but his mental sea was also struck by a powerful shock.
This was the spiritual shock caused by the remnants of the Spirit Beast's soul within the ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
If a Spirit Master's mental force was not strong enough, then at best, they would suffer mental damage and become an idiot. At worst, their soul might shatter, and they would die on the spot.
However, facing this spiritual shock, Lin Mo only frowned slightly.
His mental force had long been strengthened by the Gaze Through Autumn Water Dew, and after his Body Martial Soul awakened into the Spirit Eyes, it had improved greatly once more. Dealing with this spiritual shock was no problem at all.
In his perception, although the spiritual shock was fierce, aside from the initial impact, it could not shake him in the slightest afterward.
"Nothing special."
Lin Mo's heart settled. He completely relaxed and began refining the majestic energy surging into his body with all his might.
Thanks to his physical strength and Meridian resilience, both of which far exceeded those of Spirit Masters at the same Rank, he could still feel the swelling pain brought by the energy impact during the absorption process, but everything remained within a controllable range.
Time passed minute by minute.
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