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Xuan Hao naturally noticed the undisguised extreme shock in everyone's eyes, and behind that shock, a hint of greed instinctively flashed deep in the eyes of some people.
This is normal. In the Douluo Continent, the appearance of a 100,000-year spirit ring is always accompanied by a 100,000-year spirit bone, which is extremely rare and hard to come by!
Although the spirit ring is bound to a spirit master and cannot be taken away, the 100,000-year spirit bone that is bound to fall is a peerless treasure that can drive all the titled Douluo in the world crazy and make them willing to kill and rob for it.
However, since Xuan Hao dared to openly reveal his trump card in front of so many people today, it was naturally because he now had enough confidence and was not afraid of anyone at all.
Previously, although he had top-tier forces like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Dugu Bo as his overt backing, even if he accidentally exposed his 100,000-year soul ring, few forces in the soul master world would dare to risk offending two titled Douluo to secretly assassinate him.
But those days of hiding things and constantly being on guard against others' schemes are ultimately a considerable problem.
But things are different now.
He has successfully crossed the watershed of level 70 for Soul Masters and mastered the Martial Soul True Body, a qualitative leap.
With his current monstrous combat power that allows him to challenge ordinary Title Douluos, even if some foolish guy sets his sights on his 100,000-year soul bone, he is fully confident that he will make sure that the other party never returns!
After the initial, breathtaking shock, Yu Yuanzhen finally forced his gaze away from the dazzling red spirit ring and stared intently at the strange seventh spirit ring above Xuan Hao's head, which was shimmering with blue-purple lightning.
As the sect leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, he naturally sensed the extremely familiar ancient dragon soul aura from that soul ring, which belonged to their family's sacred artifact.
The successive leaders of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan have all known that within this enormous thunderous skeleton resides the remnant soul of a proud ancient true dragon.
For generations, their family has guarded this place like a god, even listing it as an absolute forbidden zone, hoping that one day, a prodigy of extraordinary talent will be born among their descendants, who will gain the approval of this dragon soul and soar to the sky, restoring the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family's absolute dominance in the soul master world!
But now... it's all gone! All gone!
That ancient inheritance, which his family's ancestors had waited for for over a thousand years, was actually snatched away right under his nose by an outsider who hadn't even grown up yet and had just clashed with their sect?!
An indescribable anger, resentment, and humiliation instantly gnawed at Yu Yuanzhen's heart like a venomous snake, driving him to the brink of rage, even making his breathing heavy.
If any junior member of the family, or even a member of a collateral branch, were to obtain this dragon soul fortune, Yu Yuanzhen would be laughing in his dreams!
But now, what does this mean?!
Doing all the work for someone else's benefit?!
However, looking at Xuan Hao's innocent, irritating expression, Yu Yuanzhen sadly discovered that he couldn't utter a single word.
That was a lofty, ancient dragon soul with its own independent will.
Did he really want to act like a shrew and publicly accuse this kid of using some underhanded means to "steal" their family's dragon soul?
As a dignified Thunder Douluo, he can't afford to lose face like this!
Moreover, even if we concede that he were to disregard everything and seize Xuan Hao, forcing him to strip away his soul ring... just look at the powerful figures standing behind Xuan Hao! Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo!
These are two titled Douluo at level 95, plus the number one support-type sect master in the world!
Just Ning Fengzhi alone, combined with either of them, would be enough to give Yu Yuanzhen a hard time.
If they all came at him at once, he would probably die on the spot.
However, watching helplessly as the supreme totem that his family had guarded for thousands of years was taken away by an outsider, he could not suppress the anger in his heart!
Sensing the almost bursting killing intent and frustration in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes, Xuan Hao not only didn't restrain himself, but instead arrogantly took the initiative to provoke him:
"Sect Master Yu, why are you looking at me so fiercely?
Since you're unhappy... why don't you personally test out the little skill I just acquired?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Yuanzhen's already suppressed anger almost exploded instantly!
Blue-purple lightning exploded wildly around him, but he still clenched his fists tightly, mindful of Ning Fengzhi and the others who were watching him intently, and forced himself not to lash out.
But Yu Luomian, the second-in-command standing next to him, could no longer care about anything else.
"You brat, you've gone too far! Do you really think you're invincible?!"
Yu Luomian roared, his eyes bloodshot as he pointed at Xuan Hao, "What right do you, a mere junior, have to directly challenge my sect master?!
Just now in the plaza, I was careless and underestimated you, failing to guard against your underhanded tricks.
Now, let me see just how much your stolen seventh soul ring really is!"
Before he finished speaking, Yu Luomian's bones cracked, and his Purple Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul True Body erupted without reservation, transforming into a raging purple lightning bolt with the momentum to destroy everything, charging straight toward Xuan Hao!
Seeing this, Gu Rong and Dugu Bo, who were standing at a distance, exchanged a glance and tacitly made no move.
Yu Yuanzhen also kept a cold face and did not say anything to stop him.
Because they all knew very well that at this moment, everyone was eager to know just how terrifying Xuan Hao's true combat power was after absorbing the ancient dragon soul and stepping into the watershed of level 70.
Moreover, with Ning Fengzhi and the others watching over him, even if Xuan Hao was just bluffing and was no match for Yu Luomian, Yu Luomian wouldn't be able to seriously injure or kill him right under their noses.
If the situation turns unfavorable, Gu Rong and Dugu Bo will naturally intervene immediately.
However, the next moment, a scene that would be unforgettable and shocking to everyone present appeared.
Faced with Yu Luomian's full-force burst that was enough to severely injure an ordinary Soul Douluo, Xuan Hao, who stood still, showed no panic whatsoever, and did not even attempt to dodge.
Without holding back, he looked up to the sky and let out a deafening dragon roar that could shatter gold and split rocks!
"roar--!!!"
With that dragon's roar, the strange seventh soul ring above Xuan Hao's head, crackling with lightning, shone brightly!
An intense heat that seemed to melt the heavens and earth, along with an extremely dazzling dark golden light, emanated from Xuan Hao and expanded outwards like a nuclear explosion!
"boom--!"
In the span of a single breath, the rapidly expanding golden ball of light completely tore apart the surrounding space.
Amidst the stunned gazes of everyone present, Xuan Hao's originally thin human body completely disappeared, replaced by a terrifying giant dragon over a hundred meters long, covered with extremely thick and sharp dark gold dragon scales, resembling a mobile metal fortress!
"Whoosh—!"
The golden dragon slowly spread its wings.
They were enormous wings that blotted out the sky, with a wingspan of hundreds of meters!
The moment the dragon wings fully unfolded, the light in the entire valley seemed to be blocked out, casting a huge, suffocating shadow on the ground.
This exaggeratedly large Martial Soul True Body is an absolute anomaly, unprecedented in the entire Soul Master world of Douluo Continent!
It should be noted that the physical size of most high-level Soul Masters' Martial Soul True Forms, even top-tier beast Martial Souls like the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus, gradually increases as the Soul Master's cultivation level improves.
A Soul Saint who has just broken through to level 70, when activating their Martial Soul True Body, will at most be only about 20 to 30 meters tall.
And Xuan Hao? He had just obtained his seventh spirit ring, and his martial spirit true form immediately broke through the hundred-meter barrier!
This size is even larger and more visually striking than the Thunder Dragon True Form of Yu Yuanzhen, a level 95 Title Douluo!
What's even more chilling is the completely different aura emanating from this golden dragon.
In the past, no matter how amazing or domineering Xuan Hao's Golden Dragon Martial Soul was, it was clear to anyone with eyes that it was still within the scope of a "human soul master" controlling a martial soul.
But now, the moment this hundred-meter-long golden dragon appeared, everyone present, including the three knowledgeable titled Douluo, felt as if they were facing not a human, but a truly ancient and inhuman ferocious beast that had awakened from the primordial chaos!
That undisguised ferocity, coldness, and bloodthirsty aura, as if it wanted to devour everything in the world, gripped everyone's throat like a tangible force!
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