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"ROAR—"
"What is this...?"
A thunderous dragon roar echoed through the cavern. Immediately following the sound, the tranquil waters of the spring began to boil violently. At the same time, Davis's Ice and Fire Dragon Wings erupted with a rhythmic pulsing of red and blue light, as if they were acting as a beacon, drawing something ancient toward them!
BOOM!
In an instant, two gargantuan figures burst through the surface of the spring like twin dragons emerging from the sea, coiling and ascending into the high heavens. Davis snapped his Ice and Fire Evil Eyes open, casting his gaze upward toward the sky.
"Those are... dragons?"
Once he caught a clear glimpse of the two massive entities, Davis was left utterly speechless. He never could have imagined that those shadows would turn out to be two colossal dragons—or more accurately, the spirits of two dragons. They were dragon souls!
"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was formed from the fallen corpses of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings. Could it be that these two dragon souls are actually the spirits of those very Dragon Kings?"
While Davis was lost in thought, the two dragon souls seemed to be irresistibly drawn to his Ice and Fire Dragon Wings. Without warning, they dived straight down, surging into his wings with the speed of a lightning strike.
"Agh—!"
Davis let out a muffled groan of agony. He could feel the two dragon souls funneling through his wings and pouring into his spine, before surging upward against the current of his blood, aiming directly for the crown of his head!
"Are they trying to seize my body?"
The thought of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King immediately flashed through Davis's mind. In the original story, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had once attempted to attach its soul to a spirit ring in a bid to possess Tang San and take over his body to become the successor of the Sea God.
Now, these two Ice and Fire Dragon Souls clearly intended to anchor themselves within Davis's dragon bones and use that momentum to wipe out his consciousness and claim his form.
"Hmph, you want to possess me? It won't be that easy. Let's see who wins in the end—you taking over my body, or me refining and absorbing you first!"
The souls of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings were undoubtedly powerful. Under normal circumstances, Davis likely would have been successfully possessed by them. However, one could not forget that the Water and Fire Dragon Kings had been dead for tens of thousands of years.
Over these ten millennia, their souls had been constantly weakening. While these two dragon souls were still formidable, their current mental strength was not much greater than that of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
With Davis's current spiritual power, he could easily refine the soul vibrations of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Nevertheless, he had to remain cautious because this time, he was facing two dragon souls at once.
Submerged in the spring water, Davis kept his eyes tightly shut and guarded his mind with absolute focus, using his own spiritual power to clash with the two dragon souls.
Inside his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness:
Davis had already manifested as a Saint Sovereign White Tiger. Standing before him were the two dragon souls: the Frost Dragon Soul and the Blazing Dragon Soul. One was freezing while the other was scalding; a piercing chill and a blistering heat swept over him simultaneously.
"Come on then! Let's see who has the final laugh!"
As soon as he spoke, Davis lunged forward with explosive force, baring his razor-sharp claws as he swiped at the Frost Dragon Soul. Having consumed two stalks of the Eye-Penetrating Autumn Dew, absorbed a Mental Concentration Head Bone, and possessing the cultivation of a peak Demi-God, Davis's spiritual power had reached a terrifying level.
BANG!
A violent explosion resounded as the Frost Dragon Soul was swatted back dozens of meters by his claw, crashing into the ground with a pained shriek.
On the other side, the Blazing Dragon Soul moved. It opened its bloody maw and exhaled a torrent of raging flames. The fire transformed into a roaring sea of heat that swept forward, swallowing Davis whole in an instant.
Believing it had finally erased Davis's soul, the Blazing Dragon Soul began to relax. However, as the sea of fire dissipated, the scene that followed caused its dragon eyes to widen in shock.
Davis was completely enveloped in a protective golden light. The raging flames had been unable to harm him in the slightest. It was his first soul skill: White Tiger Barrier.
This was his spiritual sea; everything here was under his control. In this realm, Davis held every conceivable advantage of time and place.
While he couldn't use his soul bone abilities here, using soul skills was no problem at all. Furthermore, the power of these soul skills was directly proportional to the intensity of the spiritual power he exerted. The more spiritual energy he poured in, the stronger the skill became.
"That kind of attack is useless against me! White Tiger Intense Light Wave!"
Aiming at the Blazing Dragon Soul, Davis opened his mouth and spat out ten golden beams of light. They shot toward the dragon soul with such incredible speed that it had no chance to dodge.
The impact was instantaneous. The Blazing Dragon Soul, struck by the force, fell to the ground like a bird with clipped wings.
"ROAR!"
At that moment, the Frost Dragon Soul caught its breath and pounced again from behind. It exhaled a localized blizzard of ice, intending to freeze Davis's soul into a solid block.
"Small fry. Earth Power!"
Davis abruptly activated his eighth soul skill. In a flash, a heavy, massive wall of earth rose from the ground, blocking the freezing path of the icy breath.
Davis then spun around and leaped into the air. His fist, wreathed in thunder, smashed down violently against the back of the Frost Dragon Soul.
"White Tiger Vajra Punch!"
BOOM!
Taking the full force of the blow, the Frost Dragon Soul was flattened by the single punch, creating a massive crater in the ground.
"Alright, the game is over. I don't have time to play with you two anymore! Ring Fusion!"
Suddenly, nine soul rings—seven red and two orange-gold—rose into the air. They merged rapidly, condensing into a single, brilliant golden soul ring that radiated a blinding light.
"White Tiger God-Beast Burst!"
Davis unleashed a golden beam of light. With the force of a localized hurricane, it instantly swallowed both the Frost and Blazing dragon souls. The two souls dissipated completely, transforming into two streams of pure, unadulterated energy.
In the outside world:
As Davis slew the two dragon souls within his spiritual world, their power began to slowly drift out of his body, lingering and swirling around him.
Then, as Davis continuously absorbed the energy of the dragon souls, these two forces actually began to take the shape of a soul ring, attaching themselves to his Saint Sovereign White Tiger martial soul.
Calling it a soul ring might not have been entirely accurate; more precisely, it was a Divine Ring!
After all, the Water and Fire Dragon Kings were originally entities with the combat power of God Kings. Although they had died and their souls had weakened over time, it was only because of this that Davis was able to slay them in one fell swoop.
In essence, it was similar to a Spirit Master absorbing a soul ring and resisting the soul shock. After wiping out the consciousness of the two dragon souls, their essence naturally became Davis's tenth Divine Ring.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
As Davis acquired the Divine Ring, his soul power began to transform into divine power. Once his soul power was entirely converted, he would officially break through the hundredth rank and achieve Godhood.
...
Time flew by, and three days passed in the blink of an eye. During this period, Davis's soul power had completely transitioned into divine power. His cultivation had broken through the hundredth rank in one leap, and his strength had increased exponentially. Finally, Davis stirred from his trance and slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened them, he saw Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing staring at him with wide eyes. Both women wore expressions of deep worry.
"Uh... Zhuyun, Zhuqing, what's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You have the nerve to ask! You've been unconscious for three days. How could we not be worried?"
"Unconscious for three days?"
Davis was stunned. In his memory, it felt as though only a few hours had passed since he devoured the Ice and Fire dragon souls. He hadn't expected it to have been so long.
"Also... what is going on with your tenth soul ring?"
Looking at the Divine Ring floating around Davis—one that shimmered with a tri-colored light of red, blue, and gold—Zhu Zhuyun couldn't help but ask the question.
"Now that you have this ring, does it mean that you've already reached the hundredth rank, Davis?"
(End of Chapter)