Chapter 102: Lin Yun — My Power Is Terrifying
Snow Empress cast a puzzled glance at Di Tian, completely unable to understand his strange mood.
The mighty Beast God of Star Dou Forest—why did he look like a resentful wife sulking in silence?
Turning her gaze toward Lin Yun, who was still seated in meditation absorbing his soul ring, Snow Empress smiled faintly. She took Ice Empress by the hand and sat down beneath a nearby tree.
In just a few short years, the life-and-death tribulation that had haunted her for millennia was now a thing of the past. Free from the threat of death, Snow Empress finally felt a long-lost sense of ease.
Her eyes softened as she watched Lin Yun's upright figure meditating on the grass, quietly waiting with the other beast kings for his awakening.
(Brain of romance + reduced intelligence debuff, both activated!)
It had to be said—the energy contained within the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's soul ring and Evil God Pearl was enormous. The beast's total soul power was likely greater than that of a Soul Saint with an ultimate martial soul. Even though Lin Yun was only absorbing the soul ring and the pearl, the reduction in power was minimal.
But there was another issue.
The Ice Jade Scorpion's soul bone could only be absorbed by a soul master of extreme ice attribute. The same principle applied here: the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's soul bone required a soul master with bloodline or affinity strong enough to suppress its dark demonic nature.
Even though the Evil God Pearl's internal spirit had already been destroyed, it still contained the tiger's bloodline essence.
If one's bloodline could not overpower that of the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger, they would end up like Zhou Weiqing—losing control and falling into madness at intervals.
Unless, of course, one was as utterly depraved as Tang San—so evil that even the true Evil God would feel inferior in comparison. Only then could one forcibly absorb such a thing without losing oneself.
Fortunately, Lin Yun had a cheat.
The moment he swallowed the Evil God Pearl, his powerful Golden Dragon King bloodline instantly enveloped it.
The situation was like racing through the night with ghostly blue headlights—only to find the entire street filled with officers in green uniforms at the next red light.
The Evil God Pearl trembled in terror.
It didn't even try to resist before being completely overwhelmed, its essence refined into pure energy and absorbed into Lin Yun's body.
During this process, the domineering Golden Dragon King bloodline even merged with the pearl's energy—almost as if scorning its lower rank, forcibly reconstructing it to fit its standard.
Lin Yun continued refining the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's soul ring while watching the Golden Dragon King bloodline ruthlessly subdue the helpless Evil God Pearl.
Just as he was eagerly anticipating whether the pearl would form into the Evil God Hook or the Evil God Wings as his external soul bone, the energy suddenly shifted.
It circled in his abdomen briefly—then shot straight toward his head.
'Crap! Don't tell me it's a head soul bone?! No, no, that's the worst one!' Lin Yun panicked, his previously steady soul power almost going haywire.
Under his tense watch, the energy didn't gather in his skull as he feared—it surged directly into his right eye instead.
"…?"
Feeling a sudden chill emanate from his right eye, Lin Yun was completely dumbfounded.
Evil God Hook? Wrong. Evil God Wings? Wrong.
Evil God's Eye!
Wait a second—what did the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger have to do with eyes? How did that even make sense?
Once the Evil God's Eye external soul bone had fully formed, the energy from the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's soul ring was nearly exhausted. As the final trace of energy poured into Lin Yun's body, the enormous, deeper-hued ring settled as his fourth soul ring.
The bottleneck of the fortieth rank shattered instantly.
Breaking through the barrier of Soul Ancestor, Lin Yun's aura rose sharply, his soul power rocketing upward until it finally stabilized at the forty-fifth rank.
Those five levels were almost entirely from the soul ring's gift. The Evil God's Eye didn't increase his soul power much—but it greatly strengthened his spiritual realm.
By the standards of the Peerless Tang Sect era, Lin Yun's spiritual power had already reached the "Boundless Vast Sea" level, just one step away from the "Formless Substance" realm.
The Golden Dragon King's spiritual power was considered weak only when compared to the other Nine Dragon Kings or the Silver Dragon King—but compared to ordinary martial souls, it was leagues above.
Lin Yun felt that his mental strength was no weaker than that of Du Weilan, the outer academy's head instructor—nearly at the level of a titled Douluo.
Once he crossed into the Formless Substance realm, his spiritual power would stand equal to theirs.
"To think I, without a spiritual-type martial soul, would be ahead of everyone in spiritual cultivation…" Lin Yun gave a helpless, self-mocking smile.
Soul power: forty-fifth rank, Soul Ancestor.
Physical strength: Soul Sage level.
Spiritual power: approaching Titled Douluo.
Was this the world's way of patching the Golden Dragon King's final weakness for him?
Didn't sound half bad.
After examining the abilities granted by his fourth soul ring and the Evil God's Eye, Lin Yun's expression turned strange.
Fourth Soul Skill — Golden Dragon Demon Flash.
A fusion of the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's three signature skills: Evil God Hook, Evil God Slash, and Evil God Rush. When activated, the user dashes forward at teleportation speed, striking all enemies in his path with Evil God Slash—each strike carrying the armor-piercing effect of the Evil God Hook's eternal wound.
Even better, Lin Yun could enhance it further with his Golden Dragon Claws.
Evil God's Eye Soul Bone Skill — Arena of Life and Death.
That's right—the Dark Devil Evil God Tiger's infamous cheating ability now belonged to Lin Yun.
Effect: Generates a temporal shield capable of resisting space-time shockwaves, pulling one mentally locked target into the Arena of Life and Death.
If the target is a soul master, they are forcibly reverted to their six-year-old self.
If the target is a soul beast, they revert to a hundred-year cultivation level.
The user remains unaffected.
Notes:
– If the temporal shield breaks, both combatants revert to their younger states.
– Cooldown: three days.
– The duel ends only when one side dies.
Although he hadn't obtained the "Evil God's Protection" skill, Lin Yun couldn't deny how amazing these two were.
Golden Dragon Demon Flash and Arena of Life and Death—both stylish and devastating.
What Lin Yun lacked most now were defensive and area-of-effect abilities. Defensive techniques could wait—his body was tough enough—but an AOE attack combining true damage, armor-breaking, and teleportation mobility like Golden Dragon Demon Flash? That was priceless.
With spiritual power surpassing most Soul Douluo, Lin Yun's temporal shield from Arena of Life and Death could even withstand their attacks.
If he ever faced an opponent as strong as himself but with weaker spiritual power—using this skill would mean guaranteed victory.
"I feel terrifyingly strong right now!" Lin Yun grinned broadly, satisfaction gleaming in his golden eyes.
(End of Chapter)
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