Chapter 338: Returning to Thunder Gorge, Target: Yun Xi
After leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the two of them quickly arrived at Thunder Gorge.
Arriving once more at the familiar Thunder Gorge, Yu Tianlin unexpectedly felt a rare sense of closeness.
Thinking about it, he and his grandfather, Yu Yuanzhen, had spent a full year in Thunder Gorge. Feeling this sense of familiarity was only natural.
The two of them did not exchange many words along the way. They quickly passed through the outer region of Thunder Gorge. Only when they neared the core area did Yu Yuanzhen finally speak.
"How is it, Tianlin? Are you afraid?"
"With Grandfather here, why would I be afraid?" Yu Tianlin chuckled. "With Grandfather's strength, defeating Yun Xi shouldn't be difficult at all."
"Yun Xi is naturally no match for me." Yu Yuanzhen stopped before the core area of Thunder Gorge and said, "But we are not facing only Yun Xi."
Yu Tianlin understood what Yu Yuanzhen meant.
As a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon whose cultivation had reached the hundred thousand year level, Yun Xi was the absolute overlord of the entire Thunder Gorge. All the other Spirit Beasts here were its subordinates. Therefore, if Yu Tianlin and the others wanted to target Yun Xi, they would not only have to face it, but also the attacks of its followers.
Among Yun Xi's subordinates, there were conservatively estimated to be more than twenty Spirit Beasts whose cultivation exceeded fifty thousand years. These were existences that absolutely could not be ignored.
Even so, Yu Tianlin still said with full confidence, "Don't worry, Grandfather. I am no longer the person I used to be."
When he came to Thunder Gorge back then, Yu Tianlin had only been Level 59. It was only when he rushed into the cloud vortex to attempt to lift the Thunder God's Hammer that he broke through to Level 60.
Things were different now. Yu Tianlin had already reached Level 70. Although it seemed like only a ten level increase, the growth within that gap was enormous.
Yu Tianlin was confident that his current strength could already rival a Titled Douluo. Even if he faced a Spirit Beast above fifty thousand years alone, he could quickly deal with it. He could defeat a seventy or eighty thousand year Spirit Beast after some fighting. Even against a ninety thousand year Spirit Beast, he could at least hold his ground.
Not to mention, Yu Tianlin also possessed special Spirit Bone abilities, so he was not afraid of being besieged by numerous Spirit Beasts. As long as Yu Yuanzhen could quickly take down Yun Xi, there would be no problem.
Yu Yuanzhen was quite familiar with Yu Tianlin's situation, so his earlier words were only meant to make sure Yu Tianlin was mentally prepared. Seeing the confidence in Yu Tianlin's eyes, he said nothing more and led the way into the core area of Thunder Gorge.
The symbol of Thunder Gorge's core area was the layer of clouds constantly flashing with lightning. Under the illumination of the lightning, the clouds had turned incandescent. Because of the Thunder God's Hammer, the very center of the cloud layer had formed a vortex, making it look extremely strange.
The Spirit Beasts capable of living in the core area of Thunder Gorge were generally above fifty thousand years old. They were not Yu Tianlin's target on this trip, so it was best not to provoke them and alert the true target.
Therefore, the moment they entered the core area of Thunder Gorge, Yu Tianlin and Yu Yuanzhen both concealed their auras to avoid being discovered by Spirit Beasts. Yu Yuanzhen even released his full sensory perception, sensing the distribution of nearby Spirit Beasts and avoiding them.
If Yu Tianlin opened his senses, he might disturb certain powerful Spirit Beasts and reveal their whereabouts, so he consciously refrained from doing so. Yu Yuanzhen was different. There were no Spirit Beasts stronger than him in the entire Thunder Gorge, so activating his senses carried no risk of exposure.
Thus, under Yu Yuanzhen's lead, the two continued deeper inside. They moved in a winding path, sometimes even deliberately taking a long detour, clearly bypassing the beings ahead.
Yu Yuanzhen's efforts were not in vain. As they continued deeper, not a single Spirit Beast appeared before them. They had clearly avoided them all.
Yu Tianlin quietly followed behind until they reached the area directly beneath the cloud vortex. There, Yu Yuanzhen suddenly stopped. This made Yu Tianlin realize that they seemed to have found the target of their trip.
After stopping, Yu Yuanzhen did not speak. He merely stepped aside and pointed forward. Yu Tianlin held his breath, took two steps forward, and looked in the direction Yu Yuanzhen indicated.
Ahead was an open clearing surrounded by crystal clear quartz. A massive blue-purple Dragon lay there, its dragon eyes tightly shut, its entire body faintly covered in a layer of lightning.
What was worth noting was that this giant Dragon only had its right Dragon Claw left. Its left Dragon Claw had completely vanished from where it connected to the torso.
This was Yun Xi, Yu Tianlin's target on this trip, a hundred thousand year Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Back then, Yun Xi had absorbed the Thunder Saint Dragon left arm bone that Yu Yuanzhen had deliberately left behind for it. However, on the day it broke through to the hundred thousand year level, it recklessly charged into the cloud vortex and nearly died inside. In the end, it had only managed to barely escape by detonating the Saint Dragon Spirit Bone.
Because of that, it lost its left Dragon Claw and nearly fell back down from the hundred thousand year level.
Now that nearly two years had passed, it seemed Yun Xi had successfully stabilized its hundred thousand year cultivation once more.
Seeing that Yun Xi had not noticed them, Yu Tianlin turned his gaze toward his grandfather beside him, silently asking what they should do next.
"Get ready."
Yu Yuanzhen mouthed these words to Yu Tianlin. Then he narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Yun Xi through half-closed lids as a layer of lightning gathered around his body.
Clearly, Yu Yuanzhen intended to take advantage of the current situation, where the enemy was in the open while they were hidden, to launch a surprise attack on Yun Xi. Furthermore, because he understood Yun Xi's level of strength very well, Yu Yuanzhen made no movement that might alert it.
Seeing this, Yu Tianlin's nerves immediately tightened. He knew things were about to begin.
Suddenly, Yu Yuanzhen's half-closed eyes snapped open, and an incomparably fierce current erupted from his body. In the next instant, he vanished from where he stood.
At the same time, a violent roar erupted, followed by Yun Xi's furious and exasperated shout.
"Yu! Yuan! Zhen!"
Since his grandfather had already made his move, Yu Tianlin no longer needed to conceal his own aura. He quickly entered his full Dragonization state, and six Spirit Rings, gold-red, purple, purple, black, black, and red, appeared around him.
If nothing unexpected happened today, he would gain another red Spirit Ring.
After entering Dragonization and summoning his Spirit Rings, Yu Tianlin looked toward Yun Xi.
Blood was flowing continuously from Yun Xi's abdomen. It was using its sole remaining right Dragon Claw to cover the wound on its stomach.
Not far from Yun Xi stood Yu Yuanzhen.
Clearly, Yu Yuanzhen's surprise attack just now had been extremely effective, directly inflicting a serious wound on Yun Xi.
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