Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 396 Azure Dragon

Transforming into a dragon or a phoenix is ​​the ultimate evolutionary path for nearly 90% of soul beast species in the soul beast world.

With a million years of cultivation, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King is only one step away from transforming into a dragon and ascending to godhood.

It thought it was only one step away from becoming a true dragon, and even if it couldn't compare to a true dragon in terms of bloodline, it wouldn't be much worse.

But the dragon's might from above caused it to feel fear and submission from the depths of its bloodline. Even with millions of years of cultivation, it could only barely suppress this bloodline instinct. It was only at this moment that it realized how big the gap was between itself and a true dragon.

For a moment, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was extremely disappointed, but now was not the time to be sentimental; the important business still needed to be done.

……

a few days later.

A floating island that could move came to rest in an unfamiliar sea area.

Down in the sea, a thousand meters below.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King pointed with its whale fin at a winged fish-like soul beast in the blue water prison and said:
“Master, this is a 200,000-year-old flying fish with both feng shui and water attributes, and possesses fish-dragon bloodline. Do you think it’s qualified to be your ninth soul ring?”

On its back, the Heart of the Sea God had created a small space. Lin Rong sat inside, watching the flying fish in the water prison, silently shaking his head, and said:

"It's alright, but it's still a bit worse than yours."

The implication of this statement is that while this 200,000-year-old flying fish is good, its goodness is limited; its compatibility is not enough to bridge the 800,000-year cultivation gap between it and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

“Master is joking. Next one, and there’s always next one.”

The Sea God Demon Whale King laughed awkwardly as he carried Lin Rong to the surface of the sea.

After Lin Rong returned to the floating island, he led the way, while the 100,000-year-old floating island turtle followed silently behind, serving as a mobile floating island for Lin Rong and the old steward to land on.

The ocean area of ​​Douluo Star is vast, and there are many sea spirit beasts. Finding the ninth spirit ring that matches the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon in the vast ocean is not a matter of a single step, even with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King as a guide.

During this process, Lin Rong cultivated the Marrow Cleansing Scripture on the floating island. Having found a good goal, he went to sea with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to see if the compatibility was good enough to replace the million-year-old "Bubble" as his ninth soul ring.

Time flies, and a year has passed.

The floating island on the sea is traveling at a constant speed toward the Douluo Continent.

In the center of the floating island, deep in a valley in the mountains.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King shrank its enormous body and swam around in the pool in the valley, while also guarding a soul beast imprisoned in the water prison.

This is a cyan dragon, its body pale blue, transparent and ethereal. A faint trace of the power of destiny is mixed in with the power of illusion, shimmering and colorful, making it impossible for viewers to resist becoming captivated and unable to extricate themselves.

"Thank goodness I found you just half a month before my master broke through to level 90, otherwise my dream of becoming the Sea God would have remained just a dream."

Looking at the Azure Dragon imprisoned in the water dungeon, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King glanced at Lin Rong, who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the valley and was in the critical period of breakthrough. He couldn't be more grateful that he had escaped a calamity.

Before finding this Azure Dragon, heaven knows how it got through those days. Every day was filled with anxiety, like a countdown to its death, each day bringing it closer to its end. After that 200,000-year-old flying fish, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King led Lin Rong to find no fewer than twenty 100,000-year-old sea spirit beasts.

Without exception, all of these sea spirit beasts possess the bloodline of a true dragon, and several of them even possess the bloodline of gold.

Among them, the rarest one is the Gem Sea Soul Beast, the Golden Chalk Python, which possesses both True Dragon bloodline and Golden bloodline.

However, what the Deep Sea Demon Whale King didn't know was that the most precious Golden Chalk Python was actually the one with the lowest compatibility with the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon among these twenty-odd 100,000-year-old sea spirit beasts.

As Lin Rong's soul power reached the peak of level 89, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King thought his chances of survival were slim, but unexpectedly encountered the extremely rare Hidden Dragon in the ocean.

With a "nothing to lose" attitude, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King captured the azure dragon he had encountered and brought it to Lin Rong. Unexpectedly, this led to their success.

In the master's words, the power of the illusion of the dragon was not important; what he wanted was the meager power of destiny mixed in with the power of the illusion.

With its dragon-type soul beast attribute and destiny attribute, and a cultivation level of 100,000 years, the appearance of the Azure Dragon exceeded Lin Rong's expectations. It was probably the most suitable soul beast for his ninth soul ring on the entire Douluo Star.

After an incense stick had burned, an immense pressure of soul power erupted from Lin Rong, causing sand and stones to fly everywhere in the valley, creating chaos.

"Level 90, done."

Lin Rong opened her eyes, and a heartfelt joy emanated from her heart, appearing in her pupils.

He is not yet sixteen years old this year, which means that after he absorbs the spirit ring of the Azure Dragon, he will be a fifteen-year-old Title Douluo.

Such a cultivation speed is unprecedented, even in his own timeline, except for other transmigrators in parallel universes. As for whether there will be any successors, that's hard to say.

Qing Zhelong knew that he had become a reserve soul ring for a human soul master. Seeing Lin Rong break through, he closed his eyes in despair.

It did consider a desperate struggle, but the water prison that imprisoned it was created by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King himself, and it was being monitored 24 hours a day without interruption, leaving it no room to escape.

The Nine-Bend Vine Dragon and the Forest Banyan Tree were of one mind. After receiving the order, the Vine Dragon flew to the pool and fished out the Azure Dragon.

At the same moment, the water prison imprisoning the Azure Dragon disappeared under the control of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. The Nine-Bend Vine Dragon attacked the instant the water prison vanished, unleashing a destructive cyan-purple lightning bolt mixed with a mental attack, ending the Azure Dragon's life with a single strike.

The Azure Dragon's already transparent and illusory body then turned into wisps of green smoke. A blood-red soul ring engraved with three golden patterns gradually solidified from its illusion. The Azure Dragon formed by the patterns on the soul ring was lifelike, making the soul ring look as lively as a living creature.

Moreover, the wisps of green smoke that the Azure Dragon's body had transformed into did not dissipate, but instead gathered together to condense into a phantom dragon scale.

The dragon scales are sky blue with light gold patterns, radiating an illusory power and a faint power of destiny.

"External soul bone, still in dragon scale form!"

Lin Rong was overjoyed. He already had six regular soul rings. If the soul bone produced by the Azure Dragon was one of the six regular soul bones, then he would not be able to obtain it.

But the reality is that what the Azure Dragon produces is an external soul bone, and most of the credit for this probably goes to that meager power of destiny.

(End of this chapter)