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When the two points of crimson light opened, Lin Feng was still sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the stone pool.

A yellow beam of light shot up from the bottom of the pool, leaving only a thin layer of the source essence.

His core had completed 99% of its transformation, but the last bit of his essence was still missing. The dark red lines on his right arm crossed his shoulder and were spreading towards his chest.

A heavy grinding sound came from deep within the crack.

The rock wall was pierced by a large piece of skull, and rubble crashed into the stone pool.

Lin Feng opened his eyes and gripped the Myriad Calamities Halberd in his left hand.

A head covered in dark spots emerged from behind the rock wall, its bloody mouth gaping open to reveal three rows of interlocking fangs. Venom dripped from the fangs, burning deep craters into the rock upon impact.

[Target: Dark-spotted Poisonous Dragon.]

[Realm: Peak of the Fourth Tier of the Overlord]

[Target is locking onto host.]

The Dark-Spotted Poisonous Dragon gave Lin Feng no time to catch his breath.

It smelled the earth vein essence in the stone pool and sensed the primordial essence that was undergoing transformation within Lin Feng's body.

It wants all of these things.

"Didn't you just wake up?"

The Abyssal Armored Earth Dragon huddled in the corner of a crack, its claws digging into the rock, not daring to even lift its head. "Why is it awake too?"

Lin Feng stared at the venomous dragon's gaping maw.

"The smell of food will naturally wake you up faster."

"Then why are you still sitting?"

The earth dragon moved its body back another half a zhang. "After it finishes eating the source marrow, it will eat you."

"It has to come in first."

"You haven't even reached the second tier yet."

The earth dragon glanced at Lin Feng's right arm and immediately buried its head between its front paws. "I suggest you give the pool to it; at least you can at least leave it with a whole corpse."

The old thing had just gotten off its lock when it immediately started calculating who would be the best meal.

Raymond Lam did not respond.

The Dark-Spotted Poisonous Dragon had already squeezed half of its body into the crevice. Its scales scraped against the rock wall, sparking bursts of sparks, and the surrounding poisonous mist, drawn by its power, converged towards the stone pool.

With each step forward, a layer of the source essence in the stone pool diminishes.

Lin Feng's breakthrough progress stopped at 99.9%.

If it gets too close, the source marrow will be completely devoured.

If you leave the stone pool, your breakthrough will be interrupted.

The mark on his right hand was still spreading, and several dark red lines had already appeared on his chest. If this dragged on, his right arm would be crippled first, and his second-tier Dominator status would become meaningless.

There's only one path left to choose from.

"Old Jia".

Lin Feng raised the Myriad Calamities Halberd, its tip pointing out of the crack, "Guard the stone pool."

The Abyss Armored Earth Dragon raised its head, and the corner of its mouth twitched.

"You want me to guard this place?"

"If you don't defend, I'll take your armor first."

"I just gave you twelve and a half dollars."

"You still owe me a pool of source essence."

The earth dragon's claws stopped in mid-air.

The Dark-Spotted Poisonous Dragon let out a low hiss, its massive body smashing through the last layer of rock wall, its bloody maw snapping at Lin Feng.

The earth dragon pressed its head back into the ground.

"I can't hold it."

Lin Feng's feet landed on the bottom of the pool.

The 50-meter absolute no-go zone has been set up.

The cracks spread along the edge of the domain, the rules of space were suppressed, and the surging poisonous mist retreated from both sides of the stone pool. The dark-spotted venomous dragon rushed into the forbidden area, its front half suddenly sinking, its speed changing from a charge to a crawl.

Its venom stopped in mid-air, its trajectory frozen by the domain.

The venomous dragon turned its eyes to Lin Feng, and for the first time hesitated.

"What is this?"

Its sound emanated from its abdominal cavity, causing the surface of the stone pool to ripple.

Lin Feng took a step forward.

"You are not qualified to ask."

The venomous dragon lashed out with its tail, the tip striking the edge of the domain, shattering large pieces of its scales. Using the recoil, it raised its head, its bloody maw closing again, intending to swallow Lin Feng and the stone pool whole.

Lin Feng did not back down.

With his left hand, he raised his halberd, and 365 bone shuttles emerged from the spatial rift, blocking the venomous dragon's escape route.

Sensing danger, the venomous dragon raised its neck scales layer by layer, and dark green poisonous light emanated from the gaps between the scales.

"Human, you cannot protect this pool of things."

"You have no right to touch what's in the pool."

As Lin Feng's voice fell, his body used the space within the domain to leap forward.

The venomous dragon's movements were suppressed by the restricted area. Just as it raised its head halfway, Lin Feng appeared under its jaw.

The Myriad Calamities Heavenly Halberd thrusts upwards from below.

The halberd's edge grazed several layers of poisonous scales and pierced the reverse scale of the lower jaw.

That scale was only the size of a palm, but it was the point where the venomous dragon's entire essence converged.

The moment the halberd tip pierced through, the Dark-spotted Poisonous Dragon let out a low roar and slammed its head against the rocky top.

Raymond Lam did not let up.

The rock face was smashed open, creating large cracks, and rubble fell one after another. The halberd shaft bent into a crescent shape, and the bones in the left arm made a soft cracking sound.

Thirty-six bone needles pierced the flesh of the venomous dragon along the halberd's edge, pinning it to its neck bone.

The venomous dragon turned its head and bit, its fangs grazing Lin Feng's shoulder, leaving two deep gashes on his armor.

Lin Feng raised his knee to press against its lower jaw, and gripped the halberd shaft firmly with his left hand.

"Want to eat me?"

Reverse Devouring Initiated.

A surge of vital energy flowed back up through the Myriad Tribulations Heavenly Halberd.

The blood within the venomous dragon's body began to flow backward, and its dark green essence was split into several streams by the bone shuttle, flowing along the halberd and into Lin Feng's meridians.

The Dark-spotted Poisonous Dragon writhed wildly.

It smashed a stone pillar, its tail swept across the crack, and the rock strata were carved out into wide ravines.

"Let go!"

The venomous dragon's voice changed, "You're sucking my life away!"

Lin Feng's left arm went numb from the shock, but the halberd's edge pushed in another half inch.

"When you bumped into my pool, did you ask if it wanted to?"

"The essence is yours!"

"It's already inside me."

"I can also give you poison crystals!"

"I'll get it myself."

Lin Feng mobilized his killing intent and pressed it into the poisonous dragon's wound along the shaft of his halberd.

The absolute restricted area continues to shrink.

The original fifty-meter range shrank to thirty meters, and the pressure of the domain increased accordingly. The venomous dragon's body was pressed against the rock layer, its scales cracked one by one, and the poisonous mist was squeezed into several thin lines, making it impossible for it to approach the stone pool.

The Abyss Armored Earth Dragon hid in the corner, its head, which had just been raised, lowered back down.

It has seen many contestants and even battles between powerful beings at the Dominator Realm.

But it had never seen anyone who had broken through halfway, sitting in the Source Essence Pool, using a peak fourth-tier poisonous dragon as a tonic.

"Inhale slowly."

The earth dragon stretched out a claw, warning from a distance of more than ten meters, "If you suck it to death, the poison crystal will shatter."

Raymond Lam turned his head to the side.

"Are you concerned about it?"

"I care about my pool."

The earth dragon retracted its claws. "If you collapse this place, the source essence will be gone."

This made Lin Feng glance around.

Rock fragments continued to fall from the top of the crack, impacting the earth's source marrow at the bottom of the pool, causing the yellow pillar of light to sway. The breakthrough progress was stuck at 99%, but the external pressure continued to increase.

He can't keep delaying.

Lin Feng stretched out his left hand and pressed his five fingers down on the end of the halberd.

The 365 bone shuttles inside the Myriad Calamities Halberd vibrated simultaneously, splitting into 72 that pierced the bloodline nodes of the poisonous dragon.

The venomous dragon's struggles ceased for a moment.

It wanted to activate the source of poison, and the seventy-two bone shuttles had already severed the source's operating route.

Lin Feng pushed the absorption power to the maximum.

The venomous dragon's belly swelled, and the flesh beneath its scales rapidly withered. A large amount of essence blood rushed into Lin Feng's body, replenishing the source of life that had been drained by the Devouring Mark.

[Detected peak fourth-tier Dominator Qi and Blood essence.]

[Current source replenishment efficiency has improved.]

Breakthrough progress: 99.95%.

Lin Feng's dominant core began to vibrate.

Sensing impending death, the Dark-Spotted Poisonous Dragon squeezed out a black venomous core from its neck wound. The core, barely half-exposed, solidified into a maw full of sharp teeth, and bit down on Lin Feng's left arm.

"It also has its own venomous core!"

The Abyss Armored Earth Dragon propped itself up, its claws gripping the rock surface. "That thing will devour your soul! Don't let it get close!"

Lin Feng did not sheathe his halberd.

With a flick of his fingers, seven bone shuttles detached from the venomous dragon's neck bone, interlocking to seal the venomous opening.

The venomous mouth collided with the bone shuttle, producing a piercing sound.

Lin Feng raised his left hand, and the Absolute Forbidden Zone landed on the Poison Core.

The black venomous core was pressed inward, causing the venomous source inside to shrink back inch by inch.

The venomous dragon's body began to convulse.

"Spare me, and I'll acknowledge you as my master!"

Its scales kept peeling away, revealing the blackened flesh beneath. "I'll stay here and kill all the other competitors for you!"

Lin Feng pressed the halberd shaft forward.

"I don't need a doorman."

"I can tell you the secrets of the competition!"

"You've finished speaking."

"The organizing committee has hidden a Primal Furnace at the bottom of the Meteorite Abyss, containing the core of a Dominator-level Star Beast!"

The venomous dragon's voice grew increasingly urgent; it wanted to trade this information for its life: "That furnace can allow you to skip directly to the second tier, and even break through to the third tier!"

Lin Feng did not stop.

Information is useful, but life is worthless.

Besides, when this venomous dragon rushed in, all it had in its eyes was the source marrow and his flesh. Keeping it around is like having a poisonous core that could flip over at any moment.

What he wants is a breakthrough.

The essence of this venomous dragon is just enough.

"I will retrieve your secret myself."

Lin Feng clenched his five fingers.

The seventy-two bone shuttles of the Myriad Calamities Halberd exerted their power simultaneously, pinning the venomous dragon's life-bound poison core deep within the wound. A reverse devouring process spread along the bone shuttles, peeling away the layers of black poison essence, causing the Dark-Spotted Venomous Dragon's aura to plummet from the peak of the fourth tier.

Late stage of the fourth tier.

Mid-stage of the fourth tier.

Its tail swept across the ground, crashed into the edge of the restricted area, and it could no longer lift its head.

Outside the stone pool, the abyssal armor dragon felt a chill run down its spine as it looked at the armor plates.

It had previously regarded Lin Feng as a contestant with unusual strength.

Now, it's starting to feel glad it didn't continue its attack when the opponent broke through.

The three bone shuttles were still hanging above its head.

If Lin Feng wanted to, taking its life would only require raising his hand.

"Old Jia".

Lin Feng's voice came through, "Press down that rock slab."

The earth dragon immediately stretched out its claws and pressed against the edge of the stone pool.

"It's under control."

"Don't let the earth's veins dry up."

"I'm pressing."

"Put a little more force into it."

The earth dragon gritted its teeth, its entire forearm sinking into the rock. "You've broken through, so why do you need me to watch over the pool for you?"

"Because you received payment."

"I was paid for unlocking the lock!"

"The source essence has also been extracted."

The earth dragon's voice was stuck in its throat.

Lin Feng ignored it.

The venomous dragon's essence blood had been poured into his dantian, and the golden halo surrounding the Sovereign Core was compressed to its limit. The last bit of opening finally began to loosen.

The dark red mark crawled up his right arm to his chest, devouring power and reaching his heart.

Lin Feng mobilized the remaining killing energy to block that force.

My right arm has completely lost sensation, and below my shoulder there is only a heavy, dragging feeling.

Breakthrough progress: 99.99%.

[Right arm's core erosion level: 87%]

[It is estimated that the erosion will enter the heart meridian in seven breaths.]

Lin Feng's left hand was still gripping the halberd shaft.

Seven breaths is enough.

The last wisp of essence blood was extracted from the venomous dragon's body and poured into Lin Feng's dantian along the halberd.

The scales of the Dark-spotted Poisonous Dragon lost their luster, and its huge body crashed to the ground, with only its head still pinned down by the Myriad Calamities Heavenly Halberd.

It opened its mouth, its fangs scraping against the rock surface.

"You will die here."

Lin Feng raised his left eye and his gaze fell on it.

"You'll be the first to die."

The halberd's edge advanced further.

The life force of the venomous dragon was completely drained.

The last wisp of essence blood entered Lin Feng's body, and the golden halo emitted a resounding boom.

Lin Feng's chest then swelled up.

The next moment, a roar came from his body.

The barrier of the second-tier Overlord shattered with a deafening roar!