Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 457 Inheriting the Dragon God's Position: I Won't Follow Your Path

"I know what happened back then, and I also know why you've been stuck in the Dragon Tomb and haven't left." Lin Yun was very direct, saying things that only the Dragon God could understand.

"Give me everything you left behind. I don't care where you go after that, and I don't want to care. Whether you want to travel the universe or seek an opportunity to break through the creation world, it's up to you. You can leave things here to me."

The Dragon God is still hiding here simply because he caused the Beast God lineage to decline to this state.

However, he himself is unwilling to show up. Otherwise, with his strength, the five great god kings of the god realm would be a complete joke. At his peak, he could crush the heads of the nine dragon kings and the five great god kings. Even though he is not as strong as he was at his peak, his opponents have changed from fourteen god kings to five.

If the Dragon God were single-mindedly focused on restoring the God Realm to its former state as the Dragon God Realm, it would be far too easy for him.

To put it bluntly, this guy felt guilty and stuck in a rut. He felt he was no longer worthy to be a god of the dragon race and didn't want to go out and face the resentful eyes of the other beast gods, so he wanted to find a successor to take the blame for him.

"You..." The Dragon God opened his mouth as if to say something, but after sensing the seven-colored dragon blood intertwined with the bloodlines of the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings in Lin Yun's body, he closed his mouth and remained silent.

Being able to weave a bloodline of gold and silver means that one can succeed him as the Dragon God. Looking at Gu Yuena, Di Tian, ​​and the Ice and Fire Dragon King beside Lin Yun, even if the Dragon God wanted to refuse, he would have no excuse.

Moreover, he never even considered refusing.

At this point, the Dragon God was basically in the same boat as Poseidon and the Asura God, only thinking about shirking his responsibilities and running away. Lin Yun had already given him a way out, so of course he was very willing to take it.

"Since you have made your decision, then this power and this responsibility are entrusted to you." The Dragon God's awkward expression suddenly changed, and his tone was full of majesty.

"My successor, accept this power!"

The Dragon God didn't give Gu Yuena and the other three a chance to speak. He stretched out his right hand and pointed at Lin Yun's brow. A colorful beam of light shot out from his fingertip and hit Lin Yun's brow.

The Nine Trials of the Dragon God

[First Trial: Blood of the True Dragon, Trial Completed, Reward: 5% Dragon God Affinity, Additional 5% Reward for Exceeding Expectations]

[Second Test: True Dragon Power, Test Completed. Exceeding the target grants an additional 10% Dragon God Affinity bonus.]

[Third Trial: The Will of the True Dragon, the trial is complete. Exceeding the target will grant an additional 10% Dragon God Affinity bonus.]

[Fourth Trial: True Dragon Bone, Trial Completed. Exceeding the target will grant an additional 15% Dragon God Affinity bonus.]

[Fifth Trial, True Dragon Body, Trial Completed. Exceeding the target grants an additional 20% Dragon God Affinity bonus.]

[Sixth Test, Comprehensive Understanding, Assessment Completed, Reward: 15% Dragon God Affinity]

[Seventh Trial, Dragon Clan Magic Blade, Trial Completed, Reward: 20% Dragon God Affinity]

[Eighth Trial, Dragon God's Power, Trial Completed, Reward: 25% Dragon God Affinity]

[The Ninth Trial, Dragon God Inheritance, requires 100% Dragon God affinity. Current affinity is 125%, requirement met. The trial has begun.]

boom!!!

A nine-colored beam of light shot into the sky, almost breaking through the projection of the Dragon Tomb's small world into the outside world, but was stopped by the Dragon God waving his hand.

It has to be said that the divine position assessment set by the Dragon God for Lin Yun was incredibly lenient. Although one reason was that he had already become a first-level god and had long met the various requirements for inheriting the divine position, the Dragon God could still choose to set several assessments that Lin Yun had not yet met.

But he didn't. In order to get rid of the burden as soon as possible, the Dragon God couldn't wait for him to inherit the divine position so that he could live a carefree life.

The voices of the first eight tests only flashed through Lin Yun's mind before indicating that the tests were completed. It wasn't until the ninth test, when the divine position was being passed on, that the voices in his mind completely fell silent.

At the same time, beams of light of different colors also lit up on Lin Yun's body.

Head: Silver

Torso: Emerald green

Right arm: Red

Left arm: Blue

Behind: Gold

And the yellowish-brown leg bone that always floated beside him, and the greenish-blue soul bone that the Dragon God sent when he pointed at him.

The left leg bone of the Wind Dragon King.

When the Wind Dragon King perished, his dragon core and power were preserved with the Dragon God. When passing on his divine position to Lin Yun, he passed it on to Lin Yun along with the Dragon God Pillar, Dragon God Tears, Dragon God Spear, and other treasures that the Dragon God once possessed.

Divine equipment creation.

This process requires stripping away all the fused soul bones, then subjecting them to a baptism of divine power before they can finally be transformed into divine armor.

Lin Yun felt an excruciating pain that seemed to tear his body apart. Then, these divine-level soul bones were separated and combined with the leg bones of the Mountain Dragon King and the Wind Dragon King to form a human skeleton.

but……

"I am not willing to walk the path you have walked. I am not you, I am not the Dragon God, I am not the Golden Dragon King. I am just myself." Lin Yun looked into the Dragon God's eyes and said, word by word.

"These were your powers in the past, but now they are all my powers, under my control. They will only become nourishment for my growth, not a shortcut to instant success!"

"Come!!" Lin Yun roared, drawing the five divine-level soul bones that had just been separated back into his body, and also drawing the divine-level soul bones of the Mountain Dragon King and the Wind Dragon King into his legs.

Within the nine-colored pillar of light, Lin Yun's face was contorted with rage, his veins bulging, as he endured immense pain.

He refused the Dragon God's offer to forge him divine armor using his divine power, deciding instead to do it himself.

"Dragon Blade, Dragon Spear!" Lin Yun roared again, gripping the Dragon Clan's Dragon Blade and Dragon God Spear in his hands before clashing them together.

A dazzling gold light shone between his brows. As the Dragon Clan's magic sword and the Dragon God's spear collided, the Golden Dragon Death Scythe also flew out from between Lin Yun's brows and struck the point where the two super artifacts were fused together.

"With my blood, I forge my weapons; with my divine power, I sculpt my divine armor!"

Bang!

Lin Yun's body exploded instantly, and countless pieces of flesh and blood merged into the three super artifacts and the Dragon King's soul bone that had already been successfully fused within his body, all within the nine-colored pillar of light.

However, on the skeleton of the Dragon King's soul bone, Lin Yun's colorful, transparent body still clung to the skeleton like real flesh and blood.

That was his soul.

The dragon bones gradually melted, turning into a pool of colorful liquid, which was then kneaded and shaped by an invisible force into a majestic dragon armor.

"The power of the Dragon God is not my path; I will walk my own path!"

Lin Yun's soul sensed the Dragon God's divine position that had almost merged within his body, and a smile appeared on his lips. He directly activated the power of the divine position, pushing his spacetime power to its limit, drawing upon endless spacetime power, and pouring it into his soul body.

tear-

The Dragon Tomb space was easily torn apart by Lin Yun like an A4 sheet of paper, revealing the true endless void.

Two different energies, silver-white and azure blue, were drawn out of the endless void by Lin Yun, and then, under Lin Yun's crazed gaze, they were suddenly drawn into his soul.

The originally colorful divine soul was instantly filled with endless spacetime power, and the nine colors were constantly washed away, gradually being replaced by silver-white and azure.

"Alas, I am not even as good as my split self." The Dragon God sighed softly as he watched Lin Yun's actions.

Inheriting a divine position is equivalent to converting all the power in one's body into the power of the divine position. This can be seen from the fact that Lin Yun's divine soul has become nine-colored, and his divine power has basically transformed into the divine power of the Dragon God himself.

Same root and same origin.

Although this allows one to grow to the level of the Dragon God who was once half-step into creation at an extremely fast speed, one will basically stop at the God King level, just like Tang San, with very little chance of going any further.

As the creator of the Dragon God Realm, the Dragon God has almost reached the end in terms of both his own strength and his path of faith.

This is experience accumulated over countless years.

At Lin Yun's age of around thirty, he is not even a fraction of the Dragon God's long lifespan. He has long since passed the Dragon God's growth stage, and his power of faith has almost reached its limit.

With these alone, he could not reach the realm of creation.

If Lin Yun truly follows his divine inheritance path, he can at most reach the level he once reached. Then he will either obediently remain at the top of the Douluo Continent with his current strength, or, like he once did, risk going mad to attempt to break through to the Creation Realm.

How could Lin Yun be willing to accept that?

Before he grew up, he never thought of following the old path of the Golden Dragon King. At that time, he hadn't even obtained a single spirit ring yet, but he was already thinking about what would happen after he became a god.

Now, he has gradually risen to the level of a first-level god in just over thirty years, and he already has the potential to surpass the Golden Dragon King.

So, even if a Dragon God position, which is countless times more powerful than the Golden Dragon King, is placed before him, does he have to continue following the path of the Dragon God?

Do not!

Just as he said.

"Your power will only nourish me, not become a shackle that limits my further progress after I've reached the top!"

The Dragon God's power is tempting, but it belongs to the Dragon God, not to him personally.

Only the power of time and space is his own power.

This process of rinsing away divine power and reshaping oneself is tantamount to crushing Lin Yun's soul bit by bit and then kneading and recombining it back into his original form.

Moreover, even if Lin Yun does this, he may not be able to reach the level that the Dragon God once reached, after all, that person had already stepped into the supreme realm of creation.

Otherwise, why would the Dragon God say that he is inferior to Lin Yun? At least he doesn't have that kind of courage. If there were a God of Creation in front of him right now, he wouldn't care whether he could go further after becoming a God of Creation. Reaching that level would already be good enough.

"Lord Dragon God, you..." Di Tian was about to ask something when the Dragon God frowned and disappeared.

"Thanks for the invitation. I've lost contact with the person; please don't worry about them."

The Dragon God's casual remark instantly darkened Di Tian's face.

Not only Di Tian, ​​but the Ice Dragon King, who had long harbored resentment towards the Dragon God, was so angry that his pretty face turned as red as an apple.

"Damn it, that old bastard!" The Ice Dragon King cursed in anger, because she sensed that the Dragon God had already slipped away.

Laugh to death.

He chose to stay in a godforsaken place like the Dragon Tomb because he didn't want to see those accusing eyes, waiting for someone who could take his place to come and help him share the burden.

Now that the divine position and power have been given away, this responsibility is no longer my concern, Dragon God.

Then why should I stay and get scolded?

Dragon God: The feeling of being relieved of this burden is so exhilarating! Time for a trip!

"Never mind, he's had it tough too." The Fire Dragon King hugged the furious Ice Dragon King and gently patted her back.

Having been able to stay in the Dragon Tomb for so many years, this old fellow must have felt incredibly guilty. Seeing the corpses of his subjects every day, the guilt in the Dragon God's heart must have driven him almost insane.

"Although the old guy is indeed a scoundrel, the fact that he waited for us here is already quite commendable."

The Ice Dragon King paused for a moment.

Although he was still very angry and didn't spit in that old guy's face to vent his anger (why reward him?), the Ice Dragon King's anger gradually subsided.

Gu Yuena kept her eyes on Lin Yun the whole time.

Aside from the initial appearance of the Dragon God, when she looked at her original self, ever since Lin Yun began inheriting the divine position, she has been staring at Lin Yun without blinking, her eyes filled with worry.

"My lord, rest assured. Don't you know how capable His Excellency is? When His Excellency returns, it will be the time for him to rule the world!" Di Tian comforted him.

"Yes, my brother has always been amazing!" Gu Yuena smiled.

If there were anyone in the world who could do everything, Gu Yuena would definitely shout out Lin Yun's name!

The nine-colored beam of light gradually faded away.

The Dragon God's Tear and the Dragon God's Pillar have been integrated into Lin Yun's divine armor, and the fusion of the three super artifacts, including the Golden Dragon Death Scythe, is also nearing its end.

The brand-new divine armor instantly split into pieces, which then attached themselves to Lin Yun as he reappeared. The majestic and imposing dragon armor gave Lin Yun an air of supreme authority.

He reached out and gently grasped, and a huge scythe reappeared in his hand. With a flick of his wrist, the scythe instantly transformed into a massive battle blade. He sheathed the blade and returned it to his hand, whereupon the battle blade transformed back into a longsword.

This is a true divine artifact, capable of changing according to Lin Yun's will.

After being baptized by the power of the Dragon God and the power of Lin Yun, it has surpassed the limit of a super artifact and reached a new level!

Just like the divine armor he wore!

"Dragon Emperor, from now on my divine name will be Dragon Emperor!" Lin Yun laughed heartily, experiencing his almost omnipotent power.

He seemed to be able to see countless trajectories.

The river of time, the nodes of space, the rise and fall of elements, the threads of fate, and the operation of rules!

Everything seemed to have lost its secrets in his eyes. He could even see through the river of time to everything that had happened in the past. He even had a strong feeling that he could take a step back and return to the past!

"This power..."

(End of this chapter)