Chapter 178: The Silver Dragon King's Skull—Will It Make One "Wise"?
"It's over!"
The "Seven Gods" that Shrek Academy had worked hard to cultivate were on the verge of total annihilation.
Of course, since Gu Yue was present, they wouldn't truly be wiped out.
"Let's go."
Na'er lightly communicated with the Ascending Dragon Pillar, and the Dragon Clan Tomb suddenly felt as if it had run into another terrifying entity.
What was happening?
How could there be two rulers?
In that instant, the apocalyptic scene abruptly stopped.
Then, without hesitation, the Dragon Clan Tomb tore open space itself. Two massive, invisible hands grabbed the Shrek students by the backs of their necks and tossed them all outside.
Couldn't win? Then run!
Even when sensing the Mountain Dragon King's aura from Long Yue's body, it didn't even bother thinking further.
The others were thrown out carelessly with one hand, like trash being tossed away.
But when it came to Long Yue, the dragon spirit used both hands, carefully placing him outside.
As for Na'er, a grand staircase formed beneath her feet, leading outward—an unmistakable gesture of respect.
"Mm, thank you."
"Heh, here—this is for you."
Gu Yue took out a piece of soul bone and handed it to Jiang Chen, who frowned.
"What's this supposed to mean?"
"Aren't you collecting the Dragon God King set?"
Gu Yue smiled faintly, as though she already understood his intentions.
Since he had already retrieved the Fire Dragon King's remains, it meant he also had the Water Dragon King's bones. Now he'd claimed the Mountain Dragon King's as well, forming part of a God King–level soul bone set.
Interesting.
The soul bone she handed over was a skull, emanating traces of wind attribute energy.
"The Wind Dragon King?"
Taking the bone, Jiang Chen could instantly feel the wind power within—it was indeed the Wind Dragon King's skull.
Dragon God King Set +1.
Still, when it came to skulls, he wanted the Silver Dragon King's.
After all, the Silver Dragon King's mastery over mental power was something he deeply envied.
Since Na'er was the Silver Dragon King, he wondered for a moment: would she ever drop a skull bone if defeated?
Hiss—what a dangerous thought.
Better not. If he absorbed the Silver Dragon King's head bone, would he also inherit Gu Yue's "Dragon God wisdom"?
That would be a disaster.
Yet from Gu Yue's point of view, even though Jiang Chen's actions had deeply offended the dragon race, he had already gone too far to care.
If it were during the Dragon God Realm era, he would have been flayed a thousand times over.
But nowadays, such offenses hardly mattered anymore.
After all, he was her top subordinate.
Di Tian: ?
The main question now was—if Jiang Chen replaced his body entirely with dragon soul bones, would that make him a dragon?
If possible, she thought, maybe even replace his blood with dragon blood.
He would then become a true dragon of the race.
As for his inherited bloodline from the Evil God?
A God King, he claimed?
Sorry—our dragon race has nine of those!
The Water Dragon King, Fire Dragon King, Earth Dragon King, Wind Dragon King, Light Dragon King, Dark Dragon King, Space Dragon King, Time Dragon King, and Mountain Dragon King.
Please, choose your God King bloodline!
The Nine Dragon Kings: ???
"Alright, thank you very much!"
Regardless of what Gu Yue was thinking, Jiang Chen still accepted the Wind Dragon King's skull. Although it wasn't as alluring as the Silver Dragon King's, it was still another God King–level soul bone.
He couldn't exactly bash in the Silver Dragon King's head, could he?
If he tried, he'd probably explode himself before she did.
"I don't want to!"
A girl in red, looking about fifteen or sixteen, clung tightly to Sima Jinchi's sleeve, hiding behind him.
This girl was the proud phoenix from earlier, now in human form, timidly following behind him.
"Instructor, which phoenix is this?"
At this moment, all members of Class One gathered around. The moment they saw Sima Jinchi battling the evil soul master, Tang Wulin's team had already called for reinforcements.
By the time Sima Jinchi completely defeated the evil soul master, everyone had arrived—and all eyes were fixed on the young girl behind him.
Le Zhengyu asked uncertainly, "That's really a phoenix? She looks exactly like a human."
Xie Xie scoffed, "You idiot, she's in human form, not her real body."
"Who are you calling an idiot?"
Le Zhengyu frowned. Did this guy not know who was higher in the pecking order here? Who gave him the courage to talk to him like that!
As the two were about to fight again, Tang Wulin quickly stepped between them, exasperated.
"Hmph!"
"Hmph!"
"I say, Miss Phoenix, can we see your true form? We've never actually seen a real phoenix before!"
Ignoring Xie Xie entirely, Le Zhengyu now turned his full attention to the phoenix girl.
Feeling the stares of so many humans, the Fire Phoenix frowned. Were humans always this rude?
She quietly retreated further behind Sima Jinchi's back.
"Alright, enough gawking. You're scaring our new soul beast friend."
Qian Gu Zhangting waved for everyone to move aside. He didn't quite know what to do next, but at least they shouldn't block her path.
After all, she was a wild soul beast.
If her beastly instincts flared up and she lashed out, that would be a major loss.
"Alright, disperse! Time to eat!"
He signaled Wei Xiaofeng to lead the others away, then approached Sima Jinchi.
"Instructor."
Qian Gu Zhangting gave what he thought was a very kind smile.
"Hello, Miss Phoenix. It's an honor to meet you. I'm Qian Gu Zhangting, the son of the Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master."
"Allow me to introduce briefly: the Spirit Pagoda was founded by the God-ranked Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao. Our organization is dedicated to building a world where humans and soul beasts coexist peacefully."
"The Spirit Pagoda not only has many titled Douluo, but also three Limit Douluo, as well as numerous fierce beasts over two hundred thousand years old among our ranks—it's the most soul-beast-inclusive organization on the Douluo Continent."
"Would you be interested in visiting our Spirit Pagoda sometime?"
Whether she agreed or not, he only needed to get her there first.
The world's only phoenix was priceless—her mere existence had immense research value.
If they could study her, it could revolutionize phoenix-type martial souls across the entire Soul Master world.
However, the Fire Phoenix ignored him completely, her gaze shifting between Tang Wulin and Sima Jinchi—before settling on Sima Jinchi.
"I don't know~"
Truth be told, she hadn't absorbed a single word of what Qian Gu Zhangting said—Pagoda, humans, soul beasts—it all meant nothing to her.
Her true attention was fixed solely on Tang Wulin and Sima Jinchi.
"How strange… clearly human, and yet…"
She could distinctly sense that Tang Wulin was human, but the blood in his body belonged to a true dragon—one equal to, perhaps greater than, the Nine Dragon Kings themselves.
That shouldn't exist within a human. Nor was he a hybrid born of dragon and man.
"Could it be those damn dragons have made something even more monstrous this time?"
(END CHAPTER)
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