"What do you mean by trial?"
Chen Ming looked the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon up and down.
"Also, aren't you a sub-dragon? How exactly are you qualified to oversee the trial for those who come to this ruin?"
"You! You! You!"
"Human Spirit Master, you're going too far! Do you even know how few true dragons are left in the world these days?"
"With my cultivation, I'm already a pretty outstanding dragon expert, all right? You think I'm weak? I think I'm weak too. But who else is stronger than me? Those weaker than me aren't qualified. Those stronger than me don't care. I…"
The Heavy Armored Earth Dragon spoke back with great grievance.
Theoretically speaking, sub-dragon Spirit Beasts had a chance to transform into true dragons when they reached a hundred thousand years.
But that chance was extremely small.
Unless it is like the Heavenly Dragon Horse, whose entire body is filled with Dragon Blood yet lacks a dragon form. Otherwise, even the highest-grade sub-dragon-type Spirit Beasts find it extremely difficult to complete the breakthrough at the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
Dragon Turtles, Heavy Armored Earth Dragons, and even sub-dragon Spirit Beasts like the Sky Azure Bull Python, which had very high quality and carried Azure Dragon blood, had all failed to break through at that stage.
Even the Scarlet King, with more than two hundred thousand years and close to three hundred thousand years of cultivation, was still only a Three-Headed Mastiff with fire dragon blood.
Unless a sub-dragon was infinitely close to a true dragon, or had some special inheritance of its own, it was truly hard for a sub-dragon Spirit Beast to become a true dragon just by raising its strength.
Even in ancient times, the Dragon God had specially created the Rising Dragon Pillar to help sub-dragon Spirit Beasts turn into true dragons.
After panting heavily several times, the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon glared fiercely at Chen Ming. Then it quickly shrank its head back and continued.
"If you want to enter the ruin, you must pass my trial. Not only do you need to last for a period of time under my aura, you also need to endure the pressure left behind by the Dragon King who left this ruin behind."
"Otherwise, even if your Martial Soul bloodline is noble, if your will is not firm enough and your own strength is not outstanding enough, then you absolutely cannot enter the ruin and witness the greatness of the dragon race."
Chen Ming turned his head and glanced at Long Na'er and Black Emperor.
Both of them gave him encouraging looks.
"Don't worry. I'll back you up."
"If you really can't hold on, I'll directly take you away."
"Although I can't force my way into the depths of the ruin under the watch of this hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, taking you away is still no problem."
Di Tian secretly sent a mental message to Chen Ming and encouraged him.
Chen Ming nodded, took a step forward, and spoke to the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon.
"Since that's the case, then come on."
"During the following period, I will gradually increase my own pressure. You need to persist in my pressure for a total of one quarter of an hour before it counts as passing."
The Heavy Armored Earth Dragon shook its head. Its body, which had been lying on the ground, finally began to stretch out.
As a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast with both Mountain Dragon blood and Earth Dragon blood, the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon was huge.
From head to tail, it was a full fifteen meters long.
Although its tail alone took up about one-third of its body length, its size was still enormous.
When it stood up, its height reached around nine to ten meters.
Every scale on its body was covered in an extremely special alloy.
With the support of its vast Spirit Power, those scales gave off a dazzling metallic shine.
Its limbs and tail were even thicker and stronger. It looked like a great warrior among dragons.
Although its whole body looked somewhat like a lizard, its fierce shape and certain features still showed the massive aura of the dragon race.
"Accept my trial!" Following the Silver Dragon King's guidance, the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon roared and released its pressure.
As a top-level sub-dragon with a hundred thousand years of cultivation, the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon's aura was still very strong.
At the very least, the pressure of a Titled Douluo below level 95 could not compare to it.
Even if it only released a small part of its aura, it was enough to make Spirit Beasts that had just reached the ten-thousand-year level collapse to the ground and lose all will to fight.
But because dragon bloodlines had strong suppression over each other, the aura of a lower-ranked dragon, no matter how powerful, would still be restrained by a higher-ranked one.
So when the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon's pressure fell on Chen Ming, it was greatly weakened first. Out of ten parts of pressure, only about two and a half parts remained.
That aura was like a breeze brushing past his face. There was no pressure at all.
The pressure from the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon gradually increased as it slowly tested Chen Ming's limit. Without realizing it, it had already released more than seventy percent of its aura.
That pressure from a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast was enough to make most beings below the hundred-thousand-year level falter.
Yet it was unable to obstruct Chen Ming in the slightest.
When Chen Ming felt the timing was about right, he suddenly stepped forward.
Under the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon's frightened gaze, he stirred the Spirit Power in his body and activated his bloodline, forming his own pressure.
Chen Ming's Martial Soul bloodline had already reached the level of one of the strongest existences among the dragon clan.
His Spirit Abyss-level spiritual power had also surpassed ninety-nine percent of the beings in this world. Even the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon's own spiritual realm had not reached the Spirit Abyss level.
Although Chen Ming's Spirit Power was still lacking, when the two were combined, they were enough to unleash a terrifying pressure.
A silent dragon roar exploded in the void.
The Heavy Armored Earth Dragon instinctively dropped to the ground.
Its huge dragon head slammed down heavily as it kowtowed to the king.
Not only did it not dare leak out even a trace of its aura, it restrained itself to the extreme, afraid that its impure dragon bloodline might anger the higher-ranked king.
The double pressure from deep within its soul and bloodline made the Heavy Armored Earth Dragon's mind go completely blank.
It did not dare have even the slightest thought of resistance.
As for the great spiritual power Chen Ming showed, in the eyes of Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King, it became another proof that Chen Ming was the reincarnation of a powerful dragon being.
Such powerful spiritual power was impossible for a human unless they had reached the level of a Limit Douluo.
Even the Angel God of the past was no exception.
Spiritual power came from the soul.
A powerful spirit meant a powerful soul origin.
Such a unique trait, one almost impossible to cultivate normally, was this not the best proof that he was the reincarnation of a great expert?
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