Chapter 118: Evil Dragon Transformation

Even while talking with the three grandfathers, Yu Tianyun did not relax his guard at all; he knew clearly in his heart that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger still had one crucial thing that had not yet appeared.

As expected, a strange bead suddenly appeared on the massive corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The bead was entirely jet‑black, yet it emitted dazzling teal and blue lights.

The bead's intense space‑time fluctuation instantly caused rippling waves in the surrounding area, and immediately opened a black hole identical to the one just moments ago.

The black bead rushed to plunge into the hole, but a moment later a Dragon Claw formed of condensed thunder slammed forward, striking it and hurling it away. The black hole lasted only an instant and closed completely before it could draw the bead in.

Yu Tianyun knew this black bead was a rare treasure; if it slipped away, he would deeply regret it.

This black bead was an evil god bead formed from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's entire bloodline energy, and it was this evil god bead that would forge the future Destruction God.

Yu Tianyun flashed forward, leapt ahead, and seized it tightly. Yet the evil god bead struggled incessantly in his hand, as if an unyielding soul resided within.

Resentment, hatred, anger… a host of negative emotions poured continuously from the evil god bead in Yu Tianyun's hand, wildly assaulting his mental space.

"Humph!" Yu Tianyun snorted coldly, quickly activating his Ice‑Fire Dual Pupils, and red‑blue light instantly bathed the evil god bead. In the next instant, Yu Tianyun seemed to hear a resentful tiger roar suddenly echo in his mind.

Afterwards, the evil god bead in his hand fell completely silent, its swirling teal‑blue glow vanished, and it appeared as an ordinary black bead, devoid of any mystical hue. Yu Tianyun understood this meant the lingering soul of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger within the bead had been successfully eradicated.

At that very moment, the completely dead Dark Demon Evil God Tiger expelled its internal energy, which coalesced into an utterly jet‑black Ten‑Thousand‑Year Soul Ring.

This is the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring!

At that moment, Yu Yuanzhen and the other two also walked over, curiously staring at the evil god bead in Yu Tianyun's hand.

Dugubo said with some concern, "Tianyun, this bead was produced by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger; it should be a treasure, but you must use it carefully."

Yu Tianyun nodded, then said, "Du Ye Ye, rest assured, I have just completely exterminated the lingering soul of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inside."

Dugubo finally relaxed, nodded, and said, "Then begin absorbing the Soul Ring!"

Immediately, Yu Tianyun said no more, placed the evil god bead into a lead box, stored it in his storage ring, and then sat cross‑legged on the ground.

With three Title Douluo guarding nearby, Yu Tianyun felt very at ease.

However, he did not absorb the Soul Ring right away; instead, he meditated and regulated his breath, bringing his condition to its optimum.

After the time of a single incense stick passed, Yu Tianyun successfully restored himself to peak condition, and only then refocused his gaze on the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Yu Tianyun's martial soul possessed him, four jet‑black Soul Rings swirling around his body, he stared at the massive corpse opposite, and extended a gentle hand. Instantly, the black Soul Ring on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse transformed into a streak of light that shot toward Yu Tianyun. The flash of light immediately enveloped him.

At the same time, a not‑large yet extremely sharp cold airflow pierced Yu Tianyun's body in an instant, wildly assaulting him.

The cold airflow was saturated with intense evil and fierce resentment; the moment it surged into Yu Tianyun, he was provoked to spew a mouthful of blood mist.

Fortunately, Yu Tianyun's prior preparations were not in vain, and the current facts fully proved that restoring his soul power to its peak first was an extremely wise choice. After the sudden strike of the cold evil qi, Yu Tianyun's soul power quickly readjusted, forming within his body a vast net that tightly enclosed the cold airflow.

The Soul Ring absorption thus began.

As the Soul Ring left the body, the massive corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger outside began to turn into streams of gray vapor, slowly emanating and gradually dissipating.

Inside Yu Tianyun, the thunder‑type soul power and the dense true dragon qi acted like a massive millstone, gradually eroding the evil‑infused energy of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring. The absorption process lasted a full two hours; when Yu Tianyun exhaled a long breath and emerged from cultivation, he felt a refreshing clarity. To his great delight, merely absorbing this single Soul Ring had already raised his soul power from level 50 to beyond level 54. This shows how astonishing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's own quality was.

On Yu Tianyun's body, a jet‑black Soul Ring quietly occupied the fifth slot; when he infused a slight amount of soul power into it, he immediately felt a surging evil aura soaring upward, the powerful sensation causing a strange gray hue to appear over his skin.

The improvement wasn't limited to soul power; Yu Tianyun also discovered that, under the influence of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, several of his attributes rose dramatically. The most evident were two: strength and spiritual power.

Strength needs no explanation; on the surface, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger itself is a strength‑type Soul Beast. The boost in spiritual power seemed to cause Yu Tianyun's Ice‑Fire Dual Pupils to evolve again, granting his already formidable spiritual power an additional roughly five percent increase.

One must never underestimate that five percent; at Yu Tianyun's current spiritual power level, it is already quite terrifying, and further enhancement would be exceedingly difficult.

Yu Tianyun's original decision was not wrong; this Soul Ring, aside from having one fewer soul skill than a Hundred‑Thousand‑Year Soul Ring, is in no way inferior in other aspects of improvement.

After Yu Tianyun finished absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, he also witnessed the remaining corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger finally turning into gray smoke and vanishing completely.

Logically, given the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's uniqueness and its cultivation exceeding sixty thousand years, Yu Tianyun could almost be certain it should have produced a soul bone. Yet none appeared. Recalling the evil god bead, Yu Tianyun realized it might correspond to a special soul bone of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger! At that moment, the three Title Douluo approached, their eyes caring as they looked at Yu Tianyun, and occasionally curiously glancing at the fifth black Soul Ring swirling on his body.

Yu Tianyun understood what they wanted to know, smiled, and explained, "My improvement this time is enormous; the soul skill granted by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is still an amplification soul skill."

Upon hearing this, the three Title Douluo were slightly taken aback; they knew that Yu Tianyun's first four Soul Rings, except for the second, were amplification soul skills, and the second Soul Ring counted as half an amplification soul skill.

Now Yu Tianyun's fifth Soul Ring remains an amplification soul skill, which made the three Title Douluo cast somewhat odd looks at him.

Yu Yuanzhen hesitated briefly, then asked, "Tianyun, does this leave you lacking some offensive means?"

Yu Tianyun nodded and said, "It does lack some offensive means, but Grandfather, rest assured, my later Soul Rings will definitely be of Hundred‑Thousand‑Year grade, and Hundred‑Thousand‑Year Soul Rings can each grant two soul skills! In the future I certainly won't lack offensive means."

Indeed, my grandson's future Soul Rings will surely absorb Soul Rings older than a hundred thousand years, so how could he lack soul skills? The three Title Douluo all suddenly realized; their original target was a Hundred‑Thousand‑Year Soul Beast, but encountering the perverse Soul Beast Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had momentarily made them forget that Yu Tianyun's future Soul Rings must all absorb Soul Rings exceeding a hundred thousand years.

Yu Tianyun continued, "My fifth soul skill is called Evil Dragon Transformation; it can boost all my attributes by 300%! It also has a special effect: immunity to spiritual attacks five times, each lasting three seconds, and each additional Soul Ring grants one more immunity chance."

Saying that, Yu Tianyun illuminated the fifth Soul Ring; his muscles visibly swelled, gray demonic runes appeared on his skin, layers of black‑gray airflow continuously emanated from his body, mirroring the aura of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The thunder coiled around him also turned into a Dark Demon Evil Thunder akin to the tiger's, covering him with a gray layer.

Yu Tianyun felt unprecedented strength at that moment; the primary benefit of this soul skill was not the all‑attribute amplification but the immunity to spiritual attacks it provided. Though this immunity might seem like a chicken‑rib, it is in fact extremely potent, rendering him unbeatable against spirit‑type Soul Beasts or Soul Masters. Moreover, using this soul skill turns his thunder into Dark Demon Evil Thunder, which acts like a potent toxin, infiltrating an enemy's body, destroying tissues and corroding flesh.

Perhaps Soul Rings related to deities are all somewhat special.

His first soul skill, upon reaching fifty‑thousand‑year level, gave an amplification roughly similar to this. However, the first Soul Ring enhanced his mastery and use of thunder; even without a corresponding soul skill, he can still unleash palm‑thunder or thunder‑ball‑like abilities.

Sensing the powerful aura emanating from Yu Tianyun, the three Title Douluo merely glanced sideways; Yu Tianyun's astonishing feats had become almost routine for them, and only if his soul skill were ordinary would they find it strange.

After feeling the bodily changes, Yu Tianyun looked at the three grandfathers and said, "Grandfathers, our goal has been achieved; now we should return, right?"

The three Title Douluo each nodded and replied: "Alright!" "Indeed, it's time to leave." "Next up will be Tianqing Niupan."

Afterwards, the four of them each activated their flying abilities, soaring at full speed out of the forest.

Yu Tianyun's Dragon Wings, with an External Attached Soul Bone, underwent an evolution, and combined with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring's tempering of his body, his current flight speed is arguably the fastest among them.

(End of Chapter)