Chapter 137: Against the Wave

Yu Tianyun patiently waited directly above the center of the Lava Lake for a full quarter hour, but the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon still kept its head down and tail hidden, its figure unseen.

"Aren't fire‑type Soul Beasts supposed to be hot‑tempered? Why is this Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon so cowardly? It's a waste of its name!"

Yu Tianyun shook his head helplessly and sighed inwardly, "Since you lack the courage to appear on your own, I'll force you out."

Immediately, the five Soul Rings on Yu Tianyun flashed together, and his body underwent further changes.

His surrounding blue‑purple thunder grew denser, radiating light, with fine gray currents swirling around, making him appear even more sinister and strange.

The thunder representing justice and the gray currents symbolizing evil blended perfectly on him, creating a unique and mysterious aura.

At this moment, Yu Tianyun's Dragon Claw hands hovered at his right waist, his five fingers curved into a flower‑like shape.

Then his muscles rapidly swelled; even though tough dragon scales covered him, the interlaced, coiled blood vessels beneath his skin remained clearly visible.

Yu Tianyun focused entirely on the soul power gathering inside his body, flowing continuously from his arms into his palms.

An involuntary confident smile appeared on his face.

This move is a newly learned skill! The principle of this self‑created soul skill is simple: gather the body's strength and cause an instant Explosion above the palm.

Compared with Thunder Sword Finger, this skill is slightly inferior in penetration, but it has a clear advantage in power and attack range.

There's no technique—just simple brutality! The only difficulty is that the gathered energy is massive, making precise control hard.

However, his first Soul Ring is uniquely effective at controlling thunder power, and combined with the extensive experience from practicing Thunder Sword Finger, Yu Tianyun mastered this skill within just half a month.

As the thunder power infused in his palm reached a critical point.

"Sss~"

A blinding blue‑white speck of light suddenly flared between his palms.

The thunder power inside him seemed to find an outlet, surging wildly into his palms; the blue‑white speck grew ever brighter, its light intensifying and expanding until it enveloped his whole body in blue‑white radiance, and a massive, dazzling light sphere appeared in his hand.

Yu Tianyun suddenly felt a hint of adolescent delusion and began silently chanting the soul skill's name in his mind: "Dragon!"

"Emperor!"

"Charge!"

"Strike!"

"Wave!"

The moment the final word resonated in his mind, his palms, still in the flower‑like shape, thrust forcefully toward the Lava Lake below.

"Aaa~" an exhilarating dragon roar roared from Yu Tianyun's mouth at the same time.

In an instant, the blue‑white light sphere, highly condensed from thunder, shot out from his hand.

Like a brilliant meteor, it dragged a long tail of flame, racing toward the Lava Lake, its tail's tip tightly linked to Yu Tianyun's palms, continuously feeding energy to this powerful shock wave.

At that moment, a deafening, angry roar erupted from the Lava Lake.

Clearly, the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon sensed Yu Tianyun's terrifying attack and was repeatedly provoked; although it was initially somewhat fearful, as a naturally hot‑tempered fire‑type sub‑dragon Soul Beast, Yu Tianyun's actions undeniably ignited its fury completely!

The Lava Lake instantly churned like boiling water, violently surging and raising massive, towering waves. Amid the roiling lava, a huge figure finally emerged.

The surrounding air seemed warped and distorted by the scorching lava and the tyrant dragon's presence, with scorching currents making breathing difficult.

The Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon's size was terrifying; even a Titan Giant Ape standing beside it would appear as a mere monkey.

It stood over twenty meters tall, massive as a small hill, its sturdy hind limbs planted in the lava like pillars of the sky; oddly, its forelimbs were extremely short and tiny compared to its massive body.

Its body was covered in dark‑red, hard scales, each glimmering with intense heat as if burning coals. Its massive head occupied nearly one‑fifth of its body, bearing a pair of knife‑sharp, curved, gleaming horns.

Its crimson eyes, larger than a water tank, glared at Yu Tianyun, showing both deep fear of his noble dragon lineage and extreme resentment from being provoked.

Watching the incoming terrifying light wave, the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon gaped its massive maw, revealing interlaced, sharp fangs, from which thin scorching breath puffed.

In an instant, massive energy gathered in its mouth, followed by an extremely hot dragon breath that spewed forward.

Yu Tianyun's "Dragon Emperor Shock Wave" collided abruptly in midair with the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon's scorching dragon breath.

In an instant, a world‑shattering energy surge spread wildly like wind tearing clouds, sweeping the outskirts of the Lava Lake. Nearby rocks instantly collapsed, turning into countless shards that flew everywhere, dust billowing, and a whole ring of towering forest trees were snapped.

The Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon's standing spot instantly collapsed into a massive semicircular pit. Liu Erlong, seeing this, quickly raised an energy shield, firmly protecting Ye Lingling behind him, his eyes urgently fixed on the battle's center, a trace of unmistakable worry evident in his brows.

Though she fully trusted Yu Tianyun's strength, the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon before her was also formidable; with her own abilities, she certainly could not match it.

In her view, the powerful aura the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon unleashed was no less than that of a high‑rank Soul Douluo, and could even compare to an entry‑level Title Douluo.

Liu Erlong's perception was correct; indeed, strictly speaking, the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon's raw strength far surpasses that of the former Dugubo.

And Yu Tianyun's raw strength was on par with the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon.

However, the bloodline power within Yu Tianyun exerts massive suppression on sub‑dragon Soul Beasts, and his resistance to fire is extremely high; for this reason, he dared to take on Liu Erlong's mission to obtain the eighth Soul Ring alone.

At this moment, both sides' attacks temporarily stalled in midair.

But Yu Tianyun was on the right, while the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon was on the left.

Yu Tianyun enjoyed perfect timing, terrain, and support; his "Dragon Emperor Shock Wave" continuously crushed the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon's dragon breath.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon angrily roared repeatedly, its flames burning hotter, making the entire Lava Lake glow even more intensely.

It continuously gathered its soul power into its massive maw, increasing the dragon breath's output, attempting to suppress Yu Tianyun's attack.

In that brief moment, it actually managed to turn the tide, and both sides were once again locked in a stalemate.

The surrounding ground, under this powerful energy standoff, began to crack deeply, as if the earth itself moaned in pain. The lava in the Lava Lake kept erupting in spectacular, terrifying Explosion‑like blasts like a volcano.

"Hm!" Yu Tianyun sneered at the scene.

Then he shouted loudly, once again mobilizing his soul power; the blue‑white light wave instantly thickened by more than double, regaining the upper hand and gradually suppressing the dragon breath.

The Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon instantly panicked, its soul power becoming somewhat chaotic.

Yu Tianyun timed it perfectly, surged forward, and the "Dragon Emperor Shock Wave" surged like a mountain‑crushing tide, breaking through the dragon breath's barrier and charging straight at the Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon.

The Crimson Blood Tyrant Dragon, seeing the unstoppable attack, tried to flee, but the "Dragon Emperor Shock Wave" moved so fast it could not fully evade.

"Boom~" a earth‑shaking roar erupted suddenly at the Lava Lake's center; the Explosion's core blazed with blinding blue‑white light, instantly obscuring everything around, rendering everything invisible.

Immediately, the terrifying aftershock swept out, snapping another large circle of forest trees.

The ground quaked violently, as if a strong earthquake had struck, and the entire Lava Lake boiled furiously.

Yu Tianyun's eyes emitted red‑blue light, the scene at the Explosion's center flashed clearly before him, and his body moved the instant the Explosion first erupted.

He would never foolishly wait for the Explosion's aftereffects to dissipate before acting—truly, strike while it's vulnerable! In Yu Tianyun's sight, that Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur's one hind leg and tail each vanished a segment; because it happened so swiftly, the pain hadn't yet reached its nerves.

The Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur lay on the ground, dazed for a moment, but the next instant a warning alarm rang in its mind as a dangerous, fierce aura surged at it.

It hurriedly lifted its head, but all it could see was a swath of blue‑white light; it could discern nothing.

The Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur stared in terror, desperately trying to scramble up and resist, but at that moment a terrifying gravity slammed down, crushing its newly raised massive head onto the ground, and now any movement of its body was agonizingly difficult.

Yu Tianyun's gaze was icy, without a hint of mercy, swinging his right‑hand Dragon Claw, now dark‑gold, to strike at the Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur's thigh.

"Clang!" Just as the dark‑gold edge was about to touch the Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur, it suddenly erupted a massive soul power, flames blazing around it again, forming a protective barrier.

Yu Tianyun's Dragon Claw struck the barrier, splashing layered ripples of energy.

But he did not pause at all; his right‑hand Dragon Claw snapped back, then, bearing a more terrifying force than before, slammed forward again.

One time, two times, three times…

Yu Tianyun gave the Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur no chance to breathe, continuously unleashing a ferocious attack, the Dragon Claw and flame barrier colliding violently.

In that instant, the dark‑gold edge and the flame barrier collided countless times.

The Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur exerted all its strength to resist Yu Tianyun's assault, letting out a painful roar.

Just after that roar, the ripples on the flame barrier surged violently, and the Red‑Blooded Tyrannosaur could no longer hold on.

"Boom~" The barrier shattered instantly; looking at the dark‑gold Dragon Claw about to reach its body, it knew today it was likely doomed…

(End of Chapter)