Chapter 45: True Dragon Hatchling Yu Tianyun

Long Yun's advancement has already begun to seem more costly than beneficial, so Yu Tianyun set out once again on the long journey.

After a week, Yu Tianyun successfully crossed the vast endless plain and stepped into the deep mysterious forest.

Just after entering the forest and not walking far, a rustling sound came from ahead.

Before long, a group of only eight dragon souls came into his sight.

These dragon souls were only about half a meter tall, standing on two legs, moving as fast as wind; their heads were relatively large compared to their bodies, and they opened massive gaping mouths, revealing four rows of extremely sharp teeth.

They had no Dragon Wings on their backs, looking exactly like carnivorous dinosaurs of a past age, clearly a low-level earth dragon.

"What kind of earth dragon is this, exactly?"

Seeing these eight earth dragons, Yu Tianyun, who knew Soul Beast knowledge like the back of his hand, could not identify them for a moment.

After all, dragon nature is inherently promiscuous; the dragon race almost accepts any suitor, and any other species can bear offspring with dragons. Consequently, earth dragons are as numerous as the stars. Even though Yu Tianyun is highly accomplished in Soul Beast knowledge, he cannot recognize all earth dragon varieties, at most only some common ones.

Naturally, true dragons are far fewer; pure‑blood true dragons have great difficulty reproducing, so Yu Tianyun knows almost all of them.

As Yu Tianyun carefully examined these earth dragon souls, the eight earth dragon souls already surrounded him in a circle, baring their fierce mouths with a terrifying demeanor.

Under the dragon souls' attack, Yu Tianyun reacted as fast as lightning, instantly shifting into a dragon‑human form and then leaping forward a step.

Faintly, he sensed his martial soul Blue Electric Tyrannosaur stirring with a surging rage, the kind of anger a superior feels when a subordinate offends.

"Aang!" Fueled by the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur Weapon Soul's fury, Yu Tianyun involuntarily let out a high, soaring dragon roar.

The dragon souls, just as they lunged toward Yu Tianyun, suddenly shuddered violently, their bodies collapsing onto the ground, crawling on the earth, trembling incessantly like sifted chaff.

Yu Tianyun was first stunned; though he didn't understand why, his hand never ceased moving. He swung his Dragon Claw down fiercely; an earth dragon soul let out a mournful wail, its energetic body instantly shattered, turning into streaks of light that scattered.

Yu Tianyun felt a sudden heat in his body as the broken earth dragon's energy surged into him.

But it was only a brief heat and then ended; he felt no change, indicating the earth dragon souls no longer affected him.

After the first earth dragon was dealt with by Yu Tianyun's claw, the remaining seven still trembled and crawled on the ground, having even lost the courage to flee.

"Hmm? Could it be bloodline suppression? Like the little dragon‑human? Yet the sect has no record indicating that a Blue Electric Tyrannosaur Soul Master would exert bloodline suppression on these earth dragon souls!"

Seeing the seven trembling earth dragon souls, Yu Tianyun was filled with doubt.

"Since the sect elders have never encountered this, yet it happened to me, it must be because I am different from them!"

At that thought, Yu Tianyun suddenly experienced a revelation like a bolt of enlightenment, his eyes brightening as he thought to himself:

"Complete Dragon Transformation! Or the aura of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings! Or perhaps both!"

"After Dragon Transformation, one can unleash the dragon might in one's bloodline, but the sect elders' transformation is insufficient; the untransformed parts still contain human aura, lacking purity, thus having no effect on those earth dragon souls."

"But I am different! I have already achieved Complete Dragon Transformation, fully suppressing my human aura during transformation, radiating the pure Blue Electric Tyrannosaur's dragon might, equivalent to a true dragon hatchling, which naturally can suppress these earth dragon souls." "Another possibility is the faint Ice and Fire Dragon King aura I possess; though only a trace, it is extremely pure and high‑grade, and can likewise suppress those earth dragon souls."

Yu Tianyun finally clarified the reason, then curled his lip and said, "But there's still a considerable gap compared to the little dragon‑human."

He clearly remembered that the little dragon‑human had not yet tapped his Golden Dragon King bloodline, yet with a simple low growl, he shattered those earth dragon souls to pieces!

Looking at himself again, his whole body is now fully Dragon Transformed, all dragon might erupted, the Ice and Fire Dragon King aura flowing within him, merely frightening the earth dragon souls into crawling on the ground.

The gap between the two seems rather large!

"Damn dragon‑blood hierarchy!" Yu Tianyun let out an unwilling roar in his heart.

Without heeding the remaining earth dragon souls, Yu Tianyun pressed onward toward the forest's depths.

During the march, Yu Tianyun reverted to his original form, for Dragon Transformation consumes an enormous amount of energy; only when encountering dragon souls does he unleash the transformation for deterrence.

As Yu Tianyun delved deeper, the dragon souls he met grew stronger, and the dragon might from his transformation had increasingly weaker effect on these earth dragons. Yet the earth dragons still dared not attack him.

"If I keep moving forward, true dragon souls should appear; hopefully they won't attack me!"

Yu Tianyun was not interested in true dragon souls at all.

He had a clear self‑awareness; he was not a Golden Dragon King, so he could not suppress those true dragon souls, nor was he necessarily their opponent.

Therefore, even though he knew true dragon souls could benefit him more than Long Yun, he could not muster any interest.

His original goal was to reach the dragon tomb as quickly as possible!

As Yu Tianyun continued forward, the trees around gradually thinned! "Hmm? The forest is becoming open? Looks like there's a big guy ahead! Let's go around!"

Yu Tianyun thought briefly and made a decision.

"Aang—"

As he prepared to detour, a soaring, heroic dragon roar suddenly rang out. Immediately, a true dragon soul appeared in his view, its powerful wings beating as it lunged straight at Yu Tianyun.

This dragon soul emitted a faint red aura, standing over twenty meters tall and over thirty meters long. Its back wings spread, as if invisible flames roared within them. Its long tail swayed wildly behind, and its front claws glimmered with a chilling, razor‑sharp light.

It was a blazing fire dragon!

Yu Tianyun hurriedly activated his Dragon Transformation, fully unleashing the Blue Electric Tyrannosaur's dragon might and the Ice and Fire Dragon King aura without reservation.

He stepped forward, positioning his Dragon Claws for battle; since there was no way to avoid it, he would fight. To reach the dragon clan's tomb, battling true dragon souls was inevitable. Though he could skirt some, he could not avoid all, and Yu Tianyun was already prepared for combat.

(End of Chapter)