Chapter 512

The visibility inside the Dragon Pool was extremely poor.

The pool water had been pitch black like ink to begin with, and after diving in, one could not even see their own fingers.

Moreover, this pool was far deeper than Ye Lin had imagined; he had dived for a full half-hour without reaching the bottom.

"I don't believe it!"

Ye Lin directly unleashed his Dragon Transformation. With his current physical strength, combined with a 99% Dragon Transformation, he had turned into a humanoid dragon. A pair of brilliant golden pupils burned fiercely in the pitch-black water.

He incorporated the water element into his dragon body, and at this moment, Ye Lin seemed to have merged with the Dragon Pool itself.

He turned into a streak of light, diving toward the bottom of the pool as fast as lightning.

"Thump!"

After diving for an unknown amount of time, a muffled sound suddenly came from the depths of the Dragon Pool.

It was as if something had exploded in the depths of the pool, and Ye Lin suddenly felt a sense of panic.

However, this only made him more certain that there was indeed something at the bottom of the Dragon Pool!

Ye Lin continued to dive toward the depths of the Dragon Pool.

As he dived deeper, the muffled thumping sounds became more frequent and grew louder.

The Soul-Devouring Empress, who was being protected by Ye Lin, suddenly opened her beautiful eyes. She had successfully completed the Demon Qi Infusion and stepped into the Demon Emperor realm.

Now, she was truly the Soul-Devouring Demon Empress!

However, at this moment, the Soul-Devouring Empress's face was deathly pale. She clutched her chest, her face twisted in pain.

"What's wrong with you?" Ye Lin asked with concern, throwing a punch to isolate the pool water.

"I... I don't know..."

As the Soul-Devouring Empress spoke, she gasped for air.

"That muffled sound... it makes my heart ache terribly. I feel like my heart is about to explode!"

Ye Lin frowned slightly.

"You have already stepped into the Demon Emperor realm; you should be able to face the Dragon Pool on your own now, right?"

"I can," the Soul-Devouring Empress nodded.

"Good, then wait here. I'm going to buy some oranges."

Ye Lin nodded, left the Soul-Devouring Empress where she was, and dived toward the Dragon Pool alone.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Deep in the Dragon Pool, the frequency of the muffled sounds increased, and the volume grew even louder.

Ye Lin's face turned pale. Diving to this depth, even with his physical strength, he felt somewhat overwhelmed. If any other Demon Emperor were here, they would likely have instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

"I want to see exactly what kind of monster this is!"

Unconvinced, Ye Lin soon reached the bottom of the Dragon Pool and stood on solid ground.

The muffled thumping sounds now felt like explosions against a mountain, constantly ringing in Ye Lin's ears. He had only taken two steps toward the source of the sound when his heart suddenly exploded!

Blood and pitch-black pool water merged, making it impossible to distinguish between black and red.

His heart kept regenerating, but almost every time the muffled sound rang out, his heart would shatter again.

It wasn't until a wall appeared in front of him that Ye Lin finally stopped.

The thumping sounds were coming from behind this wall.

Ye Lin was about to break through the wall when he suddenly realized something was wrong!

Because the wall in front of him was moving!

And with every "thump," the wall would shift.

Ye Lin's scalp tingled. He suddenly had a bold hypothesis.

To verify his hypothesis, Ye Lin channeled the thunder element into his dragon body and threw a punch!

As lightning exploded in the deepest part of the Dragon Pool, Ye Lin finally saw clearly, by the light, what the "wall" actually was!

It was a giant, powerful, bright red heart! The demonic energy contained within this heart was like a vast ocean; it seemed that all the demonic energy in the entire Demon Realm combined did not equal this one heart, and its size was comparable to a prehistoric giant beast.

Even though it was just a heart, with no other organs, it was still beating!

With every beat, it would suck in the water of the Dragon Pool and then spray it back out.

"What kind of monster's heart is this?"

Ye Lin's pupils were filled with shock.

Suddenly, he thought of the dragon corpse lying at the bottom of the Styx River!

Only a creature like a dragon, which only existed in myths, could possess such a terrifying heart.

"Is there a dragon heart at the bottom of the Dragon Pool?"

Ye Lin felt a chill down his spine. What kind of existence would gouge out the heart of a dragon?

What was even more terrifying was that this dragon heart did not repel him like the dragon at the bottom of the Styx River.

Ye Lin's smile began to turn sinister.

"Heh heh heh heh~"

Ye Lin placed his hand on the dragon heart and then asked affectionately.

"This cute little heart, would you be willing to merge with me? If you are willing, then beat once~"

"Thump!"

Just as Ye Lin finished speaking, the dragon heart beat, and Ye Lin's heart shattered again.

"Good, then I'll take that as your consent~"

Ye Lin didn't hesitate and unleashed Endless Devour on the dragon heart in front of him!

The antonym of selfishness is altruism.

As someone who loved smoking Liqun cigarettes, Ye Lin naturally wouldn't do something like taking without asking.

Since the dragon heart had agreed, Ye Lin naturally wouldn't be polite anymore.

The giant heart began to be broken down bit by bit.

In the past, even decomposing the corpse of a Demon Emperor would only take the blink of an eye.

But now, facing this dragon heart, Endless Devour seemed to struggle for the first time; the dragon heart was decomposing very slowly.

However, Ye Lin discovered something that made him incredibly happy.

His dragon bloodline, which had been stuck at 99%, began to rise again!

Time ticked away, and Ye Lin didn't remember how long he had been devouring.

He only knew that the dragon heart, which had originally been as high as a mountain, had been broken down until only the size of a watermelon remained.

Finally, it was devoured completely, disappearing without a trace.

With the disappearance of the dragon heart, the originally pitch-black Dragon Pool became clear, and the surging demonic energy became thin.

Ye Lin opened his eyes. He could clearly feel that with every beat of his heart, a vast force of blood and energy rushed through his meridians like a flood.

"This body... I'm afraid it's already comparable to a Nine-Star Divine Artifact, right?"

Ye Lin muttered to himself, looking at his palms.

However, what he found somewhat regrettable was that after devouring the dragon heart, his dragon bloodline still hadn't reached 100%, but was stuck at 99.3%.

"It seems that if I want to max out the concentration of my dragon bloodline, I need to devour that dead dragon at the bottom of the Styx River?"

Ye Lin rubbed his chin. With his current strength, perhaps he really had a chance to devour that dragon corpse.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin began to swim toward the top of the Dragon Pool.

Soon, he saw the Soul-Devouring Empress, whose face was full of worry. Seeing Ye Lin, the Soul-Devouring Empress's tightly furrowed brows finally relaxed.

"You're alright. The changes in the Dragon Pool... were they related to you?" the Soul-Devouring Empress couldn't help but ask.

"What could happen to me? Don't worry." Ye Lin put his arm around the Soul-Devouring Empress's waist and kissed her on the cheek.

Just then, a roar suddenly came from above their heads.

"What have you done?!"

"What did you do?!"