Lu Yu was willing to take a bold risk because he believed that the greater the risk, the greater the potential reward.
When he saw the Toxic Dragon’s Touch rise to the next level, he knew he had won!
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Venomous Dragon Transformation —— Transforming extremely toxic venom into battle armor, wielding the earth-corrupting power of the Venomous Dragon, while simultaneously possessing the peak defensive capabilities and venomous power of a level-six Venomous Dragon!
The duration of the Venom Dragon Transformation is five minutes! Once the Venom Dragon Transformation becomes the Warframe, it will gain the abilities of the Venom Dragon but temporarily lose its original capabilities. For three seconds after the ability’s duration ends, your body will become a venomous entity, possessing a corrosive power that ignores tendons and bones against any attacks and objects you touch!
Corrosive Earth – Level 6 Corrosive Earth. Any living being within a one-kilometer radius around you will suffer 30,000 points of life damage per second! The corroded beings will endure the agony of flesh and bone corrosion, unaffected by enemies’ armor or physical resilience!
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Lu Yu noticed the powerful attributes of the Venomous Dragon Transformation, and before he could even react, another item had already evolved.
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Congratulations! Your Phantom Spirit Orb has been upgraded to level 3, gaining a base attribute of 50,000 points in physical strength!
Phantom Star Soul Orb—
Level: Three. (Upgrading to level three requires absorbing 5 billion damage points)
Effect: Each time the owner is attacked, they absorb damage equal to 45% of the attacker’s attack power and store this damage within an energy sphere.
Activate special skill:
Phantom Spirit Bone – When struck by an instant one-hit kill attack, your tendons and bones will be instantly enhanced by 200,000 points, nullifying the damage from that attack. The Phantom Spirit Bone effect lasts for five minutes, and each activation consumes 50,000 points of stored damage energy!
Phantom Iron Wall – The Phantom Spirit Sphere can convert all stored damage values into an impregnable iron wall, trapping enemies inside. Each point of damage is transformed into ten points of armor value. Once the damage is consumed, it needs to be accumulated again.
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“Haha!”
Lu Yu couldn’t help but laugh.
The Poisonous Dragon Transformation, the Phantasmal Spirit Bone, the Phantasmal Iron Wall—each of these abilities is a deadly technique capable of either saving one’s life or taking another’s. When these astonishing powers began to manifest within himself, combined with the enhancement of his physical strength and bones, it was as if fate itself was increasing his odds of survival!
“More poison, even more!”
“Murder Star Soul activated! Base vitality increased by 30,000 points, and base attack power enhanced by 5,000 points!”
“Murder Star Soul activated! Base vitality increased by 10,000 points, and base attack power enhanced by 1,000 points!”
The text in front of Lu Yu kept flickering, and his power was continuously surging.
Amid the continuous stream of toxic gas, Lu Yu’s strength increased rapidly.
Brahma’s face was growing paler and paler, having already lost all color.
She felt a bit frightened! She knew clearly that Lu Yu possessed the Soul of Slaughter; if he were to evolve the Venomous Dragon’s Touch further, how formidable would he become? Unfortunately, there was absolutely nothing she could do right now!
Brahma was originally a woman, but had always been concealed beneath a layer of disguise. Once the disguise was removed, Brahma’s heart gradually began to feel somewhat more like that of a woman.
She began to fear something terrifying, and felt somewhat frightened by Lu Yu’s expression.
The level of the Venomous Dragon’s Touch has increased, and the toxic effect is gradually weakening on Lu Yu.
However, the effect of the poison still remains, which can stimulate the Bloodthirsty Star Soul.
Resisting the corrosion of deadly poison is also a form of combat!
On the first night of entering the secret realm, the Poison Dragon’s Touch advanced to the seventh level.
“Oh, yes, yes, this is exactly what I want the most!” Lu Yu exclaimed, looking at the stats of the Venomous Dragon’s Touch, which had nearly doubled in some attributes.
Fan Tian gritted his teeth and said, “Lu Yu, isn’t that enough? The Seventh Level Toxic Dragon’s Touch—your cultivation speed is already unprecedented. Do you really want to stay here any longer?”
“You still have life force to transfer. I should be able to evolve Venomous Dragon’s Touch to the ninth level. How could that possibly be enough?” Lu Yu smiled and said, “Lord Fantian, at the very least, I should have the ability to fight back when standing before you, shouldn’t I?”
“Damn it!” Fan Tian’s beautiful face turned even colder, and she really wished to kill Lu Yu.
On the second day of entering the secret realm, the “Toxic Dragon’s Touch” was upgraded to level eight!
“Haha, that’s more like it!” Lu Yu laughed loudly and said, “You’re almost at level nine too.”
According to the cultivation methods of ordinary people, to evolve the “Venomous Dragon’s Touch,” one must use weak toxins to gradually attempt evolution.
Because they started with a highly toxic substance, it was completely fatal.
However, as soon as Lu Yu encountered the deadly poison capable of reducing even formidable experts like Lian Qingse, Jianhai, and Fantian to ashes, it nearly turned Lu Yu into nothing more than dust.
However, sometimes everything depends on opportunities.
If it weren’t for Lu Yu possessing the Toxic Dragon’s Touch, if it weren’t for Brahma awakening the toxic dragon, and if it weren’t for Brahma, a cultivator of such a high level, being forced to continuously channel a steady stream of vitality into him, he would have died the moment he encountered the toxic dragon again.
Under normal evolution, the Toxic Dragon’s Touch requires gradual stimulation starting from the weakest poison, and it would take at least thirty years to reach the eighth level.
In just two short days, Lu Yu used the strongest poison to evolve Poison Dragon’s Touch to this level, which surprised even Fantian.
This is the most terrifying time of evolution speed since someone received the Touch of the Poisonous Dragon!
Lu Yu endured the agony of the corrosive poison for two consecutive days and managed to survive.
His maximum base vitality was 360,000, and his base attack power was 210,000. The pain from the past two days had resulted in a sharp increase in his strength. The speed of his improvement even surprised him.
“Huh, the poison’s effect has disappeared?” After Poisonous Dragon’s Touch was upgraded to level 8, Lu Yu noticed that the poison had absolutely no effect when it touched his skin.
The poison that Brahma had infused into his body transformed into a gentle stream of water, breaking down harmlessly upon entering him and dissipating into the air with each breath.
Fan Tian coldly snorted and said, “That’s because the effect of these poisons on you has already reached its limit.”
“Limit? Does the Poison Dragon only have eight levels?” Lu Yu checked his attributes.
Corrosive poison can implant ten thousand highly toxic seeds within a person’s body. Before the enemy’s death, it will continuously drain 50,000 health points per second. A maximum of twenty thousand toxic seeds can be stored.
The Venomous Dragon Thorn can instantly deal 30,000 points of damage. If we consider the effect of accumulating 20,000 Venomous Dragon Thorns instantaneously, with each one dealing 30,000 points of damage, the total damage output would reach an unimaginably terrifying level.
The Venomous Dragon Transformation grants the power of an eighth-level venomous dragon, but its duration has been reduced to just three minutes!
The corrosive radius of the Ten-Thousand-Year Corrosion Land has increased to ten kilometers, eroding up to 100,000 life points per second.
After carefully reviewing these attributes, Lu Yu felt that if the eighth level was the ultimate limit for the Poison Dragon, then such damage figures were truly terrifying.
If Brahma couldn’t even resist an eighth-level poisonous dragon, he’s likely at most only seventh-level himself.
Using the Eight-Level Poisonous Dragon Transformation to confront Brahma, if I can manage the timing properly, victory might be possible within three minutes!
“Do you really think this is the Toxic Dragon’s strongest poison?” Brahma sneered. “This is merely the poison it commonly uses. Its ultimate poison is only released when it’s facing life or death. That poison is thousands, even millions of times stronger than what you’re suffering now. With your current Level 8 Toxic Body, you probably can’t withstand more than two seconds!”
“You’re scaring me?” Lu Yu shuddered inwardly, looking at Fan Tian and asking, “Do you want me to go there and get myself killed?”
Brahma glanced at Lu Yu and huffed, “Hmph, if you don’t believe me, go ahead and try. If you want to upgrade the Touch of the Venomous Dragon to level nine, you must first possess enough strength to withstand the毒龙’s strongest poison!”
Brahma, while speaking, noticed that the poisonous gas around them was gradually disappearing.
The sea of poison is receding.
“It seems you’re ready to take action,” Lu Yu said, noticing the poison gas was also decreasing.
“Of course!” Fan Tian’s palm, which had been resting on Lu Yu’s shoulder, suddenly activated with force. He sternly exclaimed, “Do you really think I endured you all this time just to save my own life? I was merely waiting for my injuries to heal!”
Boom!
Lu Yu instantly sank into the stone wall behind him. At the same time, the wall appeared to compress under immense pressure, caving in by several meters and transforming the originally narrow cave into a small stone chamber.
The Phantom Spirit Bone activated, instantly nullifying the damage from the attack.
Lu Yu’s heart trembled; no matter how much stronger he became, even if Fan Tian was truly only at level seven, it would still be enough for him to kill with a single palm strike!
Brahma regained his freedom and immediately stood up, her beautiful face cold as ice. Clenching her teeth, she said, “An eighth-level Toxic Dragon’s Touch—you think you can challenge me? Here, I will flay your skin, tear out your tendons, and crush every single bone in your body.”
The restored strength was like regained confidence for Fan Tian. His tone became colder, and even his expression started to change.
The humiliation and frustration from these two days transformed into intense hatred. She truly wanted to kill Lu Yu, she had to!
The toxic gas around had dissipated, leaving only faint traces that no longer affected Brahma.
At this moment, wisps of pinkish mist seeped in through the cracks in the stone. A gentle tendril of it brushed against Lu Yu and Fan Tian’s bodies.
The usually composed Brahma was momentarily horrified, her beautiful face distorted with fear as she screamed and stumbled backward, desperately trying to escape the touch of the pink aura.
“What kind of poison is this again?” Lu Yu wore a puzzled expression, yet his tone carried a hint of anticipation as he asked, “Lord Fantian, it seems you’re still hiding something from me?”
Lu Yu felt short of breath, and his heart began to race!
“Get out quickly! I won’t kill you anymore—just get away from me! The farther you go, the better, as long as I never see you again!” Fan Tian recoiled like a frightened little rabbit, his entire body emitting black energy forming a barrier, attempting to block out the pink aura!
However, these breaths passed through the black wall, spreading throughout the cave as if they could penetrate anywhere.
“You haven’t told me what this is yet,” Lu Yu said, seeing that Fan Tian was so frightened, he also felt a bit scared inside!
Brahma’s face also began to flush red, and his breathing became rapid. He said, “T-this is the lustful energy released by the poison dragon. T-there isn’t just one poison dragon here—it’s two! They are…”
Fan Tian desperately hugged his body, shrinking into the corner, and shouted loudly, “Get out of here now!”
Brahma’s scream was only half-emitted, her eyes began to blur, her delicate face as enchanting as peach blossoms.
She leaned against the wall, her breath coming faster. “No, don’t. I’d rather die than be with you…”
Lu Yu could tell that Fan Tian was resisting his desires, his eyes alternating between clarity and haze.
He is a man, but not a beast!
His body was also becoming feverish, and his breathing was quickening.
The Myriad Poison Body seems to have absolutely no resistance against this aura, because it is not poison at all!
“Damn it!” Lu Yu bit his lip hard, trying to calm himself down with the sharp pain.
He was less than a meter away from the cave entrance; with just one punch, he could have escaped.
But in this step, he was also completely overwhelmed by the pink aura.
“Whoosh!”
Lu Yu’s eyes were bloodshot red, his breath scorching like flames, and his heart pounded so fast it seemed ready to burst from his chest.
Lu Yu was still struggling to maintain his composure. Even if they were enemies, just because someone deserved to be killed didn’t mean one should stoop to disgraceful acts!
His fist was raised when he suddenly felt a scorching body cling tightly onto his back!
The faint fragrance emanating from Fan Tian’s body, a scent reminiscent of orchids and musk, combined with their entwined forms, gradually caused Lu Yu to lose his composure.
Fan Tian circled Lu Yu’s neck, her cherry lips offering themselves willingly. Her breathtakingly beautiful face, delicate as a drop of water, shattered Lu Yu’s final vestiges of self-control!
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The pinkish glow created a spring-like atmosphere within the otherwise crude cave.
When Lu Yu regained consciousness, the pinkish haze inside the cave had already dissipated. He was completely naked, and a beautiful woman with disheveled auburn hair was resting her head on his chest, her face still flushed.
Brahma was sleeping peacefully, with a faint smile still lingering on his lips, as if he were having a sweet dream.
Brahma’s robes were brutally torn to shreds, her partially exposed, firm breasts glistening. Her delicate, jade-like skin even shimmered with a crystalline luster under the glow of the pearls.
Holding such a beautiful woman in one’s arms is the dream of countless people.
Lu Yu felt a headache coming on!
How did things turn out like this!
He stared blankly at the cave ceiling, the cold gleam of his left hand flashing several times before vanishing.
A slight tremor awakened Brahma. She opened her eyes in confusion, and after a brief moment of disorientation, she suddenly stood up.
“Hmph!”
A sharp pain coursed through Fan Tian’s body as she looked at the spots of blood on the ground, tears welling up in her eyes.
“I will kill you!” Fan Tian gritted his teeth, wanting to stand up, but his legs had become weak and powerless, lacking even the strength to remain upright.
Brahma sat beside Lu Yu, noticing that Lu Yu was still staring at her body.
She instinctively lowered her head, looking at the pitiful state of her clothes, as if recalling some of the previous events, and her face was as if it could drip water!
“Have you seen enough?” Fan Tian gritted his teeth, putting on a fierce expression to intimidate Lu Yu.
“Have you looked enough? I’m not even wearing any clothes!” Lu Yu’s temper flared as soon as he saw Fan Tian’s attitude.
Lu Yu raised his hand, pulled several pieces of clothing from the void, and threw them to Fan Tian, commanding, “If you don’t want to be seen, put these on.”
Lu Yu stood up while putting on his clothes.
Brahma’s thoughts were in a complete mess, and she had no idea what she should do. Following Lu Yu’s command, she put on her clothes and sat on the spot, hugging her knees, lost in a daze.
“Damn it!” Lu Yu also felt a headache and scratched his head hard a couple of times.
“I never thought my first time would be with someone as weak as you!” After a long daze, Fan Tian finally raised his head, his gaze gradually turning cold!
“Damn it, do you think this is the first time for me?” Lu Yu was so angry that his face twitched right after he spoke.
Fan Tian’s small mouth opened slightly, her eyes widening in surprise as she stared at Lu Yu, her expression frozen in astonishment for quite some time.
Lu Yu tried hard to keep his expression cold as he said, “I’m not an animal, nor am I a bastard. I admit what I’ve done, but there are still things I won’t compromise on. If you kill me, I won’t show mercy either! However, if you stop attacking me, then from now on, anyone who dares to harm you will pay whatever price it takes—I will make them pay with their life!”
Before Brahma, perhaps Lu Yu is not strong.
However, Lu Yu’s words indeed stirred something deep within Fan Tian’s heart that had long been hidden.
“Why?” Brahma looked at Lu Yu, his heart becoming even more confused!
“If you lay a hand on me, we’ll be enemies!” Lu Yu said. “If you don’t touch me, you’ll be my woman! No matter whom you marry, I’ll always take you back!”
You are my woman!
Fan Tian stared blankly at Lu Yu, looking at the human standing right in front of him.
He was clearly very weak, someone who could easily be killed by himself.
However, where does this human confidence come from?
Brahma’s heart quivered slightly, but he immediately thought of his responsibility. His expression turned cold again as he said, “You are not in the position to say such things! Moreover, you and I could never be together!”
Fan Tian gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and slowly stood up leaning against the wall. Looking at Lu Yu, he said faintly, “Leave. Our feud ends here; we’re even now, neither owing the other anything.”
“You can let go, but I can’t,” Lu Yu stared at Fantian, his voice heavy with emotion. “I’ve told you before, you are my woman, and always will be! I’m a man, and a man stands by what he does! How dare you think I’d deny what I’ve done?”
“This has nothing to do with me!” Brahma’s voice turned even colder, his face as if covered by a layer of frost. Lu Yu’s words had sent a faint trace of sweetness through her heart, but she quickly suppressed it.
“Who says it has nothing to do with you!” Lu Yu suddenly took a step forward, abruptly cornering Fan Tian against the wall. He roughly pulled Fan Tian into his arms, yet gently kissed Fan Tian’s delicate, luscious lips.
Brahma instinctively wanted to push Lu Yu away, but as he held her in his arms, her gaze softened, and she allowed Lu Yu to kiss her.
The faint, gentle kiss made Fan Tian softly extend his arms and embrace Lu Yu.
Brahma gently closed her eyes, allowing Lu Yu to remove the garment draped over her body, and felt a pair of large hands begin to softly glide across her skin.
The second night of spring, Fan Tian savored the delights of spring, her eyes misty with moisture, her skin as pink as peach blossoms!
She nestled obediently against Lu Yu’s chest, tears streaming down her cheeks, shedding all her pretenses. She was no longer the cold-hearted witch, but simply a woman!
“If only you were of the demon race!”
Lu Yu said solemnly, “If humans have no feelings, they are even worse than demons! If humans are inferior to demons, what’s wrong with me becoming a demon?”
Brahma looked up at Lu Yu, his eyes seemingly melting as well, transformed by Lu Yu’s confidence.
“My given name is Huowu. In the Vatian clan, males take ‘Fan’ as their surname, while females take ‘Huo’. My father is the previous clan leader, Fan Hao. However, once someone assumes the position of clan leader, they are known simply as ‘Vatian’!”
Fan Tian spoke softly, his voice tinged with bitterness and weariness.
“My name is Lu Yu. Both of my parents are gone. As for family? Heh heh, they’re all enemies!” Lu Yu laughed.
Lu Yu held onto Fantian as the two rested in the dimly lit cave for half a day. They got up and dressed only after Huowu’s lower body was no longer in pain.
Huowu also took out a long dress from the warehouse and changed into it. After putting on another long robe, supported by the dark aura, she transformed back into the mysterious, cold, and arrogant Vasant!
As soon as he transformed back, the atmosphere became awkward once again.
Not long ago they were bitter enemies, yet now they have become even closer.
Lu Yu had already seen through Huowu’s disguise. It was just a girl whose exterior was cold, but whose heart was fragile.
When you occupy an important place in his heart, everything changes.
“Oh, by the way, I’ve always had a question. Why did you both emerge from underground?” Lu Yu decided to break the awkward silence by speaking first.
Huowu shook her head and said, “I’ve been asleep since the beginning of my twentieth year. My father once mentioned something about preparation for the darkest times! It wasn’t until recently, when the ground trembled, that I was startled awake. But—”
Huowu lowered her head, sobbing, “Father is nothing more than a pile of bones now!”
“Where is the Soul of Annihilation? I’ve encountered demonic soldiers before, and even they knew about the Soul of Annihilation. Moreover, you all seem to harbor deep hostility towards it. Why is that?”
“Human and demon are actually separated by just a single step! The earliest demons were born from humans,” Huo Wu said. “One step leads to humanity, another step leads to demonhood! When humans pursue the ultimate level of power, they eventually become demons. Among humans, nine Star Souls have ruled the land for the longest time, standing in opposition to the demon race. The Soul of Slaughter is one of them. Moreover, only when the previous inheritor of the Soul of Slaughter dies will a new Soul of Slaughter be born!”
Huowu revealed to Lu Yu many secrets that did not belong to this era.
For example, the Demon Apes are called Ghost Apes, and the Demon Human Apes are referred to as Ghost-Faced Human Apes! They were ancient species that existed long before that era, possessing a highly rigid hierarchical system. They revered strength, and eventually, after the emergence of the Demon Race, they became subordinate to various Demon Lords and transformed into Demon warriors.
“Hiss!”
What Lu Yu heard really surprised him.
This is a myth, yet it has vividly emerged in this very era.
“We emerged from beneath the earth, merely to return to it once again,” said Huo Wu. “However, we have never truly understood why everything seems to have changed, and we have constantly sought the reason. Humans were born with power; according to your current way of speaking, everything has become digitized.”
“If it weren’t for digitization, I would have been reduced to debris the moment I encountered the first demon ape.”
Lu Yu smiled and said, “Let’s leave. I think this place can actually be preserved.”
“You—” The expression beneath Huo Wu’s black robe couldn’t be seen, but her tone carried a hint of shyness, “Give me your hand for a moment!”
“What’s wrong?” Lu Yu stretched out his hand, only to see Huo Wu grab it and suddenly bite down hard.
“What are you doing?” Lu Yu pulled his hand back and found several tooth marks on his palm, still oozing blood.
“The Poisonous Dragon Thorn will remain forever if it isn’t removed with the blood of its caster. Although your Poisonous Dragon Thorn isn’t deadly to me, I don’t want this poison lingering inside my body. At a critical moment, it might cost me my life!”
The rocks at the entrance of the cave were shattered. As the two individuals departed, the cave behind them closed up again, leaving no trace of its existence.
The mountain still stood before the two of them, lush and green.
“Lu Yu said, looking at the time, ‘When we entered the secret realm, the light orb said we could only stay here for three days. We should have been transported out two hours ago.'”
“You should be able to search for some places; maybe you’ll find something good!”
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