Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 78 Changes After Awakening
Realizing this, Gu Yuena parted her cherry lips slightly:

"Then I too..."

“No.” Lu Jun interrupted her, his tone calm, and turned his gaze to her. “You have class that day, an advanced course, you can’t miss it.”

He paused for a moment, then added:
"I'm enough on my own."

Gu Yuena's words were cut off.

She looked at Lu Jun's attitude, which left no room for negotiation and even subtly revealed a sense of alienation, as if he didn't want her involved.

He seemed to be deliberately hiding something, or... simply didn't want her to see something?

Gu Yuena's mind raced, and after a moment, she understood.

That's it.

She pursed her lips slightly, suppressing a barely perceptible hint of disappointment, and resumed her usual aloof demeanor, responding with a faint "Yes."
"Ah."

Since he doesn't want to, then we won't force him.

Long Chen was so engrossed in the joy of Lu Jun's agreement that he completely failed to notice the subtle atmosphere between the two, and excitedly rubbed his hands together:
"Great! Brother Lu, it's a deal then! I'll be waiting for you at the entrance to the Spirit Ascension Platform at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters this Saturday morning!"

"Ah."

Lu Jun responded.

……

Saturday morning was sunny and bright.

Lu Jun arrived at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters on time.

Long Chen had been eagerly waiting at the grand entrance, and upon seeing Lu Jun, he immediately rushed forward excitedly.

"Brother Lu, over here!"

The two met up and headed towards the exclusive passage of the Ascension Platform.

As soon as he stepped into the spacious, bright, and technologically advanced lobby of the Spirit Pagoda branch, many uniformed staff members immediately focused their attention on Lu Jun.

"Good morning, Mr. Lu."

"Mr. Lu, you are here."

"Mr. Lu, would you like me to show you around? This way, please."

The staff members of the Spirit Pagoda he encountered along the way, regardless of their rank, all nodded and greeted Lu Jun with respect and enthusiasm, and some even offered to lead the way for him.

Their attitude was even more respectful than when they saw their direct superior!

This treatment left Long Chen speechless, and his admiration for Brother Lu surged like a mighty river.

"Brother Lu, this...this is too impressive!" Long Chen couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

He had been to the Spirit Pagoda before, but he had never seen any staff member treat any student with such respect.
Even college teachers may not receive this kind of treatment.

Lu Jun simply nodded; he was already used to such respect.

His authority and status within the Spirit Pagoda far exceeded that of ordinary students.

Being Leng Yaozhu's disciple, and also the youngest Spirit Transmission Envoy in history, is enough to allow him to move freely within the Spirit Transmission Tower system.

With the staff's attentive guidance, the two quickly arrived at the entrance area of ​​the primary spirit ascension platform.

"Mr. Lu, please follow me." A smiling guide led the two to two adjacent metal hulls.

"The Primary Spirit Ascension Platform has been opened for you two. The safety agreement has been confirmed. We wish you both a successful training and a fruitful experience."

Long Chen took a deep breath and nodded vigorously at Lu Jun.

Lu Jun gave him a reassuring look and was the first to lie down in his own metal capsule.

The hatch slowly closed, a soft light shone from inside, and the mental guidance device was activated.

"Connection initiated... Mental synchronization... Entering the primary Spirit Ascension Platform..." Accompanied by the electronic prompt, Lu Jun's consciousness experienced a slight daze.

The next second, the scene before my eyes changed instantly.

The damp earthy scent, the dense, primeval forest vegetation, and the distant, faint roars of beasts and calls of birds... a wild, ancient forest atmosphere washes over you.

Lu Jun's figure appeared in a dimly lit, ancient forest with towering trees.

We've arrived at the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

Long Chen's figure also materialized not far from him, his face showing curiosity and nervousness as he looked around.

"Let's go." Lu Jun's calm voice rang out. "Let's familiarize ourselves with the environment first, and then help your soul spirit ascend to the thousand-year level."

“Okay, Brother Lu, then we…” Long Chen started to speak, but his voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Lu Jun remained calm, his right hand loosely clenched.

The next moment, the Ice Abyss Sword appeared out of thin air in his hand, and three jet-black ten-thousand-year soul rings silently swirled around Lu Jun.

"Ten-thousand-year soul rings? And three of them?!"

Long Chen's voice trembled uncontrollably and cracked with disbelief. He remembered clearly that not long ago, during the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, Lu Jun's soul rings were only three purple thousand-year soul rings.

How long has it been since?

What did he go through?
This completely overturns the common sense about Soul Master cultivation.

This is only the Third Ring Road.

A soul that's been around for ten thousand years?

A chill ran from Long Chen's tailbone straight to the top of his head, and his eyes were filled with horror and awe as he looked at Lu Jun.

Lu Jun ignored Long Chen's shock; his mind stirred slightly.

"The Realm of the Frozen Abyss".

The command was given silently.

Centered on Lu Jun's toes, a layer of visible, eerie blue light, seemingly composed of flowing liquid ice, instantly spread out in all directions.

This halo did not spread at a uniform speed, but rather, like a glacier bursting its banks, it carried an unparalleled and domineering will, frantically devouring everything in its path.

Click, click...

Wherever the area extends, the moist soil instantly freezes into permafrost harder than steel, covering it with fallen leaves, moss, and low shrubs.

Without even a chance to struggle, it instantly turned into a crystal-clear ice sculpture, and in the next instant, the terrifying devouring power drained its last bit of energy, turning it into dust and dissipating.

The thick tree trunk was covered with a thick layer of mysterious ice that shimmered with a dark blue luster at a visible speed. The ice layer continued to erode inward, greedily sucking up the faint life energy and wood-attribute soul power contained in the ancient tree.

It wasn't just matter; the dense, almost impenetrable primordial energy permeating the air, the life force emanating from the ubiquitous plants in the forest, and even the energy contained within the dappled light itself all seemed to have encountered an invisible black hole.

Strands of energy were forcibly stripped from the void and frozen, turning into countless tiny ice crystals and dust particles, which then surged wildly into the ever-expanding azure domain, like rivers flowing into the sea.

Even more bizarrely, on the frozen land covered by the domain, roses sculpted from pure ice are blooming at an astonishing speed.

They come in all shapes and sizes, yet they are all breathtakingly beautiful. Their petals are crystal clear, reflecting a cold, eerie light, and each petal contains the power to freeze the soul.

These ice crystal roses are like marks left by the spread of a domain, or like some kind of deadly trap, adorning this forest that is rapidly turning into a snow and ice kingdom.

"Uh……"

Long Chen was so startled by this sudden change that he stumbled.

He was horrified to discover that as the terrifying azure domain spread to his feet, it seemed to have a life of its own and automatically bypassed him, forming a safe zone with a radius of about one meter around him.

"Brother Lu's strength has increased again..."

(End of this chapter)