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

Chapter 83 Mechanisms Replace the Brain, Numbers Replace Thinking

The vast ice dragon power of the Ice Dragon Soul Bone seemed to have found a new outlet and a point of enhancement, actively enveloping the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bone.

The indestructible sharpness of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bone, after being imbued with the power of the Ice Dragon, seemed to be tinged with a layer of dark blue frost, becoming even more restrained and deadly.

The aura of the Ice Dragon Soul Bone itself, stimulated and fused with this top-tier external soul bone, actually rose higher and became more profound and vast, subtly taking a big step towards a higher level, the threshold of 100,000 years.

Lu Jun clenched his right fist, feeling the terrifying power contained within, far exceeding anything he had experienced before, his eyes gleaming.

With a thought, the Ice Abyss Sword vanished silently, and the ice puppet army behind him also receded like the tide, merging into the ice surface and disappearing from sight.

He looked up, his gaze falling on the dark passage leading deeper into the darkness, guarded by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

The guardian is dead; the road is clear.

And his army of ice golems now includes an additional Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Although it's only a hundred years old, it's still much stronger than many thousand-year-old soul beasts.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Jun stepped into the passage.

Light and shadow shift, space changes.

When the scene before me became clear again, an even stronger, more ancient, and more dangerous aura swept over me.

It was still a forest, but the trees here were much taller and thicker, often tens of meters high, with canopies that blocked out the sun.

The vines, as thick as giant pythons, coiled among the ancient trees.

The air was filled with an intensely rich life force and soul energy fluctuations, several times purer than those of a primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

Lush vegetation covered the earth, and various exotic flowers and plants emitted a mesmerizing glow.

At first glance, it seems not much different from the primary spirit ascension platform, still a vibrant green world.

But how sharp is Lu Jun's mental strength?
He clearly sensed that deep within this seemingly peaceful and serene jungle lurked countless auras far more powerful and ferocious than those of a primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

The aura of thousand-year-old soul beasts was everywhere, and he could even vaguely detect a few terrifying fluctuations, like dormant volcanoes, subtle yet chilling.

A ten-thousand-year-old soul beast!

The chances of encountering a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast are extremely high on this intermediate-level Spirit Ascension Platform.

“Perfect.” A burning glint flashed in Lu Jun’s eyes.

The soul beasts and soul masters at the primary Spirit Ascension Platform couldn't even warm him up.

This is the stage where he truly tests the limits of his strength.

Without any hesitation, the idea came to him again.

"The Realm of the Frozen Abyss".

A chilling blue aura of ice emanated from him, spreading wildly like a plague of death.

It is more refined, more domineering, and has a more powerful devouring force than when it was in the initial Spirit Ascension Platform.

Wherever it passed, towering ancient trees instantly turned into ice sculptures, their life force extinguished.

Rare flowers and exotic plants were frozen into ice crystal artworks, and the spiritual energy they contained was being frantically drained.

The rich life energy and soul power in the air were forcibly stripped away, frozen, and swallowed up as if they had encountered a black hole.

The ice crystal roses bloomed again, adorning this rapidly turning into a desolate, icy land, beautiful yet deadly.

Lu Jun was like a walking source of calamity, wielding his Ice Abyss Domain to relentlessly purge the intermediate-level Spirit Ascension Platforms. Weak hundred-year and thousand-year-old soul beasts were instantly turned into ice sculptures the moment the domain covered them, their spiritual power completely devoured.

Occasionally, a deafening roar would echo from the depths of the forest, accompanied by earth-shaking tremors.

That was a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that had been provoked by Lu Jun.

Faced with these terrifying beings that even Soul King level experts would be on high alert, Lu Jun's choice was simple and efficient.

Ice golems, charge!
The countless soul beast corpses that had been devoured by the domain, whether they were hundreds, thousands, or even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts that had just been devoured, all silently rose up amidst the sound of the ice breaking.

Lu Jun commanded this army of ice golems, transformed from low-level soul beasts, whose sheer number was despair-inducing, as they charged forward like a surging tide of death, fearlessly facing their doom.

The ice golems were like fragile ice sculptures in front of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and were smashed, blasted away, and evaporated in large pieces.

But they are immortal and indestructible. As long as Lu Jun's soul power is not exhausted, they can instantly regenerate and pounce again.

They weakened the millennia-old soul beasts with icy cold, entangled them with death, and piled up their numbers...

This prevented even ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts from getting close to Lu Jun.

The Ice Abyss Domain is like a leech, frantically devouring the power of the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, weakening its defense, and slowing its movements.

Once the cold poison within the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast had accumulated enough, all the ice crystal roses bloomed on its body. Then, in conjunction with the cold poison and the Ice Explosion Technique, the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast was killed instantly.

Mechanisms replace the brain, and numbers replace thinking.

The ice puppets consumed soul power, while the domain replenished it. With the combination of freezing poison and slashing attacks, along with the Ice Explosion Technique, Lu Jun's shameless fighting style allowed him to kill one ten-thousand-year-old soul beast after another almost without injury or loss.

A torrent of pure spiritual energy surged into Lu Jun's body, nourishing his soul power and the Ice Abyss Sword.

……

The Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform is a relatively open clearing in the forest.

A well-equipped and well-coordinated team is hunting down a Thorn Earth Dragon that has just reached the ten-thousand-year level.

The core of the team was a handsome, arrogant blond boy, none other than Yue Zhengyu from the Angel Family.

Beside him, a middle-aged man dressed in white, exuding a profound and imposing aura, calmly gave instructions.

He was surrounded by six spirit rings, three purple and three black, clearly a level 69 offensive spirit emperor.

His main purpose in this trip was to protect Yue Zhengyu's safety and to help him obtain enough spiritual power to enhance his soul.

The thorny earth dragon was covered in wounds from the attack and was letting out painful howls, clearly on the verge of collapse.

"Young Master, you shall deliver the final blow."

The middle-aged Soul Emperor said in a deep voice, while releasing a powerful binding soul skill, temporarily immobilizing the Thorn Earth Dragon's movements.

A hint of excitement flashed in Le Zhengyu's eyes. He raised the holy sword high, and brilliant holy flames gathered at the tip of the sword, preparing to deliver the final blow to this ten-thousand-year-old soul beast and absorb its abundant spiritual power.

Just then, the ice tide covered the ground with a thick layer of dark blue ice at a speed visible to the naked eye, and rapidly spread towards them.

The bound thorny earth dragon was the first to be hit. Its massive body, along with the dense spiritual energy emanating from its wounds, was completely covered in a layer of crystal-clear, yet deathly ice in the blink of an eye.

The thorny earth dragon's struggling movements froze, the life in its eyes instantly extinguished, as if it had turned into a giant ice sculpture.

Immediately afterwards, the ice covering the thorny earth dragon glowed slightly, and the enormous ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, along with all the spiritual power it emitted, was swallowed by the invisible black hole and vanished without a trace.

Only a few quietly blooming, breathtakingly beautiful, deep blue ice crystal roses remained in the spot.

(End of this chapter)