220: Chapter 219 Evolution, Ice Abyss Dragon

By the time Lin Fan returned to Dongyun City, there wasn't much time left before the college entrance examination.

Xiao Zhuang's evolution Materials were missing one last item—a moon tide stone.

This item was even harder to find than lunar ethereal crystals. He had traveled to three cities and asked over twenty material dealers, but none had it in stock.

In the end, Xiao Yishan helped him get in touch with a professor from the Materials Department of Beique University, who spared a piece from the laboratory's reserves.

On the day the express delivery arrived, Lin Fan unpacked the parcel. A silver-white Ore, resembling a moonstone, lay in the foam box. Its surface had tide-like patterns that shimmered with a moist luster under the light.

The moon tide stone was finally in his hands.

Along with the previously saved lunar ethereal crystals, Xuanming Ice Soul, and Sea Abyss Dragon Tendon, all four Materials were gathered.

Late that night, Lin Fan went out.

The backyard of the shop would definitely be too small for Xiao Zhuang's post-evolution size.

Eventually, he found an abandoned quarry on the outskirts of Dongyun City.

The surroundings were empty and uninhabited, with the moonlight pouring down from overhead without any obstruction.

He set down his backpack and laid out the four Materials in order—three lunar ethereal crystals, their ghostly blue forms looking like three solidified stars under the moonlight.

Three pieces of Xuanming Ice Soul, completely transparent, with cold air rising from their surfaces and condensing into white misty threads in the air.

One moon tide stone, silver-white, its surface tidal patterns flowing slowly under the moonlight as if the tide were truly rising and falling.

One Sea Abyss Dragon Tendon, as thick as two fingers and translucent deep blue. It felt heavy in his hand, like a frozen deep-sea fish.

“Xiao Zhuang, come out.”

The silver-black flood dragon emerged, coiling on the rock at Lin Fan's feet.

Its scales shimmered with a cold luster under the moonlight. Of its three-pronged horns, only the middle one had split into two small branches, while the two on the sides were still bare bone spurs.

It looked up at Lin Fan, letting out a low, deep dragon cry from its throat.

Lin Fan placed the three lunar ethereal crystals on the ground in a triangle, put the three Xuanming Ice Souls in the center of the triangle, set the moon tide stone on top of the ice Souls, and finally used the Sea Abyss Dragon Tendon to bind all the Materials together.

The moment the dragon sinew touched the other Materials, it seemed to come alive, tightening automatically and cinching the six crystals and the moon tide stone into a single unit.

“It might hurt a lot when you absorb these Materials.”

Lin Fan squatted down, placing his palm on Xiao Zhuang's head.

Xiao Zhuang rubbed the three-pronged horns on the top of its head against his palm, letting out a low and short dragon cry.

Lin Fan injected spiritual energy into the dragon sinew, and a dark silver light lit up on its surface.

The light spread along the dragon sinew to the six crystals, and the energy inside the crystals began to leak out.

The ghostly blue light of the lunar ethereal crystals, the white cold air of the Xuanming Ice Soul, and the silver-white tidal patterns of the moon tide stone—the three energies merged under the guidance of the Sea Abyss Dragon Tendon, turning into a dark silver pillar of light.

The dark silver light pillar rose from the pile of Materials and poured straight into Xiao Zhuang's body.

Xiao Zhuang's body suddenly stiffened, and all its scales flared out as if it had been struck by lightning.

Xiao Zhuang's bones were being lengthened, old scales were flipping up from the roots, and new scales were growing from beneath—larger and thicker.

Its entire body turned blue-black.

The transformation of the head was the most shocking.

The three-pronged horns, which originally only had the middle main branch split, grew rapidly, ossified, and took shape under the pouring of the fourfold energy.

The dragon horns were straight and upright, their edges as sharp as divine blades forged from ice. The surface of the horns was covered with fine spiral ice patterns, and the tips were surrounded by a persistent, extremely cold mist, piercing straight into the night sky.

The dragon's snout lengthened and widened, becoming heavy and majestic. Two rows of sharp dragon teeth shimmered with an icy white cold light, and cold air leaked out whenever they closed.

The originally rounded eyes of the flood dragon opened completely, the vertical pupils turning into a deep ice-blue. Within the depths of its eyes was a calm and pressure like the abyss of the sea; it was no longer the nimbleness of its youth, but the stability and dominance belonging to a top-tier Canglong.

Immediately after, its body length extended to ten meters, and its frame was twice as thick as before.

Four claw buds bulged on its belly, piercing through the flesh with traces of blood, and rapidly grew into four sharp dragon claws.

A slit opened on its back, and a row of deep blue fin spines extended from the crack, stretching along the spine to the tip of the tail.

The scales at the end of the tail opened up, turning into a fan-shaped caudal fin.

The pillar of light gradually receded, and the violent energy slowly returned to calm, fully absorbed by the newborn body.

A low, thick dragon roar that shook the valley rang out. It was no longer the short hiss of a flood dragon, but the long howl of a Canglong, carrying the inherent pressure of the sea abyss.

Sound waves spread out, and the hard ice on the ground shattered layer by layer before instantly refreezing. The moonlight across the sky seemed to tremble slightly from this single roar.

The giant beast hovering in mid-air slowly descended, stepping firmly onto the frozen ground.

It lowered its head, and its massive skull gently moved in front of Lin Fan, its movements so docile they were completely at odds with the terrifying pressure surrounding it.

Its nose gently rubbed against Lin Fan's cheek, its warm breath blowing away the surrounding cold, its eyes filled with dependence and closeness.

The aura radiating from its body was steady and vast, its Spiritual Pressure thick and deep, as if it contained an entire frozen, endless deep sea.

If it stayed still, it was calm; but once it moved, it could overturn rivers and seas, and freeze the land for thousands of miles.

[Race]: Ice Abyss Canglong

[Rank]: Level 49

[Aptitude]: king spirit superior (Limit: high-tier god spirit)

[Attributes]: tide / Lunar

[Armorization Part]: Left Hand

[Armor Skill]:

Abyssal Ice Spike: Shoots ice spikes condensed from sea abyss cold air from the fingertips. Upon hitting, it freezes the target's spiritual energy flow and leaves a continuously freezing "Abyssal Mark" at the wound.

Under moonlight, the ice spikes turn into a dense rain of ice needles. Abyssal Marks can stack up to three layers, causing an ice explosion when detonated.

Abyssal Shadow Escape: Melds into moonlight, shadows, and deep-sea undercurrents, causing breath, form, and spiritual energy fluctuations to vanish completely. The first attack after Stealth is guaranteed to be a critical hit and adds Sea Abyss Pressure. In the hidden state under moonlight, the user can move at high speed and ignore terrain obstacles.

Canglong Bite: Summons a phantom of the Ice Abyss Canglong to bite the target, with the power of sea abyss ice and Lunar Power erupting simultaneously.

Under moonlight, it triggers "Sea Abyss Echo." After the bite ends, the phantom splits into two small dragon shadows for a second pursuit, causing Soul-level frostbite.

Thousand Shadow Abyss Dragon Guard: Creates eight physical Clones with 60% of the original's strength (increases to sixteen under moonlight).

The Clones self-destruct upon disappearing, releasing area-of-effect sea abyss cold air, freezing the ground and forming a short-lived "Ice Burial Ground." Enemies within the Ice Burial Ground have their movement speed significantly reduced.

Great Void Canglong Fall: Channels Lunar Essence Power to condense a giant Canglong-shaped sea abyss light beam in the high sky, diving and crashing toward the target area, creating a circular ice tide shockwave upon landing.

Under moonlight, it can be charged to release "Twin Dragon Fall," where two Canglongs strike in a spiral alternation. The shockwave range expands, and the center area turns into an "Eternal Frost Fissure" that lasts for dozens of seconds.

Abyssal Sea Eternal Freeze Domain: Channels the power of the sea abyss and Lunar Power to summon a deep-sea vortex with a diameter of one hundred meters in a designated area.

Gravity is distorted and seawater surges backward within the vortex, forming countless ice blades to strangle enemies. Simultaneously, the center of the vortex continuously spreads an "Eternal Frost Halo," slowing down the spiritual energy flow of all enemies within range.

Under moonlight, the vortex range doubles, and the Eternal Frost Halo stacks "Sea Abyss Shackles." When stacked to five layers, the target is briefly frozen.

Abyssal Sea Dragon Vein: An additional "Abyssal Sea Dragon Vein" is added to the contractor's internal spiritual energy circulation. It can consume all spiritual energy to block a lethal attack and instantly knock back surrounding enemies. Triggers a brief period of weakness after activation.