65: Chapter 65

It is worth mentioning that under Kuroka's guidance, Koneko's progress in Senjutsu was frighteningly fast.

At this rate, it shouldn't take long for her to break through and promote to a Middle-Class Devil.

It seems that Koneko's talent for Senjutsu is no worse than Kuroka's at all.

Inside the room, Luo Yu said, "That guy Shiva went to such great lengths to capture Rizevim Livan Lucifer, this must be the reason, right?"

Luo Yu sat on the sofa, holding a piece of skin from an unknown creature in his hand.

The skin was dark black, with strange patterns on the surface, concealing an indescribable energy within.

The most crucial point was that this piece of skin was still alive.

Yes, Luo Yu could clearly feel that this thing possessed a form of immortality, very similar to the feeling the Origin Dragon Soul gave him.

This fur was obtained from Cao Cao, and it was said to have been kept together with those energy crystals of the Old Satan Faction.

"Brother, this thing... it should be the pelt of the Beast Emperor, right?" Ddraig's voice sounded in his mind, carrying hesitation.

This dragon and Luo Yu had witnessed the Beast Emperor's abilities together in Michael's memory illusion, especially that terrifying immortality.

The aura within the fur before them was exactly the same as the Beast Emperor's.

"Correct, it is indeed the pelt of the Beast Emperor," Luo Yu nodded.

"And it's not just ordinary skin; the immortality within it can be used as a coordinate to find where the Beast Emperor, sealed by God, is hidden."

Ddraig became angry, his voice rising: "Is Shiva crazy? Does he want to release the Beast Emperor and throw the Three Realms into chaos again?"

If the Beast Emperor really escaped, there is no one at the level of God in the Three Realms now who could press it back down.

It might even destroy the entire Human World.

Luo Yu waved his hand: "Shiva isn't that stupid. He knows how dangerous the Beast Emperor is. As long as the Hindu Pantheon hasn't completely perished, he wouldn't touch it even if he had the Beast Emperor's coordinates."

"Using this thing as a trump card to intimidate other pantheons is much more cost-effective than releasing it and having everyone die together."

He continued: "Besides, Shiva has already reached the end of the path of the Super Devil; for him, the Beast Emperor is also an opportunity to break through his bottleneck."

"He probably just happened to know that Rizevim Livan Lucifer had the location of the Beast Emperor's seal and didn't realize what kind of object brought this coordinate out."

"If he had known about the existence of this skin, he wouldn't have been so rash when he came to save Rizevim Livan Lucifer last time."

After listening, Ddraig felt that what Luo Yu said made sense. "It should be as you say," he chuckled. "But brother, the thing that Shiva risked his life for but failed to get, ended up in your hands."

Luo Yu smiled: "Just a coincidence."

He flipped the fur in his hand, examined it carefully for a while, and then stored it inside the Boosted Gear.

The power of the Beast Emperor was indeed something he coveted.

But he knew very well how much he was capable of.

Luo Yu stared at the pile of energy crystals that looked like a small mountain, making tut-tut sounds. "That group from the Old Satan Faction lost the Devil Civil War so miserably, they must have moved out all the old foundations of the Underworld, right?"

He counted roughly; there had to be at least two thousand pieces.

He could clearly feel that the energy inside these crystals was much more intense than that energy crystal he had swallowed from the Norse Pantheon back then.

Luo Yu even doubted whether the Norse Pantheon's pathetic treasury could even scrape together this many crystals. "No wonder Sun Wukong always called that bunch a countryside pantheon; looking at it now, he really didn't wrong them."

You have to know, this was still the leftover scrap after The Great War; if it were before the war, one could easily imagine how terrifying the stock would have been.

He did some mental math.

Now, one energy crystal could cut off about five Origin Gold Patterns.

Calculating this way, this pile of crystals could at least eliminate nearly ten thousand Origin Gold Patterns.

Luo Yu himself was startled by this number.

If he really cut off that many gold patterns, could he jump directly from the peak of Maou-Class to Super Devil?

He pondered for a while, but finally shook his head.

Not very realistic.

Previously, to rush to the Super Devil level, he had cut off nearly a hundred Origin Gold Patterns.

Following this logic, the number of gold patterns needed to be cut off in the Super Devil level would definitely not stop at a few hundred.

Luo Yu made a worst-case assumption—it would probably take thousands.

The gap compared to the Maou-Class was completely on a thousand-fold scale, even more terrifying than the hundred-fold scale he had originally thought.

According to this calculation, every minor rank required cutting off one thousand gold patterns, and one major rank consisted of sixteen minor ranks.

The crystals in front of him were only enough for him to rush to the peak of the high stage of the Super Devil level. "Forget it, thinking about this is useless. I'll go as far as I can; swallowing them all will naturally reveal the outcome."

He couldn't be bothered to ponder these useless things anymore, casually grabbed an energy crystal, opened his mouth, and began to devour it.

The massive energy frantically washed over his body; even his Draconic physique could barely withstand it, and a layer of fine blood beads seeped out from the surface of his skin.

This situation did not last long.

Luo Yu stabilized that power and guided it all to surge into the dark space where the [ Origin Gold Pattern ] was located.

The energy transformed into a roaring flood dragon, fiercely cutting off five [ Origin Gold Patterns ], and was then completely exhausted.

Luo Yu did not stop and continued to crazily swallow the energy crystals.

After quite a while—he cut off five more [ Origin Gold Patterns ]. Yet his cultivation level remained at the peak of Maou-Class, not moving a single bit.

Exactly as Luo Yu had guessed.

To break through from the peak of Maou-Class to the Super Devil level, the number of [ Origin Gold Patterns ] that needed to be cut off was likely indeed in the thousands.

He continued to devour.

Another five [ Origin Gold Patterns ] were cut off... Sixty [ Origin Gold Patterns ] were cut off. Eighty [ Origin Gold Patterns ] were cut off. ... One hundred twenty [ Origin Gold Patterns ] were cut off. Two hundred sixty [ Origin Gold Patterns ] were cut off. Three hundred [ Origin Gold Patterns ] were cut off. ...

The [ Origin Gold Patterns ] that Luo Yu had cumulatively cut off today had already reached nine hundred and twelve. Just at this moment, he touched a certain critical point. "Crack!"

A crisp yet muffled sound exploded from within his body.

Immediately after—Luo Yu's aura, Holy Power, Origin Dragon Soul, and bloodline power all began to skyrocket.

They surged crazily at several times the speed.

The Draconic aura on his body was also transforming, becoming deep and heavy; that was the flavor only truly high-ranking dragons possessed.

Luo Yu's current Draconic bloodline had jumped directly from the original Pure-Blooded Dragon species into the Dragon King level.

In the living room on the first floor of the villa, Ophis was playing checkers with Koneko. She looked up at Luo Yu's room and didn't pay it any more mind.

The advancement of the Draconic bloodline was not only sensed by Ophis; many dragons in the Three Realms also felt that oppressive sensation coming from the bloodline.

A new true Dragon King had been born in the Three Realms. From now on, the Five Great Dragon Kings would become the Six Great Dragon Kings again.

Dragon King represents the bloodline level, not a synonym for strength. For example, in the Three Realms, besides the Evil Dragon, there were originally only six Dragon Kings. But that doesn't mean other dragons are weak. Take An Qi, the clan leader of the Holy Light Dragon in the Heavenly Realm; in terms of cultivation realm alone, he is completely not inferior to any Dragon King.

The bloodline of the Holy Light Dragon is, after all, still a Pure-Blooded Dragon species, not the Dragon King level. When encountering a real Dragon King, the bloodline suppression alone is enough to suffer. In same-level combat, Dragon Kings are several times stronger than ordinary dragon species.

Before, when Luo Yu obtained the [ Origin Dragon Soul ], it only barely leveled the playing field in terms of class.

Now it is different. In terms of bloodline, he is no longer inferior to any Dragon King.

The seventh layer of the Heavenly Realm, Mirror Lake of Light, central island. "What a perverted monster!"

Luo Yu's bloodline breaking through to Dragon King could not be hidden from An Qi. This clan leader of the Holy Light Dragon clearly felt waves of aura coming from the Human World that made him instinctively bow his head. More importantly—he was too familiar with this aura; it was the Red Dragon Emperor.

Over at the Dragon Graveyard, the entire mountain was shaking.

Countless auras intertwined and rushed out, transforming into the figures they were when alive, all bowing and submitting in the direction of the Human World.

This was to congratulate the newly born Dragon King.

Things like bloodline advancement were something An Qi dared not even imagine. He really didn't expect that the Red Dragon Emperor could forcibly raise the bloodline of a Pure-Blooded Dragon to the Dragon King level.

The Holy Light Dragon clan finally had their own Dragon King. "With the Red Dragon Emperor here, I don't have to worry about the Holy Light Dragon bloodline being cut off."

An Qi looked up, gazing in the direction of Michael's temple on the eighth layer.

Peak of the early stage of Super Devil level! Mid-stage of Super Devil level! Peak of the mid-stage of Super Devil level!

Inside the room, Luo Yu's aura was still crazily skyrocketing, surging upward bit by bit, as if there were no end at all.

Fortunately, the Arcane Magic inscribed on the walls shielded all the aura. Otherwise, if this scene were known by other forces in the Three Realms, it would definitely stir up a heaven-shaking giant wave.

Since ancient times, no one has ever been able to cross so many levels in a single day.

What's even more terrifying is that Luo Yu is becoming stronger in every aspect.

The cost is also very obvious—the pile of energy crystals that looked like a small mountain is being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Half an hour later. "Hoo—"

Luo Yu exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

The energy crystals in front of him had been sucked completely clean. He clenched his fists, feeling the terrifying power that had skyrocketed countless times within his body. "It didn't reach the expected high stage of the Super Devil level; it only stopped at the peak of the mid-stage of the Super Devil level."

He frowned. "Later, the consumption for each time I cut off an [ Origin Gold Pattern ] increased. These crystals could only support me to this point."

It is enough.

Even without using the Boosted Gear and the Eternal Paradise, just relying on his current self, holding his own against a limit-level Super Devil like Serafall is absolutely no problem.

Being able to take such a big step and challenge across levels—it all relies on the Dragon King bloodline.

The biggest gain from this breakthrough was forcibly transforming his Pure-Blooded Dragon species bloodline into a Dragon King bloodline.

His physical strength and Holy Power have both undergone changes approaching a qualitative transformation.

Speaking just of his physical body, it is more than ten times stronger than a Pure-Blooded Dragon of the same level.

As for his Holy Power, that is even more exaggerated. Previously, after he swallowed the power left behind by that deity at the Ancient Battlefield in the Underworld, he had already made a qualitative leap.

Now that the Dragon King bloodline has transformed, it has increased by more than another fold.

It is already infinitely close to the quality of the Holy Power used by that deity back then.

Luo Yu has a premonition that when he raises his dragon species bloodline up one more notch, from Dragon King to Heavenly Dragon, he will definitely be able to go head-to-head with that deity's Holy Power.

The only thing he feels regretful about is not awakening the dragon species' Origin Ability.

Every dragon has its own Origin Ability.

Just like Ddraig's flames that burn everything, or Albion's virulent poison that reduces everything infinitely.

This is the Origin Ability.

Apophis's black water is also an Origin Ability.

If he also had a dragon species' Origin Ability, his strength could at least jump up another notch.

However—