208: Chapter 208 Physical Transformation into a Dragon, Spinal Metamorphosis

The water in the Dragon Transformation Pool began to boil 17 minutes after the five dragon souls returned to their places.

It was not an ordinary boil.

It was "sublimation."

The five-colored pool water transformed from liquid to gas, from gas to plasma, and from plasma to—pure energy.

Those energies pulsed at a frequency of 1.7 times per second.

They were synchronized with Lin Ye's heartbeat.

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Lin Ye stood in the center of the pool.

The water had already reached his chest.

Five-colored energy swirled madly around him, forming a massive whirlpool 17 meters in diameter.

At the center of the whirlpool was him.

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[System Notification: Dragon Transformation Heavenly Tribulation · First Stage · Physical Body Tribulation]

[Tribulation Type: Five Elements Chaos Lightning Tribulation]

[Tribulation Objective: Temper the Physical Body, convert the Mortal body into a "Dragon Body"]

[Tempering Core: Spine]

[Tempering Method: Lightning piercing the body, burning away Mortal bones with lightning fire, and reshaping the dragon spine with dragon souls]

[Estimated Duration: 17 minutes]

[Success Reward:]

[1. Spine transforms into "Dragon Spine," Physical Body strength +200%]

[2. Qi and blood limit +300%]

[3. Unlock "Dragon Might" passive]

[4. Unlock complete version of "Dragon Scale Body Protection"]

[5. Obtain foundation for "Five Elements Dragon Body"]

[Failure Penalty:]

[1. Spine shattered, permanently disabled]

[2. Rank reset to zero]

[3. Permanent damage to Chaos Heavenly Emperor Body]

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Lin Ye looked at the line about being "permanently disabled."

3 seconds.

He smiled.

That smile was the same as the one he had when facing the Blood Prince.

Very faint.

Very cold.

Carrying a trace of... madness.

"Come," he said.

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The 1st second.

The first bolt of lightning descended from the sky.

It was not ordinary heavenly lightning.

It was "Five Elements Chaos Divine Lightning."

Five colors fused together to form a completely transparent lightning bolt.

Diameter: 1.7 meters.

Length: 17 kilometers.

Speed—the speed of light.

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It struck the top of Lin Ye's head.

[Lightning Piercing Body · Started]

[Damage: 170,000 points]

[Chaos Devour · Effective]

[Absorption Rate: 47%]

[Actual Damage: 90,100 points]

[Health Points: 100% → 0%]

[Forced retention of 1 Health Point]

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Lin Ye's body trembled violently.

It wasn't pain.

It was "remodeling."

The lightning poured in from the top of his head, traveling all the way down along his spine.

Wherever it passed, bones melted and then instantly recombined.

The old bones were burned away.

New bones were reborn in the lightning fire.

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[Spine · 1st Vertebra]

[Original State: Mortal spine]

[Current State: Melting]

[Recombination Progress: 0%... 17%... 31%...]

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The 1.3th second.

The second bolt of lightning.

[Health Points: 1 point → 0 points]

[Forced Retention · Second trigger]

[Su Qingyue · Health Points: 100% → 50%]

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Her face was pale.

But she did not fall.

She just watched the figure in the Dragon Transformation Pool.

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The 1.7th second.

The third bolt.

[Su Qingyue · 50% → 0%]

[Forced Retention · Su Qingyue triggered]

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The 2nd second.

The fourth bolt.

[Su Qingyue · 1 point → 0 points]

[Life and Death Together · Triggered]

[Lin Ye · Health Points: 1 point → 0 points]

[Forced Retention · Third trigger]

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Both of them stood on the edge of life and death.

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The 2.3rd second.

The fifth bolt of lightning.

This time, Lin Ye's body began to actively absorb it.

It wasn't passive endurance.

It was "active."

[Chaos Devour · Overload Mode]

[Consumption: 100% of current Health Points (1 point)]

[Effect: Absorb all lightning energy into the body, used to temper the spine]

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The fifth bolt of lightning—vanished.

It didn't strike his body.

It was "devoured by him."

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[Spine · 7th Vertebra]

[Recombination Progress: 31% → 47%]

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The 2.7th second.

The sixth bolt.

Likewise, it was devoured.

[47% → 62%]

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The 3rd second.

The seventh bolt.

[62% → 78%]

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The 3.3rd second.

The eighth bolt.

[78% → 91%]

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The 3.7th second.

The ninth bolt.

[91% → 100%]

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[System Notification: 1st-9th Vertebrae · Recombination Complete]

[Current State: Jade-fied]

[Jade-fication Degree: 17%]

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Lin Ye's spine, from the 1st to the 9th vertebra, was no longer Mortal bone.

They had turned into a translucent, jade-like structure emitting a faint golden light.

On the surface of each vertebra, extremely fine, almost imperceptible patterns emerged.

Those patterns were dragon patterns.

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The 4th second.

The second wave of lightning began.

This time, it was the 10th-19th vertebrae.

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The 4.3rd second.

The 10th vertebra.

The 4.7th second.

The 11th vertebra.

The 5th second.

The 12th vertebra.

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The 7th second.

The 10th-19th vertebrae, all recombination complete.

[Jade-fication Degree: 17% → 31%]

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The 7.3rd second.

The third wave.

The 20th-29th vertebrae.

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The 10th second.

The 20th-29th vertebrae complete.

[31% → 47%]

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The 10.3rd second.

The fourth wave.

The 30th-39th vertebrae.

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The 13th second.

The 30th-39th vertebrae complete.

[47% → 62%]

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The 13.3rd second.

The fifth wave.

The 40th-49th vertebrae.

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The 16th second.

The 40th-49th vertebrae complete.

[62% → 78%]

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The 16.3rd second.

The sixth wave.

The 50th-57th vertebrae (the last ones).

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The 17th second.

The 50th-57th vertebrae complete.

[78% → 100%]

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[System Notification: All 57 of your vertebrae have completed "Jade-fication"]

[Current Jade-fication Degree: 100%]

[Spine State: Five Elements Dragon Spine]

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Lin Ye's spine had undergone a thorough metamorphosis during the Lightning Tribulation.

From Mortal bone.

To Dragon Spine.

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But he did not stop.

Because there was one more bolt of lightning, currently brewing.

It was the last one.

And it was the strongest.

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The 17.3rd second.

The five layers of tribulation clouds in the sky contracted simultaneously.

Five colors fused together.

Forming a completely transparent ball of light, 17 meters in diameter.

Inside the ball of light, countless dense threads of lightning moved madly.

[Five Elements Chaos Lightning Tribulation · Ultimate Form]

[Power: ??? (Exceeds Saint-Grade)]

[Objective: Completely destroy the one undergoing the tribulation, or completely reshape the one undergoing the tribulation]

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The ball of light descended.

It landed on top of Lin Ye's head.

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This time, there was no explosion.

No impact.

No damage.

There was only "Fusion."

The ball of light merged into Lin Ye's body.

It merged into one with the 57 jade-fied dragon bones in his spine.

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[System Notification: You are receiving the "Five Elements Chaos Lightning Tribulation · Ultimate Baptism"]

[Baptism Objective: Evolve "Dragon Spine" into "Chaos Five Elements Dragon Spine"]

[Baptism Time: 17 seconds]

[During the baptism, you cannot move, cannot defend, and cannot accept any help]

[Baptism Success Reward:]

[1. Spine evolves into "Chaos Five Elements Dragon Spine"]

[2. Physical Body strength +300% (Original +200%)]

[3. Qi and blood limit +500% (Original +300%)]

[4. Unlock "Chaos Dragon Might"]

[5. Unlock "Chaos Dragon Scales"]

[6. Obtain foundation for "Chaos Five Elements Dragon Body"]

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Lin Ye stood in place.

His body was glowing.

Not one kind of light.

But five kinds.

Red, blue, green, gold, gray.

Five colors flashed alternately within his body.

With every flash, his spine changed.

From jade-fied.

To translucent.

To completely transparent.

To—Chaos color.

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The 1st second.

The first dragon pattern appeared on his back.

That dragon pattern started from the 1st vertebra and extended downwards.

[Dragon Pattern Quantity: 1]

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The 3rd second.

The second one.

[2]

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The 5th second.

The third one.

[3]

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The 7th second.

The fourth one.

[4]

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The 9th second.

The fifth one.

[5]

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The 11th second.

The sixth one.

[6]

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The 13th second.

The seventh one.

[7]

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The 15th second.

The eighth one.

[8]

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The 17th second.

The ninth one.

[9]

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[System Notification: Baptism Complete]

[Spine State: Chaos Five Elements Dragon Spine]

[Dragon Pattern Quantity: 9]

[Effect of each dragon pattern:]

[1. Physical Body strength +30%]

[2. Qi and blood limit +50%]

[3. Five Elements resistance +10%]

[4. Chaos Power +5%]

[Total for 9 dragon patterns:]

[Physical Body strength +270%]

[Qi and blood limit +450%]

[Five Elements resistance +90%]

[Chaos Power +45%]

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Lin Ye opened his eyes.

His pupils—those originally gray Chaos pupils—had now turned into a Chaos color with five colors flowing through them.

Red, blue, green, gold, gray.

Five colors rotated slowly in his eyes.

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He raised his right hand.

Clenched his fist.

[Maximum single punch impact: 2,700 kg → 17,000 kg]

[Qi and blood limit: 70,500 points → 420,000 points]

[Physical Body strength: 6.7 times human limit → 24 times human limit]

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He looked down.

At his own chest.

There, extremely fine, almost imperceptible dragon scale patterns appeared on the surface of his skin.

That was the passive effect of [Chaos Dragon Scales].

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He raised his head.

Looked at the sky.

There, the five layers of tribulation clouds were dissipating.

Five pairs of dragon eyes were still there.

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The Flame Dragon's voice.

"Rank 75."

"Chaos Five Elements Dragon Spine."

"9 dragon patterns."

"3 more... than I had back then."

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The Frost Dragon's voice.

"That ice-type girl... didn't die."

"Her choice... was correct."

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The Wood Dragon's voice.

"The Life Ancient Tree... will welcome you."

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The Gold Dragon's voice.

"Yan State... you can guard it."

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The Earth Dragon's voice.

"That Tyrant Body... we will help him."

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Five pairs of dragon eyes.

Dissipated simultaneously.

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Lin Ye stood in place.

He looked at the empty sky.

3 seconds.

He turned around.

Walked toward the [Heavenly Court - First Generation].

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The 1st step.

His foot stepped onto the ground.

[Gravity: 17G]

[But he walked very steadily]

[Each step left a footprint 7 centimeters deep in the ground]

[That was the normal trace of a body 24 times the human limit under 17 times gravity]

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The 7th step.

He stood at the cabin door.

9 people were waiting for him.

Su Qingyue's Health Points: 1 point.

Shi Potian was still in the medical pod.

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He looked at them.

3 seconds.

He spoke.

"First stage," he said.

"Passed."

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No one spoke.

But the eyes of the 9 people were all watching him.

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Su Qingyue walked in front of him.

She reached out her hand.

Held his hand.

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This time, her hand was trembling.

Not out of fear.

It was "perception."

She felt that majestic power within him.

That power capable of tearing apart the stars.

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"Rank 75," she said softly.

"24 times."

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Lin Ye did not speak.

He just squeezed her hand tightly.

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[System Notification: Dragon Transformation Heavenly Tribulation · First Stage · Physical Body Tribulation · Completed]

[Second stage of the tribulation will begin in 24 hours]

[Second stage tribulation type: Primordial Spirit Tribulation]

[Suggestion: Rest for 24 hours, recover your state]

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Lin Ye closed the notification line.

He looked at Shi Potian in the medical pod.

3 seconds.

He spoke.

"24 hours," he said.

"Enough for me to go see him."

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He walked into the medical pod.

Stood in front of the pod door.

Looked at Shi Potian inside.

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Shi Potian's left fist was still wrapped in bandages.

But his eyes—were open.

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He looked at Lin Ye.

3 seconds.

He smiled.

That smile was exactly the same as when he smashed the sternum of the Rank 67 Holy Demon Race.

Very heavy.

Very steady.

Carrying a trace of... satisfaction.

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"Rank 75," Shi Potian said.

"11 Ranks higher than me."

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Lin Ye did not speak.

He just reached out his hand.

Through the transparent pod cover.

Pressed on the position of his left fist.

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[Chapter 208 · End]