193: Blood vessel qualitative change

Deep within the karst cave.

Gao De was coiled in the center of a temporary isolation Formation, with the mass of suanni precious blood, intertwined with crimson-gold and rosy colors, floating before him.

He did not hesitate in the slightest—in such a hidden place where he could be discovered at any moment, every second of delay meant a multiplication of risk.

“Rainbow, act as my Protector. If there is any unusual movement, wake me immediately,” Gao De instructed the strange beast beside him.

Rainbow solemnly nodded its two heads, and its slender body dispersed, turning into a faint, seven-colored light screen that enveloped the entrance of the cave, merging perfectly with the surrounding rocks and water vapor.

Taking a deep breath, Gao De circulated the Purple Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, and Purple Lightning Thunder Aura slowly flowed around his body.

He opened his dragon mouth, and a condensed violet-gold air vortex flew out, slowly drawing the mass of precious blood toward him.

Experiencing it from such a close distance, even after being purified by the Neon Luan Rosy Light, this drop of a Rank Five Yao Beast's Origin Essence Blood still radiated a heart-palpitating pressure.

It was the nobility belonging to the descendants of ancient Divine Beasts, the madness of burning the heavens and boiling the seas, and the tyranny of trampling the Void Realm.

“Refine!”

Purple Lightning flashed explosively in Gao De's eyes. No longer hesitating, he violently swallowed the mass of precious blood into his belly!

“Boom—!!!”

It was as if a volcano had been detonated inside his body!

Indescribable heat and majestic energy exploded instantly, washing through every inch of Gao De's Meridians, every scale, and every drop of bone marrow!

Contained within the suanni precious blood was not only a massive amount of essence, but also a sliver of Law fragments belonging to a Rank Five existence, as well as the overbearing will unique to the Bloodline of a Dragon's son!

“Ugh, ah—!”

Gao De could not help but let out a suppressed low growl, and his entire flood dragon body began to tremble violently.

The purple scales on his body surface flickered between light and dark; at times, crimson-gold firelight burst forth, and at others, seven-colored rosy charms flowed over them.

Pale gold blood began to seep from his seven orifices. This was the external manifestation of the Bloodlines within his body frantically clashing, devouring, and undergoing Fusion.

Pain! Unimaginable, intense pain!

It was like thousands of red-hot steel needles piercing through his Bloodlines, and like lava flowing within his bones.

The level of a Rank Five Bloodline was too high. Even if it was only a third, and even if it had been purified, for Gao De at the Rank Three Late Stage, it was still a nearly destructive impact.

The Purple Heaven Dragon Transformation Art circulated frantically. The flood dragon pearl within his Dantian seemed to sense the aura of a high-level Bloodline from the same source; it suddenly lit up with an unprecedented light, releasing pure Dragon Yuan to help Gao De suppress and channel that violent Suanni power with all its might.

The auspicious Dao Rhyme of the Neon Luan Blood-Purifying Nest also circulated spontaneously within his body, gently smoothing over the damage caused by the Bloodline conflict and further purifying the last possible sliver of violent Impurities within the suanni precious blood.

Time passed minute by minute.

Inside the cave, Gao De's flood dragon body sometimes expanded to dozens of zhang, with thunder and fire shooting from the gaps in his scales; at other times, it shrank back to several zhang, with rosy light flowing through his entire body.

His aura fluctuated violently, constantly crashing against the threshold of the Rank Three Peak. At times, it seemed he would step into another level, and at others, he would fall back to the bottom.

One day, two days, three days... Rainbow remained faithfully guarding the cave entrance. Its eyes reflected the master's painfully struggling figure, showing clear worry, but even more so, determination.

It could feel that the violent power within Gao De's body was gradually being tamed, and that a newborn, even more powerful Bloodline was being gestated.

The seventh day.

The cave fell into absolute silence.

Gao De's coiled body no longer trembled, and the strange-colored light flowing on his surface also slowly retracted.

A contradictory aura, as deep as an abyss and as blazing as the sun, began to spread from him.

“Crack... Crackle...”

Faint sounds of cracking rang out.

All those deep purple scales on Gao De's body surface fell off, and on the edges of the newly replaced scales, extremely fine patterns appeared, looking like crimson-gold borders!

On the surface of the new scales, there was also a faintly perceptible metallic luster, as if they had been tempered a thousand times.

His dragon horns became even more formidable. Within the purple thunder light coiled around the tips, a flickering gold-red flame had vaguely appeared.

The most significant change was on his back—along the spine, a row of fine, dark-red bone spikes, like solidified lava, slowly protruded. Though not prominent, they exuded a terrifying explosive power.

“Buzz—”

Gao De slowly opened his eyes.

The Purple Lightning in his eyes remained, but in the deepest part of his pupils, it was as if two clusters of eternal crimson-gold flames had been lit!

A dragon pressure far exceeding before naturally radiated out, interspersed with a sliver of the ancient, tyrannical air belonging to top-tier Yao Beasts!

He slowly raised a dragon claw, and with a slight thought—

“Sizzle—”

The tips of his claws were not covered in thunder light; instead, a cluster of gold-red flames ignited out of thin air!

The temperature of this fire was extremely high, yet it strangely caused no harm to his scales and claws. Instead, it conveyed a warm feeling of being connected by blood. The space around the flames distorted slightly.

“Suanni True Fire... No, it is a Fusion of my Purple Lightning Thunder Aura and Neon Luan Rosy Cloud Charm... the 【Purple Heaven Thunder Flame】.” Gao De murmured to himself, a flash of realization in his eyes.

He felt the new power surging within his body.

Bloodline concentration—40%!

More importantly, this was not just a quantitative increase, but a qualitative transformation!

The integration of the Suanni Bloodline had caused a deep-level optimization of his Purple Lightning Flood Dragon body: defense, strength, resistance to high-temperature fire, and even the Physical Body's recovery speed had all been enhanced across the board!

The newly awakened abilities were not limited to the 【Purple Heaven Thunder Flame】.

With another thought, he let out a low roar from his throat.

Without using Demonic Power, the mere sound waves generated by the Bloodline's vibration caused gravel to fall from the cave walls, and ripples visible to the naked eye appeared in the air!

“【Thunderous Soul-Suppressing Roar】... A sonic attack that combines the Suanni's roar with dragon pressure, striking directly at the Divine Soul.” Gao De nodded in satisfaction.

This move might have a miraculous effect at a critical moment.

In addition, his control over lightning seemed to have become slightly more exquisite, and both the condensing speed and power of the 【Violet Extreme Thunder Strike】 had improved.

More importantly, he vaguely felt that his affinity with the two violent elements of 'Fire' and 'Thunder' in the world had greatly increased. In the future, he would achieve twice the result with half the effort when he would Cultivate related Divine Abilities.

“A pity the time was too short, and the precious blood was not fully utilized.” Gao De felt a slight regret.

If he could have refined that entire mass of primary blood light, he was confident he could have directly broken through to 45% or even directly assaulted the Rank Four threshold!

But as it was now, it was already a stroke of immense luck; at least the Rank Four Bottleneck had disappeared.

He looked at Rainbow.

The little fellow also seemed to have benefited greatly from the aura he radiated. The Rainbow light around its body was more condensed and brilliant, it changed between light and shadow more freely, and its perception of fire energy was significantly more acute.

“It's time to head back.” Gao De restrained his aura, and that startling pressure and phenomena quickly withdrew.

He still looked like a Purple Lightning Flood Dragon at the Rank Three Peak, but only he knew that his current strength was many times greater than before refining the precious blood!

Even when facing an existence that had just entered Rank Four, he might have the power to fight, or at least his chances of survival were greatly increased.

He removed the Formation and quietly left the cave with Rainbow, returning toward the direction of Qianjiao Cliff.

Along the way, the chaos in Yunmeng Marsh seemed to have subsided slightly, but the air was still filled with tension and a murderous atmosphere.

In the distance, escaping lights could occasionally be seen flashing by in various directions. Clearly, the struggle had not completely ended; it had merely shifted from a concentrated explosion into a stage of scattered tracking and assimilation.