Chapter 62 70.71. Ding, Gangzi's Golden Saint Dragon Trial Card Activated
At the edge of the Star Dou Forest, three people were looking for a suitable soul beast prey.
The trio formed a two-men-and-one-woman arrangement: a man and a woman flanked the middle man protectively. The older man wore glasses; his martial soul was a cat-eagle and his name was Freland.
The hot-tempered woman in black leather was named Liu Erlong, and the man in the center was a middle-aged fellow with a crew cut and a scruffy beard. He walked calmly with his hands clasped behind his back — this was Yu Xiaogang.
They had come to find a suitable soul beast for Liu Erlong's fifth soul ring. Freland and Liu Erlong were roughly equal in strength; as long as they stayed away from dangerous regions of the Star Dou Forest there would be no problem. But unfortunately, they had a burden with them.
So Liu Erlong was responsible for protecting Yu Xiaogang while Freland used his flying ability to scout from the sky for suitable soul beasts and clear the way ahead.
They searched for a long time. Freland returned excitedly and said, "Erlong, I found a ten-thousand-year fire-attributed soul beast."
"Great, thank you, Big Brother Freland," Liu Erlong said excitedly.
"Let's go check it out," Yu Xiaogang said calmly and steadily.
Freland led the way, Liu Erlong guarded Yu Xiaogang, and the three of them walked along the edge of the Star Dou Forest until they arrived at a spot.
A huge lizard with flames rising from its head sensed their arrival and roared angrily at the trio.
"Erlong, you stay and protect Xiaogang. I'll deal with that flame-headed lizard," Freland said.
"All right, Big Brother Freland, be careful," Liu Erlong replied.
Freland charged forward and engaged the ten-thousand-year soul beast, using his agility-attack advantage to kite the fire lizard.
Liu Erlong did not dare help Freland — after all, Yu Xiaogang was only Level 29. If she went to assist and some beast snatched Yu Xiaogang away, what would she do?
"Ahem, ahem." Yu Xiaogang cleared his throat twice, hands clasped behind his back, and said coolly: "This is an eleven-thousand-year-old Flame-Head Lizard. Flame-Head Lizards inhabit the outer areas of the Star Dou Forest. Fire attribute. Their bodies contain a trace of draconic bloodline."
Yu Xiaogang rattled off everything he knew about this lizard to Liu Erlong.
Liu Erlong's eyes shone with admiration as she looked at Yu Xiaogang. "Xiaogang, you're so learned."
"Not at all." Yu Xiaogang brought a fist to his mouth and coughed lightly, composed. "I just read a lot of books."
Liu Erlong gave him a thumbs-up. "No wonder you're a Theory Master recognized by the Spirit Hall."
Receiving Liu Erlong's approval greatly satisfied Yu Xiaogang's pride. Like being injected with adrenaline, he began chattering non-stop, eager to pour out all the quality theoretical knowledge he had.
Meanwhile, after a fierce fight, Freland finally crippled the Flame-Head Lizard, leaving it barely alive. Just as he prepared to call Liu Erlong over to finish it off, he noticed Yu Xiaogang lecturing on soul theory with Liu Erlong entranced by his words.
Seeing this, Freland's eyes dimmed a bit.
The three of them were able to form a triangle martial soul fusion technique; fate had brought them together. Freland realized he had hopelessly fallen for Liu Erlong and was willing to give silently for her.
But over time, Freland noticed Liu Erlong gradually leaning toward Yu Xiaogang.
Even though Yu Xiaogang was his rival, Freland could not bring himself to feel hostility toward him.
After a while, with Yu Xiaogang finished showing off in front of Liu Erlong, Freland spoke: "Xiaogang, Erlong, I've taken care of this Flame-Head Lizard. Come absorb this soul ring."
"All right, thank you, Big Brother Freland." Reluctantly leaving Yu Xiaogang's ocean of knowledge, Liu Erlong walked over to Freland.
Yu Xiaogang kept his hands behind his back, a clever gleam in his eyes, and took measured steps to follow Liu Erlong toward the Flame-Head Lizard.
After defeating the lizard, Liu Erlong drew the black ten-thousand-year soul ring toward herself and absorbed it.
Freland and Yu Xiaogang stood guard around Liu Erlong.
After absorbing the ring, Liu Erlong's aura rose a level. She let out a joyful dragon-like cry, then clenching her fists she said, "I feel great. I'm a Soul King now. Big Brother Freland, when we get back we'll train."
Freland smiled. "Good, Erlong sister — now that you're a Soul King I won't go easy on you."
Suddenly the ground trembled. Freland perceived first — the cat-eagle martial soul gave him superb vision and he saw a scene that made him shudder.
"Oh no, a Flame-Head Lizard is charging toward us. Run—no, it's too late!"
The trees before them were parted by a huge claw. A gigantic lizard nearly thirty meters long and over ten meters tall appeared. Flame rose from its head.
The beast looked at the three and then at the smaller Flame-Head Lizard lying on the ground, and its gaze carried a human-like hatred.
Soul beasts older than ten thousand years already possess some intelligence; the three read the meaning of that gaze immediately.
"This is a fifty-thousand-year Flame-Head Lizard. The one we just hunted must be its offspring. We're done for." Yu Xiaogang swallowed hard; his throat bobbed.
"Run — I'll hold them off," Freland summoned his martial soul again and stood between the Flame-Head Lizard and the others, resolutely telling Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang to flee.
"Erlong, let's go. Don't let Freland die for us." Yu Xiaogang seized Liu Erlong as if pardoned and turned to run.
But the Flame-Head Lizard's tail swept across and blocked the trio's retreat. They were encircled in the center, trapped.
The beast hissed with a chilling sound, its expression like a cat toying with a mouse.
"What do we do? We have no escape," Yu Xiaogang said, pale and trembling.
"No, we still have a secret move. Use it," Liu Erlong snapped back to her senses and reminded them.
"Yes, yes — the three of us still have one martial soul fusion technique we haven't used yet. Maybe it can deal with this lizard." Yu Xiaogang steadied himself.
"Big Brother Freland—" Liu Erlong called to Freland, who was confronting the beast.
"Coming." Freland flapped his wings and came before them. The three formed a triangle. Freland and Liu Erlong released surging soul power that rose in thick pillars of light; together with Yu Xiaogang's much thinner column of soul power they formed an equilateral triangle.
"Sun and moon shine, golden turning." Freland and Liu Erlong summoned their five soul rings each, pouring soul power into the barrier.
Standing center stage, Yu Xiaogang summoned his martial soul: "Luo Sanpao."
Luo Sanpao appeared in the center of the equilateral triangle and, under the infusion of vast soul power, transformed into a golden giant dragon.
At last, in the form of a martial soul fusion, Yu Xiaogang obtained the Golden Saint Dragon trial card.
The three inside the fusion barrier stared in shock at the giant dragon.
The dragon's body and combat power came from Liu Erlong's fire-dragon martial soul, Freland supplied the flight capability, and Yu Xiaogang provided the "intelligence" for the dragon!
Freland murmured, "Is this our three-person martial soul fusion technique?"
Liu Erlong asked in puzzlement, "What kind of dragon is this? I feel it's even stronger than my fire-dragon martial soul."
"This is the Golden Saint Dragon." Yu Xiaogang kept his hands behind his back and gazed at the golden dragon with rapture, murmuring absentmindedly, "My martial soul was supposed to evolve into the Golden Saint Dragon, but fate played a trick and it mutated into Luo Sanpao."
"Unexpectedly, this is the true form of our trio's fusion technique — the Golden Saint Dragon."
Yu Xiaogang thought of the phrase: the supreme god closes a door for you but opens a window. Golden Saint Dragon, my lifelong pursuit and longing — I didn't expect to obtain you like this.
"Roar—" The Flame-Head Lizard clearly felt the bloodline pressure from the golden dragon and faltered, but thinking of its child's slaughter it conquered that fear and roared at the golden dragon.
It spewed a stream of fire.
"Dodge, Golden Saint Dragon!" Yu Xiaogang realized he was the director of the golden dragon among the three. With that thought his mouth curved in a triumphant smile, and he began commanding the Golden Saint Dragon in battle.
Under Yu Xiaogang's orders, the Golden Saint Dragon deftly avoided the scorching breath.
Yu Xiaogang recalled the domineering soul skills the Golden Saint Dragon had shown him months earlier and felt expectations for his saint dragon rise. "Counterattack, my Golden Saint Dragon — use the first soul skill."
On instinct, Yu Xiaogang chanted the soul incantation: "Farts like thunder, earth-shattering Luo Sanpao."
After reciting the incantation, Yu Xiaogang nearly split in half with disbelief. Where are your dragon claws, your divine tail swipe, your breath? Why when you're Luo Sanpao you fart, and now as a Golden Saint Dragon you still fart? How useless you are!
Following Yu Xiaogang's order, the golden dragon rose and aimed the cannon-like tip of its tail at the Flame-Head Lizard.
Pfft—
A pale yellow, foul stench blasted from the dragon's cannon and hit the Flame-Head Lizard square in the face. The powerful gust even extinguished the tuft of flame on the lizard's head.
It was obvious the Golden Saint Dragon's fart was different from Luo Sanpao's — Luo Sanpao's was purely flatulence, while the saint dragon's fart had destructive force like a typhoon.
The gust of smelly wind left the Flame-Head Lizard dazed.
Yu Xiaogang came back to his senses after witnessing the saint dragon's oddly effective skill. "Fine, if it farts then let it fart. Golden Saint Dragon, use the second soul skill — smoky fart, hypnotic sleep Luo Sanpao."
While the Flame-Head Lizard was still reeling in the stench, the Golden Saint Dragon aimed its cannon again and — pfft—
The Flame-Head Lizard was knocked out by the fumes and then the saint dragon capitalized on the opportunity to finish it off.
The Golden Saint Dragon that scored the first kill let out a majestic dragon roar above the three.
"So powerful, superb." Even if it was just farts, it was orders of magnitude stronger than Luo Sanpao. Yu Xiaogang looked at his dragon and remembered the scene from months before when someone showed him the Golden Saint Dragon. He suddenly lost his mind, face twisted, tears, snot and drool streaming, wildly dancing and shouting: "This is my dragon, the strongest ultimate dragon in history — Golden Saint Dragon, resilient! Invincible! Strongest! Smash! Shatter! Big applause! Ahahaha!"
Just as Yu Xiaogang finished his manic performance, the martial soul fusion dissolved. The Golden Saint Dragon split apart; a large amount of energy separated and returned to Freland and Liu Erlong. The majestic golden dragon reverted to Luo Sanpao.
The purple-black little beast chirped at Yu Xiaogang and snapped him back to reality. Seeing Luo Sanpao, Yu Xiaogang's crazed expression immediately soured.
He then realized his Golden Saint Dragon required the martial soul fusion to be summoned — it wasn't his alone to command.
Luo Sanpao, why you again, you useless thing — give me back the Golden Saint Dragon, Yu Xiaogang roared inwardly at Luo Sanpao.
If Freland and Liu Erlong were not beside him, Yu Xiaogang would have bullied Luo Sanpao already.
He collected Luo Sanpao with a dark face; he didn't want to look at that useless creature another second.
"Xiaogang, this is our triangle martial soul fusion technique. I just estimated it — our Golden Saint Dragon at full power could contend with Soul Saints and even Soul Douluo. If Freland and Erlong reach Soul Saint level, then taking on that Title Douluo should be no problem," Freland said excitedly.
Yu Xiaogang clasped his hands behind his back and said proudly, "Of course — after all, that was the Golden Saint Dragon, an ultimate dragon even stronger than the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus." At the thought, a wave of bitterness rose in his heart. If possible, he wished the Golden Saint Dragon were his own martial soul, not a fusion technique, because he wanted it all to himself.
Liu Erlong suggested, "Since our fusion is called the Golden Saint Dragon, why not give our three-person group a resonant name after the fusion technique?"
"Good idea," Freland asked. "Erlong sister, any thoughts?"
Liu Erlong looked at Yu Xiaogang and said, "How about we call ourselves the Golden Iron Triangle, Xiaogang?"
Yu Xiaogang kept his hands behind his back and said lightly, "Fine!" After the fusion appeared, he knew he was the true director of the fusion technique, and this gave him a sense of superiority over Freland and Liu Erlong.
"I feel the Golden Saint Dragon's flight comes from my cat-eagle martial soul, so I'll be the flight horn of the Golden Iron Triangle," Freland said.
"The Golden Saint Dragon's physique and body come from my fire-dragon martial soul, so I'll be the killing horn of the Golden Iron Triangle," Liu Erlong said.
Yu Xiaogang's mouth curved in a triumphant smile. Confidently he declared, "The Golden Saint Dragon's intelligence comes from me, so I'll be the Horn of Wisdom of the Golden Iron Triangle."
(END CHAPTER)
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