C2 Awakening Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul!

"The sky never completely closes off a path! Even though I've lost my Grade Nine Martial Soul, I've awakened the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul while practicing the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique. However, the Dragon Soul is only at Grade One right now. It needs to devour and upgrade!"

Just as Ye Chen was overwhelmed with joy, a voice suddenly echoed from outside the dungeon.

"Well, well... Ye Chen, I can't believe a lowlife like you is still alive."

A mocking voice rang out as a young man in fine clothes entered the dungeon. He was around twenty, scanning Ye Chen with disdain. Beside him stood a stern-looking middle-aged man, lean and with a hard expression, a hint of malice on his face.

"Ye Yang!... Ye Xuan!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen's eyes snapped open, filled with rage and a thirst for vengeance. Before him stood the elder of the Ye family and his son, Ye Yang and Ye Xuan!

"Ye Chen, you never expected this, did you? I've awakened a Grade Eight Martial Soul and am hailed as the greatest talent in Cloud City! Meanwhile, you, a worthless nobody, are about to perish in this dungeon!"

Ye Xuan's face twisted with glee and malice as he looked at Ye Chen, unable to suppress his mocking laughter.

"If I'm a loser, then what does that make you?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's gaze turned icy, a murderous intent radiating from him.

"Boom!"

The next moment, with the sound of chains breaking, Ye Chen sneered and burst out of his confinement.

"Ye Chen, if you were still the prodigy of this city, I might have shown you some respect. But now, with your talents stripped and your martial spirit destroyed, you dare to act so arrogantly? You're just asking for trouble!"

Seeing Ye Chen break free, Ye Xuan was initially stunned, then mocked him with a glance.

"Asking for trouble? I think the one asking for it is you!"

With those words, Ye Chen's gaze grew colder, his murderous intent now directed straight at Ye Xuan.

Without missing a beat, Ye Chen stepped forward, his aura exploding with the power of the seventh level of the Body Tempering Stage, and launched a fierce punch at Ye Xuan.

"Ye Chen, you worthless fool, how dare you overestimate yourself!"

Seeing Ye Chen unleash such power and charge at him, Ye Xuan's eyes flickered with disdain, followed by a cold laugh.

"Boom!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a flash of yellow light appeared in Ye Xuan's hand. Suddenly, a powerful blade aura erupted, revealing a crimson long knife in his grasp. It was none other than Ye Xuan's Yellow Rank Grade Eight Martial Soul, the Blood Shadow Blade!

"Ye Chen, I heard your Martial Soul is Yellow Rank Grade Nine... Why not show it to me?"

After summoning his Blood Shadow Blade, Ye Xuan didn't rush to attack Ye Chen. Instead, he waved the blade with a smug expression, taunting Ye Chen.

"Xuan, this loser’s Martial Soul was shattered by me personally. Don’t waste your time on him," Ye Yang sneered from the side.

"Haha... Sorry, I almost forgot you’re a has-been now. Even with a Body Tempering Stage Level Seven, what can you do?" Ye Xuan smirked, feigning realization, then looked at Ye Chen with disdain.

"Are you sure you want to compare Martial Souls with me?" Ye Chen replied with a playful smile, unfazed.

"Ye Chen, you're just a nobody now. What do you have to compete with me? Soon, I'll have you under my feet, and after I slice the flesh from your bones with the Blood Shadow Blade, I wonder if you'll still have that same expression."

"Blood Shadow Blade, slash!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Ye Xuan sneered and swung his blade directly at Ye Chen. He intended to defeat Ye Chen and then humiliate him thoroughly.

"Ye Xuan, you better open your eyes wide and watch closely!"

Seeing this, Ye Chen smirked and shouted back.

"Roar!"

In the next moment, a dragon's roar echoed through the air as the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul suddenly appeared. It opened its massive jaws and mercilessly aimed to devour the Blood Shadow Blade in Ye Xuan's hand.

"This... this can't be happening!"

Ye Xuan was in disbelief as he watched Ye Chen awaken a dragon-shaped Martial Soul, nearly a hundred feet long, that was now targeting his Blood Shadow Blade. Panic flashed in his eyes.

Especially since the Blood Shadow Blade in his hand began to tremble violently, as if it had encountered something terrifying. But the devouring power from the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul in front of Ye Chen was immense, giving the Blood Shadow Blade no chance to escape!

Suddenly, with a flash of golden light, the Blood Shadow Blade in Ye Xuan's hand shattered into countless crimson fragments.

As Ye Chen and Ye Yang stood there, disbelief etched on their faces, the crimson fragments were suddenly devoured by the enormous golden dragon in front of Ye Chen.

"Boom!"

The moment the fragments were consumed by the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul, Ye Chen felt a surge within him. His cultivation, previously at the seventh level of the Body Tempering Stage, skyrocketed to the ninth level before stabilizing.

At that moment, Ye Chen's entire body trembled. He could distinctly sense that the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique had advanced to the second level of the Dragon Blood Stage.

The technique is divided into nine stages: Dragon Blood, Dragon Scale, Dragon Bone, Dragon Tendon, Dragon Marrow, Dragon Wing, Dragon Pearl, Dragon Vein, and Dragon God. Each stage has ten levels.

With the technique now at the second level of the Dragon Blood Stage, the power within Ye Chen surged wildly, reaching a formidable strength of 8,000 pounds!

"Roar!"

Simultaneously, a dragon's roar erupted from the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul's massive mouth, and two beams of yellow light burst forth, leaving Ye Xuan and Ye Yang stunned.

Suddenly, the already formidable and domineering Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul unleashed an even more terrifying aura. Clearly, after consuming Ye Xuan's Blood Shadow Blade Martial Soul, it successfully advanced to Yellow Rank Grade Two.

"No wonder it's called the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul; it can actually consume any Martial Soul to enhance its rank!" Ye Chen's eyes lit up with excitement as he exclaimed joyfully.

However, Ye Chen was also acutely aware that the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul's ability to surpass ranks and devour Ye Xuan's Yellow Rank Grade Eight Blood Shadow Blade Martial Soul was mainly due to Ye Xuan's Martial Soul being awakened through his own bone structure. If it had been Ye Yang instead, Ye Chen would have needed to defeat him to absorb his Martial Soul.

On the other side, with the Blood Shadow Blade Martial Soul shattered, Ye Xuan suffered a severe backlash. Blood spurted from his mouth as he collapsed to the ground, instantly becoming a shell of his former self.

"Ye Chen, how could a loser like you possibly have a Martial Soul... wasn't yours destroyed?" Ye Xuan snarled through gritted teeth, his face twisted in agony as he glared at Ye Chen.

Ye Yang stood frozen, unable to make a move. The sight of Ye Chen's Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul was utterly terrifying, leaving Ye Yang in disbelief. After all, he had been the one to destroy Ye Chen's martial soul and shatter his potential. Yet here was Ye Chen, summoning this formidable dragon soul. How was this even possible?

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