Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 406 Lin Rong Battles the Golden Crocodile

A flash of purplish-gold light caused a shift in space, even refracting the light.

The next moment, a diamond-shaped shield made entirely of amethyst crystal appeared in front of Lin Rong.

Hey~
A piercing, sharp sound rang out as the spearhead of the war pierced the amethyst crystal shield. To the Golden Crocodile's surprise, the amethyst crystal shield was so vulnerable that it shattered at the slightest touch.

"This is too easy, there must be a trap!"

The moment the golden crocodile had this idea in his mind, an unexpected change occurred.

The countless tiny fragments from the shattered amethyst crystal shield, like manipulated amethyst water, quickly adhered to the spear of war.

When the golden crocodile noticed this, the purplish-gold water was already almost flowing down the spear of war and onto his hand.

Golden Crocodile didn't know what the purple-gold fragments were for, but he knew they weren't good, so he immediately released his grip on the Spear of War.

Even so, his hands inevitably got some purple-gold crystal fragments on them, and that's how he learned what the purple-gold crystal fragments were.

“Crystallization, and even my senses are severed from the Spear of War…”

The God of War's power flowed through the golden crocodile's palms, resisting and clearing away the crystallization of the purple-gold crystal fragments attached to his hands.

While the crystallized parts could be restored to their original flesh and blood form under the purification of the God of War's power, the evolution also released a destructive force with extremely strong destructive power, causing secondary damage to the Golden Crocodile and bringing him intense pain.

Jin E glanced at the destructive artifact in Lin Rong's hand, then looked at the battlefield beside him, and couldn't help but ask:
"How many divine artifacts do you possess? And what divine inheritance did you receive?"

"Or is your method of controlling multiple artifacts related to the inheritance you mentioned?"

Lin Rong did not answer, but instead replaced the Scepter of Destruction in his hand with Thor's Hammer.

The pale gold spirit rings, now unified into nine rings, have developed even more cracks on their surface.

Zhi~zhi~
Golden lightning exploded on the unassuming hammer.

Lin Rong twisted his wrist and swung the hammer in his hand. That familiar starting stance instantly reminded Jin E of the past.

"The Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian! How do you know that old bastard Tang Chen's skills?!"

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu were longtime rivals. Jin E, as the second elder of the Spirit Hall, not only witnessed the power of the Haotian Nine Absolutes but also personally experienced it.

The mortal weapon Haotian Hammer, when wielded with the Haotian Nine Absolutes, already possessed such immense power; now, wielding a divine weapon, its power would absolutely exceed his imagination.

Disregarding the depletion of his divine power, the Golden Crocodile forcibly removed the Spear of War from the purple-gold crystal's package ahead of schedule.

The Spear of War and the Scepter of Destruction are both artifacts. Although they are inferior in quality, their material structure cannot be altered by a single skill.

Therefore, the fragments of the amethyst crystal did not crystallize the spear of war, but instead formed a layer of amethyst crystal around the artifact, encasing it within.

If the Golden Crocodile does not actively expend its divine power, this layer of amethyst crystal can only trap the Spear of War for a few minutes at most, after which it will disintegrate on its own due to the exhaustion of its power.

However, the Golden Crocodile could only wait a few minutes before it had to expend its divine power to neutralize the power within the amethyst crystal, allowing the Spear of War to emerge from the crystal layer ahead of schedule.

"It's the word 'break'!"

Jin E identified which of the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian Lin Rong used based on his opening move.

The "Breaking" technique emphasizes the gathering and explosion of power, concentrating force on a single point to create powerful penetrating force, easily breaking through the opponent's defenses and causing massive damage. Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen clashed many times; although Qian Daoliu's talent was inferior, he had still managed to develop countermeasures against each of the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian through numerous encounters.

This technique was also passed down to Jin'e by Qiandaoliu.

He quickly recalled the techniques for dealing with the "Broken Word" technique, transmitted his thoughts to his limbs, and activated his muscle memory to perform the corresponding actions.

bang bang bang bang...

A series of weapon strikes rang out.

The immense power that could uproot mountains flowed from the golden spear to the golden crocodile, from its hands to its arms, and then to its internal organs and legs.

Since it was simply a transfer of force, the golden armor on the Golden Crocodile's body, also known as the armor of war, did not provide any defensive effect. On the contrary, the force was trapped inside the body due to the armor's binding effect, causing the Golden Crocodile to suffer more damage.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Golden Crocodile coughed a few times, clutching his chest. If it weren't for the fact that gods don't bleed easily, his internal injuries would have caused him to cough up blood long ago.

"Nine Absolutes Return to One, you can actually change your attack the instant after making a move. Even that old bastard Tang Chen can't do that. Is this the effect of your inheritance?"

Lin Rong did not answer, but silently watched the changes in the golden crocodile.

The God of War, born of war, finds his destiny in the battlefield, and battle ignites his passion.

At this moment, Jin'e's aura, enhanced by his position as the God of War, not only did not diminish due to his injury, but instead continued to rise steadily.

"Not bad ability, it does have a hint of the Battle Furnace in it."

With a thought, fine cracks instantly covered the entire surface of the nine-ringed, unified pale gold soul ring, as if the soul ring was about to shatter into pieces at any moment. At the same time, a force roughly equal to the combined power of the first six soul rings exploding erupted.

The previous two ring explosions each consumed one-tenth of his soul power, but this time, he merged all his remaining soul power and demigod power into Thor's Hammer, leaving only half a percent of his divine power to deal with any possible subsequent situations.

He has not yet become a god, and the Marrow Cleansing Scripture does not come with any offensive methods. His mental power within the range of the Heart Mirror can barely be considered half a power to interfere with reality, but it is obviously not yet able to pose a fatal danger to a true god.

The only means that can severely injure or even kill a god is Guanyin's Tears, the number one hidden weapon technique of the Tang Clan.

The sky was shrouded in mist and clouds.

The drifting clouds were drawn by a mysterious force, and the moisture contained within them was gathered in front of Lin Rong.

The last time he used the modified Guanyin Tears was a year ago when he killed Poseidon with this move during his western expedition against the Sea God Empire.

At that time, Poseidon used his soul power to create ocean tides, which provided him with an excellent environment to refine Guanyin Tears.

In a sense, Poseidon was killed by her own power.

However, the environment is different now. Although the surrounding clouds and mist are full of moisture, they lack power, which Lin Rong needs to replenish himself instead of taking what was readily available as last time.

The seemingly slow process was completed in the blink of an eye.

Milky white water droplets condensed in front of Lin Rong, absorbing all the power unleashed by the exploding ring.

(End of this chapter)