Douluo: I founded the mecha tribe and I am the king of mecha battles!

Chapter 279 Bloodline Evolution

"This is.?"

The consciousness of the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass fluctuated violently. It saw that the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was being guided by some force to form a spiral, with red and blue water flowing around Chen Zhou like ribbons.

The elemental forces that should have been mutually exclusive were now in perfect harmony.

Gu Yuena felt Xuan Li in her arms suddenly become burning hot.

Patterns resembling those of the Alchemy Matrix appeared on the little girl's back, and her delicate fingers unconsciously traced lines in the air.

Even more astonishingly, when those emerald green light patterns touched the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, they triggered a chain reaction of transformations—all plant-type soul beasts began to shrink and purify at a visible speed, eventually transforming into palm-sized luminous bodies.

"Reconstruction of life forms."

Chen Zhou reached out and caught the Fiery Apricot Blossom that drifted towards him. The once enormous 100,000-year-old immortal herb had now transformed into a cluster of leaping crimson flames, spinning merrily in his palm. "Transplanting these little guys into the War King's Token should accelerate the plane's repair."

Gu Yuena's fingertips trembled slightly as the silver dragon spear drew a dazzling silver arc in mid-air. She looked at Xuan Li, who was giggling in her arms, and her usually cold purple eyes were now rippled with emotion.

When the little girl's warm palm touched her cheek, a long-lost, almost forgotten tenderness suddenly pierced through the ice of hatred.

"My sister's eyelashes are shining!"

As Xuan Li leaned closer to observe, her warm breath made Gu Yuena's ears burn. The oppressive aura of the Silver Dragon King instinctively tried to resist this intimacy, but when she saw the pure, emerald light in Xuan Li's eyes—a purity as pristine as a newly grown forest—her resistance melted away like ice and snow. The silver dragon spear clattered to the ground, and Gu Yuena unconsciously tightened her arms, holding the little girl even closer.

A faint smile played on Chen Zhou's lips as he completed the final alchemical sequence with a light tap of his fingers. The red and blue springs suddenly collapsed into two walnut-sized crystals, hovering above his palm—the concentrated essence of the Ice and Fire Dragon King's energy.

"All right."

He turned to look at the silver-haired girl. "As agreed."

"understood."

Gu Yuena abruptly interrupted him, but hesitated to release the little girl in her arms. Xuan Li was using her small hands to braid the Silver Dragon King's hair, tying the shimmering strands into cute bows.

The blue light cluster formed from the octagonal ice grass floated to Chen Zhou's shoulder, carrying a timid fluctuation of consciousness: "That lord... seems to have changed."

Indeed, when Gu Yuena lowered her gaze to look at Xuan Li, the hatred and violence in her eyes faded like morning mist illuminated by sunlight. The frost that had gathered at her fingertips had melted away, replaced by a gentle touch as she lightly brushed the little girl's hair.

Chen Zhou tossed the two crystals to Gu Yuena: "Here's your reward."

The moment the Silver Dragon King caught the crystal, the entire valley suddenly trembled violently. The rock layers, deprived of energy support, began to collapse, and the plant-type soul beasts, stripped of their original forms, huddled together in panic, like a swarm of frightened fireflies.

"hurry up."

An ancient War King's Token flew out from Chen Zhou's sleeve, the beast patterns on its surface opening their glowing pupils. The pink light orb formed from the fragrant Qiluo Immortal Herb was the first to be absorbed into it, followed by the other trembling immortal herbs.

Gu Yuena shielded Xuan Li amidst the falling rocks, then suddenly asked, "You planned all of this all along?" Her purple eyes met Chen Zhou's gaze beyond the smoke and dust. "From the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, it extended to controlling the ecology of the entire plane."

Chen Zhou caught the rebounding token with one hand, while his other hand slashed through the air, creating a spatial rift. His silent smile stood out starkly against the backdrop of the collapsing mountain. Xuan Li peeked out from Gu Yuena's arms, pointing at the crumbling spring ruins: "Brother! Those sparkling little stones—"

Those were mineral marrow accumulated over millennia by the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, now scattering like a meteor shower. Chen Zhou caught a glimpse of a few unusual crystals out of the corner of his eye and suddenly changed his gesture. An invisible force field precisely captured seven red and blue rhomboid crystals, which, the instant they were enveloped by the alchemical matrix, shed their impurities and transformed into perfect gemstones the size of a finger.

"A souvenir for Hyun Ri."

He placed the crystals strung together into a bracelet on the little girl's wrist. These ice and fire mineral marrows, purified through alchemy, not only automatically regulated their temperature but also contained a faint dragon aura. Xuan Li happily swung her wrist, and the crisp sounds of the rubies and sapphires colliding formed a wondrous melody.

Gu Yuena suddenly pressed her hand to her left chest. The instant the ice and fire energy crystal merged into her body, she clearly sensed the Silver Dragon King's bloodline evolving. The dragon clan's secret texts, dormant deep within the genetic chain, were slowly revealing more of their contents, like parchment scrolls scorched by flames. Among them, the record concerning the "Dragon God Core"—a supreme inheritance that should have only been unlocked when the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King refused.

"No need to worry about side effects."

Chen Zhou seemed to see through her doubts, "I filtered out the remnants of resentment in the energy and soul bones during the refining process."

Upon hearing the words "lingering resentment," Gu Yuena's eyes dimmed involuntarily.

She knew exactly what this meant.

The Fire Dragon King and the Ice Dragon King... I guess they were killed by the Dragon God too.
Gu Yuena's fingertips trembled slightly as the icy blue energy crystal gradually merged into her skin. The Silver Dragon King's bloodline resonated intensely with the energy left behind by the Ice Dragon King, and fine dragon scale patterns appeared on her exquisite, jade-like face, while a golden-red halo exploded deep within her purple eyes.

"what--"

The silver-haired girl suddenly let out a painful groan and knelt on one knee.

Xuan Li panicked and tried to rush over, but Chen Zhou grabbed her by the back of her collar. The little girl kicked her legs in the air, crying, "Sister, it hurts!"

"This is an essential process in the evolution of bloodlines."

Chen Zhou pulled Xuan Li back into his arms, his gaze fixed on Gu Yuena's right arm, which was constantly transforming into a dragon. "Speaking of which," he suddenly grabbed a piece of Fei Gu's tail feather and broke it off. Amidst the owl's painful hooting, he flicked the metallic feather towards Gu Yuena's forehead.

The feather vaporized into a bluish-gray mist the moment it touched the skin, enveloping the girl's erupting dragon's might. Fatty turned around, looking aggrieved, its rear end facing its master, the broken tail feather visibly regenerating.

Gu Yuena's spasms gradually subsided. When she raised her face again, her right eye had completely transformed into a golden-red vertical pupil, creating an eerie contrast with the violet of her left eye. A perfect vortex of ice and fire energies formed on her chest, within which tiny dragon shadows could be faintly seen swimming.

"How does it feel?"

Chen Zhou crouched down to be at eye level with her. Gu Yuena tried to clench her fist, and tiny ice crystals and fireflies immediately condensed in the air. "...It's strange." Her voice echoed twice, as if two people were speaking at the same time. "I can hear fragments of the Ice and Fire Dragon King's memories remaining in the energy."

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