Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chapter 276 No one saw through his scheme, Lu Jun controlled the entire scene.

Qian Gu Dongfeng glanced at Leng Yaozhu unconsciously, thinking to himself:
The Deputy Tower Master Leng has truly poured his heart and soul into this disciple... He's even willing to give him a 100,000-year-old soul bone. It seems he's really grooming him as his successor.

This explanation automatically rationalized in his mind, making him feel that the source of the soul bone was not the primary issue.

Most others shared similar thoughts. Faced with the earth-shattering revelation of the artifact's transformation, the priority of a soul bone, though astonishing in origin, was naturally greatly reduced.

Leng Yaozhu felt some gazes, and her heart was filled with turmoil.

Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone?

Isn't that the ten-thousand-year-old soul bone I rewarded him with back then?

How did it suddenly become a hundred thousand years old?
Just how many secrets is this kid hiding?
Even though she knew Lu Jun very well, she still felt a chill run down her spine at this moment.

But she was extremely shrewd and remained calm on the surface, showing no sign of anything unusual.

This is precisely the brilliance of Lu Jun's divine micro-management.

It subtly guides everyone's thinking, making them subconsciously believe that the artifact's physical form is the only key worth investigating.

Other minor issues can be temporarily set aside or rationalized.

"Okay." Han Tianyi was the first to respond, his eyes flashing with a cold light, as if he had found a last chance to turn the tide.

“I agree with the tower master’s suggestion. Let us inspect the goods ourselves.”

"Seconded."

"That's excellent. We should take personal experience as the standard."

"I also agree."

In an instant, all thirty-six councilors, three deputy tower masters, and the tower master Qian Gu Dong Feng nodded in agreement.

One after another, scrutinizing, curious, or inquisitive gazes focused on Lu Jun once again.

An invisible pressure, like a real mountain, pressed down on the frail boy in the center of the arena.

Lu Jun remained standing calmly, his head slightly bowed, as if he were detached from the situation.

Only he himself knew that the icy, bone-chilling power of the Ice Abyss Sword was like the most intricate neural network, silently covering the entire space with him at its center, weaving a guiding net that targeted the weaknesses in the thinking of every explorer.

"In that case, let this old man go first."

An elder of the offensive lineage, with his hair and beard standing on end and his vital energy as vigorous as a furnace, was the first to stand up.

He strode up to Lu Jun, his large, fan-like hand, radiating heat, and placed it on Lu Jun's shoulder without hesitation.

"drink!"

With a low roar, a vast, ocean-like soul force, mixed with his powerful spiritual energy, surged forcefully into Lu Jun's body.

He wanted to use the most brutal methods to explore Lu Jun's meridians, bones, internal organs, and even the origin of his soul core.

Lu Jun's body trembled slightly.

To outsiders, this appears to be a normal reaction to being impacted by the soul power of a Title Douluo-level being.

However, within Lu Jun's body, the invading soul power and spiritual power were like a mud ox sinking into the sea, yielding no results whatsoever.

"Hmm?" The elder of the offensive faction frowned, then relaxed his grip.

He withdrew his hand, a hint of shock and confusion in his eyes, and murmured:

"His meridians are strong and wide, his blood and qi are powerful and surging like a dragon, his soul core is stable and pure, and his ice attribute is flawless. Apart from his talent being unbelievably good, I found nothing unusual. He is indeed human."

The second was a female priestess specializing in spiritual power. Her eyes shone with a silvery-white light as her spiritual power entered Lu Jun's spiritual sea, attempting to probe for traces of inhuman coldness or rules.

It looked terrible. The silver light in the female priest's eyes faded, and her face showed a hint of weariness and confusion.

"It is astonishingly pure, full of vitality, without any sense of foreignness or the imprint of rules; it is undoubtedly a human soul."

The third, the fourth... one after another, powerful figures who could cause earthquakes with a stomp of their feet in the human world, each with their own methods, whether it be soul power probing, mental power scanning, or secret techniques sensing, took turns stepping forward.

Han Tianyi stared intently at everyone who stepped forward to investigate, a last glimmer of hope burning in her eyes.

He desperately wished someone would suddenly change their expression and shout, "No! He's not human!"

However, reality was like a series of cold slaps, striking him hard across the face.

Everyone who finished their exploration initially had a strong sense of doubt and curiosity on their face, but when they withdrew their power, their expressions invariably turned into shock, confusion, and finally into a sense of relief or solemnity that they had to accept.

Whispers filled the meeting room.

Each normal conclusion was like a boulder, shattering the accusation of the artifact taking human form, while simultaneously highlighting Lu Jun's inhuman talent as even more chilling.

Finally, it was Han Tianyi's turn.

He almost gritted his teeth as he walked step by step to Lu Jun.

He absolutely refused to believe it; something must have gone wrong. This kid must have used some kind of incredible method to deceive everyone.

He took a deep breath, unleashing his full spiritual power at the Divine Origin Realm, which, with its piercing chill and extreme penetrating force, fiercely stabbed towards Lu Jun.

He wanted to tear away all pretense and get straight to the heart of the matter.

He even used some kind of secret technique, his spiritual power containing a faint trace of the power to dispel illusions specifically targeting the source of energy.

Lu Jun's body trembled violently, his face turned as pale as paper, and fine beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

To outsiders, this reaction appears to be a sign of being unable to withstand the pain of being probed at the limit of the Divine Origin Realm.

Leng Yaozhu's heart clenched instantly, and her fingers unconsciously clenched into fists.

Leng Yulai scolded him:
"Vice Tower Master Han, you've gone too far! Are you trying to kill him?"

"Don't rush. If I wanted to kill him, he would die instantly. I will protect him and won't let him get hurt." Han Tianyi glanced at her.

The next moment, Lu Jun took a deep breath and then began to resist.

The next second, Han Tianyi groaned, his face suddenly turning pale, as if he had been devoured by an invisible force, and his mental energy receded like a tide.

He staggered a step, staring incredulously at Lu Jun, who was pale and slightly out of breath.

He did see it clearly; beneath that intense resistance and pain, there was a body of flesh and blood, incredibly clear and incredibly real.

It was the vibrant flame of human life, and that core... although the core was shrouded in a powerful self-protective force, it emitted an absolutely pure life force, without any trace of the aura of a divine artifact.

"Impossible... How could this be..." Han Tianyi muttered to herself, her eyes unfocused and lost in thought.

His final trump card, his all-out investigation, only yielded more irrefutable evidence of human existence, and a strange sense of dread from the depths of his soul—a fear of that self-protective force.

He possesses the spiritual power of a Divine Origin Realm cultivator, and he even received the blessing of Huo Yuhao's ancestor. How could this be...?

Leng Yaozhu, Qian Gu Dongfeng, Qian Gu Qingfeng, Di Tian... all eyes were on the distraught Han Tianyi.

His reaction was more convincing than anyone else's conclusion, and even the most unwilling and ruthless Han Tianyi could not find any flaws.

Finally, it's the turn of the eternal east wind.

(End of this chapter)