Douluo's Bone Transforms into a Divine Dragon

Chapter 244 Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent Inner Core

An hour later, Gu Xuan slowly opened his eyes. A flash of red and blue light disappeared. They each took out the food and water they carried in their soul tools, ate a little, and then got up again to continue forward.

As they continued forward, their speed noticeably increased, as there were no longer any other creatures harassing them.

Of course, this was also because Gu Xuan knew that no other creatures would appear for the time being. However, Gu Xuan did not relax. After all, reality is not the original story. What if other unknown dangers were to come?

After walking for a long time, the surrounding air became increasingly scorching. Gradually, Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan could vaguely see the dark red flowing water below the abyss on both sides. The scorching air made it very uncomfortable to breathe, as if their lungs were on fire.

Gu Xuan took out two pills from his soul tool, giving one to Dugu Yan and taking the other himself.

The moment they took the pills, a warm current flowed through their bodies, and their strength was rapidly recovering.

A cool sensation spread throughout their bodies, and the two felt refreshed. Not only did their body temperature drop significantly, but even the scorching, polluted air seemed to become pure, as if it had been filtered.

As they recovered, the two continued forward at the same pace. Suddenly, a rustling sound came from ahead, causing Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan to stop at the same time.

Because there was an object in front of them, right on the narrow road ahead, a dark red body was crawling there, revealing a pair of fiery red eyes.

It was impossible to see exactly how huge its body was, but through simple observation, it could be determined that it was a snake, its entire body coiled around the narrow path.

Its eyes weren't particularly large, but for some reason, Dugu Yan felt that the brilliance in its eyes was even more terrifying than that of the previous three-headed dark gold bat king.

"A snake?" Dugu Yan whispered.

With a rustling sound, the dark red snake began to slowly swim forward.

As they got closer, Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan could see its full appearance. There were nine protrusions on the snake's head and back, each of which looked like a bright red mushroom, and it seemed as if blood was flowing inside.

The snake's abdomen was particularly large, bulging out on the narrow path, and its body length was at least over ten meters.

They saw the strange snake, and the snake obviously saw them too. The snake, which was lying on the narrow road, slowly raised its head, and its pair of golden-red eyes suddenly became as bright as lanterns.

After getting a clear look at what was in front of him, Gu Xuan explained softly to Dugu Yan beside him:

"A primordial beast, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, is incredibly venomous. Adults can grow to over ten meters long and possess the strongest fire poison among snakes. After ten thousand years of cultivation, it can form an inner core, hidden among its nine heads. When the inner core is released, the world loses its color. If one obtains its inner core, all snakes will flee in terror. It is the supreme being among snakes."

In the original story, Tang San obtained the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent after killing it, and later this inner core became Ma Hongjun's soul ring.

Gu Xuan's current thought was to capture the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent and use its inner core as Dugu Yan's seventh soul ring.

At this moment, the pressure that this ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent brought to Gu Xuan and his companions was far greater than that of the three-headed Dark Gold Bat King they had faced before.

At this moment, the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent blocked their way. Undoubtedly, it would be very easy for it to destroy the narrow path. Therefore, if they wanted to attack the serpent, they had to consider not causing too much damage to the narrow path during the attack.

The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's pair of golden-red snake eyes coldly stared at Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan. It was still moving, advancing towards the two of them.

As the distance closed from a hundred meters away, the monstrous snake emitted croaking sounds, like a baby crying, while the nine fleshy growths on its back began to glow with a golden-red light.

"Croak—"

The cry of this ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent actually sounded somewhat like a toad.

Twenty meters away from Gu Xuan at the forefront, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent launched the first attack. A fiery red light suddenly spewed from its mouth, carrying a strong fishy smell and scorching heat, and quickly spread towards the two of them.

The flames of the Ten-Headed Fiery Serpent came close to the ground, meaning they spread rapidly from the narrow path beneath their feet.

The fiery red light fluctuated violently on the narrow path, even crackling like burning rocks. What was even more terrifying was that this fiery red light was accompanied by a thin layer of red mist, which undoubtedly contained a potent toxin.

If it were flat ground, they could easily dodge, but in this situation, it's impossible to dodge because there's simply no space to dodge; the only possibility is to take off.

Ascending to the air was too easy for Gu Xuan. More importantly, although the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was terrifying, it was still a snake. And now, Dugu Yan's martial soul had an absolute suppressive effect on any snake.

This ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent might be a huge danger to others, but for Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan now, it's really nothing.

With his absolute strength, Gu Xuan was able to easily subdue the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent, because it could not fly and did not have the life-saving abilities of the three-headed Dark Gold Bat King.

As flames surged forth, Gu Xuan pulled Dugu Yan into his arms, and eight dragon swords appeared behind him, which then extended to form four pairs of sword wings. With a gentle flap of the sword wings, Gu Xuan carried Dugu Yan ten meters away, avoiding the flames of the ten-headed blazing sun serpent.

Then, Dugu Yan released her martial spirit directly. Her snake tail wrapped around Gu Xuan, and her arms encircled Gu Xuan's neck. The pressure from the ancestral martial spirit instantly halted the attack of the ten-headed blazing sun snake. The blood-red eyes stared at Dugu Yan with astonishment.

The next moment, Gu Xuan had also possessed his martial spirit, and his dark silver bone claws had transformed into dark gold terrifying claws. With a swing of the claws, five dark gold energy blades flew out.

"Sky Claw!"

At the same time, the six dragon swords behind Gu Xuan detached and transformed into six streams of light that rushed towards the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent.

Faced with such terrifying killing intent, the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent dared not be distracted any longer. Although a hint of fear still lingered in its golden-red eyes, the nine golden-red fleshy growths on its back became even brighter.

Without any hesitation, the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpent arched its body on the narrow path, its nine fleshy growths aimed precisely at Gu Xuan and Dugu Yan high in the sky.

Suddenly, the nine tumors shattered simultaneously, and nine golden-red liquids shot out. The liquids did not shoot straight through the air, but rather shot towards the top in front of Gu Xuan, where they merged into one in mid-air.

However, the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent's attack was ultimately too slow. The Dark Gold Terror Claw's Sky-Tearing Claw and the six Dragon Swords fell directly down, slicing the Ten-Headed Sun Serpent's body open like cutting tofu. Its body shattered, and scarlet liquid flowed out, mixed with its severed internal organs, emitting a pungent stench.

The liquid emitted by the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpents had just merged into one, transforming into a fist-sized golden-red bead. However, without the control of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpents, the golden-red bead fell straight down before it could even attack Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan used six dragon swords to catch the bead, while he and Dugu Yan slowly landed back on the path.

Six dragon swords carrying the inner cores of the ten-headed Fiery Sun Serpents were presented to Gu Xuan, who then held the inner cores in his hand.

"Be careful, it might be poisonous," Dugu Yan hurriedly warned.

Gu Xuan smiled slightly and shook his head, "It's alright, although it's poisonous, it doesn't harm me."

Only then did Dugu Yan realize that with her and Gu Xuan's current physical condition, ordinary poisons would have little effect on them. Dugu Yan had only spoken up to remind them because she was worried.

After retrieving her martial spirit and the Eight Wings of the Sword Dragon, Dugu Yan dismounted from Gu Xuan and examined the inner core.

Gu Xuan handed the inner core to Dugu Yan, saying, "Take it. This can be your seventh soul ring."

Upon hearing Gu Xuan's name, Dugu Yan instantly understood, because she knew that Gu Xuan's sixth 100,000-year soul ring was the Evil God Pearl from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

And Gu Xuan's statement now undoubtedly implies that this inner core also has the same effect.

Thinking of Gu Xuan's sixth spirit ring, which was 100,000 years old, Dugu Yan was also looking forward to whether her seventh spirit ring would also have a chance to reach the 100,000-year level after she absorbed this inner core.

After all, although Dugu Yan's physical condition is not as good as Gu Xuan's, it is definitely not weak. Moreover, she can absorb this kind of inner core without having to endure soul shock.

P.S.: Typos will be corrected first and then fixed later.

(End of this chapter)