Dragon Clan: Starting with the Azure Dragon Fruit

He tried to embrace the dragon bloodline deep within his genes, and almost instantly, a muffled sound came from his chest, and his blood seemed to be ignited, rushing towards a dangerous critical point.

His originally bronze-colored skin now had a terrifying dark red hue, and the rising heat distorted the surrounding view.

"Junior brother, I'm going to go all out with my 'Bloodlust' attack." Fingel gasped for breath.

"You have high damage output. I'll hold Him in a bit, and you can seize the opportunity to deliver a powerful blow! Whether it succeeds or not depends on this."

He gasped for breath, hot blood dripping from his chin: "Damn it... if you survive and go back to help me..."

Fingel suddenly stopped mid-sentence.

Those lingering memories of the past, buried deep in his heart, flashed through his mind, and he shook his head in frustration.

"Fine, whatever you do, you absolutely have to get back alive!"

Just as he was preparing to burn his life to die, Lin Yuan suddenly kicked him in the chest, sending him flying outside the core area covered by the royal power.

"Don't say your last words in front of me." Lin Yuan didn't turn his head, but focused on staring at the dragonman in front of him. Although he didn't know what "blood rage" was, seeing that his useless senior brother looked like he was going to risk his life, he still kicked him to stop him.

"If there's something you want to do, do it yourself. There's no need for you to risk your life here."

Although she is also under the heavy pressure of royal power, thanks to the medicine, Mai Shude now has a high bloodline concentration and is in slightly better condition.

Seeing Fingel being kicked by Lin Yuan, he immediately dragged him back towards the edge of the cave.

Far from the center of the battlefield, Fingel leaned against the stone wall and silently raised his head.

Through the heatwave and churning lava, he watched Lin Yuan, who was struggling against gravity and walking step by step toward the dragonman, and felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness well up in his heart.

On the battlefield against pure-blooded dragons, numbers have never been an advantage.

Only hybrids who can look directly at a dragon and withstand its pressure are qualified to fight.

Under the heavy pressure of "royal power," he and Mai Shude have clearly lost their eligibility to participate in this battle.

Unable to move freely within the gravitational field, going up there would only cause trouble.

At the very center of the battlefield, facing Lin Yuan, the dragonman did not rush to launch an attack.

He stood in the lava, slowly opening his arms.

Outside the tunnel, the white mist that was originally used to drain the life force of the entire city was now wisps of it flowing into the cave.

The once boiling magma cooled and turned gray upon contact with the mist, and the strange phenomenon gradually disappeared.

All of this was originally a gift from heaven and earth to awaken Him, and now it has returned to its rightful owner, transforming into nourishment to perfect the dragon's body.

As the mist surged in, the dragon-like features on its body deepened every second, its muscles bulged layer by layer, and new scales covered the original wounds.

Noticing the changes in the dragon-man, Lin Yuan naturally wouldn't wait for the other party to fully stack up his buffs; only a fool would do that.

"boom!"

With the physical boost from his partial dragon transformation, Lin Yuan withstood the gravity of the royal power and charged through.

The awakening insect, imbued with Armament Haki, aimed straight for the dragon-man's throat.

"Clang!"

The newly grown claws blocked the auspicious insect, which was now imbued with domineering power.

Jingzhe changed tactics accordingly, creating a series of dark afterimages. The man and the dragon engaged in a fierce battle within the royal domain.

Blades and claws clashed repeatedly, sparks flying everywhere in the dim cave, each collision creating a deafening sonic boom in the air.

As the dragon-man felt the immense force emanating from the blade, a hint of appreciation flickered in his golden eyes.

"Human, your power amazes me. Even in my time, few hybrids possessed such power." The dragon-man swung his claws to force Lin Yuan back, his voice booming.

Lin Yuan remained silent, using his Observation Haki to predict the dragonman's tail sweep, and Jingzhe took the opportunity to cut a deep, bone-revealing wound under its ribs.

However, before the dragon blood could flow out, the surrounding white mist quickly entered the wound.

The granulation tissue writhed, and in the time it takes to breathe, the knife wound healed completely. The newly grown dark red scales were even harder than before.

This strike, powerful enough to severely injure a third-generation species, failed to harm Him in the slightest.

"A hybrid is still a hybrid. Your bloodline limits your potential, and you have no right to wage war against pure-blooded dragons."

The dragonman laughed wildly, showing no regard for defense.

Relying on its almost miraculous self-healing ability, it can withstand countless injuries, while Lin Yuan would be shattered to pieces if he made a single mistake.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes. Pureblood dragons seemed more troublesome than he had imagined. Ordinary slashes couldn't even keep up with their health regeneration. To win, it seemed he could only rely on the half-beast form of the Azure Dragon Fruit, but that would expose his secret...

While he was weighing the pros and cons, Fingel, who was on the fringes, was not idle either.

Lin Yuan's strength is indeed formidable, but the monster is slowly gaining the upper hand thanks to its unparalleled self-healing ability.

We must find a way to break this deadlock!

Fingel carefully observed the situation inside the cave.

He keenly noticed that when the dragon man was fighting Lin Yuan, he would subconsciously use his body to cover a corner of the cave.

There stands a dark red stone cocoon.

Finger immediately realized that the stone cocoon was important to the monster.

As long as that thing is broken, even just forcing the monster to defend itself would disrupt its rhythm and create an opportunity for Lin Yuan to deliver the final blow.

We must seize this opportunity!

"boom!"

Gunshots rang out. The dragon-man, who was locked in combat with Lin Yuan, followed the flash of the gun and looked at the stone cocoon. His golden eyes suddenly contracted, and he erupted with boundless rage:

"You lowly commoner! How dare you?!"

Ignoring the slash aimed at him by the Awakening of Insects, he frantically flapped his wings and rushed towards the stone cocoon without regard for anything else.

But Fingel's timing for this sniper shot was truly cunning, and the bullet's speed exceeded that of the dragonman. He could only watch in despair as the mercury bullet shot towards the stone cocoon.

Just as the bullet was about to pierce the stone cocoon, a black phantom, with incredible speed, fired first and then blocked the trajectory of the bullet.

Lin Yuan flicked his wrist, and the back of the Jingzhe Blade struck the bullet.

Sparks flew, the alchemical bullet veered off course, and embedded itself obliquely in the rock wall beside it.

Fingel, still gripping his gun, stared in disbelief: "Junior brother, what are you doing?! You've betrayed us? Did you realize you can't win and are planning to defect?! If you have any connections, just say the word, and I'll defect with you!"

The dragon-man stood frozen in place, looking at Lin Yuan who had saved the stone cocoon, and asked in confusion, "Why?"

Lin Yuan said calmly, "I just don't want the person sleeping inside to be disturbed. She is your only friend, and has nothing to do with this battle. She shouldn't be used as a tool to interfere with you."

The dark golden flames in the dragonman's eyes flickered erratically.

The existence within the stone cocoon was a vulnerability He never revealed to anyone throughout His long life. How could a strange human who had just entered have known all of this?

Lin Yuan ignored His reaction and instead said to the two people in the distance, "The battle is about to end. If I survive, I'll have to trouble you to keep this a secret for me."

Fingel almost burst into tears, wailing, "What do you mean 'almost over'? Whose side are you on anyway? Tell me honestly, did you really negotiate the terms with Him?"

The dragonman opposite did not interrupt Fingel's ramblings.

He turned his head slightly to look at the mercury bullet embedded in the rock wall, and finally fixed his gaze on the stone cocoon.

After confirming that the stone cocoon was unharmed, the shock, anger, and fear in His eyes receded like a tide, replaced by a coldness that seemed to roam high above.

He knew better than anyone that Valpuga could not be resurrected.

That stone cocoon could not produce any miracles; it was merely a tomb for her eternal rest.

But even if it is just a wrecked body that can never be awakened, He will never allow anyone to disturb her rest.

The human wielding the knife was indeed upright, but a noble pure-blooded dragon would not place its grievances on the mercy of its enemy.

Only by eliminating all variables within sight can one achieve absolute safety.

Even if it meant halting the reshaping of the dragon's body, He would not hesitate.

"You're right, it's time to end it." He slowly exhaled a breath of scorching dragon breath.

"Thank you for what you just did. In return for your actions, I will grant you death in my full glory."

As He spoke, a blinding dark red light began to shine from His heart.

In fact, if it had just lay dormant for one more day, it could have reconstructed its complete dragon body.

But in exchange for greater power, He did not hesitate to abandon this evolution.

The immense vitality originally intended to reshape the dragon's body was transformed into nourishment to enhance its combat power.

Infused with this violent power, its original five-meter-tall body expanded again, growing to nearly ten meters in the blink of an eye.

The perfect dragon wings were fully extended, obscuring the dome, and every scale reflected a breathtaking luster.

He has transcended the category of monster.

It is more like a mythical creation that combines violence and aesthetics; it is a perfect work of art.

Such rapid growth naturally comes at a price. If it wants to form a complete dragon body again, it can only wait until it cocoons again after a long period of time.

But the dragon man didn't care and just kept approaching Lin Yuan step by step.

With each step taken, the entire underground cavern trembled under its immense pressure.

"Human, you have earned my respect."

He looked down at Lin Yuan, his voice like rolling thunder.

"I will devour you completely, making your bones and blood a part of my body. Rejoice, for this will be your greatest glory."

With this declaration, the dragon's spiritual pressure swept across the entire arena.

In the distance, Fingel and Shude Mai were so overwhelmed by the terrifying pressure that they could barely stand and could only kneel on the ground to resist the dragon's mental pressure.

Both of them had the same thought at the same time: "How come there's a third stage!"

"Judging from their aura, their strength is almost equivalent to that of a second-generation species. Let alone helping them in the fight, if the dragon people were to use them as a sacrifice, Lin Yuan would even have to spare some attention to protect them."

Amidst this suffocating pressure, a short, sharp explosion rang out.

Lin Yuan threw "Awakening of Insects" and it sank into the rock wall on one side, root to root.

The two of them struggled to lift their heads and look in the direction from which Jingzhe had flown.

A deep, drawn-out murmur came from there, as if some enormous being was stretching its body, its heavy breaths turning into scalding air currents that swept over.

At the same time, the mental pressure that had been pressing down on them disappeared.

Lin Yuan stood there in front, like an abyss, swallowing up all the oppressive force surging towards them.

An even stronger supreme being will reign over this land.

As the air currents gradually subsided, Lin Yuan disappeared from view.

Instead, there was a creature nearly five meters tall, half-dragon in appearance.

His long, black hair was wildly draped behind his head, and a pair of ancient, majestic, azure dragon horns grew from the top of his head.

Its entire body is covered in fine, blue scales, and its long limbs have transformed into dragon claws filled with destructive power.

He was surrounded by faint, crackling winds and thunder, and a long dragon tail hung down behind him, swaying slowly with his body.

The dragonman looked at Lin Yuan, who had become a half-dragon, and felt a chill run down his spine.

When he met Lin Yuan's blazing golden eyes, a fear originating from the depths of his bloodline swept over his entire body.

He is a pure-blooded dragon, yet he is afraid of a half-blood!

The dragon-man's voice was no longer as composed as before: "Who exactly are you?"

"Why do they possess this power?"

Lin Yuan, now in half-dragon form, slowly stretched his limbs and glanced at the dragon-man, saying calmly:

"I am the one who brings you death."

Chapter 82 Power Surge

Fingel stared blankly at the azure dragon-man in front of him.

Even from a distance of tens of meters, he could still clearly feel the destructive power contained within that dragon-man's body.

The fine scales and majestic horns are not features that a normal hybrid could possess.