"Boom!"
In the valley, the awe-inspiring enormous phantom of the Water-Fire Dragon King had just faded away.
Following the infusion of red-gold and blue-gold circles of light into his body, Luo Yu underwent another astonishing transformation.
Luo Yu only felt one half of his body unbearably hot, while the other half was cold to the extreme, with two completely different energies coursing through his eight extraordinary meridians.
Each stream of energy was extremely powerful, as if it might burst his meridians at any moment.
Luo Yu cursed inwardly, "This can't be good, isn't this a setup for disaster?"
Both Dragon Kings had existed for at least a million years.
With his current cultivation level, how could he possibly absorb soul rings of a million years?
In a critical moment, his Dragon God Martial Soul let out a roar.
The two streams of energy within him no longer clashed wildly through his meridians but instead began to converge actively, transforming into two small orbs of light within his Dantian.
One blue-gold, the other red-gold.
Inside the Dantian, they spun on their own, and strands of energy seeped out from the surfaces of the orbs, gently merging into his body in the softest manner.
At the same time, Luo Yu's aura surged.
Under the shocked gazes of Poison Douluo and Dugu Yan, his Soul Power rapidly increased, breaking through several benchmarks in succession until reaching the peak of level 49.
"Boom!"
The so-called restraints of level were nothing to Luo Yu; in an instant, he successfully achieved a breakthrough.
His Soul Power reached the level of a Soul King at level 50, just lacking additional soul rings.
Before Poison Douluo and Dugu Yan could even marvel at the speed of Luo Yu's breakthrough, the blue-gold and red-gold soul rings that rose from under his feet shocked them even more.
Such colored soul rings were not just absent among their contemporaries; even in the entire history of Douluo, there were no records of them.
They were seeing such peculiar soul rings for the first time.
Luo Yu completed his breakthrough and suddenly opened his eyes.
The natural outflow of Purple-Gold Divine Light from his eyes caused Poison Douluo's to swell with discomfort.
However, Poison Douluo didn't care about that and hurried over to Luo Yu's side, full of questions that he was eager to ask.
"Um... Luo Yu, my young friend, what exactly happened just now?"
"What were those two dragon phantoms about? They were really quite terrifying, weren't they?"
Dugu Yan beside him also had eyes full of wonder, watching Luo Yu with the curiosity of a child.
Luo Yu counter-asked, "Old Poison, do you know how these Icefire Polarized Eyes came about?"
Poison Douluo shook his head repeatedly. "If I knew, I wouldn't have been so scared just now."
"You don't need to ask anything else, but I can tell you the reason behind the Icefire Polarized Eyes."
"A long time ago, two Dragon Kings fell here. The divine energies within their bodies leaked out, and the accumulation of energy over ten thousand years created this treasured land."
After Luo Yu succinctly explained, Poison Douluo managed to deduce an approximation.
It was difficult to imagine just how powerful those two Dragon Kings were; the sheer fact that energy merely emanating from them could form such a treasured place was astounding.
That such formidable beings would kneel and pledge fealty to Luo Yu was utterly inconceivable. Just how many secrets did this young man harbor?
He pointed to the two circles of light around Luo Yu, "Are those your soul rings?"
Luo Yu nodded.
Poison Douluo said in disbelief, "Aren't red soul rings the highest level there is? Why are these two soul rings of such a unique color?"
"Who says red is the highest color for soul rings?"
Luo Yu stretched lazily, his bones making a crisp popping sound.
"One could only say your limited imagination is bounded by weakness; soul rings beyond a million years would always be tinged with golden."
"Golden soul rings?" Poison Douluo was astonished, "Are you saying you absorbed two million-year soul rings? But with your current cultivation level, you couldn't have absorbed them."
Luo Yu looked inward at the two compressed energy orbs within his Dantian, shaking his head and smiling, "I indeed couldn't absorb them all at once, but I can store them for now and slowly absorb them later."
Poison Douluo was stunned, "Is there such a way to absorb Soul Rings? And the energy can be stored too?"
He reflected that among his own nine soul rings, not a single one was red.
Yet this guy's Longsword Martial Soul alone possessed three red soul rings, and his Dragon God Martial Soul even had two golden ones added to it. It was simply too heaven-defying.
Those so-called geniuses outside were nothing compared to him, just trash, indeed. There was really no comparison.
This made Poison Douluo even more resolute in certain ideas.
"Whoosh!"
Just as one wave subsided, another rose.
The spring water inside Icefire Polarized Eyes, which had just settled, began to boil again.
"Again?"
Poison Douluo's eyelid twitched, his heart feeling like it couldn't take much more.
From the boiling spring, a red and a blue streak of light suddenly shot out.
As quick as lightning, they sped towards him.
In the end, the two streaks of light hovered directly in front of Luo Yu.
They were two pieces of crystal clear bone, resembling agate and jade.
The left arm bone flickered with a scorching red glow, while the right arm bone emitted an extreme cold blue light.
"Is this—"
"Soul bones???"
Poison Douluo was initially uncertain, but then his eyes suddenly blazed with excitement, his breathing quickened.
He could guess the age of the soul bones based on the two soul rings, which was why he was incredibly agitated.
Soul bones of a million years! How precious was that!
Luo Yu also showed a look of joy. He had disdain for the soul bones he had encountered before; these were the ones he truly desired.
However, he was not in a hurry to absorb them now; instead, he swept up the two soul bones with a sweep of his hand.
He hadn't even thoroughly absorbed the two great million-year soul rings yet, and to try absorbing the soul bones now would be suicidal; cultivation had to progress step by step.
Seeing Luo Yu acquire soul rings and then soul bones, Poison Douluo was incredibly envious, his heart filled with jealousy.
But being an old schemer, he had some sense about himself and knew this was Luo Yu's chance; it couldn't be stolen by others.
If it were him, he probably would have been smacked dead by a swipe of the Dragon King's claw; dreaming about looting treasures was not even worth considering.
Poison Douluo changed the subject and didn't even bring up what had just occurred.
"Junior Luo Yu, now that these anomalies have ended, may I know if you could start the detoxification for my granddaughter and me?"
Luo Yu held up two fingers, "I can help you with the detoxification, but I have two conditions."
Poison Douluo nodded, "Please speak."
"First: I want to pick the medicinal herbs here at will."
"This…" Poison Douluo hesitated, somewhat reluctant to agree.
Luo Yu rolled his eyes.
"Even if I leave them to you, you wouldn't know how to use them, it's such a waste of resources. But rest assured, I won't pick the herbs that have not yet reached the right age."
"Alright…" Poison Douluo clenched his teeth, making a difficult decision.
"Second: I need a private chamber to detoxify your granddaughter."
"Fine, no problem," Poison Douluo agreed readily.
Luo Yu's expression turned very strange.
He had thought that Poison Douluo would hesitate for a while, at least ask for his reasons and consider it a bit. Who would have thought that he would agree so readily, without any hesitation?
Was his granddaughter picked up? It felt like she was valued even less than the medicinal herbs...