C2 Awakening Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul!!

"There's always a way out! Despite losing my Yellow Rank Grade Nine Martial Soul, I've awakened the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul while practicing the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique... However, this Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul is currently at the mere First Grade of Yellow Rank. It needs to devour and ascend!"

In the midst of Ye Chen's elation, a voice suddenly pierced the silence of the dungeon from outside.

"Tsk tsk... Ye Chen, who would have thought you, you wretched cur, would still be drawing breath?"

A voice laced with mockery rang out.

A young man clad in fine brocade stepped in from outside, about twenty years of age, his eyes sweeping over Ye Chen with contempt.

Beside him stood a commanding middle-aged man, lean with a stern, cold countenance, and an air of sinister authority.

"Ye Yang! Ye Xuan!"

At the sound, Ye Chen's eyes snapped open.

His gaze was fierce, filled with an explosive desire for vengeance!

Before him stood the Ye family elder and his legitimate son, Ye Yang and Ye Xuan!

"Ye Chen, bet you didn't see this coming. I've awakened a Yellow Rank Eighth Grade Martial Soul and am hailed as the top prodigy of Heavenly Cloud City! And you? You're about to perish in this dungeon!"

Ye Xuan looked down at Ye Chen, his face twisted with cruelty and excitement, as he launched into a taunt.

"If I, Ye Chen, am considered trash, then what does that make you?"

At those words, Ye Chen's gaze turned icy, and a towering wave of murderous intent radiated from him.

"Boom!"

The next instant, with the shattering of chains, Ye Chen sneered and shattered his cell.

"Ye Chen, if you were still the celebrated genius of Heavenly Cloud City, I might have had a shred of respect for you. But now, you're nothing but a broken man, with your Bone Structure and Martial Soul in ruins. Yet you dare to be so insolent? You're truly seeking death!"

Ye Xuan, taken aback by Ye Chen's escape, quickly recovered, casting a scornful look and jeering.

"Seeking death? It seems to me, the one truly flirting with the reaper is you!"

Upon hearing those words, Ye Chen's gaze instantly turned icy, a towering killing intent aimed straight at Ye Xuan.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Ye Chen's demeanor grew cold. He stepped forward abruptly, his aura exploding with the formidable power of the seventh level of the Body Tempering Stage, as he hurled a punch towards Ye Xuan with crushing force.

"Ye Chen, you think you, a worthless piece of trash, can actually challenge me?"

Ye Xuan's eyes glinted with mockery as he watched Ye Chen unleash the seventh level strength of the Body Tempering Stage and launch an assault. A sneer curled his lips.

"Boom!"

The moment his taunt ended, a burst of yellow brilliance flashed from Ye Xuan's hand.

Suddenly, a blade light that seemed to pierce the sky erupted, and a crimson long blade materialized in Ye Xuan's grasp.

It was none other than his Eighth Grade Yellow Rank Martial Soul, the Blood Shadow Blade!

"Ye Chen, I've heard your Martial Soul is of the Ninth Grade Yellow Rank... Why not bring it out and let me have a look?"

Having summoned the Blood Shadow Blade, Ye Xuan didn't rush to attack. Instead, he swung the blade with a smug look, taunting Ye Chen with a wave of his weapon.

"Xuan'er, there's no need to waste time on this trash. I've already personally destroyed his Martial Soul."

Ye Yang chimed in with a cold laugh, watching the exchange.

"Haha... My apologies, I almost forgot you're now nothing but a cripple. Even with the seventh level of the Body Tempering Stage, what can you do?"

Ye Xuan slapped his forehead in feigned realization after hearing Ye Yang's words, then turned to Ye Chen with a face full of scorn and mockery.

"You're sure you want to compete with me in Martial Souls?"

Ye Chen responded with a taunting smile, unapologetically blunt.

"Ye Chen, you're nothing but trash now. What could you possibly have to compare with me? I'll trample you underfoot, and after I've used the Blood Shadow Blade to carve the flesh from your bones, I want to see if you can still wear that same expression."

"Blood Shadow Blade, strike!"

With those words, Ye Xuan let out a sinister laugh and brought the blade down upon Ye Chen with lethal intent.

He was determined to defeat Ye Chen, to trample him underfoot and shame him thoroughly!

"Ye Xuan, you worthless fool, look closely with those wide eyes of yours!"

Upon witnessing this, Ye Chen let out a cold sneer and bellowed.

"Roar!"

In the next instant, a dragon's roar echoed as the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul burst forth.

Without hesitation, the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul opened its massive jaws and devoured the Blood Shadow Blade Martial Soul from Ye Xuan's grasp with no mercy.

"How... How can this be!"

Ye Xuan's eyes widened in disbelief as he witnessed Ye Chen summoning a hundred-meter-long dragon-shaped Martial Soul that was now consuming his Blood Shadow Blade. Panic overtook him as he exclaimed.

The Blood Shadow Martial Soul in his hand began to tremble violently, as if it had encountered a nightmare.

But the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul before Ye Chen showed no restraint, its colossal maw's devouring force leaving no avenue for the Blood Shadow Blade to escape!

In a sudden burst of golden light, the Blood Shadow Martial Soul in Ye Xuan's hand shattered into countless crimson shards.

Then, to the astonishment of both Ye Xuan and Ye Yang, the Golden Giant Dragon before Ye Chen ingested all of these blood-red fragments in a single gulp!

"Boom!"

As the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul consumed the fragments, Ye Chen felt a surge within him. His cultivation at the seventh level of the Body Tempering Stage soared, only halting upon reaching the ninth level.

At that moment, Ye Chen's entire body shuddered with power.

He could distinctly sense that his Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique had ascended to the second tier of the Dragon Blood Stage!

It was well-known that the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique comprised nine realms: Dragon Blood Stage, Dragon Scale Stage, Dragon Bone, Dragon Tendon Stage, and Dragon Marrow, each with ten levels.

Now, with the Nine Dragon Heaven Swallowing Technique elevated to the second tier of the Dragon Blood Stage, the power within Ye Chen surged wildly, reaching an astonishing 8000 Jin in mere moments!

"Roar!"

Simultaneously, a formidable dragon roar erupted from the gaping maw of the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul before Ye Chen. Following this, two beams of yellow light burst forth, leaving Ye Xuan and Ye Yang utterly dumbfounded.

In an instant, the already fearsome and domineering Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul erupted with an aura that was even more terrifying than before!

Clearly, after consuming Ye Xuan's Blood Shadow Blade Martial Soul, the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul had effortlessly ascended to the second grade of the Yellow Rank.

"True to its name, the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul can actually devour any Martial Soul to elevate its grade!"

Witnessing this spectacle, Ye Chen's eyes sparkled with excitement, his face alight with ecstatic triumph.

Yet, Ye Chen was acutely aware that the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul's ability to leap ranks and consume Ye Xuan's Eighth Grade Yellow Rank Blood Shadow Saber Martial Soul was largely due to Ye Xuan's reliance on his innate Bone Structure to awaken his Martial Soul.

If the situation involved Ye Yang, Ye Chen would have to defeat and kill Ye Yang to devour his Martial Soul!

Meanwhile, as the Blood Shadow Saber Martial Soul crumbled, Ye Xuan was hit by a severe backlash, causing him to spew a torrent of blood and collapse to the ground, rendered a cripple in an instant!

"Ye Chen, how could a piece of trash like you have a Martial Soul... Wasn't your Martial Soul destroyed?"

Wracked with excruciating pain, Ye Xuan glared at Ye Chen with a savage look, hissing his words through clenched teeth.

At this moment, Ye Yang, who was nearby, didn't dare make a move, stunned by the Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul that Ye Chen had just unveiled. It was so astonishing that even Ye Yang struggled to believe it!

After all, it was he who had once extracted Ye Chen's Bone Structure and obliterated Ye Chen's Martial Soul!

But now, the emergence of this Heaven Devouring Dragon Soul summoned by Ye Chen posed a bewildering mystery.