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Luo Nan narrowed his eyes comfortably and took a deep breath; the bones throughout his body let out a series of cracking sounds, like popping beans.
Of course, the lightning here was deadly poison to ordinary Spirit Masters.
But for Luo Nan—who possessed the Dark Demon Dragon Martial Soul and a physique tempered to the absolute limit—
The lightning filling the sky had almost no negative effect on him. Instead, it felt like he was receiving an incredibly violent lightning-based body-tempering massage!
"What a great place this is." Luo Nan rolled his neck.
He took the parchment map out from his bosom.
Although the map depicted the general outline of the Nine-Dragon Mountain Range, the area was perpetually shrouded in dense lightning, making it impossible for anyone to venture deep inside for a detailed survey.
Consequently, the map in Luo Nan's hands served merely as a rough guide, marking a few suspected zones where high-level dragon-type Spirit Beasts might exist.
"The lightning intensity in the outer regions isn't enough; it couldn't possibly nurture a top-tier Spirit Beast worthy of my Dark Demon Dragon."
Luo Nan put away the map and cast his gaze toward the deepest part of the mountain range, where the thunderclouds were densest and the thunderclaps most terrifying.
Only in the depths could one find top-tier Spirit Beasts with immense age and power!
...
Luo Nan made his way slowly into the mountain range along an incredibly steep and rugged path.
However, after walking only a few miles, he stopped and furrowed his brows slightly.
"Too slow."
At this walking pace, it would take ages to reach the core region of the Nine-Dragon Mountain Range.
He decisively abandoned the idea of continuing on foot.
"Hum—!"
Luo Nan immediately activated one of the two abilities granted by his 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone: Flight! Lifted by an invisible force, Luo Nan's body instantly shot upward, transforming into a streak of blue-gold light that soared into the air.
Flying in a place like the Nine-Dragon Mountain Range—rife with frequent thunderstorms—was an act of sheer madness, tantamount to suicide.
Once airborne and stripped of the ground's cover, one became a glaring target for the endless thunderclouds above, causing the probability of being struck by lightning to skyrocket exponentially.
Sure enough, Luo Nan had barely risen a hundred meters when—
*BOOM!*
A violent bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a massive water vat, struck down without warning from the dense black clouds—like the whip of an enraged Thunder God—slamming viciously onto the top of Luo Nan's head.
In an instant, blinding lightning engulfed his figure completely.
Had it been an ordinary Spirit Douluo, or even a typical Titled Douluo, taking such a blow from the raw might of heaven and earth while unprepared would have resulted in severe injury, if not death.
Yet, when the lightning faded, Luo Nan remained steadily suspended in mid-air.
Not even the hem of his robe was damaged; the moment that violent electrical energy touched his body...
...it vanished without a trace, completely absorbed by his terrifying physique—a body whose resilience rivaled that of a hundred-thousand-year-old spirit beast.
"The force was passable—just enough to loosen up the muscles," Luo Nan said, twisting his neck and savoring the faint, tingling sensation coursing through his body.
He possessed absolute confidence.
His physique had been fortified by multiple top-tier spirit bones and tempered by two supreme dragon-type martial souls—the Dark Demon Dragon and the Golden Holy Dragon. Its sheer toughness had long since transcended the limits of humanity.
Mere natural lightning stood no chance of inflicting even the slightest injury upon him. Even setting those aside, thanks to another ability granted by the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone...
Ignoring the violent lightning bolts crashing down from the sky one after another, Luo Nan unfurled the expensive parchment map he had acquired and carefully cross-referenced it with the terrain below.
However, after circling the perimeter, Luo Nan's expression turned completely grim.
"A pile of useless scrap!" Luo Nan snorted coldly.
He realized the map was absurdly fake; the locations marked as suspected habitats for high-level spirit beasts and the supposedly safe routes...
...were nothing but worthless, barren wastes where not a single useful thing could be found.
Clearly, the map was a fabrication by some unscrupulous underground merchant looking to make a quick buck.
Since no one could survive venturing deep into the Nine-Dragon Mountain Range to survey the land, naturally, no one could expose the lie.
"If there's no ready-made path, then I'll carve one out myself!"
Luo Nan hesitated no longer; he surged forward, pushing his speed to the absolute limit as he raced toward the depths of the Nine-Dragon Mountain Range.
As he ventured deeper, the surrounding environment grew increasingly terrifying.
The thunderclouds above had descended to less than a thousand meters from the ground, and the air was so saturated with lightning elements that they were on the verge of condensing into liquid.
The surrounding peaks became steeper and more precipitous, resembling black swords thrusting straight into the heavens.
Just as Luo Nan had penetrated over a hundred kilometers and crossed several massive black mountain ranges, an incredibly terrifying and immense pressure suddenly erupted from an abyssal canyon below!
The pressure was so intense that it even caused the raging lightning around him to momentarily stall! "Finally found it!"
A gleam of intense excitement flashed in Luo Nan's eyes as he immediately suppressed his aura.
His figure drifted downward like a light, falling leaf, descending silently toward the bottomless canyon below.
Hovering above the canyon and gazing down by the light of the lightning flashing across the sky, even Luo Nan—with all his composure—could not help but gasp in shock.
At the very depths of the canyon lay a terrifying behemoth of truly breathtaking size!
It was a genuine Dragon-type Spirit Beast!
Its body stretched over two hundred meters in length, covered in thick dragon scales that were as hard as obsidian and shimmered with a cold, metallic luster.
Rows of massive, razor-sharp bone spikes lined its back, each one wreathed in unnerving, dark-purple "Tribulation Lightning."
Its head was fearsome to behold; two massive black dragon horns pierced the heavens, as if threatening to tear the very sky asunder.
"This is... the Abyssal Dark-Thunder Demon Dragon!"
Luo Nan rapidly searched his memory for information on ancient Spirit Beasts and quickly identified the origin of this peerless, ferocious creature.
The Abyssal Dark-Thunder Demon Dragon was a top-tier Dragon-type Spirit Beast, possessing the dual attributes of Ultimate Darkness and Ultimate Lightning!
Its bloodline was incredibly noble—superior even to that of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!
What thrilled Luo Nan even more was the realization—gleaned from the nine deep-purple dragon markings on its body and the earth-shattering, apocalyptic aura it exuded—that this was no ordinary beast.
Luo Nan was absolutely certain: this was a super-beast with a cultivation age of a staggering 250,000 years!
250,000 years!
Dual Dark-Thunder attributes!
Top-tier Dragon lineage!
This was, quite simply, the perfect third spirit ring—tailor-made for Luo Nan's Dark Demon Dragon Martial Soul! "Talk about searching high and low to no avail, only to find it without any effort at all!"
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