Chapter 428: Chapter 309: Xuanwu Treasure Armor, Red Dragon’s Tribulation, 9-Fold Celestial Human Tribulation (6K)_2

"Alright."

Leaving the City Lord’s Mansion, Su Yu and Qingchan flew out of the city together.

They flew tens of thousands of kilometers in one go, arriving at a vast stretch of mountains outside the city. Glancing around, they were not far from Dragon Ao Immortal City, where people were coming and going. Qingchan said to him:

"I will protect you."

"Alright!"

Su Yu’s mind stirred:

"Transform into a dragon!"

His body quickly expanded, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a 33-kilometer-long red dragon spanning the sky.

A powerful pressure swept through, causing the spirit monsters wandering among the mountains below to scatter in panic. Among them were four spirit monsters with levels exceeding 200.

Several streaks of light were attracted from a distance, but Qingchan stepped forward to inform them that it was her husband who was trying out transformation divine techniques. Given their proximity to Dragon Ao Immortal City, she persuaded many eager cultivators of various races to retreat.

"Xuanwu Armor!"

The red dragon opened its mouth, inhaling the turtle shell into its belly, and dragon power surged to rapidly refine it. A slight white light emerged on its body, quickly sketching out dragon scales made from Xuanwu turtle shell that merged into the true dragon’s body.

"Fire, rise."

Red flames surged from the red dragon’s body, quickly seeping into the Xuanwu dragon scales. The dragon scales formed from Xuanwu Armor turned from black to a red matching the red dragon’s scales.

In short, after refining the Xuanwu Armor, Xuanwu’s power had fused into the red dragon’s scales, becoming one with them, rather than being an external layer of Xuanwu dragon scales covering the dragon body.

"Xuanwu Armor!"

The Xuanwu turtle shell once again shone with red light, rising quickly to form a massive virtual image of Xuanwu enveloping the entire body.

Defense 100 million, 70% damage reduction, Mana conversion rate 1500, defense strength 30,000, size as desired, immovable as a mountain, Xuanwu’s power.

"No wonder it’s one of the top divine treasures; those 5,000 immortal coins were worth it."

After studying the Xuanwu Armor, the red dragon opened its mouth and spat out a bright blue dragon pearl.

"Vast Sea Dragon Pearl."

A scorching white flame sprayed from the red dragon’s throat, enveloping the dragon pearl and continuously burning it.

As the dragon flames containing the law of flames continually burned it, the essence of the dragon flames slowly seeped into the dragon pearl. The origin of the dragon pearl gradually changed, from a water-attributed Vast Sea Dragon Pearl to a red flame dragon pearl sharing the red dragon’s origin.

"It’s convenient to use the same attribute."

Opening its mouth to inhale, the fire-enveloped dragon pearl was swallowed into its belly, then immediately turned into red light and was spat out like a meteor crashing down.

"Boom!"

A mountain peak exploded with a roar, and rubble flew everywhere.

The dragon’s mouth opened, and the red meteor flew out from the rubble and was swallowed back into its belly.

"The power is not bad, and it’s very sturdy. As expected, you don’t feel the heartache using something that’s not yours."

The Supreme Transformation Dragon also had a dragon pearl, but he had never used it.

The dragon pearl is the inner core, but different from the Dragon Race’s and the spirit beasts’, thus called differently.

It is not only the core of a spirit beast’s power but also one of its most potent methods.

A dragon pearl or inner core contains the strongest power of a spirit beast, possessing extremely powerful might. Like the Supreme Transformation Dragon’s inner core of Su Yu, it is equivalent to a ninth-grade treasure-level magic weapon. By rights, it should be extremely hard, capable of clashing head-on with other magic weapons without falling behind.

But since the inner core is the power core of a spirit beast and its strongest method, it is also its fatal weakness.

Once the inner core is shattered, at best, the spirit beast’s power plummets instantly; at worst, it might fall in cultivation level or even die on the spot.

Therefore, since Su Yu acquired the Supreme Transformation Dragon, he had never activated his dragon pearl for battle despite experiencing numerous fights.

"I have the equipment; now it’s just the level that’s lacking."

He glanced at his current level of 298, two levels short of crossing the tribulation, and the experience needed for those two levels...

"I might as well just boost my level using the Power of Heavenly Dao Origin."

Even though it’s just two levels, it’s not something that can be accumulated in six months. In six months, he needs to join a sect; missing this opportunity would mean waiting another five years, enough to accumulate five Heavenly Dao Origin Powers.

Next, Su Yu activated the red dragon to familiarize himself with the two demon tools, practicing until skilled, then returned to his true form with Qingchan to leave together two hours later.

Shortly after their departure, two humanoid figures suddenly appeared in the void.

"Turns out it’s a human; I thought it was a real dragon, otherwise capturing it to be a spirit pet wouldn’t be bad."

"Only at eighth-rank Dao Foundation, must be a newcomer. Unfortunately, our strength is a bit lacking to handle this true dragon; if only some seniors were here."

The other person smacked his lips and said:

"No worries, there are many such geniuses; killing one doesn’t affect the overall situation."

"True."

Su Yu and Qingchan returned to Dragon Ao Immortal City and continued to cultivate in seclusion, waiting a month, during which he opened the panel looking toward the Sea-Suppressing Pearl inside. He had accumulated eight Heavenly Dao Origin Powers, extracting one to invest into the Great Divine Techniques of the Supreme Transformation Dragon.

The integration of the Power of Origin made Su Yu immediately feel a heart-stirring sensation. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"The celestial tribulation is coming."

"At most, no more than 1 day 5 hours 35 minutes and 41 seconds."

Precise to the second.

Su Yu took a deep breath to calm his excitement, said to Qingchan:

"The transformed red dragon is about to cross its tribulation."

"Let’s go now."

He immediately left for the north of the city, heading to the Tribulation Crossing Platform.

The Tribulation Crossing Platform is a massive array thousands of kilometers in diameter, occupying enormous space in the north of the city, but can bring substantial economic benefit to Dragon Ao Immortal City.

Each crossing costs 10,000 immortal coins; even if one person comes for a tribulation a month, the annual revenue amounts to 120,000 immortal coins.

Adding to those crossing once or twice for low-priced but frequent challenges, the annual income amounts to several hundred thousand immortal coins.

Sitting on the Tribulation Crossing Platform, as the platform’s array activated, Su Yu decisively transformed into a dragon.

Accompanied by a resounding dragon roar, a massive red dragon hovered above the Tribulation Crossing Platform.

"Hmm? Dragon Race?"