Mu Jinyu was like a whirlpool in the sea, frantically seizing the endless dragon qi around him.
The commotion was so great that even some of the monsters who were meditating and refining dragon qi couldn't help but frown and open their eyes.
"What the hell is this guy doing?"
"What cultivation method is he using to cause such a big commotion?"
"Damn, he's absorbing so much dragon qi, does he want everyone else to die?"
At first, these monsters doubted whether Mu Jinyu was deliberately causing trouble because he couldn't refine dragon qi himself, to disrupt them.
But soon, they discovered that it seemed Mu Jinyu didn't just create such a huge commotion; the dragon qi was entering his body without flowing back out.
The dragon qi entered his body and disappeared instantly, with no sign of flowing back out. It was unclear whether it had been refined, but this indicated something was wrong.
So, they didn't bother to criticize Mu Jinyu and hurriedly closed their eyes again, immersing themselves in cultivation to speed up the process of forging their dragon souls.
Otherwise, if the dragon qi was all snatched away, they'd completely lose the final competition eligibility!
"That guy is really a freak!"
The ordinary geniuses who witnessed this scene, especially the one who previously joked about being a monster like Mu Jinyu, were left speechless.
'How is this guy doing this?'
Standing outside the Hidden Dragon Square, Jian Ruyan was also stunned seeing Mu Jinyu's movements.
Afterward, a slight smile unconsciously appeared at the corners of her mouth behind her veil.
'At this rate, he might soon become a hidden dragon emerging from the deep…'
Meanwhile, as Mu Jinyu continued to immerse himself in deploying the True Dragon Art to capture dragon qi crazily.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, an indistinct dragon's roar echoed in the Hidden Dragon Square.
People turned to look and saw a giant python, golden all over, suddenly appear above Ji Changxin, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground. It had four bulging lumps on its abdomen, and two small sharp horns on its snakehead.
It was a giant python about to shed its skin and grow four legs and dragon horns!
"My goodness, is Ji Changxin that fierce? So quickly forging his dragon soul?"
"No wonder he is the Crown Prince of the Dayan Dynasty and has a natural advantage on their main battlefield, easily forging a dragon soul ahead of others!"
"Damn it, I need to hurry up too."
Monsters like Gu Rulong, Xuanyuan Qianqiu, Chen Huaiyu, and Lingxiao felt pressured seeing Ji Changxin already forge his dragon soul and start swallowing even more dragon qi to strengthen it further. They quickly closed their eyes again, drawing in dragon qi to rapidly forge their own dragon souls.
These monstrous figures felt a sense of crisis seeing Ji Changxin forging his dragon soul first. But those ordinary Heaven's Pride who knew it was hopeless to forge a dragon soul and were satisfied with refining a small portion of dragon qi, continued to watch Ji Changxin and Mu Jinyu with interest!
"Hmm, that's strange. Ji Changxin wasn't making much noise, yet already forged a dragon soul? Mu Jinyu is causing such a commotion and hasn't stopped, so why hasn't he forged a dragon soul?"
"Or maybe he's just stealing the dragon qi, hiding it using special means, and doesn't actually have the ability to refine dragon qi?"
"It's possible, but at eighteen years old and in the Sixth Layer of the Fanxu Realm, I think it's more likely he's preparing for a big move, ready to forge a flood dragon in one go?"
"Heh heh, if that's the case, then this year's Hidden Dragon Conference is going to be incredibly exciting!"
Time slowly passed.
The golden dragon qi Mu Jinyu absorbed increased more and more, and he was like a greedy Pixiu, only taking in and not letting out. The Hidden Dragon Square, once filled with golden light and dragon qi, gradually faded.
Finally, the entire square was left with only wisps of mist-like dragon qi!
Only then did Mu Jinyu, as if finally full, stop the frenzied seizing of dragon qi.
But because of the insufficient dragon qi in the Hidden Dragon Square, the result was…
"Puff, puff!"
Above Xuanyuan Qianqiu's head, dragon qi condensed into a…
Little carp!
Yes, the dragon soul he forged wasn't a majestic giant python like Ji Changxin's, but just a little carp.
It's not that Xuanyuan Qianqiu liked carps; he didn't want it this way either.
If there had been enough dragon qi for him to forge a great python, how could he possibly go for a little carp?
But due to the lack of dragon qi, he had no choice. The bit of dragon qi he refined wasn't enough to condense a big snake.
So he thought about it and remembered the story of the carp leaping over the dragon gate, figuring that although his dragon soul was just a small carp, in the upcoming competition, he could snatch others' dragon qi, ultimately enabling his dragon soul to transform from carp to true dragon!
Thus Xuanyuan Qianqiu gritted his teeth and eventually forged his dragon soul into a little carp!
Among the many monsters present, it wasn't just Xuanyuan Qianqiu who forged such comical dragon souls.
Gu Rulong had his dragon qi form into a little tortoise.
Though a bit humiliating, he thought of the Baxia from The Nine Offspring of the Dragon, reckoning that since tortoises are related to true dragons, should he make it to the end, he could still turn the tortoise into a true dragon!
And Lingxiao, forged a little kitten.
He originally wanted to forge a Suan Ni resembling a lion, but unfortunately, as soon as the dragon qi condensed into a feline figure, it was insufficient.
In the end, with no other choice, he forged a kitten dragon soul.
Enraged to the point of gnashing his teeth, he didn't know whether this kitten could eventually transform into a dragon!
Damn it, others might be carps and tortoises, silly though they are, at least they have a real shot at becoming dragons!
But he had no confidence that his little kitten could morph into a Suan Ni and then a dragon!
And yet, Lingxiao wasn't the worst off among them!
Among the monsters, some had learned dragon qi seizing techniques not that powerful, and with insufficient dragon qi, they barely managed to condense a small snake the size of a yellow eel.
They were so angry, they almost vomited blood!
Afterward, they turned their eyes towards Mu Jinyu, who had remained motionless ever since.
It was all his fault, he took all the dragon qi, yet he didn't even forge any dragon soul himself, causing them such misery!
"He must've used some trick to seal away the dragon qi, intending to wear it down with time to forge his dragon soul!"
"Right, at least 80% of the dragon qi was taken by him. Let's grab him and make him hand over the dragon qi!"
Just as the numerous monsters were itching to fight, preparing to take action against Mu Jinyu.
"Roar!!"
Suddenly, a loud dragon roar resounded throughout the Hidden Dragon Square.
Then, under the stunned gazes of everyone, an eighty-zhang-long giant dragon appeared above Mu Jinyu's head.
This gigantic dragon had deer-like golden horns, four limbs under its belly, but not five claws, nor reverse scales under the throat…
This… was a flood dragon!
An eighty-zhang-long giant dragon coiling above Mu Jinyu's head, dragon qi soaring, golden light erupting majestically, with a sublime aura surveying across all directions.
All present were entranced.