Zhu Zhuqing's eyes widened as she turned around, only to find Ye Qiu standing beside her.
Bloodshot eyes, tears streaming down his face, and a gigantic, blood-red arm extended from behind Ye Qiu, his body encased in something resembling ribs.
Was this his new soul skill?
"Cough cough!" Zhu Zhuqing, still reeling from the shock, suddenly coughed, her hand covering her mouth stained crimson.
The gigantic, blood-red arm bone dissipated into thin air, and Ye Qiu came over to support her. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I won't die! Hiss~ cough cough!" Leaning against Ye Qiu's body, she wouldn't die, but her ribs were likely broken again! Even breathing hurt.
"It's good that you're alright, I'll avenge you right now!" Ye Qiu's voice carried a chilling killing intent.
If Zhu Zhuqing were to die, he would feel terrible, and wouldn't he be next to die?
In the distance, the Iron-Scaled Python, its head bleeding from the blows of the red bone arm, finally regained its senses.
The python roared, its blood-red maw gaping wide, its vertical pupils fixed on Ye Qiu's figure. Its ten-meter-long body coiled like a spring.
"Hiss~" It flicked its tongue, its head like a spearhead, charging straight at Ye Qiu like a spear.
"Ah~" With a cry of alarm from Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Qiu reacted swiftly, scooping her up and leaping to a nearby tree.
Boom! A giant tree snapped in two.
Ye Qiu faced the giant python below, his right eye tightly closed, blood slowly trickling from the corner, uttering words Zhu Zhuqing couldn't understand.
"Amaterasu!"
His right eye opened, bloodshot and swirling.
"On fire? Black fire!" Zhu Zhuqing watched as the iron-scaled python's body suddenly burst into flames.
"Hiss!" Bang! Bang! The giant
iron-scaled python writhed and rolled, but it couldn't extinguish the black flames on its body. Instead, the flames burned even more fiercely, its eyes filled with terror as it repeatedly crashed into the surrounding trees and rocks.
After a moment, the giant iron-scaled python was completely burned away, leaving only a purple soul ring in the air, a chilling sight in the darkness!
"Gulp! What terrifying flames!" Zhu Zhuqing swallowed hard, looking at Ye Qiu who was holding her, somewhat incoherently, "Ye Qiu, is this your soul skill?"
"Yes, it's my right eye's soul skill, called Amaterasu!" Looking at the devastation below, the scorched earth, Ye Qiu touched his eye, quite satisfied! It's just that using this move requires some bloodshed.
"Amaterasu? What did you just shout?"
"That's its alternative name, it actually means the same thing." Ye Qiu's face was a little pale. "Let's enter my Divine Might Space first!"
"Okay!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded, the night in the Star Dou Great Forest was really too dangerous.
'Wait!' Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ye Qiu in surprise, 'He just said his right eye's soul skill!' "Could it be that his left eye has another soul skill? Is it that red arm from earlier?"
Although she had many questions, she didn't ask them aloud. She didn't want to be reprimanded like she was when she asked about the Divine Might Space last time.
A vortex appeared, and the two figures disappeared into the jungle.
As soon as they entered the Divine Might Space, Ye Qiu, who was holding Zhu Zhuqing, was trembling all over.
"Ye Qiu, are you alright?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at him worriedly. "Put me down first!"
"It's nothing, just a little pain in my body and eyes. I'm not used to the new soul skill yet." He then put Zhu Zhuqing on the bed she was familiar with.
"But you, you suffered such a serious injury because of me!" Ye Qiu was also a little apologetic. The sacrifice of the Jade Eye Cloud Winged Tiger shouldn't have taken so long, but during the absorption process, he discovered that the Sharingan seemed to be hiding something. In order to successfully find that power, he was delayed for so long.
"It's nothing. You've saved me several times already. I only saved you once." Lying on the bed, Zhu Zhuqing's face had already begun to blush. "I'll have to trouble you again!"
"Sure! Where are you hurt?" Ye Qiu rolled up his sleeves; after more than half a month, he had quite a bit of experience in treating injuries.
She looked away, her lips pursed, a little nervous. "My ribs in my chest... are broken again!"
"Oh, that's my specialty!"
Ye Qiu blurted out in a moment of slip-up. This reminded her of their previous frankness, eliciting a scolding from her in embarrassment and anger.
"You! Shut up, you shameless bastard!"
She scratched her head sheepishly.
"Come on!" Turning her face to the side, she began to undress herself.
"Ahem, um..." Ye Qiu stood beside her, coughing twice before tilting his head back.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhuqing looked at her in confusion. Had she done something wrong?
"Actually, you don't need to take your clothes off this time. You can apply the medicine yourself," Ye Qiu's voice was like dry tinder.
Zhu Zhuqing's movements of undressing froze, her face flushed red as if it were on fire.
"Why didn't you say so sooner!"
"You were the one who took your clothes off too quickly!"
"You peeked! You shameless!"
"Nonsense! I was clearly checking if you were dressed or not!"
"Ah! You bastard!"
Amidst Zhu Zhuqing's screams and curses, her ribs were set again.
Leaving her there to apply the medicine, Ye Qiu walked to the side, turned his back to her, sat down cross-legged, and took stock of his gains.
After the sacrifice of the Jade-Eyed Cloud Winged Tiger, and the surplus soul power from absorbing the right leg bone of the 100,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor, his level had reached level 26!
This rate of improvement was simply terrifying!
In terms of soul skills, he finally had a few more attack methods.
His left eye's Tsukuyomi belonged to the illusionary arts, with powerful effects. When activated, it only required eye contact with the opponent to pull their mind into an illusionary world. In this world, all factors, including time, place, and mass, were manipulated at will by Ye Qiu, giving the opponent a devastating blow on the mental level.
His right eye's Amaterasu was known as the strongest physical attack in the Naruto world! It can unleash an inextinguishable black flame at the focal point of one's gaze, burning the target to ashes!
And the opportunity brought by the addition of the second ring allowed Ye Qiu to use his Sharingan's true spirit form, Susanoo, ahead of schedule!
Although he can only use the first stage now (no head, only ribs and arms), it's still a powerful offensive and defensive technique!
"Sigh!" Ye Qiu sighed. These skills, while powerful, are extremely taxing on the body.
Especially Susanoo; using it not only depletes his mental energy but also leaves his entire body feeling like it's being pricked by needles. Think of Tang San, who only managed to use his true spirit form ahead of schedule thanks to the Seven-in-One technique, and couldn't use it a second time for a short period.
He lay down straight, hands behind his head. "Sigh! My true spirit form is still a bit far off; it's better to use it sparingly as a trump card!"
"Ye Qiu! I've applied the medicine." Zhu Zhuqing quietly came to Ye Qiu's side; she had even changed her clothes.
"Why don't you rest a little longer? Can your body handle it?" Ye Qiu propped himself up, gesturing for her to sit down.
"I'm not that sentimental!" Zhu Zhuqing sat down next to Ye Qiu, her face a little pale, and she seemed a bit melancholy for some reason. "What were you thinking about just now?"
"Nothing." Ye Qiu chuckled.
"Is that so~" Seeing that Ye Qiu didn't want to say more, she didn't ask any further. "What about the tiger's soul bone? Did you get it back?"
"Of course I got it back!" Ye Qiu smiled and took out a piece of green soul bone from somewhere.
"Here, this is the soul bone it dropped. It's a rare head soul bone! I guess its skill is related to mental attacks."
"You're so lucky! It's either an external soul bone or a head soul bone~" Zhu Zhuqing took the soul bone and examined it carefully. "It's quite pretty. Do you want to absorb it?"
Ye Qiu's lips twitched. This color on his head? He didn't have any particular fetishes.
"No, its age is still too low. It would be good to exchange it for some money at the auction house if I have the chance!"
"How about you sell it to me?" Zhu Zhuqing asked tentatively.
"Don't even think about absorbing it. This thing will only hold you back, and you won't be able to get a replacement later!" Ye Qiu snatched it away, rolling his eyes at her as he did so.
Can beauty feed you?
"You didn't buy it because I thought it was pretty, did you?" Seeing Ye Qiu's expression, she voiced her suspicion, her face slightly dangerous.
"How could I? How could I think so shallowly of you!" Ye Qiu waved his hands repeatedly.
Then he got up and walked to his bed. To make himself more comfortable, Ye Qiu had even made another bed.
"You're injured, you should rest early!"
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