Chapter 7 External Soul Bone.
As a terrifying gust of wind swept by, three soul rings—one yellow and two purple—swirled around Wu Xuan's body. The
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm had only released a wisp of its spiritual essence, yet it had already caused Wu Xuan's first two soul rings to undergo a transformation.
At this moment, Wu Xuan opened his eyes, his pupils suddenly contracting, because he sensed that the wind element around him was expanding dramatically, as if it were undergoing a metamorphosis.
"Not good! This is about to transform into the ultimate wind!" Wu Xuan was greatly alarmed and immediately stopped circulating the Enlightenment Scripture within his body.
In just an instant, the expanding wind element extinguished. He knew how difficult it was to improve an ultimate martial soul in its early stages, and for this reason, he had always been cautious, preventing it from completely transforming. But the Enlightenment Scripture, this orthodox cultivation method, was simply too abnormal; even a little external energy could cause it to tend to return to perfection.
This also indirectly showed that Wu Xuan's talent was astonishingly good. The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's source energy was unimaginably pure.
"Phew! What a relief!" Wu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief after successfully preventing his Martial Soul from evolving. Martial Soul evolution was inevitable, but delaying it as much as possible was preferable.
With his first Soul Skill allowing him to unleash the power of the Extreme Wind at any time, the Martial Soul evolution that others craved became unwelcome to Wu Xuan.
Although Tianmeng Ice Silkworm found it strange, she didn't ask further, laughing, "How's it going, little Wu Xuan? A 999-year first ring, and a 6000-year second and third rings, am I amazing?"
"Hmm! Not bad!"
Wu Xuan smiled. He had specifically instructed Tianmeng Ice Silkworm that his first Soul Skill was a group-wide removal of negative mental states, such as dizziness and berserk states. It could also increase the basic elemental attributes of up to two people's Martial Souls by ten percent. Therefore, whether or not the Soul Ring's age was increased didn't matter, so he didn't advance his first Soul Ring to a thousand-year Soul Ring.
After all, he didn't want to be a support-type Soul Master, and three thousand-year Soul Rings were too astonishing.
After absorbing his third spirit ring, Wu Xuan's height noticeably increased, and a faint halo flowed across his fair skin. Combined with his handsome features, he was incredibly attractive to girls.
Level 34 spirit power! Wu Xuan's dark eyes, gleaming with a sharp light, had lost their previous fatigue. Even the impurities that had clung to his body were completely dispelled by the ice-attribute aura of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.
Wu Xuan casually tossed his short black hair and looked up at the sky.
"Heavenly Dream, how long did it take me to absorb the spirit ring and fuse with your source power?"
"It seems to have taken about four hours," Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm quickly replied.
"Little Wu Xuan, what spirit skill did you acquire this time?" Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's voice came again.
"My third spirit skill is called—Jade Wind!"
"The effect is that it allows me to transform the formless wind in my hand into something tangible and substantial."
Upon hearing this, Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm stood there dumbfounded; Wu Xuan's explanation had touched upon a blind spot in his knowledge.
Wu Xuan rubbed his forehead and explained, "It means I can now conjure weapons with my wind-powered hands. Of course, soul skills have time limits, and the weapons I conjure can only be used by myself."
As he spoke, his third soul ring lit up, and a jade-green whirlwind in Wu Xuan's hand slowly solidified, transforming into a jade-green crystal in the blink of an eye.
"My god!! So fast!!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm exclaimed in surprise after seeing Wu Xuan's demonstration.
Wu Xuan smiled; he hadn't expected the soul skill the Wind God Winged Dragon had given him to be so powerful. With this soul skill, he could freely transform into any weapon.
Wu Xuan ignored the incessantly chattering Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and summoned the Soul-Breaking Spear, heading towards the Wind God Winged Dragon's corpse.
As the Soul-Breaking Spear sliced through the Wind God Winged Dragon's flesh, its entire body was soon dissected by Wu Xuan.
Just as Wu Xuan's face showed disappointment, a bone emitting a bluish-green light appeared in Wu Xuan's vision from the Wind God Winged Dragon's massive left claw.
"A soul bone!!" Wu Xuan exclaimed excitedly as he dug out the soul bone.
Looking at its unusual shape, Wu Xuan asked Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, "Tianmeng, which part of the body is this soul bone from?"
"This should be an external soul bone?! Wait! My god!! This is an external soul bone from the left foot! Little Wu Xuan, this is an external soul bone, just like the right palm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear—one in ten thousand! You're incredibly lucky!" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm jumped up excitedly.
Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan's eyes lit up. He wouldn't even glance at a thousand-year-old soul bone unless it was an external soul bone. But if it was an external soul bone, that was a different story.
Without further hesitation, Wu Xuan directly attached the external soul bone to his left foot, beginning to fuse it with the first soul bone he had acquired in this world.
Meanwhile!
Huo Yuhao focused his mind, his spirit taut, and continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest from this direction.
Just a few kilometers after leaving the Wind Baboon's corpse, he discovered nearly ten more headless soul beast remains. Even with Huo Yuhao's resilient nature far exceeding that of his peers, he became extremely tense.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
A series of rustling leaves sounded, and Huo Yuhao, his muscles taut, trembled slightly.
But before he could react, a thick, fishy stench assaulted his senses.
Huo Yuhao felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, his consciousness blurring. Just before he fainted, Huo Yuhao clearly saw that it was a giant snake several meters long. Just as the giant snake was about to approach Huo Yuhao, two boys and girls, who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, stepped in front of him.
Seeing the danger, the giant snake darted away.
The boy was about to give chase when the girl beside him called out to him,
"Beibei! Don't chase the datura snake, save people first!" The girl's long black hair was tied in a ponytail and hung down her back. Her light blue outfit accentuated her youthful figure. She had large, bright eyes, a straight nose, and a near-perfect oval face; her beautiful face was filled with anxiety.
The boy she called Beibei was taller and slender, with short, dark blue hair that shone like jewels. Although young, he exuded a refined air.
The boy quickly approached Huo Yuhao, carefully examining his back with his soul power. He nodded to the girl, reassuringly saying, "Don't worry, Xiaoya, he only inhaled a little of the thousand-year-old Mandragora snake's poisonous mist. He's fine. I've already neutralized the venom, but he probably won't be fully conscious for a while."
Bei Bei smiled helplessly, but his gaze towards Xiaoya softened even more. The reason he liked Xiaoya so much was because of her deep-seated kindness.
"He was implicated because we were chasing that Mandragora snake. We certainly can't just leave him here," Tang Ya said, looking at the fallen figure with a guilty tone.
"Bei Bei, this little brother didn't come to the Star Dou Great Forest alone to obtain a soul ring," Tang Ya said thoughtfully, sizing up Huo Yuhao's youthful face.
Bei Bei nodded. "Probably! I vaguely sensed he possesses soul power, but it's very weak, and he's all alone. Judging from his clothes, he probably doesn't come from a good background, otherwise he wouldn't be without a teacher or elder accompanying him." With his keen observation, he had noticed many details from the first moment he saw Huo Yuhao.
Tang Ya stuck out her tongue and said, "He has soul power, why don't we absorb it into our Tang Sect?"
Bei Bei glanced helplessly at the impulsive Tang Ya. "Let's observe him later. We need to understand his background and character."
As Wu Xuan opened his eyes, the external foot bone of the Wind God Wyvern was successfully absorbed by him.
Wu Xuan moved his ankle, and the next moment, a surge of information entered his mind.
Wu Xuan raised his left leg and kicked out fiercely. Instantly, a blue whirlwind about two meters high and less than one meter wide shot out from Wu Xuan's ankle.
The powerful suction of the whirlwind uprooted a slender, low tree not far away.
"Not bad control soul skill. From now on, I'll call you—Shadow Whirlwind!" Wu Xuan said casually, stroking his chin.
(End of Chapter)