Lava Undying Body, External Soul Bone (Please Keep Reading!)

Blinded by rage, the Flame Lord saw only a sheet of fiery red before its eyes and failed to notice the abnormal distribution of elements around it. The lush grass also hid the evaporation of water vapor, providing excellent cover.

With a splash, the Flame Lord fell into the man-made swamp. Thick muddy water plastered its body, rapidly solidifying and evaporating under the high temperature of its surface. The moisture around it gathered toward it, and dense white fog instantly filled the pit.

"Release the water!"

Gula shouted. Tang San and Xiao Wu huddled in the corners of the pit and opened their Storage Soul Tools from two directions, pouring water into the pit to maintain the mud's viscosity.

"Heh heh."

Gula gave a wicked little grin, put away the Storage Soul Tool filled with manure, and planned to find some noble kid to sell it to later.

"Gravity, increase!"

The Purple Soul Ring lit up. After reaching level twenty, Gula could control twenty times gravity within a twenty-meter radius, and by shrinking the range, he could continue increasing the gravity.

He directly halved the diameter of the Gravity Field. The gravity within it reached twenty-seven times normal, hitting his limit. His highly compressed Soul Power dropped by one-tenth with every breath.

Gula quickly landed and stood on the earth, drawing on the Power of the Earth to recover his Soul Power.

A five-meter radius happened to cover the Flame Lord inside the swamp. Within the Gravity Field, all beings were equal.

The Flame Lord had formidable attack power. As an elemental creature, its body, immune to physical damage, could gather and disperse at will. Because of that, its structure was unstable and could not support immense force; strength had become its shortcoming. Its already difficult movements in the swamp grew even more difficult.

At that moment, it floated and sank in the muddy water. The freshly solidified mud crumbled under the gravity and mixed with the river water. The Flame Lord's struggling motions turned it into a stirring rod, continuously keeping the mud churning and pushing itself toward the abyss of death.

Gula sat beside the pit and waited. Only after half an hour did the Flame Lord's tenacious Life Force completely dissipate, and a Black Soul Ring drifted out.

"It worked."

Gula breathed out, stopped his Soul Skill, circulated Mysterious Heaven Skill, used Viridian Power to massage his meridians, and cast Grassy Terrain to heal any Hidden Injuries that might exist.

In the shadows, the corner of Tang Hao's mouth twitched. Just how afraid of death was Gula? He was like this even during normal cultivation—whenever he had the chance, he would cast Summon Grassland and heal himself.

Though he complained inwardly, a trace of envy flashed through Tang Hao's eyes. If he had learned a Soul Skill like that when he was young, how could he have ended up with a body full of Hidden Injuries?

"I really didn't expect him to pull it off."

"A One-Ring Soul Master killed a top-tier Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast. Even if he relied on traps, terrain, and unreasonable recovery ability, no one would believe it if told."

Tang Hao was filled with emotion. "The younger generation is truly fearsome."

"A monster like this is even more important than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. If he doesn't die young, he might well become the next Peerless Douluo. Little San becoming sworn brothers with him was a good choice."

"We really did it! We hunted a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast!"

The taut string in Tang San's heart instantly loosened. Ignoring the filth, he sat on the ground to rest.

Xiao Wu stared at Gula's brilliant smile, dazed. "So this is humanity? Without majestic Soul Power cultivation, without a top-tier bloodline, relying only on wisdom and a few Soul Tools, they killed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast."

For a moment, countless emotions surged through her, and she found it hard to describe what she felt right then. Was it the sorrow of the rabbit dying and the fox grieving? Or pride for her sworn big brother?

It was both, which only made it more tangled.

Gula recovered quickly and told the two to guard him. In truth, he was informing Tang Hao in the dark that he was about to start fusing with the Soul Ring.

The Soul Ring was in the center of the swamp, four meters from safe ground. Gula found a few stones and threw them in, building a simple platform.

Sitting cross-legged on the rock platform, he circulated Mysterious Heaven Skill. The Groudon martial soul appeared behind him, pulling the deep Black Soul Ring onto the martial soul.

A prompt sounded in his ear at the same time.

Unknown style Skill Learning Machine detected. Analyzing...

Analysis complete!

Fire Attribute Control (Gold): After activation, gain the ability to control flames and enhanced flame resistance. Leans toward controlling lava and has an excellent affinity with Groudon.

Earth Element Control (Gold): The ability to control rock and soil. The rest is as above.

Lava Undying Body (Gold~Rainbow): Consume Soul Power to make the body undergo Elemental Transformation, enhancing affinity with Fire and Earth Attributes and the power of related Soul Skills.

Continuously consumes Soul Power. During this period, grants immunity to ten-tenths of physical damage and five-tenths of elemental damage. Damage from the Water Attribute is doubled (can be offset with Soul Power).

Hell Magma Rush (Purple): Command high-temperature magma and pour its might in one direction, dealing mixed physical and elemental damage.

Granite Heavy Armor (Purple): Condense lava essence to forge a suit of granite armor, reducing speed, doubling defense, and granting immunity to physical damage below a certain degree.

At a glance, gold and purple Soul Skills occupied nearly half the options. Among them, the light cluster representing Lava Undying Body showed a faint rainbow halo within the gold, reflecting how extraordinary it was.

"This really is hard to choose."

Gula spoke to himself in his heart.

"I want both Dual Element Control options, but unfortunately I can only choose one. Lava Undying Body is also tempting. Elemental Transformation Soul Skills are extremely rare, especially since it enhances elemental affinity while it lasts, making it equivalent to possessing control over two elements for a short time."

Thinking of this, Gula smiled. Was there even a choice?

Standing on the earth, his Soul Power was infinite, so he had no fear of the terrifying consumption of an Elemental Transformation Soul Skill. Others might have to treat Elemental Transformation as a trump card and wither after using it for a dozen seconds, but Gula had no such concern.

"If I can have both the fish and the bear's paw and still don't choose it, heaven itself won't tolerate it."

Gula selected the Soul Skill and prepared to meet the Soul Shock.

A scorching fire of hatred burned within his Sea of Spirit, as if it meant to devour Gula's spirit to avenge its death.

Gula hovered quietly in the Sea of Spirit. This was the first time he had seen his own Sea of Spirit: a vast azure lake, where Solidified Spiritual Power had transformed into psychic force, bringing his control over Spiritual Power to a peak of meticulous precision.

With a single thought, his spiritual psychic force turned into Sea Waves and instantly extinguished the Flame Lord's lingering will. The other party still tried to flare back to life, but the moment a tiny flame had just kindled, it was swallowed by a massive wave and utterly annihilated.

A sense of pressure came from his physical body. His spine tingled, his ribs trembled, and a scorching warmth swept from his chest through his upper body before gradually cooling down.

Gula had been prepared for this. He had seen his gains in the future.

"An External Soul Bone, an exoskeleton formed from flowing magma. When not activated with Soul Power, it's like pieces of lava scales linked to the spine and ribs."

"It comes with the Soul Skills Fire Element Control and Earth Element Control, as well as the traits of absorbing both elements to cultivate and improve its quality."

"When actively activated, its defensive power and elemental resistance are doubled. It can be shaped at will, flow across the whole body, and protect vital areas."

Gula pondered for a moment. "They call it an External Soul Bone, but it's actually more like part of the Flame Lord's body. Dark red all over, able to flow freely—let's call it Fire God Blood... Forget it, there's already a Fire God in the God Realm. I'll call it Earth Core Blood!"

If you have a good name, you can tell the author. I thought about it for ages and couldn't come up with anything better.