Confirmation of External Soul Bone, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's Fury

After Tang Hao bid farewell to Tang San, Xiao Lin and Tang San returned to living ordinary lives.

Now that his strength completely surpassed Tang San's in every aspect, Xiao Lin found himself another subject to research.

It concerned External Soul Bones.

How could one obtain an External Soul Bone from a Soul Beast that had already been confirmed to be capable of dropping one?

I'm talking about you, Man Faced Demon Spider.

If Xiao Lin succeeded in his research, then he would follow the original plot.

Tang San could have the Eight Spider Lances, while Xiao Lin would gladly take the Evil Eye Tyrant's External Soul Bone for himself.

If he failed to figure it out, then Xiao Lin would take the Eight Spider Lances himself, and the Evil Eye Tyrant would go to Tang San.

Xiao Lin could not possibly give up an External Soul Bone capable of growing into a divine artifact.

And his good brother Tang San had no reason to be short one External Soul Bone either.

However, if he took the Eight Spider Lances himself, Xiao Lin would need to consider what traits the Man Faced Demon Spider possessed that he actually wanted.

Among the Soul Skills the Man Faced Demon Spider possessed that were compatible with Xiao Lin, he could only think of something like Spider Sense.

Knowing that the chances of an ordinary Soul Beast producing an External Soul Bone were less than one in ten thousand, Xiao Lin absolutely could not give up on External Soul Bones.

Once one Became a God, having one more External Soul Bone was equivalent to having one more divine artifact.

Of the External Soul Bones Xiao Lin knew about, there were only five.

The Eight Spider Lances, Bibi Dong's wings, the Dark Gold Terror Claw, the Evil Eye, and his own Little Bull Horns.

Though he did not know why, Xiao Lin always felt that External Soul Bones could only drop from rare Soul Beasts.

Take the Great Strength Vajra Bull, for example. Though his Great Strength Vajra Bull was not as rare as he had imagined—

—it was still a Soul Beast that was both Great Strength and Vajra. It was already extremely extraordinary.

Didn't the Vajra Tiger absorbed by Dai Mubai's Evil Eye White Tiger only have "Vajra" in its name?

Then there was the Man Faced Demon Spider. It was said to possess a devouring attribute and to be fond of slaughter, which made it unwelcome among countless Soul Beasts. It had been hunted down constantly.

That alone demonstrated its rarity.

Speaking of these rare Soul Beasts, Xiao Lin thought of an even rarer one.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had nearly killed Tang San back then.

It should have had an External Soul Bone too, right? That tail—or perhaps something like an Evil God Pearl?

Tang San had not obtained it back then. Could it be that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's External Soul Bone had gone to another world?

What was the name of that Protagonist who kept building up a harem?

Xiao Lin had long forgotten those people, but the Protagonist in that book seemed to have gotten something from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and then steamrolled his way through everything.

In the end, it seemed that he had even Become a God with Tang San's help?

No matter what, Xiao Lin felt that he had to get the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

If the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger truly had an External Soul Bone, Xiao Lin would help Tang San capture it and give its External Soul Bone to Tang San.

Xiao Lin himself would just work a little harder and absorb both the Eight Spider Lances and the Evil Eye.

Three External Soul Bones, three divine artifacts, Three-in-One.

Simply invincible.

So what if Xiao Lin only had the Imprisoning Dragon Staff Martial Soul? With three divine artifacts, could he still be inferior to Tang San?

The Eight Spider Lances would evolve into god-level wings, granting Xiao Lin Acceleration.

The Little Bull Horns would evolve into a god-level Laser emitter, granting Xiao Lin strength.

And the Evil Eye would evolve into the Eye of God, granting Xiao Lin Mental Power.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

Xiao Lin could not help drawing in a sharp breath. There was no need to think about how to make an External Soul Bone drop at all.

Wouldn't it be enough for him to directly absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider?

Then came the question: he could not just want a Peter Parker-style Soul Skill, could he?

Perhaps the Man Faced Demon Spider was actually quite fast.

Otherwise, it could not have escaped the pursuit of other Soul Beasts. It could not possibly have counter-killed its pursuers every single time, right?

Thinking about it, Xiao Lin realized that seemed to be true.

The External Soul Bone that eventually evolved into Tang San's Sea God Wings could not possibly be bad at speed.

How could something with eight legs possibly run slowly?

If I absorb it...

Xiao Lin's thoughts began to wander.

A two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Power cultivation would definitely make it much faster than his twenty-level self.

Awakening a speed-type Soul Skill was perfectly normal, given the Man Faced Demon Spider's attack speed and attack methods.

Xiao Lin felt that his Soul Skill would probably take one of two forms.

The first would be an incredibly fast, spiderweb-like physical attack. Xiao Lin's Imprisoning Dragon Staff would cast countless overlapping shadows, resembling a spiderweb—a Heavenly Net.

The second would be an extremely fast energy-based attack: perhaps an energy spiderweb defense formed through Indestructible Body, or perhaps an incredibly fine spiderweb combined with Indestructible Body's energy attacks to create terrifying cutting power.

His Soul Skill might also carry a bit of poison.

But Xiao Lin had never worried about poison affecting a Soul Master's body.

First, he had Tang San, an expert in both detoxification and poisons. Second, he had the Eight Spider Lances, with their highly toxic attribute and devouring ability.

Xiao Lin wasn't worried about poison. It was just that the Man Faced Demon Spider was still somewhat incompatible with him.

The enhancement it provided to his body definitely wouldn't be as outrageous as his first Soul Skill.

But with an External Soul Bone, what more could Xiao Lin ask for?

The two stages of enhancement from Weapon Soul True Body were also enough to make Xiao Lin no slower than an agility-type Soul Master.

No, he still had to think of a way. The Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring was far too incompatible with him.

He remembered that Huo Yuhao's Dark Gold Terror Claw had been given to him because no one else could absorb it.

Could he do the same thing?

Alright, with the matter of the Man Faced Demon Spider more or less settled, Xiao Lin finally had time to continue helping Tang San research the possibilities of Food System Blue Silver Grass.

Notting City, Notting City Junior Academy.

Inside a private office.

Yu Xiaogang trembled all over, his furious gaze fixed firmly on the manuscript in his hand.

His submission had been rejected!

He was the Grandmaster!

Looking at Spirit News's reply, Yu Xiaogang nearly coughed up blood.

"Sorry, your theory does not meet Spirit News's requirements. You may try submitting it to Spirit News in another city."

Rejected! They actually dared to reject his manuscript!

Did they know who he was?

Wasn't his research on Blue Silver Grass cultivation and Soul Ring absorption reasonable enough?

Wasn't this his optimal Soul Ring configuration and optimal Soul Ring selection?

Yu Xiaogang only felt utterly humiliated, nearly tearing the manuscript in his hand to shreds.

Damn it, damn it all!

Over the past few days, Yu Xiaogang had heard the other teachers whispering and disparaging him. Not only had he not cared, he had held his head high and looked at those teachers with utter disdain.

A lion would not be hurt by the mockery of mice.

But that was because he had believed his theories would be wildly popular and sell across the entire continent.

Now, didn't that make him seem shameless before?

He was Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang!

Yu Xiaogang was filled with indignation and deeply dissatisfied with Spirit Hall's editors for failing to recognize his shining brilliance.

Fine, fine, fine. Since that was the case, Yu Xiaogang would stop pretending.

He would lay his cards on the table. He was the Grandmaster!

This time, he would write his own name on it and see whether they still dared to reject his manuscript.

Yu Xiaogang looked at the already crumpled manuscript in his hand and frowned.

Wouldn't a manuscript like this make him seem utterly lacking in poise?

He couldn't let others know that he had flown into a rage from embarrassment.

Besides, while the Soul Ring selection for Blue Silver Grass was perfect, hardly anyone could cultivate that useless Martial Soul. That was his mistake.

Then this time, he would write about a staff Martial Soul. How would Spirit Hall respond then?

Hmph. As for that Tang San, as long as he revealed the secret of his Twin Martial Souls, Tang San would naturally worship him.

Yu Xiaogang then sat back down in his office chair and began writing about Soul Ring configurations for staff Martial Souls.

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