"Once the butterfly's wings unfold..."
After seeing the serpent-like skeleton, Kong examined it carefully and smiled.
The Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Serpent—the source of Oscar's third soul ring. It had likely been severely wounded by Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang before ultimately being killed by Meng Yiran.
This Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Serpent had originally been their prey. In the original story, Zhao Wuji had only proposed a "civilized" duel because the Serpent Lord was absent.
"Butterfly wings?"
Dugu Yan looked at Kong in confusion, then surveyed the surroundings. Other than the trees and that serpent-like skeleton, there were no butterflies.
Kong had not been certain before that this skeleton belonged to a Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Serpent. But after Tang San mentioned the wound beneath its belly caused by a sharp weapon, there was an eighty percent chance that it was one.
"Oscar, do you have any thoughts on your third soul ring?"
Flender scanned the surroundings, remaining alert for danger that could appear at any moment as he questioned Oscar.
Oscar was Shao Xin's direct disciple. With Shao Xin, a food-system Soul Master, as a precedent, he would surely have given his disciple advice before obtaining a soul ring. There was no need for Flender to worry over it.
At those words, Oscar's eyes lit up. He had been waiting a long time for Flender to ask.
If Flender did not speak first, he, as a student, did not dare bring it up rashly. As a food-system Soul Master with no combat power, he did not dare have an opinion on which soul beast to hunt.
"Dean, my first two soul rings respectively grant recovery and detoxification. My teacher said that if my third soul ring could provide an attribute boost or an enhancement effect such as berserk mode, that would be