"Less than a one-in-ten-thousand drop rate, and I actually ran into it. Could I be one of those favored by fate too?"
Only Tang San could compare to this kind of luck. He could casually kill a soul beast and have it drop a soul bone.
However, Mu Zhe shook his head, reining in the delight on his face. What chosen one of fate? This was nothing more than a high-probability event.
He had heard that soul beasts were more likely to drop soul bones when they were in extreme grief. Yu Xiaogang had written that in his book, though Mu Zhe had no idea whether there was any basis for it.
Still, it had been copied from Spirit Hall, so presumably there was some data to support it.
And before the Soul Devouring Demonic Spider died, it had been quite sorrowful. Its mournful cries had even attracted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
But Mu Zhe had another guess. Soul beasts with noble bloodlines, great strength, and the ability to fight above their rank had a much higher chance of dropping soul bones.
Wasn't that obvious?
In the original work, creatures like the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger were prime examples of fighting above their rank. Every time one was killed, it dropped a soul bone on the spot.
The Soul Devouring Demonic Spider was the offspring of the Soul Devouring Spider Empress, and it too could fight above its rank. Was it really so unreasonable for it to drop an External Soul Bone?
Mu Zhe held his breath and focused, carefully sensing the changes in his body. In only a moment, he found the bridge connecting his body to the External Soul Bone.
Then, his Spiritual Power extended toward the soul bone, and a