Starting Shared Heavens from Douluo Continent

Clearly, a three-ringed Soul Elder's soul skill could never summon a Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider comparable to a Soul King. Therefore, the reason Dai Changsheng could summon this Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider was likely because he had used the soul bone skill attached to the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone Benson had sensed last night.

"..."

Hearing Benson's words, Dai Changsheng revealed a somewhat strange expression.

This humanoid pangolin seemed to have misunderstood something, yet his conclusion was very close to the correct answer.

Aid and Abet was indeed a soul bone skill, but the Thousand-Year Adamant Tiger's tailbone was not a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. It was an External Soul Bone.

"Xiao Hei, trap him!"

Upon hearing Dai Changsheng's command, the Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider immediately sprayed another mass of white mucus, which enveloped the humanoid pangolin.

"Naive!"

Looking at the white spiderweb descending upon him, Benson's eyes flashed with disdain. The fifth soul ring around his body glowed faintly, and his two thick beast claws instantly turned blood-red.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The humanoid pangolin swung his claws fiercely, shooting out several blood-red blade lights that formed a sinister crimson blade net, tearing the web spat out by the Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider into pieces.

A Man Faced Demon Spider could only spit webs three times a day. Once it spat out its third web, that little brat would be at my mercy!

After forcibly shredding the Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider's web, Benson could not help sneering inwardly.

Riiip—

Just as Benson believed victory was assured, a terrifying gust of wind suddenly shot toward him. A lightning-like figure then darted past his side with unstoppable speed.

???

Benson instinctively turned his head, only to feel his vision spin wildly. All he saw was a somewhat familiar headless corpse.

"Phew..."

At the same time, Dai Changsheng, who had transformed into a white tiger-man, gripped a black-gold greatsaber tightly. He exhaled a visible puff of white mist and said flatly in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunderbolt Flash!"

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Three-tailed Fox Skull

Dai Changsheng had always regarded the Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider as an auxiliary companion for a control-type soul master. He himself was the true killing move!

While Benson's attention had been drawn entirely to the web released by the Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider, Dai Changsheng decisively used his First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill.

With the dual enhancement of White Tiger Adamant Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation, all of Dai Changsheng's attributes surged by 250%. His arm strength jumped from over a thousand jin to more than three thousand.

Combined with the explosive speed of Thunder Breathing, even Benson, a level sixty-three battle Soul Emperor, found it difficult to evade Dai Changsheng's fatal strike!

"Xiao Hei, you're free now. Release!"

Following Dai Changsheng's low shout, the Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider he had forcibly enslaved suddenly transformed into specks of starlight and dissipated into the air.

"Rise!"

Having freed up a slave slot, Dai Changsheng immediately used Aid and Abet, forcibly converting Benson's still-undispersed soul into a Soul Battle Slave.

Perhaps because Benson had been in his Martial Soul Possession state when he died, after his soul was converted into a Soul Battle Slave, it still retained the form of a humanoid pangolin. Six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—still circled his body.

Benson, who retained part of his intelligence, first looked around before kneeling on one knee before Dai Changsheng. "This old servant Benson greets Master!"

"You can actually speak?"

Faced with Dai Changsheng's surprised gaze, Benson respectfully answered, "In reply to Master, although this old servant has lost most of his memories, I have retained some common knowledge and combat memories. Therefore, I can speak like a normal person."

"I see!"

Dai Changsheng nodded subconsciously, then revealed a thoughtful expression.

Under normal circumstances, Soul Battle Slaves converted by Aid and Abet retained only around seventy percent of their strength from when they were alive. In other words, they lost thirty percent of their soul power.

Because soul beasts were already not very intelligent, even if their soul power was weakened and their memories damaged, it did not affect them too greatly.

Human soul masters like Benson were different. With roughly thirty percent of his soul power weakened, he had directly lost many memories. His strength was likely not even seventy percent of what it had been in life.

"Benson, how did you discover that I possess a soul bone?"

"In reply to Master, when this old servant was hunting soul beasts years ago, I was fortunate enough to obtain a precious head soul bone from a Ten Thousand Year Three-tailed Fox."

Pointing at the orange-yellow skull beside his corpse that resembled a fox's head, Benson said, "The soul skill attached to this Ten Thousand Year Three-tailed Fox Skull is called Soul Power Perception. It allows its user to clearly sense all soul power fluctuations within a radius of one thousand meters.

"It was only because this old servant accidentally sensed the soul power fluctuation emitted by the soul bone in your hand last night that I deduced you possessed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone."

"So that's what happened~"

Hearing this, Dai Changsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out Benson had only inadvertently sensed the soul power fluctuation emitted by the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone. He could not directly sense the aura of the soul bone that had already fused into Dai Changsheng's body.

If others learned that a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had fused into his body, even Title Douluo-level powerhouses would likely be unable to resist intercepting and killing Dai Changsheng.

After all, soul bones were unlike soul rings. They did not disappear along with a soul master's death.

It was precisely because Dai Changsheng understood the attraction a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone held for Title Douluo that he chose to run away from home. He wanted to conceal everything about the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and quietly make a fortune!

"What a pity~"

After staring at the Ten Thousand Year Three-tailed Fox Skull for a while, Dai Changsheng ultimately gave up on using it and stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.

Although Soul Power Perception was an excellent auxiliary soul skill, Dai Changsheng had high standards for soul bone quality. At the very least, only a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone or an External Soul Bone was worthy of fusing into his body.

As for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone like the Three-tailed Fox Skull, Dai Changsheng decided he would give it to Bibi Dong as a gift after returning to Spirit City!

Of course, Bibi Dong would surely disdain such a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone. She would most likely pass it on to Hu Liena.

That way, he could raise Bibi Dong's favorability and Hu Liena's favorability at the same time, truly getting two benefits from one fish!

After putting away the Three-tailed Fox Skull, Dai Changsheng followed Benson's guidance and retrieved the Storage Soul Tool he had hidden underground nearby, inheriting all of his wealth.

With the exceptional soul skill Soul Power Perception, Benson had committed quite a few murders and robberies, naturally accumulating considerable wealth.

Whenever Benson engaged in such business, he would first use the Earth Escape Soul Skill to hide the Storage Soul Tool containing all his belongings.

That way, even if Benson accidentally met with disaster, he would not be giving his killer a free windfall.

Benson had simply never imagined that he would encounter such an oddity as Dai Changsheng. Not only had he been killed in return, but even his soul had been enslaved, rendering all his plans useless.

Whoosh—

After briefly taking stock of Benson's belongings, Dai Changsheng smiled in satisfaction. He then summoned the Ten Thousand Year Light Swan and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Several days later

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest

When Dai Changsheng absorbed his second soul ring, he had already been able to absorb soul rings from soul beasts with up to twelve thousand years of soul power.

Now that he had shared Demon Slayer Dai Changsheng's physical constitution and soul power, and with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone fused into his body, the soul ring limit he could absorb was around twenty thousand years.

However, tiger-type soul beasts were already quite rare. Finding one with around twenty thousand years of soul power that also had a high chance of awakening an enhancement-type soul skill was no easy task. It mostly came down to luck.

Therefore, while searching for soul beasts, Dai Changsheng subconsciously lowered his standards. He no longer insisted on obtaining a soul ring from a tiger-type soul beast, as long as it had a high chance of awakening an enhancement-type soul skill.

Fortunately, heaven did not disappoint those who persevered!

After several days of searching, Dai Changsheng finally found a suitable soul beast: a Phantom Leopard with around twenty thousand years of soul power.

According to the information Dai Changsheng had gathered, soul masters who possessed the White Tiger Martial Soul had a high chance of awakening a speed-enhancing soul skill after absorbing a Phantom Leopard's soul ring.

Although Phantom Leopards were famed for their speed, once Benson delayed it with his soul skill, its fate was already sealed!

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Phantom Clone

Seizing the opportunity while the Ten Thousand Year Phantom Leopard was delayed by Benson, Dai Changsheng used his First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill without hesitation. His body instantly grew to over two meters tall.

Thunder Breathing First Form: Thunderbolt Flash!

Holding the Soul Severing Saber, Dai Changsheng leaned forward slightly and stomped down hard, leaving behind a deep pit roughly one meter wide as he shot forward like lightning.

Splurt—

As a chilling flash of blade light swept past, the slender Phantom Leopard was beheaded by a single slash from Dai Changsheng. A sinister fountain of blood immediately soared into the sky.

Looking at the black soul ring slowly forming above the Ten Thousand Year Phantom Leopard's corpse, Dai Changsheng said without turning around, "Benson, stand guard for me. I'm going to absorb the soul ring."

"This old servant obeys!"

Benson nodded respectfully and began vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

Because the enhancement effects of the First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill could last for around half an hour, Dai Changsheng had a fairly easy time absorbing the soul ring while in his enhanced state.

After half an hour of full-force refinement, Dai Changsheng had refined more than half of the soul power contained within the Ten Thousand Year Phantom Leopard's soul ring.

Although the enhancement state around Dai Changsheng had now faded, the small amount of soul power remaining in the soul ring could no longer place any burden on him.

Before long, Dai Changsheng completely absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Phantom Leopard's soul ring. Detailed information regarding his Third Soul Skill surfaced in his mind.

Phantom Clone? Wasn't it supposed to be an enhancement-type soul skill?

After understanding the effects of his Third Soul Skill, Dai Changsheng first frowned, then revealed a satisfied smile.

Dai Changsheng's newly awakened Third Soul Skill was called Phantom Clone. Its effect was simple: it allowed him to split into four Phantom Clones with the same strength as his main body.

Not only did those Phantom Clones possess physical forms, but they could also use soul skills just like his main body.

Its only drawback was that their duration was too short. The summoned Phantom Clones could exist for at most one minute, while the soul skill had a cooldown of as long as ten minutes.

Although Phantom Clone was not an enhancement-type soul skill, it would grow stronger as Dai Changsheng's strength increased. It was still an exceptional soul skill.

Feeling the substantial increase in soul power within his body, Dai Changsheng immediately took out the soul power testing crystal he had prepared beforehand and tested his current soul power.

Flash!!!

The instant Dai Changsheng's hands touched the crystal ball, the entire sphere shone brightly with blue light, eventually displaying the mark of level thirty-eight soul power.

Level thirty-eight? Then after cultivating for another two or three months, wouldn't I be able to absorb my fourth soul ring? Hahaha...

Even though Dai Changsheng had long expected that refining the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone would bring him enormous benefits, he could not help throwing back his head and laughing.

Apart from the massive increase in soul power, Dai Changsheng's height had also been forcefully increased by a great deal due to the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and the Ten Thousand Year Phantom Leopard soul ring. He now stood around 1.75 meters tall.

Judging by appearance alone, Dai Changsheng did not look like a seven-year-old child at all. Instead, he looked like a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old youth.

After adapting to his greatly increased strength, Dai Changsheng did not immediately leave the Star Dou Great Forest. Instead, he began searching for his third Soul Battle Slave.

Since Dai Changsheng already had the auxiliary-type Ten Thousand Year Light Swan and the attack-oriented Benson, he planned to find a control-type Soul Battle Slave next.

While searching for the Ten Thousand Year Phantom Leopard earlier, Dai Changsheng had also discovered traces of several Ten Thousand Year soul beasts and memorized the range of their activity areas.

Among them was a Cave Spider with roughly twenty-two thousand years of soul power, which was perfectly suited to serve as Dai Changsheng's third Soul Battle Slave.

Like the Man Faced Demon Spider, the Cave Spider was among the most formidable spider-type demonic beasts, though they followed different paths.

The Man Faced Demon Spider was known for its overwhelming attack power and deadly venom, while the Cave Spider excelled at using terrain to create all sorts of traps for its opponents, relying on its special abilities to ambush and kill them.

The Cave Spider's silk was even thicker than that of the Man Faced Demon Spider. Although it was not poisonous, it was tougher than Man Faced Demon Spider silk.

Furthermore, the silk was coated in an extremely sticky liquid that hardened upon contact with the wind. In the blink of an eye, the strands became as hard as steel, forming a true spiderweb prison.

The Cave Spider's innate skill was called Web Cage. Anywhere it had traveled might be left with spider silk.

It could control that silk with its mental power. As soon as an enemy entered its range, it would activate immediately, trapping the enemy inside a spiderweb prison as hard as steel.

If the enemy was weak, it would take the opportunity to kill them. If the enemy was too powerful, it could temporarily trap them with this skill and buy itself time to escape.

Most importantly, when Web Cage activated, there were no warning signs or energy fluctuations. Even beings stronger than the Cave Spider could fall into its trap if they were careless.

Before long, Dai Changsheng arrived once more in the territory of that Ten Thousand Year Cave Spider.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Dai Changsheng first used his First Soul Skill and Second Soul Skill, raising his strength to its peak. He then used his Third Soul Skill, splitting off four Phantom Clones identical to his main body.

With a thought from Dai Changsheng, one of the Phantom Clones immediately charged toward the Cave Spider's territory.

Boom!!!