Douluo: One Thought of God and Demon, Inheriting the Dual God Positions of Good and Evil

Soul rings had a powerful strengthening effect on the body, especially soul rings that exceeded their age limit.

"How is it, Xiaoxue? Does this soul ring suit you?" Qian Renxin stepped forward and asked.

"Mhm, Brother, I really like this soul ring!"

Qian Renxue hugged Qian Renxin and said coquettishly with delight,

"My soul skill is called Angel's Guard. When I use the soul ring, it automatically creates a protective barrier. As long as an attack comes, it will automatically protect my body. When there are no attacks, it remains invisible, and it consumes relatively little Soul Power."

This soul ring suited her perfectly.

Her first soul ring, Angel Impact, was an offensive soul skill, while her second soul skill, Angel Wings, could increase her speed and evasive ability.

And as an outstanding assault-type martial soul,

she already possessed both speed and attack power, so she certainly could not lack defensive ability.

Angel's Guard was clearly perfect for her. She would not even need to distract herself with deploying a shield to block attacks while attacking.

"Young Master, are we heading back to Spirit Hall next?" Ling Yuan stepped forward and asked.

"No, I still need to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest for a while." Qian Renxin shook his head.

Since he had already come all this way,

and there were still a little over four months before Yang Wudi finished refining the medicine, there was no need to make another trip back to Spirit Hall. Traveling back and forth would take quite a bit of time as well.

Bibi Dong asked curiously,

"Xiaoxue has already obtained her soul ring. Xin'er, do you have somewhere else to go?"

"Of course. I need to hunt Man Faced Demon Spiders." Qian Renxin smiled. "And I need to search for and hunt them on a large scale. They should be around two thousand years old. While Yang Wudi is refining medicine, we will kill every Man Faced Demon Spider of that age until one drops an External Soul Bone."

"An External Soul Bone? Xin'er... do you have a grudge against Man Faced Demon Spiders?" Bibi Dong asked in shock.

External Soul Bones were exceedingly rare. She had always wanted one that could grow alongside her.

In the Soul Master World, soul masters generally valued External Soul Bones above soul bones that were several tens of thousands of years old, though below Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

But in reality,

in the eyes of top-tier soul masters, External Soul Bones were even more valuable than Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, and far rarer.

Even an organization as powerful as Spirit Hall would not keep an External Soul Bone in storage. They would generally select a genius of the current generation to absorb and nurture it.

"No grudge. It is merely for profit." Qian Renxin shook his head.

Bibi Dong wanted to say more,

but when she recalled the soul bone Qian Renxin had just obtained, she forcefully swallowed her words.

Qian Renxin had managed to hunt a soul bone from a four-thousand-year soul beast.

Even searching for an External Soul Bone from two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spiders no longer seemed entirely unimaginable.

"If we are looking for Man Faced Demon Spiders, my martial souls might be useful." Bibi Dong manifested her two Spider Emperor Martial Souls.

Two enormous phantom spiders appeared behind her, their terrifying green glow illuminating the sky.

The insects within a radius of ten thousand meters immediately trembled faintly, not daring to make any rash movements.

Both of her martial souls were undisputed emperor-class martial souls among insects. They possessed extremely strong bloodline suppression and had sharper perception of spider-type soul beasts.

Qian Renxin was not surprised in the slightest.

The reason he had brought Bibi Dong to Star Dou Forest to search for the Eight Spider Lances was precisely because she could save them a great deal of time.

Otherwise, with the Star Dou Great Forest being so vast,

without the blessing of luck,

forget five months—even after searching for one or two years, they might not find that particular Man Faced Demon Spider.

"Then let us set off."

Qian Renxin sat atop the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and took a Spirit Gathering Pill from his Spatial Soul Tool.

It was pale white throughout, with a sweet fragrance when swallowed.

The Spirit Gathering Pill could automatically gather Soul Power to aid his cultivation. Its effect would be somewhat reduced when he was not cultivating in seclusion.

But as long as he did not mobilize the Soul Power within his body, the effect could last for a month.

He had to admit that Yang Wudi's Premium Medicine truly each possessed its own marvelous qualities.

Bibi Dong sat on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as it flew through the air.

Using the connection between spiders, she searched for Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spiders within a radius of ten thousand meters.

Whenever she found one, she would tell Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the others waiting nearby, who would deal with the Man Faced Demon Spider.

At the same time,

if they discovered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, they would hunt it together and feed it to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Together with the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts from Spirit Hall,

the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger devoured more and more power. Not only did its body gradually grow stronger, but its wings also began to emit a faint purple glow, making it appear even more extraordinary than before.

"Could it be condensing a soul bone?" Qian Renxin reached out and touched the wings in surprise, sensing their wondrous changes.

It had not even reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation yet, but it had already condensed its first soul bone ahead of time. That was quite an unexpected delight.

Furthermore, this soul bone was most likely an External Soul Bone located on its back. If he could absorb it, he would likely inherit at least the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's wind, lightning, strength, and spatial attributes.

Obtained the Eight Spider Lances!

With Bibi Dong's martial souls assisting them,

searching for Man Faced Demon Spiders became much easier. They could find a two- or three-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider almost every day.

Man Faced Demon Spiders were rare soul beasts. Though they were not as absurdly powerful as soul beasts such as the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, they were still terrifying beings among soul beasts of the same level and could often fight opponents beyond their age.

They continued searching through the mixed zone and outer zone.

After nearly three months, more than half of the Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spiders in the mixed and outer regions of Star Dou Forest had been killed.

However,

not a single External Soul Bone had dropped.

The next morning,

Qian Renxin opened his eyes atop the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's back. After sensing the fluctuations of Soul Power within his body, he felt reassured.

He had used three doses of Spirit Gathering Pills to aid his cultivation.

He had now reached rank thirty-nine Soul Elder, advancing two ranks in just three months.

Of course, he had also used a packet of Blood Lotus Wound Powder to temper his body, which had greatly aided the growth of his Soul Power. Otherwise, the Spirit Gathering Pills alone would not have allowed him to advance so quickly.

"Strange. Why have we still not found the Eight Spider Lances..." Qian Renxin found it somewhat strange.

Logically speaking, Tang San was about to be born. There were only a dozen or so years left until he obtained the Eight Spider Lances.

For a Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had lived for at least several centuries, an error of a dozen years should have been insignificant. The Eight Spider Lances soul bone should already have been condensed by now.

So had obtaining that soul bone earlier exhausted all his luck, leaving him without any luck's blessing now?

"Xin'er, should we continue searching? We have already killed sixty or seventy Thousand-Year Man Faced Demon Spiders..." Bibi Dong asked.

It was not that she pitied those soul beasts. She simply believed that such pointless killing should be reduced as much as possible.

After all, the soul beasts in Star Dou Forest were already becoming increasingly scarce. If this continued, it would only become harder and harder for soul masters to hunt soul rings.

"Let us search for another half a month. If we still do not find it, we will return to Heaven Dou City to collect the Premium Medicine." Qian Renxin spoke helplessly.

Although the Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone was indeed rare, he could not delay himself for too long over a single External Soul Bone.

Fortunately, during a hunting operation a few days later,

Yue Guan hurried back in his Martial Soul Avatar, carrying the corpse of a Man Faced Demon Spider.

This Man Faced Demon Spider was about one or two meters long. Its lower abdomen bore black-and-white facial markings that were extremely unsettling.

Its eight black-haired spider legs lay side by side before it. Yet at the center of the legs' spine, a miniature set of eight deep-purple spider legs had condensed, like a resplendent gemstone.

"This... it really is... an External Soul Bone?" Bibi Dong came before the Man Faced Demon Spider, her face filled with shock.

This was the first External Soul Bone she had ever seen.

But she had heard a little about them.

Generally, soul bones not limited to the six ordinary soul bone positions were called External Soul Bones.

And a soul bone like spider legs would certainly be outside a soul master's body and would not belong to the torso.

Yue Guan's expression was also complicated, as though something impossible had appeared right before his eyes.

If Qian Renxin had merely happened to obtain a soul bone when hunting the spirit deer before, that could still be explained as simple coincidence.

But to specifically name the External Soul Bone of a Man Faced Demon Spider was simply astonishing...

He was not even trying to hide it anymore, was he...

"Congratulations, Young Master, on obtaining another supreme treasure." Ling Yuan clasped her hands in congratulations. "Young Master, absorb it quickly. We will guard you. Although this is only a two-thousand-year External Soul Bone, its power will increase as your Soul Power rises. It can be said to be the best possible choice for your first soul bone!"

Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Bibi Dong all agreed.

External Soul Bones had always been treasures that genius soul masters dreamed of obtaining. After all, a soul bone that could grow stronger alongside its owner would always prove useful in battle.

Qian Renxin shook his head.

"I do not intend to absorb this soul bone."

Ling Yuan and the others exchanged glances, curiosity filling their faces.

Logically speaking,

Qian Renxin had not absorbed a single soul bone yet. An External Soul Bone should have been the best possible choice for his first one.

Qian Renxin called the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to his side and revealed its purple-glowing wings.

"Xiao An has already condensed its first soul bone. It should be a wing soul bone, which would conflict with the position of this spider soul bone. Besides, a spider soul bone is not particularly suitable for me. External Soul Bones are still better when they match one's martial soul."

"Once Xiao An reaches a hundred thousand years of cultivation, I will be able to absorb that soul bone."

The others clicked their tongues in amazement.

"An External Soul Bone is already a treasure. A hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone is likely scarcely recorded across the entire continent. Its potential ceiling may be even higher."

They also understood why Qian Renxin had refused to absorb this External Soul Bone.

Although External Soul Bones would grow stronger with their owner's abilities and evolve as their age increased,

that did not mean there was no difference in quality.

As a top-tier soul beast, the External Soul Bone dropped by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would absolutely surpass that of a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider.

Since they were both External Soul Bones for the same position, Qian Renxin would naturally choose the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's External Soul Bone.

Qian Renxin stepped forward and picked up the External Soul Bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider, pondering slightly.

He had no use for this External Soul Bone, so he was naturally planning to give it to someone close to him.