The moment Three-Eyed Golden Lion's vertical eye pressed against Shen He's forehead, both Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Shen He's bodies began to tremble violently.
The tremors vanished in an instant, but they stirred an indescribable feeling in both their hearts. Immediately afterward, Shen He felt dizziness wash over him, and his mind suddenly went blank. Even his spiritual space seemed to disappear.
Rings of strange, distorted halos enveloped Shen He and Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Their bodies seemed to turn transparent, with flickering light glimmering faintly between them.
With every change in the light, some of the evil energy that had invaded Shen He's soul from Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul dissipated under the influence of Three-Eyed Golden Lion's light power. At the same time, he could clearly feel his soul growing stronger.
Three-Eyed Golden Lion itself possessed an attribute close to the level of ultimate light, along with the bloodline of a Golden Dragon. This was also why it would eventually be able to transform into the Golden Dragon Martial Soul of ultimate power.
As Shen He's blank consciousness gradually recovered, his spiritual space once again appeared within his perception. He was surprised to discover that something seemed to have been added to it. The entire spiritual space had at least doubled in size, and within it lingered an indistinct aura.
So this is Attribute Reception from Three-Eyed Golden Lion? The power of destiny really is mysterious!
The only drawback was that Three-Eyed Golden Lion had a few too many memory fragments.
Shen He looked at the memory fragments of Three-Eyed Golden Lion scattered throughout his spiritual space and felt rather helpless. What was there to see in Three-Eyed Golden Lion's many years of forest life, from birth until now?
An animal documentary, but with soul beasts?
Although he grumbled inwardly, Shen He was still incredibly grateful to Three-Eyed Golden Lion for saving his life.
Feeling his soul's strength, Shen He cast an ill-intentioned look at Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul, which had been forced into a corner by the light power.
Heh heh heh! Weren't you acting all high and mighty just now? Now it's my turn! Come here! Let me take a look!
Seeing Shen He, who had completely shaken off his previous weakness and was now full of energy, Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul knew that it was doomed. It repeatedly retreated while roaring and issuing threats.
Translated into human speech, it probably meant: Brother Shen, no! Don't come over!
After dealing with Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul, absorbing the soul ring became smooth sailing. A black soul ring symbolizing ten thousand years appeared in the position of Shen He's third soul ring. This was also the first ten-thousand-year third soul ring in the history of Douluo Continent.
After absorbing the soul ring, Shen He slowly rose to his feet. He instinctively infused his Soul Power into the third soul ring. As black light flashed from it, a dense evil aura poured out, enveloping Shen He. The evil energy transformed into streaks of black patterns that crawled from Shen He's heart across his entire body, giving him explosive power. The black patterns made him seem strangely and wickedly charming.
"Evil God Transformation?"
Shen He murmured the name of the soul skill he had obtained from the soul ring, feeling the enhancement it granted him.
"It stimulates the body through the power of the Evil God, increasing the body's strength in every aspect? The enhancement is nearly fifty percent!"
"It feels like I can now go all out and fight Titan Giant Ape to a standstill!"
Shen He clenched his fist and glanced around before locking onto Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse. Then, his Sacred Body Martial Soul erupted at full power, and he circulated Battle Saint Law with all his might. After injecting Soul Power, he threw a punch. The force of the punch transformed into a golden divine dragon, intending to whip Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse even after death.
"Take that for scheming against me!"
The violent surge of Soul Power shot straight toward Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse. However, after destroying most of the corpse, it stopped instead of continuing. Shen He was somewhat puzzled. He stepped forward for a closer look and discovered that Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had actually dropped a soul bone.
"This is its wing section! This is an External Soul Bone!"
After stepping forward and picking up the soul bone, Shen He looked somewhat embarrassedly toward Scarlet King, who was guarding Three-Eyed Golden Lion nearby.
"Senior, sorry to trouble you with guarding me again."
"Mm, go ahead."
Scarlet King glanced at Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who was still half-asleep after helping Shen He, and gave a faint nod with his three heads, indicating his consent.
After receiving permission, Shen He immediately began absorbing this External Soul Bone from Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Because he had absorbed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring, Shen He's absorption of the soul bone went much more smoothly this time.
In less than half an hour, Shen He absorbed Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul bone. When one person absorbed both the soul ring and soul bone dropped by the same soul beast, the enhancement was considerable.
With a thought from Shen He, Soul Power poured into the bone. A pair of black Evil God Wings swept out from his shoulder blades. With a gentle flap, they carried Shen He into the air.
The ability to fly!
One had to know that in Douluo Continent, only soul masters at the Titled Douluo level or above could fly through the air. Other soul masters needed flight-type martial souls or flight soul skills to fly for extended periods. Yet Shen He's External Soul Bone had granted him the ability to fly.
Moreover, judging by appearances, his flying speed was quite impressive. This ability alone was enough to make Shen He virtually invincible. Even if he encountered a powerful enemy, there was no need to fear, much less with the system's modification ability.
Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was somewhat sinister, but the equipment it dropped was excellent. Shen He was quite satisfied.
After circling through the air for a while, Shen He controlled Evil God Wings and slowly descended.
"Shen He thanks the two of you."
After Shen He thanked the two soul beasts, Scarlet King let out a cold snort and urged him on.
"You saved the little ancestor's life, and now the little ancestor saved yours. You owe each other nothing. Why are you still dawdling here? Hurry up and leave."
Seeing Scarlet King's gesture of driving him away, Shen He glanced at the sky and realized that, without him noticing, it was already the next morning. After determining his direction, he headed toward the members of Shrek.
Only after Shen He left did Scarlet King speak to Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who had her eyes closed and was pretending to rest.
"Little ancestor, he's gone. Shall we head back too? Look, even this Soft Bone Rabbit isn't fresh anymore."
"Okay."
Three-Eyed Golden Lion replied casually without looking toward Scarlet King. She merely gazed in the direction Shen He had left, somewhat curious.
During the Attribute Reception between her and Shen He, Shen He had obtained several tens of thousands of years' worth of Three-Eyed Golden Lion's memory fragments, and Three-Eyed Golden Lion had naturally obtained some of Shen He's memory fragments as well.
Of course, with the system's screening, Three-Eyed Golden Lion could not see anything about Shen He's previous life or the system.
But even from Shen He's memory fragments of Douluo Continent alone, she gained a general understanding of the human world and developed considerable interest in it.
Humans were not simply creatures that only knew how to slaughter soul beasts, as she had imagined. Like soul beasts, they had a world of their own.
There were good and bad soul beasts, and there were good and bad humans. Shen He was a perfect example. Three-Eyed Golden Lion had never imagined that she would be saved by a human, much less that she would use Attribute Reception to save one.
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