Dugu Yan shouted the name of her move with great theatrical flair.
The Emerald Green Snake Tail coiled around the point connecting the Man Faced Demon Spider's abdomen and head in an eerie fashion.
With a slight twist of her water snake waist, the snake tail slowly tightened inward.
Crack~
A teeth-grinding sound echoed through the clearing.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's prideful carapace defense shattered inch by inch as if it were made of paper.
Its eight spider legs struggled desperately, yet it was still futile.
Gradually,
the Man Faced Demon Spider stopped struggling. The connecting point had been completely constricted into two halves by Dugu Yan.
Even so, its six Compound Eyes remained filled with terror and unwillingness.
It seemed unable to understand where a mere Little Thin Monkey had found such tremendous strength.
"Damn!" Tang Xuan's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
In the Original Work,
even when Tang San had wielded the Clear Sky Hammer weighing over five hundred jin, he had failed to harm the two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider.
Yet now, Dugu Yan had forcibly... torn it apart?
Even if she had attacked the weak point shared by all spider-type Spirit Beasts, it should not have been this easy, right?
"Hehe, Man Faced Demon Spider? Taken down!" Dugu Yan's tone was exceedingly smug.
Yet she could not conceal the weakness hidden beneath it.
Her face was as white as paper.
It was clear that this Perverted Soul Bone Skill consumed an enormous amount of her energy.
"Nine Heart Begonia, heal!"
"Nine Treasures Manifested as Glazed Tile, Nine Treasures Have Name, third: Soul!"
Two soft cries rang out at the same time.
Under the dual Soul Power Amplification of Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong,
Dugu Yan instantly recovered to full health. She smiled lightly and said, "Ling Ling, Rong Rong, thanks~"
"Enough with the pointless stuff, Sister Yanzi. Tell us about your Soul Bone already. That strength is nearly on par with Brother Xuan's." Ning Rongrong's face was full of anticipation.
The others felt the same, including Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi.
Dugu Yan did not keep them guessing and said directly, "The Soul Bone Tang Xiao Xuan gave me is a Torso Bone. As its name suggests, its Soul Bone Skill, Dragon Binding Strangulation, uses Dragon Binding Strength to strangle the target. Other than the high consumption, it basically has no weaknesses."
"Most importantly, this Soul Bone came from a Nine Nether Binding Dragon Python and is more than thirty thousand years old!"
"What?" Everyone cried out in unison.
They were not shocked by its thirty-thousand-year age or its most precious body part.
They were shocked because it had come from a Nine Nether Binding Dragon Python.
This kind of Spirit Beast was extremely special.
First, it possessed nothing but strength, yet that strength was powerful enough to rival the Titan Giant Ape.
Second, only Spirit Masters with Snake Type Martial Souls could possibly inherit the Nine Nether Binding Dragon Python's terrifying strength.
To ordinary Spirit Masters, it was basically a Waste Ring.
No matter how old it was, it was useless except as a Martial Soul Avatar.
This was a rule that countless Spirit Masters had concluded through the endless bloodshed of the Nine Nether Binding Dragon Python clan.
As a result, on the current continent,
Nine Nether Binding Dragon Pythons were likely even rarer than Titan Giant Apes, or even Sky Azure Bull Pythons.
"Hah~ Xue Xing, Xue Xing, you really did give me a great treasure..." Tang Xuan sighed emotionally.
The weakness of Control System Soul Masters had always been close-quarters combat.
Dugu Yan was naturally no exception.
But now that Dugu Yan possessed the Nine Nether Binding Dragon Python Trunk Bone,
her strength in team battles could completely rise by several levels.
To put it bluntly,
the current Dugu Yan could even contend with Tang San of the same period in terms of individual combat power.
"What does this have to do with Xue Xing? This is all thanks to you, Tang Xiao Xuan. Without you, forget this superb Soul Bone. Whether Grandpa and I would even still be alive would be uncertain. I should be the one thanking you for everything I have today." Dugu Yan looked at Tang Xuan with gratitude filling her eyes.
Removing the In-Utero Poison was one great kindness.
Giving her a Soul Bone was another.
Along with the Narcissus Jade Marrow Bone that could change one's fate against the heavens,
the debt of gratitude the Dugu Lineage owed Tang Xuan could never be repaid.
"Don't be so formal. Hurry up and absorb the Spirit Ring. If we wait any longer, this Man Faced Demon Spider will have died for nothing." Tang Xuan waved his hand.
Only then did everyone snap back to their senses.
They hurriedly cleared an open space for Dugu Yan and cleaned up the surrounding area.
As the Purple Soul Ring settled above Dugu Yan's head,
Tang Xuan's gaze instantly sharpened.
The Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse seemed to have lost all nourishment.
Not only had it completely withered, but its texture even bore traces of having been weathered by the wind.
Ordinary Spirit Beasts would not end up in such a state after death.
But hadn't the Shadow Demon Tiger that had given Tang Xuan the Mysterious Wing Soul Bone looked exactly like this after it died?
"It worked!" Tang Xuan suddenly swung his arm, unable to suppress the smile at the corners of his mouth.
First, because he had snatched away Tang San's greatest aid in both his early and even later stages.
Second, because Dugu Yan had completely eliminated the risk of a Poison Outbreak.
In truth,
Tang Xuan still did not know whether the Dugu Lineage's poisoning came from their Beast Martial Souls, their Poison Attribute Soul Rings, or some other cause.
But no matter what,
given Dugu Yan's talent after consuming the Immortal Herb,
there was a chance that her future strength could surpass the carrying limit of her Soul Bones.
The probability was admittedly minuscule, but a chance was still a chance.
Only an External Soul Bone could completely eliminate future troubles.
From the outside,
Tang Xuan seemed to be treating Dugu Yan a little too well.
Curing her poison and saving her life, giving her a Soul Bone, and an Immortal Herb were apparently not enough.
Now, merely for that nearly negligible possibility, he was going to go through enormous trouble to obtain an External Soul Bone for her.
But in Tang Xuan's heart, he still felt somewhat indebted to Dugu Bo.
With a single Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well,
Tang Xuan's Grandpa could avoid losing an arm and avoid the fate of having his cultivation stagnate.
His Uncle, who was also his father-in-law, could avoid being nailed to the Pillar of Shame of the sect.
His Younger Sister, who was also his lover, could break through her Martial Soul Shackles and reach greater heights.
Even the thousands of familiar faces within the sect could avoid death.
How could this possibly be repaid with merely two lives and one and a half Immortal Herbs?
Even if Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan did not know these things,
Tang Xuan could not simply ignore them.
After all, Tang Xuan was not Tang San, who ate his fill and then cursed the cook.
"Little Monster, what has you so happy? Has Yan Yan's great opportunity been secured?" Dugu Bo suddenly appeared behind Tang Xuan like a ghost.
Tang Xuan was no longer surprised. "That's right. Just wait and see. But I suggest you stay here yourself. There may be a special situation later. Trust me, I have experience with this."
When a Back External Soul Bone first emerged, it would inevitably burst through the recipient's clothes.
It had happened to Tang Xuan, it had happened to Tang San, and it had likely happened to Bibi Dong and Hu Liena as well.
There were eight people in the Imperial Dou group, five of whom were men.
It was somewhat inappropriate for them all to stand around watching a girl's clothes burst apart.
Dugu Bo was full of question marks, but seeing Tang Xuan's solemn expression, he could not help feeling doubtful. "Fine, then. But where are you going?"
Tang Xuan glanced at Dugu Yan and Qin Ming in turn. "Sister Yanzi may take a long time to wake up. While we wait, we'll go obtain a Spirit Ring for Teacher Qin."
The Spirit Beast Qin Ming needed was around thirty thousand years old.
This age was stuck right in the middle, neither high nor low, making it the most troublesome.
It was difficult to find in the Mixed Zone, where Thousand Year Soul Beasts were common.
It was even harder to find in the Core Zone, where Fifty-thousand-year Soul Beasts were everywhere.
It could be said that Qin Ming would likely need more time to obtain his Spirit Ring than the entire Imperial Dou Fighting Team combined.
Right now, both Tang Xuan and the team members were in their golden period of growth.
Saving even a moment of time was a gain.
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