Ancient Beast's Touch

Lost in thought, Ye Lan remained motionless as the blood all over his body congealed into scabs.

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Ye Lan looked like a statue clad in blood-red armor.

Suddenly, the sound of cracking blood scabs interrupted Ye Lan's thoughts.

Eight black tentacles burst out from the back of the blood-red armored statue.

The blood scabs on Ye Lan's upper body scattered across the deck as his clothes exploded apart.

The black tentacles formed a striking contrast with Ye Lan's fair skin, over which sharply sculpted muscle lines stood out.

Fortunately, there were no girls near Ye Lan. Otherwise, any girl with normal sexual preferences would have screamed at the sight of his muscular physique.

The fisherman did not scream when he saw Ye Lan transform from a bloody man into an octopus man. Instead, he stood there dumbfounded.

"Th-this... this... Xiao Lan has been possessed by Ancient Beast's Touch?!"

Ye Lan was not surprised by Old Fisherman's reaction. Most people did not know that this was an External Soul Bone.

Because the fisherman had previously risked his life, Ye Lan did not treat Old Fisherman as an outsider and began explaining Soul Bones to him.

"Old man, I'm fine. These eight octopus tentacles are Soul Bones."

As Ye Lan reassured him, he grabbed the tentacles and inspected them closely.

"Soul Bones? Doesn't that mean you've struck it rich?!" Old Fisherman had heard of Soul Bones. They were priceless treasures, worth a fortune yet impossible to buy.

"Struck it rich?! Only if you take my bones apart." Ye Lan laughed.

"So Soul Bones are the bones on a Soul Master's body. No wonder I've never seen one," Old Fisherman muttered.

"That's not entirely wrong. Only Soul Masters can use Soul Bones. Old man, come touch them. These octopus tentacles are pretty hard!" Ye Lan kept squeezing the tentacles in his hands as though he were handling an organ that did not belong to him. The sensation was quite strange.

Old Fisherman cautiously touched them a few times, found it unbelievable, and withdrew his hand.

Each of the eight tentacles behind Ye Lan was nearly three meters long, nowhere near the almost twenty-meter tentacles of Ancient Beast's Touch.

But to Ye Lan, they were still excessively large. After all, he was only one meter eighty tall.

Ye Lan named these eight tentacles Ancient Beast's Touch.

Ancient Beast's Touch greatly enhanced Ye Lan's close combat ability. He had tested the tentacles' hardness, and they were as hard as weapons.

What was remarkable was that despite being so hard, the tentacles were incredibly flexible.

In the past, Ye Lan had relied on his fists and legs in close combat. Now, he could use the tentacles as weapons.

Even if Ancient Beast's Touch were severed, it could slowly regenerate through the tentacles' innate regenerative properties.

If Ye Lan's own arms or legs were cut off, it would be extremely troublesome for him.

Besides serving as weapons, what delighted Ye Lan most about Ancient Beast's Touch was the Soul Skill it brought him—Eight-Faced Exquisite Heart!

An octopus had eight brains. Ye Lan had never expected Ancient Beast's Touch to grant him eight External Brains as well.

Previously, Ye Lan had controlled Blue Silver Grass through a single thread of thought. With eight additional External Brains, he could now control it through nine threads.

In the past, controlling so much Blue Silver Grass with a single thread of thought had been exhausting for Ye Lan, and he could only perform simple manipulations.

Now that Ye Lan possessed nine-thread control, he was taking off!

He could make Blue Silver Grass perform all kinds of tricks!

Originally, Ye Lan had planned to find a way to obtain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Heart Separation Control, but there was no longer any need.

He could now divide his mind into nine streams of thought, far surpassing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart.

Retracting Ancient Beast's Touch, Ye Lan summoned his fully evolved Blue Silver Grass.

The current Blue Silver Grass had faint blue stars in addition to its emerald green color and golden patterns, making it exceptionally beautiful.

Aside from its appearance, its size had not increased by much, with a diameter of roughly twenty-eight centimeters.

The number of Blue Silver Grass stalks Ye Lan could summon had now increased to thirty, while the area he could control extended to a circle with a twenty-meter radius.

Then, Ye Lan summoned his Soul Rings.

One yellow and one purple Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet, and the purple Soul Ring glowed faintly.

"Azure God Prophet!"

Three stalks of Blue Silver Grass flew out from Ye Lan's body and entwined with one another where they stood.

Within seconds, the Blue Silver Grass gradually fused together, transforming into a massive Blue Silver Priest.

The Blue Silver Priest rose from the ground, its tip swaying lazily from side to side.

The Blue Silver Priest stood around eighteen meters tall and had a diameter of nearly half a meter.

Judging from its appearance, the Blue Silver Priest's combat power had clearly risen to another level compared to a single stalk of Blue Silver Grass.

Most importantly, the Blue Silver Priest's vitality was the combined total of three stalks of Blue Silver Grass.

Ye Lan estimated that an ordinary Soul Ancestor would need to use a thousand-year Soul Skill to destroy the Blue Silver Priest before him.

The Blue Silver Priest and Blue Silver Grass had different functions. The Blue Silver Priest focused more on heavy strikes rather than restraint.

The number of Blue Silver Priests could be controlled by Ye Lan. He could choose to transform fifteen Blue Silver Grass into five Blue Silver Priests, while leaving the other fifteen untransformed to bind his enemies.

Against enemies of the same level, he could directly bind them with fifteen Blue Silver Grass, then have five enormous Blue Silver Priests smash down on them mercilessly.

Just thinking about it felt incredibly satisfying.

Old Fisherman was stunned by the Blue Silver Priests Ye Lan had summoned. How could they be so huge?!

Wouldn't Ye Lan become a humanoid monster someday??

The massive golden vines seemed as though they could reach the heavens!

Aside from the changes to his martial soul, Ye Lan had reached the 23rd Level.

Ye Lan had been stuck at Level 20 for four months, gaining a little over one level of Soul Power. The Soul Ring from Ancient Beast's Touch had provided him with a little over another level of Soul Power, bringing his total increase to three levels.

At fifteen, Ye Lan had finally become a true Soul Grandmaster and met Su Yuntao's requirement.

Once he finished dealing with the remaining matters in Vast Sea City, Ye Lan would return to Nuoding City and learn the truth behind his parents' disappearance.

"Old man, stop staring! You'll strain your neck." Ye Lan looked at the dawn rising along the edge of the Black Sea. "Get some rest first, Old Man. Once you've rested, we'll head back to Vast Sea City!"

"Your vines weren't this big before. Is a thousand-year Soul Skill really that powerful?" Old Fisherman was still immersed in the sheer strength of the Blue Silver Priests. Despite having stayed up all night, he seemed tireless.

"Well, it is the Soul Skill of Ancient Beast's Touch. It's only natural for it to be bigger. The Blue Silver Priests aren't even as big as Ancient Beast's Touch's tentacles!"

"Go get some sleep, Old Man. I'll enjoy the view!"

After Old Fisherman fell asleep, Ye Lan began cleaning the blood and ink stains from the deck.

The black slime was mixed with blood, creating an eerie and terrifying sight.

Anyone who did not know what had happened would absolutely think this boat had been somewhere haunted.

Near dusk, the Fishing Boat carrying Ye Lan and Old Fisherman gradually approached Vast Sea City's harbor.

"Xiao Lan, this sea beast is pretty chewy when boiled. Want to come to my place for grilled octopus after we get off? I've got some liquor too. You've never had alcohol before, right? Want to give it a try?" Old Fisherman eagerly planned to treat Ye Lan.

Ye Lan would be leaving Vast Sea City soon and might never see Old Fisherman again, so he accepted the invitation.