Evil Soul Master's Soul Bone, Vajra Subdues Demons

Qi Lin helped Mu Yuan request leave from the academy, while Du Busi took Mu Yuan out of Heaven Dou City and headed straight for the East Sea.

As they neared Eastsea City, both master and disciple wore grim expressions.

Du Busi, in particular, had his brows tightly furrowed.

"It was perfectly fine when I passed through before."

He gazed into the distance, where dense Blood Evil Aura filled the air.

A village stood there. It had once been peaceful and tranquil, but it was now shrouded in Blood Mist.

"An Evil Soul Master!"

Mu Yuan's expression darkened as he looked toward the village.

Such behavior could only belong to an Evil Soul Master.

Du Busi stared at the Blood Mist. Within it, a figure seemed to be busy at work.

"Don't move. I'll deal with it."

Before he finished speaking, Du Busi had already shot forward.

He had no saintly compassion, nor did he claim to stand for justice.

But when he saw an Evil Soul Master committing atrocities, he did not mind stepping in to kill him.

He moved at incredible speed, turning into a Dark Green afterimage and rushing into the Blood Mist in the blink of an eye.

With a thunderous boom, a scream rang out from within the Blood Mist.

Mu Yuan watched from afar, his gaze shifting slightly.

The commotion had gone on for rather a long time.

"With the Sect Master's strength, he still hasn't taken him down after this long?"

Of course, Du Busi had not gone all out. He had used neither his Martial Soul Avatar nor Martial Soul Second Awakening.

Even so, the fact that he had failed to finish the battle within a minute was astonishing.

"That Evil Soul Master has to be at least a Soul Saint, right?"

As Mu Yuan pondered this, the Blood Mist ahead gradually thinned, and Du Busi slowly emerged.

In his hand was a bone that radiated a scarlet glow.

"A Soul Bone!"

Mu Yuan's pupils constricted.

Du Busi gestured for Mu Yuan to come closer.

"Take a look at this Soul Bone."

As he spoke, he tossed the Soul Bone, which exuded an ominous aura, into Mu Yuan's hands.

Mu Yuan looked it over and could sense the thick, lingering stench of blood coming from it.

Upon closer inspection, the scarlet glow was not caused by blood staining the Soul Bone. It was being released by the Soul Bone itself.

It was a Right Arm Bone, remarkably complete, even including the hand bones.

"It was an Evil Soul Master. His killing spree was probably for the sake of this Soul Bone."

"A Soul Bone?" Mu Yuan asked in surprise. "Could someone in this village have possessed a Soul Bone?"

"No." Du Busi shook his head.

His expression turned solemn.

"A Secret Technique Soul Bone. This is an exceptionally special kind of Soul Bone. Soul Bones themselves have a low drop rate, so some Soul Masters developed evil secret techniques. By slaughtering over a hundred Soul Beasts of the same kind within a short period and using a special secret technique to condense them, they can greatly increase the chance of producing a Soul Bone. Soul Bones formed this way are called Secret Technique Soul Bones."

Mu Yuan naturally knew about Secret Technique Soul Bones.

But he still could not understand what this Scarlet Spirit Bone had to do with a Secret Technique Soul Bone.

And what did it have to do with that Evil Soul Master and the slaughtered village?

Du Busi looked at the puzzled Mu Yuan and sighed.

Even though he walked the line between good and evil, the Evil Soul Master's methods still sent chills through his entire body.

"This Scarlet Spirit Bone was condensed through the method used for Secret Technique Soul Bones. But that Evil Soul Master did not kill Soul Beasts. He killed people."

Mu Yuan sucked in a cold breath and nearly threw away the Scarlet Spirit Bone in his hand.

"The Soul Bone has already formed. I saw its abilities just now. It should possess the Soul Power enhancement that Secret Technique Soul Bones normally have. Beyond that, it can release Blood Qi and shape it into form."

Mu Yuan's expression changed slightly.

He understood what Du Busi meant.

It could condense eight arms from Blood Qi.

In his conception of the Eight-Armed Demonic God, the eight arms were the foundation, as was God Demon Power.

As long as he gathered these elements before his Martial Soul Second Awakening and developed them to a certain extent, he might be able to use the Secondary Awakening to completely refine them into the form his Martial Soul would take after awakening a second time.

His gaze flickered. After hesitating several times, Mu Yuan still gritted his teeth and pressed the Soul Bone against his right arm.

This was a Secret Technique Soul Bone. It could itself fuse with a similar Soul Bone from the same body part. If Mu Yuan later obtained a Right Arm Bone better suited to him, he could choose to fuse them directly. At that time, this Secret Technique Soul Bone would fuse with the new Soul Bone as well, and its abilities would be perfectly incorporated into it.

Seeing Mu Yuan act so decisively, Du Busi nodded slightly.

The Evil Soul Master from before had not actually been very powerful. The reason Du Busi had spent so much time was that he had seen two bloody arms grow from the Evil Soul Master's back and wanted to discover the source of that ability.

If it had been a Martial Soul ability, he would naturally have ended the fight immediately.

After some probing, he confirmed the source of the ability before thoroughly killing him and taking his bone.

As for using this Soul Bone himself, he had never considered it.

First, he already had a Right Arm Bone.

Second, his Right Arm Bone did not match this Soul Bone.

Yes, it did not match.

If they did not match, they could not fuse.

Mu Yuan, on the other hand, happened to need precisely such a Soul Bone.

Mu Yuan shut his eyes tightly, sweat dripping from his forehead.

Countless resentful thoughts rose within his Mental World. Since this Soul Bone had been condensed from the resentment of many humans who had died tragic deaths, fusing with it was itself an ordeal.

Vajra Subdues Demons!

Dark Gold light burst forth as Mu Yuan transformed into a Vajra with Angry Eyes.

Resentful thoughts?

I didn't cause them, so what do they have to do with me?

Vajra Power coated his body as Mu Yuan slaughtered his way through his Mental World.

Every trace of resentment was shattered by Vajra Power, and all negative emotions were violently suppressed.

Three hours later.

Mu Yuan opened his eyes. He did not feel that fusing with the Soul Bone had increased his strength at all. The battle within his Mental World seemed to have been reflected in reality, leaving his entire body drained.

"It seems this Soul Bone has improved you considerably."

Du Busi looked at Mu Yuan and saw a lingering Dark Gold gleam in his eyes.

The intent of Vajra Subdues Demons that Mu Yuan had emitted just now had been truly astonishing.

"Mental intent interfering with reality. This kid's Mental Power is remarkably strong."

Du Busi had also been wondering why an Arm Martial Soul possessed such powerful Mental Power.

"Eastsea City isn't far now. We'll enter the city first, rest for two days, then head out to sea."

Three days later.

Mu Yuan and Du Busi put out to sea.

They rented a small boat with a Soul Tool Engine at the stern, making travel quite convenient.

At first, Du Busi had not wanted to use it.

The Soul Masters of the Body Sect harbored a certain resistance toward Soul Tools.

It was a strangely inexplicable aversion. As Soul Masters, they trusted only their own Soul Power and Soul Skills, always feeling that relying on external objects was shameful.

Only after Mu Yuan strongly persuaded him did Du Busi finally accept the Soul Tool Boat.

Battle was battle, and life was life.

If you could enjoy convenience but refused to, wasn't there something wrong with your head?

Even if you truly had a mental barrier, you simply did not have to use a Soul Tool Cannon in battle.

In any case, this era did not yet have Soul Tool creations like Battle Armor or Mecha. Most Soul Tools used for combat were Soul Tool Cannons, so refusing to use Soul Tools in battle did not have much of an impact.

At the very least, there was not yet a qualitative gap.

Of course, the reason Soul Engineers and pure Soul Masters had not yet determined who was superior was merely because the pure Soul Master side had too many powerful experts from the Martial Soul Department, while the Soul Engineer side had yet to produce any expert who had achieved greatness in both Martial Souls and Soul Tools.

Mu Yuan knew that embracing Soul Tools was the inevitable trend. In the future, he would certainly continue persuading Du Busi and the other Body Sect disciples to use Soul Tools in battle.