External Soul Bone

The [Life Miracle] effect was heaven-defying, but its Soul Power consumption was just as terrifying. After less than three seconds, it had used up more than half of his Soul Power, even though he was already at Level 30.

Seeing that his Soul Power was nearly depleted, Qin Yuan pulled his hand back and said:

"I'll heal you once my Soul Power recovers. Don't tell anyone about this."

"Rest assured, Young Master."

Li Fu hurriedly nodded, his gaze toward Qin Yuan filled with even more gratitude, while deep astonishment lingered in his eyes.

"Mm. Let's go. We'll look for Soul Beasts while I recover my Soul Power." Qin Yuan nodded and set off.

"We're still looking for Soul Beasts?" Li Fu froze.

"Of course. I'm Level 30 now." Qin Yuan didn't look back, answering lazily.

"L-Level 30?!"

Li Fu's eyes widened, and he cried out in shock, rooted to the spot.

He'd just been on the brink of death and hadn't noticed his young master's Soul Power Level. He never expected him to have broken through the Level 30 threshold so quickly!

It had only been a few days. He'd gone from just breaking through Level 10 to breaking through Level 30. If anyone else heard about it, their jaws would hit the floor.

Li Fu hurried after Qin Yuan, who had already gone far ahead, his old face still stricken with shock.

Qin Yuan paid no attention to Li Fu's astonishment. He quietly recovered his Soul Power, wondering what his third Soul Ring would be.

Just then, a sharp pain suddenly flared in his back. He furrowed his brows, his young face contorting with pain, and couldn't help crying out.

"Young Master, what's wrong?!" Hearing Qin Yuan's cry, Li Fu rushed over and asked anxiously.

Qin Yuan was in too much pain to answer. His knees slammed into the ground, and his hands clawed at the earth, gouging ten furrows into it as anguished cries tore from his throat.

Li Fu anxiously paced around Qin Yuan, but had no idea what to do. He couldn't even see an injury anywhere on him, and his clothes were completely intact.

"My... my back seems like..." Qin Yuan struggled to speak.

"...something's trying to burst out... It hurts..."

At his words, Li Fu's old eyes snapped toward Qin Yuan's back. He saw nothing, but in the next instant, Qin Yuan's clothes suddenly bulged, as though something were pushing against them.

Rip!

Then came the sound of the fabric tearing across his back.

Under Li Fu's stunned gaze, eight golden wings abruptly appeared on Qin Yuan's back.

The wings were identical to those of the Eight-Winged Black Gold Dragon, except the ones on Qin Yuan's back were miniature versions of its eight wings, and their color had changed from pitch-black to gold.

"Th-these are... Soul Bones?!"

Li Fu could hardly believe his eyes.

As the eight dragon wings burst out of Qin Yuan's back, his pain abruptly stopped. He gasped several times, then used [Life Miracle] to quickly soothe his aching body.

He straightened up and looked over his shoulder. Eight golden dragon wings had grown from his back, as though they were part of his body.

He willed them to flap, and the eight wings really did move. But since it was his first time using them, he put too much force into it and shot straight up into the air, hurtling toward a giant tree.

Just as his face was about to hit the tree, he instinctively used the Soul Skill that had just appeared in his mind.

Qin Yuan, who was about to crash into the tree, vanished.

Li Fu had rushed forward to protect him, but now he stood there dumbfounded. Then he hurriedly searched for his young master.

"Holy—holy shit! What the hell?! Holy shit..."

Qin Yuan's panicked cries came from above.

Li Fu looked up and was astonished to find his young master falling freely through the air.

Li Fu held out his arms below, pacing back and forth as he tried to catch Qin Yuan.

As the ground rushed closer, Qin Yuan instead calmed down and flapped his eight dragon wings.

Qin Yuan had extraordinary comprehension and learned everything extremely quickly. Taking the lesson from his first failure, he adjusted the force of his wingbeats and gradually slowed his fall.

At last, after wobbling back and forth in midair, he managed to steady himself.

Qin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he had figured out how to use the wings, he turned his head to look at them. After a moment's thought, an idea came to him.

A Soul Bone that wasn't one of the six Soul Bones of the human body could only be an External Soul Bone!

Qin Yuan marveled, "I've only absorbed my second Soul Ring, and I've already obtained an External Soul Bone. What kind of heaven-defying luck is this?"

"On top of that, this External Soul Bone gave me an incredible Soul Skill—Teleportation!"

This Teleportation had no limit on its range. The more Soul Power he used, the farther he could teleport. In theory, as long as he had enough Soul Power, he could teleport straight from the Star Dou Great Forest to Heaven Dou City, thousands of miles away.

Qin Yuan was thrilled. He loved this skill. It was one of the abilities he'd wanted most.

Besides the Teleportation Soul Skill, this External Soul Bone also gave him the ability to fly. With all eight dragon wings beating at once, he was probably faster than someone with a flying Martial Soul.

After marveling at his good fortune, he thought for a moment, then turned toward the eight dragon wings and smiled.

"From now on, I'll call you the Golden Dragon Wings!"

Then he summoned his panel.

[Name: Qin Yuan]

[Age: 12]

[Martial Soul: Golden Dragon]

[Soul Power: Level 32]

[Soul Rings: Three-Clawed Dark Gold Dragon Soul Ring (6,324 years) (+), Eight-Winged Black Gold Dragon Soul Ring (4,444 years) (+)]

[Soul Bones: Golden Dragon Wings (4,444 years) (+)]

[Arts: Chess Path, Ninth Rank (3,234/50,000), Carving Path, Ninth Rank (135/50,000)]

[Evolution Points: 2]

He glanced at the Soul Power line and saw that the little plus sign was gone. That meant two Evolution Points weren't enough to raise his Soul Elder Level by one.

He wasn't too surprised. His gaze dropped to the newly appeared Soul Bone line, and he chuckled to himself.

"Just as I thought."

Soul Rings could be upgraded with points, and so could Soul Bones.

He tried it out, spending one Evolution Point. The Golden Dragon Wings' age increased by a thousand years, just like a Soul Ring's.

Qin Yuan's lips curled up. The future looked bright.

He didn't use his last remaining Evolution Point. He knew that an External Soul Bone's age increased along with its owner's cultivation, unlike the other six Soul Bones, so there was no need to waste points on it.

Then he flew down and, with little effort, withdrew the Golden Dragon Wings into his back. He and Li Fu continued looking for his third Soul Ring.

Each wearing a mask, Qin Yuan and Li Fu roamed the Star Dou Great Forest like grim reapers, hunting for prey.

As he searched, Qin Yuan thought, Based on my investigations over the past few years, Tang San of Saint Soul Village is the same age as me. We're both twelve now.

But according to the latest information, Tang San hasn't set out for Shrek Academy yet. The main story probably won't begin for another few months.

I wonder if Rongrong will join Shrek Academy, like she did in the original story... Qin Yuan rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

Since Ning Fengzhi was Xue Qinghe's teacher, he often visited the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace and brought Ning Rongrong along. Qin Yuan had known Rongrong since they were little, and they were very close—childhood sweethearts, in a sense.

There were only three women Qin Yuan liked in Douluo Continent: Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.

He'd already built a strong foundation of affection with the first two. As for Zhu Zhuqing, he hadn't met her yet.

I wonder if Zhu Zhuqing has come to the Heavenly Dou Empire yet... Qin Yuan thought to himself.