External Soul Bone: Illusion Pupil

"Qin boy, come over and kill it," Guang Ling Douluo called out.

At his words, Qin Heng summoned the Asura Wind-Cleaving Claw, teleported in front of the ten-thousand-year Ice Mist Frost Butterfly, and slashed down with a claw.

Clang— Qin Heng's Asura Wind-Cleaving Claw unexpectedly missed.

More precisely, the instant the Asura Wind-Cleaving Claw pierced the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly, it vanished.

"That was actually a clone?" A trace of surprise flashed through Guang Ling Douluo's eyes.

He was a level 97 Super Douluo, yet this Ice Mist Frost Butterfly had evaded his senses and secretly created a clone without him noticing. How interesting.

Guang Ling Douluo flew into the air and fully unleashed his spiritual power. Before long, he locked onto the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's trail. At some point, it had hidden itself within the Ice Spring.

Guang Ling Douluo raised his bow and fired. The arrow blasted apart the Ice Spring, and he immediately loosed another arrow, which pierced straight through the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's body.

Seeing this, Qin Heng did not wait for Guang Ling Douluo's reminder. He teleported before the dying Ice Mist Frost Butterfly and finished it with a claw.

This time, there were no surprises. A black Soul Ring rose from the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's corpse.

Qin Heng sat cross-legged and released his aura, connecting it to the Soul Ring in midair and drawing it down onto the Asura Armor.

The next moment, the immense energy of the Soul Ring surged into his body like a great river through his martial soul and meridians. Visible streams of energy poured from the Soul Ring, absorbed by the Asura Armor and by Qin Heng himself.

Meanwhile, within Qin Heng's Sea of Consciousness, an Ice Mist Frost Butterfly suddenly appeared. As it flapped its wings, waves of icy mist spread around it, seeking to freeze Qin Heng's Sea of Consciousness.

"So this is the Mental Shock of a ten-thousand-year soul beast?" Qin Heng murmured softly. His manifestation in the Sea of Consciousness also donned the Asura Armor, then ignored the ice mist released by the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly and rushed before it with lightning speed, shattering it with a single claw.

Qin Heng's spiritual power now rivaled that of a Soul Douluo. A mere ten-thousand-year soul beast, even one with spiritual attributes like this Ice Mist Frost Butterfly, could do nothing to him.

After resolving the Ice Mist Frost Butterfly's spiritual assault, Qin Heng focused all his attention on absorbing the Soul Power within the Soul Ring.

With Qin Heng's current physique, absorbing a Soul Ring just over ten thousand years old would not have been a problem. However, this Soul Ring was as old as twelve thousand years, already exceeding Qin Heng's absorption limit.

His eyes remained tightly shut as he circulated the Pure Yang Infinite Skill, doing his utmost to break down the tremendous pressure brought by the Soul Ring.

Qin Heng ran his cultivation technique with all his strength, tirelessly absorbing the energy flowing from the Soul Ring.

The Soul Ring's energy was piercingly cold as it coursed through the meridians across his body. Every inch of flesh and blood within him endured pain like countless needles piercing it.

Yet alongside that pain came a clear increase in Soul Power. The sensation of gradually becoming stronger allowed Qin Heng to ignore the agony of transformation.

The sky began to brighten, and dawn broke in the east.

An entire night passed. Suddenly, intense Soul Power fluctuations swept out from Qin Heng's body, while the black Soul Ring that had pulsed around the Asura Armor all night instantly contracted and merged into it.

"Is it over?" Guang Ling Douluo muttered.

Yet in the next instant, another vast surge of Soul Power erupted around Qin Heng, and his expression twisted in pain once more.

Guang Ling Douluo froze, then seemed to realize something. He watched Qin Heng with a look of anticipation.

Another two hours passed. This time, Qin Heng's Soul Ring absorption was truly complete.

He rose from the ground and instinctively lifted a hand to touch the spot between his brows.

There had always been a purplish-red, pupil-like object between the brows of the Asura Armor. In truth, it was not an eye, but a special crystal capable of unleashing lightning attacks.

But now, Qin Heng distinctly felt that he had gained an extra eye, located precisely between the brows of the Asura Armor.

"Your luck really is enough to make anyone jealous! You actually obtained an External Soul Bone while absorbing your third Soul Ring." Guang Ling Douluo's words interrupted Qin Heng's thoughts.

Qin Heng was briefly stunned before realization dawned on him. He dismissed the Asura Armor's possession state and raised his hand to touch the spot again. He could still feel the eye.

Qin Heng walked to the Ice Spring and looked down. The pupil was silver, exactly like the eye between the brows of that Ice Mist Frost Butterfly.

It really is an External Soul Bone. I've struck it rich this time! Qin Heng thought, then sensed the Soul Bone skills of this eye.

Qin Heng named this External Soul Bone the Illusion Pupil, and it granted him two exceptionally useful Soul Bone skills.

The first was called Illusion Body. As its name implied, it could create a clone formed from Soul Power and spiritual power, realistic enough to be mistaken for the real thing. The clone could be touched and could perform Qin Heng's Cloud Ladder Step, Taiji Fist, and Taiji Sword. It could even undergo Armor Fusion with the Asura Armor. However, only one of the original body and the clone could fuse with the armor at a time. After all, there was only one set of Asura Armor. The clone would disappear only after suffering a fatal injury.

The second Soul Bone skill was called Illusion Dream. When used, it could pull an enemy into a spiritual illusion. Its effect depended on the relative strength of Qin Heng's and the enemy's spiritual power.

Furthermore, as long as the Illusion Pupil was activated, Qin Heng gained a fifty-percent increase in spiritual resistance, while his dynamic vision was also enhanced.

At first glance, whether it was the Illusion Pupil's two active Soul Bone skills or its accompanying passive traits, all of them were extremely impressive.

However, the Illusion Pupil's consumption was also immense. The moment it was activated, whether or not Qin Heng used its Soul Bone skills, ten percent of his spiritual power would be instantly consumed, even with spiritual power comparable to that of a Soul Douluo.

For every minute the Illusion Pupil remained active, it consumed one percent of his spiritual power. If he did not use his third Soul Skill, Qin Heng could keep the Illusion Pupil open for only an hour and a half at most.

Moreover, the Illusion Pupil's two Soul Bone skills also consumed considerable energy. Creating an Illusion Body required fifty percent of Qin Heng's spiritual power and Soul Power, while casting Illusion Dream consumed varying amounts of spiritual power depending on how realistic the illusion was.

Fortunately, an Illusion Body could be created in advance and stored within the Illusion Pupil. However, only one could be created at a time; a second could only be made after the current Illusion Body disappeared.

After confirming the Illusion Pupil's abilities, Qin Heng willed it shut, and it vanished. Now, there was no trace of the Illusion Pupil visible at all.

"Qin boy, what are your third Soul Skill and Soul Bone skills?" Guang Ling Douluo asked curiously.

Qin Heng did not hide anything and directly told Guang Ling Douluo about the Illusion Pupil's Soul Bone skills.

Guang Ling Douluo nodded after hearing this. "Both Soul Bone skills are quite good. Clone skills are useful in many situations and can even produce miraculous results. What about your third Soul Skill?"

"Grandpa Guang Ling, you could say that my third Soul Skill complements my Illusion Pupil."

"Could it be that your third Soul Skill provides a particularly high boost to spiritual power?" Guang Ling Douluo asked tentatively.