Douluo: Jianmu Martial Soul, Am I an Abomination of Abundance? Section 14

However, the injection Mu Ci developed definitely could not compare to Xianzhou technology. Still, using its principles and the Abundance Power, he could create a severely downgraded version of a Free-form Incarnation.

Everyone on the Douluo Continent possessed all manner of bloodlines within their bodies. Martial Soul awakening manifested the genetic traits of those bloodlines, forming a unique cultivation system under the rules of Douluo.

Even Spirit Masters with Tool Martial Souls could trace their origins back to various bloodlines.

For example, Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear and Xie Xie's Light and Dark Twin Daggers both possessed dragon bloodlines. Yet if those bloodlines mutated and degenerated through later generations, they would become pure Tool Martial Souls.

Martial Soul mutations had never been particularly logical. Even a pure Beast Martial Soul had a chance of mutating into a Tool Martial Soul.

Over the past year, under the pretext of his God Trial, Mu Ci had obtained many soul beast corpses from his grandmother to support his research and complete this technology.

For that purpose, he had even raised a litter of Soft Bone Rabbits, white rats, and similar soul beasts for experiments. These types of soul beasts reproduced extremely quickly and had very short gestation periods, producing dozens or even hundreds of young in a single year.

If he raised enough of them, he could fully bear the consequences of experimental failures.

After several hundred experiments, Mu Ci could already extract spinal fluid from higher-ranked soul beasts and reliably stimulate the bloodlines of lower-ranked soul beasts.

When used on humans, extracts taken from similar soul beasts could also reliably cause beneficial Martial Soul mutations, thereby generating Soul Power.

However, the current output was truly not high.

Inside the laboratory, Mu Ci began putting the experimental equipment into his storage Soul Tool.

Before long, he planned to travel to other cities to practice medicine and seek the Dao, walking his Path.

Godwood City no longer had many patients. The Abundance Clinic no longer needed him watching over it constantly, and the second child was already fully capable of treating common ailments. If there were illnesses he truly could not handle, there were still the pills and medical books Mu Ci had left behind for reference.

Pills infused with Abundance Power were enough to cure most diseases in the world. If that still did not work, they could send someone to find him.

Looking at the empty laboratory before him, Mu Ci felt somewhat sentimental. Over the past year, aside from the clinic, he had spent his time cultivating and conducting experiments here.

"Knock, knock, knock."

A knocking sound came from outside the door.

Mu Ci opened the door and looked at the maid outside, somewhat surprised.

Normally, while he cultivated here, very few matters came to disturb him. Puzzled, he asked, "What is it?"

The maid looked at the handsome young man before her, her face slightly red. Lowering her head, she said, "Young Master, the Old Madam sent me to deliver a message. The master has returned."

Mu Ci was overjoyed upon hearing that, and said excitedly, "Grandfather is back? I'll go over right away."

Two months earlier, Mu Changsheng had already broken through Rank 90. He had asked Lin Ya to invite Spirit Kite Douluo, and they had gone together to the Star Dou Forest to hunt a soul beast.

His return now meant that Mu Changsheng had successfully obtained his ninth soul ring and entered the pinnacle realm of the Douluo Continent: Title Douluo.

As for failure, Mu Ci had never considered it.

It was not that Mu Ci was overly confident. Rather, Mu Changsheng had long chosen his ninth soul ring: a seventy-thousand-year Dragon Blood Tree King.

With a Rank 90 control-system Quasi-Title Douluo and a Rank 92 assault-system Title Douluo joining forces, would that not be easy?

Not to mention that Spirit Kite Douluo was a top-tier fire-attribute Title Douluo. Under the enhancement of nine soul rings, her Blazing Spirit Kite Martial Soul had begun reverting to its ancestral form, gaining many Phoenix traits.

Even if the Dragon Blood Tree King possessed some True Dragon bloodline, it would still suffer the dual suppression of attribute and cultivation.

Upon arriving at the council hall, he immediately saw the middle-aged man chatting with Lin Ya. Happily, he called out, "Grandfather, you're back!"

"Hahaha, my good grandson, come let Grandfather take a good look at you. Thanks to you, I have this day!"

Mu Changsheng looked at Mu Ci and laughed heartily.

The storage Soul Tool on his right hand flashed, and a lead box appeared in his hand. He held it out toward Mu Ci.

Mu Ci accepted the lead box with a puzzled expression and looked at Mu Changsheng. "Grandfather, this is?"

"You'll know once you open it." Mu Changsheng smiled without answering directly.

Hearing that, Mu Ci turned his gaze to the lead box and reached out to open it.

The instant the lead box opened, a blood-red radiance surged forth, dyeing the entire hall in a layer of crimson.

"This is... a soul bone?" Mu Ci stared at the object inside the lead box in shock.

It was a red human left calf bone, crystal-clear like jade. Blood-colored brilliance flowed within it like a tiny living dragon.

"This is what Grandfather obtained from killing the Dragon Blood Tree King: a seventy-thousand-year Dragon Blood Tree King left leg bone."

"When the Dragon Blood Tree King died, all of its True Dragon bloodline condensed into this soul bone."

"Once you absorb this soul bone, your Soul Power should reach Rank 20."

Mu Changsheng said to Mu Ci, "With the soul bone's enhancement, Xiao Ci, your second soul ring can aim for a thousand-year second ring."

Thinking of the future scene, Mu Changsheng felt somewhat excited.

"A thousand-year second ring! Unheard of, never seen before!"

"Grandfather, only by absorbing the soul ring and then the soul bone from the same source can you maximize the soul bone's effects."

Without a second thought, Mu Ci tried to return the soul bone to Mu Changsheng.

Mu Changsheng did not take it. Looking at Mu Ci, his expression turned somewhat serious.

"Xiao Ci, Grandfather was only able to break through to Title Douluo because of your help. If I do nothing at all, I won't be able to live with myself."

After saying that, Mu Changsheng sighed and shook his head.

A Thousand-Year Second Ring

Seeing the deliberately melancholy expression on Mu Changsheng's face, Mu Ci truly had no way to refuse. After all, it was his grandfather's kind intention.

He also genuinely needed a soul bone to strengthen his physique. After a year of cultivation, his Soul Power had already reached Rank 17, but his body could support absorbing only a soul ring of roughly nine hundred years.

Once he reached Rank 20, his physique would only barely support a thousand-year soul ring. Even if he could increase the limit somewhat through Whale Rubber, it would still be dangerous.

Furthermore, his current Abundance Power had difficulty healing the damage caused by forcefully overloading himself. After all, if one could not endure soul ring absorption, one would directly explode and die.

After all, he was not some monster like the Death-Seeking Madman or Shu Hu, possessing such powerful immortality that he could revive even after being blown into pieces.

Therefore, the enhancement from a soul bone was still very necessary.

"Alright, Grandfather. I'll absorb the soul bone."

Mu Ci ultimately agreed.

This time, Mu Changsheng nodded in satisfaction. "Then absorb it directly. Your grandmother and I are here. Nothing will go wrong."

Mu Ci nodded to the two elders. Without further hesitation, he sat cross-legged on the floor.

He took the soul bone from the lead box, placed it against his left leg, and circulated his Soul Power to draw it in and absorb it.

Dense red light enveloped Mu Ci's entire body. The crystal-clear soul bone began melting bit by bit, entering his left leg and merging with it.

At the moment of final fusion, a resonant Dragon's Roar came from within the soul bone, filled with unwillingness.

Upon its death, the Dragon Blood Tree King's remnant soul split into two parts. One transformed into soul resentment and entered the soul ring, while the other became obsession and fused into the soul bone.

At that moment, the Dragon Blood Tree King's powerful obsession followed Mu Ci's absorption and charged straight into his Sea of Consciousness.

Roar!

A resounding Dragon's Roar echoed through the Sea of Consciousness, filled with fury and destructive intent.

Looking at everything before it, the Tree King's obsession had scarlet eyes brimming with killing intent as it prepared to begin wreaking havoc.

But before it could act, countless roots descended from the sky of the Sea of Consciousness, carrying high-dimensional Path Power fluctuations as they bound the Tree King's obsession.

Seeing this, the Tree King's obsession began struggling wildly, trying to break free from its restraints.

Yet no matter how it struggled, it could not shake the thin layer of faint light covering the roots.

Mu Ci's consciousness watched the scene without the slightest surprise, because everything was under his control.

The Martial Soul's control ability had existed ever since its awakening. Thus, when he discovered that the Dragon Blood Tree King still had a trace of obsession heading for his Sea of Consciousness,

he controlled the Abundant World Tree and used Path Power to surround it.

No matter how powerful the Dragon Blood Tree King had been in life, it was now merely a trace of lingering thought, like duckweed without roots.

Before the higher-level Path Power, it had no ability to resist whatsoever.

Still, this unexpected incident gave Mu Ci quite a fright.

Could absorbing a soul bone involve an obsession assault? There was no such setting in Douluo I. Didn't it say even the weakest Soul Scholar could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?

Or was this merely an isolated case? Because it had just been killed, perhaps its lingering thought had not yet dissipated. Without a control group, he could not determine it directly.

Controlling the Abundant World Tree, he crushed the obsession. Specks of light scattered throughout the entire Sea of Consciousness.

Mu Ci's consciousness felt a wave of comfort, and his mental strength increased slightly.

Without the Tree King's lingering thought interfering, the remaining absorption proceeded quickly.

Two hours later.

Mu Ci, who had been absorbing the soul bone, suddenly opened his eyes. The aura of Soul Power around him rose steadily, and in the blink of an eye, he broke through Rank 20.

Feeling his Soul Power strengthen, he felt that after absorbing his second soul ring, his Soul Power could at least rise another two or three ranks.

Seeing that Mu Ci had finished absorbing the soul bone, Mu Changsheng hurried over with Lin Ya to ask about the situation.

"Xiao Ci, how do you feel?"

Mu Ci rose from the floor, looked at his grandfather and grandmother, and smiled. "I feel very good. The Dragon Blood Tree King left leg bone gave me a soul bone skill called Dragon's Fury."

"After activating Dragon's Fury, it can increase all my attributes by one hundred and fifty percent. It can also add a layer of Dragon's Rage Fire to my attacks."

"When Dragon's Rage Fire touches an enemy, it continuously burns their spiritual power."

After hearing Mu Ci's introduction, Lin Ya nodded in satisfaction and commented,

"It truly is an exceptional soul bone skill. Not only does it enhance all attributes, it also possesses an extremely rare mental attack soul skill."

"That Tree King was likely an extremely rare soul beast with a mental attribute. You found a treasure."

Hearing that, Mu Changsheng nodded with a look of realization and said,

"No wonder Ling Yuan and I kept sensing mental fluctuations from time to time while hunting it. If its age had reached over ninety thousand years, we might not have been able to take it down."

Mu Changsheng looked at Mu Ci excitedly. "Since you've already absorbed the soul bone, then absorbing a thousand-year soul ring next should not pose much of a problem, right?"

Mu Ci nodded upon hearing that. "No problem. I feel that I can absorb any soul ring below two thousand years without any danger."