Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court from the Holy Spirit Cult

(She) had even harbored this idea for a long time; the reason did not participate in that Soul Master tournament was precisely to minimize exposure, especially regarding the effects of soul skills.

Only by doing this could perfectly transform identity, infiltrate the Sun Moon Empire, search for that faction, and join them.

Seeing the stubbornness in Zhang Lexuan, Mu En fell silent. He looked at the letter once more and finally let out a sigh.

"Follow me."

After saying this, Mu En stood up.

Zhang Lexuan stepped forward to support him, and the two walked all the way down until they reached the very bottom of the Golden Ancient Tree. There, they found a sealed secret chamber that only Mu En and Xuan Zi could open within the current Shrek Academy.

Mu En stepped forward and channeled his soul power; it took quite a while before the heavy door finally creaked open, and the two entered.

The moment they stepped inside, a thick, evil, and dark power rushed toward them. Zhang Lexuan focused gaze and discovered that the chamber was filled with stone platforms, each sealing a piece of soul bone. The evil, dark aura originated from these very bones.

"Elder Mu, this is..."

Zhang Lexuan was shocked; truly had not expected that Shrek Academy would hide so many soul bones with evil attributes.

"These are the spoils of war from killing evil soul masters over the past ten thousand years at Shrek Academy. There are quite a few hundred-thousand-year soul bones among them."

Mu En acknowledged Zhang Lexuan's intentions, but he would not let take such risks. Strengthening power was necessary, and soul bones were the fastest way to achieve that.

"Refine this hundred-thousand-year head soul bone first. It will assist you in stabilizing your mind and prevent you from being eroded and corrupted by the evil attributes."

Mu En took a head soul bone from his storage soul tool; it was the best piece in his collection.

Evil attributes are extremely extreme and will erode a person's mind and will, eventually causing them to degenerate into a true evil soul master.

Currently, Lexuan's martial soul had only just transformed into an evil martial soul, and had not yet been affected. However, refining these evil soul bones would be very dangerous; only with the protection of this hundred-thousand-year head soul bone could stabilize mind and will.

"Leave this soul bone for Bei Bei."

Zhang Lexuan refused decisively, but Mu En was equally firm.

"Either refine this soul bone, or don't go at all and just stay in the academy."

Chapter 35: Heavenly Dog Devours the Mountain

After a long silence, Zhang Lexuan finally took the soul bone to begin refining it.

Mu En stood by to protect, and at the same time, he selected three hundred-thousand-year soul bones suitable for Zhang Lexuan—one torso soul bone and two arm soul bones—which would best enhance physical constitution.

Hundred-thousand-year soul bones are rare, but Shrek Academy has been passed down for over ten thousand years, and the number of evil soul masters they have killed is countless; among them, there was no shortage of those possessing hundred-thousand-year soul rings and bones.

They would not use these evil-attributed soul bones, so they had sealed them away. The accumulation of ten thousand years was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

After refining the head soul bone, Zhang Lexuan successively refined the three hundred-thousand-year evil-attributed soul bones, causing strength to increase significantly; physical constitution alone had multiplied several times over.

That was not all; Mu En used his own light power to compress the energy of those soul bones, channeling as much as possible into Zhang Lexuan's martial soul.

This made the evil and dark attributes of the Evil Moon martial soul even more powerful, but the erosion on Zhang Lexuan became much smaller. Coupled with the blessing of that hundred-thousand-year head soul bone, was able to resist the erosion of the evil attributes.

The process did not end there; the successive refining of the four hundred-thousand-year soul bones caused Zhang Lexuan's soul power level to soar rapidly, finally reaching level eighty.

Although refining soul bones primarily enhances physical constitution and has a smaller impact on soul power, they were, after all, hundred-thousand-year soul bones. Furthermore, Zhang Lexuan was only at the soul saint level, and soul power had already reached level seventy-two from absorbing previous soul ring.

The four hundred-thousand-year soul bones combined to raise soul power by eight levels, averaging two levels per bone.

"Adapt to this. Afterward, I will take you to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast; the soul bone it produces will be even more compatible with you."

Stating the next step of the plan, the reason Mu En only gave Zhang Lexuan four soul bones was because still had two soul rings to obtain.

With the blessing of these four hundred-thousand-year soul bones, especially the head soul bone, combined with Lexuan's own aptitude, would be capable of bearing a hundred-thousand-year soul ring at level eighty.

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast is guaranteed to drop a soul bone, and it would be for a part of the body where the soul master lacks one, perfectly filling in the remaining two slots for Lexuan.

In this way, the power of the soul rings and soul bones could be connected, making soul skills even more powerful.

"Take this item with you. If you encounter a life-threatening situation there, you can go find Long Xiaoyao and a woman named Ye Xishui."

Finally, he took out an item and handed it to Zhang Lexuan; this was the final trump card Mu En had prepared for.

It was a token of trust; seeing this, Long Xiaoyao would certainly do everything in his power to protect this girl.

As for Xishui... alas!

Setting aside the schemes and preparations of the Dragon God Douluo Mu En, over at the Holy Spirit Cult, Yang Hao devoted himself entirely to his research. It was not until three years after arriving at the Holy Spirit Cult that he finally achieved results.

He immediately applied them to his sparring session with Ma Xiaotao, completely reversing his fate as a punching bag.

"You are very confident."

Seeing the boy's confidence, Ma Xiaotao knew that the little guy must have made a major improvement.

"This time, you will definitely lose!"

Yang Hao displayed a sense of arrogance—the arrogance belonging to a powerhouse.

"Let's see how you defeat me."

Ma Xiaotao sneered and decisively activated martial soul, five soul rings slowly rotating.

That's right, had become a soul king and was very close to level sixty.

Yang Hao did not delay, erupting with his new achievement.

"Vajra Dharma Body!"

A burst of soul power erupted, and a gigantic iron-gray One-Eyed Vajra crawled out from the ground, standing ten meters tall. Yang Hao was currently standing on its palm, looking down at the girl.

This was the result of his research. Thanks to the powerful comprehension boost from his golden finger, he was able to uncover its secrets, transform the One-Eyed Vajra martial soul into a physical entity, and separate it for independent manifestation.

He could also apply his self-created Cold Iron Indestructible Body divine skill to enhance its defensive capabilities.

"It succeeded?"

Feng Ling was surprised. She knew about the child's external soul bone and this bonded martial soul. Three years ago, she had asked him to find soul masters who could separate their martial souls, knowing his intentions.

She hadn't expected the child to actually achieve it. This display of power was no less than a Soul Sage's martial soul true body.

"It's just bigger, I have a trump card too. I'll use you to test it today."

Ma Xiaotao sneered, controlling her five soul rings to fuse.

This was the Ring Fusion Secret Technique. Although it wasn't very stable yet, it was enough to unleash a supreme strike.

The five soul rings slowly fused, the gathered power causing the air to distort.

"Phoenix Annihilation Strike!"

Without daring to delay, she controlled the fused power of the five soul rings to erupt. A fiery red phoenix shot out, carrying terrifying heat.

"Open!"

He took out a ten-meter-long great battle axe from his storage soul tool and controlled the Vajra Dharma Body to swing it down with immense force.

Naturally, he wouldn't be foolish enough to tank this attack head-on with the Vajra Dharma Body. The Vajra Dharma Body was humanoid, allowing it to wield weapons in combat.

This giant battle axe was made of Black-Veined Iron, exceptionally hard and extremely sharp. Its soul guiding core was of a ninth-level tier.

"Screech!"

With its immense force and unparalleled sharpness, the battle axe split the charging fire phoenix in two. However, the divided fire phoenix still impacted the Dharma Body, causing a violent explosion. The Phoenix Flame even ignited the Dharma Body.

"Little brother, my attack isn't that easy to block."

Ma Xiaotao, with her soul power nearly depleted, smiled triumphantly. But the next moment, she was astonished.

A figure suddenly flew out of the sea of fire at extreme speed. It was Yang Hao, who had been thrown out by the Vajra Dharma Body and then accelerated with a powerful push.

Ma Xiaotao hurriedly flapped her wings to dodge, but Yang Hao was prepared. He shot out soul power threads, wrapping around her and yanking her forward. He then held her tightly, using the momentum to slam her into the ground.

Though surprised, Ma Xiaotao remained calm. She decisively unleashed her Phoenix Flame and raised her leg for a knee strike, aiming for a vital spot. But the result was a painful leg, feeling as if her bones were broken.

There was no helping it. Yang Hao was using the Cold Iron Indestructible Body divine skill, his body possessing comprehensive defense, truly all-around.

However, that area was indeed too fragile, and densely packed with nerves. The impact was truly unbearable.

The pain stimulated Yang Hao, and a vicious thought crossed his mind. He decisively opened his mouth towards the mountain before him and unleashed his innate soul skill as a mammal—Heavenly Dog Devours the Mountain.

Ma Xiaotao was in so much pain she was about to cry.

She punched and hammered, but for Yang Hao, who had activated the Cold Iron Indestructible Body, this force was barely enough to tickle.

"Alright, alright, separate now. Xiaotao lost this round."

Feng Ling, watching from the side, couldn't stand it any longer and signaled for them to separate.

Only then did Yang Hao release his grip and step back, avoiding the girl's retaliation.

Ma Xiaotao quickly turned her back, pulling open the collar of her low-cut top. Seeing the bite mark and the slowly seeping blood, she was so angry her teeth were about to shatter.

"I'll kill you!"

Furious and driven mad, her fair and pretty face turned completely red, partly from shame and partly from anger.

How dare that scoundrel bite her, and so hard too.

"You're no match for Xiao Hao in your current state, and you did lose. Don't be a sore loser."

Placing a hand on the girl's shoulder, Feng Ling advised.

Going up now would only lead to further suppression. That little guy didn't know how to show mercy to a woman.

Chapter 36: Buddha Fury Tang Lotus

"I was careless this time. I won't lose next time."

Slightly calming down, Ma Xiaotao was unconvinced.

She had been careless this time, too confident in that Ring Fusion strike. If she had been more cautious, she would never have been grabbed and hugged by that scoundrel.

Yang Hao ignored the girl's anger and defiance. He took out his notebook and began writing furiously, updating the Shrek Destruction Plan to vent his inner dissatisfaction.

He had just taken a hard hit from that woman, and it still ached faintly.

He, Yang, always avenged his grudges and repaid his grievances. He never held back.

"Damn it!"

Seeing that scoundrel updating the Shrek Destruction Plan again, Ma Xiaotao's chest heaved violently with anger, and her fists clenched.