Third Soul Skill, Sky-Rending Tear!

Xia Ming looked at the spirit bone before him, which seemed tailor-made for him, and felt no more hesitation in his heart.

He took the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw left palm bone with both hands; it felt slightly cool to the touch, yet he could clearly sense the majestic power pulsing within it.

"Many thanks to Senior Brother and the two Elders for your protection."

Xia Ming bowed in salute, then sat cross-legged once more, pressing the dark-gold palm bone against the back of his left hand.

The violent conflict between the spirit bone's energy and his body that he had anticipated did not occur.

The moment the domineering, peerless origin power of the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear surged into Xia Ming's body, it was as if a stream were merging into the ocean, failing to stir up any significant waves.

The unruly, tearing will contained within the spirit bone's energy stabilized naturally upon encountering the top-tier Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff bloodline within Xia Ming.

The Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear's palm bone was undeniably domineering, enough to make most spirit masters endure pain akin to being sliced by a thousand knives during fusion, or even face the risk of a backlash.

But no matter how domineering it was, how could it compare to the bloodline of the former Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff?

Xia Ming only felt a warm, tingling sensation of fusion at his left palm bone; the pressure and tearing sensation he had expected were nowhere to be found.

The entire process went more smoothly than he could have imagined.

As the spirit bone energy was completely absorbed and fused, Xia Ming's spirit power rose with the tide, officially reaching level thirty-nine.

Half an hour later, the dark-gold light on Xia Ming's left hand completely receded, and the palm bone had vanished.

He slowly opened his eyes; there was no change to the appearance of his left hand.

Yet, an unprecedented sense of powerful control and latent explosive force was clearly imprinted upon his senses.

"How is it?" Yan Shaozhe looked at him with anticipation. "Did you inherit the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw?"

The corners of Xia Ming's mouth curled up, and a glimmer of eagerness flashed in his eyes: "Exceptionally smooth. As for whether I inherited it..."

He looked at Yan Shaozhe, his tone carrying a hint of challenge, "Would Senior Brother like to experience it for yourself?"

He raised his left hand, and with a flash of dark-gold light, five dark-gold claws, each about a foot long and shaped like crescent blades, sprang out instantly as if they had grown naturally from his finger bones!

The claws were suffused with a water-like dark-gold luster, and the air at their edges twisted, emitting a teeth-grinding cutting sound.

Their very existence radiated an aura of indestructible sharpness.

Immediately following this, Xia Ming moved his mind, and his third spirit ring suddenly lit up!

The moment the spirit ring's light flickered, a strange fluctuation that seemed capable of tearing everything apart permeated from Xia Ming's body.

"Watch closely, Senior Brother!" Xia Ming let out a low shout and swung his left arm violently!

There were no complex tricks, just a simple and direct horizontal tear!

The five dark-gold claws sliced through the air, heading straight for Yan Shaozhe!

Yan Shaozhe did not take it lightly; with a thought, he instantly deployed three highly condensed Brightness spirit power shields in front of him, each capable of easily blocking the full-force attack of an ordinary Spirit Douluo.

He intentionally controlled the strength of the shields to the level of a Spirit Douluo, wanting to truly test the power of this strike.

However, the scene that followed made his pupils shrink!

As the five dark-gold claw beams made contact with the first shield, the light on the shield's surface flickered rapidly.

Yet, it was not violently pierced; instead, it was directly ignored by a strange power!

The speed of the claw beams barely diminished as they passed through the second and then the third shield...

"Sshhh-!"

A light sound like tearing silk rang out.

The three shields in front of Yan Shaozhe, which would have left a Spirit Douluo helpless, were passed through by the five claw beams as if they did not exist!

The momentum of the claw beams did not cease, precisely grazing the sleeve of the left arm Yan Shaozhe had raised to block.

The sleeve instantly turned into shreds.

Even more shocking was that five shallow yet incredibly clear bloodstains had been left on Yan Shaozhe's skin!

Although it was only a superficial wound that healed instantly under the influence of his spirit power, the mark itself was enough to explain everything.

"To think it could actually injure me!"

Yan Shaozhe looked at the bloodstains rapidly disappearing on his arm, an undisguised look of shock appearing on his face.

He knew very well the defensive strength he had just deployed, and even more so the toughness of his own physical body.

The piercing power of this strike had completely exceeded his estimations!

Xia Ming retracted his claws and stood still, the dark-gold light receding.

He looked at Yan Shaozhe and explained: "Senior Brother, being able to break through your defense is not just the effect of the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw spirit bone; the key is my third spirit skill."

He paused, detailing this newly acquired spirit skill:

"The name of this spirit skill is Sky-Rending Tear, and its effect is to ignore any defense composed of spirit power; I suspect that even spirit tool barriers would be no exception."

Once these words were spoken, not only Yan Shaozhe, but even Elder Song and Elder Zhuang beside him gasped.

Ignoring all spirit power defenses?

This was simply the nightmare of every defensive spirit master and spirit tool master!

A divine skill that could be called rule-level armor penetration!

"Moreover, after this soul skill is unleashed, my next attack will have its attack power doubled on top of all existing buffs."

Xia Ming continued, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

He was very satisfied with the effects of this soul skill.

Being able to ignore all defenses was already quite extraordinary, let alone having an additional effect that doubled attack power.

One had to know, this was a noble independent multiplier.

After unleashing his first and second soul rings, his attack power was already boosted by 350%; after using this soul skill, his next attack would be nine times the original.

What a terrifying figure this was!

Combined with the effect of ignoring all soul power defenses, as well as the extreme physical output brought by the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw soul bone...

The power of this combo was enough to make one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

When this soul skill was unleashed, Xia Ming could even threaten some Titled Douluo.

Of course, although this soul skill was powerful, its soul power consumption could not be underestimated.

A single use required a quarter of Xia Ming's current soul power.

Even with the rapid recovery brought by his second soul skill, he could not use it many times at all.

Xia Ming told everything to the others present.

For a moment, the clearing fell into a brief silence.

Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, and Elder Zhuang, three powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of the continent, looked at each other, seeing deep shock in each other's eyes.

Ignoring all soul power defenses, an independent multiplier that doubled the final attack, combined with the terrifying base attack power of the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw soul bone and the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff martial soul...

This was no longer just a powerful ten-thousand-year soul skill.

This was a divine skill born for cross-rank challenges and creating miracles!

After a long while, Yan Shaozhe let out a long breath, looking at Xia Ming with complex eyes:

"The value of the soul ring and soul bone you obtained this time likely far exceeds our initial expectations.

What a Sky-Rending Tear!

Given time, this single soul skill might just become the nightmare of all your enemies!"