External Soul Bone and the Second Soul Ring

"You teach them a lesson for me. Satisfy me, and I'll naturally let you go."

"But if you hold back..." Lin Mo smiled faintly.

Though his words were light, they carried bone-chilling coldness.

The Thunder Academy student's entire body stiffened, his pupils contracting.

The other three hanging in midair instantly turned pale at his words.

Before such fear, the young man's teeth chattered.

"I understand! I understand! I'll definitely teach them a vicious lesson for you! I absolutely won't disappoint you!"

Lin Mo remained expressionless, watching coldly.

After being released, the student looked at his companions hanging before him. His heart was tormented, and he felt immense pressure.

He was afraid Lin Mo would kill him.

To survive, forgive me.

Miserable screams echoed through Thunder Cloud Valley.

In only a short while, the three hanging in the air were battered and bruised, covered in injuries.

After a long time, he trembled as he looked at Lin Mo, as though seeking his opinion.

Continue? Or...

Lin Mo's gaze narrowed slightly as he released the Thunder Hell Vine binding the three of them.

Having regained their freedom, they immediately rushed at the one who had attacked them like madmen, surrounding him and beating him savagely.

At that moment, they could not care less about Lin Mo's scheme of turning them against each other. They only wanted to let this traitor properly experience the power of fists and feet. Miserable screams rang out without end.

Another thoroughly satisfying fight began.

Surrounded and beaten by the three of them, the guy did not dare fight back at all. He could only shield his head and take the blows.

"That's enough. Stop." Lin Mo spoke indifferently.

If they kept going, someone might actually die.

He was still too weak right now. It was best not to offend these major forces too severely.

The three immediately stopped, appearing very obedient.

Lin Mo walked over to the student who had been beaten, then crouched down.

"Remember this: a filthy mouth comes with a price. If you really want to kill me, you'd better have the strength before you start talking big. Otherwise, if you get killed, you'll only have yourself to blame."

"Some things shouldn't be said. They might get you killed, understand? Answer me!" Lin Mo raised his hand and slapped his swollen pig-like face.

"I... understand." Fear filled the man's eyes. Looking at Lin Mo, he was more terrified than a mouse seeing a cat.

Only then did Lin Mo stand. His gaze swept over the bedraggled group before turning toward the mouth of the valley.

This situation was somewhat troublesome.

He had not yet absorbed his second Soul Ring.

Especially since he was attempting to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring across his limit. He had never tried it before, and the risk was great.

The presence of these people was always an unstable factor. How should he deal with them?

Seeming to sense Lin Mo's concerns, the leading youth hurriedly spoke.

"We'll leave. We'll leave right now. We definitely won't appear before you again."

"Yes, yes, we'll leave right now."

As they spoke, they tried to take the opportunity to leave this hellish place.

"Come back. Did I say you could leave?" Lin Mo said calmly.

The three immediately froze in place. When they turned to look at Lin Mo, panic showed in their eyes.

He wasn't planning to silence them permanently, was he?

"Take him with you." Lin Mo glanced at the youth lying on the ground, then turned and walked toward the valley exit.

At the edge of the valley.

The three supported the youth who had been beaten by the group and arrived at the valley entrance.

Freedom was only one step away.

Lin Mo raised his hand and summoned the Thunder Hell Vine again, easily binding their ankles.

"Stay here and reflect properly."

"If you dare move around, I won't mind burying you here." Lin Mo said coldly.

Hearing this, the group nodded frantically, lowering their heads obediently.

Lin Mo's gaze passed over each of their faces.

If the Thunder Hell Vine so much as stirred, he would sense it immediately.

These people had suffered a violent suppression and had been provoked into internal conflict by him. They were unlikely to unite and cause trouble as they had before.

People could not be killed in this place. Teaching them a lesson was enough.

Besides, he had other plans.

Lin Mo gave them a deep look, then turned and returned to the valley.

Those people did not have the courage to follow him. They remained outside the valley, keeping watch.

Lin Mo ignored them and headed straight for the center of the valley, toward the corpse of the Golden Thunder Feather Falcon.

Above the Golden Thunder Feather Falcon's corpse floated a Thousand-Year Soul Ring swirling with purple light.

Seeing this, Lin Mo immediately called upon the system storage and stored the entire Golden Thunder Feather Falcon corpse out of thin air.

[Ding!]

[Item: Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Feather Falcon] (Soul Ring included)

The Golden Thunder Feather Falcon appeared in the system storage in a shrunken form beneath the Soul Ring above its head.

It really worked.

This system space truly contained everything.

In theory, storage Soul Tools could do this as well. It was more a matter of storage capacity.

After taking the Soul Ring, Lin Mo immediately left through the rear of the valley.

He was not an idiot. How could he possibly stay where he was and absorb the Soul Ring?

He had to find a hidden place before doing something like this.

He had already learned that lesson when obtaining his first Soul Ring.

As for those Thunder Academy people, they were essentially like elephants tied with ropes.

As long as they truly wanted to rebel, they could break free from the Thunder Hell Vine's restraints at any time. It only depended on whether they had the nerve.

More likely, they had been beaten into submission and feared that he was baiting them, waiting to hit them with another ruthless round.

After taking the Soul Beast corpse away, Lin Mo searched through the forest.

In the end, he found a concealed cave near the forest's outer region.

After making proper arrangements to conceal it, Lin Mo entered the cave and released the Golden Thunder Feather Falcon's corpse.

The Soul Ring condensed above the corpse had already begun to waver. He needed to absorb it quickly.

Lin Mo sat down cross-legged, his eyes half-closed.

After adjusting the flow of his Soul Power, he began drawing the Thousand-Year Soul Ring into his body.

Buzz—!

The purple Soul Ring's radiance enveloped his body, and Lin Mo's Thunder Hell Vine Martial Soul emerged on its own.

As he gradually absorbed the Soul Ring, the violent Soul Power far surpassing that of a Hundred-Year Soul Ring surged crazily into his body like a breached river, spreading through every limb and bone. Extreme pain instantly swept through his entire body.

Lin Mo gritted his teeth and endured it.

Perhaps this was the price of absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his level.

His body had been tempered by lightning and possessed high lightning resistance.

It was a Soul Ring of the same attribute, only two hundred years higher. There was no reason he could not handle it!

If it hurt, he would endure it!

Lin Mo bore the violent Soul Power as it washed over his Martial Soul and tempered his body.

During the process, he clearly sensed that apart from the Soul Ring's power, another violent force was flooding into his body.

That foreign force was extremely tyrannical. It did not follow the Soul Ring system at all, instead gathering entirely in the bones of his back.

As that violent power accumulated, his back rapidly swelled and bulged. The tearing sensation of something forcibly breaking through made Lin Mo's body suddenly tense, cold sweat covering his forehead.

A Soul Bone!

An External Soul Bone!

But this level of pain seemed a little outrageous, didn't it?!

Lin Mo gritted his teeth and persisted, drenched in sweat.

The flesh on his back swelled violently, rising high. His tendons and bones shifted and pulled apart, while faint sounds of flesh splitting quietly rang out. Every second was agony.

As time passed, the position of his second Soul Ring gradually formed the outline of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, changing from illusory to solid.

Yet his shoulder blades began to split apart at that moment. Scarlet blood blossomed as the pain of torn flesh reached its peak, nearly driving Lin Mo insane.

The next moment, the accumulated peak of Soul Power erupted.

Riding that momentum, what had been lurking beneath the swollen flesh unfurled—!

A pair of golden lightning wings forcibly burst from Lin Mo's back!

The wings were a brilliant gold, more than three feet wide. Their feathers were neat and sharp, covered in lightning patterns, with fine sparks dancing across them. Fresh scarlet blood stained the roots of the wings, blood dripping from golden feathers, making them appear somewhat savage and terrifying!

Lin Mo panted violently, sweat nearly soaking him through.

A pale purple Soul Ring appeared in the position of his second Soul Ring, complementing his Hundred-Year Soul Ring.

He had succeeded.

He had forcibly absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and successfully advanced to two rings!

Furthermore, he had unexpectedly obtained an External Soul Bone.

Adding the Soul Ring and fusing with the External Soul Bone brought a tremendous increase to his cultivation. The bottlenecks in his Soul Power Level broke through one after another!

Level twenty-one!

Level twenty-two!

Level twenty-three!

Vast Soul Power fluctuations radiated from Lin Mo's body, and there were even faint signs that he was about to break through again.

He immediately forcefully suppressed his realm, finally stabilizing at level twenty-three!

Advancing too quickly was not a good thing.

It was better to build a solid foundation in order to go farther.

Information about the second Soul Ring flooded into his mind: the exclusive Soul Skill of the Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Feather Falcon.

[Second Soul Skill: Golden Radiance Punishment]

[Ability: Condenses pure golden lightning in the palm, compressing and shaping it into a Thunder Spear. Possesses extreme piercing and explosive destructive power, accompanied by a thunderburst paralysis effect.]

Seeing this, Lin Mo tried activating his second Soul Ring.

As the Thousand-Year Soul Ring flashed, the dormant golden lightning in his palm began to gather.

Lin Mo slowly opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing through them.

He could clearly sense the violent Soul Power gathering in his palm.

Buzz!

An incomparably brilliant, scorching, tyrannical streak of pure golden lightning gathered in his palm, compressing, refining, and taking shape.

In only a few breaths, a half-meter-long golden Thunder Spear formed. Its shaft was solid, wrapped in lightning patterns, and its spearhead was piercingly sharp. It hovered steadily above his palm.

The destructive power contained within the spear was direct and terrifying. The air warped slightly from the lightning's heat, while fine thunderous explosions crackled continuously.

"This skill... is a little absurd, isn't it?"

Lin Mo's mind trembled slightly.

He tried flapping the Golden Thunder Wings behind him and left the enclosed cave in an instant.

At that moment, Lin Mo held a spear shaped from golden lightning in his hand, golden wings beating behind him, carrying a faint aura of divinity.

He looked into the dense depths of the forest. More than ten meters away stood a huge boulder.

Having found his target, Lin Mo immediately twisted his wrist and threw the golden Thunder Spear!

Whoosh—!

A golden streak suddenly tore through the air!

The Thunder Spear became a dazzling beam of golden light. With a shrill whistle that tore through the air, it pierced through the forest in its path, exploding wood chips everywhere before the golden streak violently struck the hard mountain rock ahead!

Boom!!

A deafening thunderburst exploded!

The mountain rock shattered, and fragments of stone sprayed through the air.

Even Lin Mo was startled by that insane commotion.

He immediately flapped the Golden Thunder Wings and arrived at the scene of the crime.

The sight before him made his pupils contract.

The thick rock had been blasted into a charred crater, its edges entirely carbonized. Residual golden lightning continued to flicker for a long time.

The destructive power of this Soul Skill was simply terrifying!

Even a Three-Ring Soul Elder would probably be forced to take a detour upon seeing it.

Who could take a hit like that without some real strength?

That one strike alone was enough to suppress a Soul Elder!

Lin Mo discovered that this Soul Skill had consumed a quarter of the Soul Power in his body.

In other words, at full strength, he could currently unleash at most four "Thunder Spears."

And these wings on his back...

Lin Mo turned to look behind him at the pair of exposed golden wings, clearly sensing the terrifying power they contained.

He tried to control them, but the results were poor.

Logically, aside from flight, there should have been an exclusive skill as well.

For example, Tang San's Eight Spider Lances contained the [Devour] skill.

He had seen the Golden Thunder Feather Falcon use its wings to unleash Wind Thunder Slashes.

Perhaps he had not adapted to it yet. He would slowly study it when he had time later.

After several attempts, Lin Mo finally managed to retract the golden wings into his body.

Looking at the holes in his robe that let the wind through, he decisively took out a brand-new moon-white robe from the system storage.

He had collected plenty of identical outfits.

Just then, the system prompt sounded in Lin Mo's mind again.

[Ding! Host breakthrough detected. Successfully advanced to Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster.]

[System-exclusive skill: Flash] (Unlocked)

[Skill Effect: Consume the corresponding amount of Soul Power to instantly relocate within a ten-meter range. During relocation, cannot be targeted.]

Instant relocation within ten meters?!

Lin Mo's thoughts stirred.

Whoosh!

His figure instantly blurred, leaving no trace behind. He silently appeared ten meters away.

His stance was steady, his robes did not flutter, and he made no sound.

Most importantly, there was no windup. It was truly instant-cast!

He felt that it had not consumed much Soul Power.

He activated it again.

A second Flash doubled the Soul Power consumption.

A third Flash caused the Soul Power consumption to soar even further!

After the fourth Flash, Lin Mo finally stopped.

Feeling the remaining Soul Power in his body, he estimated that with his current cultivation, his limit was five consecutive Flashes.

As his cultivation improved, that number should rise further.

This was an extremely promising skill, nearly surpassing the vast majority of Soul Bone skills.

In actual combat, he could first use his second Soul Ring to charge up.

Before the enemy could stop him, he could instantly appear behind them and unleash a Thunder Spear!

The effect would definitely be explosive, leaving his opponents unable to guard against it.

In addition, he had unexpectedly obtained an External Soul Bone, which he temporarily named the "Golden Thunder Wings."

Now, he possessed both offense and defense.

He could advance to kill or retreat to escape.

His true combat strength now far surpassed those of the same rank. Even a Three-Ring Soul Elder would have to kneel before him.

A Four-Ring Soul Ancestor would likely fare no better.

Lin Mo reined in his joy and returned to the cave, storing the Golden Thunder Feather Falcon's remains in the system space.

After resting again and thoroughly stabilizing his realm, Lin Mo finally left the mountain.

The vines concealing the cave all receded and sank underground.

Lin Mo stretched his limbs and headed back the way he had come.

Outside Thunder Cloud Valley.

Lin Mo arrived dressed in white.

Those Thunder Academy students were still bound to the ground by thunder vines, exhausted in both body and mind.

When they saw Lin Mo appear, they immediately sensed the powerful Soul Power fluctuations radiating from him.

Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster!

He had successfully absorbed the Soul Ring and advanced.

Could it be—

Lin Mo snapped his fingers.

The Thunder Hell Vines that had been "restraining" them swiftly withdrew and disappeared back into the ground.

"Looks like you know better than to cause trouble. You stayed put obediently."

"Have you figured out how to phrase things during this time?" Lin Mo's gaze swept across the four of them.

Goosebumps immediately rose all over their bodies.

"We... were injured by soul beasts. It had nothing to do with you, Senior."

"Yes, yes, the soul beasts did all of this."

The few of them hurriedly echoed that explanation.

Seeing this, Lin Mo nodded in satisfaction.

"Get lost."

Upon hearing that, they felt as though they had been granted amnesty. They immediately scrambled away in a miserable panic, not daring to look back as they vanished into the depths of the forest, terrified that Lin Mo might change his mind.

The wind in the valley was still, and the thunder had faded.

The white-robed youth leisurely followed behind them, all his astonishing sharpness completely hidden within his heart.