Tentacle Monster

"Abyssal Slash of Space Rending."

Bibi Dong didn't let her guard down and continued using her Soul Skill.

She brought her arms together and unleashed a jade-green blade of light. Space warped wherever it passed, and the Octopus King's body was split in two the instant the blade swept through it.

The two halves fell apart and crashed onto the surface of the sea. The black mist began to dissipate.

The Deep Sea Octopus King was dead.

From the moment Bibi Dong struck to the Octopus King's death, only a few breaths had passed.

Gu Qingshan swallowed. "I thought you said it wouldn't be easy?"

Bibi Dong shot him a sidelong glance.

The alluring charm in that glance brimmed with flavor, leaving Gu Qingshan weak in both body and spirit.

"I'm a Limit Douluo. Even though I'm suppressed and can only bring out Level 98 strength..."

A blood-red Soul Ring rose between the two halves of the body, like a crimson moon ascending from the sea.

Bibi Dong sat cross-legged beside the Octopus King's corpse, closed her eyes, and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

Gu Qingshan stood beside her, his senses stretched to their limit.

The sunlight shone over the sea once more, and a black Soul Bone floated out of the Octopus King's corpse.

Its shape was unlike any Soul Bone Gu Qingshan had ever seen.

It looked like a tangled mass of black, twisted tentacles.

Eight tentacles extended from an irregular bone about the size of a palm, their surfaces covered with a thin layer of black mist.

An External Soul Bone!

Gu Qingshan scooped the Soul Bone out of the sea and placed it in his palm.

It twitched faintly in his hand, almost as if it were alive.

He raised it before his eyes and studied it for a long time.

Eight tentacles wreathed in black mist... If he fused with this thing, would he turn into some kind of tentacle monster?

The corner of his mouth twitched.

Whatever the case, this was a hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone.

External Soul Bones were far rarer than ordinary Soul Bones, and a hundred-thousand-year one was rarer still. He had no reason to pass it up.

Bibi Dong was still absorbing the Soul Ring, so Gu Qingshan put away the External Soul Bone and continued standing beside her.

The sun rose earlier over the sea than on the mainland. When a sliver of fish-belly white first appeared on the horizon, Bibi Dong opened her eyes.

She sat cross-legged at the bow, her black fitted outfit pressed close against her by the sea breeze, outlining the straight lines of her waist and back.

She had finished absorbing the Soul Ring, and the blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had settled inside her.

Her second Martial Soul, the Soul-Eating Spider Emperor, now had a Soul Ring Configuration of three black and four red.

Bibi Dong was probably the Soul Master with the most known Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings at present.

Her aura was stronger than it had been a day ago. Although the Rakshasa God's divine will was still suppressing her, she could bring out a little more of her strength now. She had taken another step forward from Level 98.

Bibi Dong rose from the bow and stretched her stiff neck.

She turned and looked at Gu Qingshan, who was sitting at the bow, the corners of her mouth lifting.

Qingshan really was her lucky star. He had played a part in her obtaining all four of her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.

It gave her the feeling of being a little woman cared for by someone else, a feeling she hadn't experienced in many years.

She enjoyed it.

"Qingshan, it's your turn."

Gu Qingshan touched the Soul Bone tucked against his chest, anticipation rising in his heart.

Soul Bones were already rare, External Soul Bones were a hundred times rarer than ordinary ones, and hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bones were so rare that even legends seldom spoke of them.

He had no idea what he would become after fusing with it. Would he really turn into a tentacle monster?

Gu Qingshan took a deep breath and poured his Soul Power into the Soul Bone.

Eight blue-black bands of light shot out of the Soul Bone and wound around his back.

Like eight living tentacles, they squeezed his flesh, trying to burrow into his muscles and bones.

"Hiss!"

External Soul Bones really were different from ordinary Soul Bones.

The instant those eight bands of light burrowed into his flesh, an indescribable sense of invasion washed over him. It was as if something were forcibly rewriting his body's structure, carving a mark deep into his spine.

The bands of light began to change. No longer a chaotic mass of energy, they started spreading toward his spine.

Blue-black light traveled up his spine from his tailbone to his neck, slowly tracing a bizarre Octopus Light Diagram across his back.

Bibi Dong stood less than a yard behind him, watching the eight black bands of light burrow into Gu Qingshan's back.

This seemed different from when she had fused with the Six-Winged Violet Light Wings.

Her brows furrowed slightly. Her right hand rose instinctively, then fell again.

She knew that no one could disturb the process of fusing with a Soul Bone. Any outside interference could cause the fusion to fail or even put the person's life in danger.

After all, the spine was the body's most vital bone, the channel for the central nervous system.

A person could lose their limbs, but if their spine broke, they were done for.

All she could do was wait anxiously.

An hour later, the blue-black light began to withdraw. Finally, the Octopus Light Diagram sank beneath his skin.

When his spiritual power swept over his back, he could clearly sense a brand-new Soul Bone lying dormant on his spine.

The External Soul Bone had fused successfully.

Gu Qingshan rose from the bow and rolled his shoulders. He felt no discomfort at all; instead, he had the strange impression that it had always belonged there.

With a thought, eight tentacles extended from his back.

They surged out simultaneously from eight different points beneath his shoulder blades, along both sides of his lumbar spine, and along his spine.

Blue-black and covered with a thin layer of mist, they writhed in the air like claws, reaching out in every direction.

Gu Qingshan controlled them with his thoughts. The eight tentacles stretched out in eight directions, reaching a maximum length of ten zhang.

They could change shape at will, serving as ropes, whips, claws, or even hands.

They could also be used for defense. With another thought, the eight tentacles drew back from different directions and wove themselves into an airtight net around his body.

They could be used for offense, too. At another thought, all eight tentacles shot toward the sea ahead, moving so fast that only eight deep-blue afterimages remained in the air.

The instant their tips touched the sea, they sharpened like blades and sliced into the water without the slightest resistance.

The tentacles could change length at will, and turn hard or soft. They were an extremely convenient and useful tool.

Under normal circumstances, they were completely integrated into his spine and didn't affect his movements at all.

Only when he needed them would they surge from his back, transforming into eight deadly tentacles.

Seeing that Gu Qingshan had fused successfully, Bibi Dong let out a breath of relief.

And they seemed quite powerful, even if their appearance was a little strange.

"Let's head back. We've been out for several days." Bibi Dong turned and walked toward the cabin.

Gu Qingshan watched her from behind as the sea breeze stirred her long hair. Her waist was slender, her legs long, and her middle was as broad as a millstone. The sway of her movements held an indescribable allure.

Tsk!

It seemed Bibi Dong had become even more womanly after that time!