External Soul Bone

"You may call me A-Lu. I look forward to your guidance in the future." The Deer King nodded slightly to the seniors, showing her respect.

She was also shocked that a human child could have so many fierce beasts as helpers.

When she saw a grey bead, she was so frightened she couldn't speak, for she sensed an aura from it that only gods possessed.

"My name is Electrolux, and for now, I am but a wisp of a remnant soul. You may call me Elder Yi, just as they do."

Elder Yi introduced himself as well.

Beside him, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said breezily, "Just call him the old geezer, same as I do."

The next moment, the grey bead vibrated, and Tian Meng was sent flying.

Watching the wailing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, she smiled slightly, understanding that Tian Meng's good intentions were meant to help her integrate into this team quickly.

"By the way, here is the memory Huo Yuhao promised you."

Electrolux waved his hand, and a golden stream of memory quickly submerged her spiritual body. Having experienced this once before, A-Lu nodded.

"Thank you, Elder Yi."

Watching A-Lu slip back into Huo Yuhao's body, Xiao Wu and the others remained dazed for a long time.

The previous encounter with Ice Empress was far less shocking than witnessing this process from start to finish.

"What a miraculous technique..."

Sky Azure Bull Python was the first to recover, sighing in admiration as his gaze toward Huo Yuhao softened considerably.

At the very least, this technique treated soul beasts as partners.

This boy was truly different from other humans.

"Hmph, and don't forget who brought him here."

Seeing Da Ming's expression, Xiao Wu knew exactly what he was thinking; her face was full of smugness, and her nose was practically pointed at the sky.

At this moment, Huo Yuhao had finished sensing the changes in his body and opened his eyes, his gaze filled with pleasant surprise.

A-Lu had brought him a soul ring and a soul bone. There was no need to mention the soul ring's skills; under A-Lu's subjective guidance, her two signature techniques were naturally secured.

The first soul skill was named Mental Amplification by Huo Yuhao. Once activated, it could crudely increase the intensity of his spirit power—already at the God King level—by half.

If he were still at his previous life's level of tangible, physical spirit power as a Titled Douluo, the effect would undoubtedly be doubled.

The only drawback was that the duration was quite short, only about thirty seconds, though this could be extended as Huo Yuhao's Soul Power Level increased.

The second skill was named Mental Barrier. Once activated, it generated a spiritual protective film around him that blocked spiritual detection.

Huo Yuhao had witnessed this firsthand when he first met A-Lu, but its true effect was to ignore attacks with a spiritual intensity lower than his own, and to weaken attacks higher than his own by about eighty percent.

This was simply terrifying. Huo Yuhao could already imagine that once his spiritual power returned to the vast, boundless state of his past life, and he used these two skills, who could possibly break through his spiritual defense?

The soul bone skill complemented the soul ring skill; one of its abilities was to automatically trigger a Mental Barrier when under spiritual attack.

Spiritual attacks are formless and invisible; unless they strike the target, they are almost impossible to detect. Thus, this automatic trigger was something A-Lu had carefully considered before integrating it into the soul bone.

The other skill allowed Huo Yuhao to transfer the effect of the Mental Barrier to someone else. It provided the same effect, but only one protective film could be generated at a time; if given to someone else, he could not use it himself.

Furthermore, the soul bone condensed all the life essence A-Lu had possessed during her life. Her kin could gain a massive boost in spiritual power, and she was no exception.

The soul bone passively increased the speed and intensity of spiritual power cultivation. This boost was permanent, with a corresponding increase of twenty percent, but it could stack with Mental Amplification, providing Huo Yuhao with immense help.

"Thank you, Senior."

Huo Yuhao looked at the Sky Azure Bull Python with a sincere gaze.

Coming to the Star Dou Great Forest this time, the harvest could only be described as massive. He had originally only wanted to find a thirty-thousand-year-old Seven-Colored Elk; he never could have imagined things would develop like this.

"No need to thank me; I only acted as an introduction," the Sky Azure Bull Python paused, then continued, "If you want to thank someone, just take good care of Xiao Wu."

"I will."

Huo Yuhao nodded. Beside him, Xiao Wu's face flushed slightly, and she poked the Sky Azure Bull Python's body repeatedly. "Who needs him to take care of me!"

"By the way, Yuhao, what soul bone did you get?" Xiao Wu asked with some curiosity.

"Oh, it's an External Soul Bone! Thanks to A-Lu, let me see..."

As Huo Yuhao was speaking, he suddenly stalled, his face turning red as he looked at Xiao Wu with some confusion.

"Yuhao? What's wrong?"

"No! Nothing... I'll show you when there's an opportunity later..."

Huo Yuhao seemed to wake up suddenly; his voice was loud at first, then trailed off into a whisper.

Xiao Wu looked at Huo Yuhao suspiciously. Could something have gone wrong with the ritual earlier? It didn't seem like it. Could it be the soul bone? Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"Show me your soul bone right now!"

"No!" Huo Yuhao was on guard.

"Hmph, I insist on seeing it! Tell me! Which part of the body is it on!"

Xiao Wu looked Huo Yuhao up and down, seemingly trying to find something different.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape watched from the side, not helping Huo Yuhao; they were quite curious themselves.

The two of them tugged at each other, and before long, Huo Yuhao, who was on the verge of a breakdown from Xiao Wu's pestering, finally compromised.

"You aren't allowed to laugh at me after you see it!"

Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, seemingly having made a great resolution.

"Don't worry, I won't. I'm a professional, hurry, hurry, hurry."

Xiao Wu didn't even blink, urging him on.

To hell with it!

Thinking this to himself, Huo Yuhao, with a look of grief and indignation, slowly undid his belt.

"Hmm?"

This wasn't the voice of one person; it was the sound of Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu all at once.

Why are you taking off your pants??

The nervous Huo Yuhao was so startled by the three voices that he shuddered, speaking out again.

"Absolutely no laughing!"

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Xiao Wu was even being perfunctory with her words. Not only the three outside, but everyone in the spiritual space—except for A-Lu, who was still digesting memories—was focused intently on the scene.

Huo Yuhao stood with his back to them and slowly pulled down his pants. Just above his buttocks, everyone finally saw the External Soul Bone that Huo Yuhao had newly acquired.

"So... so cute..."

Xiao Wu exclaimed in wonder.

Appearing before everyone's eyes was a fluffy deer tail. Positioned at the base of Huo Yuhao's spine, it looked short and tilted upward.

The most unique thing about it was that the tail was multicolored and incredibly brilliant.

Hearing Xiao Wu's voice, that little colorful tail even gave a fierce twitch.

"Yuhao, can I touch it?"

Xiao Wu's eyes were locked onto the colorful tail in front of her.

"No!"

Huo Yuhao fiercely pulled up his pants and turned to face the three of them.

Xiao Wu indeed hadn't laughed, but the Titan Giant Ape... was being held with his mouth tightly covered by the tail of the Sky Azure Bull Python, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably, which said everything.

The Sky Azure Bull Python seemed unable to hold it in much longer either, his voice sounding strange as he spoke.

"Sorry, the Titan might have remembered something happy. I'll take him to patrol the territory first; you and Xiao Wu can continue playing."

With that, he dragged the Titan Giant Ape away in a flash, disappearing without a trace.

Listening to the unbridled laughter of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his mind, and the Ice Empress who was trembling uncontrollably while beating up the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao felt as if the sky had collapsed.

"You guys are too much! You promised you wouldn't laugh!"