Douluo: Returning as the One, Smashing Tang San to Death with the Heaven-Defying Seal — Chapter 10

A pure power boost!

Beneath the claw gauntlet's cover, the strength of his right hand had increased threefold!

Most importantly...

This was not an additional skill of the External Soul Bone, but merely the basic enhancement granted by activating it!

"Let's try the soul bone skill too!"

Lu Yu clenched his fist sharply. The claw gauntlet covering his right hand trembled slightly, and then a ring of golden light condensed around his right hand.

Within the golden ring, black runes flickered, radiating an ancient and tyrannical aura.

"Domination Domain?"

A trace of delight flashed through Lu Yu's eyes.

But he quickly noticed something was off.

The ring was simply too small, only enveloping his right hand.

How could there be such a tiny domain?

With a thought, Lu Yu threw a punch. The golden ring quivered, and the black runes flashed.

The air twisted slightly wherever the fist wind passed. Then, a phantom of a lion's head with a ghostly face howled forth!

"Boom!!!"

The phantom slammed into the ground some distance away. The earth exploded, sending dust flying.

When the dust settled, Lu Yu's punch had blasted a massive crater into the ground!

The ground surrounding the crater was cracked inch by inch!

The power of that punch was no weaker than the Giant Spirit Palm Talisman!

"This is..."

Lu Yu's eyes lit up as he instantly understood the skill's effect.

It was indeed the Domination Domain, but this domain had been fixed onto the External Soul Bone. Only when using the soul bone skill would the Domination Domain merge with the attack and unleash terrifying power.

Though he had not gained the complete Domination Domain, Lu Yu was already satisfied.

After all, this was merely a hundred-year External Soul Bone!

Yet whether it was the threefold boost to Lu Yu's right-hand strength or the powerful External Soul Bone skill, neither was inferior to a powerful ten-thousand-year soul bone!

Most importantly...

Every soul master could only fuse six soul bones: a head soul bone, a torso soul bone, and four limb soul bones.

External Soul Bones, however, did not occupy any of those slots. Though this was a right palm bone, it would not affect Lu Yu's future fusion with a right arm bone in any way.

"Now, let's try the first soul ring's skill..." Lu Yu calmed himself and unclenched his right hand. The claw gauntlet vanished.

Then, with a thought, his Heaven-Defying Seal martial soul appeared.

Looking at the Heaven-Defying Seal before him, Lu Yu froze for a moment...

The Heaven-Defying Seal was no longer shaped like a lump of stone. It was gradually taking on the outline of a jade seal, while the once-blurry words "Heaven-Defying" became increasingly distinct.

Most importantly...

A dark golden rune had appeared on the seal's body!

At the same time, a dark yellow soul ring emerged around Lu Yu.

As the soul ring lit up, the dark golden rune on the Heaven-Defying Seal flashed.

Then, the Heaven-Defying Seal rapidly expanded to a full meter square. Its pitch-black body turned dark gold, exuding an indestructible texture.

"Diamond Seal!"

Lu Yu's expression was somewhat strange, as though he had thought of his future fighting style.

He named this first soul ring skill Diamond Seal, and its effect was very simple...

It applied a "buff" to the Heaven-Defying Seal martial soul!

The effect of this "buff" was indestructibility!

And it was indestructibility in the absolute sense!

In other words, even if a Title Douluo came, they would be unable to damage the Heaven-Defying Seal while it was in the Diamond Seal state!

Soul masters needed their martial souls to fight, but martial souls were also the foundation of a soul master.

If a martial soul was damaged during battle, at best it would cause backlash or severe injury to its soul master. At worst, it would inflict irreversible damage upon the soul master's foundation and cultivation, making further progress impossible or even costing them their life.

But with the Diamond Seal, Lu Yu would no longer need to worry about his martial soul being damaged in the future.

However, aside from absolute indestructibility, the Diamond Seal provided no other enhancements and had no offensive effect.

If this skill were given to another soul master, it might seem somewhat useless.

But for Lu Yu, this skill was practically tailor-made for him!

Lu Yu's physical constitution far surpassed that of soul masters at the same level. He could completely use the Heaven-Defying Seal in its Diamond Seal state as a weapon!

With the strength boost from the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff Right Palm Bone, one strike of the seal would be enough to crush even a Defense Type soul master below the three-ring level!

Putting away his martial soul and soul ring, Lu Yu glanced at the sky. A faint pale light had already appeared on the horizon.

The previous night, he had first fought a great number of soul beasts, then circled around the Golden Mane Lion-Mastiff. Together with the time spent absorbing the soul ring and soul bone, an entire night had passed before he knew it.

This trip to the Soul Hunting Forest had left Lu Yu richly rewarded. It was time to leave.

Following the route he had taken in, Lu Yu reached the exit in half an hour. The guards stationed outside merely glanced at him before ignoring him.

By the time the sky had fully brightened, Lu Yu had returned to Seventh Dormitory at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

He moved very quietly and did not wake his roommates. However, with his powerful spiritual power, he noticed that Tang San had awakened the moment he entered and had been secretly observing him ever since.

Lu Yu did not care in the slightest. He lay directly on his bed and fell asleep.

After a night of exertion, though most of his depleted spiritual power had recovered, the exhaustion brought on by consecutive battles could not be eliminated.

Tang San frowned as he looked at Lu Yu on the bed not far away.

He had already learned from Yu Xiaogang that Lu Yu had taken leave from the academy that afternoon and gone to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a soul ring.

Today, Tang San would be going to the Soul Hunting Forest with Yu Xiaogang to obtain a soul ring of the optimal age under his teacher's guidance.

He had originally planned to invite Lu Yu along, but he had not expected Lu Yu to choose to enter the Soul Hunting Forest alone.

Although Yu Xiaogang had told Tang San that Lu Yu said Village Chief Jack would accompany him, the villagers of Holy Soul Village were already poor. How could Old Jack possibly afford to hire someone to help obtain a hundred-year soul ring?

As for going without anyone's help and battling soul beasts himself?

Tang San had memories of his previous life and cultivated the Tang Sect's ultimate techniques, yet even he did not dare claim he could defeat a hundred-year soul beast with certainty.

Lu Yu had probably only obtained a Ten-Year Soul Ring, hadn't he?

Thinking of this, Tang San immediately felt some regret.

Lu Yu possessed Innate Full Soul Power, so he could be considered a talent. They were also from the same village, so Tang San had originally intended to lend Lu Yu some support.

Then, he could take the opportunity to recruit Lu Yu into the Tang Sect and help himself carry forward the Tang Sect in this foreign world.

But Lu Yu had willingly settled for mediocrity. Eager for quick success, he had impatiently obtained a Ten-Year Soul Ring. This caused Tang San to abandon his original plan.

Setting aside his thoughts, Tang San rose and walked to the window. He pushed it open and looked eastward, faint purple light flickering in his eyes.

A moment later, he turned and left the room.

Today, his teacher would take him to obtain a soul ring!

Tang San was also somewhat expectant. What kind of ability would he gain after obtaining his first soul ring?

Even though his main martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, after gaining a first soul ring of optimal age, he would surely be far stronger than the children his age at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, right?

After obtaining his first soul ring, Lu Yu began living a routine that revolved around the training field, classroom, and dormitory.

He often did not even go to the cafeteria for meals, instead asking his roommates to bring food back for him.

He went to the training field to complete his work-study student duties, while also earning some copper soul coins.

Naturally, he went to class merely for appearances' sake. Although Lu Yu already knew most of the knowledge taught by the teachers, if he did not attend, he would likely be expelled before long.

If he were expelled from a Junior Soul Master Academy, it would become exceedingly difficult for Lu Yu to attend an intermediate Soul Master Academy or even an advanced Soul Master Academy in the future.

Before he had grown strong enough, Lu Yu naturally understood the importance of keeping a low profile.

However, he listened very attentively during lessons about soul beasts.

Back in the Soul Hunting Forest, he had suffered precisely because he could not identify the species and age of soul beasts. That was why he had resorted to the clumsy method of judging them through battle.

Lu Yu spent all his remaining time cultivating Reverse Birth Triple, the Golden Light Spell, and Thunder Arts, while studying the Compendium of Talismans.

Thus, aside from eating, attending class, and going to the training field to complete his work-study student duties, Lu Yu spent nearly all his time cultivating in the dormitory.