External Soul Bone: Black Feather Golden Thread Wings, Soul Bone Skill: Mountains and Rivers Remain

As Qian Daoliu and the others carefully surveyed the surroundings to ensure Xiao Yao's safety,

Xiao Yao was feeling the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's exceptionally high-quality Soul Power surge into the pathways of his body like a flood.

If he had absorbed a Soul Ring of such high quality before absorbing his first and second Soul Rings, Xiao Yao would definitely have been in unbearable pain. But after undergoing the transformation brought by the Golden Behemoth and Golden Xuanwu Soul Rings,

Xiao Yao's physical strength had improved enormously. Absorbing the nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger now felt utterly effortless.

After a while, an energy of an exceptionally high order suddenly came from his Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul. This energy split into two parts.

One part merged with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Power rushing through his meridians and flowed into Xiao Yao's back, while the other fused into his gradually forming third Soul Ring.

Feeling where that energy was going, Xiao Yao thought, Is it the Black Bead the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had prepared to escape with? This bead really is a treasure. In the original story, it traveled to another world and instantly transformed someone with terrible talent, whose innate meridians were blocked and who could not cultivate, into an unparalleled genius with the potential to become a god.

Now, this bead had likely been transformed by his Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul into two streams of pure yet extraordinarily high-order energy, helping him form an External Soul Bone while improving the quality of his third Soul Ring.

What a pleasant surprise. After all, if that Black Bead had wanted to flee, he truly would have had no way to stop it. A being capable of traversing spatial planes and possessing such a high order was beyond even Qian Daoliu's ability to deal with. After all, Qian Daoliu had not yet reached the god level, so his own order was insufficient.

Yet his Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul had actually swallowed the Black Bead whole, digested it completely, and converted it into energy for him. That was truly wonderful.

He was now immensely looking forward to his third Soul Skill.

An hour or two later, Xiao Yao finished absorbing it and rose to his feet.

Mighty Lion Douluo hurried over and asked, "Yao'er, how do you feel now? While you were absorbing it, a Black Bead formed on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's body and was absorbed by your Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul. Do you feel anything different about your body?"

Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, and Azure Luan also revealed worried expressions.

Xiao Yao looked at them and smiled. "Don't worry. It's a good thing for me. After my Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul swallowed that Black Bead, it transformed into exceptionally high-quality energy and entered my body."

As Xiao Yao spoke, he felt a slight itch on his back, as though something was about to grow from it. He knew it was his External Soul Bone, and he frantically directed Soul Power toward his back.

"Whoosh!" A pair of black-and-gold wings spread from Xiao Yao's back. Qian Daoliu and the others stared at them, all too stunned to speak. It was not because they were External Soul Bones, but because the wings looked far too cool.

Every feather on the wings faded from jet black into radiant gold, like night soaked through by a molten sunset. Ancient golden patterns covered the wings. They did not resemble feathers so much as gold cast over black iron—hard and sharp.

Xiao Yao was also extremely satisfied with the appearance of this External Soul Bone. Though strength came first in a supernatural world, being both strong and handsome was naturally even better.

Feeling the Soul Skill bestowed by the wings, Xiao Yao revealed a satisfied smile.

Golden Lion Douluo looked at the smile on Yao'er's face and asked, "Yao'er, what is your External Soul Bone Skill?"

Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, and Azure Luan were also quite curious. Xiao Yao's Soul Skills were incredibly powerful, and their mechanics were outrageously absurd. Would this External Soul Bone be just as ridiculous?

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "My External Soul Bone is called the Black Feather Golden Thread Wings. Its Soul Bone Skill is Mountains and Rivers Remain—it records one of my current states. Upon activation, no matter what state I'm in, I can instantly return to the recorded state! The cooldown is half an hour, but consuming Soul Power can reduce the cooldown."

Xiao Yao thought, Did the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's time attribute enter my External Soul Bone after being transformed through my Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul?

Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and Xiong Shi's expressions instantly fell apart. What kind of Soul Skill was that?

Wasn't that far too outrageous? And why did this Soul Skill feel so completely out of place compared to everyone else's?

How could it even have a time attribute? Did the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger have a time attribute?

Azure Luan could barely hold it together as he said, "So, Yao'er, if I understand correctly, when fighting an enemy, every half hour you can ignore everything and return to your peak state, right?"

Xiao Yao nodded.

Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and Xiong Shi were utterly shocked. It was real. It truly was exactly as they had understood.

And most importantly, consuming Soul Power could reduce the cooldown. Didn't that mean that once his Soul Power increased later on, he could restore himself to peak condition once every few minutes—or even once every few seconds?

Could a Soul Skill like this really come from a mere ten-thousand-year Soul Beast?

Resetting his own state—even if he had lost an arm or a leg and was on the verge of death, one Soul Skill could restore him to his peak, fully recovered state. Who would even want to fight someone like that?

Qian Daoliu held his Angel Holy Sword and looked at his Six-Winged Angel, wanting to ask why there could be such a huge gap when both were God-Level Martial Souls.

Originally, only the Sea God's Martial Soul could compete with his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul in raw power. But now, a Golden Lion Mastiff had suddenly appeared. Not only were its raw stats absurdly high, but each of its mechanics was more outrageous than the last!

Wouldn't Yao'er be able to fight him after gaining another two or three Soul Rings?

Seeing how shocked they all were, Xiao Yao was also delighted. The feeling of shocking others by being both a stat monster and a mechanics monster was simply incredible.

Xiao Yao recorded his current state. This skill, combined with his second Soul Skill, Golden Verdict: Eternal Suppression of Mountains and Rivers, had once again greatly enhanced his ability to survive. He knew that only the living could deal damage, and only the living could become victors.

Xiao Yao spread his Black Feather Golden Thread Wings and flapped them once.

"Boom!" Xiao Yao flew straight into a tree. The strength of the wings was tied to the strength of his own body, and his body was now already at the level of a Title Douluo. Suddenly gaining wings with Title Douluo-level power made it perfectly normal for him to be unaccustomed to them.

When Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and Xiong Shi saw Xiao Yao crash into the tree, they exchanged glances and smiled knowingly. No matter how monstrous his skills and mechanics were, in their eyes, Yao'er was still Yao'er—the child who needed their protection as he grew.

Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan activated Martial Soul Possession, spread their wings, and flew over. After helping Xiao Yao up, the two taught Yao'er their respective flying experiences.

They then directly took Xiao Yao into the air and let him try for himself. Before long, Xiao Yao had mastered the techniques for flying with his wings.

Xiao Yao soared joyfully through the sky, plunging into cotton-like white clouds and flying alongside Soul Beasts such as bluebirds and thunderhawks. Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan silently protected Xiao Yao at his side. They understood how he felt right now; when they had first learned to fly, they had been just like him.

After flying for a while, the three landed. It was time for Xiao Yao to demonstrate the Soul Skill of his third Soul Ring.