Luring the Tiger from the Mountain to Seize Peerless Immortal Herbs!

To be honest, was a Dragon Core a good thing?

A Dragon Core was indeed a good thing for soul masters, but it actually came with both benefits and drawbacks.

It was effective only for soul masters who possessed dragon-type martial souls, and it could only be used when one was on the verge of death.

After a soul master consumed a Dragon Core, they had to constantly guard against the backlash of its soul power. Once they completely refined the Dragon Core, their strength would undergo a rapid breakthrough!

In this era, no one had yet uncovered the Dragon Core's true use. Since such things were exceedingly rare, few soul masters even recognized them.

"This is a rare exotic beast core pearl!"

"This thing is even rarer than a hundred-thousand-year soul ring or soul bone. Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo from Soul Land II, possessed a Dragon Core with the light attribute!"

"This Dragon Core was one of Huo Gua's cheats. It helped him greatly increase his soul power during the middle stages!"

"But there were quite a few exotic beast inner cores in Soul Land I. Aside from this Dragon Core, there were the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's inner core, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Evil God Pearl, and the million-year Deep Sea Demon Whale King's whale pearl!"

"Every one of them was a rare exotic beast inner core!"

Xia Mu looked toward the Dragon Core at the center of the auction house. Obtaining this Dragon Core was purely an unexpected gain.

"Three million seven hundred thousand!"

"Congratulations to this distinguished guest for winning this Dragon Core!"

Xia Feng placed the bid and ultimately secured the item, taking the Dragon Core into his hands.

"Xia Mu!"

"What does this Dragon Core do?"

"Other than being somewhat rare, there's nothing special about it. It's completely useless to soul masters!"

"Then why did you go to such lengths to buy it?"

On the way home, Xia Feng asked in confusion.

"My martial soul told me!"

"This Dragon Core will be of great use to me, but I'm still not certain how it should be consumed!"

Xia Mu shook his head as he answered Xia Feng.

"I see!"

Xia Feng nodded and did not ask further.

Over the following period, many major events occurred. Ye Renxin of the Nine-Heart Begonia lineage broke through to the Soul Sage realm and successfully obtained his soul ring.

Xia Feng and Liu Yuer paid a visit to the Ye Family with congratulatory gifts, further strengthening the relationship between the two families.

During this time, Xia Feng and Liu Yuer also sorted through their gains and consolidated their realms.

After obtaining his fifth soul ring, Xia Feng's soul power surged by two levels, allowing him to break through to level fifty-two.

Liu Yuer was at level fifty-three. With her external soul bone and the thirty-thousand-year Shieldblade Monster left arm bone, she could nearly rival a Soul Emperor. Her combat power had risen to a terrifying degree!

As the possessor of a body martial soul, Xia Feng also had a top-grade forty-thousand-year soul bone. Going all out, his combat power could nearly match that of a Soul Emperor.

"Xia Mu!"

"We've finally found the information you wanted!"

"In the central-western region of Sunset Forest, there really is a rare Medusa Queen living there!"

"That soul beast is as old as sixty thousand years. Why have you suddenly set your sights on it?"

Liu Yuer asked in confusion.

"This Medusa is extremely rare. There's a high chance that it may produce a rare gemstone-type skull bone."

Among the six soul bones, skull bones were the most special. Together with torso bones, they could connect the limb bones.

Head soul bones could be divided into three major categories. One was gemstone-type skull bones, which were produced by gemstone-type soul beasts.

Such soul bones were exceedingly rare. Their quality surpassed that of other head soul bones, and they possessed special attributes.

Besides those, there were mental-type skull bones and illusion-type skull bones. These two types were far more common.

"Gemstone-type skull bones?"

It was the first time the two had heard this term.

"That's right!"

"This concerns a secret!"

"After a soul master comprehends the laws of origin, they can convert soul power into divine power. There are three foundations for becoming a god!"

"First, a divine core!"

"Second, a natal divine armor!"

"Third, a natal divine artifact!"

"Level ninety-nine Ultimate Douluo are actually divided into three realms as well. They correspond to the realms of quasi-demigod, demigod, and quasi-god!"

"A soul bone set is the prototype of divine armor!"

"To form a soul bone set, the six soul bones on a soul master's body cannot be below ten thousand years!"

"The higher their age, the stronger the soul bone set!"

"Gemstone-type skull bones possess special attributes and can enhance the foundation of a soul bone set together with a torso bone."

"Once a soul master gathers all six soul bones, they can transform the soul bone set into soul bone armor when breaking through to the demigod realm. After becoming a god, it can be called natal divine armor!"

"I only learned of this by chance."

"As for whether it's true, I have no idea!"

Xia Mu gently shook his head. This was merely an interesting tale he had heard by chance, and he did not know whether it was true.

"Divine core?"

"Natal divine armor?"

"Natal divine artifact?"

After hearing this secret, Liu Yuer and Xia Feng fell into thought. It was better to believe it existed than to believe it did not. After all, who wouldn't want ten-thousand-year soul bones?

"Wait, a sixty-thousand-year Medusa!"

"You brat, are you asking the two of us to hunt a Medusa Queen that's around sixty thousand years old?"

"Have you lost your mind?"

Xia Feng came back to his senses and questioned Xia Mu.

"I want you two to lure the Medusa Queen away. I have something else to do!"

"This matter is very important to me!"

Xia Mu's true target had always been the peerless immortal herbs within the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, not the Medusa Queen.

This time, he intended to lure the tiger away from the mountain!

"Repair the plank road in the open while secretly crossing at Chencang!"

I hope I get what I want this time.

There were many things Xia Mu could not say outright. Only when the time was right could he reveal them one by one!

"So mysterious!"

"Fine, let's set off right away!"

Xia Feng made the final decision. To be honest, both of them greatly coveted that sixty-thousand-year head soul bone.

"Whoosh~"

"Boom~"

An arrow shot out like a meteor, striking directly into the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flower patch and triggering a huge explosion.

Struck by the attack, the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers released a terrifying poisonous mist. At the same time, a strange phenomenon arose within the field.

A six-meter-long Medusa Queen emerged from the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flower patch and let out repeated hisses toward the sky.

"Hiss~"

As an exotic beast of heaven and earth, the Medusa Queen suppressed countless top-tier soul beasts with its petrifying rays.

The Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers could assist the Medusa Queen's cultivation, which was why it had chosen this territory.

Now that the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers had suffered a large-scale attack, the Medusa Queen had been utterly enraged.

"Oh, heavens!"

"Damn legs, run already!"

Xia Feng hurriedly activated his soul skill. With one step, the ground cracked apart, and he sprinted away like a cannonball.

The Medusa Queen pursued relentlessly from behind. Today, it would make this human pay a painful price.

This patch of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers was the Medusa Queen's lifeblood. Usually, it was afraid that even the slightest bump might damage them.

Yet this human dared to target the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers. He truly did not know the meaning of death!

"That was the sound of an explosive arrow!"

"Looks like Old Xia has already engaged it!"

On the other side, after hearing the explosion, Xia Mu looked at Liu Yuer. He intended for her to carry him over this patch of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers so they could enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Because of the Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers, the outer perimeter of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was shrouded in poisonous mist all year round.

However, they could enter the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from directly above, though they would need to pass through a thin layer of poisonous mist.

The two swallowed antidote pills, and Liu Yuer carried Xia Mu as she flew straight toward the depths of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.