Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, Explosive Dragon Starfall!

"An external soul bone—Dark Gold Bat Wings?"

Besides its basic flight ability, this external soul bone also came with a clone soul skill!

Once activated, it could turn one into ten thousand, then ten thousand back into one, somewhat similar to a blood escape technique.

As long as even one clone survived, his life would be preserved. It truly was an essential divine skill for escaping!

"Boom~"

Xia Mu's soul power leaped to level fifty-seven, and he also gained an area-of-effect soul skill.

"Fifth Soul Skill—Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect!"

The effect of Xia Mu's fifth soul skill was practically identical to Liu Yuer's fifth soul skill, even down to its name.

This soul skill was also related to the traits of the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, and its effect was extremely powerful.

"Next, it's time to head to the second stage!"

"This eighty-thousand-year Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent will be nearly impossible to kill with my current strength."

"Originally, I planned to give up the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss in exchange for the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's inner core!"

"But now that I have the Dark Gold Bat Wings, things are much easier. I can fight it with hit-and-run tactics!"

"The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's weakness lies in the nine protrusions on the backs of its heads. That's my chance!"

The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent was a prehistoric exotic beast. This beast possessed extraordinarily potent venom. Once fully grown, it could exceed ten meters in length and wielded the most powerful ultimate fire venom among serpents.

After cultivating for ten thousand years, a Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent could condense an inner core within its body, hiding it among its nine heads.

Once the inner core was unleashed, it could make heaven and earth lose their color.

After briefly familiarizing himself with it, Xia Mu flapped his wings and instantly vanished from the spot, flying toward the second stage.

After flying for an hour, he saw a giant dark-red serpent lying across the narrow road ahead.

That giant serpent was the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent.

"Caw~"

The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent suddenly raised its head and spewed countless flames from its mouth, forming a terrifying line of fire.

"Flamethrower?"

Seeing this, Xia Mu blurted out.

"This Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent has learned some new tricks!"

Xia Mu dodged its attacks in a miserable state, occasionally flying behind the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent to launch sneak attacks against its fleshy tumors.

"External Soul Bone Skill—Clone!"

Xia Mu transformed in an instant, splitting into ten thousand clones that surged toward the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent like a flood blotting out the sky.

Upon reaching its blind spot, Xia Mu summoned his martial soul.

"Fifth Soul Skill—Myriad Swords Returning to the Sect!"

Xia Mu raised the Light-Hiding Sword. Countless sword lights emerged in the sky and flew straight toward the nine fleshy tumors.

The Light-Hiding Sword contained ultimate light, and it could gather and disperse at will. In a single strike, it hit all nine tumors.

"Hehe~"

"This trip has finally been a complete success!"

Xia Mu arrived beside the corpse and stored away the greatest reward of this journey: the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent's inner core.

"The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent is a prehistoric exotic beast. Even its corpse would be priceless in the outside world."

"Forget it, forget it!"

"I'll give this thing to Dugu Bo. Hopefully, after he devours the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent, he'll make another breakthrough!"

Xia Mu took out his storage ring and stored the Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Serpent inside. The Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King was already in there too!

These two exotic beasts were exceedingly rare. Even as mere remains, they would still be worth a considerable sum outside.

"Slaughter God Domain, here I come!"

A flash of eagerness crossed Xia Mu's eyes. The golden bat wings behind him flapped, and he quickly vanished from the spot.

At the end of Hell Road lay a sea of blood!

Xia Mu easily crossed the blood sea and soon reached the exit. Countless white flashes passed before his eyes.

Endless killing intent surrounded him from all sides!

Xia Mu's eyes turned bloodshot. Fortunately, his spiritual power was strong enough to withstand the assault of the killing intent.

Who knew how much time passed!

White light appeared before Xia Mu's eyes, and the world around him spun. By the time he came to his senses, he had already arrived outside.

"Phew~"

"Kill heaven, kill earth, kill all living beings!"

"So this is the legendary Slaughter God Domain?"

"But why does this Slaughter God Domain sound somewhat similar to the essence of the Seven Kill Sword Technique?"

"Could it be that the Seven Kill Sword Lineage was inherited from the Asura God King, or that its members are descendants of the Asura God King?"

Xia Mu knew very well that the Asura God's natal divine weapon was the Asura Demon Sword. Like the Seven Kill Sword, it was a sword martial soul.

The Asura God's Slaughter God Domain and its advanced form, the Slaughter Domain, both seemed to be related to killing intent!

Meanwhile, the Seven Kill Sword Technique cultivated by the Seven Kill Sword focused on using slaughter to save the world, killing a bright and clear future into existence.

There truly seemed to be some connection between them!

"I stayed in Slaughter City for a year and a half, yet during that time, my soul power only increased by three levels!"

"The thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King soul ring gave me two levels of soul power, while the Attribute Stacking attribute entry also gave me two more levels."

"So after absorbing my fifth ring, I charged ahead in one go and actually broke through to level fifty-seven!"

"My soul power level has risen so much at once!"

"I'll have to spend time familiarizing myself with my own combat strength again. What a happy problem to have!"

"Besides that, there's even another surprise!"

"While resisting that killing intent just now, my external soul bone completely fused into my body."

"This really is an unexpected delight!"

After sensing the changes in himself, Xia Mu was somewhat stunned as well. Good fortune was arriving one after another!

"Oh no!"

"This time, I nearly messed up something important. I've been delayed in Slaughter City for so long, and Mother is still waiting for me!"

Xia Mu slapped his forehead. This time, he had carelessly made Liu Yuer wait for nearly two years!

With that thought, Xia Mu pushed the Dark Gold Bat Wings to their limit, turning into a streak of light as he flew toward Heaven Dou City.

Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou Royal City!

West of the city, Xia Family!

"Father, Mother!"

"I'm back!"

Xia Mu pushed open the front gate, only to find the house completely empty. It seemed this residence had been abandoned for a long time.

"Oh no!"

"Could Father and Mother have met with disaster?"

Xia Mu's heart skipped a beat. Before he could inspect the place carefully, a figure appeared outside the door.

"Xia Mu?"

"You've finally returned!"

Feng Yansha had gone out for a stroll, only to unexpectedly see the son of an old friend whom she had not seen in a long time outside the Xia Family's old residence!

"Aunt Feng!"

"Where are my parents?"

Xia Mu could not help asking.

"Your father advanced to Soul Sage not long ago. The Xia Family has now moved beside the Dugu Family."

Feng Yansha spoke and slowly explained what had happened.

Over the past year and a half, Xia Feng had broken through level seventy and become a Soul Sage.

Before leaving, Xia Mu had revealed some future information to his father, telling him to hunt those three Thousand-Jin Ant Emperors once he broke through to Soul Sage.

In the original story, after those three mutated Thousand-Jin Ant Emperors were killed by Tang San, their three soul rings mutated, their ages soaring from more than ninety thousand years to one hundred thousand years!

Xia Mu had previously learned through extensive intelligence that—

Those three mutated Thousand-Jin Ant Emperors had only just exceeded ninety thousand years. They were still ten thousand years short of one hundred thousand years.

A ninety-thousand-year Thousand-Jin Ant Emperor could contend with a Soul Douluo. Fortunately, Dugu Bo had also broken through to level eighty.

With everyone's help, Dugu Bo successfully hunted an eighty-thousand-year Rock-Splitting Python, obtained his eighth soul ring, and gained a right arm bone!

After Dugu Bo fused with the soul bone, his soul power leaped to level eighty-four, and he unlocked Petrifying Ray!

That's right!

Dugu Bo's eighth soul skill had changed from its original freezing duration into the even more terrifying Petrifying Ray.

The eighty-thousand-year Rock-Splitting Python right arm bone also gave Dugu Bo a soul bone skill: Explosive Dragon Starfall!

This move was an incredible area-of-effect skill for clearing enemies.

Once this soul bone skill was activated, it could summon several meteors to fall from the sky. If struck by one, even a high-level Soul Emperor would meet a bitter end on the spot.