The Titan Giant Ape's corpse lay sprawled in the center of the valley, its dark-gray fur covered in wounds and scorch marks left by the battle.
Qian Shengyuan walked up to the corpse and crouched down. He extended his mental power into the body and sensed it thoroughly. A moment later, he stood and fixed his gaze on the line between the giant ape's left shoulder and elbow.
"There's a soul bone," he said simply.
The gazes of the several Titled Douluo around him converged at once.
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was a supreme treasure that even Titled Douluo could only dream of obtaining.
Of the four Titled Douluo guarding the perimeter, two of their eyes visibly lit up for an instant when Qian Shengyuan spoke those three words. Their gazes rested on the giant ape's left arm for several breaths before shifting away.
But no one spoke, and no one took a step forward.
Qian Shengyuan stood beside the corpse with a calm, natural posture. Although the aura of a peak Level Ninety-Eight Super Douluo was restrained, the oppressive force buried beneath it caused any possible thoughts to dissipate on their own before they could take shape.
Qian Shengyuan used a golden blade of light to cut into the giant ape's left shoulder joint, peeling away its fur, muscles, and fascia layer by layer. In the end, he extracted an arm bone that was dark gold throughout from deep within the skeleton.
The arm bone was slightly longer than his forearm. Its surface was covered in fine dark-gold patterns, and gravity ripples resembling those on the Titan Giant Ape's skin flowed between them. It was heavy in his hand, carrying a dense Soul Power fluctuation so profound that it was almost tangible.
Qian Shengyuan held the arm