Absorbing a Soul Ring, External Soul Bone

Ye An's eyes narrowed slightly as he raised his right hand and grabbed directly at his left arm.

The next instant, Ye An pulled a bone sword straight out of his left arm.

It was a longsword formed entirely from bone. Its blade was slender and silver-white, with faint, dense patterns visible along its spine, like natural textures formed within bone.

The moment the bone sword completely left his body, Ye An's aura abruptly changed.

His breathing became exceptionally deep and steady, each rise and fall of his chest seeming to meld with the surrounding environment. The sound of the wind, the rustling of leaves, the roars of the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon, even the tremors of the earth—all of them became crystal clear in his perception at that moment.

Unity of Heaven and Man.

It was the Body Sect's most supreme secret technique. Though he could only barely enter the state of Unity of Heaven and Man for now, his combat strength still received an enormous boost.

Immediately afterward, the second Soul Ring beneath Ye An's feet flickered silently.

His second soul skill, White Bone Tempering, tempered the bones throughout his body while increasing all his attributes by one hundred and fifty percent.

The next instant, Ye An moved without the slightest pause, shooting forward like an arrow released from a bow. The bone sword in his hand carved a silver-white arc through the air as it thrust straight at the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon!

At the same time, Zhang Lexuan's cool voice suddenly rang out behind him.

"Third soul skill—Moonlight Sky Thrust!"

Silver-white moonlight poured down like a waterfall, bathing Zhang Lexuan in a layer of silvery radiance. Then, Zhang Lexuan charged toward the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon from another direction!

"Boom!!!"

With a tremendous crash, the bone sword in Ye An's hand collided head-on with the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's star-like head. The sword tip scraped against its scales with a piercing screech, sending sparks flying.

Empowered by the triple enhancement of Unity of Heaven and Man, his Body Martial Soul's Silver-Tier Second Awakening, and his second soul skill, Ye An left an exceptionally clear wound on that starry head with just one strike.

The pain enraged the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon. Its silver-white moonlight head suddenly turned toward Ye An, opening its massive jaws to spray an attack at him.

But in the next instant, the third Soul Ring beneath Ye An's feet flickered silently.

Previously, he had never had the chance to get close to the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon. Now that he finally had the opportunity, his third soul skill, Bone Vein Seal, activated instantly.

The Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's body strangely froze for a moment, while the silver-white light gathering in its moonlight head dissipated at once, as though it had been forcibly interrupted.

Although a beam of light gathered once more in that head's mouth the very next second.

Zhang Lexuan had already arrived.

"Moonlight Sky Thrust, explode!"

The moonlight power she had been gathering erupted completely at that moment, transforming into an even more dazzling silver-white radiance that burst forth violently across the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's body.

The Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's enormous body was instantly swallowed by that silver-white light, followed by a series of deafening explosions.

Ye An moved incredibly fast, leaving an afterimage in midair. With one arm, he wrapped his left hand around Zhang Lexuan's waist and carried her straight out of the center of the explosion, landing in an open space nearby.

The violent rumbling gradually subsided, and the dense silver-white radiance slowly faded. When all the smoke and dust dispersed, the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's huge body had already been embedded completely in the ground. Its starry head drooped to one side, no longer breathing, while its moonlight head still let out faint gasps and occasionally twitched. It was clearly not quite dead yet.

Even like this, it still wasn't completely dead?

Its vitality really is tenacious...

Ye An could not help clicking his tongue in amazement. Zhang Lexuan needed no reminder from him and immediately stepped forward to finish it off, completely killing the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon.

A moment later, a Soul Ring as deep and dark as ink slowly floated up from the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's corpse.

"Sister Lexuan, absorb the Soul Ring. I'll stand guard for you."

Hearing Ye An's voice, Zhang Lexuan nodded gently. She sat down cross-legged and guided the black Soul Ring onto herself.

Ye An finally let out a breath of relief, leaning against an ancient tree nearby as he watched Zhang Lexuan.

"They actually... killed that soul beast?"

Yu Bo, who had watched the entire battle from the shadows, could not help clicking his tongue. He murmured, "Given a little more time, this Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon might have transformed into a dragon. I never expected the young sect master and the young sect master's wife to actually kill it together."

Jin Peng nodded in deep agreement.

Unity of Heaven and Man, a self-created soul skill, Silver-Tier Second Awakening...

This was the absolute future pillar of their Body Sect—the young sect master who could lead the Body Sect to stand at the very peak of the continent!

With the foundation of a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, combined with the repeated tempering in Hurricane Cave, Zhang Lexuan's spiritual power and physical condition had both become exceptionally strong. Though this Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's cultivation age exceeded the optimal Soul Ring limit, Zhang Lexuan did not feel much pain.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Lexuan slowly opened her eyes and rose to her feet. Two yellow, one purple, and two black Soul Rings—five in total—appeared beneath her feet.

But before Ye An could ask what kind of soul skill Zhang Lexuan had obtained, her expression changed slightly.

Immediately afterward, Zhang Lexuan's body began convulsing uncontrollably. Her body bent slightly, and a restrained cry escaped her lips.

"Sister Lexuan?"

Ye An instinctively stepped forward, but before he could approach Zhang Lexuan, a distinct tearing sound suddenly rang out.

The next instant, a pair of wings abruptly spread from Zhang Lexuan's back! They looked remarkably similar to the wings formed after the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon's mutation. One half glimmered with starlight, while the other shone with moonlight!

The only difference was that the wings grown by the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon had been somewhat illusory, while Zhang Lexuan's wings were completely solid.

And atop those solid wings flowed the radiance of stars and moonlight!

"This is... an External Soul Bone!?"

After a brief moment of astonishment, joy immediately appeared in Ye An's eyes.

He had never expected that after killing the Star-Moon Twin-Headed Flood Dragon and obtaining its Soul Ring, Zhang Lexuan would unexpectedly gain a treasure as precious as an External Soul Bone!

One had to know that External Soul Bones were even rarer than Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones!

At that moment, Zhang Lexuan was completely bathed in the radiance of stars and moonlight, making her already exquisite and peerlessly beautiful face appear even more ethereal. Her aura also became more mysterious and powerful.