Is Big Brother a Soul Beast Too?

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[ Xiao Wu Rescue Progress +10% ]

[ Current Rescue Progress: 55% ]

[ Detected Tang Hao's severed arm and severe injuries. He has lost a Spirit Bone, eliminating a key factor in Xiao Wu's sacrifice and striking at Tang San's backing. Special reward: one Adaptive Spirit Ring. Soul Ring Growth function unlocked. ]

[ System-produced items are always premium. This is a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and can be absorbed painlessly. ]

[ Soul Ring Growth: By consuming useless Spirit Bones and Soul Power, Soul Ring age can be increased without limit. ]

[ Spirit Bones can be consumed to increase age at a 1:1 ratio. For example, consuming a Three-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone will increase the selected Soul Ring's age by three thousand years. ]

The corners of Ye Hua's mouth lifted. The system really was generous!

If it had been an ordinary Soul Ring, Ye Hua might have hesitated, worried it would be too weak and hold him back later on.

But now that Soul Rings could grow without limit, there was no need to hesitate at all!

With the reward in hand, Ye Hua did not shear the sheep completely bare in one go.

After all, he had secretly had Tie Xiong check. Tang Hao was not carrying the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Spirit Bone—the Spirit Bone Ah Yin had left behind after her sacrifice.

When Ah Yin sacrificed herself, Tang Hao had already possessed a full set of Spirit Bones, so he could only absorb the Soul Ring. The Spirit Bone was later given to Tang San.

But since Ye Hua knew about it, that Spirit Bone was already his for the taking!

Killing Tang Hao now would, firstly, cost him a useful tool for farming Rescue Progress, and secondly, make the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone difficult to find. It was not worth it.

"You can get lost," Ye Hua said with a wave of his hand. "Feel free to tell everyone I have a transformed Soul Beast here, as long as you do not care whether Tang San lives or dies."

As if granted a pardon, Tang Hao did not even stop to tend to his wounds. He scrambled toward the door and vanished into the night.

Only after fleeing the city and returning to the blacksmith shop in Holy Soul Village did Tang Hao finally dare to rest.

"Damn it..." Tang Hao panted heavily, forcing out two words through clenched teeth.

A twelve-year-old kid had a level ninety-six Super Douluo by his side!

Was he really in Notting City to attend school?

He was obviously here on an undercover inspection!

If Tang Hao had known someone like that stood behind Ye Hua, he would never have allowed Tang San to provoke him.

And now? His son's arms and legs had been broken, his own left arm had been severed, and he had even lost a Thirty-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone!

And that useless Grandmaster had spouted nonsense without investigating properly, causing him to lose an arm and a Spirit Bone!

The more Tang Hao thought about it, the more stifled he felt. He slammed a fist into the wall of his house!

"Ye! Hua!"

"Sooner or later, I will make you pay!"

Tang Hao's teeth ground together as he dug a wooden box out from a corner of the house and slowly opened it.

In an instant, a vibrant aura of life burst forth. Resting inside the wooden box was none other than the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone Ye Hua had been longing for!

Countless strands of healing energy poured into the stump of Tang Hao's severed arm!

The bloody wound was wrapped in newly grown flesh in less than a moment!

At that moment, Tang Hao was immensely grateful that he had not carried Ah Yin's Spirit Bone with him. Otherwise, Ye Hua would definitely have taken it today!

But growing back an entire arm was clearly impossible.

At the thought of being crippled for the rest of his life, Tang Hao's eyes turned bloodshot.

"Ye Hua, just you wait!"

"Xiao San has Twin Martial Souls and innate full Soul Power. I have already taught him the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. His future will go farther than mine ever did!"

"The day he grows up will be your final day! The Spirit Bone you carved from my left arm today, I will make you repay it a thousandfold, a hundredfold!"

"I will twist your arms and legs until blood seeps out bit by bit, then tear them off, making you wish you were dead!"

Back in the villa's living room, Ye Hua played with the Vajra Giant Ape Left Arm Spirit Bone, immensely satisfied.

A Thirty-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone from a power-type Diamond Giant Ape was simply a perfect match for the Coiling Dragon Staff's offensive attributes.

Once he broke through level thirty and absorbed this Spirit Bone, his strength would soar by another huge margin!

"Old Tie, you worked hard tonight. I will need you to stand guard for me in a while."

"My lord is too kind. This is simply this old man's duty."

Ye Hua stored the Spirit Bone in the Azure Jade Bracelet, rose to his feet, then retrieved the Thirty-Thousand-Year Diamond Giant Ape Spirit Bone and put it back into the Azure Jade Bracelet before taking out the Soul Ring given by the system.

The Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring hovered over his palm, its grape-purple patterns flowing across its surface, much darker than his first Soul Ring.

Ye Hua sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and pressed the Soul Ring onto his Martial Soul.

Warm power flowed from his Martial Soul into his body, surging through his meridians.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon pattern on the Coiling Dragon Staff lit up once more. The dragon raised its head and released a faint, almost imperceptible roar.

His Soul Power began to surge.

The level twenty bottleneck was more fragile than paper before a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. It broke with a single poke.

Ye Hua's Soul Power Level began climbing from level twenty!

Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three... finally, it stabilized firmly at level twenty-five.

An ordinary Soul Master's second Soul Ring was only seven or eight hundred years old, perhaps even less. So even after breaking through, it could only raise Soul Power by one level.

But Ye Hua was different. With the system's help, he could easily absorb a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. This unprecedented feat naturally gave him an immeasurable boost in Soul Power!

Only five more levels remained before he could challenge level thirty and become a Soul Elder!

His second Soul Ring's skill gave him an enormous surprise as well.

[ Second Soul Skill: Heaven-Shaking Stonebreak ]

[ Effect: The Coiling Dragon Staff strikes the ground, transforming Soul Power into shockwaves that spread outward. All enemies within range suffer concussive damage and are slowed. ]

[ It has an additional shattering effect against defensive Soul Masters' shields. The user becomes invincible for one second after activation. ]

Ye Hua opened his eyes and nodded in satisfaction.

Area damage, slowing, shield-breaking, invincibility frames!

With all four effects combined, the second Soul Skill granted by this Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring was practically a group battle weapon!

If his first Soul Skill, Fire Dragon's Roar, was more suited for stacking buffs and increasing damage, then this second Soul Skill was all about burst damage and area attacks, perfectly completing his combat methods.

And for prolonged battles, he still had the god-tier Soul Skill [Nine Heavens Staff Technique]. Both burst area damage and endurance were maxed out!

Ye Hua recalled the Coiling Dragon Staff into his body, then took out the Vajra Giant Ape Left Arm Spirit Bone from the Azure Jade Bracelet.

The dark-gold bone surface gleamed with a gentle luster. If converted into Soul Ring age, it would undoubtedly elevate his strength to another level.

After hesitating for a moment, he ultimately decided against it. The Diamond Giant Ape's attributes were highly compatible with the Coiling Dragon Staff, but its age was still somewhat low and might not suit him.

He remembered that there were quite a few power-type goddesses on the harem list, such as Wang Qiu'er. Saving this Spirit Bone for her would be more worthwhile than feeding it to a Soul Ring.

But just as he put away the Spirit Bone, a faint sound suddenly came from behind him.

Ye Hua turned his head and saw Xiao Wu standing barefoot at the stairway in her pajamas, her large eyes staring blankly at him.

His heart tightened. He had focused entirely on breaking through just now and had no spare attention to set up a soundproof barrier for Xiao Wu. The commotion from his breakthrough had still woken her.

Fortunately, Tie Xiong had already silently concealed himself in the shadows the instant Xiao Wu's footsteps sounded.

Only Ye Hua and Xiao Wu remained in the living room, their eyes meeting.

"Big brother..." Xiao Wu's voice trembled as she threw herself into his arms.

The force was so great that it knocked the unprepared Ye Hua straight to the floor.

The two rolled together for half a turn. Ye Hua's back struck the leg of the sofa, while Xiao Wu lay on top of him, her hands braced against his chest and mist rising in her eyes.

"Big brother, I understand now why I felt close to you the moment I first saw you."

Tears shimmered in Xiao Wu's eyes. "So you are also..."

Ye Hua was bewildered. "I am also what?"

"Phew..." Xiao Wu tried hard to calm herself and forced out a smile. "Nothing. Don't worry, we need to know how to protect ourselves. I will not tell anyone."

"Huh?" Ye Hua had no idea what she meant.

Wait, that tone... this girl could not possibly...

Ye Hua's mouth twitched wildly!

No way. Did this girl think he was a transformed Soul Beast too?