Hunting the Six-Tailed Demon Fox, Head Soul Bone

"Done!"

After spending some time, Xia Yu finally used eight Ninth-Level Soul Tools to create an impregnable cage for the Six-Tailed Demon Fox.

With everything prepared, the God-Sealing Platform was soon opened, and the sealed Six-Tailed Demon Fox 'regained its freedom.'

But unfortunately for it, the moment it emerged from the God-Sealing Platform, before it could even recover its senses, countless soul tool chains bound it into a ball again.

"Human, release this king at once, or else..."

Having just been released from the God-Sealing Platform only to be tied into a ball again, the Six-Tailed Demon Fox was practically driven mad.

It struggled violently, attempting to break free of the soul tool chains around its body, while still not forgetting to threaten Xia Yu with words.

However, it was completely useless. Xia Yu remained utterly unmoved.

Buzz!!!

Dense ghostly aura rose from Xia Yu's body. Two yellow, two purple, and four black soul rings slowly pulsed, radiating faint soul light.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar! Third Soul Skill, Soul-Devouring Ghost Claw!"

As the seventh and third soul rings burst with dazzling light, Xia Yu's pressure erupted and swept through the surroundings.

His right hand then transformed into a savage dark-purple ghost claw, wreathed in dense black ghostly mist.

At the sight of that terrifying ghost claw, the bound Six-Tailed Demon Fox instantly bristled all over. It bared its fangs at Xia Yu and assumed an attacking stance.

But it was merely a soul beast trapped beneath layers upon layers of chains. It could not even move, so what trouble could it possibly stir up?

"Hmph, nothing more than a dying struggle!"

Xia Yu snorted coldly, and the terrifying, vicious ghost claw shot directly toward the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's eye socket.

Pfft!!!

With the sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh, Xia Yu killed the Six-Tailed Demon Fox with a single claw strike.

After its complete death, a massive blood-red soul ring rose from the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's corpse.

However, Xia Yu paid no attention to the 100,000-Year blood-red soul ring before him. Instead, he used the properties of Soul-Devouring Ghost Claw to seize the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's soul.

The Spirit-Raising Secret Art he had obtained from the Holy Spirit Cult required soul beast souls, so he could not simply allow the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's soul to dissipate.

Before long, Xia Yu extracted the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's soul and stored it within a specially made soul tool.

He did not spare its corpse either. After digging out a head Soul Bone, he immediately put it away.

After all, it was excellent material for refining pills and was worth a great deal.

Only after finishing all this did Xia Yu sit cross-legged before the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's blood-red soul ring with a solemn expression and begin absorbing it.

Speaking of which, because Soul Engineers were so prevalent in the Sun Moon Empire, people there favored cultivation through pills and did not place much importance on the physical fitness of soul masters.

As a result, many Rank-9 Soul Engineers did not possess the qualifications to absorb a 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

However, Xia Yu was still very confident in the strength of his body.

With the Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul, he had spent many years using it to strengthen his physical condition.

Although he had never managed to forge an Indestructible Vajra Body, absorbing a 100,000-Year Soul Ring was still more than manageable.

And indeed, just as Xia Yu had expected, when the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's soul ring was drawn onto his body, he did not feel much pressure.

Under the guidance of Xia Yu's powerful spiritual power, the soul power within his body circulated madly, constantly digesting the surging soul power pouring from the soul ring.

In just under three days, Xia Yu completed the absorption of the soul ring, adding the ninth soul ring to his Ghost Martial Soul.

At the same time, thanks to the immense soul power fed back by the soul ring, his soul power directly reached level 91.

"I wonder whether my soul power can break through to level 92 after I absorb this head Soul Bone?"

After sensing the state of his soul power, Xia Yu had no interest in examining the two soul skills granted by the soul ring. Instead, he pressed onward and immediately began absorbing the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's head Soul Bone.

After nearly another three days, Xia Yu also refined and absorbed the Six-Tailed Demon Fox's head Soul Bone.

As expected, his soul power received another surge of feedback, though it was still slightly less than what the soul ring had provided.

Fortunately, the result was good. This increase barely allowed his soul power to break through to level 92.

It was only because his level was still low that the effects were so pronounced.

According to Xia Yu's estimation, after reaching Super Douluo, it would already be quite good if a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and a 100,000-Year Soul Bone could raise one's soul power by a single level.

"Whew, I've finally absorbed the soul ring and Soul Bone. Once I inspect the soul skills, I should be able to try raising the first eight soul rings."

After absorbing the soul ring and Soul Bone, Xia Yu did not rest for a moment before inspecting the four soul skills he had gained this time.

The Ghost Martial Soul was summoned once more, and its soul rings appeared alongside it. This time, however, there was an additional blood-red soul ring that radiated a deep crimson glow.

"Infinite Inferno and Ghost Shadow Devouring?"

Xia Yu quickly grasped the two soul skills brought by the ninth soul ring of his Ghost Martial Soul.

How should he put it? They were passable enough.

First was Infinite Inferno, a spiritual attack soul skill.

It created an endless hell that dragged enemies' spiritual consciousness inside and tortured them with countless horrifying punishments. It could target either a single enemy or a group, making it a fairly standard spiritual-type soul skill.

Ghost Shadow Devouring, on the other hand, was rather unusual. It created a black hole passage that could summon ghost shadows from hell and command them to attack.

The key was that these ghost shadows all possessed the ability to self-destruct through Soul Detonation. Every one of them could cause a terrifying explosion. It was practically a super demolition squad.

If used to mow down weaker enemies, it would be unstoppable. As for facing powerful opponents, that would depend on the situation.

If they could break free from the endless ghost shadows' entanglement, it would not be much of a problem. But if they could not, then no matter how strong they were, they would eventually be worn to death.

Overall, Xia Yu was quite satisfied with these two soul skills.

Once combined, achieving large-scale destruction would be effortless.

Besides, Xia Yu was a Soul Engineer. If these two soul skills were paired with Ninth-Level Soul Tools, the scene would be unimaginable—rather gruesome, even.

After examining the soul ring's soul skills, Xia Yu shifted his attention to the Soul Bone.

Its soul skills could be considered up to the standard of a 100,000-Year Soul Bone. There were no surprises, but no disappointments either.

The first soul skill was Soul-Seizing Light. Its effect was to fire a dark-purple beam for single-target attacks.

Soul-Seizing Light not only possessed both spiritual and physical attack effects, but also had exceptional penetrating power, allowing it to ignore most defenses.

Of course, as a skill from a head Soul Bone, the power of Soul-Seizing Light was certainly tied to spiritual power.

Fortunately, Xia Yu's spiritual power was exceptionally strong, so he did not need to worry about the power of Soul-Seizing Light.

As for the second soul skill, it was rather lackluster. It was called Spiritual Protection, and its effect was to passively protect Xia Yu's Mental Sea of Consciousness.

How should he put it? It felt somewhat redundant.

Xia Yu's spiritual power was already terrifyingly strong due to his Ghost Martial Soul, and it even possessed frightening power of death.

Having reached such a level, how could he possibly need a soul skill like Spiritual Protection?

If someone could one day break through Xia Yu's own spiritual defenses, that person would surely be an exceptionally terrifying existence.

Against such an existence, what effect could Spiritual Protection possibly achieve? It likely would not be of much use at all.

It truly fit the saying: tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away.