External Soul Bone, Demon Spirit Sword

If the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was the public enemy of soul beasts on the continent,

then the Soul Devouring Jellyfish was the public enemy of marine soul beasts.

This type of soul beast possessed a top-tier bloodline and was the sole overlord of the soul attribute in the deep sea.

Its soul strength far surpassed that of ordinary hundred-thousand-year marine soul beasts like the Evil Demon Orca King. It specifically fed on the lingering souls of marine soul beasts after death.

It could even devour a marine soul beast's soul while feeding on it, aiding the growth of its cultivation.

Golden Crocodile Worshipper was a level ninety-eight assault-type Titled Douluo, and the Golden Crocodile King's Martial Soul excelled in underwater combat, so hunting a hundred-thousand-year Soul Devouring Jellyfish in the deep sea had not been difficult.

That was why he had obtained the hundred-thousand-year eighth spirit ring dropped by the Soul Devouring Jellyfish in his previous life, along with the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone.

Now that this soul bone had returned to its rightful owner, the timing could not have been better.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Su Qi pressed the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone against the outside of his right arm, focused his mind, circulated his soul power, and immediately began absorbing it.

The Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone transformed into countless specks of fluorescent light, seeping through the flesh of his right arm and into every part of his body.

His muscles, bones, and meridian endurance had already been strengthened by a large amount of Whale Gel and two instances of absorbing spirit rings beyond his level.

Now, under the transformation brought by the hundred-thousand-year soul bone energy of the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone, Su Qi's physical strength improved once more.

His skeleton was tempered layer upon layer, becoming as hard as Deep-Sea Silver Mother.

His muscle fibers were refined as well, and his explosive power soared.

The meridians within his body were widened by thirty percent, loosening his once-saturated soul power, allowing him to accumulate more of it and circulate it faster.

The most obvious change was in his right arm.

At that moment, Su Qi's right arm was wrapped in countless dark-blue jellyfish tentacles, turning it into a monstrous arm.

The next second, those jellyfish tentacles rapidly condensed along the outside of his right forearm, forming a dark-blue bone-like object resembling a gauntlet.

Immediately afterward, the strength attribute of his right arm rose dramatically. Both his sword-swinging speed and force increased to unprecedented heights.

Not only that, but under the transformation of the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone's soul power, his soul power intensity and soul strength also surpassed what they had been before.

About half an hour passed.

The soul bone absorption succeeded!

Su Qi abruptly opened his eyes and raised his right arm. A dark-blue gauntlet flickered along the outside of his right forearm, releasing a surging aura of soul power. It was the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone.

The two skills attached to this soul bone were the same as in his previous life.

The first soul bone skill was called Soul-Extinguishing Venomous Sting. It could add a soul-damaging effect to any attack.

Once an enemy's soul was injured, such as having their soul arm severed, then even if their physical arm remained completely unharmed, they would no longer be able to move that arm.

Even if they reincarnated, their soul would remain incomplete.

The second soul bone skill was called Soul-Splitting Tentacles. It could condense soul power and spiritual power into a split soul, inject it into an object, and control that object in battle as though it were a tentacle.

Because it was a split soul condensed from the caster's soul power and spiritual power, the caster could share vision with the object controlled by the split soul.

If he used Soul-Splitting Tentacles to control countless Asura Demon Swords in battle while adding the soul-damaging effect, he should be able to create all kinds of astonishing self-created soul skills.

Having comprehended the two soul bone skills attached to the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone, Su Qi jumped off the bed, walked to the table, and reached out to touch the precision testing device.

Buzz—

Golden light erupted, filling the entire dormitory.

The testing device's indicator climbed rapidly before finally stopping at level thirty-five soul power.

He was still five levels away from the level-forty bottleneck.

And there were still eight months left before the one-year deadline for the Asura First Trial.

"Trying to cultivate five levels of soul power in eight months while stuck at the level-thirty bottleneck still seems a little unrealistic."

"Looks like I can only obtain my Third Soul Ring and break through the bottleneck first. Otherwise, if I fail the Asura First Trial, I might end up like Tang Chen."

With a dispirited sigh, Su Qi recalled the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone into his body.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that, aside from this soul bone, he had also left behind an external soul bone in his previous life: the Demon Spirit Sword.

Back then, trapped in Hell Road and restricted by Slaughter City's rules, he had been unable to use soul skills.

He could only rely on the external soul bone Demon Spirit Sword and the Soul Devouring Jellyfish Right Arm Bone to fight the King of Slaughter.

Although he could use Soul-Splitting Tentacles to control objects such as Hell Road's stone walls, blood pools, and poisonous mist to assist in battle,

the King of Slaughter could likewise control Hell Road's strange beasts to fight.

In the end, he had been completely suppressed. Even the external soul bone Demon Spirit Sword had been cut in half by the King of Slaughter's Asura Demon Sword, while his heart had been pierced by the Asura Demon Sword.

However, thanks to the Asura Demon Sword piercing his body, the ninth soul skill of his Soul Martial Soul, "Life Return," had passively activated. His soul reincarnated with the remaining Asura divine power in the Asura Demon Sword, giving him this life.

According to Bibi Dong, the external soul bone Demon Spirit Sword had been damaged and could no longer be absorbed by later generations, so it had been buried in Douluo Hall as the remains from his previous life.

When he had cultivated in Douluo Hall during the day, he had not seen his own tomb.

Could the location of his tomb be somewhere other than the Spirit Hall Holy Son Mausoleum District?

It seemed he would have to visit the Consecrated Douluo Mausoleum District early tomorrow morning.

If his tomb was truly there, his soul would definitely resonate with the external soul bone Demon Spirit Sword.

Then, if he used the Soul Meditation Method to draw back the residual soul power within the Demon Spirit Sword, his soul power level could rise greatly once again.

As that thought settled in his mind, Su Qi could not help but feel delighted.

Just as Shura God had said, his previous life had not been lived in vain.

With the "soul bone inheritance" left behind from his previous life, perhaps his idea of gambling on two God-Bestowed Spirit Rings while stuck at the level-thirty bottleneck could really be realized!

Early the next morning, outside Douluo Hall.

After showing the guards the authorization token granted by Qian Daoliu, Su Qi headed directly to the Consecrated Douluo Mausoleum District.

According to Spirit Hall's hierarchy of status, Consecrated Elders ranked above non-orthodox Spirit Hall Holy Sons.

Perhaps that was why he had been buried in the Consecrated Douluo Mausoleum District under the identity of the Eighth Consecrated Elder.

He finally arrived at his destination. The ancient bricks of the sacred path were heavy and solemn, while a statue of the Six-Winged Angel holding a longsword aloft stood at the entrance, perpetually surrounded by holy golden light.

Rows of cold-jade tombs were arranged neatly, their stone tablets vigorous and ancient, recording the merits of days gone by.

Su Qi walked forward slowly, his gaze swiftly sweeping across the tombstones as he searched for his own grave.

A moment later, a figure appeared in his field of vision to the left.

She was a blonde young woman. Her silky long golden hair fell to her waist, and she wore a golden court gown. She appeared to be fifteen or sixteen years old, with cold and exquisite features that gave her an inviolable air of holiness.

This blonde young woman was none other than Qian Renxue.

After yesterday's sparring match, Qian Renxue had deeply realized the gap between Shura God and Angel God.

This made her put away her former arrogance, and she had become somewhat more respectful toward Su Qi.

However, that respect was measured just right.

Qian Renxue still retained her usual bearing. When interacting with Su Qi, she no longer looked down on him, but neither did she feel inferior or act fawning. She regarded it only as a friendly exchange between two inheritors of Deities.

Moving his gaze away from Qian Renxue, Su Qi looked instead at the tombstone in front of her. It read: Tomb of Ye Fan, Spirit Hall's Eighth Consecrated Elder.

Embedded in the top of the tomb behind the stone tablet was a dark-purple sword blade with its lower half broken off. It was Ye Fan's external soul bone, the Demon Spirit Sword.

This soul bone had come from a mysterious soul beast named Demon Spirit, which possessed nearly two hundred thousand years of cultivation.