Space-Attribute Soul Beast! The Bone Dragon's Special Ability?

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang's expression had turned ugly to the extreme.

Especially when he noticed Tang San lowering his head and studying the Blue Silver Grass in his palm as if deep in thought, his heart sank sharply.

No.

He absolutely could not let Gu Ling continue speaking.

Tang San was the genius he had finally encountered after so many years, and even more importantly, the most crucial person for proving his Martial Soul theories.

If Gu Ling's few words made Tang San begin to doubt his theories, or even stop cultivating according to the path he had laid out, then wouldn't everything he had done before have been for nothing?

With that thought, Yu Xiaogang immediately snorted coldly.

"Enough!"

"Gu Ling, I don't want to hear any more of your twisted reasoning!"

Yu Xiaogang's face was dark, and his tone carried obvious anger as he said:

"You are only six years old and have only awakened your Martial Soul for a few days. You have neither absorbed a Soul Ring nor truly experienced a battle between Soul Masters, yet you dare spout nonsense here and casually deny Martial Soul theories that others have studied for years."

"You have no respect for your elders and speak recklessly!"

"I can't be bothered to argue with you any longer!"

With that, Yu Xiaogang turned directly to Director Su.

"Director Su. Since Gu Ling has his own ideas, take him to find a soul beast according to his own plans. Little San and I have our own matters to attend to, so we will not travel with you."

Director Su was immediately stunned upon hearing that.

"Master, this..."

They had only entered the Soul Hunting Forest a short while ago.

The four of them had originally been traveling together so they could look after one another. Now that Yu Xiaogang suddenly wanted to split up, it was clearly because of his argument with Gu Ling earlier.

However, before Director Su could continue persuading him, Yu Xiaogang had already grabbed Tang San's hand.

"Little San, let's go."

"Teacher..."

Tang San instinctively glanced at Gu Ling.

What Gu Ling had said earlier had indeed raised some doubts in his mind.

Especially that sentence about Blue Silver Grass being able to Entangle on its own.

Even now, Tang San had not fully figured it out. But seeing Yu Xiaogang's grim expression, he ultimately asked no further questions and merely nodded lightly.

"Alright."

Only then did Yu Xiaogang look somewhat satisfied.

Before leaving, he cast Gu Ling another cold glance and sneered.

"There is nothing wrong with young people having their own ideas."

"But if you are overly arrogant and refuse to listen to others' advice, you will suffer greatly sooner or later. Once you truly become a Soul Master in the future, you will naturally understand just how laughable these so-called theories of yours are."

With that, Yu Xiaogang pulled Tang San away in another direction.

Watching their retreating figures gradually disappear, Gu Ling merely curled his lip.

"When he can't win an argument, he runs."

"And he calls himself some Martial Soul theory master."

Director Su's mouth twitched when he heard that, and he teased:

"You really are..."

He shook his head helplessly.

"Master is still an academy guest, and he has studied Martial Souls for so many years. You should at least leave him some face when you speak."

Gu Ling shrugged and smiled.

"I was only telling the truth."

"If he doesn't interfere with my Martial Soul, I can't be bothered with his theories either."

Director Su clearly did not wish to continue discussing the matter.

"Forget it."

"Since they have already left, let's continue searching for a soul beast suitable for you."

"Alright."

Gu Ling nodded.

The two immediately changed direction and continued deeper into the Soul Hunting Forest.

Along the way, they encountered several more century-old soul beasts, including an Ironbone Wolf that was nearly three hundred years old.

This type of soul beast had extremely hard bones and fairly strong offensive capabilities.

In Director Su's opinion, it was already quite suitable for the requirements Gu Ling had mentioned earlier.

But Gu Ling ultimately shook his head.

"It is still too ordinary."

"This is ordinary?" Director Su shook his head helplessly. "The Ironbone Wolf's attack power is already quite good, and its bone strength can also achieve a certain degree of compatibility with your Bone Dragon Martial Soul. What kind of soul beast are you still looking for?"

Gu Ling pondered for a moment, rubbing his chin as he spoke.

"What I want is not merely attack power. It also has to be special enough."

"Special?"

"Mm."

Gu Ling nodded and continued.

"My Bone Dragon Martial Soul can already form offensive methods such as bone blades and bone spikes."

"If my first soul skill merely makes my bones harder or my strength greater, then while that would not be bad, it would be difficult to truly achieve the effect I want."

"What I want is an ability that can change the way I attack, something that leaves others unable to defend against it."

Director Su looked thoughtful.

"No wonder you kept emphasizing strange, powerful attacks."

Gu Ling was just about to answer.

Suddenly!

Buzz—

An extremely faint spatial fluctuation came from behind them without warning.

Gu Ling felt a piercing chill suddenly run down his back.

"Watch out!"

Director Su's expression changed drastically.

But before he could turn around, a gray-black shadow appeared out of thin air behind Gu Ling!

There had been no running.

No pouncing.

It was as though that thing had been standing there all along.

Whoosh!

A flash of cold light shot straight toward Gu Ling's neck!

It was astonishingly fast.

An ordinary six-year-old would not even have had time to react, but the instant that thing appeared, the Bone Dragon Martial Soul within Gu Ling suddenly trembled without warning.

A strange feeling abruptly surged into his heart, as if the surrounding space, once whole and intact, had formed an incredibly brief wrinkle in his perception.

Danger!

Almost entirely on instinct, Gu Ling threw himself to the side.

Screech!

A sharp claw mark grazed past his shoulder, instantly tearing open his clothes. Had he been even half a beat slower, that claw would likely have landed on his neck.

"Courting death!"

Director Su flew into a rage. Soul Power erupted from within him as several Soul Rings rapidly rose around his body and his Martial Soul was instantly unleashed.

However, the soul beast that had attacked Gu Ling did not continue its assault. The air around its body suddenly distorted like rippling water.

The next moment.

Buzz!

It vanished directly!

"What?"

Director Su's pupils suddenly contracted as he watched the scene before him.

"Could it be teleportation?"

Gu Ling sharply turned his head.

Only then did he finally get a clear look at the soul beast that had attacked him.

It was a strange beast just over a meter long.

It somewhat resembled a leopard, yet also looked a little like a lizard. Its body was covered in grayish-white bony scales, its limbs were slender, and its claw tips were nearly transparent silver-white.

Most remarkable of all was its forehead. A short silver bone horn grew there, and the air around it was constantly producing faint distortions.

The next instant.

It vanished again.

"Watch your surroundings!"

Director Su immediately stepped in front of Gu Ling and said in a low voice:

"This appears to be a space-attribute soul beast. Such soul beasts are extremely rare!"

As soon as his words fell.

The space three meters to their right suddenly twisted, and the soul beast reappeared out of thin air, its sharp claws ruthlessly slashing toward Director Su's side.

Director Su had clearly been prepared.

His third Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

Powerful Soul Power swept out in an instant.

Bang!

The soul beast was blasted head-on the moment it appeared. Its body snapped several branches in succession before crashing heavily into a large tree, yet to everyone's surprise, it barely paused at all.

The space around its body fluctuated again.

Buzz!

It vanished once more!

"What a strange ability."

Gu Ling's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Wasn't this exactly the ability he had been searching for?

Spatial teleportation!

If this ability could appear on his Bone Dragon Martial Soul...

Countless combat methods nearly instantly surfaced in Gu Ling's mind.

Bone spikes shot out from the front.

The enemy dodged.

The next moment, the bone spikes passed through space and instantly appeared behind the enemy.

After a bone spear was thrust out, it could vanish directly, then suddenly emerge from the enemy's side. In the future, if he could further develop spatial abilities, he could even make attacks appear from any direction.

That was true unpredictability!

That was true strange, powerful offense!

However, as Gu Ling considered all this, he suddenly froze. When that soul beast had teleported for the second time just now, his Bone Dragon Martial Soul had produced another peculiar reaction.

This feeling...

It was not like the alertness produced by simply facing danger. Instead, it was more like—resonance!

Could it be that my Bone Dragon Martial Soul also possessed Spatial Traversal? I seemed to remember that in the original work, Bone Douluo Gu Rong's Bone Dragon Martial Soul possessed certain spatial abilities!

With that thought, Gu Ling subconsciously raised his right hand and shouted:

"Bone Dragon, Martial Soul Possession!"

Boom!

Pale white Soul Power instantly erupted from his body.

Eerie white bone armor rapidly covered his arms.

Sharp bone claws grew out.

A savage bone tail extended from behind his spine.

Yet at this moment, Gu Ling was not focused on his bone armor or bone blades. All his attention was fixed on the surrounding space.

Very soon.

That incredibly wondrous feeling appeared again. The originally invisible and intangible space seemed to suddenly become no longer completely imperceptible after Martial Soul Possession.

Gu Ling could vaguely sense faint fluctuations, especially when that soul beast teleported. The feeling became particularly clear then.

"To the left!"

Gu Ling suddenly turned his head and shouted urgently.

Almost at the instant he turned.

Buzz!

A faint ripple spread through the space on the left, and the soul beast truly emerged from there.

Director Su was immediately shocked at the sight and shouted:

"How did you know it would appear there?"

Gu Ling did not answer, because even he found it unbelievable at that moment.

His Bone Dragon Martial Soul... really seemed to be connected to space!

Suddenly, an instinctive understanding that had not belonged to Gu Ling's original memories gradually surfaced from the depths of the Bone Dragon Martial Soul. The Dragon Clan had always been one of the strongest races on the continent.

Certain exceptionally powerful Dragon Clan bloodlines possessed the ability to manipulate space.

Although the Bone Dragon was nothing but bones, it still retained a portion of the Dragon Clan's power.

It was just that Gu Ling had previously lacked a Soul Ring and had never come into contact with a spatial-attribute soul beast, so this deeply hidden ability had never been awakened.

Until now.

Under the stimulation of a spatial-attribute soul beast.

The Bone Dragon Martial Soul's perception of spatial fluctuations finally revealed itself for the first time.

At that moment, the excitement in Gu Ling's eyes grew stronger and stronger. He stared at the strange soul beast that kept teleporting through the forest, the corners of his mouth slowly rising as he said:

"Director Su."

"I want this soul beast..."