A Pair of External Soul Bones, Arm Blades!

"You!"

Xue Beng glared, furious.

"Hmph~"

Xiao Wu turned her head away.

"Xue Beng, have your men capture that Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger."

Chu Lan gave the order.

Hearing this,

Xue Beng immediately commanded, "Capture that soul beast! Alive!"

The bearded man said quietly, "I'll go. You two stay behind and guard His Highness the Fourth Prince."

The other two nodded.

But Chu Lan frowned and said, "Attack together. Don't let it escape!"

Xue Beng hurriedly urged, "Why aren't you moving yet?!"

Hearing this,

The two exchanged glances, then reluctantly joined the bearded man in surrounding the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger.

The bearded man frowned but could not say much.

Xiao Wu stood beside Chu Lan and softly said, "Nether Fierce-Toothed Tigers excel at speed. They can even use their surroundings to alter their own color, achieving an invisibility effect."

Xue Beng shouted, "You heard her, didn't you?!"

Chu Lan took a black box from his system space—the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

The "Hidden Weapons: Hundred Solutions" section of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record contained more than just techniques for throwing and firing weapons.

It also documented the blueprints and mechanisms of every Tang Sect hidden weapon, as well as the complete manufacturing process: required materials, proportions, forging, assembly, and polishing.

This Godly Zhuge Crossbow had been made by him.

Before he traveled to the modern world and seized a Barrett and rifles, this Godly Zhuge Crossbow was still quite good.

Chu Lan gripped the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and slowly approached.

Xiao Wu instinctively grabbed Chu Lan and frowned. "What are you doing? Don't go over there! It's dangerous!"

"Minor problem." Chu Lan used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and swiftly closed in on the main battlefield.

At that moment,

The bearded man and the other two formed a triangular formation, besieging the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger.

The Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger struggled to hold out and fell into a disadvantageous position.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Seizing an opening, Chu Lan pulled the trigger.

The Godly Zhuge Crossbow fired sixteen arrows forged from refined iron at once.

Within fifty meters, its arrows could pierce through gold and stone.

Chu Lan was now less than twenty meters away from the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger.

All sixteen arrows passed straight through its body!

Sixteen bloody holes appeared across the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger's body, a gruesome sight!

"What kind of weapon is that?!"

The bearded man looked at the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger, dead beyond doubt, then at the sixteen arrows on the ground. After that, he stared at the Godly Zhuge Crossbow in Chu Lan's hand, beginning to question his life.

Thud!

Chu Lan flashed forward and landed before the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger. A purple Soul Ring was gradually condensing.

Xiao Wu and Xue Beng hurried to his side, dumbfounded by what they saw.

The bearded man and the other two also gathered around, unable to say anything for a while.

"I'm going to absorb the Soul Ring now."

Chu Lan said this not only to Xue Beng, but also to Xiao Wu.

"Go ahead and absorb it. It's not like I was stopping you."

Xiao Wu answered instinctively.

Chu Lan said no more. He sat cross-legged, activated the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and began fusing with the two-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Soul Power surged through him in endless waves. His body, inside and out, was incomparably resilient. Even when facing a two-thousand-year Soul Ring, he showed no signs of instability.

Xiao Wu walked to the side and sat down to wait quietly, her gaze never leaving Chu Lan.

"Your Highness the Fourth Prince..."

The bearded man asked quietly, "Do you know what weapon your friend used just now?"

Xue Beng frowned. "What about it?"

"That weapon is incredibly powerful. It killed a two-thousand-year soul beast in an instant—it's terrifying! Anyone possessing that weapon would have attack power comparable to a Soul Ancestor. If it could be mass-produced..."

Xue Beng was absolutely loyal to Chu Lan. Even if the bearded man was right, he did not like hearing it.

He only knew one thing!

This had already touched upon Chu Lan's interests!

"Shut up!"

"Is Brother Chu someone you can scheme against?"

Although the bearded man and the other two were all royal retainers, they were loyal to Prince Xue Xing.

Otherwise, they would not have obeyed Xue Beng's every command.

"Your Highness, if you report this matter, it will definitely be a great achievement for you!"

"Shut up!"

How could Xue Beng not know that if he reported this matter to his father, Xue Ye, it would certainly count as a great merit?

But—

He would earn merit? Would Xue Qinghe let him off?

The fates of the Second Prince and Third Prince had left him deeply afraid of Xue Qinghe even now!

"Don't say another word!"

After glaring at the three of them one last time, Xue Beng closed his eyes in frustration.

Seeing this, the bearded man could only sigh.

An hour passed, and the Nether Fierce-Toothed Tiger's Soul Ring completely fused into Chu Lan's body.

A wave of Soul Power rippled out from him.

"Whew—"

Chu Lan opened his eyes.

He had underestimated his own strength and overestimated the power of a two-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Others would not even dare absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring as their third Soul Ring, yet it had now become Chu Lan's second Soul Ring!

The benefits it brought were undoubtedly enormous!

Level twenty-three!

That was his current Soul Power Level!

Riiip!!

At that moment, two successive tearing sounds came from Chu Lan's arms.

The fabric around his arms tore apart from within, and slightly curved dark-purple arm blades extended from both his left and right arms!

Each one was as long as an entire arm!

Because of the arm blades, dark purple spread across both his arms and extended all the way to his shoulder blades.

This sudden development instantly drew Xiao Wu's attention.

Xue Beng approached with his men.

But—

What was happening to Chu Lan was something they could not understand either.

External Soul Bones?!

Sweat beaded on Chu Lan's forehead as he stared at the dark-purple arm blades extending from his arms, his heart shaken.

When he forcibly absorbed a high-year Soul Ring, it mutated within his body, causing his body to change and produce External Soul Bones?!

This was exactly the same as when Tang San obtained the Eight Spider Lances!

Chu Lan closed his eyes and concentrated.

The arm blades on his arms gradually retracted into his body. Aside from his torn clothes, it was as though nothing unusual had ever happened.

"Are you all right?"

Xiao Wu did not know much about External Soul Bones either, but seeing the sweat on Chu Lan's face, she guessed that he might not be in good condition.

"I'm fine!"

Chu Lan's lips curled upward involuntarily. "I'm very good right now!"

Xiao Wu's expression became rather strange.

Chu Lan did not explain further.

Just now!

When the arm blades appeared, his attack power and speed had increased by more than double!

That was an utterly terrifying enhancement!

The arm blades themselves also possessed offensive power, and they seemed to contain a skill as well. He simply had not yet had the time to test it.