Entering the Star Dou Great Forest to Absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Crimson Demon Hound Spirit Bone!

The old man's Martial Soul was the Black Rock Colossus.

He had been ordered to guard this place under secret orders.

If he failed to stop Lu Yuan, he would face severe punishment.

"Soul Power, shield my body! Black Rock True Body!"

With a long howl, the old man swelled to ten zhang tall. His entire body turned into a giant of pitch-black rock, and he raised both fists before him.

At the same time, the ground beneath his feet collapsed with a roar, then surged upward into a stone wall nearly ten zhang high.

That was the strongest defense he could muster.

At that very moment, Big Luck arrived.

No brakes.

No turn.

BOOM!!!!!

Black Rock True Body shattered!

The stone wall shattered!

The level eighty-one Soul Douluo was sent flying dozens of meters. He plunged into a river and vanished.

Big Luck burst through the dust without so much as a chip in its paint.

At the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.

In a secluded valley surrounded by dense woods.

Screech!

Big Luck pulled off a beautiful drift and stopped in the clearing at the valley's center.

The engine died.

At once, only the wind remained, along with the occasional beast roar from deep in the woods.

Lu Yuan pushed open the door and hopped out. He stretched long and hard, feeling his bones crackle pleasantly.

"Finally shook off every last one of those Spirit Hall people."

He glanced back at the dirt track his Martial Soul Truck had carved through the forest, a smile tugging at his lips.

Ever since he had fought his way out of Heaven Dou City, Spirit Hall's lackeys had followed him like flies drawn to a scent, buzzing after him no matter how hard he tried to shake them.

Only half an hour ago had he floored the accelerator, spun the wheel, and plunged into this valley. After weaving through turn after turn, he had finally lost every last one of Spirit Hall's tails.

"Now... time for the real business."

Lu Yuan walked behind a tree to relieve himself, then headed for the Cargo Box at the back of the truck.

He pressed a button on it.

Click!

The huge Cargo Box door slowly opened, and a burst of cold air spilled out.

The Cargo Box kept its contents fresh. No matter how long a corpse stayed inside, it remained as fresh as the moment it died, without the slightest odor spreading.

Lu Yuan leaned in and hauled out something enormous.

Thud!

He dragged out a massive beast carcass, dark red from end to end, with three heads and six eyes.

When it hit the ground, the whole valley seemed to tremble.

A Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound.

A hundred thousand years old.

It was the source of his second Spirit Ring, and the treasure he had hauled all this way, unwilling to absorb until now.

Not for its meat, but for the Spirit Bone inside it.

"It's been sitting there long enough. Time to put what's left of it to use."

Lu Yuan rubbed his hands together, his eyes blazing with anticipation.

A Spirit Bone!

What did something like that mean on the Douluo Continent?

Across the entire continent, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones could be counted on one hand.

Every one that surfaced set off a bloodbath. Even Titled Douluo would fight tooth and nail for one.

And him?

He had the spine bone of a Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound all to himself.

Now he was going to absorb that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone into his own body!

Lu Yuan wasted no time. He sat cross-legged before the carcass.

He took a deep breath and slammed both hands against the hound's spine.

Boom!

In an instant, a scorching, frenzied force flooded through his palms and into his body!

It felt as though someone had stuffed an entire furnace into his veins!

"Ugh...!"

Lu Yuan's pupils contracted, and his body shuddered.

The next moment, dense dark-red demonic patterns and burning blisters spread across his skin. Beneath it, countless strands like red-hot wire writhed, growing thicker and moving faster...

Crack, crack, crack...

His bones erupted in a series of sickening cracks. That savage power stretched his muscles almost to the breaking point, while veins bulged all over him like twisted earthworms.

It hurt.

It fucking hurt.

But Lu Yuan kept his eyes shut and his teeth clenched. He did not even grunt.

He knew crying out would do nothing.

Only one thought filled his mind.

Refine it!

Chaos Origin Returning Heart Method, start turning!

He roared the command inwardly.

The heart method, even more domineering than Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, spun furiously like a high-powered pump.

It crushed that savage, searing force bit by bit, absorbing and refining it.

Half an incense stick burned away.

Then a full incense stick.

Time crept by.

The temperature throughout the valley kept rising.

The weeds around him baked yellow and curled. Cracks began to spread through the soil near Lu Yuan.

Meanwhile, the dark-red demonic patterns on his body slowly drew toward his heart, gathering there.

Another three incense sticks passed. Finally...

Hum!

A surge of dark-red light shot straight up from the crown of his head!

The beam, as thick as a child's arm, pierced the clouds.

It bathed the entire valley in blood-red light!

[Ding-dong!]

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone of the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound!]

[Spirit Bone skill acquired: Crimson Demon Incinerates the Heavens!]

[Physical attributes increased across the board! Your current physique far surpasses that of Soul Masters at your level and even two levels above!]

As the notification sounded, Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes and breathed out a long, stale breath.

Once he had exhaled, a sharp glint flashed deep in his eyes and vanished.

He looked down at his hands and saw dark-red light coursing beneath the skin.

When he clenched his fists, his knuckles cracked like thunder.

He rose, faced a boulder taller than himself, and punched it.

Bang!

The boulder did not even have time to make a sound.

The next instant, the two-meter-tall stone exploded into rubble and dust.

Lu Yuan grinned, showing two rows of gleaming white teeth.

"Now even my body's been completely upgraded! Hahaha..."

He was so delighted that he could not help laughing aloud.

"One bone could never be enough!"

"I've got another fine Spirit Bone. Might as well put that one to use too!"

He had not even fully digested the power of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Yet Lu Yuan turned and climbed back into the Cargo Box.

This time, what he dragged out was no smaller than the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound. It was half as large again.

Boom!

He hauled out a beast carcass the size of a small hill, covered in thick rocky armor.