Two Spirit Bones Shake the Heavens, Terrifying the Spirit Hall Pursuers

It struck the ground again, making the entire valley shudder despite itself...

The valley shook three times before it gradually settled.

Before Lu Yuan lay an enormous corpse: a ninety-thousand-year-old Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull.

It was the source of his Third Soul Ring and the second Spirit Bone he had set his sights on.

Rubbing his chin, Lu Yuan sat cross-legged before the bull's remains and muttered,

"If word of this setup gets out, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San will probably be so furious they'll burst into flames..."

Without another word, Lu Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he pressed both hands against the Spirit Bone in the bull's skull!

The Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull's skull Spirit Bone.

Boom!!!

If the hundred-thousand-year-old Crimson Demon Hound's Spirit Bone had been an entire furnace,

then this ninety-thousand-year-old Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull's Spirit Bone was like a mountain!

Its immense, steady power felt ready to crush him.

In an instant, it surged through his palms and flooded into his body!

Lu Yuan's pupils contracted as his body abruptly grew heavy.

Bang!

Spiderweb cracks spread across the ground beneath him.

Then the entire patch of earth collapsed a full foot!

"Urgh... ah!"

The hundred-thousand-year-old Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound's entire spinal Spirit Bone had not made Lu Yuan cry out.

Yet this ninety-thousand-year-old Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull's Spirit Bone forced a muffled grunt from him.

The Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull carried an ancient Spirit Beast bloodline, older and more powerful than that of the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound.

If a Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull reached a hundred thousand years of age, even ten Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hounds together could not defeat it...

That was how terrifying its bloodline was.

Lu Yuan's muscles began to swell rapidly.

His clothes, which had fit him perfectly, tore apart with a rip, exposing a lean upper body as hard as iron.

Veins bulged across it, twisting and writhing like earthworms.

At the same time, every bone in Lu Yuan's body endured unimaginable pressure. His bones ground together with a sound that made his scalp tingle.

Heavy.

It was far too heavy.

This power was nothing like the Crimson Demon Hound's raging heat.

It was as though an entire mountain range pressed down on Lu Yuan, threatening to grind every bone in his body to powder, inch by inch...

"Refine it... now!"

Lu Yuan's eyes widened. Blood seeped from his gums as he clenched his teeth and growled.

All the while, he kept the Chaos Origin Returning Heart Method running, driving it to its limit...

The domineering method raced through his body and along his meridians. He withstood that mountain-like pressure, gradually breaking it down, absorbing it, and drawing it into every part of himself.

His skin, muscles, bones, and every other part of his body were repeatedly tempered and reshaped by that immense power!

No one knew how much time passed.

Then a sound suddenly rang out.

Hum!!!

A pillar of earthy yellow light streaked with black burst from the top of Lu Yuan's head and shot skyward.

The massive pillar made the entire valley quake again. Loose stones tumbled down the cliffs, kicking up clouds of dust...

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully absorbed the ninety-thousand-year-old Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull's Spirit Bone!]

[Spirit Bone skill acquired: Earthshaking Armor!]

[Defense greatly increased! The host can now withstand any Soul Douluo-level attack!]

Lu Yuan slowly opened his eyes and exhaled.

A trace of earthy yellow ran through his breath.

When it struck the ground, it blasted a small pit into the soil before him...

Lu Yuan no longer needed the Martial Soul Truck's help.

He now possessed the strength of a level-eighty Soul Sage.

His body's ability to withstand attacks was fearsome.

Not even a Soul Douluo-level attack could harm him.

He gave his feet a slight shake, knocking the dust from his body, then stood.

Dark red and earthy yellow light shimmered beneath Lu Yuan's skin, alternating in flashes.

An indescribably heavy power surged within him, as if an entire mountain had been packed into his body.

"Now that I have two Spirit Bones..."

Lu Yuan raised his head and looked toward a cliff face in the distance.

He started walking toward it.

After a few steps, Lu Yuan understood just how deceiving distances could be.

He stamped his right foot down!

Bang!

The next instant, Lu Yuan shot toward the cliff face like a cannonball.

Within seconds, he landed before it.

He took a deep breath, focused his gaze, raised his right hand, and punched.

No Soul Power!

No Soul Skill!

Just a straight punch, pure and simple.

Boom!!!!!!...

A tremendous impact rang out.

The next second,

the solid cliff face, nearly thirty feet high, seemed to be struck by an enormous invisible hammer.

Rumble...

More than half the cliff face collapsed!

Rocks tumbled, and dust billowed into the sky.

Lu Yuan drew back his fist, blew the dust from his knuckles, and smiled faintly.

"If I threw a serious punch, I could bring down half a mountain."

About three miles from the valley, atop the crown of a giant tree,

the captain of Spirit Hall's pursuit squad stood motionless on a branch.

As captain, he was a Soul Sage.

Level seventy-two, with the Azure Feather Eagle Martial Soul.

He was a prominent figure in Spirit Hall's Southwest Branch Hall.

This time, he had been ordered to bring his men and follow Lu Yuan.

Their orders were to shadow the young man who had driven a beat-up vehicle out of Heaven Dou City's gates, learn everything about him, and wait for an opportunity.

If Lu Yuan refused to join Spirit Hall, they were to find a way to make him disappear from the world...

The Spirit Hall members who had intercepted Lu Yuan earlier had received the same orders.

They were also to seize the two Spirit Bones Lu Yuan carried.

Two Spirit Bones.

One a hundred thousand years old, the other ninety thousand.

For Spirit Hall, determining whether Lu Yuan had those two Spirit Bones was easy enough.

Ever since Spirit Hall discovered that Lu Yuan had absorbed the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Hound and the Sky-Shaking Marsh Bull, they had known he must possess at least two Spirit Bones.

How could Spirit Hall not covet those Spirit Bones? How could they not want them...

When the news reached the branch hall,

the branch hall's bishop had been so excited that his pupils contracted, and he had nearly smashed the long table before him to pieces...