It was only natural for the Divine Fire Demon Ape to leave behind a Soul Bone. After all, it was such a rare and powerful Soul Beast, and this one was a Divine Fire Demon Ape King that had consumed a Divine Fire Spirit Fruit. What Ma Xiaotao had not expected was that the Soul Bone it left behind would be a skull.
Of the six Soul Bone locations the human body could accommodate, the skull was second in importance only to the torso, and Ma Xiaotao happened to have never fused with a Head Soul Bone.
From the moment Divine Fire Demon Apes were born until the moment they died, they struggled against the powerful divine fire they possessed by nature.
To them, divine fire was an incomparably powerful weapon that could allow them to transcend ordinary Soul Beasts. However, their bodies and souls could not withstand such powerful flames, so after they died, their corpses became fuel for the divine fire until the flames dissipated.
The Divine Fire Demon Ape King had even consumed a Divine Fire Spirit Fruit, retaining a measure of sanity amid the divine fire's corrosion and constantly fighting the madness in its bloodline. Its mental strength had been tempered to an extraordinary degree, which was why it had produced this Head Soul Bone. Moreover, tempered by divine fire, this Soul Bone was all the stronger, second only to the hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Zhang Lexuan had fused with.
Ma Xiaotao walked over to the Soul Bone. The white jade skull was crystal clear, shimmering with a pale red glow. Rather than the scorching heat she had imagined, it felt like a piece of fine warm jade, possessing a power that warmed the heart.
Zhang Lexuan also said in wonder, "Who would have thought the Soul