External Soul Bone Sun Sacred Blade

External Soul Bone—Sun Sacred Blade

The soul ring absorption had long since neared its end, and the Mental Shock had ended long ago as well.

The instant that ball of Golden Light sank into Xu Yang's brow, he sensed it. After only a brief thought, he guessed what that ball of Golden Light was.

An external soul bone. It could only be an external soul bone.

But when he thought of the Sun Sacred Beetle's iconic great horn, a wave of disgust ran through Xu Yang's heart.

He did not want to go into battle in the future with a fierce horn jutting from his head. Even if that horn could provide him with decent combat power and soul skills, he did not need it.

After all, combat power was one thing, but looking cool was for life.

Besides, if an external soul bone appeared somewhere else, its power might not necessarily be weakened.

So Xu Yang quickly split off a wisp of focus and controlled a portion of the soul power inside his body to wrap around the energy light mass at his brow, moving it along his meridians toward his right hand. He wanted to move this external soul bone into his hand.

"But isn't a horn a bit too ugly? While the external soul bone hasn't taken shape yet, I might as well change its form! Perfect chance to try this Third Soul Skill!"

Xu Yang thought it over and quickly made his decision. Although his Third Soul Ring had not been completely absorbed yet, it was only one step away, so he could still use its soul skill.

His Third Soul Skill was called Sun Sacred Blade. It was about the same as he had guessed before, a rare Weapon-Type Soul Skill, similar to the Blue Silver Overlord Spear. The only difference was that what Xu Yang condensed was a Tang Blade with sun patterns, which was precisely the Sun Sacred Beetle's most iconic soul skill.

Now he intended to use this soul skill to reshape the external soul bone that had already reached his palm, turning it from a horn into a Tang Blade.

"Third Soul Skill—Sun Sacred Blade!"

The purple soul ring tinged with black flashed with light, and then the golden light mass in Xu Yang's right palm began to lengthen. Very soon, it turned into the shape of a Tang Blade, slowly condensing into a solid form and becoming a Tang Blade made of golden bone, held in his hand.

"..."

Madam Ning, watching from the side, was dumbstruck. She had never seen anyone capable of changing the location where an external soul bone formed, much less changing the appearance of an external soul bone and turning it into a sharp blade.

But just then, the soul ring that had originally been purple tinged with black actually turned completely black. That faint black light gripped the mind, unconsciously drawing Madam Ning's gaze away from the external soul bone and onto the soul ring.

A Soul Douluo could see through a soul beast's origin, so Madam Ning also understood why the soul ring had evolved into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Aside from a very small number of soul skills that took the form of armor, the most important part of most Sun Sacred Beetles was the great horn on their heads, where most of the beetle's essence gathered. In particular, the Soul Beast Origin contained in the external soul bone it formed far surpassed that of other soul bones of the same age.

And just now, before Xu Yang had fully completed absorbing the soul ring, he had used his Third Soul Skill. In order to complete the absorption, his body had instinctively absorbed a portion of the soul bone origin inside the external soul bone. In the end, the two stacked together and caused the soul ring to evolve into ten thousand years.

She had never seen such a situation before, but she had heard of similar cases. They were simply far too rare, and not many people knew about them. It was only because she was currently in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that she had seen records of similar cases.

That was, after a soul master absorbed a soul bone of the same origin, a soul ring at a critical threshold could evolve, and its age would be the same as Xu Yang's, from thousand-year to ten-thousand-year.

Another half hour passed. Xu Yang opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air, then began sensing his own condition.

His Soul Power Level had reached rank thirty-three, and he was only one step away from reaching rank thirty-four. A soul ring close to ten thousand years, plus an external soul bone, had sent his soul power soaring. It simply was not something an ordinary soul master could compare to.

The most important thing was not the increase in soul power, but the increase in physical strength. The vast soul power of a soul beast close to ten thousand years old had repeatedly washed through his body, raising his physical qualities by a large margin. This improvement was not merely an increase in strength, but an all-around improvement.

It could be called a body of steel. Right now, Xu Yang seriously suspected that even without using his Martial Soul or soul power, relying only on physical strength, he could fight an ordinary Soul Grandmaster.

He summoned his Martial Soul and looked at that black soul ring. Xu Yang was a little baffled. If he remembered correctly, the soul ring he had absorbed should have been a nine-thousand-plus-year soul ring, purple tinged with black, not the current Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

He looked toward his teacher's wife beside him with a bewildered expression.

"It's because of the soul bone. If a soul ring of the same origin is stuck at its age limit and absorbs a soul bone of the same origin, there's a certain chance for the soul ring's age to increase. And you were very lucky. You encountered that probability and successfully evolved your soul ring into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!" Madam Ning explained with a smile in her eyes.

Hearing this, Xu Yang turned his gaze to the golden Tang Blade in his hand that he had not yet withdrawn. He also found it hard to believe. He had only absorbed one external soul bone, yet it had actually made his Third Soul Ring reach ten thousand years. How were other people supposed to live with that?

Forcing down the laughter in his heart, Xu Yang began testing the soul skill of the external soul bone in his hand.

Unlike ordinary Weapon-Type Soul Skills, an external soul bone was like an extra bone added to the human body. When summoned, it grew out of the body, so it could not be removed at all. If not for his flash of inspiration in moving this soul bone into his palm, he truly would not have known how to use this external soul bone.

The soul skill of the Tang Blade external soul bone was very simple: Blade Qi. It could also be called a slash. It could convert soul power infused into the soul bone into Blade Qi and fire it out.

In addition, there was another way to use it: condense Blade Qi onto the soul bone to increase the damage the soul bone dealt in close combat.

Xu Yang swung the Tang Blade in his hand at a large tree beside him. Golden Blade Qi shot out, and the tree was split directly in two from the middle. The cut was as smooth as a mirror as it fell to the ground.

"Third Soul Skill—Sun Sacred Blade!"

The black soul ring bloomed with black light, and in Xu Yang's left hand appeared a Tang Blade exactly the same as the external soul bone. Only, the materials of the two were completely different. One was obviously made of bone at a glance, while the other was more like metal. This was the difference between an external soul bone and a soul skill.

Then the Tang Blade in his left hand swung hard at the large tree beside him, likewise cutting out a streak of golden Blade Qi. That tree was split in half as easily as tofu.

"Compared to the Blade Qi swung out by the soul skill, the Blade Qi cut out by the soul bone is twice as powerful, and the speed of the Blade Qi is faster too. This is while the soul bone hasn't fully fused yet. After it fuses completely, the soul bone's skill can continue to grow."

"Of course, this soul skill really did give me a huge surprise. Aside from using soul power to condense the Sun Sacred Blade, there are actually three ways to use it. It truly gave me a huge surprise."

Xu Yang's thoughts raced rapidly, and he soon figured out the soul bone and the Third Soul Skill.

"Yang Er, this external soul bone of yours is actually exactly the same as your Third Soul Skill. It really is a bit redundant!" Madam Ning, who had been watching from the side for a while, suddenly said.