"Fourth Soul Skill, Myriad Transformations Finger!"
Seeing this, Long Aoyu released his martial soul and immediately used his strongest soul skill to finish off the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
He thrust out a finger.
The soul power gathered at his fingertip, wrapped in the power of myriad transformations, struck the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger squarely in the head.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's enormous body shuddered violently. The last glimmer in its crimson eyes went out completely, and it crashed to the ground.
The instant it died-
A round, fist-sized streak of black light burst from the corpse's chest, trailing a dark purple tail.
Du Busi's pupils contracted. Almost without thinking, he had already vanished from his spot.
He moved later but arrived first.
His right palm shot out, the poisonous mist in it instantly forming a giant dark green hand that seized the black orb of light with precision.
"What is this?"
Du Busi looked closely.
It was a fist-sized, ink-black orb, trembling violently in his hand. Dark purple evil lightning flowed across its surface, and a miniature vortex could faintly be seen spinning at its core.
A faint, elusive remnant soul fluctuation emanated from within the orb, carrying intense malice and resentment-
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul was trying to use the Life Orb's power to tear open space and escape.
"Could this be a Life Orb?"
Du Busi recalled the records in ancient texts. His brows knitted tightly, and the poisonous mist in his palm kept thickening as he tried to forcibly obliterate that remnant soul.
But he soon discovered that his life-bound poison posed only a limited threat to it.
Poison excelled at destroying flesh, but dealing with spiritual bodies and remnant souls was not its strength. It could only wear them away slowly.
"Even in death, it won't settle down."
Du Busi looked up at Long Aoyu. "Xiao Yu, this should be the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Life Orb. Its remnant soul is inside. It tried to escape, but failed."
"Your master isn't skilled at spiritual attacks. I can't destroy it anytime soon."
Long Aoyu hurried over and looked at the ink-black orb in Du Busi's palm.
Perfectly round, it devoured the surrounding light. Its core resembled a miniature black hole, pitch-black mist wreathed its surface, and it was bone-chillingly cold to the touch.
It was indeed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Life Orb.
In the original story, after Tang San killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, this thing had torn through space and escaped with the tiger's soul. Here, however, Du Busi had acted a step ahead, leaving it no time to flee.
This was a real treasure, far more precious than soul bones or immortal herbs!
By absorbing this Life Orb, he could fully inherit all of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's innate abilities: its six attributes, evil power devouring, Demon Transformation, the Life and Death Arena, and more.
It was much like gaining a second martial soul, except there was no need to obtain soul rings.
As long as he steadily improved his cultivation, he could refine its essence and gradually unlock every ability!
Du Busi sensed it for a moment, then spoke again:
"Once we return, I'll gather Jin Peng and the others. Eleven Titled Douluo will act together to completely obliterate the remnant soul, then I'll give you this Life Orb. It isn't safe right now."
"Thank you, Master!"
Long Aoyu thanked him sincerely. He truly wanted this Life Orb.
"Mm."
Du Busi nodded, then turned toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse.
"It died too abruptly. Most of its essence gathered in the Life Orb, but some remained in its body, without enough time to be fully refined into it."
"Look-"
Smiling, Du Busi pointed at the corpse's back, where the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's black twin wings were.
Those wings had not completely dissipated after its death. Instead, they were gradually solidifying into a pair of tangible black wing bones.
"An external soul bone!"
Du Busi's gaze burned. "You brat, your luck really is incredible!"
"The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger didn't have time to draw all its essence into the Life Orb. What remained turned into a wing-type external soul bone."
"There's even an external soul bone?"
Long Aoyu's eyes lit up. This was far better than the single soul ring Tang San had obtained in the original story.
"Go on, hurry and absorb both the soul ring and the soul bone."
Du Busi looked at Long Aoyu warmly.
"Hehe, then sorry for the trouble, Master. Please stand guard for me." Long Aoyu walked to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse and sat cross-legged beside it.
He drew in the soul ring and soul bone simultaneously.
The moment the soul ring entered his body, the wings seemed to come alive as well, attaching themselves to his back. Black threads pierced his flesh and fused with his spine.
Two powers of the same origin surged into his meridians at once.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's energy churned within him, tearing and rebuilding.
Long Aoyu gave a muffled grunt, veins bulging on his forehead. But he could withstand it. Instead, he forcibly fused the two powers, assimilating the soul ring's essence with the external soul bone's essence.
The phantom tiger markings within the soul ring roared as they tried to break free, and black arcs of electricity flashed wildly across the wing bones, but he held them firmly suppressed within his meridians.
He would not let even the slightest trace escape!
As for Soul Shock...
Because the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul was inside the Life Orb, no Soul Shock occurred.
He remained seated for ten hours.
From nightfall until the sun rose in the east, Long Aoyu never moved an inch.
Finally,
At the final moment of sunrise, Long Aoyu's eyes snapped open.
A deep black soul ring solidified beneath his feet. His fifth soul ring had formed.
At the same time.
A dull boom came from Long Aoyu's back, and a pair of pitch-black bone wings abruptly spread open.
The Dark Demon Twin Wings!
Their wingspan exceeded three meters. Ink-black throughout, their edges shone with a dark purple luster. The patterns of the bones were distinct, and wind, lightning, and spatial attributes coursed across their surface.
The evil, strength, and time attributes were also there, hidden deep within the soul bone.
External soul bones could evolve continuously.
For now, it had only three attributes. Only once the Dark Demon Twin Wings evolved to a certain degree would the other three reveal themselves.
"That feels great!"
Long Aoyu folded his wings and rose, clenching his fists.
He had finished absorbing both the soul ring and soul bone, and his soul power had reached rank fifty-three!
"How are your fifth soul skill and soul bone skill? Hurry and show your master," Du Busi urged upon seeing that he had finished absorbing them.
Long Aoyu stood up and stretched his limbs, his face brimming with irrepressible excitement.
"Master, my fifth soul skill is called Demon Claw! It contains the ultimate evil attribute and is extremely powerful. Once someone is struck, the wound is difficult to heal without the ultimate sacred attribute."
Du Busi nodded at that. "A good soul ring skill. What about the soul bone? Try it."
"All right!"
Long Aoyu took a deep breath and poured soul power into the Dark Demon Twin Wings on his back.
"Wind-Thunder Sky-Piercing Flash!"
A layer of dark purple wind and lightning power covered the wings. With a gentle beat, he rose from the ground, moving so fast that not even an afterimage could be seen.
"Under normal conditions, the wind and lightning attributes greatly boost my speed."
Long Aoyu tested the sensation, the corners of his mouth lifting. "As for pushing it to the limit-"
The wind and lightning on the Dark Demon Twin Wings suddenly surged, and he vanished.
The next instant,
Long Aoyu appeared in the sky a thousand meters away!
Du Busi narrowed his eyes as he watched Long Aoyu a thousand meters away. The corners of his mouth slowly rose. "With this soul bone, leaving everything else aside, staying alive shouldn't be a problem."
Long Aoyu activated his wings again and flashed back to his original spot.
"When pushed to the limit, it lets me teleport instantly to any location within a thousand meters. The farther I go, the greater the consumption. I can't sustain more than a few consecutive long-distance teleportations."
"As expected."
Du Busi nodded. "That's enough."
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