After preparing everything, Su Ling began absorbing the Soul Bone.
The instant the Soul Bone touched his flesh, an icy sensation spread from his right leg, a chill that pierced straight into his marrow.
Then the icy chill turned scorching hot.
Su Ling clenched his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.
It hurt.
But he could bear it.
But this hurt too damn much.
After all, fusing with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone at six years old was still far too premature.
Ah Yin gathered her power to help Su Ling lessen the Soul Bone's rejection.
Su Ling, who had nearly passed out from the pain, suddenly became clearheaded again.
About an incense stick's worth of time later, the pain vanished, replaced by an unprecedented sense of lightness.
Su Ling looked down and saw a blue pattern on his right leg, shimmering faintly.
"Ding! Absorption of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone complete. Host has obtained skills: Blue Silver Rebirth, Blue Silver Clone." "Blue Silver Rebirth: rapidly restores vitality and allows severed limbs to regenerate." "Blue Silver Clone: uses Blue Silver Grass to create a clone identical to yourself."
Su Ling thought both skills were pretty good.
Awakening a flight Soul Skill like Tang San's would have been acceptable too.
After all, it was useful in the early game, but he was a cheater, so he seemingly had no early game.
He had started straight in the late game.
Su Ling emerged from the Blue Silver Grass and brushed the dirt off himself.
Just then, he suddenly felt the ground tremble slightly. It was so faint that an ordinary person would never have noticed, but Su Ling's entire body was now suffused with the aura of Blue Silver Grass, and its roots spread throughout this forest. Not the slightest tremor in the ground could escape his perception.
Tang Hao was here!
Su Ling did not leave immediately. Instead, he walked a few steps deeper into the forest, found the largest old tree, and climbed it. He sat on a thick branch with his back against the trunk, his legs dangling and swinging.
He used his Soul Power to control the Blue Silver Grass and sense Tang Hao's location.
Inside the Karst Cave.
Tang Hao stood at the entrance, his whole body like a piece of wood struck by lightning.
"Who was it?!"
Before him lay the empty Karst Cave. A trace of the Blue Silver Emperor's aura still lingered, but Ah Yin was already gone.
The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had vanished too.
There was even an old mountain goat leisurely munching on Blue Silver Grass inside the Karst Cave.
Tang Hao's hand trembled, and he slapped the old mountain goat into a mist of blood.
He had initially thought the old mountain goat had eaten Ah Yin and the Hundred Hundred Year Soul Bone.
But there was nothing there now.
Indeed, how could an old mountain goat possibly have broken through the barrier he had set up?
"Ah Yin..."
Tang Hao's voice was as hoarse as if he had swallowed a club.
"My Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone-!!"
Although Tang Hao grieved over Ah Yin, he grieved even more over the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
After all, he had never expected Ah Yin to grow back into her former self.
He slammed a fist into the ground. The entire Karst Cave shook violently, and loose stones came clattering down from the ceiling.
A Titled Douluo's full-powered punch.
But Tang Hao could not find the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
He could not find it anywhere. He rushed out of the Karst Cave and hovered in midair, spreading his Soul Power in all directions like a vast net that covered several li around him. There was not the slightest clue.
He found nothing.
He had still been imagining that some powerful Soul Beast had broken through his barrier, but now it was clear that someone had stolen his Soul Bone!
If Su Ling wished, Tang Hao might never learn where Ah Yin and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had gone for the rest of his life.
Because Ah Yin was now inside Su Ling's Planet Martial Soul.
"Who the hell was it...?!"
Tang Hao threw back his head and roared, frightening the mountain goats in the forest into a frantic flight.
"That wretched Tang Hao! He really is no good."
She was gone, yet Tang Hao was still thinking about the Soul Bone. What kind of man was he?
Ah Yin suddenly appeared before Su Ling, startling him so badly that he nearly fell out of the tree.
"Lady, could you give me a warning before coming out by yourself next time? You'll scare someone to death."
Ah Yin put on an innocent, aggrieved expression.
"Boo-hoo, we've only been together for a day, and you're already sick of me, Master?"
Seeing Ah Yin's aggrieved expression, Su Ling thought this silly blade of grass was not fully sound of mind and genuinely believed he disliked her. He hurriedly comforted her.
"No, no! I couldn't like you more, Sister Ah Yin. How could I be sick of you?"
Su Ling's words made Ah Yin burst out laughing.
Su Ling realized that this weed was teasing him.
He immediately wiped away his smile and looked at Ah Yin with a serious expression.
"Oh, Master, don't be angry."
With that, Ah Yin hugged Su Ling, kissed his forehead, then darted back into the Planet Martial Soul.
Watching Tang Hao lose his composure on the screen, Bibi Dong could not suppress the smile tugging at her lips.
Although Tang Hao was Spirit Hall's enemy, he could also be considered her benefactor. Without that hammer blow of his, she had no idea how long it would have taken before she could devour Qian Xunji and begin the Rakshasa God Trial.
But afterward, Tang Hao had often ambushed Spirit Hall in secret, particularly its talented Soul Masters. Who knew how many had died at his hands?
That displeased Bibi Dong.
The crucial point was that the Clear Sky Sect had publicly announced Tang Hao's expulsion.
That left them with no way to retaliate, and no one knew Tang Hao's whereabouts either.
Later, Tang Hao disappeared completely, and the matter was left unresolved.
Watching the subtle changes in Bibi Dong's expression, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo stood silently to the side, not daring to speak.
Bibi Dong had just asked them to bring over a million Gold Soul Coins, and neither of them understood what had happened.
Spirit Hall Academy.
Hu Liena lay on her stomach on her bed, her chin resting on a pillow and both feet raised, swinging back and forth. She watched Tang Hao go mad in the livestream.
She found it rather satisfying too. After all, she had heard plenty of stories about senior students being beaten into rice cakes by Tang Hao.
"Serves you right."
She muttered under her breath and rolled over to face the wall.
But she was also preparing to find Bibi Dong and discuss her Soul Ring.
After all, paper could not wrap up a fire.
When Bibi Dong asked, she would say that a god had found her in a dream and said he wanted her to become his successor.
Heaven Dou Empire, Moonlight Pavilion.
Tang Yuehua watched Tang Hao's hysterical behavior in the livestream and fell silent for a long time.
"Second Brother, you... how could you be this kind of person?"
She had once believed that Tang Hao and Ah Yin shared true love. Now that Ah Yin and the Soul Bone were both missing, he had actually disregarded Ah Yin for the Soul Bone.
Su Ling sat on the branch with one leg crossed over the other, watching Tang Hao's entire bout of madness.
"Tsk, tsk."
He let out a sigh.
With Tang Hao acting like this, no wonder Ah Yin had wanted to run off with him as soon as she regained her senses.
It seemed Tang Hao really had paid little attention to her all these years.
If Tang Hao had treated Ah Yin a little better, even if he had only visited her more often or moved her somewhere sunny, she would not have accumulated so much resentment over the years.
Before long, Tang Hao had slaughtered nearly all the mountain goats.
He still had not found the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Now he was certain someone had taken it, rather than a mountain goat having eaten it.
At that moment, Tang Hao noticed the old man riding an ox outside the forest.
He swept him with his Soul Power and discovered that he was merely an ordinary person without Soul Power. Without asking any further questions, he flew back toward Holy Soul Village.
Su Ling raised an eyebrow.
Tang Hao still had some humanity, at least. He hadn't attacked a civilian.
Otherwise, he really would have had to teach Tang Hao a little lesson.
Once Tang Hao was far away, Su Ling left the forest too and met up with the driver.
It was time to return to Holy Soul Village. If he stayed away any longer, Grandpa Jack would be angry.
Besides, the day to report to Nuoding Academy had arrived.
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