External Soul Bone?!

After enjoying a hearty meal of grilled skewers, Ye Chen came to the side of the Azure Lotus Flower, thinking, Time to destroy this delicate flower.

Perhaps sensing Ye Chen's approach, the Azure Lotus Flower instinctively unleashed its Innate Soul Skill.

A hazy azure radiance enveloped Ye Chen.

Unfortunately, although the Azure Lotus Flower's Innate Soul Skill could seal Spiritual Power, it made virtually no difference to Ye Chen.

After all, though Ye Chen's Spiritual Power was formidable after cultivating the Creation Soul Tempering Skill, he did not rely on Spiritual Power to make a living. Neither of his Soul Skills had much to do with Spiritual Power.

Lotus-type soul beasts were not merely the lotus flowers or leaves visible above the water. Beneath the surface, they also had lotus roots, which were their vital weak point.

If one only cut off the flowers and leaves, they would merely be severely injured rather than fundamentally harmed. Before long, they could grow back.

Since this Azure Lotus Flower's weak point was underwater, Ye Chen had no intention of giving it a White Phosphorus Grenade. Though white phosphorus had a low ignition point, it still could not burn without sufficient oxygen.

After thinking it over, Ye Chen bought a Water Mine from the System Shop and threw it toward the Azure Lotus Flower's roots.

With a boom, the powerful Water Mine exploded. The stream splashed more than thirty feet into the air, while the mud and sand beneath the water churned into a cloudy mess.

Once everything settled, Ye Chen saw a dazzling purple Soul Ring appear.

Compared to animal-type soul beasts, plant-type soul beasts were easier to deal with. Plant-type soul beasts were far less intelligent than animal-type soul beasts, and most could not move. Their methods were limited, making them easy targets for Spirit Masters.

Of course, that only applied to low-year plant-type soul beasts. If they were old enough, they might be even more troublesome than animal-type soul beasts. Regardless of the type, plant-type soul beasts unquestionably possessed greater recovery abilities than animal-type soul beasts.

Seeing the Soul Ring appear, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction.

Dealing with an immobile plant-type soul beast was simply too easy for Ye Chen.

Then, the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff Martial Soul appeared in his hand, and Ye Chen began drawing in the Soul Ring.

As soon as the Azure Lotus Flower Soul Ring was drawn by the Martial Soul, it immediately descended onto Ye Chen. The Soul Ring rapidly shrank and settled around the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff.

In an instant, Ye Chen felt a vast surge of Soul Power filled with a pure, tranquil aura flow through his Martial Soul and into his body.

Ye Chen had already absorbed two thousand-year Soul Rings. If an ordinary level-thirty Quasi-Soul Grandmaster were in his place, even if they were originally capable of withstanding this Azure Lotus Flower Soul Ring, trying to attach it now would inevitably result in their body exploding.

After all, a level-thirty Spirit Master certainly could not withstand Soul Rings with a combined age of more than five thousand years. But Ye Chen was different. He cultivated the Creation Body Tempering Art, and his physical constitution far surpassed that of Spirit Masters at the same level, so he could still endure it.

Time slowly passed. After nearly half a day, the Soul Power contained within the Azure Lotus Flower Soul Ring had almost been completely refined by Ye Chen.

But just then, an unexpected change suddenly struck Ye Chen as he refined the Soul Ring.

All of a sudden, Ye Chen felt intense pain erupt from between his brows. Moreover, this pain was not physical, but spiritual.

"Ah—"

The intense pain made Ye Chen cry out miserably.

Xiao Wu, who had been standing guard for Ye Chen nearby, suddenly heard his scream and immediately ran to him with a worried expression.

At that moment, a tiny azure lotus, like a mark, had appeared between Ye Chen's brows. It emitted a hazy azure glow, as though it were about to take root in his forehead.

"How could this happen?"

Seeing Ye Chen in unbearable pain, Xiao Wu was extremely anxious. Yet she had no good solution, since the greatest taboo when a Spirit Master absorbed a Soul Ring was interference from others.

However, after regaining his senses, Ye Chen was delighted.

Xiao Wu had been guarding him while he absorbed the Soul Ring, and the age of this Azure Lotus Flower Soul Ring was within the limits he could withstand. There was no way anything should have gone wrong.

Yet a change had occurred now. That could only mean his luck had exploded and he had encountered an exceedingly rare External Soul Bone.

Any Spirit Master with even a little knowledge knew that Soul Bones came in six parts: head, torso, left arm, right arm, left leg, and right leg. However, some Soul Bones did not belong to any of those six parts.

Other than Soul Bones from those six normal positions, all the rest were collectively known as External Soul Bones.

External Soul Bones could manifest in many different forms: tails, wings, claws, spider legs, and so on.

Moreover, to Ye Chen, an External Soul Bone was even more valuable than a normal 100,000 Year Soul Bone.

That was because External Soul Bones could increase in age along with a Spirit Master's strength. As long as one advanced to Titled Douluo, an External Soul Bone could transform into a 100,000 Year Soul Bone. If one continued advancing, the age of the External Soul Bone would continue to rise.

And Ye Chen's future achievements would certainly go far beyond merely becoming a Titled Douluo.

Sure enough, that Lucky Card wasn't used for nothing. It's finally showing its value!

At that moment, Ye Chen was in pain, but also overjoyed.

It seems my External Soul Bone should be a head External Soul Bone.

Since his head hurt rather than any other part of his body, there was no question about it. This was definitely a head External Soul Bone.

Though Ye Chen did not know what effect this head External Soul Bone possessed, he believed it was undoubtedly something good.

He even began thinking that after obtaining this External Soul Bone, he could move up his plans to increase the ages of his various Soul Rings.

After all, Spirit Masters had a certain upper limit to what they could endure from Soul Rings. Even though Ye Chen now possessed a large amount of Gold Soul Coins and had cultivated the Creation Body Tempering Art, he could not increase the ages of his Soul Rings without limit.

Otherwise, he might be able to bear them now, but when he reached subsequent ten-level bottlenecks, he would be unable to attach another Soul Ring.

But once he had an External Soul Bone and raised its age, even if the primary enhancement of a head External Soul Bone should lie in Spiritual Power, it would certainly also provide a significant improvement to his physical constitution.

The Soul Ring Configuration of an ordinary Four-Ring Soul Elder might at most be two yellow and two purple. Only exceptionally outstanding geniuses could achieve two yellow, one purple, and one black, and that would already be remarkable.

But Ye Chen would definitely be able to achieve a configuration of four black Soul Rings as a Four-Ring Soul Elder!

If an ordinary Soul King had that Soul Ring Configuration, they would definitely suffer the fate of their body exploding.

After all, according to the Limit Year of the optimal Soul Ring ratio, the combined ages of the five Soul Rings on a Five-Ring Soul King totaled only around twenty thousand years—perhaps not even that much.