"Ah! It hurts!"
Immense pain struck. Tang San, who was at the crucial stage of refining the Eight Spider Lances, was interrupted outright. Xu Ran forcibly dragged out the Eight Spider Lances that had almost fused with his body, naturally leaving Tang San in terrible agony.
"Ah! Who is it?" Tang San violently spat out a mouthful of blood. The absorption of his External Soul Bone had been interrupted, and so forcefully at that. His Soul Power immediately fell into turmoil, and his presence abruptly weakened.
Tang San was furious. Just who was targeting him?
Why couldn't he even absorb an External Soul Bone in peace?
"Xu Ran, it's you?" Tang San's eyes widened in fury. At the sight of Xu Ran's face, his pupils abruptly contracted. Clearly, Xu Ran had left a deep shadow over him before.
"Xu Ran, what are you doing here? Get lost!" Tang San spat out another mouthful of blood. To his horror, he discovered that Xu Ran was stripping away his External Soul Bone. After that brief shock, intense pain swept through his entire body.
The dark red color of the ribs showed against his body, looking somewhat hideous and frightening.
"Naturally, I came for the Eight Spider Lances. A treasure like an External Soul Bone naturally belongs to whoever has the ability to claim it," Xu Ran said calmly. In the original story, the External Soul Bone had been one of Tang San's strongest cheats, but not anymore.
"Xu Ran, no, you can't take away my External Soul Bone. You're so powerful, so talented, and so wealthy. You don't need this Soul Bone of mine." Tang San's face turned sallow as he looked at Xu Ran in terror, his composure crumbling.
Xu Ran was so wealthy that his fortune rivaled a nation's. He