Star Dou Great Forest, Core Area, Lake of Life.
Titan Giant Ape Er Ming scratched his head, looked at the sullen Xiao Wu, and finally comforted her in a muffled voice, " Sister Xiao Wu, don't believe that human's nonsense. He just said those words to let them leave the Star Dou Great Forest safely, he was just talking nonsense."
With me and my older brother here, no one can hurt you!
The Sky Azure Bull Python Da Ming chimed in, " Er Ming is right. Sister Xiao Wu, you are our family, and we will never let anyone hurt you."
Humans are not to be trusted; their greatest skill is deception.
Faced with her two younger brothers' words of comfort, Xiao Wu forced a smile, but her emotions quickly spiraled out of control and she fell into a slump again.
She was well aware that everything Lin Mo said was true.
From beginning to end, I was just running away.
Whether it was choosing to transform and rebuild their cultivation in the human world, or returning to the Star Dou Great Forest from the human world out of fear of being discovered by Titled Douluo, it was all the same.
" Da Ming, Er Ming," Xiao Wu said softly, "I want to be alone for a while—"
Da Ming and Er Ming exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and silently stepped back, leaving the lakeside to Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu sat by the lake, hugging her knees, her gaze fixed on the emerald green water.
What should I do?
She murmured softly, her voice so low it was almost inaudible.
The lake did not answer, only rippled gently in the breeze.
Meanwhile, in Heaven Dou City, at the Dugu Manor.
Lin Mo drank the water Ye Lingling handed him in one gulp and summarized, "That's roughly the situation. Xiao Wu was Tang San's classmate at the Nuoding Academy. We were both work-study students in the same year."
The Charizard, who was still Charmander at the time, Frisk something unusual about her, but I didn't understand what was going on then. Only today, upon seeing her, do I realize that she is Soul Beast who has undergone a rebirth.
"The last time I heard from her was in the Star Dou Great Forest, after I obtained my Fifth Soul Ring. I learned from the Shrek Academy that Xiao Wu had been captured by the Titan Giant Ape."
However, based on what we see today, she wasn't captured back then, but rather taken away by the Titan Giant Ape and returned to the Star Dou Great Forest.
After listening to Lin Mo's story, Dugu Bo couldn't help but sigh, patted Lin Mo on the shoulder, and said with emotion, "Your little Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy is truly a place of outstanding people and hidden talents."
His tone carried an overwhelming sense of absurdity.
"You students who are all in the same year and working part-time are truly extraordinary individuals!"
"Let's not talk about you yet. An eighteen-year-old Seven-Ring Soul Sage, and a seven- Seven-Ring Soul Sage Hundred-Thousand-Year Seventh Soul Ring!"
The other two are no ordinary people either.
Tang San, the son of Clear Sky Douluo, who also possesses Twin Martial Souls like you. Although that kid seems to have some issues with his temperament, his actions are also...
But with her talent and background, her future achievements can't be too low.
"And then there's Xiao Wu, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Soft Bone Rabbit, who has transformed and is now cultivating again."
"Tsk tsk, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! A treasure coveted by countless Titled Douluo, yet it spent six years as a student in a junior Soul Master Academy —who would have thought?"
Dugu Bo exclaimed again, "What an outstanding place! I doubt anyone would believe it if I told them."
"A remote little town, an ordinary junior Soul Master Academy, a work-study student dormitory—and yet they managed to gather three of you—monsters."
Ye Linyuan was at a loss for words. The truth was much simpler than they had imagined, but it had certainly taken them far beyond their expectations.
This experience left them unsure how to evaluate it.
Just then, Dugu Yan was perched on Lin Mo's shoulder, suddenly raised her head and chuckled, reminding him, " A-Mo, stop reminiscing. Have you forgotten something important?"
"Hmm?" Lin Mo turned his head to look at her.
" Soul Bone!"
Dugu Yan stretched out her slender finger and poked Lin Mo's face, "Although you have already absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring from the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, you haven't absorbed the Soul Bone yet."
" The Soul Ring and Soul Bone produced by the same Soul Beast will have the greatest effect when absorbed by the same person. This is common knowledge in the Soul Master World."
"Your Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring has amazing effects, and that Soul Bone must be just as good. We can't waste it."
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo nodded, and with a gentle wave of his right hand, he retrieved the enormous corpse of the Golden Hawksbill Turtle from his Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
The sudden visit of Xiao Wu and the other two disrupted his plan to absorb the Soul Ring and then the Soul Bone.
Now that they're back in the Dugu Manor, and the surrounding area is safe, they can begin absorbing the Soul Bone.
His arm transformed into a blood-red blade, which searched the corpse of the Golden Hawksbill Turtle until it quickly unearthed a leg bone that was dark gold in color.
The Soul Bone is dark gold in color, with fine patterns resembling tortoise shell on its surface.
Judging from its location, it is precisely the left leg Soul Bone that Lin Mo is missing.
Upon seeing the appearance of this Soul Bone, Lin Mo immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't Torso Bone; otherwise, he would have been quite troubled.
The true age of this Golden Hawksbill Turtle should be between 150,000 and 170,000 years. Judging solely from the origin of the Soul Bone, it is golden.
The Torso Bone Torso Bone produced by hawksbill turtles are among the finest.
However, the Golden Hawksbill Turtle was a little too young, not meeting Lin Mo's expectations. In addition, the position of the Torso Bone could not be changed, so he naturally had to be very careful.
However, since what has been produced is a left leg bone, there's no need for him to hesitate; he can simply absorb it.
Lin Mo held the Soul Bone in his hand, carefully sensing the energy fluctuations it contained; the dark golden luster shimmered in the sunlight.
"The quality is very high." Dugu Bo leaned closer to examine it. "As expected of Soul Bone produced by Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, it is undoubtedly a top-grade Soul Bone. It's just a pity that it's the left leg instead of the torso."
Lin Mo carefully put away the Soul Bone, but did not leave immediately. His gaze returned to the corpse of the Golden Hawksbill Turtle.
" A-Mo, is there anything else?" Ye Lingling asked curiously.
"Hmm." Lin Mo responded, and the blood blade once again probed into the Golden Hawksbill Turtle's abdominal cavity, rummaging through it.
Soon, the blood blade touched a hard object.
He carefully took the object out; what appeared in his hand was a fist-sized piece of emerald green metal.
Its aura sent a jolt through everyone present.
A rich Life emanated from the metal, and the surrounding air seemed to become a bit fresher.
The grass on the surrounding ground turned lush and green at a visible speed, and even grew a little taller.
On one corner of this emerald green metal, there were still several clear tooth marks, seemingly left by a Soul Beast when it gnawed it off.