Upon hearing this, Dragon Duke said nothing more, for it was pointless to say anything now.
As time slowly passed, the pale red blood mist on Meng Yiran's body grew thicker, and the cracking sounds of her bones became more frequent, as if a powerful force was constantly impacting and reshaping her body.
As the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny waited anxiously, the blood mist on Meng Yiran's body began to gradually dissipate, and a powerful surge of Soul Power spread outwards from her.
"It worked?" The Snake Granny's face lit up with surprise.
"Still, you..."
"Ah!!" Just as the Snake Granny was about to step forward to check the situation, Meng Yiran suddenly let out a scream, her upper body arched violently, and a cold, gray-black light emerged from her spine. Immediately afterwards, a sharp protrusion rapidly grew from the position of her tailbone, which was the distinctive scorpion tail of the Snake Scorpion Beast.
"This, this is..." The Snake Granny was momentarily stunned by the bizarre scene.
"A mutated Torso Bone?" Xuan Ming's eyes twitched slightly.
No, what kind of luck is this?
According to Ah Rou, the Snake Scorpion Beast is extremely rare, with only one appearing at most in a snake group. It is one of the most powerful bloodlines among snake-type Soul Beast, and because it has mixed with the bloodline of the scorpion beast, this Soul Beast is immune to the bloodline suppression of superior races.
The reason this thing dared to attack him before was because it was completely unafraid of his dragon might.
"Yiran!" The Snake Granny quickly stepped forward, took out an outer garment, and draped it over Meng Yiran.
The scorpion tail that grew from her tailbone tore her clothes and stripped her naked.
"Eat this." Xuan Ming took out a recovery pill and tossed it into Meng Yiran's hand.
"Still..." Dragon Duke was about to speak up and stop him, telling him not to eat this thing of unknown origin.
Meng Yiran swallowed it without the slightest hesitation.
The medicine spread rapidly, quickly restoring her depleted strength.
"What is this?"
After recovering, Meng Yiran looked shyly at the scorpion tail hanging behind her.
This thing actually grew out of her body, tearing her clothes, and right from that spot!
"Young friend, you just said this is a mutated Torso Bone?" Dragon Duke looked at Xuan Ming.
"This Soul Bone can mutate?"
"It's possible, but it's almost certainly not going to happen," Xuan Ming said.
"This is the first time I've ever seen something like this."
The Ice Dragon King had explained some things to him: Soul Bone mutation usually only occurs in Soul Beast with mixed bloodlines, like the Snake Scorpion Beast Soul Beast, which shouldn't exist. Their Soul Core naturally possess two attributes, so when the Soul Bone manifests, the Soul Bone itself will also mutate.
But he never expected to see such a Soul Bone with his own eyes, especially since it was one of the ones who created it.
Soul Bone are essentially the Soul Core of Soul Beast. Most Soul Beast ' Soul Core shatter upon death, thus preventing the emergence of Soul Bone. Only those Soul Beast with powerful bloodlines have stable Soul Core that do not easily dissipate after death. Therefore, the stronger the Soul Beast and the stronger its bloodline, the higher the probability of Soul Bone appearing.
However, if you stimulate Soul Beast with external force before it dies, like he did just now, and repeatedly test Soul Beast will to live on the edge of life and death, it will also improve the stability of the Soul Core to some extent.
The will to survive causes Soul Beast's Soul Power to surge rapidly and burst forth, stabilizing the Soul Core energy. The will to die that follows will solidify everything, and the Soul Power gathered to the extreme can preserve the Soul Beast's own power to the greatest extent, thereby increasing the probability of the birth of Soul Bone.
However, this is an extremely difficult task. After all, it's a matter of life and death. If you use even a little more force, the Soul Beast will die. If you go easy on it and give the Soul Beast a chance to self-destruct, then it's all over.
Moreover, the Soul Beast must be killed when the will to survive reaches its peak and the will to die has just emerged; otherwise, without the support of the will to survive, the Soul Core will quickly dissipate.
The conditions are demanding, the methods are even more demanding, and the balance is extremely difficult to maintain, so even if people know this method, very few people have the ability to do it.
Moreover, faced with a situation where there is no chance of survival, most Soul Beast would choose to self-destruct. Without strong control abilities, it would be impossible to do such a thing.
"You guys can study it slowly. I don't really understand this thing either, and besides, this thing of hers..." Xuan Ming paused.
"It doesn't look very convenient to use, so let's try to use it as little as possible."
"I..." Meng Yiran looked at the scorpion tail that was growing from her tailbone with some shame.
How is she supposed to use such a strange Soul Bone outside?
Chapter 126 Eight Spider Lances
"I heard that Senior Dragon Duke is chasing a Soul Beast?" Xuan Ming turned to look at Dragon Duke.
"I don't know, what kind of Soul Beast is that?"
"A Man Faced Demon Spider." Dragon Duke didn't hide anything. After all, Meng Yiran had already obtained Soul Ring and possessed a precious Soul Bone, so he no longer needed to chase after that Man Faced Demon Spider.
"Where did it go?" Xuan Ming asked.
Dragon Duke pointed to the west, "Over there, I sensed that old woman's presence just now, so I came to check..."
"Until we meet again." Xuan Ming called out, then grabbed Ah Rou and shot away.
"Hey!" Meng Yiran quickly stood up, about to say something, but Xuan Ming had already disappeared.
"Uh..." Even the Dragon Duke was a little confused.
No, so urgent?
"Yiran, take control for a moment and put the Soul Bone away," Meng Shu said, turning around.
This Soul Bone is no ordinary treasure, not to mention that Meng Yiran's body contains the rarest type of Torso Bone!
"Grandpa, why didn't you stop him?" Meng Yiran said with a hint of resentment.
"He just did me such a big favor, and I haven't even properly thanked him yet."
"Stop me? Can I stop you?" Meng Shu looked helpless.
"Didn't you see how fast he moved just now?"
That kind of speed must mean they're in a hurry. Even if he could stop them, it wouldn't be appropriate.
"Yiran, don't worry, he's in Heaven Dou City. There will be plenty of opportunities to see him in the future," Chao Tianxiang reassured her.
"You should first fully fuse with this Soul Bone and take good control of it. Then we can find an opportunity to personally visit and thank you."
Meng Yiran somewhat disappointed, but looking at the strange scorpion tail behind her, she knew now wasn't the time. "Okay..."
What do you want with the Man Faced Demon Spider?
Under the cover of night, Xuan Ming pulled Ah Rou along as they flew swiftly through the forest. To accelerate, he used a bit of the Ice Dragon King's power, leaving a layer of fine ice crystals in the air that shimmered in the moonlight, like stars falling from the sky.
"Let's try and see if we can get a Soul Bone using the same method as before," Xuan Ming said.
"That method just now..." Ah Rou's expression was somewhat unnatural.
The Snake Granny couldn't discern the Snake Scorpion Beast's condition, but she could clearly sense it.
The Snake Scorpion Beast was tortured to the point of collapse by Xuan Ming and wanted to commit suicide!
Sacrifice is also a form of suicide, except that it is done willingly, giving everything for the other person.
The little girl was able to successfully absorb the Snake Scorpion Beast's Soul Ring and the mutated Torso Bone largely because the Snake Scorpion Beast had an extremely strong suicidal desire.
In a sense, Meng Yiran's killing of it also helped it.
The Snake Scorpion Beast Meng Yiran; in fact, it felt a sense of gratitude, which could be considered a unique form of Sacrifice.
"Don't talk about killing but not torturing. I've suffered far more torture than anyone else, so I don't have that kind of taboo," Xuan Ming said.
"Besides, the Soul Beast I chose are all ferocious predatory types; they've never killed Soul Beast, which is already quite generous of me."
Ah Rou hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
She used to eat grass too.
"I didn't kill you, I just wanted you to Sacrifice. In a sense, you're living and dying with me," Xuan Ming said.
"If I succeed, you live; if I fail, we both perish."
"Although this is forced upon you, it won't be so painful if you treat it as an investment."
Ah Rou looked puzzled, "You..."
"Stop, don't say I'm shameless, I'm just trying to comfort you," Xuan Ming said.
"I know exactly what I'm doing. Killing is killing, and threatening is threatening."
"As for my attitude towards you, I'm not a psychopath. I don't have any twisted thoughts about destroying beautiful things."
"Beautiful?" Ah Rou was taken aback.
"If you two are ugly and don't fit my aesthetic standards, then I won't have any psychological burden when I start hitting you," Xuan Ming said.
Ah Rou's expression froze.
Do you have to be so blunt?
Before long, Xuan Ming and his companion approached the location of the Man Faced Demon Spider. A sinister aura permeated the air, and the surrounding environment grew increasingly dark. The trees twisted and spun, as if they had been corrupted by some Evil force.
A rustling sound came from the woods, as if something was slowly crawling in the grass.
Xuan Ming slowly descended from the sky. The moment his feet touched the ground, before he could get any closer, a huge spider web erupted from the shadows. The web was large and dense, spreading out in the air almost instantly, like a net of death, intent on enveloping Xuan Ming completely.
Xuan Ming's eyes sharpened, and white light instantly spread around him, accompanied by a rapid surge of coldness.
He showed no mercy, freezing the spider web in mid-air and simultaneously unleashing several ice crystal arrows at the Man Faced Demon Spider, giving it no chance to continue its attack or escape.
A chilling fog instantly enveloped the forest, freezing the Man Faced Demon Spider that were about to launch a sneak attack solid.
Xuan Ming walked through the bushes and came forward. The Man Faced Demon Spider was frozen in the ice. Its hideous face was twisted, its eyes were full of anger and resentment, and its eight long legs trembled incessantly, trying to break free from the cold restraints.
Xuan Ming didn't waste any words. He intensified his domain, and the power of ice and fire surged. The same ice and fire tempering technique Snake Scorpion Beast landed on the head of the Man Faced Demon Spider.
Ah Rou stood quietly to one side, saying nothing.
She might have hesitated to kill other Soul Beast, but the Man Faced Demon Spider, a creature that revels in slaughter and is Nightmare for small Soul Beast, left her with no qualms.
As time passed, the struggles of the Man Faced Demon Spider gradually subsided, and its hideous, distorted face lost its anger, replaced by deep fear and despair.
Wanting to live but unable to, wanting to die but unable to die.
Finally, the Man Faced Demon Spider also collapsed.
Those eyes, which were once filled with a fierce light, were now only filled with lifelessness.
Whoosh!
Another ice crystal arrow shot out, ending the Life of the Man Faced Demon Spider. Immediately afterward, a dazzling light rose from its body—a Soul Ring radiating a dark purple glow.
At the same time, a peculiar fluctuation of Soul Power emanated from the corpse of the Man Faced Demon Spider.
"This..." Ah Rou was stunned.
External Soul Bone?!
It's really been leaked?
A mutated Torso Bone and an External Soul Bone appeared in one day?
What kind of luck do you have?
Xuan Ming stepped forward, and surging flames erupted from the Black Dragon's mouth, quickly incinerating the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse, leaving only a shrunken, coiled Soul Bone.
" Eight Spider Lances..." Xuan Ming put the Eight Spider Lances that had exploded into his Soul Tool. Looking at the purple Soul Ring in front of him, he thought for a moment and took out the Blood Spear.
If his own Soul Ring could be devoured by the Blood Spear, what about the Soul Ring that wasn't absorbed?
Do whatever comes to mind.
Xuan Ming immediately tried it out, drawing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring onto the Blood Spear, not absorbing it, but devouring it.
"What are you doing?" Ah Rou asked, puzzled.
"Don't speak." Xuan Ming concentrated his mind and activated the devouring power of the Blood Spear, attempting to swallow the Soul Ring.
Time passed second by second, and Xuan Ming's expression grew increasingly grim.
Finally, just as Xuan Ming was about to give up and stop, the dark purple Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring flashed and disappeared.
"You succeeded?" Xuan Ming was stunned, clearly not expecting that it could actually be done.
Devouring takes time to digest. After each time the Blood Spear devours something, the blood essence and energy are stored in a special devouring space at the tip of the spear, slowly nourishing the Blood Spear.
He could sense that the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring was currently within the Blood Spear's unique devouring space.
"You really aren't picky eaters, you even eat Soul Ring." Xuan Ming quickly put the Blood Spear away.