Soul Bone Struggle (3k)

"This man's beyond saving!"

Xiao Yu sighed helplessly. There was nothing he could do about such a fate. Out of humanitarian concern, he still treated the man's wounds and stopped the bleeding, at least ensuring that his final moments would not be too painful.

Plop!

As Xiao Yu bandaged him, the cloth bag hanging from his waist suddenly fell open, revealing a glowing object within.

A Soul Bone!

Xiao Yu recognized it instantly, and Hui Huo's pupils contracted beside him.

This was a Soul Bone, a treasure coveted by every Soul Master. Countless Soul Masters had turned against one another and drawn blades over Soul Bones, which was why they were also known as treasures of a river of blood!

"This should be a left arm bone that's over thirty thousand years old, nearly forty thousand."

Sensing the faint Soul Power fluctuations emanating from the Soul Bone, Hui Huo spoke in a low voice.

A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was a top-tier treasure for any Soul Master. No wonder that Soul Master had been wounded so badly. It seemed this Soul Bone had brought disaster upon him.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!

Just then, five or six figures suddenly leaped out of the dense forest and landed several meters in front of Xiao Yu's group's camp. They swiftly took up positions around the area, surrounding Xiao Yu and the others in the center.

"Hand over the Soul Bone!"

The leader was a man around forty years old. He was exceptionally tall, nearly 1.9 meters, with short black hair. As he spoke, the flesh on his face twitched constantly, making him look unusually vicious and terrifying. "That man is a traitor to our clan. He stole our clan's inherited Soul Bone. If you know what's good for you, hand over both the man and the Soul Bone immediately. Otherwise, don't blame us for being rude!"

"Bullshit!"

The Soul Master happened to slowly regain consciousness at that moment. Hearing the man's words, he flew into a rage. Struggling to prop himself up, he glared at the man and cursed, "My brothers and I spent three whole months painstakingly tracking that Ten Thousand Year soul beast before we obtained this Soul Bone! You bastards ambushed us while our Soul Power was exhausted! My poor brothers were all killed by you while protecting me!"

His freshly bandaged wound immediately split open from his fury, blood pouring out. Already on the verge of death, he actually died on the spot from sheer rage.

Xiao Yu hurried forward and found that he had stopped breathing. Only his eyes remained wide open, as if they were voicing his unwillingness to accept this.

Xiao Yu sighed, silently closed his eyes for him, then raised his head to look at the newcomers.

The man was not angered by this. He merely said calmly, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Yu Xiaokun of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. If you are sensible, forget everything that happened today and respectfully offer up the Soul Bone that belongs to us. Otherwise, heh heh!"

"So the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has such an ugly way of doing things."

Xiao Yu sneered. Now that Nine Stars Hall had two Titled Douluo overseeing it, he truly did not fear the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"What did you say?!"

Yu Xiaokun's eyes immediately flashed with malice.

"Nothing."

With a mocking smile on his lips, Xiao Yu tossed the Soul Bone in his hand a few times before casually storing it in his Storage Spirit Tool. "What Soul Bone were you talking about? Why didn't I see one?"

"Boy, you're courting death!"

Seeing that Xiao Yu actually dared toy with him, Yu Xiaokun was furious. He activated Martial Soul Possession, and streaks of blue lightning spread from his body. Blue-violet scales quietly emerged as his entire body transformed into a humanoid tyrannosaur. His limbs became dragon claws, two dragon wings flapped behind his back, and blue scales appeared across his cheeks. Even his eyes turned blue-violet. Two yellow, two purple, and three black soul rings pulsed around him. He was a Soul Sage, and a Soul Sage with the top-tier beast Martial Soul, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Few Soul Masters of the same rank would be willing to choose him as an opponent.

"Boy, you don't know what's good for you. You could have lived, but it's too late for regrets now. Because of your foolish actions just now, I'll make sure to kill you slowly!"

Having completed his Dragon Transformation, Yu Xiaokun spoke in human words as an intense dragon's might pressed down toward Xiao Yu.

"You sure talk a lot!"

Hui Huo was also a proud man. How could he tolerate Yu Xiaokun acting so arrogantly before him? The Bennu Bird Martial Soul appeared behind him, and two yellow, two purple, and four black soul rings flashed into existence. An even more overwhelming pressure filled the area, and the previously arrogant Yu Xiaokun instantly wilted like an eggplant struck by frost.

With a bang, his massive dragon body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up dust everywhere.

The Bennu Bird was known as the bird bearing the soul of Sun God Ra. In terms of Martial Soul quality, it surpassed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon by half a tier. Not to mention that there was a difference of around ten ranks in Soul Power between the two. Achieving such suppression was no problem at all.

"S-Soul Douluo!"

Under Hui Huo's overwhelming suppression, Yu Xiaokun was quickly forced out of his Dragon Transformation. He struggled to raise his head and saw the eight soul rings flashing around Hui Huo's body. His body trembled, yet he still forced himself to remain calm. "Sir, I am a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. You had better think carefully. Attacking me means becoming enemies with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Even if you are a Soul Douluo, you cannot possibly stand against our clan!"

It seemed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had given Yu Xiaokun limitless confidence. After his brief panic, he began pushing his luck again. "As long as you hand that Soul Bone over to me, I will not hold today's matter against you!"

"Have all the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's muscles grown into their brains? You're still thinking about the Soul Bone at a time like this? We knew you were from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and still dared to attack you. Doesn't that mean we aren't afraid of that old dragon in your clan at all?"

Xiao Yu shrugged disdainfully at Yu Xiaokun, then said to Hui Huo, "Kill him. Letting an idiot like this live is just wasting food!"

"Run!"

Not everyone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was as intellectually gifted as Yu Xiaokun. At the very least, the Soul Masters he had brought understood the situation. Just as Hui Huo was about to strike, they turned and ran, each fleeing in a different direction. Hui Huo might have been powerful, but he could not split himself apart to pursue every one of them at once. As long as one of them escaped back to the clan, they could return for revenge later.

"Young Master, what should we do?"

After dispatching Yu Xiaokun in one move, Hui Huo frowned slightly at the way the group fled and asked Xiao Yu.

"Let them go."

Xiao Yu waved his hand. Since they were destined to be unable to silence every witness, there was no need to waste the effort. Just as he had thought when he first acted against Yu Xiaokun, the sect now had two Titled Douluo overseeing it. They truly had no reason to fear the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Besides, he had never revealed his identity from beginning to end.

"Hui Huo, absorb this Soul Bone."

Xiao Yu took out the Soul Bone from his Soul Tool and handed it to Hui Huo. "This Soul Bone should have come from a fire-attributed soul beast. It suits your Martial Soul quite well."

Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones were indeed precious, but they still fell somewhat short of Xiao Yu's standards.

For Xiao Yu, his ideal was to obtain a complete set of Soul Bones like Qian Renxue's, all matching his own Martial Soul and from the same species. And they had to be at the Hundred Thousand Year level.

Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones were extremely rare during the first era of Douluo. Even among Titled Douluo, before cheats like Tang San appeared, only a handful possessed them. Yet Xiao Yu was not lacking them. His system store had complete sets, but they were simply too expensive.

Aside from the most precious External Soul Bones, Soul Bones were commonly divided into six types: left leg bones, right leg bones, left arm bones, right arm bones, skull bones, and torso bones. Of these, torso bones were the strongest, followed by skull bones, then right arm bones, left arm bones, left leg bones, and right leg bones.

In the system store, even the least valuable Hundred Thousand Year right leg bone required fifty thousand diamonds. Xiao Yu looked at his balance of less than five thousand and could only sigh silently as he continued along his path of saving money.

Besides Hui Huo, this fire-attributed Soul Bone was also quite suitable for Yi Hui. However, Hui Huo had followed him for years and worked tirelessly without complaint, while Yi Hui had only joined recently. It was important for a sect to distinguish rewards from punishments.

Furthermore, with Hui Huo's talent, he would certainly be able to advance to Titled Douluo in the future. A Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone could not instantly make him a Titled Douluo, but it could shorten the time needed for his breakthrough. With another Titled Douluo in the sect, would their strength not increase by several degrees?

Other than the incident with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters, nothing else happened that night.

At dawn the next day, everyone packed up their tents and continued onward, searching for a suitable soul beast for Miyi Mei.

After traveling for an unknown amount of time, Xiao Yu's group encountered quite a few decent soul beasts along the way. They even saw a Thousand Year Titan Giant Ape, but none of them were suitable for Miyi Mei.

"Something's coming!"

Suddenly, Yi Hui, who was walking at the front, stopped and stared ahead vigilantly.

Xiao Yu, Zilong, and the others also sensed the approaching soul beast. After several days of working together, they had developed a tacit understanding and swiftly drew close, forming a defensive formation.

Before long, a soul beast entered their field of vision.

This soul beast looked somewhat like a wolf, but it was smaller than an ordinary wolf. Other than its glossy dark-purple fur, its somewhat sunken nose bridge and narrow eyes made it look rather shifty. Its front legs were especially short, almost incapable of supporting its body.

"This is a Thousand Year Purple Spirit Wolf!"

Xiao Yu recognized it at a glance. "Miyi Mei, we've finally found a soul beast suitable for you. The Purple Spirit Wolf is an extremely rare spiritual-type soul beast. Nothing could be more suitable for your third soul ring. Attack! Don't let it escape!"

The moment he finished speaking, Xie Wu attacked first. He had just obtained his third soul ring, so this was the perfect time to familiarize himself with his spirit skills.

Wings emerged from his ribs, and Xie Wu soared into the air like the wind, charging straight toward the Purple Spirit Wolf.

"Miyi Mei, Second Spirit Skill. The Purple Spirit Wolf is a pure spiritual-attributed soul beast. Use your spiritual attack to disrupt its spiritual attack!"

After hearing Xiao Yu's words, Miyi Mei immediately unleashed his Second Spirit Skill.

Sure enough, seeing a human attack it, the Purple Spirit Wolf let out a howl and released a spiritual weakening attack. However, Miyi Mei's Second Spirit Skill descended at the same time. Their spiritual powers collided invisibly and dissipated into nothingness.

The Purple Spirit Wolf was a pure spiritual-attributed soul beast, so its physical strength was instead quite weak. Since its spiritual attack failed to hinder Xie Wu in the slightest, a single heavy blow from Xie Wu knocked it unconscious.

Miyi Mei immediately stepped forward. While the Purple Spirit Wolf was still unconscious, he drew his dagger and ended its life.