After enduring more than ten minutes of inhuman torture Man Faced Demon Spider finally breathed its last, a hint of human relief appearing on its hideous spider face.
Looking at the Soul Ring floating on the corpse of the Man Faced Demon Spider, Lu Yu felt uneasy. He had used every torture method he could think of. Hopefully, this would cause External Soul Bone to drop!
Zhu Zhuqing closed her eyes and took several deep breaths behind her. After calming down, she walked stiffly to Lu Yu's side and looked at Lu Yu with a complicated expression.
"It's just a Soul Beast, isn't that unnecessary?"
Lu Yu turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing, a bitter smile on her face. It would be too hypocritical to defend herself after she had already done it.
"This is what I meant by External Soul Bone. Soul Beast carry immense resentment upon death, which can increase the chance of obtaining Soul Bone."
As he spoke, Lu Yu turned the human-faced Man Faced Demon Spider Man Faced Demon Spider over and took out a palm-sized long Soul Bone from its back, with four protrusions on each side.
[I've slightly changed the drop mechanism for External Soul Bone; I hope you won't mind!]
Looking at the Soul Bone in Lu Yu's hand, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes revealed a sense of unreality. The thing that everyone in the Soul Master World dreamed of was now appearing in front of her.
"Let's go, I'll take you to hunt for Soul Ring after I've absorbed the Soul Bone."
Lu Yu stored the corpse of the Man Faced Demon Spider into his Storage Soul Tool, and then took Zhu Zhuqing on Somersault Cloud into the clouds.
Lu Yu sat down cross-legged and fastened the Eight Spider Lances to his back. As soon as his Soul Power touched the Eight Spider Lances Eight Spider Lances, they automatically adhered to Lu Yu's spine.
This feeling is unpleasant; it's like something hard is trying to burrow into your body and take root in your spine.
The piercing pain spread throughout his body along his spine, as his flesh and spine forcibly fused with the Eight Spider Lances.
Lu Yu frowned slightly, letting the External Soul Bone take root in her spine, allowing the domineering and strange power to transform her body.
Zhu Zhuqing stood quietly by Lu Yu's side, her heart aching at the sight of Lu Yu's restrained expression.
Lu Yu opened her eyes half an hour later.
A series of cracking sounds came from behind, as Eight Spider Lances emerged from Lu Yu's body, their eight slender, sharp spider legs looking particularly terrifying.
Lu Yu stood up and looked at the purplish-black Eight Spider Lances behind her, unable to suppress the smirk on her face.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at the purplish-black spider legs that were baring their claws behind Lu Yu with great curiosity, and reached out to touch them.
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's movement out of the corner of her eye, Lu Yu quickly reached out and grabbed Zhu Zhuqing's hand, "Don't touch it, it's poisonous!"
Zhu Zhuqing's pupils contracted, and she quickly withdrew her hand, a look of worry on her face. "Won't you be poisoned?"
Lu Yu couldn't help but chuckle, shaking his head and saying, "The toxins are stored in the Soul Bone and have no effect on me."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "What is Soul Bone Skill?"
Zhu Zhuqing was very curious about the difference between the Soul Bone Skill generated by such special Soul Bone and ordinary Soul Bone Skill.
Lu Yu smiled and told Zhu Zhuqing about the Eight Spider Lances.
"All attributes are increased by 50%, and it retains the characteristics of the Man Faced Demon Spider, which can plunder the opponent's Life to nourish itself, and also inflicts poison."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing was shocked. Is this the External Soul Bone Skill? Just the 50% increase in all attributes is terrifying, but there's also a technique from an Evil Soul Master.
Recovering from her shock, Zhu Zhuqing carefully examined the Eight Spider Lances again and spoke in a tone of admonition.
"The effect is strong, but this Soul Bone looks too sinister. It's best not to let the people from the Spirit Hall see it, or we might be mistaken for Evil Soul Master."
Lu Yu chuckled upon hearing this, then turned to look at the Eight Spider Lances, finding them indeed a bit too flamboyant.
Lu Yu suddenly remembered that he had an External Soul Bone on his skin that could move freely across his body. Could he move it to the Eight Spider Lances?
With this thought in mind, Lu Yu controlled the golden spots on his chest to move backward. The golden spots were now over 30,000 years old and had completely covered Lu Yu's chest.
Golden spots crawled upwards along the line connecting the Eight Spider Lances to the skin. After a few minutes, the Eight Spider Lances turned completely golden, now appearing somewhat sacred.
"You can actually do that?" Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed in surprise.
She knew about Lu Yu's External Soul Bone with golden spots, but she didn't expect that the two External Soul Bone could actually fuse together.
What could she do but say, "As expected of External Soul Bone, it's truly bizarre."
Looking at the Eight Spider Lances gleaming with golden light behind him, Lu Yu felt that it was still not enough. Lu Yu continued to control the Eight Spider Lances. The eight slender spider legs came together in pairs and stood straight behind Lu Yu, transforming into four golden spears.
Immediately afterwards, a powerful surge of Soul Power erupted from the four spears, condensing at the tips of the spear shafts to form four battle flags made of Soul Power.
Four battle flags lit up in succession, each displaying a powerful and domineering ancient gilded character, which together formed the characters: Qi, Tian, Da, Sheng.
The Soul Power Battle Banner fluttered, its domineering and majestic aura sweeping over, completely shedding its original sinister nature and leaving only unparalleled arrogance.
Zhu Zhuqing was completely stunned, staring blankly at the four imposing battle flags behind her, and couldn't help but speak:
"This... it looks so good, it's completely transformed."
Lu Yu stretched his back and manipulated the four spear shafts to sway gently, making the battle flag flutter in the wind, more flamboyant and domineering than before!
Lu Yu smiled with satisfaction, "From now on, you'll be called ' Equal to Heaven Battle Flags )!"
If you release it during a fight, it will be incredibly imposing, and you'll have already won in terms of sheer power.
And don't be fooled by the glittering golden Equal to Heaven Battle Flags; it's poisonous and can plunder Soul Power. If your opponent takes a dislike to it and tries to pull the Equal to Heaven Battle Flags down right away, then things will get interesting.
Lu Yu thought for a moment, and since they already had the Equal to Heaven Battle Flags, shouldn't they also arrange for the Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown, the Golden Chainmail, and the Lotus-Silk Cloud-Treading Boots?
"Looks like I'll have to find a chance to go to the Blacksmith Association and ask Lou Gao to make a few Great Sage Set!"
Lu Yu retrieved the Equal to Heaven Battle Flags and looked at Zhu Zhuqing beside him, saying, "Let's go, it's time to hunt for your Third Soul Ring."
Zhu Zhuqing snapped out of her daze and nodded gently, her eyes filled with admiration. That scene just now was so cool.
Soon, the two returned to the ground, controlled the Somersault Cloud to fly around in the sky, and did not find Tang San and Xiao Wu nearby, so they guessed that they must have already returned.
As Lu Yu walked, a sudden thought struck him: in the original story, Xiao Wu Wu's Third Soul Ring was formed only after she was kidnapped by Er Ming.
What should we do when she comes back to Soul Hunting after reaching level 30? Are we going to call Er Ming to kidnap her again?
Suddenly, Lu Yu stopped in his tracks. He sensed something was wrong; it was too quiet!
There was no sound around them. Zhu Zhuqing was walking with Lu Yu, and now Lu Yu could only hear her own footsteps. Where were Zhu Zhuqing's footsteps?
Lu Yu immediately summoned the Ruyi Staff and handed it to the Great Sage, then cautiously looked around.
"Damn it, what time is this?!"