"Don't worry, Grandma!"
"Ten-thousand-year whale glue can not only cleanse the marrow and temper the bones, but also help Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits, strengthening them further."
"Go ahead and absorb it without worry!"
Meng Qianqiu saw Nangong Wan's hesitation. A seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring could already serve as the Ninth Soul Ring for many Soul Masters.
This Soul Ring exceeded the age limit for absorbing an Eighth Soul Ring. Even though Nangong Wan was sorely tempted, she still hesitated repeatedly.
After hearing this, Nangong Wan's sorrow turned to joy!
Meng Qianqiu was her own grandson. His words about the effects of ten-thousand-year whale glue gave Nangong Wan a little confidence as well.
"All right, I'll take the gamble!"
As the saying went, take a gamble, and a bicycle could become a motorcycle. Soul Masters never lacked the courage to strive forward, nor did they lack this bit of boldness.
"Old woman, be extra careful!"
"If you can't hold on, I'll intervene and interrupt it!"
Absorbing a Soul Ring was delicate work, but if one truly could not endure it, the process could be forcibly interrupted. This was also a common measure.
Taking precautions before trouble arose, Meng Zhongqi had long since prepared.
"All right!"
Nangong Wan nodded, then extended her long, slender fingers. Her Fire Leopard Martial Soul immediately possessed her, and a sharp claw slowly slid out.
The claw pierced flesh like a razor-sharp dagger!
Silent and swift, that single strike ended the Queen Medusa's life. The great snake immediately lost all vitality.
A pitch-black Soul Ring rose from the Queen Medusa's corpse, carrying a vast fluctuation of Soul Power.
Nangong Wan released her Martial Soul. The Fire Leopard Martial Soul manifested and swallowed the Soul Ring in one gulp, absorbing it into her body and slowly refining it.
Seeing this, Meng Zhongqi hurried to stand guard over her.
Time ticked away, bit by bit, flowing like water. Soon, the time it took to drink a cup of tea quietly passed.
Nangong Wan transformed into a Fire Leopard and lay prone on the ground, ripples of Soul Power spreading in rings around her.
At that instant, an invisible fluctuation quietly spread, sweeping across thousands of meters. Even time seemed to stand still.
"What a terrifying Soul Skill!"
"Rumor has it that the Queen Medusa has an extraordinary bloodline and innately commands a wisp of spacetime power, allowing her to interfere with the physical world."
"This Queen Medusa had just given birth, so she had less than a tenth of her strength left. It looks like we really reaped a huge advantage."
"If this Soul Beast had been at her peak, together with that Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor, we probably would have suffered badly!"
Still shaken, Meng Zhongqi could not help voicing his lingering fear.
The three thousand great worlds each had their own laws. Every kind of law cast a reflected image in the great worlds, and they, too, had their ranks.
As the saying went, time was supreme, space was king; unless fate appeared, karma reigned as emperor. From this, one could see just how powerful the law of time was.
The Soul Skill produced by the Queen Medusa seemed connected to spacetime. This information was wonderful news for Nangong Wan.
"Eighth Soul Skill-Frozen Time!"
With a soft shout from Nangong Wan, a large-scale battlefield-control Soul Skill immediately emerged. Time within thousands of meters abruptly stopped.
"A seventy-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring!"
"The Queen Medusa's Soul Ring gave me a control-type domain Soul Skill. That makes up for my shortcomings!"
A smile appeared on Nangong Wan's face. Her Martial Soul was the Fire Leopard Sect's Fire Leopard, but she had not awakened an innate domain as she had hoped.
Now, the appearance of this Soul Skill made up for her shortcomings, granting her a domain skill with heaven-defying effects!
"Good, good, good!"
"I never imagined you'd gain so much this time. Heaven-defying Soul Skills like this are rare these days."
A smile also spread across Meng Zhongqi's face. This Soul Skill was far more powerful than even the ninth Soul Skills of some Titled Douluo.
Used properly, it could produce heaven-defying effects.
"Grandpa, Grandma!"
"Come look! I've found an unexpected reward!"
Meng Qianqiu came beside the Queen Medusa. Without exception, he found a Head Soul Bone inside this Soul Beast!
"A Soul Bone!"
The two looked over, their breathing instantly quickening. This was a seventy-thousand-year gem-type skull bone, an extremely precious treasure!
"A seventy-thousand-year Queen Medusa skull bone!"
"And an exceptionally precious and rare gem-type skull bone at that! Our Meng Family has struck it rich this time, struck it rich!"
Meng Zhongqi's eyes instantly reddened. This seventy-thousand-year Queen Medusa skull bone was in no way inferior to an ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone!
Its value was simply immeasurable!
Ordinary gem-type skull bones were already exceedingly rare. This seventy-thousand-year gem-type skull bone was rarer still.
"We shouldn't flaunt our wealth. Let's put it away quickly!"
Nangong Wan immediately spoke. This was a seventy-thousand-year gem-type skull bone, a supreme treasure worthy of being called a Blood River Treasure.
"Grandpa!"
"Why don't you absorb this skull bone first?"
"It's the only Soul Bone you're still missing."
Meng Qianqiu looked at Meng Zhongqi. What he needed to do was strengthen Meng Zhongqi as quickly as possible, making it easier for him to lay plans and act in the future.
Although this seventy-thousand-year gem-type skull bone was worth a fortune, he did not begrudge using it on Meng Zhongqi.
"Old man!"
"You're only one skull bone away from a full set of Soul Bones."
"You should absorb this gem-type skull bone first!"
Nangong Wan was also quite tempted by the idea. Meng Zhongqi had purged the cold poison from his body, and his future achievements were immeasurable. Naturally, he was worth investing in.
Using this skull bone on him would be just right!
"I couldn't, I couldn't!"
"This skull bone is too precious. Give it to your grandmother to absorb. She just absorbed the Queen Medusa's Soul Ring, after all!"
Judging from the Soul Skill just now, this gem-type skull bone's skill was most likely also a heaven-defying time-type Soul Skill.
To say Meng Zhongqi could bear to part with it would certainly be impossible.
But according to common knowledge in the Soul Master World, only a matching Soul Ring and Soul Bone could theoretically achieve their greatest effects.
"I won't absorb this skull bone!"
"Old man, you absorb it!"
Nangong Wan shook her head. She was already very satisfied after absorbing a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring. Going too far was as bad as not going far enough.
"Ah!"
"I really don't know what to do with you two!"
After repeatedly declining, Meng Zhongqi saw that Nangong Wan had made up her mind. Only then did he take the skull bone and fuse it into his body.
"Buzzz~"
Once Meng Zhongqi had a full set of Soul Bones, white light blossomed all over him, and an oppressive wave of Soul Power spread into the surroundings.
"This is..."
"Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar!"
The fleeting white light caught Meng Qianqiu's attention.
"Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar?"
Hearing this name, Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan immediately froze, for very few people in this era knew of such a thing.
"Martial Soul Bone Armor Avatar, also called martial soul avatar armor, is a special creation that only a small number of Soul Masters can possess."
"This layer of martial soul avatar armor can be applied to both the Martial Soul and the Soul Master themselves. It's a closely guarded secret of the Soul Master World."
"Something like this only appears on top-tier Soul Masters."
"The conditions for its formation are extremely demanding. A Soul Master must have a full set of Soul Bones, each at least ten thousand years old."
"This thing seems to have a deep connection to becoming a god at rank one hundred."
Meng Qianqiu's voice grew softer and softer. Once martial soul avatar armor formed, it would evolve into Divine Armor after one broke through to the demigod realm.
Divine Armor and an Innate Divine Artifact were collectively called Divine Equipment!
For a mortal Soul Master to become a god at rank one hundred, besides condensing a Divine Spark, they also had to condense a complete set of Divine Equipment before they could ascend to the Divine Realm.
This, too, was an earth-shattering secret of the Soul Master World!