Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 104 The Left Leg Bone of the Three-Life Wolf Ape

In the history of the Soul Master world, Soul Ring mutation is even rarer than Martial Soul mutation and Soul Skill mutation.

Ten thousand years ago, the Sea God Tang San hunted down three Thousand-Pound Ant Kings with 90,000-year cultivation in the perilous Star Dou Great Forest. Because he absorbed the three 90,000-year soul rings at the same time, they eventually mutated and evolved into true 100,000-year soul rings.

The three-headed wolf apes before them were even more special than the three brothers of the Thousand-Pound Ant King, as they possessed a legendary three-in-one martial soul fusion skill similar to that of human soul masters.

Perhaps the age of this mutated spirit ring is far less than the 100,000-year spirit ring given to Tang San by the three brothers of the Thousand-Pound Ant Emperor, but if they are at the same level, the quality of this spirit ring is enough to completely crush it.

If a single variant of the ten-thousand-year-old wolf ape is still somewhat different from a true top-tier soul beast, then the quality of this fused soul ring is now completely comparable to that of a super soul beast like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and even rivals that of a pure-blooded true dragon soul ring like that of the Beast God Emperor Tian.

This is the power of the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Like Master Yu Xiaogang, one of the Golden Iron Triangles of Shrek Academy back then, even though his martial soul mutated into the lowest-level boar beast in the Soul Beast Forest, he could still show the splendor of the Golden Sacred Dragon thanks to the amplification of the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Ye Xixuan raised his head, and the deep black soul ring above his head emanated a fierce aura as it pulsed.

He could sense that although this spirit ring was currently only around 30,000 years old, its power was probably greater than that of most 50,000-year spirit rings. Moreover, this advantage would continue to exist as the age of the spirit ring increased in the future.

In other words, if he could raise the age of this spirit ring to the 100,000-year level, the power of his spirit skill would far surpass that of an ordinary 100,000-year spirit skill. The higher the age of the spirit ring, the greater this advantage will be compared to spirit rings of the same level, fully inheriting the ultimate sublimation characteristics of the Trinity Martial Spirit Fusion Skill.

Ye Xixuan smiled at everyone and said firmly, "Sister Lexuan, Sister Xiaotao, Vina, I think I have found the most suitable soul ring for me this time."

"Xi Xuan, are you confident you can absorb this spirit ring?" Zhang Lexuan asked with a worried expression as she sensed the aura of the spirit ring.

"With your physique, absorbing this spirit ring shouldn't be too difficult, but it is an unprecedented three-in-one fusion spirit ring, so there may be some special aspects to it. Therefore, you will inevitably bear certain risks during the process of absorbing the spirit ring."

Ma Xiaotao's thoughts were completely different from Zhang Lexuan's. She stepped forward to Ye Xixuan's side and boldly puffed out her high chest.

"Senior Sister, isn't our academy's mission to cultivate monsters? Do you really want him to give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?" Ye Xixuan's earlier annihilation of the three-headed wolf ape had left a very deep impression on her. For some reason, she had absolute confidence in Ye Xixuan deep down.

“Sister Lexuan, Sister Xiaotao is right. If I give up this opportunity, I will definitely regret it for the rest of my life.” Ye Xixuan nodded solemnly. “Moreover, the cultivation of a Soul Master is inherently a matter of both risk and opportunity. If you don’t even have this kind of courage, how can you possibly reach the peak of the Soul Master realm?”

Ma Xiaotao smiled knowingly and said, "Senior Sister, you really need to loosen your grip a bit. You can't plan everything for this brat, you have to let him have his own ideas."

"Xiao Tao, are you saying I'm too controlling of Xi Xuan?" Zhang Lexuan glanced at Ma Xiaotao indifferently, while reflecting on herself inwardly. Actually, she had already restrained herself enough, but the habitual thinking she had developed over the years was not so easy to change.

Ma Xiaotao wasn't very good at reading people, so she immediately blurted out all her thoughts.

"It's more than just being overly controlling; I feel like you're practically raising him like your own son."

Upon hearing Ma Xiaotao's words, both Zhang Lexuan and Ye Xixuan's expressions turned strange. Each lost in their own thoughts, they avoided eye contact.

Vina had been listening for a long time before finally joining in the conversation, saying softly with a slight change in her expression, "Actually, there should be a compromise."

Upon hearing this, everyone's attention immediately turned to Vina.

After exchanging a glance with Vina, Ye Xixuan immediately realized what was happening and turned to look at the corpse of the three wolf-apes.

As if responding to his gaze, three strange, bright purple bones burst forth from the three-headed wolf ape's powerful left leg, emanating a dense aura of soul power, and hovered quietly in the air.

These were three identical left leg soul bones, their surfaces emitting a faint purplish-black light, with glints of silver within. At first glance, they appeared to be soul bones of the dark attribute, but the aura they possessed was more akin to spatial attribute fluctuations.

Aside from Ye Xixuan and Vina, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao also stared wide-eyed when they saw the three soul bones.

Three identical soul bones—even with Shrek Academy's profound heritage spanning ten thousand years, there has never been a record of such a thing.

Recalling the teleportation ability used by the three wolf-apes earlier, Zhang Lexuan immediately made an accurate judgment.

"The aura of darkness is only on the surface; the fluctuations of spatial attributes are contained within. These three soul bones probably come with a solidified teleportation soul skill."

"No way?" Ma Xiaotao opened her red lips in surprise.

The soul skills that most soul bones come with are not fixed. The soul skills produced will change after a soul master with a different martial soul fuses with a soul bone. For example, the ten-thousand-year-old Void Demon Leopard left leg bone that Xiao Xiao obtained as a champion reward in the freshman assessment in Ye Xixuan's previous life memories belongs to this type of soul bone.

Only a very small number of soul bones can solidify a soul beast's original innate soul skills, and such soul bones are all top-tier high-quality soul bones, whose solidified soul bone skills are far more powerful than the former.

The value of these three ten-thousand-year-old soul bones, which possess the solidified teleportation soul skill, is immeasurable. Especially now that the technology of soul bone fusion has been mastered, three identical soul bones mean that they can definitely be fused together to create a brand new soul bone of higher quality, without any risk of failure.

However, the group soon no longer needed to consider this, because, drawn by the aura of the fused soul ring, the three soul bones began to merge and rotate in the air.

A brilliant purplish-black light shone forth, just like the martial soul fusion technique of the three-headed wolf ape earlier. Three beams of purplish-black light shot into the sky and then merged together, transforming into an even thicker pillar of light.

After a moment, the light dissipated.

A brand-new soul bone, shimmering with a rich purplish-black light and containing a strange silver glow, appeared before everyone. It still resembled a left leg bone, but it had become more complete, its aura thick and restrained, completely different from before.

Seeing this, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but cross her arms and complain irritably, "You brat, your luck is too good! How come all the good things happen to you?" "Vina, the compromise you mentioned should be letting Xi Xuan fuse the soul bone first and then the soul ring, right?" Zhang Lexuan seemed to realize something instantly and said to Vina with sudden enlightenment.

Vina smiled gently, a hint of surprise also appearing in her eyes.

“Sister Lexuan, I only sensed those three soul bones before, but I didn’t expect that they could naturally fuse together by chance.”

Under the watchful eyes of the three women, Ye Xixuan's gaze was fixed on the left leg bone of the Three-Life Wolf Ape, and he uttered a startling statement.

"It seems that this soul bone still has enough activity inside."

"Hmm?" Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Vina's eyes narrowed instantly, and they immediately understood the implied meaning in Ye Xixuan's words.

As is well known, only external soul bones can evolve gradually along with the improvement of a soul master's cultivation level, but in reality, some of the six common soul bones also have the potential to evolve.

These types of soul bones either originate from special elemental soul beasts, such as the Ice and Snow Maiden formed from a wisp of pure ice spirit energy in the world; the light elemental soul beasts and dark elemental soul beasts that Elder Mu discovered by chance also belong to this category. Or they are alternative soul beasts like the Thunder Hell Vine, which possess the bloodline of the Thunder God.

Such cases are extremely rare, and ordinary Soul Masters have no access to secrets at this level.

Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao are both direct descendants of Shrek Academy and future alumni, so they naturally have no shortage of such knowledge. As for Vina, the princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire, it goes without saying that with the background of the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family and the Body Sect, it would be strange if she didn't know these things.

Vina affectionately linked her arm with Ye Xixuan's, congratulating him with a charming smile: "One of the six regular soul bones that can continuously evolve, this soul bone is probably no less precious than your external soul bone. Xixuan, you are truly blessed. I was wondering before if the quality of this soul bone was a bit lacking for you, but now I don't need to worry about that at all. Moreover, the attributes of this soul bone are compatible with your martial soul, and the attached teleportation soul skill is also suitable for you."

“Not only that, my second soul skill is also a dual-attribute ability of space and darkness, which corresponds perfectly to the attributes of this soul bone.” Ye Xixuan smiled and nodded. Then he turned to Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao and said in a deep voice.

"Sister Lexuan, Sister Xiaotao, let's not delay, I'll start fusing this soul bone now."

Seeing Ye Xixuan's resolute attitude, and his insistence on first fusing with the soul bone to improve his physique before absorbing the soul ring, Zhang Lexuan didn't know what else to say.

Perhaps, as Xiaotao said, I really should let go a little more.

Moreover, even Elder Xuan and Elder Song did not step in to stop him, which means that they also tacitly approved of Ye Xixuan's idea.

The guard duty was then handed over to Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, while Vina stayed close to Ye Xixuan, her bright eyes particularly captivating.

The talent and strength that Ye Xixuan had just displayed further solidified the princess's choice. Undeniably, her sincerity towards Ye Xixuan was intertwined with self-interest from the very beginning, but it was precisely this dual bond that made their relationship so incredibly strong.

Ye Xixuan sat cross-legged in front of Vina, his right hand making a grasping motion, and a surge of black soul power instantly pulled and supported the left leg bone of the Three-Life Wolf Ape. This purplish-black left leg bone was accompanied by a faint silver light, like stars shining in the night sky.

He first exchanged glances with Vina before attaching the Three-Life Wolf Ape's left leg bone to his left leg.

"Buzz—" A layer of cold, deathly black light instantly spread out. Under the suppression of Ye Xixuan's extreme dark attribute soul power, the left leg bone only trembled slightly before turning into a stream of purple-black light and flowing into his left leg.

A purplish-black halo circled around Ye Xixuan's left leg twice before disappearing completely. In its place, the black light on his body suddenly intensified, and his soul power began to circulate rapidly through his meridians.

Unlike the spirit ring of an energy body, the quality of the left leg bone of the Three-Life Wolf Ape after fusion is directly reflected, and the age of the spirit bone is indeed improved to the level of 50,000 years.

Although this soul bone far exceeded Ye Xixuan's current cultivation level, due to the absolute suppression of its attributes, he did not actually feel any pressure when absorbing it; everything was a natural fusion.

Following the externally attached soul bone, the Heavenly Spider Claw, he is about to obtain the third soul bone in his life.

A dense black light flickered continuously on Ye Xixuan's skin, while Vina's gaze never left him; her dazed eyes seemed almost to be filled with tears.

"You've only known each other for a day, do you really have such a deep bond?" Ma Xiaotao caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye and couldn't help but secretly purse her lips.

"This brat probably thinks the princess is of high status and that his fetish has been touched, thus arousing his desire to conquer her. Humph! Men are all like this!" The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, so he turned to Zhang Lexuan, who was silent beside him, and started talking to her.

"Senior Sister, how did that brat manage to break through the three-headed wolf ape's spirit fusion technique?"

"Xiao Tao, you can't be so reckless in the future." Seeing Ma Xiao Tao bring up the previous incident, Zhang Lexuan immediately reminded her earnestly.

"The three-headed wolf ape's trinity martial soul fusion skill is extraordinary. If Xi Xuan hadn't found the flaw in their fusion process and countered them in terms of attributes, even if I had taken action myself, it probably wouldn't have been so easy to suppress them."

"That brat has indeed grown a lot." Even someone as proud as Ma Xiaotao acknowledged Ye Xixuan's strength, but then couldn't help but mutter something under her breath.

"It's just that he's too unserious most of the time. If he could always be as domineering and forceful as when he uses his martial soul ability, I might give him a chance."

“Xiao Tao, you…” Zhang Lexuan was stunned, not understanding for a moment whether Ma Xiaotao was joking or serious.

Ma Xiaotao realized she had inadvertently revealed her true feelings, and her pretty face instantly turned bright red. She quickly tried to cover it up, saying, "Haha, Senior Sister, I was just joking. Surely no one actually likes older men dating younger women, right?"

Zhang Lexuan silently watched Ma Xiaotao and fell silent again.

(End of this chapter)