Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 19 The Celestial Spider Claw with Soul Bone attached outside

The mutated Shadow Sky Demon Spider, with its three thousand years of cultivation, possesses at least enough combat power to rival an ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. Unfortunately, it is facing Zhang Lexuan, a top-tier seven-ring soul saint from the inner court of Shrek Academy.

It wasn't that it didn't want to use its powerful innate soul skills to fight back desperately; it was simply that under the suppression of Zhang Lexuan's absolute strength, it couldn't unleash its full power.

Zhang Lexuan has a calm and composed personality, unlike Elder Xuan who is so arrogant.

She wouldn't give Ye Xixuan any chance to escape with such a perfect soul ring; her first priority was to minimize any uncertainty.

"Xi Xuan, prepare to absorb the soul ring."

"Oh." Ye Xixuan gradually came back to his senses after hearing Zhang Lexuan's reminder.

Seeing the gentle smile in Zhang Lexuan's eyes, he quickly banished his distracting thoughts. He conjured a shadow spear in his right hand and walked step by step towards the Shadow Sky Demon Spider.

Under the suppression of Zhang Lexuan's martial soul, the Shadow Sky Demon Spider had long lost the ability to resist, and its eight small eyes were filled with resentment and venom.

Ye Xixuan raised the Shadow Spear with his right hand and forcefully stabbed it into one of the Shadow Sky Demon Spider's eyes, directly shattering the nerves in the Shadow Sky Demon Spider's head.

After a violent tremor, the Shadow Sky Spider's body stiffened completely. A faint purple light began to appear above its corpse, gradually condensing into a bright and magnificent purple soul ring.

A fierce aura filled the area around the spirit ring, bringing waves of mental pressure that seemed to slightly distort the surrounding space.

Although only ten-thousand-year spirit rings can cause soul tremors, similar resentment exists in the souls of every spirit beast after death. The more powerful the spirit beast, the stronger its resentment after death.

After coming into close contact with the Shadow Sky Demon Spider's resentful soul, Ye Xixuan once again felt the tremor of his own martial soul, and couldn't help but have some enlightenment in his heart.

'I see……'

In the past two years, he had contact with Ma Xiaotao. Just like Tang Ya, the evil energy in Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul could also activate his Martial Soul.

Considering the current situation, it's likely that either evil energy or resentment like intent is causing his martial soul to tremble like this.

However, Ye Xixuan had also tried; previously, his martial soul could only sense these evil energies and intentions. But now he had a strong premonition that the situation might be different after he absorbed his second spirit ring. He might not even need to wait for a breakthrough.

Seeing that Ye Xixuan hadn't made a move, Zhang Lexuan walked to her side and asked with concern, "How is it? Xixuan, are you confident that you can successfully absorb this soul ring?"

"Don't worry, Sister Lexuan. There shouldn't be any problems." Ye Xixuan nodded firmly, and then sat cross-legged under Zhang Lexuan's gaze, using his soul power to activate the Shadow Sky Demon Spider's soul ring.

The purple spirit ring slowly floated towards Ye Xixuan, and the moment his body made contact with it, eerie black demonic patterns instinctively spread across his entire skin. The resentment of the soul contained within the spirit ring's energy instantly separated and actively merged into the demonic patterns, like an excellent tonic, making him feel completely refreshed and confirming his suspicions.

Without the presence of resentment from his soul, and with the suppression of his attributes, Ye Xixuan's subsequent absorption of the soul ring was remarkably smooth. His soul power circulated rapidly, and his meridians felt warm all over his body. Under the continuous nourishment of the soul ring's energy, his body, soul power, and mental strength were all steadily improving.

Zhang Lexuan finally felt relieved and silently stood guard beside Ye Xixuan, nodding slightly. "Xixuan is indeed exceptionally talented. With him protecting the future of the academy, Elder Mu can rest assured."

Ever since she avenged herself with Elder Mu's help, Zhang Lexuan had essentially lost her purpose. Whether Elder Mu asked her to protect Shrek Academy in the future or to become Bei Bei's child bride, she didn't really feel anything about it.

She simply wanted to repay Old Master Mu's kindness and find a spiritual anchor to keep living, nothing more.

So when Elder Mu spoke those words to her in front of the Sea God Pavilion, her first reaction was an instinctive fear of losing her goal. Only when she naturally shifted her emotional focus to Ye Xixuan did she feel slightly relieved.

Although Elder Mu was only speaking in anger, Zhang Lexuan could clearly tell how much Elder Mu valued Ye Xixuan.

If protecting Xi Xuan as he grows up and becoming his child bride can fulfill Elder Mu's lifelong wish, she would be willing to do so. It seems that she doesn't necessarily need to live for herself in this life, and she truly feels heartache and love for Ye Xi Xuan, who shares the same circumstances as her.

Although Ye Xixuan had the amplification of his body and mind from the Heart Demon Mark, it still took him quite a while to absorb the soul ring of the three-thousand-year-old Shadow Sky Demon Spider.

He spent the entire night meditating and cultivating, and with Zhang Lexuan protecting him, no soul beast dared to break in.

It wasn't until dawn that Ye Xixuan's aura gradually subsided, and a noticeably deeper purple spirit ring rose from the ground, eventually settling on the position of the second spirit ring. The two spirit rings pulsed at the same frequency.

Zhang Lexuan, who had been resting with her eyes closed, opened them as if sensing something, and met Ye Xixuan's pair of black eyes that shone with a strange and deep light. She smiled and said, "Congratulations, Xixuan."

"Thank you, Senior Sister. I didn't expect it to go so smoothly this time." After absorbing the second millennium soul ring, Ye Xixuan's body grew even taller, and his already fair skin became smooth and radiant. Seemingly influenced by the energy of the Shadow Demon Spider soul ring, his entire demeanor became even more unpredictable.

"Moreover, my soul power has reached level 22, and I'm just a little short of breaking through to level 23."

Just as Zhang Lexuan was preparing to return with Ye Xixuan, the Shadow Sky Demon Spider's body lost its energy support, and its huge silver carapace shattered. Two balls of silver light shot out from it, and the strong soul power fluctuations immediately dispelled the dense fog around them.

They were two unique pieces resembling armored gauntlets, their entire bodies shimmering with a bright silver aura. Only the backs were imprinted with intricate black patterns, and the ten long, sharp fingers corresponded perfectly to the ten legs of the Shadow Sky Demon Spider. Supported by the emanating soul power, they floated up and down in the air.

Even with Zhang Lexuan's composed nature, her face couldn't help but show shock.

"External soul bone?!"

"Is this the soul bone dropped by that Shadow Sky Demon Spider? Is this considered a spider claw?" Ye Xixuan's eyes widened. He had never heard of this type of external soul bone before, but the gauntlet-like external soul bone that wrapped around his hands was indeed more aesthetically pleasing than the eight spider spears of a certain god king.

Zhang Lexuan suppressed her inner joy and hurriedly urged Ye Xixuan, "Xixuan, you just absorbed the Shadow Demon Spider's soul ring, so absorbing this external soul bone shouldn't be a problem at all. To avoid any unforeseen complications, hurry up and absorb it as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Ye Xixuan quickly calmed himself down and nodded vigorously, eager to try.

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