Douluo: Dream Overlord

"This is... an external soul bone!?"

In a few swift movements, he dissected the soul beast's body and extracted a long, crystal-clear soul bone. He stared at the soul bone in his hand in disbelief.

The soul bone was milky white in color, and shimmered with a faint white glow under the sunlight.

"This kid's luck is too outrageous!?" Shi Nian exclaimed in disbelief: "First he had a thousand-year-old external soul bone between his eyebrows, and now he has a ten-thousand-year-old external soul bone between his spine!"

How come this kid gets a soul bone from every soul beast he kills! And they're both rare external soul bones!?

Shi Nian was a bit dumbfounded. This kid was too strange! He killed a soul beast and got a soul bone!

At a time when Shi Nian was questioning the meaning of life, a strong surge of spiritual and soul power erupted from Shi Guang's body.

The combined force of the two nearly ruptured the mental energy membrane that Shi Nian had applied.

Fortunately, as a Soul Emperor at the Great Perfection level, Shi Nian's spiritual power applied to his son was strong enough that Shi Guang's aura barely filled the membrane.

The Martial Soul of Remnant Dream quietly appeared beside Time, unleashing a powerful spiritual fluctuation.

One yellow, two purple, and one black spirit ring appeared on his body, the pitch-black spirit ring seemingly swallowing the surrounding light.

Time opened its eyes, revealing a glint of light, and slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Fourth spirit ring, complete!

Soul Sect, accomplished!

He blinked, and what came into view was Shi Nian looking at him with a complicated expression.

"What's wrong, Father? Is there something on my face?"

Shi Guang subconsciously touched his face and suddenly realized that there seemed to be a transparent membrane surrounding him.

"What is this?" Time reached out and curiously poked it, and the membrane burst like a bubble and vanished.

"This is a simple technique I developed to isolate one's aura. I'll teach it to you when we get back."

Shi Nian tossed the soul bone in his hand to Shi Guang, who caught it immediately. After a casual glance, his eyes narrowed: "This is... a soul bone!?"

"A ten-thousand-year-old external soul bone is the spine of the torso area." Shi Nian said with a complicated expression, "I really wonder what kind of luck you have, getting a soul bone from killing a soul beast..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Guang examined the long soul bone in his hand, smiled, and said, "Perhaps I am the darling of Lady Luck."

"Hehe, maybe it's true."

Shi Nian asked, "Are you going to absorb the soul bone here, or go home to absorb it?"

"Let's go home. My soul power is currently turbulent, and it's not suitable for me to absorb any more soul bones."

After storing the soul bone in his storage ring, Shi Guang sensed the soul power and said, "My soul power has reached level 43 after perfect absorption."

After being forged, it will be around level 42.

"That's right. Right now, your soul power and mental strength are far superior to those of other soul masters of the same level."

Shi Nian sensed the soul power of Time and the spiritual power of Remnant Dream beside him, and nodded in satisfaction.

"After absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring, it seems that I can now use some of the abilities of my Remnant Dream Martial Soul."

Shi Guang looked at the Remnant Dream beside him and sensed the information it was transmitting. He said with delight, "I can now use the Remnant Dream to mark the other party and make them enter the illusion."

However, the illusion I construct is closely related to my soul power and mental strength. With my current strength, I'm afraid I can't completely replicate a complete scene.

I can only construct a scene from a specific moment in the target's memory through their own memories. Creating additional scenes or things requires expending my mental energy.

"Furthermore, I can only pull in Soul Masters of similar strength to myself right now. The stronger the target's Soul Power and Spiritual Power, the more difficult it is to pull them into the illusion..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Nian's face showed an expression of certainty, and he said excitedly, "I was right! The correct soul ring configuration for Canmeng is all spirit-type soul rings!"

You actually unlocked this ability at the Soul Master level! This is an ability that I could only awaken when I reached the Soul King level.

You will definitely go further than me, and maybe you can even complete your martial soul and reach that unknown realm...

"I will work hard for it."

Time nodded; he was also very interested in the future changes of the Broken Dream, but that was a story for another time.

He stood up, dusted himself off, and said confidently, "This Nightmare Beast is indeed extraordinary; it has caused a little trouble in my mental world."

However, the soul skills it granted me are extremely powerful; I even feel like I was born for Remnant Dream!

Shi Guang looked around and spotted a human-faced spider perched on a tree web. He decided to target this spider.

"Fourth Soul Skill - Spiritual Imprint!"

The lingering dream coalesced into an invisible spiritual wave, which struck the human-faced demon spider.

The human-faced spider remained motionless on the tree, as if nothing had happened.

Under Shi Nian's intrigued gaze, Shi Guang's third spirit ring suddenly shone brightly.

"Third Soul Skill - Deep Hypnosis!"

As time silently pondered, Remnant Dream unleashed another mental attack.

The human-faced spider affected by the mental energy collapsed to the ground, and in Shi Nian's perception, it fell asleep with its four legs in the air.

He was somewhat surprised, because the human-faced demon spider in front of him was a thousand-year-old soul beast.

As a creature known as a hunter, its mental strength and vigilance are much stronger than those of other soul beasts.

The fact that the human-faced spider, which has a high level of mental strength, fell to the ground without being noticed suggests that Time's fourth soul skill has a stealth feature.

"This is my fourth soul skill—Mental Imprint," Shi Guang said. "I inherited the Nightmare Beast's mental imprint ability."

It can leave a hidden mental mark on the target. While the mark is active, it allows you to sense the target's location from a great distance and enhances the effects of all mental skills used against them.

In addition, it can be maintained on the target by continuously consuming a certain amount of mental energy until the mark is erased by someone else or I voluntarily give up the mark.

Furthermore, with the added boost from the spiritual imprint, connecting my Remnant Dream Martial Soul to the consciousness of others becomes much easier, achieving twice the result with half the effort!

Upon hearing this, Shi Nian exclaimed in surprise, "This is a divine tactical skill! It can be used to mark key targets, achieve precise control of the field, and even enhance the effect of the Remnant Dream!"

This perfectly matches the need for Remnant Dream to mark the other party and enter their mental world!

"Yes, the only drawback is that using it consumes a lot of soul power."

Looking at the hideous human-faced spider, Shi Guang slowly stepped forward and said:

"However, there are advantages. Unless someone's mental strength is much stronger than mine or they have a way to remove it, the mental imprint I placed will not be removed."

As he spoke, he gathered his soul power and stomped on the head of the human-faced demon spider, crushing it.

He disliked these ugly spirit beasts, and he disliked spiders even more; spiders were practically anti-biological creatures in nature.

Shi Nian watched as Shi Guang, unusually, acted like a child, and shook his head with a chuckle.

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and stared in disbelief at the human-faced spider beneath his feet.

As the human-faced spider died, a strange fluctuation emanated from its body, which Shi Nian detected.

"No, really!?"