Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 89 External Soul Bone: Crystal Scale Armor (Part 1)

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, the sun set and the moon rose, and the Starry Sky Forest welcomed night.

At this moment, the refining process of the mutated scaled beast soul ring was nearing its end, and the soul power fluctuations emanating from Mu Yang gradually stabilized.

But just when Mu Yang thought the situation was settled, a sudden, sharp pain shot through his chest, and then, except for his head, the pain spread throughout his body.

"ah--"

A wave of excruciating pain swept over his entire body, and Mu Yang couldn't help but let out a painful cry.

Hearing Mu Yang's painful cries, Shui Bing'er, who was preparing dinner by the campfire, rushed over with a worried expression.

"Auntie, what's wrong with Muyang?"

Looking at the large beads of sweat on Mu Yang's forehead, Shui Bing'er asked Shui Yanyu anxiously.

"I'm not entirely sure either. When Xiao Yang refined the soul ring before, he didn't show any signs of being unable to withstand it. Why is he showing signs of this now? Wait, I understand!"

As she frowned and pondered the cause of the incident, Shui Yanyu suddenly remembered a special case recorded in the academy's classic texts.

Before Shui Bing'er could ask, Shui Yanyu smiled and reassured her, "Bing'er, don't worry, it should be a good thing!"

When attaching a spirit ring of ten thousand years or more, as long as the spirit master's body can withstand the impact of the spirit ring's energy and their mental state can withstand the soul shock caused by the spirit beast's lingering resentment, then refining the spirit ring will absolutely not be dangerous.

Since Mu Yang has experienced a change in his condition and seems to be in particular pain, there is only one possibility.

Shui Bing'er: "???"

Just then, a dazzling blue crystal light shone from Mu Yang's chest.

Under the cover of night, the blue crystal's brilliance was particularly eye-catching, immediately attracting the attention of Shui Bing'er and her companion.

The next second, the two saw the dazzling blue crystal light begin to spread from Mu Yang's chest.

In the blink of an eye, except for his head and neck, Mu Yang's entire body was enveloped in blue crystal light.

"Hmm~"

Another wave of intense pain swept through his body, and Mu Yang, who had just gotten used to it, couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

Under Shui Bing'er's worried gaze, the brilliant blue crystal radiance emanating from Mu Yang's body, which was trembling with pain all over, slowly subsided and solidified, gradually transforming into a blue crystal armor made of numerous crystal scales of varying sizes, protecting his entire body from the neck down.

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

Upon seeing the blue crystal armor on Mu Yang's body, Shui Bing'er's eyes widened in surprise.

"Indeed, it is a rare and exceptional external soul bone, whose value is comparable to that of a 100,000-year soul bone! Moreover, for Xiao Yang, the value of this external soul bone is definitely even greater than that of a 100,000-year soul bone."

Shui Yanyu's face showed an "I knew it" expression, and then she nodded with a smile.

When the incident first occurred, Shui Yanyu realized that Mu Yang had probably struck it lucky and encountered a rare and precious external soul bone. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why such a change would happen.

Of course, Shui Yanyu's vision and knowledge were not as high as those of the transmigrators and the few powerful people who knew about the existence of ferocious beasts. She did not know that 100,000 years was not the highest age for a soul bone, but there were even higher ages of 200,000 years, or even millions of years.

The reason she said that the value of this external soul bone was even greater than that of a 100,000-year soul bone was because she knew that the age of an external soul bone could increase as the soul master's soul power level increased.

When a Soul Master advances to the ninth-ring Title Douluo level, the age of their external Soul Bone can be increased to 100,000 years.

Although in Shui Yanyu's eyes, Mu Yang's external soul bone could only reach 100,000 years at most, in terms of age alone, it was the same as an ordinary 100,000-year soul bone.

However, external soul bones are rare and hard to come by. If he doesn't encounter one this time, then Mu Yang's chances of obtaining an external soul bone in the future are almost zero.

However, normal 100,000-year soul bones are different. As long as Mu Yang's twin martial souls reach their full potential, with the strength of the strongest on the continent, he can search the entire Star Dou Great Forest, the far north, and even the vast ocean. In the future, it will not be difficult for him to collect a complete set of 100,000-year soul bones.

With the rare and exceptional external soul bone, Mu Yang's soul bone slots effectively increased from six to seven, giving him an extra soul bone compared to the vast majority of soul masters. This was an incredibly wonderful thing.

Unbeknownst to him, the sun and moon had alternated, and as the first rays of morning sunlight dispelled the darkness in the forest, Mu Yang slowly opened his eyes.

"Who would have thought that I, Mu Yang, would also be destined to be a protagonist?"

Feeling the qualitative change in his soul power, Mu Yang looked down at the magnificent blue crystal armor on his body and stroked its exceptionally sturdy and crystalline scales. Overjoyed, he couldn't help but think to himself.

Although his soul power has increased significantly after advancing to the fourth-ring Soul Master level, his control over soul power has inevitably declined.

However, Mu Yang could sense that because his fourth soul ring was of a high age and refining external soul bones could also increase his soul power, his soul power level had definitely reached level 43 Soul Master, and he was not just entering level 43, but was in the middle position.

Knock knock—

Shui Bing'er tapped her fingers on Mu Yang's external soul bone armor and asked with a smile, "Mu Yang, what are your thoughts on obtaining an external soul bone?"

"After hardship comes happiness?"

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yang said.

When he fused with the external soul bone earlier, it almost killed him with pain.

To be honest, he had never experienced such pain in either his past or present life. It was like being tortured, far surpassing even the pain he felt when he consumed the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Delight.

Fortunately, the suffering wasn't in vain. As long as he was alive, he could exchange it for a precious external soul bone, so the hardship was nothing.

However, perhaps due to its age, this external soul bone armor failed to protect the entire body and was somewhat imperfect, lacking parts above the neck.

Mu Yang estimated that for his external soul bone armor to transform into a soul bone armor that protects his entire body from head to toe, he would have to wait until he advanced to the ninth-ring titled Douluo level and his soul bone reached the age of 100,000 years.

However, the flaws do not detract from the overall merits. As long as one does not aim for his neck and head, Mu Yang can directly ignore the ten-thousand-year-old powerful attack soul skills of most five-ring battle soul kings simply by relying on the inherent defensive power of this external soul bone armor.

"It looks similar to the scales on that mutated scaled beast, so it probably has a defensive soul bone skill attached to it, right?"

At this moment, Shui Yanyu pointed to the external soul bone armor on Mu Yang's body and said.

Mu Yang nodded: "Yes, Soul Bone Skill: Crystal Body, which can make you immune to 30% of physical and energy attacks, and there is no time limit for its use. It can be maintained by continuously consuming soul power."

The Soul Bone Skills attached to a Soul Bone are inherited from the abilities possessed by the Soul Beast that drops a Soul Bone.

He was lucky; the external soul bone he obtained inherited the mutated talent soul skill of the mutated scaled beast, which had the effect of damage reduction.

(End of this chapter)