Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 261—Second Generation Machine, Artificial External Soul Bone?

Seemingly annoyed by the group's dawdling, Qian Lingyun took out the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Blade and unleashed a Tyrant Blade Slash at the ground.

A milky-white wave of blade energy swept out with the movement of the blade, accompanied by a gust of wind and the faint sound of a tiger's roar. Patches of trees crashed to the ground after the wave of blade energy passed through them.

The power of that single strike was truly terrifying.

"Are you going to absorb it or not? If you don't absorb it, I'll wipe you all out!" Qian Lingyun slammed her broadsword on the ground and urged impatiently.

"Please don't get agitated, I'll absorb it, okay?" The old man looked at the large number of fallen trees behind him and couldn't help but wipe his sweat.

He hurriedly sat cross-legged and pressed the soul bone onto his arm.

The eerie green light flickered on the old man's arm, making Qian Lingyun's heart itch with anticipation. She felt as restless as an inventor waiting outside a laboratory for the results of their invention, and could only relieve her tension and anxiety by pacing back and forth.

Will there be any backlash from the soul bone? Does this soul bone have any side effects? What kind of skills will the soul bone have?

All of this made Qian Lingyun's anxiety grow even stronger.

Damn it, why is it so slow! I should have just captured a Soul Saint or Soul Douluo to experiment with…

In her heart, Qian Lingyun began to complain with unusual irritation.

Finally, the eerie green light began to dim after the old man had absorbed it for an hour, indicating that the absorption process was nearing its end.

Qian Lingyun had never felt that an hour had passed so long. Another cup of tea's time had passed before the old man finally saw that the absorption had ended.

Before the old man could speak, Qian Lingyun, unable to contain her anxiety any longer, grabbed him by the collar and demanded, "Tell me quickly, what are the soul skills and other effects of this soul bone!"

"This external soul bone didn't give me any soul skills, it only gave me the ability to increase my resistance to all attributes except light by 10%, plus a 5% boost to all attributes!" The old man covered his throat and tremblingly gave Qian Lingyun the answer she needed.

"What the hell? An external soul bone? What nonsense are you spouting? This is clearly a limb soul bone, how could it be an external soul bone? How could I possibly give you an external soul bone?!"

Qian Lingyun became increasingly suspicious as she listened. She flung the old man away and coldly shouted, "Do you think I'm a fool? Trying to fool me with this kind of answer! You believe me or not..."

Before she could finish speaking, Qian Lingyun seemed to remember something and suppressed her voice.

Even the anger on her face subsided on its own. She revealed a chilling smile, took out another left arm soul bone, and threw it at the old man, sneering, "Since you say it's an external soul bone, then you might as well absorb another soul bone. If you can absorb it, I'll give you this soul bone too!"

"If that doesn't work, then you're lying to me. In that case, I'll rip your head off and use it as a lantern!"

The old man was stunned. Could there really be such a person in this day and age?

After giving away external soul bones, give away ordinary soul bones. Although he might have a bad temper, please give this kind of God of Wealth with a bad temper a dozen or twenty more.

And so, to Qian Lingyun's dazed look, the old man who she thought should have kowtowed and begged for mercy actually picked up the secret soul bone extracted by the acid-corroding ant soul beast swarm and openly began to absorb it.

"Holy crap? What the hell is going on?"

Qian Lingyun stood frozen in place, her stunningly beautiful face beneath the veil filled with shock.

As is well known, once a soul bone has been absorbed in a location, a second soul bone cannot be absorbed. Even external soul bones must be absorbed before the main soul bone can be absorbed.

But the old man did indeed begin absorbing the second soul bone right in front of her, and without any problems whatsoever.

Surprised and doubtful, Qian Lingyun decided to go through the whole process from beginning to end.

First of all, when crafted using secret methods, what drops out is definitely a normal six-piece set of soul bones.

Secondly, after the modification, it does indeed look like a six-piece set of soul bones.

Third, the old man who absorbed the soul bone also admitted that the soul bone's power belonged to the undead creature, the harpy.

So where does the problem lie?

One possibility is that the problem lies with the person. This seemingly ordinary old man appears to be a Soul Master with no future, but in reality, he is a Soul Master prodigy, one in a million, who can transform ordinary Soul Bones into external Soul Bones.

Probability: Almost impossible.

If he really had that ability, would this old guy still be a Soul Emperor in his sixties or seventies?

Possibility two: There is a problem with the soul bone. For some reason, a standard six-piece soul bone has become an external soul bone.

Probability: Very likely!

After all, this is the first experiment on soul bone modification, and theoretically anything outrageous could happen.

After some simple speculation, Qian Lingyun had found the direction she needed to explore.

That is, is the unique change in this soul bone accidental or normal?

If it is confirmed to be a standard practice, then Qian Lingyun has changed the history of Soul Masters in a unique way.

This means that external soul bones will no longer be extremely rare. In Qian Lingyun's hands, external soul bones can even be mass-produced!

With this realization, the gloom on Qian Lingyun's face gradually dissipated, and she turned to look at the other side calmly, conceiving other hypotheses.

"You all stay here. I'll be back in half an hour!"

After speaking, Qian Lingyun flicked her sleeves and disappeared in a wisp of purple smoke. The group, who had been silent before, breathed a sigh of relief and began to whisper about who Qian Lingyun really was.

In the woods, Qian Lingyun sat on a tree branch and told her very reliable teacher the whole story, hoping that Electrolux could answer her questions.

"You mean, the modified soul bone changed from an ordinary soul bone into an external soul bone?"

Hearing this, Electrolux was also somewhat surprised. After all, he had only encountered a few instances where pouring other substances into a container not only changed the contents of the container but also altered its shape.

Electrolux wasn't the type to pretend to know what he didn't; he wouldn't hide anything he didn't know, but rather frankly offer his opinions:

"I can't explain the specifics, but it's possible that the power of what you modified came from undead creatures. And the power of undead creatures repels the power of the living, ultimately producing this effect!"

"If you think it's wrong, you can make a few more to demonstrate it in practice."

"Alright," Qian Lingyun sighed, thinking to herself, "This is the only way to understand the specifics."

Thinking it over, she took a lich and a half-dead abomination that happened to be passing by from the undead demiplane and used the same method to refine them into her right arm and right leg, which had duplicate materials.

After crafting the two soul bones according to the prescribed method, she nervously approached the group of people she had met earlier and randomly selected two lucky Soul Kings. She then gifted each of them a refined soul bone and an ordinary secret technique soul bone for comparative experiments.

An hour and a half later, the first Soul King finished absorbing the modified soul bone and, under Qian Lingyun's eager gaze, gave her the answer she most wanted to hear.

The six arcane soul bones crafted from undead creatures will eventually transform into external soul bones!

It even retains both the special abilities of undead creatures and the amplification effect of the arcane soul bone itself.

The second Soul King brought a second piece of good news: the soul bones modified from undead creatures have an absorption property.

They can continue to allow you to absorb them, building upon your existing basic soul bones.

However, the special abilities provided by undead creatures will be weakened in return.

Having received the reliable answer she had been longing for, Qian Lingyun did not linger any longer and generously let the group of lucky soul masters leave.

As for her, she disappeared into the dense forest and was never seen again.

(End of this chapter)