Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 29 The Battle for Soul Bones (3k)

"This guy is hopeless!"

Xiao Yu sighed helplessly. He couldn't do anything about fate. Out of humanitarianism, he treated the wound and stopped the bleeding, so that the patient wouldn't have to suffer too much in his final days.

pat!

As Xiao Yu bandaged him, the cloth bag that was originally hanging around his waist suddenly fell off, revealing a glowing object inside.

Soul Bone!

Xiao Yu recognized the item instantly, and Hui Huo's pupils also widened in surprise.

This is a soul bone! A treasure every soul master dreams of. In the soul master world, countless people have turned against each other and fought to the death for soul bones. Therefore, soul bones are also known as the treasures of the Blood River!

"This should be a left arm bone that is over 30,000 years old, close to 40,000 years old."

Sensing the faint fluctuations of soul power emanating from the soul bone, Huihuo spoke in a deep voice.

For a Soul Master, a ten-thousand-year-old Soul Bone is an extremely rare and precious item. No wonder that Soul Master was injured so badly; it seems that this Soul Bone brought him this trouble.

Whoosh whoosh! ! !

Just then, five or six figures suddenly darted out of the dense forest, landing a few meters in front of Xiao Yu and the others' campsite. They quickly occupied several corners, surrounding Xiao Yu and the others in the center.

"Hand over the soul bone!"

The leader of the group was a man around forty years old, extremely tall, nearly 1.9 meters, with short black hair. As he spoke, the fleshy muscles on his face twitched, making him appear strangely ferocious and terrifying: "That person is a traitor to our family. He stole our family's inherited soul bone. You'd better hand over the person and the soul bone right now, or don't blame us for being impolite!"

"You're talking nonsense!"

The Soul Master happened to wake up at that moment. Hearing the newcomer's words, he flew into a rage, struggled to sit up, and glared at the man, shouting, "This Soul Bone was obtained by my brothers and me after three months of arduous pursuit of that ten-thousand-year-old Soul Beast! You bastards attacked us when our Soul Power was exhausted! My poor brothers were all killed while covering for me!"

His wound, which had just been bandaged, burst open in anger, and he bled profusely. Already on the verge of death, he died on the spot.

Xiao Yu rushed forward and found that he had stopped breathing, but his eyes were wide open as if to express his unwillingness.

Xiao Yu sighed, silently closed his eyes for him, and then looked up at the person who had come.

The man wasn't annoyed by the situation, but simply said calmly, "Let me introduce myself. I am Yu Xiaokun from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan. If you all are obedient and sensible, forget about today's events and hand over our soul bones with both hands. Otherwise, hmph!"

"Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, you never knew eating was so unappetizing!"

Xiao Yu sneered. Now that the Nine Star Palace has two Title Douluos in charge, he is not afraid of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"What did you say?!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaokun's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

"It's nothing!"

Xiao Yu wore a mocking smile, tossed the soul bone in his hand a few times, and then casually stored it in his storage soul tool: "What did you just say about a soul bone? I didn't see it!"

"You little brat, you're asking for it!"

Seeing that Xiao Yu dared to mock him, Yu Xiaokun was furious. He activated his Martial Soul, and streaks of blue lightning crackled from his body. Blue-purple scales quietly appeared, transforming him into a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex. His limbs became dragon claws, and two dragon wings flapped behind him. Blue scales appeared on his cheeks, and even his eyes turned blue-purple. Seven spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—pulsated around him. This was a Soul Saint, and a Soul Saint at that, possessing the top-tier beast spirit, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex. Few Soul Masters of the same level would dare to challenge him.

"You ungrateful brat! You could have survived, but it's too late for regrets now. Because of your foolish actions, I'll slowly kill you!"

Having completed his dragon transformation, Yu Xiaokun spoke in human language, and with a powerful dragon aura, he pressed down on Xiao Yu.

"You talk too much nonsense!"

Hui Huo was also a proud and arrogant person, and he would not allow Yu Xiaokun to be arrogant in front of him. The Bennu Bird Martial Soul appeared behind him, and eight soul rings, two yellow, two purple and four black, flashed. An even more powerful pressure spread across the field, and the arrogant Yu Xiaokun instantly wilted like a frostbitten eggplant!

With a thud, the massive dragon body crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The Bennu Bird is known as the one who brings the soul of the sun god, and its spirit quality is even slightly better than that of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus. Not to mention that there is a difference of about ten levels of spirit power between the two, so suppressing it is not a problem at all.

"Contra... Contra!"

Under Hui Huo's forceful suppression, Yu Xiaokun was quickly forced out of his dragon form. He struggled to raise his head and saw the eight spirit rings flashing on Hui Huo's body. He trembled involuntarily, but forced himself to remain calm, saying, "Sir, I am a direct disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. You should think carefully. To attack me is to make an enemy of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Even if you are a Soul Douluo, you are no match for our clan!"

It seemed the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family had given Yu Xiaokun boundless confidence. After a brief moment of panic, he began to push his luck again: "As long as you hand over that soul bone to me, I will not hold today's matter against you!"

"Are the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan members all muscle-bound to brains? Even at this point, you're still thinking about soul bones? We knew you were from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, yet we still dared to attack you. Doesn't that mean we're not afraid of that old dragon in your clan at all?"

Xiao Yu shrugged dismissively at Yu Xiaokun and said to Huihuo, "Kill him. Keeping this idiot alive is a waste of food!"

"run!"

However, not everyone in the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex is as intelligent as Yu Xiaokun. At least the Soul Masters he brought understood the situation. They turned and ran the moment Hui Huo was about to make his move, and each of them cleverly went in a different direction. Although Hui Huo was powerful, he couldn't be in two places at once and couldn't chase after each of them. As long as someone of them could escape back to their family, they could come back to take revenge in the future.

"Young Master, what should we do?"

Hui Huo, who had sent Yu Xiaokun away in one move, frowned slightly when he saw how the group had fled and asked Xiao Yu.

"Let them go!"

Xiao Yu waved his hand. Since it was impossible to kill them all, he wouldn't waste his time. Just like he had thought when he first targeted Yu Xiaokun, with two Title Douluos in charge of the sect, he wasn't afraid of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Besides, he hadn't revealed his own identity from beginning to end.

"Huihuo, absorb this soul bone!"

Xiao Yu took out the soul bone from his soul tool and handed it to Hui Huo: "This soul bone should have come from a fire-attribute soul beast, and it's quite compatible with your martial soul."

The ten-thousand-year-old soul bone was indeed precious, but it still lacked something for Xiao Yu.

For Xiao Yu, his ideal state is to be like Qian Renxue, to get a set of soul bones that match his own martial soul of the same type, and it has to be at the 100,000-year level.

Ten thousand-year soul bones were extremely rare during the Douluo Continent I era. Even among titled Douluo, before the emergence of overpowered characters like Tang San, only a handful of people possessed them. However, Xiao Yu did not lack them; his system shop contained a complete set, though the price was too high.

Aside from the most precious external soul bones, soul bones are commonly divided into six categories: left leg bone, right leg bone, left arm bone, right arm bone, skull, and torso bones. Among them, the torso bones are the strongest, followed by the skull, then the right arm, left arm, left leg, and right leg.

In the system shop, even the lowest-value 100,000-year-old right leg bone costs 50,000 diamonds. Xiao Yu looked at his balance of less than 5,000 and could only sigh silently before continuing his money-saving journey.

This fire-attribute soul bone is suitable not only for Huihuo but also for Yihui. However, Huihuo has followed him for many years and has always worked hard without complaint, while Yihui has only been here for a short time. Clear rewards and punishments are still very important in the sect.

Furthermore, with Huihuo's aptitude, he will definitely be able to advance to the Title Douluo level in the future. A ten-thousand-year soul bone cannot make him become a Title Douluo overnight, but it can shorten the time it takes for him to advance. If the sect has one more Title Douluo, its strength will be several times greater.

Apart from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master's interlude, nothing else happened that night.

The next day at dawn, the group packed up their tents and continued their journey to find a suitable soul beast for Miyimei.

They didn't know how long they had traveled, but along the way Xiao Yu and the others encountered quite a few good soul beasts, including a Titan Giant Ape with a thousand years of cultivation. Unfortunately, none of them were suitable for Mi Yimei.

Something's up!

Suddenly, Ikki, who was walking at the front, stopped and looked ahead warily.

Xiao Yu, Zi Long, and the others also sensed the arrival of the soul beasts. After several days of getting to know each other, they had developed a tacit understanding and quickly approached to form a defensive formation.

Before long, a soul beast appeared in their line of sight.

This spirit beast resembled a wolf, but was smaller than a typical wolf. Aside from its glossy dark purple fur, its somewhat sunken nose and very narrow eyes gave it a somewhat sleazy appearance. In particular, its forelegs were very short, offering almost no support for its body.

"This is a Purple Spirit Wolf of the Millennium level!"

Xiao Yu recognized it at a glance: "Mi Yimei, we've finally found a suitable soul beast for you. This Purple Spirit Wolf is an extremely rare spirit-type soul beast, perfect for your third soul ring. Move it, don't let it escape!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Xie Wu made his move first. He had just acquired his third soul ring and needed to practice his soul skills.

With wings sprouting from its ribs, the evil martial artist soared into the sky like the wind, heading straight for the purple spirit wolf.

"Miyimei, second soul skill! The Purple Spirit Wolf is a pure spirit-attribute soul beast. Use your mental attack to interfere with its mental attack!"

After hearing Xiao Yu's words, Mi Yimei immediately released her second soul skill.

As expected, upon seeing a human attacking it, the Purple Spirit Wolf roared and unleashed a mental weakness attack. However, Mi Yimei's second soul skill also landed, and their mental power collided invisibly, dissipating into nothingness.

The Purple Spirit Wolf is a pure spirit-attribute soul beast, but its physical strength is very weak. Because the mental attack did not have any effect on Xie Wu, it was knocked unconscious by Xie Wu's heavy blow.

Mimi immediately stepped forward and, while the Purple Spirit Wolf was still unconscious, drew her dagger and ended its life.

(End of this chapter)