Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

Chapter 125 The Mutated Torso Bones
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Having escaped the swamp, Xuanming turned around. A flash of fire appeared in the eyes of the black dragon on his left. It opened its mouth wide, and a torrent of flames poured out and sprayed onto the ground.

The clash of ice and fire completely severed the trail, making it impossible for the snakes, no matter how skilled, to find them without guidance.

However, for safety's sake, Xuanming moved rapidly for nearly ten miles before finally stopping.

"Let me deal with this thing." Xuanming released part of the ice seal, squatted down, and stared at the serpent beast. A chilling aura and blazing flames alternated on its body, and at the same time, his domain flickered as it was activated.

The serpent beast thus teetered on the brink of death, unable to live or die.

After nearly an incense stick's time had passed, the serpent beast finally collapsed.

“It should be fine now,” Xuanming said, standing up.

"Are you... sure?" The Snake Granny was somewhat doubtful; she hadn't even understood what Xuanming was doing.

“I’ve tried it twice before, it should be fine.” Xuanming looked at Meng Yiran.

"If you're worried about safety..."

"I'm not afraid!" Seemingly too shocked by Xuanming's strength, Meng Yiran was unwilling to give up on this rare and powerful soul beast. She went forward to deal with the snake-scorpion beast and began to absorb the soul ring.

Time passed second by second, and a layer of light red mist lingered on Meng Yiran's body. This was not a ray of soul power, but a blood mist seeping from her body.

Hearing the cracking sounds of bones emanating from within the blood mist, the Snake Woman's expression grew increasingly grim. "She..."

“That’s normal, all ultimate spirit rings are like that,” Xuanming said.

He couldn't even get enough of the Blood Spear itself, so the blood mist couldn't seep out at all. But under normal circumstances, when absorbing the ultimate soul ring, the scene would be about the same.

This serpent beast had been given special care by him and was already quite cooperative, yet it still oozed blood mist. This was because Meng Yiran's body was rather ordinary and had never experienced physical hardship. Therefore, when she experienced the impact of the soul ring energy, the scene would naturally be a bit larger.

It only looks creepy; there are no safety issues.

If the girl really can't take it anymore, he can help suppress it, it just will take a little longer.

"what's the situation?"

A figure rushed in from afar like a ghost; it was none other than Long Gong Meng Shu.

He was tall and upright, with white hair and beard but vigorous spirit. His eyes were as sharp as a hawk's. When he saw Meng Yiran absorbing the soul ring and the light red blood mist surrounding her, his face instantly turned gloomy.

Snake Granny hurriedly stepped forward and explained the whole story in detail, emphasizing Xuanming's help and Meng Yiran's insistence on absorbing the ultimate soul ring.

After listening, Long Gong Meng Shu frowned slightly, his gaze lingering on Xuan Ming for a moment. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"It's alright, just wait a little longer," Xuanming said.

Upon hearing this, the Dragon Lord said nothing more, since it was pointless to say anything now.

As time slowly passed, the pale red blood mist on Meng Yiran's body grew thicker, and the cracking sounds of her bones became more frequent, as if a powerful force was constantly impacting and reshaping her body.

As the Dragon God and Snake Goddess waited anxiously, the blood mist on Meng Yiran's body began to gradually dissipate, and a powerful soul force fluctuation spread outwards from her.

"It worked?" The snake woman's face lit up with surprise.

"Yiran, you..."

"Ah!!" Just as the Snake Granny was about to step forward to check the situation, Meng Yiran suddenly let out a scream, her upper body arched violently, and a cold, gray-black light emerged from her spine. Immediately afterwards, a sharp protrusion rapidly grew from the position of her tailbone, which was the distinctive scorpion tail of the Snake Beast.

"This, this is..." The Snake Granny was momentarily stunned by the bizarre scene. "A mutated torso bone?" Xuan Ming's eyes twitched slightly.

No, what kind of luck is this?
According to Arou, the scorpion beast is extremely rare. Only one or at most will appear in a snake group. It is one of the most powerful bloodlines among snake-type soul beasts. Moreover, because it is mixed with the bloodline of the scorpion beast, this soul beast is immune to the bloodline suppression of superior races.

The reason this thing dared to attack him before was because it was completely unafraid of his dragon might.

"Yiran!" The Snake Granny quickly stepped forward, took out an outer garment, and draped it over Meng Yiran.

The scorpion tail that grew from her tailbone tore her clothes and stripped her naked.

"Eat this." Xuanming took out a recovery pill and tossed it into Meng Yiran's hand.

“Yiran…” Long Zheng was about to speak up and stop him from eating this thing of unknown origin.

Meng Yiran swallowed it without the slightest hesitation.

The medicine spread rapidly, quickly restoring her depleted strength.

"What is this?"

After recovering, Meng still looked shyly at the scorpion tail hanging behind her.

This thing actually grew out of her body, tearing her clothes, right from that spot!
"Young friend, you just said that this is a mutated torso bone?" Dragon Lord looked at Xuanming.

"This soul bone can mutate?"

“It’s possible, but it’s almost impossible,” Xuanming said.

"This is the first time I've ever seen something like this."

The Ice Dragon King had explained some things to him: Soul bone mutation usually only occurs in soul beasts with mixed bloodlines, such as the serpent beast, which shouldn't exist. Their soul cores naturally possess two attributes, so when the soul bone manifests, the soul bone itself will also mutate.

But he never expected to see such a soul bone with his own eyes, especially since it was something he had created.

Soul bones are essentially the soul cores of soul beasts. Most soul beasts' soul cores shatter upon death, thus preventing the emergence of soul bones. Only those soul beasts with powerful bloodlines have stable soul cores that do not easily dissipate after death. Therefore, the stronger the soul beast and the stronger its bloodline, the higher the probability of a soul bone appearing.

However, if you stimulate a soul beast with external force before it dies, like he did just now, and repeatedly pound its will to survive on the edge of life and death, it will also improve the stability of the soul core to some extent.

The will to survive causes a soul beast's soul power to rapidly increase and explode, stabilizing the soul core energy. The will to die that follows will solidify everything, and the soul power gathered to the extreme can preserve the soul beast's own power to the greatest extent, thereby increasing the probability of the birth of a soul bone.

However, this is an extremely difficult task. After all, it's a matter of life and death. If you use even a little more force, the soul beast will die. If you go easy on it and give the soul beast a chance to self-destruct, then it's all over.

Moreover, the soul beast must be killed when the will to survive reaches its peak and the will to die has just emerged; otherwise, without the support of the will to survive, the soul core will quickly dissipate.

The conditions are demanding, the methods are even more demanding, and the balance is extremely difficult to maintain, so even if people know this method, very few people have the ability to do it.

Moreover, faced with a situation where there is no chance of survival, most soul beasts would choose to self-destruct. Without strong control abilities, it would be impossible to do such a thing.

“You guys can study it slowly. I don’t really understand this thing either, and besides, this thing of hers…” Xuanming paused.

"It looks rather inconvenient to use, so let's try to use it as little as possible."

"I..." Meng Yiran looked at the scorpion tail that was growing from her tailbone with some shame.

How can she use such a strange soul bone outside?

(End of this chapter)