Douluo Jueshi: I Don't Want to Be an Evil Soul Master

Chapter 18 Soul Bone
Before the giant palm fell, the airflow under the palm had already made Lin Xiao's clothes rustle. At such a close distance, every hair could be seen clearly.

In this split second, Lin Xiao seemed to feel waves of pain coming from the top of his head. The next moment, a golden shield suddenly opened up, and the angry palm of the gold-devouring beast was blocked by this seemingly thin shield.

However, although the invincible shield blocked most of the attacks, the impact of this palm still knocked Lin Xiao's body away and fell on the wall of the cave.

"Cough... cough cough..." A smell of blood spread from Lin Xiao's mouth, and his body slid down the wall of the cave. Waves of pain came from his body, but he didn't care too much. Instead, he kept looking up at the gold-eating beast in front of him.

The soul seed planted before finally took effect. The gold-eating beast did not chase after him, but slapped its head in pain.

If it was a head-on fight, facing the 80,000-year-old soul beast, Lin Xiao would probably have little chance of implanting the seed of the other shore into its body. However, once he sowed the seed while it was dormant, the outcome would be doomed for the gold-devouring beast that had no mental power.

Slowly standing up straight, Lin Xiao raised his right hand, and the red spider lily kept spinning around him. The black fifth soul ring around him became deeper and then lit up.

The fifth soul skill, Forgotten River Lead.

The only ten thousand year soul skill that Lin Xiao has is not a powerful attack soul skill, but rather an auxiliary soul skill that amplifies other soul skills.

The water of the Forgetful River was drawn to irrigate the flowers on the other shore. The flowers on the other shore around Lin Xiao became more colorful, and the enchanting red color illuminated the entire cave.

The second soul ring around him lit up again, and with the painful roar of the gold-devouring beast, the injuries on Lin Xiao's body recovered rapidly.

The original second soul skill was to use the Seed of the Other Shore to absorb the opponent's power to strengthen itself and sprout and grow. With the blessing of the fifth soul skill, this power will also act on Lin Xiao himself. The powerful physical strength of the gold-devouring beast is continuously pouring into Lin Xiao's body.

A feeling of comfort instantly spread throughout Lin Xiao's body, but he soon broke free from this feeling.

He raised his leg and kicked forward, and the body of the man slid towards the feet of the gold-devouring beast. Lin Xiao's face turned cold, and the third soul ring around him shone.

The third soul skill, bloom.

In an instant, on the bloodstains that had previously spread throughout the entire cave, flowers of the other shore blossomed one after another. The movement of the gold-devouring beast stopped instantly, and then the branches and leaves sticking out from between its teeth turned into red petals.

The corpse under its feet and the soul seed that had been planted in its mind before also "bloomed" together under the light of the purple soul ring, the third soul ring beside Lin Xiao.

"boom--"

An extremely loud roar was heard, and the mountain that had been hollowed out for a long time finally collapsed under the huge impact. In just a few breaths, it turned into a flat land, with only large and small sand and stones scattered randomly in the wilderness.

Everything was quiet, with only the occasional rustling of leaves in the distant breeze. Suddenly, a hand emerged from the ruins, and then, accompanied by flying sand, Lin Xiao's figure rushed out from under the earth and rocks.

Seeing the situation around him, Lin Xiao let out a long sigh, looked around, and finally set his sights on the pile of earth in front of him.

The soul-guiding shield around him slowly retracted, and he pushed forward with his right palm, unleashing a surge of soul power. Instantly, stones scattered and rolled to the side. When he saw what was under the mound of earth, a smile finally appeared on his face. Most of the Gold-Devouring Beast's body was buried under the earth and stones, with only its head and upper body exposed.

Its powerful defense allowed it to retain a glimmer of life, but its neck, which was already fragile and injured by the soul guide cannon, was broken by the previous attack, and only some fragile flesh and blood barely connected its head and body together.

Blood gushed from its mouth and nose, and it had long lost consciousness. Its chest heaved in response to instinct, but all it produced was a piercing whistling sound from its broken neck. Lin Xiao stepped forward, preventing its suffering from lasting too long. Soon, a pitch-black spirit ring slowly rose.

Lin Xiao wasn't overly concerned about the spirit ring. He was still far from reaching his bottleneck, and with his current physical strength, he couldn't withstand the 80,000-year spirit ring that only Soul Douluos would consider. Besides the spirit ring, the Gold Devouring Beast had many other valuable items.

The fur that comes from feeding on metal ores is naturally a great material for making armor-type soul guides, and the flesh and blood is a tonic that can greatly enhance the physical strength of the soul master.

And it cannot digest all the metals it swallows. Those that cannot be absorbed accumulate in its body and have been nurtured for tens of thousands of years, and have long become materials more precious than rare metals.

At first, Lin Xiao just wanted to secretly follow the Shrek Academy group to see if he could find Xu He's trace, but he didn't expect to meet this gold-eating beast here.

Time was urgent at the time and there was no time to make detailed arrangements. He just wanted to try to do something while Shrek and his crew were both injured. However, he did not expect that the current situation would come about due to a series of unexpected events.

Although he lost the invincible shield given to him by Lin Jiayi, his gain was much more valuable than an invincible shield.

As he pondered, Lin Xiao's hand flashed with light, and a soul-guided dagger appeared in his hand. Although it had been dead for a long time, it still took a lot of effort to cut through the fur of the gold-devouring beast.

Just as Lin Xiao was sorting out his harvest and putting them one by one into the storage soul guide, the dagger in his hand suddenly hit something hard.

His hand slid quickly, slicing the Gold Devouring Beast's left arm. Lin Xiao's gaze instantly fixed on a silver-grey arm bone emitting a metallic sheen.

Soul bone?

In just a moment, Lin Xiao had already put it away and quickly looked around. Compared to this soul bone, the other gains seemed less important.

Although Sleepy Nightmare Douluo had prepared some resources for him to practice, he had never had such a thing as soul bones. After all, even Sleepy Nightmare Douluo himself had not collected six soul bones, so how could such a thing appear in Lin Xiao's hands.

After a moment's thought, Lin Xiao calmly dealt with the remaining corpse of the gold-devouring beast. He then glanced in the direction of the beast and quickly flew away. He wanted to find a place to absorb the soul bone as soon as possible.

Although a hundred thousand year soul beast must produce soul bones, how many people can deal with a hundred thousand year soul beast? An eighty thousand year soul bone is already extremely rare, let alone one from a powerful gold-devouring beast.

If he doesn't absorb it now, once he returns to Mingdu and is discovered by Sleepy Nightmare Douluo, it will be uncertain who will own this soul bone.

(End of this chapter)