Douluo: Dream Overlord

"What's wrong, Father?"

Looking at Shi Nian's incredulous expression, Shi Guang asked curiously.

"Dissect this human-faced spider and see," Shi Nian said without answering, his face filled with utter disbelief.

Shi Guang paused for a moment upon hearing this, then seemed to understand something, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

He used Bai Meng's staff to smash the human-faced spider from top to bottom, and suddenly felt the staff vibrate.

Shi Guang was somewhat surprised, as his mithril staff had the effect of absorbing shockwaves, which could absorb and reduce almost all physical attacks.

However, a vibration was felt on the human-faced spider, which showed how hard the object that was hit was.

He crouched down, wrapped his hands in his soul power, and began searching through the mangled, bloodied body of the human-faced demon spider.

Finally, I felt something hard on its back.

He violently pried open the back of the human-faced demon spider with his hands, revealing a crystal-clear soul bone inside.

"Could this be!?"

Time stepped on the back of the human-faced demon spider and pulled out the soul bone inside.

puff!

Purple blood spurted from the back of the still-warm human-faced spider. Shi Guang took a few steps back to avoid the spray, and looked down at the soul bone in his hand with excitement.

"My God! This is unbelievable! It's actually Tang San's external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances!?"

Looking at the external soul bone with eight sharp spikes on its back, even someone with the composure to hold time couldn't help but be surprised.

He randomly picked a human-faced spider, but how did it end up being the same one that attacked Tang San?

This was no coincidence; it was a mysterious destiny guiding him.

He looked at Shi Nian, who looked at him with a complicated expression and said, "Absorb the spine of a ten-thousand-year-old man first, then absorb the ribs of a thousand-year-old man. That way there is no conflict."

"You should absorb it here! It's better to wait until things get complicated."

These words are spoken to time, and also to myself.

After giving Shi Nian the brow bone of the Thousand-Year Mind-Capturing Demon to Shi Guang for the first time, she made a special trip to look up knowledge about soul bones and did a thorough review.

He realized that even if he disregarded family ties and absorbed the soul bone on the spot, it would be to no avail.

Because external soul bones can only be absorbed before one possesses a main area soul bone; they cannot be integrated into the body afterward.

He already possessed a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual skull, so this brow bone was destined to be unabsorbable.

Now that he is about to break through to Soul Saint, once he reaches the Soul Saint level, spiritual soul bones will be of little use to him, but his son, who is a spiritual soul bone, is more suitable to absorb than he is.

Therefore, in order to prevent myself from suddenly succumbing to temptation, it would be best to let my son absorb it now.

Shi Guang looked at Shi Nian and noticed the struggle in his eyes. He nodded and, without hesitation, made the decision to absorb the two external soul bones right there.

Shi Guang sat down on the spot with his legs crossed, and Shi Nian applied a layer of mental energy film to him.

Shi Guang first absorbed the spine of the Ten-Thousand-Year Nightmare Beast, and then took the long spine out of the soul tool.

The absorption of soul bones is the same as that of soul rings; it is done through contact with soul power.

However, the spiritual power contained in the soul bone is very small; what it contains is mostly soul power.

With the help of the Soul Sect's soul power, Time easily absorbed all the soul power inside.

His soul power instantly reached level 45, and his mental power also experienced a small increase.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone comes with a skill called Fear Soul Absorption.

Fear Soul Absorption consumes mental energy to release, allowing it to absorb and store the negative emotions of Soul Masters whose strength is not much greater than its own, and then release them.

The released emotions will trigger corresponding negative emotions in the Soul Masters they encounter.

Absorbing negative emotions is a passive skill that doesn't consume much soul power, but releasing them requires mental energy, and the amount of mental energy required is astonishing.

Even with his current mental strength, releasing the Fear Soul Absorption a few times would probably take his life.

He then took out the Eight Spider Spears with attached soul bones, and after absorbing them effortlessly, his soul power reached level 46 in one fell swoop.

The effect of the Eight Spider Lances is simple: it can absorb and filter soul power, and it can also release soul power to others, thus acting as a transfer station for soul power.

"My soul power is still a bit weak right now. After tempering, my soul power should be around level 43."

Time pondered this.

The soul power gained from absorbing two external soul bones surpassed that of other soul masters who had cultivated diligently for years.

"How is it?" Shi Nian asked with concern.

"Very good, I have obtained two good soul bones and soul skills, and my level has also reached level 46."

Time smiled and said.

As he explained the abilities of the soul bone, Shi Nian's face lit up with surprise.

"Excellent! Truly remarkable! A divine skill for absorbing negative emotions in battle! A divine skill for absorbing soul power to sustain yourself! You actually obtained two divine skills that suit you perfectly!"

Shi Nian smiled with a hint of bitterness.

Shi Guang's eyes narrowed. After fusing with the Nightmare Beast's spine, his mental power seemed to have a probing attribute, and he was able to sense some negative emotions emanating from Shi Nian.

If you carefully use your mental energy to sense it, a feeling of regret and resentment will well up in your heart.

This is... an emotional reenactment!?

Shi Guang was somewhat surprised. Was this a passive ability that came with the ten-thousand-year-old soul bone?

As time passed and the smiling Shi Nian was observed, Shi Nian's heart gradually calmed down.

Yes, he forgot something.

That is, although Shi Nian is his father, he is ultimately a villain.

If such a villainous character can be so cruel as to harm his own child, how much more so would he be tempted by an external soul bone?

If it were Shi Guang, and someone were absorbing an external soul bone right under his nose, even if that person was a relative, he would probably kill them without hesitation.

Put yourself in his shoes; if he's like that, then you can imagine how villains like Shi Nian would feel.

Thinking of this, he secretly became wary of Shi Nian.

Even now, when facing a thousand-year-old or ten-thousand-year-old soul bone, Shi Nian can still remain calm. What if he were to have a hundred-thousand-year-old soul bone in the future?

That's how people are; when faced with interests, even one's own siblings and closest relatives must be guarded against.

Time is not something to gamble with one's life; it's best to be more careful from now on!

After calmly stabilizing the somewhat turbulent soul power within their bodies, the two returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy by carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Shi Guang gazed at the scenery rushing past the window and began to ponder.

He had now reached the Soul Master realm and had absorbed two Soul Bones, greatly increasing his spiritual power. It seemed that he could now realize his plan.

That was what he had envisioned: when he was curing Dugu Yan's poison, he would use his mental strength to invade her consciousness and leave his influence with his soul skills.

Now, not only is his mental strength higher than he originally expected after becoming a Soul Master, but he has also acquired a fourth Soul Ring that can be described as a divine skill.

"Just wait! The Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire! And the Treasure Basin! I'm coming!"

Shi Guang, filled with ambition, looked at the approaching Heavenly Dou Royal Academy and muttered to himself.