The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 16 Skeleton Martial Soul, Undead Power

"Hmm. That makes sense. Then starting tomorrow, we'll also use our evenings to search for soul beasts."

Teacher Mo said worriedly, "However, it will be very dangerous to travel in the Soul Beast Forest at night, A Liang. You must stay by my side at all times. Rest for tonight and get plenty of rest."

"Okay. Thank you for keeping watch." With that, Xia Liang got up and went back into the tent.

Teacher Mo continued to sit in front of the grill and eat the roasted meat.

Back inside the tent, after much deliberation, Xia Liang suddenly stepped outside as if he had made a decision.

Teacher Mo looked at Xia Liang with a puzzled expression, "Do you also have the habit of urinating before bed?"

"I didn't come out to pee. Teacher Mo, I want to show you something."

As he spoke, Xia Liang released his Skeleton Martial Soul, and a purplish-black aura condensed around his body, forming a blackish-purple ribcage that covered his entire body.

Level 10 soul power was injected into the Skeleton Martial Soul, activating the undead attribute.

Xia Liang raised his hand and waved it. Between him and Teacher Mo, a whooshing sound rang out, and clusters of blackish-purple ghost flames the size of human heads were ignited one after another.

Looking at the will-o'-the-wisps arranged in a straight line, Teacher Mo was stunned for a moment. These will-o'-the-wisps appeared out of thin air like ghosts, giving people a sinister and eerie feeling.

If Tang Hao were here, he would definitely be able to discover that the eerie and strange aura contained in these clusters of blackish-purple ghost flames is actually the same as the aura on Ghost Douluo's body—it comes from the aura of death.

Or perhaps it's the aura of a ghost.

Having already died once, Xia Liang, with the blessing of his Skeleton Martial Soul, became a living dead who was both human and ghost, just like Ghost Douluo.

As an extremely yin entity, it is not afraid of the intense sunlight, but the black-purple ghost fire summoned by activating its necromancy attribute is afraid of sunlight.

Therefore, this ability can only be used at night.

Recovering from her surprise, Teacher Mo instinctively stood up and assumed a fighting stance.

The twenty dark purple will-o'-the-wisps lined up in front of me were so eerie and terrifying that they gave me a sense of threat.

"These will-o'-the-wisps are an inherent attribute ability of the Skeleton Martial Soul. Doesn't a fire-attribute Martial Soul, after being imbued with the spirit, grant the Soul Master the ability to control and use flames?"

After hearing Xia Liang's explanation, Teacher Mo's tense state relaxed a bit, and she asked with a puzzled look, "Does your skeleton martial soul have fire attributes?"

"I guess so. Anyway, these will-o'-the-wisps are generated by my martial soul attribute."

Having already revealed the abilities of the undead to outsiders, it's certainly not acceptable to reveal to outsiders that these are undead powers.

Therefore, Xia Liang could only vaguely describe the undead attribute of the Skeleton Martial Soul as the fire attribute.

Fortunately, martial souls are incredibly diverse, and even shadow martial souls can possess fire attributes.

Therefore, it is not surprising that there are skeleton martial souls with fire attributes.

Teacher Mo seemed to believe this explanation. After learning the origin of these dark purple will-o'-the-wisps, her panicked expression turned into a wry smile. "What are you trying to do by making these will-o'-the-wisps? You're not just trying to scare me, are you?"

"Of course not. These will-o'-the-wisps themselves have no combat power and are easier to destroy than blue silver grass. But they can float in mid-air like intangible ghosts and act according to my will."

After hearing this explanation, Teacher Mo was stunned. Although he was not a top expert, he could still analyze the strength of a certain ability.

If these will-o'-the-wisps could truly act according to their master's will, wouldn't the effect of this martial soul attribute be comparable to a certain reconnaissance-type soul skill?

"Talented skills?" Teacher Mo said the word subconsciously.

"What is that?" Xia Liang feigned ignorance.

Teacher Mo said excitedly, "The innate skills of a martial soul do not need to be acquired by absorbing a soul ring; they are possessed when the martial soul awakens. Martial souls of the Ant Queen and Ant Emperor levels are born with the ability to control ants, and even have a good suppressive effect on ant-type martial souls or soul beasts."

"As far as I know, only high-quality martial souls can come with innate skills. Ah Liang, although your skeleton martial soul only has the rib area, it is undoubtedly a high-quality martial soul. No wonder you have innate level 5 soul power."

"Teacher Mo, I don't understand what you're saying," Xia Liang tried to change the subject. "Let's talk about how to find soul beasts instead. I can only summon these will-o'-the-wisps at night. From now on, we can find soul beasts ourselves during the day and have these will-o'-the-wisps help us find them at night, which will greatly improve our efficiency."

"That's right. If these will-o'-the-wisps can act according to your will, they can definitely help in finding soul beasts." A strange look flashed in Teacher Mo's eyes. "Ah Liang, with only level ten soul power, how many will-o'-the-wisps can you summon?"

"If I control the consumption of my soul power, I can summon a maximum of twenty will-o'-the-wisps," Xia Liang said after thinking for a moment. "However, correspondingly, the more will-o'-the-wisps I summon, the worse their quality becomes, and they are very easily dissipated by external forces."

"Quality isn't important; the key is that it can move autonomously." Teacher Mo asked with interest, "What is the range of the will-o'-the-wisps you summon?"

"My will-o'-the-wisps are only affected by external forces and sunlight, and have no distance or other limitations. As long as they are not destroyed, they can move freely according to my will."

"That's wonderful, Ah Liang. I invited you to join my mercenary group before simply to broaden your horizons as a senior member. I also planned to have you work as a cook or do odd jobs in the group. Now, your will-o'-the-wisp ability is perfect for finding soul beasts."

Teacher Mo walked up to Xia Liang, his face beaming with excitement, and said, "Think about it. During the day, we rely on manpower to find soul beasts. At night, we rely on these will-o'-the-wisps. Working 24 hours a day without interruption, how efficient would that be in finding soul beasts?"

"Furthermore, these will-o'-the-wisps can explore dangerous places we dare not set foot in, even tracking the soul beasts we need, or interfering with their pursuit to buy time to escape. Your innate skill is simply a divine ability for a mercenary group!"

"Yes." Xia Liang thought so too, which is why he was confident that as long as he had enough knowledge of soul beasts, he could find a suitable soul beast as a soul ring for his skeleton martial soul.

It is also thanks to my increasing proficiency in using the Skeleton Martial Soul over the past two years that I have been able to create the ability to summon ghost fire through the undead attribute.

"The Netherworld Bear is mostly found at night. And coincidentally, my Ghost Fire can only be used at night too," Xia Liang suggested. "Teacher Mo, let's try using Ghost Fire these next few nights. If we still can't find a Soul Beast like the Netherworld Bear, we'll have to consider using other Soul Beasts as Soul Rings."

Teacher Mo nodded.

After reaching a consensus, Xia Liang raised his hand and waved it. The twenty black and purple ghost flames lined up in a row flew in all directions as if they had received a command.

At the same time, a feeling of weakness arises.

Xia Liang's meager level 10 soul power has been almost completely depleted.

Summoning will-o'-the-wisps doesn't actually require much soul power.

However, we are still relatively unfamiliar with controlling the consumption of soul power.

As a Soul Master, learning to precisely control one's own Soul Power consumption is also a required course.

(End of this chapter)