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

Chapter 21 Undead Attributes and Skulls

Arriving at the back of the academy, Xia Liang climbed the slope to the top of the mountain, intending to study the attributes of the stronger undead. However, he was surprised to find that the mountaintop he frequented was occupied.

At this moment, in the central area of ​​the mountaintop, there were twenty senior students standing there.

In addition, the work-study students in Dormitory 7 were also there.

Lin Xiaohe, Wang Sheng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, along with a group of more than ten work-study students, stood facing the twenty senior students, creating a tense atmosphere.

Among the twenty senior students, Xiao Chenyu was the leader.

Xia Liang immediately guessed that it must be Xiao Wu, the leader of the seventh dormitory, who brought Wang Sheng and others to the back mountain of the academy to duel with Xiao Chenyu and other noble students. This plot also exists in the original work.

The two people currently dueling are a noble student and Tang San.

A yellow spirit ring was flashing on Tang San's body, clearly indicating that he had already become a one-ring spirit master.

According to the original story, Tang San should have been taken by Yu Xiaogang to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a soul ring.

The master and disciple unexpectedly encountered the four-hundred-year-old Mandala Serpent. Yu Xiaogang was no match for it, so he took Tang San and fled.

In the end, Tang San used the Tang Sect's ultimate techniques and hidden weapons to defeat the Mandala Snake.

Judging from the way Tang San fought with that noble student, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass spirit, just like in the original story, should have absorbed the spirit ring of the Mandragora Serpent, which is why he possesses the first spirit skill, Entanglement.

This made Xia Liang feel strange, since he had previously exchanged his nonsensical theories for Yu Xiaogang's copy of the Soul Beast.

Among those nonsensical theories, some mentioned that the poison attribute could transform Blue Silver Grass into a highly aggressive combat-type martial soul, and that the Blue Silver Grass's easily broken nature would help it to be transformed into highly poisonous fragments for attack.

Logically, after obtaining this nonsensical theoretical knowledge, Yu Xiaogang should have allowed Tang San to put this theory into practice.

Therefore, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul's first spirit ring should have increased poison attribute and made it more fragile, so how could it still be the entanglement of the Mandragora Snake?

Has Yu Xiaogang already discovered that those theories are nonsense?

Xia Liang immediately rejected this conjecture, believing that his rambling theory had already touched Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San didn't add the characteristics of being highly poisonous and easily broken to his Blue Silver Grass spirit, probably because he happened to encounter a 400-year-old Mandragora Snake spirit ring at the time, so Yu Xiaogang let him absorb it first.

Xia Liang didn't care much about this outcome. He wasn't fixated on harming Tang San, nor did he care whether Yu Xiaogang believed those nonsensical theories.

The main purpose at the time was to exchange for knowledge about soul beasts, and now that we have the soul beast manuscript given by Yu Xiaogang, the purpose has been achieved.

"Ah Liang?" Wang Sheng's voice suddenly rang out. "Are you Ah Liang?"

The work-study students, led by Xiao Wu, all looked at her with surprise.

At this moment, Xia Liang, who was pale and withered, looked very different from before. He had also grown taller and stronger, making him easy to mistake for someone else.

Tang San and the noble student suddenly stopped fighting and looked towards Xia Liang's position.

Xia Liang smiled at the questioning looks from the crowd.

"Is it really you?" Wang Sheng ran up to Xia Liang, his eyes filled with disbelief. "Ah Liang, you used to be so handsome! How did you suddenly become like this?"

"By the way, weren't you going with Teacher Mo to get a spirit ring? Are you already a spirit master?"

"Yeah. I was lucky. I got a hundred-year spirit ring." As he spoke, Xia Liang glanced at Xiao Chenyu and the others, then looked at Xiao Wu's group, feigning ignorance as he asked, "Are you guys dueling?"

"Yeah! Sister Xiaowu said she's going to lead us to beat up those noble students who bully us all the time." Wang Sheng excitedly raised his fist. "A Liang, you should join us too! With Tang San and Sister Xiaowu, we'll have three Soul Masters on our side. We'll definitely make Xiao Chenyu and the others run for their lives!"

Upon hearing this, the twenty people led by Xiao Chenyu huddled together in fear. Tang San alone had already driven them into a rout; if there were another Soul Master with a hundred-year Soul Ring, wouldn't it be the end of the noble academy?

"We work-study students can't keep getting bullied," Tang San said to Xia Liang. "They must have bullied you too, right? If you join us, I can give you my spot."

"No. Although I've already obtained my first spirit ring, my spirit is still useless except for defense. Rather than letting me go out and get beaten up, I'd rather give it to you."

At this point, Xia Liang tentatively asked, "Tang San, how come your Blue Silver Grass martial soul has such powerful combat strength? I saw it just now; the opponent had absolutely no chance to fight back. Shouldn't Blue Silver Grass be a useless martial soul?"

"There are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters. Nothing is impossible in this world. If you have a master to guide your cultivation, the skeleton martial spirit will not be limited to just rib defense."

After hearing this story, Xia Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this Tang San had just transmigrated from the Tang Sect, rather than being the reincarnation of the Five Gods King Tang San.

Because God King Tang San could not possibly regard Yu Xiaogang as a master teacher, and even less could he allow the Blue Silver Grass to absorb the poisonous Mandragora Snake soul ring.

"Xia Liang, if you're not going to join the duel, you can go back." Standing with a group of work-study students, Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips, her rosy face beaming with a smug smile. "We've requisitioned this place. We'll beat Xiao Chenyu and his gang up on you."

"Okay. Thank you." Xia Liang replied and turned to walk down the slope.

He didn't join the duel because he didn't want to expose the abilities of his Skeleton Martial Soul.

With Xiao Wu and Tang San both there, who knows if Tang Hao might also be nearby keeping watch?

As stated in the original work, Tang Hao has a grudge against the Spirit Hall. If he were to discover that he and Ghost Douluo, an elder of the Spirit Hall, are both living dead, it would definitely cause him unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, it's best not to get involved in these meaningless struggles.

In a few days, once the application for early graduation is approved, I can leave Notting Academy and escape Tang Hao's surveillance. From now on, I won't have to hide my cultivation of the undead attribute of the Skeleton Martial Soul.

Thinking of this, Xia Liang felt much more at ease.

The following day, at 9 PM.

Notting College, behind the hill.

Since Xiao Wu led the Seven Dormitory work-study students to fight Xiao Chenyu and others on the mountaintop, Xia Liang has abandoned the mountaintop as a place for cultivation.

He found a secluded spot in the back mountains and began some kind of experiment using meditation.

Xia Liang had been in a state of high concentration for an hour. He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, seemingly under immense pressure, even though he was meditating. Beads of sweat kept sliding down his pale and thin face.

Three minutes later.

Xia Liang opened his eyes abruptly as if waking from a dream, gasping for breath.

Before him, a ball of dark purple will-o'-the-wisp suddenly vanished.

After calming down and adjusting his mental state, Xia Liang shook his head with difficulty. He had just been trying to condense the black-purple ghost fire, his spiritual power, and his soul power into the shape of a skull.

Currently, the undead attribute attached to the Skeleton Martial Soul has become more powerful, allowing the summoned black and purple ghost flames to become anthropomorphic and possess a certain degree of sentience.

If the dark purple ghost fire could be transformed into the shape of a skull, it could not only be used to find soul beasts, but also for attacking or interfering with them.

Unfortunately, turning the dark purple will-o'-the-wisp into a skull is incredibly difficult.

Because the black-purple will-o'-the-wisp and the skull are completely different in structure.

The dark purple ghost fire is like a ball of flame, with a simple form that can be created without the need for a large amount of mental or soul power.

In comparison, a skull is as complex as the human brain. To sculpt a complete skull, one not only needs a sufficiently powerful necromantic attribute, but also needs to consume more soul power and mental energy.

(End of this chapter)