Douluo Continent: I, Long Aotian, will not be a supporting character.

Du Bisi watched this scene, a glint of light flashing in his eyes: "It seems that the bloodline power of the Rift Sea Profound Dragon Whale has further strengthened Aotian's Martial God Body. This fourth soul ring was the right choice."

Long Yuanba and Ao Yumou stood aside, watching their son absorb the soul ring, a gratified smile on their faces.

As the life force of the Rift Sea Black Dragon Whale completely dissipated, a strange energy fluctuation suddenly arose around its enormous corpse.

Seeing this, Du Bisi channeled his soul power, and a beam of light appeared on the head of the Rift Sea Black Dragon Whale.

Unlike the ascension of the spirit rings, a dazzling purple-gold light suddenly exploded from the broken horn of the whale corpse, as if to pierce the darkness of the deep sea.

The light did not dissipate, but quickly condensed, eventually transforming into a bone crystal about one foot long, with spatial ripples flowing throughout.

It hovered there silently, radiating an aura even sharper than that of the soul beast itself.

Long Yuanba's pupils constricted sharply, his voice tinged with excitement, "Another external soul bone?! And it's from the most exquisite horn of the Rift Sea Black Dragon Whale!"

External soul bones are already incredibly rare and hard to come by, let alone top-tier external soul bones that possess spatial attributes and originate from dragon-blooded soul beasts.

Poisonous Death reached out and grabbed it in his hand.

Two hours later, Long Aotian, who was in a state of excitement after absorbing the soul ring, also woke up and saw the external soul bone in Du Bisi's hand.

After seeing Long Aotian finish absorbing the soul ring, Du Bisi said, "Aotian, sometimes I even wonder if you're the heavens' favorite son. This is only the third external soul bone you've encountered so far. Take it; it's an opportunity bestowed upon you by the heavens. The unicorn horn of the Rift Sea Xuanlong Whale contains terrifying power capable of tearing through space, and it's called 'Rending Heaven.' If it merges into your body, your attack power will experience a qualitative leap."

Looking at the soul bone radiating an alluring glow, Long Aotian felt his fourth soul ring stirring wildly within him, as if he had encountered a long-lost relative. Without hesitation, he nodded: "I want it!"

Du Bisi smiled and handed the "Heaven-Splitting Unicorn External Soul Bone" to Long Aotian.

Long Aotian received the soul bone with both hands, took a deep breath, and guided his soul power into it. In an instant, the purple-gold soul bone seemed to come alive, transforming into a stream of light that surged wildly into his right palm.

For external soul bones like dragon horns, which are special parts of the body, soul masters can choose where to fuse them. If they were fused to the forehead, it would look too strange, so Long Aotian chose to fuse them to his right hand.

"Well!"

Long Aotian groaned, feeling an extremely domineering force surge into the meridians of his right arm. It felt as if a raging dragon was trying to break through his bones. Excruciating pain struck, but he gritted his teeth, relying on his unwavering willpower to persevere.

A sharp ray, over a foot long, rapidly materialized on the middle finger of his right palm, gleaming with a chilling light.

A moment later, the light faded.

Long Aotian slowly opened his eyes, and with a gentle flick of his right hand, the surrounding air emitted a crisp crackling sound, as if even space itself was torn apart by this single finger.

"Such sharp attack power..." Long Aotian looked at his right hand, his eyes filled with wild joy. "From now on, you will be called Sky-Splitting Light!"

The Western Sea, 8,000 kilometers deep, is devoid of human presence.

In this boundless sea, a streak of light was flying at high speed.

It was Long Aotian and his group. After Long Aotian absorbed the soul ring and soul bone of the Rift Sea Profound Dragon Whale, the group set off again to search for a 100,000-year-old turtle-like soul beast in the deep sea.

At this moment, a golden phantom was perched on Long Yuanba's left shoulder; it was the soul of a 100,000-year-old golden tortoiseshell.

Because it was a voluntary sacrifice, and because the golden tortoise itself is an auspicious creature among turtles with powerful soul energy, it has awakened from its soul bone and can temporarily appear in the outside world in the form of a soul body.

It is using its auspicious power as the emperor of turtles to sense the 100,000-year-old turtle-type soul beasts in the sea. As the emperor of turtles, it can sense any turtle-type soul beast, even if it is hundreds of miles away.

Finally, a glint of light suddenly flashed in its tiny eyes, and it said, "About a hundred kilometers to the right front, there is the aura of a powerful turtle-type soul beast."

Upon hearing the golden hawksbill turtle's words, a glint of anticipation flashed in everyone's eyes, and they sped off in the direction the golden hawksbill turtle pointed.

Suddenly, a white light shone in the deep blue sea.

At first, they were just scattered lights, like fireflies in the deep sea. But soon, these lights merged into one, illuminating the surrounding hundreds of meters of sea as if it were daytime.

"That's... crystal?" Ao Yumou asked.

What appeared before the four of them was a vast underwater crystal forest.

Countless crystal pillars of varying thicknesses grew from the seabed and pierced the sky, each radiating a pure and cold energy fluctuation.

"Crystal Forest! I know what kind of spirit beasts live here now," the golden hawksbill turtle said upon seeing the scene.

"This is the territory of the Crystal Turtle Soul Beast. The Crystal Turtle can be said to be the most beautiful among turtle-type Soul Beasts. The entire clan is female, and they can only reproduce by interbreeding with other turtle-type Soul Beasts. Therefore, the Crystal Turtle clan has a variety of abilities that are not entirely fixed. However, the Crystal Turtle also has two very special fixed racial abilities: one is the ability to crystallize various energies, and the other is the possession of crystal images, which allows it to replicate the skills of Soul Beasts it has seen."

"Be careful, don't touch the crystals here easily, they will absorb your soul power." As the emperor of turtles, the Golden Hawksbill Turtle is obviously very knowledgeable about various turtle soul beasts and their living environment.

Long Aotian stared intently at the crystal forest. He could sense that beneath this beautiful scenery lay an ancient and desolate aura.

The aura wasn't as violent as that of the Rending Sea Black Dragon Whale; rather, it was like a majestic mountain, so heavy that it was hard to breathe.

"There it is." The golden tortoiseshell suddenly pointed to the center of the Crystal Forest.

Surrounded by countless crystal pillars, a massive reef lay there silently. At first glance, it was just an ordinary reef covered with moss and barnacles. But Long Aotian keenly noticed that the edges of that "reef" had extremely regular undulations.

It is breathing.

With each breath, the turbulent undercurrents around him are soothed by a gentle force.

"What a beautiful 100,000-year-old... Crystal Turtle, no, this is no ordinary crystal turtle. It is actually a crystal dragon turtle that contains the bloodline of the dragon race. It has already reached the level of the emperor among turtles, just like me."

Golden Tortoiseshell gasped, "I never expected to be able to find the Crystal Dragon Turtle."