Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 411 Removing Six Soul Bones

"You didn't come to me just to say these things, did you?" Xu Fu remained silent for a while before speaking slowly, "If you want to ask about the Sun Moon Continent, don't waste your time. I won't say anything, and don't even think about controlling me with your mental power. No matter what, I am a level 98 Title Douluo."

"I didn't expect you to speak." With Tang San's primordial spirit power, it wouldn't be difficult to read the memories in someone's soul. The difficulty lies in the fact that he has never tried the methods of reading soul memories before, and he might turn them into an idiot.

This time, the purpose was naturally to extract the other party's soul bone.

Soul bones have a physical form to the touch, but they are actually an energy product. Therefore, they can be absorbed by the human body, or they can be extracted under special circumstances.

For example, a level 100 power, which surpasses the strength of a mortal, can be extracted without harming the human body.

In the original story, the protagonist inherited the ninth trial of the Sea God, but the Sea God violently stripped away all the soul bones he had absorbed and transformed them into divine armor, making them part of the Sea God's divine armor.

Tang San discovered that extracting a soul bone was not actually that difficult. It was something that could be done with the power of a mortal. As long as one's own blood and qi were strong and pure, they would naturally reject the impure energy of a soul bone. Moreover, once one understood the way the soul power flowed inside the soul bone, one could use micro-manipulation of the soul power to sever the connection between the soul bone and the meridians in the body that circulate the soul power, thus separating it from the human body.

"Senior Chrysanthemum Douluo, Senior Bone Douluo, please hold down the other person's hands, feet, and head. They might be in a bit of pain," Tang San said to Chrysanthemum Fairy and Bone Douluo, then added to Xu Fu, "Just bear with it for a moment."

Xu Fu's eyes became wary, but amidst his seriousness, there was also a hint of fear: This guy, could he have some strange fetish?

Although Chrysanthemum Fairy and Bone Douluo found it strange, they still did as instructed.

Ning Fengzhi asked, "What does the Holy Son intend to do?"

"We can't keep his soul bone." After saying that, Tang San placed his hand on the other's right leg, infused it with soul power, and searched for the connection point between the right leg bone and the meridians on the thigh. His five fingers trembled continuously, resonating with the other's blood and qi, in order to find out which part of the body would be better to extract the soul bone.

Ning Fengzhi, thinking Tang San was going to cut off the other man's limbs, couldn't help but ask, "Didn't we promise the Sun and Moon enemy army that we'd go back to report?"

"Stripping away a soul bone doesn't necessarily mean cutting off limbs." As he spoke, Tang San suddenly clenched his right hand and pulled it outwards, and a soul bone shimmering with white light was slowly pulled out from Xu Fu's right leg.

"Stop!" Xu Fu's face contorted in pain as intense pain coursed through his entire body, making every cell in his body seem to tremble.

But at this moment, his soul power was sealed and his mental power was weak. In addition, he was held down by Chrysanthemum Fairy and Bone Douluo. No matter how hard he struggled, it was to no avail.

When Tang San held the entire right leg bone in his hand, Xu Fu's trembling body finally stopped slightly, and he gasped for breath.

The level 98 strength did not decrease due to the removal of the soul bone; only the physical strength was slightly reduced. The enhancement of the body by an external soul bone is divided into two types: First, after absorbing the soul bone, the power fluctuations of the soul bone itself will subtly enhance the soul master's physical qualities. This is a long process, and the enhancement effect is measured in years. Second, after absorbing the soul bone, the physical strength can be directly improved.

When the soul bone is removed without severing limbs, the second enhancement effect will disappear, but the first enhancement effect will be retained.

After all, the first type subtly strengthens every cell in the body, while the second type is equivalent to directly adding a "strengthening equipment".

If the equipment is lost, the enhancement effect will naturally disappear, leaving only the "weight training" effect.

"Incredible!" Ning Fengzhi stared at the 40,000-year-old right leg bone in Tang San's hand, a fleeting glint of greed in his eyes, but more so, shock at Tang San's technique.

Extracting the soul bone without severing limbs or killing someone... this was simply beyond their imagination.

"It's nothing. As long as you have the ultimate control over your Qi and blood, soul power, and a sufficient understanding of the human body, as well as the mental power to see through the energy flow within the soul bone, you can do it too."

Tang San placed the soul bone into the silver rope treasure pouch and then focused his gaze on Xu Fu's left leg.

Xu Fu has been equipped with soul bones in six places: his limbs, torso, and head. It will take quite a while to extract them all.

This guy was able to reach level 98, probably by absorbing these soul bones and refining the energy within them, plus some kind of external stimulus, forcibly boosting his level.

After all, judging from Tang San's perception, this guy's aura and the quality of his soul power were far inferior to the Golden Crocodile Douluo whom he had met once before.

"If you, Father-in-law, find a better soul bone in the future, you can come to me. I will safely remove the soul bone from your body and replace it with one that you think is better."

As he spoke, Tang San began to work, slowly extracting the soul bone from Xu Fu's left leg.

Upon hearing the word "father-in-law," Ning Fengzhi laughed and said, "Then I'll leave things to you, son-in-law."

An hour later, Xu Fu was completely exhausted, unable to move. His lifeless eyes murmured, "You demon... My Emperor will never let you go. When... He reigns over this... continent, you will all... bow down and kneel at his feet, becoming our slaves. Your descendants... will also... suffer the same fate."

After saying this, Xu Fu fainted.

Although the pain of having his soul bone removed was only momentary, and his soul power did not decrease, for an elderly man, that momentary pain was several times more painful than childbirth plus a mosquito bite.

Moreover, Tang San applied it six times.

The fact that he was able to stay conscious before passing out shows he has a strong will.

Ning Fengzhi felt that it would be best for him to avoid such "surgery" in the future, otherwise he would be too ashamed to face his son-in-law and others if they saw him in such an embarrassing state.

Among the six soul bones, the one with the highest age is the torso bone, which has reached the level of 60,000 years.

But what Tang San cared about was the head bone.

This soul bone is entirely black like crystal, radiating strong spiritual fluctuations. At its center is a pattern resembling an eye, and its age should be around 50,000 years.

The reason he cared was that Tang San couldn't tell what kind of soul bone it came from; it was probably a type from the Sun Moon Continent that didn't exist on the Douluo Continent.

"Dark attribute, one eye, it should be the Evil Eye Tyrant," Tang San guessed. He put the last piece of soul bone he had dug out into his silver rope pouch, then asked Fairy Chrysanthemum to look after Xu Fu before leaving with Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo...

(End of this chapter)