Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 376 Soul Bones Are Everywhere

"On the mainland, even a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone would cause soul masters to fight tooth and nail for it. But now that we've ventured deep into the sea, ten-thousand-year-old soul bones are as common as they come, and you can even get a hundred-thousand-year-old soul bone."

"Give me a break! Without the Pavilion Master and Sister Xiaobai backing us up, we'd all be dead, not even a speck of dust left. What are we even thinking about for soul bones!"

"Now I finally understand why mainland Soul Masters dare not venture deep into the sea. If their strength is insufficient, venturing into the ocean is practically a matter of life and death!..."

As Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Xie Yue, and the others grilled meat, they reminisced about their journey, feeling as if they were in a dream. They said they could brag about it for the rest of their lives when they returned to the mainland.

"Sister Xiaobai, don't you think it's too cruel of us to kill so many soul beasts?"

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the others looked at Xiao Bai. This time, they had killed a lot of sea spirit beasts. They wondered how the Demon Soul Great White Shark King viewed them.

"Won't!"

"That's the law of survival in the ocean: it's either you or me."

Xiao Bai quickly shook his head, not taking these things to heart.

"Xiao Bai herself is being targeted by other 100,000-year-old soul beasts, so where would she find any sympathy? Think about it, when we first encountered those two Titan-type Yao Fish Kings, they just started killing indiscriminately without even saying hello. If Xiao Bai hadn't reacted quickly enough, she might have been in trouble."

Although Jin Ling'er was a transformed Emperor Beast, she didn't have any affection for these brutal Soul Beasts.

"Little White, if you were to lead the Great White Shark clan to survive in this area, would you have a way to protect them?"

Looking at Xiaobai's sullen face, Ye Liangchen couldn't help but tease him.

"I myself am under attack at any moment, how can I protect my people?"

"Ye Liangchen, I've already told you. That title of 'one of the three great ocean overlords' is just because people don't understand it. That's why they gave us that title. We would never dare to call ourselves one of the three great ocean overlords. The real ocean overlord is the deep-sea demon whale king that you tricked to death before."

Little White pursed his lips in frustration. Every 100,000-year-old soul beast he encountered while accompanying Ye Liangchen's group to search for the Demonic Tiger Whale clan showed him no respect. They either slaughtered him indiscriminately or called him a lackey of the Sea God. It was infuriating.

"Sister Xiaobai, don't be angry! Have a piece of grilled meat first."

At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing took a large piece of fragrant roasted meat and handed it to Xiaobai.

"Thank you, Sister Zhuqing."

"Click, click..."

With delicious barbecue to eat, Xiaobai's depressed mood instantly vanished.

"Ha ha…!"

Feng Xiaotian and the others couldn't help but laugh when they saw Xiaobai's adorable, greedy appearance.

"Whoosh..."

Ye Liangchen cut off two pieces of roasted meat and threw them at the two demonic great white sharks guarding the shore.

"Click, click..."

"Squeak..."

The two guys suddenly opened their mouths wide, took a bite of the roasted meat, and then ate it with great relish, making smacking sounds as if they were talking about something.

"Ye Liangchen, they're expressing their gratitude to you, saying the barbecue is delicious."

Xiao Bai conveyed the message from the two Demon Soul Great White Sharks to Ye Liangchen: his two subordinates had been following everyone for almost a month and had eaten a lot of delicious barbecue, so their palates had probably become quite picky.

"Sister Xiaobai, these two great white sharks, which are over 70,000 years old, must be the most powerful ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in your clan, right?" Feng Xiaotian asked curiously.

"That's right. My younger brother was originally expected to grow into a 100,000-year-old soul beast, but unfortunately, he was killed by the Demonic Tiger Whale King when his cultivation was about to reach 80,000 years."

Xiao Bai recalled the scene of her younger brother's tragic death, and a sad expression appeared on her face, with tears streaming down her face.

"Don't be sad. We're here to help you get revenge, aren't we? Once we find the Demon Orca King, you can avenge your great grudge."

Ye Liangchen gently rubbed Xiaobai's hair, telling her not to think too much about sad things.

"Ye Liangchen, thank you!"

Xiao Bai wiped away her tears, revealing a tearful smile, and then gave Ye Liangchen a hug. This monstrous young man had deliberately instructed her not to bring her clansmen into battle, in order to prevent the deaths of her subordinates. If it weren't for protecting the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, she would have truly wanted to transform and cultivate again, to stay by his side forever.

"Sister Xiaobai, you still have us as your friends. Your problems are our problems."

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Hu Liena and others came over and hugged Xiao Bai. Although this girl was a 100,000-year-old demon soul great white shark, in everyone's eyes, she was just like a human girl and needed everyone's care.

"Sister Xiaobai, we'll be friends forever. Remember to visit mainland China sometime..."

Feng Xiaotian, Xie Yue, and the others expressed their affection for Xiaobai. Although they had previously called each other "Sister Xiaobai" just to enjoy more seafood feasts, after spending more than two years together, their feelings for each other were deeper than those for many human friends.

"Thank you all. It's an honor to have met you all."

Little White was deeply moved. Having so many human friends was the pinnacle of a fish's life.

"Squeak..."

Two demonic great white sharks in the shallows watched as Little White embraced a group of human women intimately, making strange noises. Tears welled up in their eyes, as if they were happy for Little White.

"Squeak..."

Seeing that his two subordinates were happy for him, Xiao Bai broke free from the women's embrace and walked to the two Demon Soul Great White Sharks. He emitted strange sound waves and ordered the two Demon Soul Great White Sharks to find the Evil Orca Clan.

"Squeak..."

"Splash, splash..."

The two demonic great white sharks received Little White's order and began swimming into the depths of the ocean to search for the whereabouts of the demonic killer whale clan.

Watching the two great white sharks disappear into the deep sea, Xiao Bai walked over with a heavy heart and continued eating barbecue with everyone.

"Sister Xiaobai, how long will it take for them to come back this time?"

Shui Bing'er and the others knew that Xiao Bai had sent the two Demon Soul Great White Sharks to gather information, but they didn't know if they had succeeded this time.

"It'll probably take a day or two, let's wait patiently!" Xiaobai nodded.

"Don't rush, we have plenty of time."

"Absorb the soul bones you've been allocated! Enhance your strength, especially you Soul Saints. Try your best to break through to Soul Douluo with the help of the soul bones. This will give you an extra edge in protecting yourself in this sea full of dangers."

Ye Liangchen instructed everyone to absorb soul bones to enhance their individual strength, aiming to annihilate the demonic tiger whale clan with overwhelming force.

The group hunted so many soul beasts this time, and they got fourteen 100,000-year soul bones, plus eight soul bones with an age of more than 50,000 years. Their luck was simply incredible.

Actually, it was because these soul beasts found themselves unable to defeat Ye Liangchen and his group during their battle, yet they couldn't escape either. Feeling extremely frustrated, they developed a great deal of resentment, which resulted in a very high chance of their soul bones dropping. This is why more than 20 ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts were able to drop 8 soul bones.

"Brothers and sisters, we need to become stronger, we can't keep holding the sect leader back."

Feng Xiaotian took out the 12-year-old deep-sea dragon wolf torso bone first. After absorbing this soul bone, he would have five soul bones. He only needed one more head soul bone to form a soul bone set. He hoped that he would make some gains in the coming period.

"Let's begin."

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Huo Wushuang and the other siblings took out their respective soul bones, walked to the stone slab not far away, sat down cross-legged, and began to absorb the soul bones.

Now that everyone has absorbed the soul bones, they all have more than four soul bones each. If the soul masters on the mainland knew that these guys possessed so many soul bones, they would definitely go crazy.

In addition to obtaining the Albatross's 100,000-year soul ring and soul bone, Bai Chenxiang also obtained a 50,000-year torso bone. She never thought that happiness would come so quickly.

"If the Grand Elder knew that these guys went out to sea and then all of them were promoted to Soul Douluo, he would probably be dumbfounded."

Little White reverts to its original form as the Demon Soul Great White Shark, quietly guarding the shore to protect everyone and prevent sea spirit beasts from disturbing them.

……

Seeing that Feng Xiaotian and the others were calmly absorbing the soul bones, Ye Liangchen flew directly to the deck of the large ship, created a divine consciousness avatar, and went to the depths of the sea to explore the whereabouts of the demonic tiger whale clan.

"Whoosh..."

"Xiao Chen, could you help replace Sister Ling's torso bone? And then replace it with this 100,000-year-old sea eagle torso bone?"

At this moment, Shui Bing'er led her sisters to the ship and proposed replacing Ye Lingling's torso bone, since Ye Lingling's torso bone was only 23000 years old, which was a bit too young.

"Replacing the torso bones? Is that even possible? It could damage the foundation."

Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, and the others were startled when they heard that Ye Lingling's torso would be replaced.

"I don't need to change it, right?"

When Ye Lingling heard Shui Bing'er's audacious idea, cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She thought to herself: "Big sister! Your love is too heavy. How can I bear it?"

However, if she could really replace it, Ye Lingling was prepared to endure it, since she could bear the pain of trying to break through to a 100,000-year soul ring, so replacing a soul bone was nothing.

"Sister Ling, don't worry, the torso and skull can actually be separated, but it's a bit more painful."

"Back then, when Sister Na helped me change my spirit rings, I directly shattered eight of them. The pain was like being torn apart by a thousand knives. Stripping away the spirit bones from my body is similar to that kind of pain. I just don't know if you can withstand it?"

Ye Liangchen reached out and wiped the cold sweat from Ye Lingling's forehead, telling her about the pain of having her body and soul bones replaced.

"Little Chen, I can handle it." Ye Lingling nodded firmly, indicating that she was not afraid of pain.

"I'll ask the goddess of life and see what she has to say."

When Ye Liangchen recalled the time when he inherited the divine position, he also had to peel off all his soul bones to form divine armor, and the pain was almost like being cut into a thousand pieces.

"Goddess sister, wake up..."

Then Ye Liangchen closed his eyes and used his soul to communicate with the divine thoughts in his soul sea.

"Hmm! Child, what's wrong?"

As Ye Liangchen called out, the statue-like Goddess of Life suddenly opened her eyes and came back to life.

"Goddess, I want to help her replace one of her body's soul bones... Could you help me?"

Ye Liangchen pointed at Ye Lingling and then told the Goddess of Life that he wanted to help her replace her torso bones.

"Such a small matter, of course you can do it. In fact, with your current strength, you can do it, it will just cause that girl a lot of pain."

"Here's what we'll do! Relax your mind, and I'll take control of your body to help that girl replace her soul bone, so she can suffer less pain."

Without a second thought, the Goddess of Life granted Ye Liangchen's request.

"Thank you, Goddess Sister."

Ye Liangchen relaxed his mind and let the Goddess of Life take control of his body.

"Buzzing..."

In an instant, Ye Liangchen's Life Goddess Martial Soul was summoned, and he transformed into the shape of the Life Goddess.

"Girl, sit cross-legged, relax your mind, and I will help you replace your torso and soul bones."

The Goddess of Life smiled gently at Ye Lingling, signaling the girl to get ready.

"oh!"

Ye Lingling immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, figuring that her little brother Xiao Chen would never harm her.

"You are a goddess, so where is little Chen?"

Shui Bing'er and the others thought Ye Liangchen had only used his Martial Soul True Body, but they didn't expect it to be a woman's voice. It must be the Goddess of Life controlling the little guy's body.

"He's here too. I'm just using his body to help this girl replace her torso."

The Goddess of Life looked at these lovely girls and saw that they all liked the little guy. A maternal smile appeared on her face. She was really popular as the successor.

"brush…"

With a casual wave of her hand, the Goddess of Life enveloped Ye Lingling in a ray of life-giving light, protecting her body. Then, she placed her hand on Ye Lingling's back and began to peel away her soul bone.

"Click..."

With a soft cracking sound, the torso and soul bones appeared in the delicate hand of the Goddess of Life.

"Ah ah..."

At that moment, Ye Lingling felt a numbness in her back, followed by a slashing sensation as if she were being cut with a knife. She couldn't help but scream in pain, but fortunately, the green light quickly healed the wound on her back.

"Whoosh..."

With a casual wave of her hand, the 100,000-year-old sea eagle skeleton in Shui Bing'er's hand slowly floated behind Ye Lingling.

"Girl, begin absorbing this soul bone."

The goddess of life's gentle voice rang out, reminding Ye Lingling to absorb the soul bone with all her might.

"Thank you, Goddess."

Ye Lingling bowed respectfully to the Goddess of Life and began to absorb the 100,000-year-old soul bone.

"My goddess, you are so beautiful!..."

Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the other maids watched as the Goddess of Life effortlessly replaced Ye Lingling's torso. They showered the Goddess of Life with praise, their eyes sparkling like little fangirls.

"Alright, I should go back now. Keep up the good work, because only by becoming a god can you be with him forever."

The goddess of life smiled gently, then returned to the little one's soul sea to continue sleeping.

"Goddess, we will definitely work hard!" The women firmly clenched their fists, determined to become gods.

After the Goddess of Life disappeared, Ye Liangchen immediately transformed back into his original form.

"Sister Ling succeeded! You can start absorbing now! I'll help those who need to change their soul bones."

Seeing that Ye Lingling was fully absorbing the 100,000-year-old sea eagle soul bone, Ye Liangchen reminded the other girls to hurry up and take action.

"Little Chen, hurry up and help your sister change."

Xue Wu and Dugu Yan immediately stretched out their long, beautiful legs, signaling the little guy to get to work. The 100,000-year soul bones that the two women obtained were leg bones, so they could only disassemble them first and then reassemble them.

"Sisters, it hurts a little to have my soul bones removed!"

Having experienced the excruciating pain of having his bones peeled away, Ye Liangchen reminded the two women to endure it.

"Little Chen, how much pain could it hurt? Is it about the same as when your hymen broke?"

Xue Wu smiled charmingly, then said something bold that completely stunned everyone.

"Pfft...! Xuewu, you're being lewd again."

"I remember you wanted to challenge Brother Ye before, and then you couldn't get up for two whole days!..."

"Snow Dance, let me see, has it already become an infestation?"

The women began to utter all sorts of suggestive remarks, teasing Xue Wu. Yu Hai Rou and Du Gu Yan even went so far as to physically grope Xue Wu, creating a very erotic scene.

"Haha...! Sisters, don't talk about me, aren't you all pretty much the same?..."

Ever since Xue Wu was dragged to the rescue by the Shui Bing'er sisters, she has been unstoppable, often sneaking into Ye Liangchen's room in the middle of the night, ostensibly to seek guidance.

"Alright, everyone, be serious."

Shui Bing'er reminded the women to stop fooling around. Fortunately, Feng Xiaotian and his group were a bit far away and were absorbing soul bones, otherwise they would have heard them.

"Yes, ma'am."

As soon as Shui Bing'er spoke, the women immediately stopped their fighting. Anyone who dared to disobey would be put in bed for three days and three nights by some devilish man.

"Xiao Chen, it's up to you now!"

Shui Bing'er gestured to Ye Liangchen to hurry up and get to work.

"The realm of life."

"Sisters, bear with me, I'm starting to peel the bones."

"Click..."

Ye Liangchen activated his Life Domain, enveloping everyone. Then, he placed his hands on the two women's beautiful legs and used his soul power to directly peel off their ten-thousand-year-old soul bones.

"Ahhh...!"

"That feeling was indeed very painful, but Xiao Chen cured it. That tingling, numb feeling was very comfortable, just like doing 'that'..."

The moment their soul bones were stripped away, the two women couldn't help but let out a delicate shout, and then they started uttering all sorts of wild and inappropriate words.

"Pfft..." The women were amused again by Xue Wu and Dugu Yan's raunchy remarks.

"Stop fooling around, hurry up and absorb the 100,000-year-old soul bone!" Shui Bing'er reminded the two girls from the side, urging them to get down to business.

"Okay, big sister."

"Buzzing..."

Xue Wu and Dugu Yan immediately took out 100,000-year-old soul bones from their soul tools, attached them to their legs, and began to fuse with them with all their might.

"Let's absorb it too!"

Yu Hairou, Gu Qingbo, Qiu Ruoshui, Shen Liuyu and the other girls also took out their respective 100,000-year soul bones and began to absorb them.

Yu Hairou and Shen Liuyu had already absorbed five soul bones before, leaving only the torso soul bone slot. Then they killed the guardian beast of Rakshasa Island that Ye Liangchen had captured, obtaining two torso bones. Ye Liangchen then put away the soul ring.

Gu Qingbo and Qiu Ruoshui obtained the same torso soul bone from killing the Titan Wenyao Fish King.

Now that the four women have absorbed the torso soul bones, all the soul bone slots on their bodies are full.

"Sister Zhuqing, you only have the torso soul bone left now. When fighting the Demon Orca King, remember to deliver the final blow to get the torso bone."

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er reminded the kitten to wait patiently, as this girl was the only one among the women who did not have a 100,000-year soul bone.

"I understand, sisters."

Zhu Zhuqing smiled sweetly, having already decided in her heart to take the spirit ring of that demonic orca king as her ninth spirit ring.

(End of this chapter)