Melee archer with maxed-out Douluo luck

Chapter 93 The Mutated Eight Spider Lances: I Raised Dugu Yan into Qian Renxue?

After wandering around for a while and taking care of his personal hygiene, when he returned to the camp, he found that Guangling and Dugu Yan had also woken up and the three of them were already eating.

Instead of joining in the fun, Han Li focused on honing his new skills. After evolving from elemental affinity to elemental control, he continuously experimented with developing new abilities.

Or rather, it wasn't development at all, but plagiarism—trying to replicate the moves from memory so that one could become a mage without using their martial spirit.

But to be honest, so far the results can only be described as mediocre.

He could easily perform simple compression, explosion, burning, shaping, solidification, and temperature control, but he was completely clueless about advanced techniques such as elementalization, creating clones, leaping through flames, and transferring across ice.

The elements are right there, ready to be molded and shaped, but they just can't be made to look like that, as if there's a pitiful barrier between them.

Guangling had finished breakfast first, and when she saw him fiddling with something again, she came over.

"Don't think about it for now. I've already told you, your level is still too low. Even if your mental strength reaches the Soul Saint level, it will be difficult for you to understand the things involved. Just like I can't describe the feeling of the Martial Soul True Body to you. Once you reach that level, you will naturally understand."

"In the cultivation of a Soul Master, the Soul Saint stage is the qualitative change, and the next step is to wait until the Super Douluo stage," Guang Ling said, sharing his cultivation experience.

"Yes, I know, Master. I'm just trying it out because I'm bored."

Han Li dispersed the elemental power in his hand and replied with a smile.

"Alright, go pack your things. They're almost finished eating. You two will have to go deeper on your own later. We won't easily take action against soul beasts under 20,000 years old."

Guangling patted his shoulder and then pointed to Dugu Yan, who kept glancing in their direction:

"Also, you can take a look at her external soul bone. It's quite interesting to see how it changes as her martial soul forms."

"Really? I'll go take a look."

Han Li walked over there.

"Xiao Li."

Seeing him approach, Dugu Yan stopped eating, stood up, and greeted him with a smile.

"It seems Sister Yan is in a good mood. I heard from Master that her external soul bone mutated after combining with her martial soul. Let me see."

Hearing his teasing words, Dugu Yan rolled her eyes at him and took a few steps to the side. A pair of dark red wings with purple-blue stripes and spikes appeared behind her.

"Um?"

Han Li noticed something was wrong with just a casual glance.

At this time, Dugu Yan did not possess a martial spirit, so the wing that looks like a weapon must be the original "Eight Spider Spears".

"I can practice dual swords with you in the future."

Dugu Yan looked at Han Li's expression with satisfaction, and then said something playful.

"Don't tell me you can detach your wings and use them as weapons?"

Upon hearing her words, Han Li naturally thought of this.

"It won't work under the current circumstances, but it will work after you have a Martial Soul."

Seeing that he had guessed it directly, Dugu Yan didn't waste any words and instantly completed the Martial Soul Possession.

The moment the Martial Soul possessed her, the physical wings and the energy wings overlapped, flashed with light as if echoing each other, and then two miniature wing blades fell into her hands.

"That's amazing! Can I take a look?"

Han Li's eyes lit up, wanting to see how these two swords differed from his martial spirit.

Here, take it.

Dugu Yan handed over the knife without hesitation.

Han Li took it and examined it carefully. He found that the feel of it was indeed quite different from that of a martial soul. Although it had a physical form, it felt like an energy materialization when he gripped it tightly. It was also very light. However, the purple-blue barbs around the outer blade were exactly the same as the barbs on a real spider leg, both gorgeous and ferocious.

"Is this considered a skill of the Soul Bone?" Han Li asked casually.

"I guess so. I've discovered that this soul bone doesn't seem to have any active skills. I have to learn and develop all its abilities myself. So far, besides turning it into a weapon, I've only found that it has the ability to extract and store poison at will. The poison and fire poison of the martial soul are also stored inside. Hmm, it also has a certain ability to devour, whether it's soul power or life force."

"Like this."

As she spoke, Dugu Yan picked up the remaining knife, walked to a large tree nearby, and slashed at it. She saw scorch marks and obvious black corrosion marks appear on the tree trunk.

Then, a faint green tinge flowed along the blade into Dugu Yan's body, and near the blade mark, the tree trunk clearly showed signs of drying out.

"Don't reveal this ability in front of others, and it should be controllable, right? How's the absorption effect?"

Han Li's expression became slightly serious. He didn't think there was anything wrong with this ability, but his opinion differed from everyone else's. Moreover, they weren't strong enough yet, and this ability could easily be used as an excuse to attack them.

"Yes, don't worry, I can control it myself. If I don't transform it into a blade, when I devour something, eight energy lines will appear from my wings. It's too obvious. Besides, Senior Guangling has already reminded me. I won't abuse this ability."

"As for the effect of absorption, it's so-so. It's probably because the soul bone is still young, so a lot of it naturally dissipated. For example, after that slash just now, I only felt a little bit more energetic. If I don't consciously try to feel it, I don't even feel anything. Maybe it will improve as I grow."

Dugu Yan answered seriously, she didn't want to become a degenerate soul master that everyone hated.

"Um."

Han Li handed the wing blade back, indicating that it was ready.

Dugu Yan casually took the swords, tossed them behind her without even looking at them, and the two wing blades disappeared.

"Sister Yan, you could try combining Martial Soul Possession with the use of external Soul Bones; that would make it easier to conceal," Han Li suggested.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. When the time comes, people will only think it's my soul skill and won't even realize it's a soul bone skill. By the way, what do you think of calling it Flame Spirit Wing Blade?"

"Yes, as long as you like it."

Han Li smiled. He was aware of his own naming abilities, so he didn't interfere.

Dugu Yan tried several more times before she finally managed to combine the two summoning modes. She even happily waved her wings, conjured Flame Spirit Wing Blades, and performed a few low-altitude dives in a very professional manner before finally calming down.

Han Li, watching her actions from the side, felt a strange sense of familiarity.

After a long while, he realized that it was impossible not to be familiar with her. Just by looking at her appearance, Dugu Yan was a perfect replica of Qian Renxue, or at least a low-end version. After all, the difference in their martial spirits and strength was obvious.

"Does this mean I raised Dugu Yan into Qian Renxue?" he thought to himself, jokingly.

(End of this chapter)