"No comment. As long as we don't interfere with each other, all is well. Farewell!"
With that said, while guarding against a sneak attack from Bibi Dong and her group, Mu Yang, together with Huo Lie and the other four, flew off into the sky to leave.
When he saw that the person who had arrived was Bibi Dong, Mu Yang had indeed considered ambushing her right here in the Star Dou Great Forest.
But on second thought, he dismissed the idea.
Bibi Dong was no weakling. Even with the Rakshasa God Trial limiting her strength, he wasn't fully confident in being able to detain her.
The age of external spirit bones could increase with the soul master's level. Since Bibi Dong was a level 99 Peerless Douluo, her external spirit bone—the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings—must have surpassed 900,000 years.
With such a high-aged flight-type external spirit bone, her flying speed was definitely astonishing. Even the beast-form Martial Soul Fusion Technique: Iceflame Phoenix might not be able to surpass it.
If he failed to take Bibi Dong down, things would get out of hand.
Without full certainty of capturing Bibi Dong and preventing any of her companions from escaping, after weighing the pros and cons, Mu Yang ultimately abandoned the idea of making a move.
Staring at the departing figures of Mu Yang and his companions, Bibi Dong fell into deep thought.
She couldn't figure it out—when had the Douluo Continent's soul master world suddenly gained so many unknown powerhouses?
In her impression, aside from her own Spirit Hall, those with strength beyond level 95 Title Douluo were incredibly rare, and none of their appearances matched those of Mu Yang and his group.
"Your Holiness, the intense fluctuations earlier must've been caused by the sacrifice of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Are we really just letting them go?"
At this moment, Demon Bear Douluo couldn't help but speak up.
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong gave Demon Bear Douluo a blank glance without saying a word, then turned and flew back toward their camp.
"Old Bear, are you tired of living? Those few just now were definitely not easy to deal with. Their strength was probably on par with the Worship Elders."
Demon Bear Douluo's old partner, Shadow Leopard Douluo, said irritably.
"They were that powerful?"
Demon Bear Douluo couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Spirit Kite Douluo chimed in, "Earlier, two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts sacrificed themselves over here. How could those people be ordinary?"
You had to know—the last person capable of receiving a sacrifice from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was none other than the renowned Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao!
And the one who sacrificed herself to Tang Hao was his wife, the Blue Silver Empress—a special case. As for those few mysterious experts just now, their methods were far beyond Tang Hao's.
After returning to camp, Bibi Dong didn't cancel the hunting plan. She immediately dispatched the accompanying high-ranking soul masters to search the surrounding area throughout the night.
The next morning, by the shore of the Lake of Life—
Looking at the enormous beast's corpse beside the crater not far from the lake, which had not yet been buried, Bibi Dong once again fell silent.
Although the beast's fur had already been destroyed and its original appearance was unrecognizable, judging from the soul power aura still lingering on the body and its sheer size, this beast was undoubtedly one of her targets in the Star Dou Great Forest: the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape.
Two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and one hundred-thousand-year soul beast that had already taken human form—one was hunted, and two had sacrificed themselves. Of the three, not a single one had been left for her by that mysterious group of powerhouses encountered last night!
At this moment, Bibi Dong could hardly resist the urge to have Mu Yang and his group hacked to pieces to vent her fury.
In terms of sheer hatred, Mu Yang—who had snatched away three hundred-thousand-year soul rings and three hundred-thousand-year soul bones—had shot straight to the second spot on Bibi Dong's personal hate list.
As for the number one spot?
That would be "Chamber Douluo," Qian Xunji!
On the other side, after leaving the Star Dou Great Forest overnight, Mu Yang and his group found a remote wilderness to rest.
More than half a day later, Mu Yang finished refining the Titan Giant Ape's right arm bone and successfully raised his soul power level to 80, reaching the threshold of becoming a quasi-Soul Douluo. He would only need one more eighth soul ring to step into the realm of an eight-ring Soul Douluo.
This soul hunt had yielded enormous gains—Mu Yang had obtained three hundred-thousand-year soul rings and three hundred-thousand-year soul bones in total.
Excluding the Titan Giant Ape's soul ring, which due to its special placement as the seventh ring only produced one soul skill—Martial Soul True Body: Violet Jade Xuanhuang Ginseng—the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit soul ring and the Azure Bull Python soul ring, serving as the first and second rings of the Iceflame Holy Martial Soul, respectively generated two hundred-thousand-year soul skills each.
Likewise, each of the three hundred-thousand-year soul bones came with two soul bone skills.
In other words, aside from the Martial Soul True Body: Violet Jade Xuanhuang Ginseng, this soul hunt netted a total of ten hundred-thousand-year soul skills.
The Titan Giant Ape's right arm bone came with an offense-type soul bone skill: Titan Skybreaker, and a domain-like soul bone skill: Gravity Mire.
The Soft Bone Rabbit's left leg bone came with an instant movement-type soul bone skill and an "absolute defense" skill: Invincible Golden Body.
The Azure Bull Python's left arm bone came with a control-type soul bone skill: Azure Sluggish Divine Claw and an offense-type soul bone skill: Azure Annihilation Thunder.
The six soul bone skills from the three hundred-thousand-year soul bones matched those acquired by Tang San in the original work, only differing in the body parts to which they were attached.
Meanwhile, the two hundred-thousand-year soul rings fused with the Iceflame Holy Shadow Martial Soul yielded four hundred-thousand-year soul skills, which were likewise extremely effective.
First Soul Skill: Void Flame — ignites an illusory void flame around the body, grants immunity to physical attacks and 50% of energy attacks for ten seconds.
With Void Flame activated, Mu Yang became a natural counter to physical-attack-type soul masters.
Another First Soul Skill: Immortal Flame — similar in effect to Invincible Golden Body, ignites a golden immortal flame around the body, granting immunity to physical and energy attacks below god-level for five seconds. Usable three times a day.
Immortal Flame could not be used in conjunction with the soul bone skill Invincible Golden Body, but with both skills in hand, Mu Yang could enter "absolute defense" mode six times a day, dramatically increasing his survivability.
Second Soul Skill: Amplification Flame — simple and direct in effect, ignites a cyan amplification flame around the body, boosting Iceflame power by 200%.
Another Second Soul Skill: Slow Flame — requires domain power to activate, ignites a transparent slowing flame within the domain area, which dulls opponents' six senses and restricts their movement. The actual slowing effect depends on the strength difference between both sides.
Besides these ten hundred-thousand-year soul or soul bone skills, Mu Yang also discovered a small surprise.
With the addition of two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, the Iceflame Holy Shadow Martial Soul had been significantly enhanced. Its innate domain—the Iceflame Domain—underwent another evolution.
The previously existing domain skills: Iceflame Amplification and Flawless Purging Flame, remained unchanged, but a new domain skill was added.
Domain Skill: Illusory Flame Burn — fills the domain area with illusory iceflames that continuously erode the enemy's vitality and soul power.
Tsk~ Though it did seem a bit underwhelming, Mu Yang didn't mind—it was better to have it than not.
Moreover, with this domain skill, he could activate "invincible mowing mode."
Against opponents of the same strength level, unless dragged into a prolonged battle, this domain skill wouldn't have much effect.
But if the targets were battlefield grunts, with his power, his headcount-clearing efficiency would likely be no worse than Dugu Bo's.
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