Chapter 2 The Skeleton Swordsman
When Dugu Zhan slowly woke up again, he found himself hiding in a tree hollow.
Fortunately, the injuries have improved after a period of self-repair.
However, he was no longer the innocent and naive boy he once was.
During his coma, the two souls miraculously merged, becoming a completely new Dugu Zhan, a soul parasite who had lived three lives.
The Dugu Zhan who has lived three lives was, in his first life, an ordinary person named Zhao Mingyu on the blue planet of the Milky Way.
At that time, he had read a bit of the original novel "Douluo Continent" in his spare time, but he only had a slight impression of the beginning of the plot.
In his second life, the gears of fate turned, and after his death, he was reborn in a mysterious world called Forbidden Moon Starry Sky, taking the form of Utres.
With his innate talent, coupled with his relentless cultivation and various rare encounters, he made rapid progress and soon became one of the four giants of the Forbidden Moon Starry Sky, and was given the title of "Skeleton Emperor" (this is just a title, not a real god).
However, the peaceful days did not last long.
A sudden disaster struck, as a powerful extraterrestrial enemy invaded like a demon, cruelly slaughtering the creatures of the forbidden moon and starry sky.
As the dominant forces in their respective regions, the four giants would naturally not sit idly by and stand by in the face of such a horrific scene.
Thus, a battle concerning life and death inevitably broke out.
Unfortunately, the enemy's strength was simply too great, like an insurmountable mountain.
In that fierce battle, Utrecht fought with all his might, but was still nearly killed by the powerful enemy.
In the final moments of life and death, his last remaining wisp of soul used its last bit of strength to escape into the void, thus narrowly escaping death.
After many twists and turns, in his third life, his soul followed the void turbulence to Douluo Continent and possessed the body of Dugu Zhan, a descendant of the Dugu clan.
Even more miraculously, he retained all the memories of his previous two lives, which makes one marvel at the wonder of fate.
In addition, Dugu Zhan keenly realized that his current soul power was less than one ten-thousandth of what it was in his previous life, and only a ball of the purest original soul remained in his sea of consciousness.
Although he has not yet recovered to his peak, Dugu Zhan's soul is now much stronger than the original.
Moreover, this incredibly pure soul power possesses unimaginable strength, completely capable of suppressing soul ring configurations of a higher level than the physical body's age.
In other words, as long as the physical body can withstand the enormous energy impact of the soul ring generated after the soul beast dies, theoretically, Dugu Zhan will not explode and die from being unable to withstand it.
However, ideals are often grand, but reality is often harsh.
There is often a huge gap between theory and practice.
Moreover, Dugu Zhan was pleasantly surprised to find that his soul skills had undergone a complete transformation.
As long as his soul power level is high enough, he can gradually unlock the abilities corresponding to his past life.
In gaming terms, it's like unlocking exclusive skills once you reach a certain level.
In the unique world of Douluo Continent, you can obtain exclusive soul skills once you reach the required level.
"This plot is too dramatic..."
Dugu Zhan couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath.
But upon calming down and thinking it over carefully, he realized that he was now living in a completely different alternate dimension.
"Why not give it a try and see if I still have those abilities from my past life?"
A strong desire to explore surged within Dugu Zhan, and he decisively unleashed his first soul skill, Skeleton Swordsman.
Without hesitation, Dugu Zhan immediately circulated his soul power, allowing it to deeply merge with his soul.
He stomped his right foot heavily on the ground, making a dull thud.
At the same time, slowly lift your left hand upwards.
Using the bones of the black-spotted wolf that had just died and was lying on the ground, he quickly sculpted a humanoid skeleton swordsman whose entire body was pitch black.
Dugu Zhan possesses a very unique soul skill. He can use the corpses of dead soul beasts to skillfully separate their bones, truly achieving "separation of flesh and bone".
By perfectly combining bones and soul power, he can create many brave and fearless skeleton warriors to assist him in battle when he uses his soul skills.
And so, the first skeleton swordsman was born from the wondrous combination of Dugu Zhan's soul power and his bones.
This skeletal swordsman is entirely black and moves swiftly and agilely in battle.
It gripped a longsword made of black bone tightly in its right hand, the blade gleaming with a cold, eerie light.
In his left hand he held a shield also made of skull bones, on which was engraved a very strange skull pattern, exuding a chilling aura.
Currently, these skeleton warriors are among the lowest-level beings. They can only obey simple commands, like pre-programmed robots, and are not yet able to speak or communicate with humans.
This is mainly because Dugu Zhan's soul body is not strong enough yet. If his soul power were abundant enough, he could split off strands of soul power to give these skeleton warriors true life and allow them to have independent consciousness.
"Martial Soul Possession!"
A thought flashed through Dugu Zhan's mind.
In an instant, a phantom image of a black skull martial spirit quickly appeared behind him.
The phantom was nine-tenths solid, exuding a sinister and terrifying aura, and it was quite frightening at first glance.
These newly born skeleton swordsmen are currently only at the level of a low-level tenth-grade battle spirit warrior, which is about ten levels lower than Dugu Zhan himself.
This also means that the power of the soul skills that Dugu Zhan is currently using is limited by his own level.
End of this chapter...