Chapter 79: Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone "Rumor," | Yu Yuanzhen: There Are Always Scoundrels Trying to Harm My Sect!
The next day, in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Morning light filtered through the canopy, casting mottled patches of glow.
A beautiful cat girl walked through the forest.
Behind her, the spider lances gently swayed, the red and blue patterns on them flowing slowly like living things.
She wore the Hell Slaughter Armor, its black base with blood-red patterns reflecting a cold sheen under the sunlight.
"Why… does wearing this armor feel a bit strange?"
Zhu Zhuqing moved her arms, her brows slightly furrowed.
The armor was strong, but wearing it always gave her an indescribable awkward feeling, as if the size didn't quite fit.
Mm, her long legs and chest felt a bit tight.
"A proper soul bone fusion skill, or what you might call divine equipment, either requires divine power as a catalyst or the soul bones must share the same origin."
Bai Lu's voice sounded within the spiritual sea:
"Yours was forcibly connected to other soul bones through the Eight Spider Lances. It's normal to feel a bit off."
"I see."
Zhu Zhuqing suddenly understood and asked, "Then is there a way to fix it?"
"Of course. Once you obtain a torso bone, everything will become smooth."
"A torso bone… that's a bit difficult."
Zhu Zhuqing sighed inwardly. Not to mention that torso bones were one of the hardest soul bone types to obtain.
Even if she got one, she wouldn't dare fuse it casually.
After all, unlike limbs, the torso didn't allow regeneration if damaged.
"Let things take their course. I have a plan."
Bai Lu sat on the spiritual throne, resting with his eyes closed.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Aside from daily matters, Zhu Zhuqing trusted Bai Lu unconditionally.
Rustle rustle~
As they spoke, the bushes nearby suddenly shook violently.
A seven-thousand-year Nether Gale Leopard suddenly leaped out, claws aimed straight for her back!
Zhu Zhuqing didn't even turn her head. She casually waved her right hand.
"Swish!"
A dark golden claw light tore through the air, instantly splitting the Nether Gale Leopard in two.
The Eight Spider Lances then pierced into the corpse, devouring it completely within a few breaths, leaving only a purple soul drifting into the Slaughter Space.
The entire process was smooth and effortless, as if she had just casually swatted a mosquito.
"I can feel that your compatibility with the Eight Spider Lances is extremely high. It gives me a sense that it's about to undergo another transformation."
Bai Lu suddenly opened his eyes.
"What do you mean?" Zhu Zhuqing's eyes lit up.
"After this fusion, the Eight Spider Lances will contain the prototype of a soul skill."
Bai Lu explained, "As long as certain conditions are met in the future, you will obtain a brand new soul skill."
"Oh!"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded.
Speaking of soul skills, she immediately remembered something important:
"What soul beast should I choose for my fifth soul ring?"
"Choose one you've been thinking about for a long time and one that suits you perfectly."
Bai Lu deliberately dragged out his tone, leaving a hook.
"What is it?"
Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously.
"For now, it's a secret. You'll know soon enough."
Bai Lu smiled, then changed the topic. "That's enough killing for now. Let's leave Star Dou Great Forest first."
"Leave?"
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned.
She hadn't even obtained her fifth soul ring yet, and they were leaving the forest?
Were they going to another soul beast forest or gathering place?
"Mm, we're heading north. Time to fabricate some rumors for you."
Bai Lu's lips curled slightly, a dark glint flashing in his eyes.
"Rumors for me?"
Zhu Zhuqing could tell at a glance.
This bad tiger was definitely plotting something again!
But… she liked it!
Over the next few days, Zhu Zhuqing left Star Dou Great Forest and traveled through several cities of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Using White Tiger clones and her financial resources, Bai Lu spread a piece of information about a mysterious soul master—
"Hey! Have you heard? Someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan obtained a special soul bone!"
"So what if they did? The number one beast martial soul clan in the world, a soul bone isn't anything strange."
"You don't know anything! That's a legendary hundred-thousand-year soul bone!"
"A hundred thousand years? Seriously?"
"That's right! It's said someone found a cave behind a waterfall in the southern mountains, and inside there was a special Blue Silver Grass and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone!"
"You're joking, right? How could such top-secret information from a major sect leak out?"
"Absolutely true! My cousin's brother-in-law's grand-uncle's seventh aunt's eighth aunt's neighbor saw it with his own eyes. Totally reliable!"
The news spread like it had grown wings, quickly circulating among the soul master community.
Many soul masters couldn't help but sigh—
"As expected of the number one beast martial soul clan, they really have guts. They even dare to let this kind of news spread."
…
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan
"Which bastard spread this nonsense?!"
"When did our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan ever obtain a hundred-thousand-year soul bone?!"
"Bang!"
Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen smashed a redwood table into pieces with a furious slap.
"Big brother, calm down. Someone must be trying to harm our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
Yu Luomian quickly tried to calm him. "Right now, we must suppress this baseless rumor as soon as possible."
"Suppress it? Tell me how to suppress it!"
"People only believe what they want to believe. The news has spread so widely. Who would believe we don't even have a hundred-thousand-year soul bone?"
Yu Yuanzhen was so angry that veins bulged on his forehead, his teeth nearly cracking.
"A perfectly good hundred-thousand-year soul bone—instead of absorbing it, they just left it in a cave to be stolen?"
"People actually believe this kind of brain-dead rumor?"
"I'm seriously speechless!"
"There are always scoundrels trying to harm my clan!"
...
At the same time, in a town within the Heaven Dou Empire, inside a tavern—
A burly man dressed in coarse linen, looking like an ordinary down-and-out blacksmith, was drinking and eating meat in a corner.
This person was Tang Hao in disguise!
He had just secretly destroyed a Spirit Hall branch, slightly easing the hatred in his heart.
"Have you heard? Someone picked up a hundred-thousand-year soul bone in the south!"
"Yeah, I heard it was in a cave behind a waterfall in the mountains!"
"What insane luck. Who would've thought such a place would have a hundred-thousand-year soul bone?"
The conversation at the neighboring table reached Tang Hao's ears, and his drinking motion suddenly froze.
South? Mountains?
Hundred-thousand-year soul bone?
Waterfall? Cave?
Wasn't that exactly where he placed Ah Yin and hid the soul bone?!
He tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart and continued listening.
"Not just the soul bone, they say there's also a special Blue Silver Grass there. Golden patterns and blue leaves—it looks extraordinary!
"Wouldn't that mean everything got taken?"
"Exactly…"
Tang Hao's face instantly turned deathly pale.
Could it be… his Ah Yin…
"Swish!"
He could no longer sit still. He grabbed the two people chatting at the neighboring table and lifted them into the air, demanding,
"What are you talking about?"
"Tell me quickly! Who picked up the hundred-thousand-year soul bone?!"
"L-lord Soul Master, please calm down!"
Seeing Tang Hao's blazing eyes, one of them nearly wet himself in fear.
"I heard it was someone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. We only heard it secondhand."
The other person forced himself to answer.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? Hmph!"
In his rage, Tang Hao casually threw them aside.
He smashed through the tavern wall and turned into a streak of black light, shooting into the sky and rushing toward the south!
His speed was so fast that the air let out sharp explosions.
"Ow…"
"Cough cough…"
The diners he threw aside suffered unjustly.
They wailed on the ground, coughing up blood, clearly badly injured.
'Titled… Douluo?'
Watching Tang Hao shoot into the sky, they couldn't understand how they had angered such a powerful Titled Douluo.
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