Chapter 264: Dragon Duke and Snake Grandmother

"Is this... a soul bone?" Ning Mingrui looked with some curiosity at the blue-purple soul bone inside the Man-Faced Demon Spider.

It looked like eight sharp, slender spider legs, similar to ribs, but they were blue-purple, as if filled with deadly poison.

"It really seems to be..." Ning Feiliu also said with feigned joy, "But can a thousand-year Soul Beast produce a soul bone? And this is very likely an External Spirit Bone? I am truly a bit lucky."

"What is an External Spirit Bone?" Just then, Ning Rongrong asked softly.

Ning Feiliu glanced at her and then said, "An External Spirit Bone is a type of soul bone outside the six conventional ones; you can think of it as a special soul bone. At the same time, after absorbing it, it can improve in quality along with the Spirit Master's cultivation."

"Therefore, External Spirit Bones are naturally very rare."

"Of course, because of this nature, many External Spirit Bones basically rarely appear in front of people, because even a hundred-year level External Spirit Bone is of immeasurable value. People might be willing to take a ten-thousand-year level soul bone out to auction for money, but if it were an External Spirit Bone, even at the hundred-year level, no one would be willing to take it out to exchange for money or other such things."

"In short, it is a precious soul bone second only to a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone." Ning Mingrui said with a smile, "Alright, Feiliu, hurry up and absorb this External Spirit Bone."

He was not at all covetous of this soul bone; such an extremely rare soul bone, and one that Ning Feiliu had obtained by accident, was of course for Ning Feiliu to absorb.

Even taking a step back, even if this soul bone had been obtained by him, if it were beneficial to Ning Feiliu, he would have let Ning Feiliu have it without hesitation.

After all, Ning Feiliu was his own brother and the future of the sect's direct line; he naturally wanted Ning Feiliu to become stronger.

Ning Feiliu did not dally, sitting cross-legged on the spot, then picking up the External Spirit Bone Eight Spider Lances and pressing it against his back, before circulating his soul power to establish a "soul power connection" with the Eight Spider Lances; instantly, the Eight Spider Lances were firmly attached to his back.

He once again joined his hands in a lotus position, placed them between his feet, and closed his eyes to focus on absorbing this soul bone.

The Eight Spider Lances were not like Xue Di's soul bone, which could be fused with Ning Feiliu very harmoniously; after all, that one was actively fused through a sacrifice.

The Eight Spider Lances were naturally resisting Ning Feiliu's soul power, but its resistance was clearly of no use.

As the majestic soul power within Ning Feiliu moved slightly, the Eight Spider Lances were like Lu Bu, who directly took Dong Zhuo as his foster father, and submitted under his soul power.

Amidst a crackling sound of bones, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but take a look, and then she saw the special soul bone of the Eight Spider Lances melt like a purple liquid in a solid-liquid mixed state, slowly fusing into Ning Feiliu's back.

After about a few minutes, the strangely shaped External Spirit Bone Eight Spider Lances had completely merged into Ning Feiliu's body, and Ning Feiliu let out a sound of extreme comfort, "Mm~~——"

After all, he had the cultivation of a Soul Emperor, plus Ning Feiliu's current physical fitness and all aspects were particularly terrifying.

Although the Eight Spider Lances were an External Spirit Bone, with a rarity second only to a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone, it was now only a thousand-year level soul bone and could not possibly resist Ning Feiliu's absorption.

Now that his soul power level was high, absorbing a thousand-year level soul bone no longer made him feel any pain or discomfort; on the contrary, he now only felt extreme comfort when absorbing soul bones.

"It's done." Ning Feiliu opened his eyes and said with a smile.

"So fast?" Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong were both somewhat surprised.

Shouldn't absorbing a soul bone take a very long time?

Especially such a rare soul bone, shouldn't it take a long time to absorb?

How was it that Ning Feiliu seemed to have succeeded as easily as eating or drinking? "Although an External Spirit Bone is rare, it is not very strong right now, so it is not very difficult to absorb," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

"I see. Then Feiliu, what improvements did you get after absorbing the External Spirit Bone?" Ning Mingrui asked with a smile.

"There aren't really any improvements... like this!" Ning Feiliu moved his mind and said with a smile, "Eight Spider Lances!"

Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong could immediately see a faint blue light beginning to emerge from Ning Feiliu's back.

Following that, they clearly saw that Ning Feiliu's entire spine seemed as if it were about to pierce out of his body, releasing a pale purple light, and the purple light on the vertebrae he had just noticed was released particularly clearly.

Immediately after, the ends of eight ribs suddenly protruded from Ning Feiliu's back, forming eight bumps.

The next instant, the eight bumps finally broke through his body, and eight thick, purple, column-like objects rapidly extended from his back.

Ning Feiliu glanced at the Eight Spider Lances indifferently, and instantly the eight spider legs on his back simultaneously spread out to both sides of his body, the dark purple light shining, protecting his body in the center like eight giant arms.

What was somewhat magical was that these Eight Spider Lances did not destroy the clothes on his body, as if they had grown out on top of the clothes.

But Ning Feiliu knew that this soul bone manifestation was not actually a completely materialized existence; it did not grow out from the bones inside his body, but was an existence similar to an energy body. When manifesting, it penetrated the clothes and finally turned into a substance similar to a solid.

Of course, if you really wanted to tear the clothes, that energy body could also achieve that effect.

But what would be the point of that?

It was just that Ning Feiliu did not want to tear his clothes every time he summoned the soul bone; with his current level of control over the soul bone, he could freely control this degree.

He moved his mind again, and the Eight Spider Lances on his back instantly stabbed dozens of times like an extension of his own arm, the sharp spider lance tips radiating a terrifying aura; the Eight Spider Lances were clearly poisonous.

It was just that it was still the toxin of the original thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider, so it definitely couldn't be that terrifying.

But it wasn't impossible to absorb extra toxins for quenching and evolution; what Ning Feiliu naturally thought of was... his cheap teacher's Jade Phosphor Snake Poison.

Although in the original plot Dugu Bo's poison was inferior to Tang San's Tang Sect poisons, Dugu Bo's poison was also quite fierce.

It could be used to upgrade the Eight Spider Lances.

In the future, if Tang San didn't have eyes, he would give him a hit!

Tang San was very powerful, but he would also need time and medicinal herbs to detoxify.

Otherwise, without any detoxifying herbs, he wouldn't even have been able to pass Dugu Bo's test in the original plot.

A clever woman cannot cook without rice, after all.

However, the attack methods of the Eight Spider Lances were also limited, at most serving as an additional attack method when Ning Feiliu used his three invincible melee combinations: Soul-Severing Mirror, Soul-Severing Ruined King Sword, and Falling Brightness Ruined King Sword.

With his current Distraction Control ability reaching the Six Apertures As-You-Will Heart, capable of one mind and six uses, it was enough to catch the enemy off guard during close combat.

"It really is very powerful." Ning Mingrui also said with emotion, "Feiliu, you have become stronger, but this is also good."

Ning Feiliu smiled slightly and retracted the Eight Spider Lances into his body; it looked no different from before.

Then he continued to pretend and said, "The venom of this Man-Faced Demon Spider is a bit scarce; I still need to hunt two more Man-Faced Demon Spiders. Let's go, we'll continue."

He was actually using the Man-Faced Demon Spider's venom as a cover; his true purpose was to indiscriminately hunt Man-Faced Demon Spiders to obtain the Eight Spider Lances, the External Spirit Bone that originally belonged to Tang San.

Now, of course, he couldn't just stop after obtaining the Eight Spider Lances; that would look too obviously like a killing spree just to obtain this External Spirit Bone Eight Spider Lances.

Moreover... he felt that since he had already done this, he might as well acquire more Spirit Soul fragments of "Dark Harvest".

By killing Man-Faced Demon Spiders, Ning Feiliu had collected over fifty Spirit Soul fragments.

Now his strength had greatly increased! That's right, repeatedly torturing and wounding the same Soul Beast could allow for repeated harvesting of Spirit Soul fragments.

However, although Ning Feiliu was somewhat immersed in the joy of harvesting Spirit Soul fragments and obtaining the clearly enhanced "Dark Harvest", he still maintained vigilance and remained clear-headed.

He absolutely could not let his mind be bewitched by "Dark Harvest". However... he also shouldn't be overly cautious and afraid to use the "Dark Harvest" Rune because of this.

Otherwise, what was the point of him going through all the trouble and risking his life to enter Slaughter City to complete the mission? To leave the "Dark Harvest" Rune on the shelf and not use it?

There is no such logic.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu will use the "Dark Harvest" Rune cautiously, but he will not abandon it.

"Good." Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong did not suspect anything else and continued to follow Ning Feiliu to start hunting Man-Faced Demon Spiders.

Very quickly, the last two Man-Faced Demon Spiders were also hunted down.

Ning Feiliu then directly took Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong, intending to return to Heaven Dou City.

After all, there was no point in staying here any longer.

They traveled along the way, but just at this moment...

They unexpectedly encountered another group of people.

That day, Ning Feiliu, Ning Mingrui, and Ning Rongrong were setting up camp to rest in an open space.

After all, Ning Feiliu could keep traveling until he got out.

But Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong clearly could not; they were both Auxiliary System Soul Masters, and although they had the assistance of soul power, their physical stamina was still no match for Ning Feiliu's.

Normal Spirit Masters could not compare to Ning Feiliu.

After all, he had the Calm Rune, and his endurance was terrifyingly high.

Many Battle Soul Masters could not compare to Ning Feiliu in terms of endurance, let alone Auxiliary System Soul Masters.

Moreover... it was impossible for them not to eat; even Ning Feiliu had to eat.

Thus, they would set up camp and light a fire in the evening to prepare food.

Ning Feiliu was responsible for being the chef, while Ning Mingrui and Ning Rongrong would set up camp together, gather firewood, and then light the fire.

Just as they were setting up camp and taking care of their meal, however...

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!!" Suddenly, a sound of something piercing through the air came, and then a wolf-like, tiger-like black Soul Beast lunged fiercely toward... Ning Rongrong.

It seemed to be fleeing, and Ning Rongrong, who was setting up camp, happened to be blocking its path of escape.

It was obvious that Ning Rongrong, being only of the Auxiliary System, would absolutely not be a match for this Soul Beast, which should be over a thousand years old.

"Ah—!!" She screamed in alarm on the spot, and just as she wanted to roll away in a panic to dodge the Soul Beast's charge, she realized it was too late.

"Rongrong!" Seeing this situation, Ning Mingrui was also incredibly anxious.

But just at this moment...

"Zhuiming! Suppress!" An invisible ripple accompanied by purple-black soul power spread out, and then that wolf-like, tiger-like thousand-year Soul Beast instantly sprawled onto the ground, controlled by a powerful gravitational force, unable to move.

This was naturally Ning Feiliu taking action; his Samsara Domain and the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon Zhuiming could simply manipulate gravity without needing soul skills.

Of course, if facing an overly powerful enemy, this simple manipulation of gravity might not necessarily be able to control the opponent.

The most powerful things were still Ning Feiliu's soul skills.

And just at this moment, three more sounds of things piercing through the air came.

"Whoosh—!"

"Whoosh—!"

"Whoosh—!"

Then, three figures appeared before the three siblings, Ning Feiliu, Ning Rongrong, and Ning Mingrui.

These three people were two old and one young, two women and one man; it was a combination of a young girl and an elderly couple.

Leading them was a thin, tall old man who looked to be at least over seventy years old, with a full head of silver hair.

A dragon-headed walking stick over four meters long in his hand appeared bright silver.

The dragon head at the top of the staff was lifelike and looked extremely dazzling.

The wrinkles all over his face showed his age, and there were actually eight Soul Rings rhythmically moving up and down on his body.

Two yellow, three purple, three black.

Although in terms of quality, his Soul Ring combination was worse, he did, however, have eight Soul Rings.

This represented a cultivation level of a Soul Douluo above level eighty.

Beside him, that elderly woman looked to be sixty or seventy years old, her white hair combed extremely neatly; although not young, her spirit was extremely vigorous, and although there were many wrinkles on her face, they were as rosy as a baby's.

A sharp light flickered in her eyes. Her right hand held a snake-headed walking stick three meters long, and six Soul Rings were moving up and down on her body.

Her body had not changed, but the Soul Rings showed that she had already used her martial soul; there was no need to ask, the staff in her hand must be her martial soul.

Following beside the old woman was a beautiful young girl with short hair reaching her ears, looking to be sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a neat, tight-fitting outfit that closely wrapped around her already well-developed figure, her pair of large, dark brown eyes staring firmly at the Soul Beast in front of Ning Feiliu.

She also held a snake-headed walking stick in her hand, though it was a bit shorter than the old woman's, only two meters long, and the Soul Rings on her body were only two hundred-year ones.

"Many thanks to you all for helping me take down this thousand-year Purple-Gold Pika," the elderly man said with a smile upon seeing Ning Feiliu suppress that Soul Beast.

"Senior... no need to thank us." Ning Feiliu almost rolled his eyes.

This Soul Douluo expert couldn't even keep watch over a thousand-year Soul Beast and almost let it run away?

It was truly a bit embarrassing...

However, he would not speak bluntly and say such offensive things.

"I also wanted to catch this Soul Beast for my granddaughter to kill with her own hands, which is why I wasn't paying attention and let it run," the elderly man seemed to have sensed Ning Feiliu's thoughts and explained with a smile, then he said again, "I am Meng Shu, the Dragon Duke; I thank you here."

"Dragon Duke Meng Shu?! Are you that Senior Dragon Duke?" Ning Mingrui exclaimed in surprise.

(End of this chapter)