Chapter 173: Killing to Seize the Bone

"Delusional!" Shi Nian said coldly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, I originally did not wish to offend your Heaven Dou Empire, but since you have seen me now, I have no choice. Please, all of you, die here."

His murderous intent had already arisen; returning to face judgment was absolutely impossible. In any case, at this time of day, this place was desolate and uninhabited. If he killed all three of them here, it would be done without anyone knowing.

"Seventh Soul Skill, Canmeng Martial Soul True Body!"

In order to finish the battle quickly, Shi Nian directly activated his Spirit Avatar. He had not used this when dealing with Tang San just now, which showed how firm his murderous intent was at this moment.

In reality, Qian Renxue did not take this True Body seriously at all; the Angel Domain could completely dissolve Shi Nian's soul power. However, since Nan Feihuang was here, it was not convenient for her to reveal the power of Qian Renxue while in the identity of Xue Qinghe.

Fortunately, Ci Xue and She Long were still guarding her in the shadows. If it truly came to it, she would have to let them strike from the dark to resolve this Shi Nian.

If a Title Douluo were to launch a surprise attack to kill a Spirit Saint in an instant, it should not be too difficult.

Very quickly, the Canmeng Martial Soul True Body completely enveloped the three of them.

Layers upon layers of illusions struck again. All three stood where they were, as if they had fallen into an illusion.

Added to his carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, along with Nan Feihuang's surprise attack, it would be difficult for him not to die.

It could be said that Shi Nian was at the level of a newly entered Spirit Saint; his mental power was at the peak of a Spirit Saint, but his physical strength was only at the level of a conventional Spirit Emperor.

No, it should be that his head was falling.

In fact, apart from Tang San, the other two were completely fine; they were pretending. Xue Qinghe thought that once Nan Feihuang fell into the depths of the illusion, she would strike, and she could kill Shi Nian while keeping her own situation hidden.

"Hehe, you won't be able to see what kind of illusion I died in, but I, however, clearly saw you die under my halberd!" Nan Feihuang laughed.

"Feihuang, well done. I didn't expect that you would be completely unafraid of Shi Nian's illusion." Xue Qinghe acted as if she had just recovered, feigning lingering fear, "If not for you today, this palace would truly have been in danger. I fear I would have been killed by this rebellious traitor. After we return, this palace will certainly request a reward for you from the King."

Although Shi Nian's illusion was very strong, it was ineffective against him because he possessed an External Spirit Bone; the left eye reflected by the Ghost Xiaotian Pearl could see through illusions.

Moreover, Shi Nian had a weakness, which was that his Spirit Rings primarily added to mental power, while his physical attribute strength was relatively weak.

Swish!

Just as he was feeling proud, he saw a flash of halberd light, and he suddenly discovered that the scene before his eyes seemed to be floating upward.

Furthermore, the Dunjia Heavenly Book that Nan Feihuang practiced was originally a top-tier Taoist technique that cultivated both internal energy and spirit simultaneously. Shi Nian's Canmeng alone was not enough to cause him to fall into an illusion.

"Brother Nan is too modest. You have both courage and strategy. If not for you today, we would all be in danger of losing our lives. You saved me this time, and you saved Xiao Wu last time. Xiao Wu is my life; you have effectively saved my life twice. Tang San is immensely grateful. In the future, if Brother Nan has any requests, Tang San will certainly go through fire and water to repay you." Tang San said to Nan Feihuang politely and gratefully.

How could a physique at the level of a conventional Spirit Emperor, regardless of strength or speed, contend with Nan Feihuang?

As for Nan Feihuang, he was purely misleading Shi Nian.

Nan Feihuang laughed, "Brother Xue, between us brothers, is there a need to be so polite? This time was truly thrilling. If not for the obvious shortcomings in this Shi Nian's physical fitness, added to his carelessness, I would not have been able to complete a one-hit kill."

"Hahaha, all three of you, go to hell! It is only a pity that this old man has not reached the realm of Title Douluo; otherwise, I could have seen what kind of illusion you died in." Shi Nian laughed loudly, "Die, all of you die! As long as you are dead, no one will know about this matter."

Empty pleasantries were what Tang San was best at. However, if Nan Feihuang had utility value to him in the future, he would be willing to keep his promise.

The illusion vanished instantly, and Tang San and Xue Qinghe immediately recovered.

After all, Nan Feihuang understood what a sanctimonious hypocrite looked like—wasn't he one himself? Therefore, he also understood that in order to maintain this image, before the two of them tore off their masks, on the surface, Tang San would always owe Nan Feihuang two massive favors, and both had witnesses.

The first, a whole crowd from Shrek and the Imperial Team were witnesses.

The second, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was a witness.

As long as Tang San's strength was not yet at the level to tear off his mask, he would be polite to Nan Feihuang. If Nan Feihuang asked him to do something in the future in front of everyone, it would not be convenient for him to refuse, otherwise, he would ruin his persona.

A level fifty Tang San was submissive; a level ninety Tang San would strike with heavy blows. Nan Feihuang understood this point very well.

Then he might as well take this opportunity to maximize his benefits.

"Haha, good. Then in the future, I hope Brother Tang will not hesitate to assist my Gulei Kingdom."

Actually, Nan Feihuang was quite interested in Tang San's Hidden Weapons. They were of no use to him, but they could be equipped on ordinary soldiers, and then ordinary soldiers would also have effective lethality against low-level Spirit Masters.

The Dunjia Heavenly Book had mental cultivation methods, martial arts, statecraft, pharmacology, and even a greatest secret hidden on the last page, but it just happened to lack these kinds of ingenious techniques.

And the path of talismans and arrays, which could surpass Hidden Weapons, was recorded in the other of the two great immortal books of the Three Kingdoms, the "Taiping Essential Arts." It was a pity that Nan Feihuang did not have it.

Then, primary Hidden Weapons like the Silent Sleeve Arrow and Zhuge Divine Crossbow were good things to equip an army with.

On the contrary, Nan Feihuang was not interested in things like the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus or the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle. Those things were too troublesome to produce, and in the future, when facing high-level combat power, he would naturally have himself, Dian Wei, and others to strike; there was no need for such things.

But Nan Feihuang did not want to be led by the nose by Tang San like Ning Fengzhi. What he wanted were the detailed blueprints of the Hidden Weapons.

Now, he just had to wait for an opportune moment to properly moral-bind Tang San.

After finishing off Shi Nian, Nan Feihuang walked to the head that Shi Nian had dropped and stepped on his skull, crushing it.

Of course, he was not bored enough to want to grind his bones into dust, but rather to take out the thing on his head.

A skull bone emitting seven-colored light bloomed with radiance under Nan Feihuang's feet. Feihuang moved his foot away and used soul power to absorb the soul bone up.

Tang San was greatly surprised, "Brother Nan, could this be a Head Soul Bone?"

Nan Feihuang nodded, "That's right. Just now I felt the power of a soul bone, so I tried it out. Sure enough, this Shi Nian possessed a soul bone."

"Good item. It looks like this is still a Ten-Thousand-Year Gem-Type Skull Bone, a very precious treasure indeed." Xue Qinghe laughed, "This can be considered a blessing in disguise. Feihuang, you've made a huge profit. This soul bone doesn't suit you, but it suits your sister."

Her thoughts were the same as Nan Feihuang's; this soul bone was indeed suitable for Nan Feiling.

Tang San's gaze was filled with envy. A soul bone—what Spirit Master wouldn't want one? But he currently had no face to ask for it from Nan Feihuang. After all, his life was saved by the other party, and Shi Nian was also killed by the other party, so the spoils of war belonging to him could be considered reasonable and fair.

Tang Hao, in the shadows, also looked somewhat uncomfortable. If he had known earlier that this Shi Nian had a soul bone, he should have struck to kill him at the first opportunity. Now, however, the soul bone had fallen into Nan Feihuang's hands.

If it were anyone else, he would have gone down to kill and seize the treasure long ago. But now, with one being the Heaven Dou Crown Prince and the other the son of the Profound Ice Douluo, he was not yet at the point of forming a deadly feud on the surface with these two major forces for the sake of a ten-thousand-year-level soul bone.

He could only comfort himself that he had even given away a hundred-thousand-year soul bone generously in the past; what was a mere ten-thousand-year soul bone now? He didn't care for it.

Besides, a gem-type soul bone was not suitable for Tang San either; what Tang San needed most was a strength-type soul bone.

Although he said that, Tang Hao's heart was still uncomfortable. As for soul bones, so what if it wasn't suitable? He could take it to the black market to exchange it. The skull bone ranked second among the six major parts.

A gem-type soul bone was even rarer than a conventional soul bone.

A ten-thousand-year gem-type skull bone could, with good luck, be exchanged for a strength-type limb soul bone of about thirty thousand years. Wouldn't that be suitable for Tang San then?

Unfortunately, now he could only sigh while looking at the soul bone in Nan Feihuang's hand.

(End of chapter)