Chapter 292: Intelligence and Soul Bone Resources

Seeing the doubt in Nan Feihuang's eyes, the Azure Ox Python spoke to explain, "No need to be surprised. Do you think the number of Spirit Beasts I have killed over these tens of thousands of years is any less than what you Spirit Masters have killed?"

In the world of Spirit Beasts, the weak are prey to the strong; the phenomenon of killing each other for territory, resources, and the like is countless.

There are even many Evil Spirit Beasts, such as the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who practice the method of devouring to cultivate. Of course, this is not its patent; it is simply the most successful at it.

When the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape were young, before they had ten-thousand-year cultivation, they also encountered such Spirit Beasts. Their species' bloodlines were extremely strong; devouring them would cause that Spirit Beast's strength to see explosive growth.

It is just a pity that that fellow underestimated the strength of the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape joining forces, and as a result, it was killed in return.

This situation is just an isolated case. To be able to grow into a Ten-Thousand-Year Level Spirit Beast among many others, and to have snatched such a good territory on the edge of the Life Lake, one can imagine how many battles the Azure Ox Python and the Titan Giant Ape have experienced, and how many Spirit Beasts that were their enemies or harbored delusions of devouring them they have killed.

After killing so many, no matter how rare soul bones are, some will always drop.

As for the ordinary ones, the Azure Ox Python is too lazy to even take a look, nor will it take them away; perhaps if someone is lucky, they really could pick up a soul bone in the wild.

But for the very precious ones, it will keep them, as it might find a use for them someday.

"So that's how it is. It turns out that the rapid decrease in the number of Spirit Beasts cannot be blamed entirely on us human Spirit Masters. I fear the lives lost to your internal strife in the Spirit Beast world are only more, not less," Nan Feihuang remarked. In this era, the true emperors of the Spirit Beasts are all in seclusion.

And that Spirit Beast co-ruler, the Silver Dragon King, is still recovering from heavy injuries. With no one to manage them, the Spirit Beasts are truly in chaos.

"Hmph, you humans have no right to judge us Spirit Beasts like this. When it comes to the ability to kill one's own kind, we Spirit Beasts are ashamed to compare ourselves to you humans!" the Azure Ox Python immediately retorted.

Feihuang was instantly rendered speechless. Indeed, when it comes to killing one's own kind, which race can compare to humanity?

After all, humans are the most intelligent race; where there is intelligence, there is desire, and where there is desire, there will be endless conflict.

"Enough, kid. The soul bone I am giving you is a Torso Bone from an ice-attribute Cold Ice Demon Ape. Its age is roughly around sixty thousand years. It was one of the many Spirit Beasts that vied with me for the Life Lake back then. Its species also contained the bloodline of my second brother's Titan clan, and its physique was incomparably formidable, not much inferior to my second brother at the same age. The Torso Bone it produced can absolutely be called top-grade. Are you satisfied with this?"

"Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied. Thank you," Nan Feihuang laughed. This fellow actually has a good eye; it saw that both he and his mother use ice-attribute soul skills, so it gave such a soul bone. It is suitable for either himself or his mother to use.

Now with two top-level ice-attribute soul bones in hand, his mother's breakthrough to Level 96 is a certainty, and it will also be extremely helpful for her future breakthrough to Level 97.

Feihuang also thought of another matter. Since the Azure Ox Python has soul bones, then for a fellow like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, who relies on devouring to grow and has killed even more Spirit Beasts, one wonders if there might be even more soul bones in its lair.

In the original story, Tang San only killed it but did not go to its home to ransack it; it is truly a bit of a pity.

If it were Nan Feihuang next time, he would absolutely not miss it.

Anyway, he wants to create a foundation similar to the Seven Great Consecrators and Nine Great Elders of the Spirit Hall, which requires cultivating a bunch of Title Douluo.

The people around him are certainly all geniuses, but they are all too young after all. To achieve growth in a short period of time, he can only rely on "cheating" and "pay-to-win." A large quantity of soul bones is the best solution. Anyway, as long as there is space on the body, a Spirit Master can absorb soul bones regardless of age limits.

Why are soul bones more precious than Spirit Rings? It is not only because of their rarity, but more importantly, their improvement to the human body is completely harmless.

If one were to Datafy the body of an ordinary Spirit Master, the upper limit of their body stats would be 10,000. When they absorb too many Spirit Rings and their attributes increase to 11,000, the person would explode and die. But soul bones do not, because while they increase the body's physical quality, they also raise this upper limit. This is also why even low-level Spirit Masters dare to absorb high-level soul bones, and it is also an important factor in why it can solve the difficulties of cultivating Twin Spirits.

This not only allows their levels to rise rapidly, but also allows them to defeat the strong with the weak.

As long as they have not reached the Super Douluo realm where a qualitative change occurs.

With the same Spirit Ring configuration and the same quality of Top-level Spirit, a Level 91 Title Douluo with six soul bones can likely suppress and beat a Level 94 Title Douluo without any soul bones.

Not only that, soul bones can also improve a person's physique and increase their potential, which is why soul bones are hailed as priceless treasures in the world of Spirit Masters.

Nan Feihuang accepted the soul bone gifted by the Azure Ox Python and said, "Thank you. By informing you about the Titan Giant Ape today, I have repaid the favor of the Titan Giant Ape. As for this soul bone, I will trade a piece of information with you for it."

"What information?" the Azure Ox Python asked curiously.

Nan Feihuang smiled, "Tang Hao's location, how about that?"

"What? You know where Tang Hao is?" The Azure Ox Python was excited. Now even Sister Xiao Wu does not know where Tang Hao went, because when they parted, Tang Hao only told Xiao Wu that he was going to take Tang San for closed-door cultivation, but he did not specify exactly where.

Therefore, even Xiao Wu does not know.

"Hehe, of course I know, because I have also been investigating him. It is not just you who have a grudge against him. Not long ago, that fellow impersonated someone from the Spirit Hall to assassinate me. Everyone knows that if I do not grind him to dust, would that not make the whole world think I am weak and easy to bully?" Nan Feihuang said.

"So that is how it is." The Azure Ox Python did not feel surprised. If it were Tang Hao, it would also definitely find a way to kill Nan Feihuang to nip the trouble in the bud. And with such a strong mother by Nan Feihuang's side, to avoid being targeted by that woman, the best choice is, of course, to frame someone else.

Clearly, this fellow's thinking went astray again.

It still thought that Tang Hao's purpose in wanting to kill Nan Feihuang was to conceal the truth about the Titan Giant Ape incident; after all, the only humans who knew the details of this matter were him and Nan Feihuang.

Once Nan Feihuang died, would there not be no proof left?

It can only be said that Tang Hao's self-clever behavior back then caused his level of suspicion in the Azure Ox Python's heart to rise by more than thirty percent.

After all, if not for a guilty conscience, why would a dignified Title Douluo take action against a child?

It couldn't be that he was beaten by the child's mother, couldn't beat the mother, so he took it out on the child; a Title Douluo shouldn't be that petty.

(End of chapter)