Chapter 61: External Soul Bone, Two as One

Xiao Xian sits on Xiao Jue's back, dashes into the forest, then continues to charge toward the distant wilderness.

Last night, just before dawn, Xiao Jue finished his cultivation.

Xiao Xian lets it playfully catch birds in the sky as a way to train Violent Step.

Occasionally, he also has it practice the accuracy of the First Soul Ring, releasing the First Soul Technique at the flying birds.

Sunlight Spore silently fell across the entire ten‑kilometer radius of Slake.

He is certain.

Within this area, there is no powerful Soul Master.

Therefore, today he dares to go out and attempt the fusion.

Suotuo City is the Barak Kingdom's granary; outside the city the fields are abundant and the terrain flat. Xiao Xian lets Xiao Jue run far away, finds a small hill, catches a few wild birds there, and then investigates carefully.

He confirms there are no people nearby.

Xiao Xian still has Xiao Jue cooperate, digging a cave on the sheer hillside and hiding inside.

Camouflaging the cave entrance.

Xiao Xian's right hand glows purple, emitting a faint wind, and from a distance he extracts the Human-faced Demon Spider soul bone from the Soul Guide Device.

The soul bone radiates a violent force.

Fearing poison, he does not touch it; Xiao Xian lets the soul bone fall to the ground and tests it with a wild bird he just caught.

"…"

Xiao Xian watches the wild bird on the ground turn purple instantly, feeling a hidden alarm; soon the wound from the spider leg oozes black fluid, and the bird rots to death.

However, only the spider leg's spines are poisonous and extremely sharp, tearing on contact.

Xiao Xian buries it.

But wild birds that touch other parts of the soul bone show no abnormality.

Xiao Xian, now aware, sits cross‑legged on the ground and removes his upper garments.

The Xuan Tian Gong surges.

His whole body gradually emits a wash of purple aura, like a piece of violet jade.

It is the Xuan Yu Body.

The Xuan Yu Hand can block poison, so the Xuan Yu Body works likewise; this is also a precaution.

Xiao Xian's eyes shine as he looks at the soul bone on the ground; a breeze stirs in his palm, and he reaches out to grasp it.

The faint wind lifts the Human-faced Demon Spider soul bone, and under Xiao Xian's continual pull it flies steadily toward his back.

In an instant, soul power erupts from his back, reaching for the soul bone.

"…!"

Almost instantly, the soul bone transforms into a violent energy, flowing along the soul power into Xiao Xian's spine, unleashing a raging sting.

That violent force makes Xiao Xian's back arch high!

Xiao Xian's complexion shifts slightly, the Purple Light on his body flares, surging rapidly toward his back!

The Xuan Yu Body's power contracts, colliding with the Human-faced Demon Spider soul bone.

Bit by bit, little by little.

Attempting to tightly wrap and confine it within the spine.

"Not enough…!"

The intense pain persists, and the struggling force nearly breaks through his soul power.

Veins burst on Xiao Xian's body, his face contorting.

He grits his teeth.

In an instant, soul power surges in his palm.

Xiao Jue is summoned out, curling in the corner of the cave.

The Second Soul Ring flickers.

Points of highly condensed soul power densely blanket Xiao Jue.

Ming Guang Protective Aura Defective Version.

Immediately after, the purple Third Soul Ring flickers.

The concentrated soul power outside Xiao Jue's body surges toward its ferocious dragon mouth.

Suddenly, a dragon mouth far more solid than the usual illusory one materializes.

Then it darts rapidly toward Xiao Xian's back, plunging into his spine!

The concentrated Purple Radiance soul power rushes at the soul bone, enveloping, devouring, and eroding it.

Xiao Xian's painful expression eases slightly.

"…"

From then on, with the aid of concentrated Purple Radiance soul power—especially the Dark Gold Dragon Crocodile's Purple Radiance soul power, which can devour and digest the opponent's strength—the Human-faced Demon Spider soul bone causes no more major turbulence.

Moreover, Xiao Jue assists, channeling Xuan Tian Gong to restore soul power.

But that bone‑scraping sting… the opposing force continuously scrapes his nerves violently.

"Just a slight sting…!" Xiao Xian's forehead twitches intermittently, yet he still grits his teeth and persists.

Soul power is temporarily sufficient; Xiao Jue re‑enters Xiao Xian's body, silently bearing it together.

Six hours flash by.

Xiao Xian's body trembles, sweat drips down, soaking the ground in a puddle.

The soul bone's power eventually merges gradually into his spine, stored within eight of the connected ribs.

In that instant, the intense pain vanishes, replaced by an extremely pleasant sensation that spreads through his whole body.

Xiao Xian's head went blank, his body swayed, and he almost fell.

He lay on the ground, his eyes open, panting heavily, huffing and puffing.

The sweat on the ground pooled into a puddle, and he could even see his own face clearly in it—a face still somewhat ferocious.

He rested for a moment.

Xiao Xian got up, took the Water Sac and food from the Soul Guide Device, and devoured them wildly.

……

In the forest beyond the small hill.

After recovering, Xiao Xian silently assessed his gains.

"It's successful; my soul power has increased a bit, my bodily strength has risen, especially the spine, and even the nearby meridians are a little more unobstructed."

"Training will become faster."

"And now, if I absorb the Fourth Ring, I'm afraid I could break through my limits."

"Then, there are a few more poisonous legs."

Xiao Xian merely willed.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

From his back spine sprouted eight Forest-like Spider Legs, thrusting forward rapidly!

He easily pierced a small tree ahead! The tree, under the leg's deadly poison, blackened quickly, sizzling and smoking.

The spider legs were a full three meters long.

No wonder they're called Eight Spider Spears; they truly are like eight spears, and when used unexpectedly, can silently kill many Soul Masters.

The sky had already turned dark.

Under the moonlight, Xiao Xian controlled them, climbing the mountain and adapting.

Although it felt a bit strange, the speed was great; without Violent Step, perhaps this could truly become his main way of traveling in the future.

"Devour, strengthen, deadly poison..." Xiao Xian retracted the spider legs, pondering.

During the fusion, the soul bone seemed to absorb some Purple Light soul power, and its toxins grew even stranger.

The best use for this thing is undoubtedly to become an Evil Soul Master.

It's just a pity that this world has gods, and the gods he knows are mostly "righteous"; even the sole unrighteous Rascal God now has his own successor.

Having erased all traces on the hill, Xiao Xian planned to return to Slake; it was getting late.

The soul bone was safely hidden inside his body.

There was no strange aura.

That made him somewhat relieved.

It seems that as long as he doesn't use it, it shouldn't be easily discovered.

Xiao Xian felt soul power surge in his palm, just as he was about to summon Xiao Jue.

"......?"

Xiao Xian was stunned; to his surprise, at the instant he tried to summon Xiao Jue, the strange power hidden in the soul bone within his ribs began to stir.

It actually wanted to go out together with Xiao Jue.

After a moment of contemplation, Xiao Xian decisively controlled the soul bone's power, merged it into his martial soul, and released them together.

Whoosh—!

Three meters tall, with long purple hair, Xiao Jue suddenly appeared in the forest.

From its back, eight familiar spider legs sprouted from the spine, supporting it on the ground.

Xiao Jue felt something odd behind, turned around, and was instantly bewildered.

A hint of panic even flashed in its eyes.

"It's okay... it's okay..."

Xiao Xian patted its head, soothing it a bit, his eyes showing some astonishment.

He sensed it; the soul bone inside him... had vanished!