Chapter 334: Earth Soul Core (Part 1)

"Honored One, is this my soul bone?" The Earth Vein Giant Dragon looked at the familiar yet strange soul bone before him in surprise; he could feel his own power within it, yet it was not entirely his own.

Shi Quan explained, "I used a special method to fuse your soul bone with another soul bone of the same attribute, so it both is and isn't."

"So that is how it is. The Honored One's power is truly mysterious and unfathomable."

"Earth Vein, I intend to use your power and the power of the soul bone to condense the Earth Soul Core. I will need your full cooperation when the time comes, do you understand!"

"Rest assured, Honored One, your subordinate will certainly do his utmost."

"Good!" Shi Quan nodded, "You go ahead and manifest your soul ring first!"

The Earth Vein Giant Dragon took a step forward, his dragon head gently pressing against Shi Quan's chest, and violent energy surged forth instantly.

The Earth martial soul appeared in Shi Quan's hand.

Seven soul rings—red, black, black, black, black, red, and golden—emerged.

Behind Shi Quan, a phantom image of rolling earth appeared, followed by the Earth Vein Giant Dragon. Thick, golden rays of light radiated from the phantom of the Earth Vein Giant Dragon, merging into the endless rolling earth and transforming into streams of earth veins flowing beneath the ground.

Just as the Earth Vein Giant Dragon's soul power merged with the Internal Energy in Shi Quan's body, Shi Quan also began to move, directly controlling these merged soul powers to gather into his lower dantian, without letting these energies enter the Mental Power Soul Core or the Life Soul Core within his body.

Instead, he continuously rotated and compressed these energies, directly beginning to condense his third Earth Soul Core.

At this moment, Shi Quan's powerful Divine Soul strength was displayed; the Life Soul Core and the Mental Power Soul Core wanted to compete for the soul power within Shi Quan's body, but were directly and forcefully suppressed by Shi Quan himself.

Most of the Earth Vein Giant Dragon's power had gone into manifesting the soul ring, so the feedback energy was ultimately limited, and at this time, the effect of the soul bone began to come into play!

With a thought, the left arm bone, radiating terrifying energy, settled firmly onto Shi Quan's left arm!

The earth trembled, and surging energy erupted instantly from the left arm; the powerful energy caused every bone in Shi Quan's entire body to creak.

Boundless soul power instantly filled the meridians throughout Shi Quan's body, and while continuously tempering his body, all the soul power flowed endlessly toward Shi Quan's lower dantian.

The energy of a nearly 800,000-year soul bone was undoubtedly massive; apart from the portion used to enhance Shi Quan's physical strength, the remaining energy still reached an astonishing level.

Under normal circumstances, the condensation of a new soul core requires drawing soul power from the soul cores already present in the body.

The last time he condensed the Life Soul Core, that was how Shi Quan did it.

But this time, Shi Quan chose a brand-new method for the condensation.

He did not extract energy from the Life Soul Core or the Mental Power Soul Core.

Instead, he relied directly on the energy within the soul ring and soul bone to condense the third Earth Soul Core.

He did this partly because this way his soul power level would not increase, and the power of the soul ring and soul bone could be fully absorbed.

It was also to accumulate energy within his body.

This was to prepare for the later fusion of the World Seed and the breakthrough to the Shiji level.

To condense an Earth Soul Core of the same quality as the Mental Power Soul Core and Life Soul Core from scratch required a demand for soul power that also reached an astonishing level.

Fortunately, Shi Quan's preparations were extremely sufficient.

Shouhe and the Earth Vein Giant Dragon Soul Spirit were both gathered in Shi Quan's lower dantian, and a faint earthy-yellow halo began to appear on Shi Quan's bones and meridians, with a heavy aura filling his entire body.

Extreme Earth Soul Power began to condense, and with the actions of Shouhe and the Earth Vein Giant Dragon, the condensation speed of the Extreme Earth Soul Power began to increase.

Shi Quan only needed to fully suppress the Mental Power and Life Soul Cores within his body, preventing them from competing to absorb the energy within; because he did not extract their energy, they did not react too strongly for now.

The current condensation process was relatively easy, though of course, this had the prerequisite of needing sufficient soul power.

The Extreme Earth Soul Power, the size of sand, quickly became the size of a grain of rice and was still growing, while its rotation speed and the speed at which it absorbed Extreme Earth Soul Power were both increasing.

With Shi Quan's powerful physical constitution, this process did not bring him too much pain.

The truly difficult part was the fusion after the Earth Soul Core was condensed; previously, Shi Quan could not say he was 100% certain, but now that his Mental Power had reached the level of a god, if he still had no certainty, then one could only say that a third soul core was simply something humans could not achieve.

In addition to the power of the soul ring and soul bone, his Earth Domain had already been deployed, and beneath the ground, a continuous stream of Earth power kept replenishing Shi Quan's consumption.

As the Soul Bone Breakthrough Crystal sank into Shi Quan's chest, the power of the Extreme Earth exploded completely!

Shi Quan suddenly felt a scorching sensation coming from his chest, as if every bone in his chest was being roasted and hammered in a scorching fire.

Crack.

Crisp cracking sounds continued to come; the Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone shattered as if breaking into countless points of light, and the Breakthrough Crystal erupted with brilliant golden light, which flowed like water, continuously washing over these points of light.

Waves of powerful energy erupted continuously, and Shi Quan could feel his body and the Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone slowly advancing under the washing of this power.

Under the fusion of soul power, the third Earth Soul Core was taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was just that the soul core was currently still maintaining a state of independent operation.

Seeing this, Shi Quan's Divine Sense was also fully mobilized, fully promoting the advancement of the Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone.

Only by completing the breakthrough of the soul bone could he wholeheartedly deal with the subsequent fusion of the Earth Soul Core.

Under the continuous washing of the golden light, every grain of the points of light transformed from the Mountain Dragon King Torso Bone became incomparably heavy, each one appearing like a towering mountain.

Shi Quan felt his body and meridians also become heavier and tougher, just like the earth beneath him, impossible to destroy.

As the golden light circulated, Shi Quan felt waves of powerful energy continuously transmitting from his torso into his limbs and bones, stimulating his body's functions.

The torso bone already played a role in connecting the top and bottom, and coupled with its heavy earth attribute, it could carry and contain all things.

At this moment, under the guidance of the torso bone, uneven currents of air surged from his head and four limbs; the right arm and head were a cool aura, the legs were an extremely warm aura, and the left arm and sternum were similar to the chest, all gathering in the center of his chest.

The golden light in his chest erupted to the extreme, and under the interlacing of illusory halos, it transformed into a strange phantom of armor; just then, two even more powerful auras erupted from his glabella and back, actually crushing that armor directly...