Lu Jingming looked at the dark golden soul bone he had extracted from the Mountain-Moving Ape's left arm, feeling quite satisfied.
Although this soul bone wasn't as precious as Zhang Lexuan's torso bone, among the six types of soul bones, the left arm soul bone ranked fourth, which was already quite good.
After all, the Mountain-Moving Ape was clearly a soul beast whose twin arms possessed the greatest strength, so it was reasonable for it to drop an arm soul bone.
Lu Jingming wasn't in a hurry to refine this soul bone; he would have plenty of time once he returned to Abyss City.
At this moment, the most important thing was to leave this dangerous core area of the Star Dou Great Forest to avoid further trouble.
Before leaving, Lu Jingming stored the massive corpses of the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor and the Mountain-Moving Ape into his storage soul tool.
Even in death, these two hundred-thousand-year soul beast corpses exuded a powerful aura and still contained immeasurable value.
In soul tool crafting, they were top-tier materials, hard to come by, with every bone and every scale potentially becoming a key component for forging ultimate soul tools.
Not only that, but these two precious corpses also held the potential to create ultimate Fusion Warriors.
As long as Herta acted, extracting the genetic information and life essence of the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor and the Mountain-Moving Ape would allow her to create top-tier fusion genes.
However, cultivating top-tier Fusion Warriors with hundred-thousand-year soul rings would require an astronomical amount of resources.
Although Abyss City had earned a large amount of funds from the Simulated Universe, various development projects also required massive financial investment, with every step dependent on real money.
Abyss City's current economic sources included the Simulated Universe, soul tools, sea soul beasts and oceanic treasures, and Ningguang's Jade Palace.
Ningguang truly lived up to her reputation as a business prodigy. With her business acumen and sharp market insight, she had quickly transformed the Jade Palace into Shrek City's premier business guild.
Its business scope continuously expanded, now reaching the Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Dou Ling Empires. Whether in entertainment, catering, or construction, the Jade Palace had reached the industry's pinnacle, becoming a symbol of quality and credibility.
The Jade Palace's annual Tianquan Auction was even more renowned.
Whenever the auction was held, guests from all directions gathered, and countless rare treasures were showcased, attracting numerous wealthy buyers to bid competitively, bringing immense fortune to Abyss City.
Of course, in this era where soul tools were the core technology, the soul tool industry was undoubtedly the most profitable.
However, Abyss City only had Herta as its pillar in the soul tool master profession.
Given Herta's personality, asking her to mass-produce soul tools for sale would be harder than ascending to the heavens.
The soul tools sold by Abyss City on a daily basis were all casual creations by Herta, few in number. Yet, even these "defective products" that Herta looked down upon still brought Lu Jingming substantial profits.
Overall, under the meticulous management of Changli and others, Abyss City's economy and strength were developing at an astonishing pace.
Despite the significant investment of funds and resources required in all aspects, Lu Jingming did not worry about money, thanks to the capabilities of Herta, Ningguang, and others.
"Sister Lexuan, what kind of soul skills did you gain?" On the way back, Lu Jingming held Zhang Lexuan's fair, jade-like hand, his eyes filled with curiosity as he softly asked.
A hundred-thousand-year soul ring was a dream-like and powerful aid for any soul master. Now that Zhang Lexuan had successfully obtained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, Lu Jingming wanted to know what kind of soul skills she had acquired.
Soul skills were considered a soul master's ultimate trump card in battle.
In fierce soul battles, once one understood the characteristics and range of an opponent's soul skills, it might be possible to find a way to counter them, thereby gaining the upper hand in battle.
But Zhang Lexuan had no intention of hiding anything from Lu Jingming. She gently replied, "I gained two hundred-thousand-year soul skills: Dual Moon Burial and Moon God Descent."
Subsequently, Zhang Lexuan meticulously explained the effects of both soul skills to Lu Jingming.
Dual Moon Burial, when activated, could simultaneously release a silver moon and a blood moon.
The silver moon, hanging high, could greatly boost her attributes and accelerate the recovery speed of her soul power, allowing Zhang Lexuan to maintain ample combat strength throughout battles.
The blood moon, once it appeared, symbolized slaughter and destruction. It could launch wide-range attacks, striking enemies indiscriminately, or condense into a super powerful single-target attack, delivering a fatal blow to enemies.
Moon God Descent was even more immensely powerful.
Upon activation, this soul skill could comprehensively boost all of Zhang Lexuan's attributes, causing her strength to experience a qualitative leap instantly.
At the same time, the power and casting speed of all her soul skills would be greatly enhanced, allowing her to strike enemies more swiftly and effectively in battle.
Not only that, the two hundred-thousand-year soul bone skills granted by the Silver Moon Flood Dragon Emperor's torso bone were also exceptionally powerful.
Moon Space Concealment, this soul bone skill allowed Zhang Lexuan to instantly transform into moonlight, merging into the void, achieving spatial displacement.
The second soul bone skill, Moonlight Domain, was an even rarer domain-type soul skill.
Under the shroud of the Moonlight Domain, Zhang Lexuan's life and soul power recovery speed significantly accelerated, her injuries could rapidly heal, and negative statuses would be purified.
Moreover, within the Moonlight Domain, damage from other attributes could also be weakened.
At night, with moonlight present, the effects of the Moonlight Domain could even double. It could be said that the Moonlight Domain was an extremely versatile and powerful domain.
With these four incredibly powerful hundred-thousand-year soul skills, coupled with continuously refining a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, Zhang Lexuan's cultivation level soared like a rocket, and she had successfully broken through to Rank 84.
She was only twenty-two years old this year. With her talent, coupled with the pure Honkai energy provided by Lu Jingming as an aid, she had every hope of breaking through to the Titled Douluo realm before the age of twenty-five.
With Zhang Lexuan's current strength, her actual combat power was already formidable. Ordinary Soul Douluo were no match for her. Even when facing some powerhouses at the Titled Douluo realm, Zhang Lexuan could put up a fight. Of course, compared to Super Douluo, there was still a certain gap.
As Lu Jingming and the two others stepped out of the Star Dou Great Forest, an incredibly powerful spiritual force impact suddenly swept towards them.
This spiritual force was immensely vast. If it were ordinary people, they would likely fall into a state of thought stagnation instantly.
However, Lu Jingming and the two others were all exceptionally powerful individuals. Facing this sudden impact, their expressions remained composed, unaffected in the slightest.
Moreover, they keenly sensed that the source of this powerful spiritual force was hundreds of miles away, and by the time it reached them, it was merely an aftershock.