Chapter 81: Fantasy Sky Fox Tail, Space Soul Beast, Void Shadow Owl!
Qian Daoliu also saw Bibi Dong's difficulty and smiled. "Leave this matter to me. With me here, this bug won't be able to stir up any trouble. Although Hu Bai promised to spare the Tianmeng Iceworm's life and grow stronger with it, I can spare its life, but it cannot have any freedom."
"The little guy wanted me to take action and create a Seal at that time, which was probably for this consideration."
Qian Daoliu's meaning was very clear: he would directly seal the Tianmeng Iceworm, but this would have to wait until they returned to Spirit Hall.
Only by returning to Spirit Hall could he borrow the divine power of the Angel God.
Although he could seal the Tianmeng Iceworm with his current ability, it was a million-year-old Soul Beast, and it was inevitable that it would have some hidden moves.
Since Qian Daoliu had already considered so much, Bibi Dong said nothing more.
One month later.
Xie Yue and Hu Liena finally obtained their third and second soul rings.
Hu Liena's second soul ring came from a three-thousand-year-old Illusion Sky Fox, a mental power-type Soul Beast even more powerful than a three-tailed Demon Fox. Her luck was exceptionally good, as she even obtained a Fox Tail External Soul Bone from it!
This made Hu Bai slightly stunned. In the original story, Hu Liena indeed had an external Soul Bone, but he thought she would only obtain it when she reached level thirty or forty.
However, Hu Bai then shook his head slightly. Thinking about the events in the original story now was completely meaningless.
After all, Hu Liena's second soul ring was three thousand years old!
It was much more powerful than in the original work!
The second Soul Skill she obtained was also very impressive, called Illusion Sky Fox Shadow: Thousand-Faced Bewilderment.
After use, it can currently create three fox shadow clones, each inheriting thirty percent of the main body's mental power. These clones can independently cast mental power-based soul skills, and the main body can freely swap places with them.
And when the Fox Tail External Soul Bone is activated, each clone can inherit forty percent of the main body's mental power!
Note: This is only at present!
Because External Soul Bones will evolve!
For now, thirty to forty percent of mental power is enough—these clones can freely use the main body's mental powers and soul skills. Hu Liena follows the mental power path, so she likely won't develop physical soul skills in the future.
Moreover, the mental power attacks of the clones can stack. Hu Liena is currently at rank twenty-six in soul power, and her mental power has probably already reached a high-level Soul Elder level!
Now, even a Soul Ancestor who isn't a mental power type would be very helpless against her.
Furthermore, since the clones are unconscious, there's no need to worry about mental backlash.
In Hu Bai's opinion, this is actually very good. She can also swap positions with the clones at any time.
A practical life-saving skill!
When performing missions outside, a clone can be kept hidden at the farthest range, and she can teleport directly if in danger!
If he remembered correctly, Bai He of the Speed Clan, with his eighth Soul Skill, had a similar effect—specifically for saving lives.
After all, the purpose of the Speed Clan is reconnaissance, and it's very easy to lose one's life in the process.
The external Soul Bone, Illusion Sky Fox Tail, not only enhances the strength of the second Soul Skill but also significantly boosts Hu Liena's mental power and illusion effects when activated.
This external Soul Bone is quite special; it doesn't resemble the Eight Spider Lances or Radiance Wing, which provide a fifty percent full attribute increase. Instead, its skill points are focused on mental power and illusion amplification.
Although activating it provides a full attribute increase—currently around twenty percent—the main benefit is boosting her mental power and illusion effects.
The group wasn't too concerned about this, as Hu Liena needed to focus more on her mental power. A general increase in all attributes wasn't very necessary at this stage.
As for Xie Yue, since his Moon Blade Martial Soul gained spatial attributes due to the Immortal Herb, they could no longer search for Soul Beasts using the old method.
Since they were out this time, their target was naturally a spatial-attributed Soul Beast!
Although Xie Yue's presence usually wasn't as strong as Hu Bai's or Hu Liena's, he was their older brother and had a strong sense of responsibility. Plus, he was a bit of a sister- and brother-complex, so they naturally couldn't just ignore him.
Therefore, they were willing to spend a little more time—even if it meant going deeper!
Finally, as they ventured further, they entered a relatively unfamiliar canyon where the spatial structure was unstable, with natural spatial rifts.
They named this place Broken Space Canyon.
After searching for a long time, one night, they encountered a Soul Beast that even Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong couldn't identify.
Because it resembled an owl, had silver-gray feathers, and was incredibly fast, they named it the Void Shadow Owl!
Since it was their first time seeing this Soul Beast, they couldn't determine if it was suitable for Xie Yue's third soul ring.
Its bizarre spatial teleportation, spatial distortion, and assassination abilities meant that even ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts would fall under its claws!
So this time, Qian Daoliu took action.
The strength of this Void Shadow Owl was beyond what Xie Yue could handle; even if they used the Nine-Tailed Charm Demon, it would likely take a lot of effort. So it was better for him to act directly!
Although it was their first encounter with this Void Shadow Owl, it resembled an owl, so there was some basis for judgment. Qian Daoliu believed this Soul Beast was likely under ten thousand years old.
After all, Soul Beasts with spatial attributes are generally much stronger than others.
In the end, the Void Shadow Owl was severely wounded by a single strike from Qian Daoliu. After inspecting it, he estimated its cultivation to be around four thousand to six thousand years.
Of course, this was just an estimate, and there was some risk in absorbing it. Whether or not to absorb it was left to Xie Yue's choice.
Xie Yue didn't hesitate at all. He believed that with his current physique, he could definitely withstand it!
He had consumed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber!
After such a long time, he had already finished eating all of that Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber!
His second soul ring was two thousand five hundred years old. During his time as a Soul Grandmaster, he had consumed Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber multiple times. His current physique could handle Soul Beasts under seven thousand years without much trouble!
As Hu Bai and Hu Liena's older brother, he felt a sense of urgency.
Now that such a good opportunity was before him, he had to seize it!
"I want to absorb it!" Xie Yue looked at Qian Daoliu, his eyes full of determination.
Qian Daoliu smiled. "Good. Go ahead and absorb it!"
He liked that kind of drive.
This place must be marked well. Although they had only seen one spatial-attribute Soul Beast in so many days, they hadn't gone very deep into it yet. This location could be explored again later, once Hu Bai's soul power reached rank forty or fifty!
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