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After escaping from the swamp, Xuan Ming turned around and saw a flash of fire in the eyes of the black dragon on his left. It opened its mouth wide and raging flames gushed out, spraying onto the ground.
The combination of ice and fire directly cut off all traces. No matter how powerful the snakes were, they would not be able to find them without guidance.
However, for safety reasons, Xuan Ming quickly moved nearly ten miles away before he finally stopped.
"Let me deal with this thing." Xuan Ming partially lifted the ice, squatted down, and looked at the snake-scorpion beast. The cold cold and the scorching flames alternately surged back and forth on its body. At the same time, the domain was activated with flashes.
The snake and scorpion beast went back and forth at the gates of hell, unable to live or die.
After nearly an incense stick of time, the snake-scorpion beast finally collapsed.
"It should be OK." Xuan Ming stood up and said.
"Are you... sure?" The snake lady was a little skeptical. She didn't understand what Xuan Ming was doing.
"I've tried it twice before, it should be fine." Xuan Ming looked at Meng Yiran.
"If you're worried about your safety..."
"I'm not afraid!"
As if he was hit too hard by Xuan Ming's strength, Meng was still unwilling to give up this rare and powerful soul beast. He went forward to deal with the snake and scorpion beast and began to absorb the soul ring.
Time passed minute by minute, and a layer of light red mist lingered on the surface of Meng Yiran's body. This was not the light of soul power, but the blood mist that seeped out of her body.
Listening to the crackling sound of bones coming from the blood mist, the snake woman's face became more and more ugly, "She..."
"This is normal; all ultimate spirit rings are like this." Xuan Ming said.
It was because the Blood Spear itself couldn't absorb enough blood mist, so it couldn't seep out at all. But under normal circumstances, when absorbing the limit soul ring, the scene would be almost the same.
This snake-scorpion beast had been specially taken care of by him and was already quite cooperative. However, it was still oozing blood mist because Meng Yiran's body was of average quality and had never experienced any beatings. So when it experienced the impact of the soul ring energy, the scene would naturally be more serious.
But it just looks creepy, and there is no problem with safety.
If the girl really couldn't bear it, he could help suppress it, but it would just take a little longer.
"What's going on?"
A figure came running from a distance like a ghost. It was Dragon Lord Meng Shu.
He was tall and straight, with white hair and beard, but he looked energetic, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle. When he saw Meng Yiran who was absorbing the soul ring and the light red blood mist lingering around them, his face instantly turned gloomy.
The snake lady hurried forward and explained the whole story in detail, emphasizing Xuan Ming's help and Meng Yiran's insistence on absorbing this ultimate soul ring.
After hearing this, Lord Dragon Meng Shu frowned slightly and his gaze lingered on Xuan Ming for a moment, "Are you sure you're okay?"
"It's okay, just wait a moment." Xuan Ming said.
Upon hearing this, Lord Long said nothing more. After all, it was useless to say anything now.
As time passed slowly, the light red blood mist on Meng Yiran's body became thicker and thicker, and the crackling sound of bones became more and more frequent, as if a powerful force was constantly impacting and reshaping her body.
As the Dragon Man and the Snake Woman waited anxiously, the blood mist on Meng Yiran's body began to gradually dissipate, and a powerful soul power fluctuation spread out in all directions with her as the center.
"Successful?" The snake woman looked surprised.
"Yi Ran, you..."
"Ah!!"
Just as the snake woman was about to step forward to check the situation, Meng Yiran suddenly let out a scream, her upper body suddenly arched, and a cold gray-black light emerged from the spine on her back. Then, a sharp bulge rapidly grew out from the coccyx, which was the iconic scorpion tail of the snake-scorpion beast.
"This, this is..." Looking at this strange scene, the snake woman didn't react for a moment.
"Mutated torso bones?" Xuan Ming's eyes twitched slightly.
No, what kind of luck is this?
According to Arou, snake-scorpion beasts are extremely rare, with only one at most appearing in a group of snakes. It is one of the snake soul beasts with extremely powerful bloodline. And because its bloodline is mixed with that of scorpion beasts, this soul beast is immune to the bloodline suppression of superior races.
The reason why this thing dared to attack him before was because it was not afraid of his dragon power at all.
"Yi Ran!" The snake woman hurried forward, took out a coat and put it on Meng Yi Ran.
The scorpion tail that grew from her tail vertebrae directly tore her clothes and made her naked.
"Eat this." Xuan Ming took out a recovery pill and threw it into Meng Yiran's hand.
"Yiran..." Long Gongzheng wanted to stop him from eating something of unknown origin.
Meng Yiran didn't hesitate at all and swallowed it in one gulp.
The medicinal power spread quickly, quickly restoring her lost strength.
"What is this?"
After recovering, Meng Yian looked at the scorpion tail hanging behind him shyly.
This thing actually grew out of her body and tore her clothes, right from that position!
"My friend just said that this is a mutated torso bone?" Lord Long looked at Xuan Ming.
"Can this soul bone mutate?"
"It's possible, but it's unlikely to happen." Xuan Ming said.
"This is the first time I've seen something like this."
The Ice Dragon King had taught him some basic knowledge. Soul bone mutations usually only occur in soul beasts with mixed bloodlines, like the snake and scorpion beasts that shouldn't appear. Their soul cores naturally have two attributes, so when the soul bones appear, the soul bones themselves will also mutate.
But he really didn't expect to see this kind of soul bone with his own eyes, and it was created by him.
The essence of soul bones is the soul core of soul beasts. When most soul beasts die, their soul cores will shatter and they will not be able to produce soul bones. Only those soul beasts with strong bloodlines have stable soul cores that will not easily dissipate after death. Therefore, the stronger the soul beast and the stronger the bloodline, the higher the probability of soul bones appearing.
However, if the soul beast is stimulated by external force before it dies, as he did just now, and the soul beast's desire to survive is beaten back and forth on the brink of life and death, it will also improve the stability of the soul core to a certain extent.
The will to survive will cause the soul beast's soul power to explode rapidly and stabilize the soul core energy. The will to die that follows will solidify all of this and gather the soul power to the extreme, which can retain the soul beast's own power to the greatest extent and thereby increase the probability of the birth of soul bones.
But this is a very difficult thing to do. After all, it is a matter of life and death. As long as the force is a little greater, the soul beast will die. If you are too lenient and give the soul beast a chance to self-destruct, it will be even more doomed.
Moreover, the soul beast must be killed when the will to survive reaches its peak and the will to die is just beginning to emerge. Otherwise, without the support of the will to survive, the soul core will quickly dissipate.
The conditions are harsh, the techniques are even more demanding, and it is extremely difficult to grasp the right measure, so even if people know this method, few people have the ability to do it.
What's more, faced with a situation where there is no chance of survival, most soul beasts would simply choose to self-destruct. Without strong control capabilities, it would be impossible to do such a thing.
"You guys take your time to study it. I don't really understand it either, and this thing of hers..." Xuan Ming paused.
"It's not very convenient to use at first glance, so try to use it as little as possible."
"I..." Meng Yiran looked at the scorpion tail growing from her tail vertebrae with some shame.
How can she use such a strange soul bone outside?