In the main hall of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's office, both Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi were extremely surprised.
"Uncle Bone, you're saying this Yang Xiong's first soul ring really absorbed a 540-year soul ring? And that soul beast wasn't a Black Tortoise, but the legendary Dark Tortoise?"
Bone Douluo nodded, "Even I almost misidentified it. That was definitely a Dark Tortoise, and its age exceeded 540 years, somewhere between 540 and 550 years."
"Although this Yang Xiong experienced some pain during the soul ring absorption process, he succeeded, and his soul power reached level thirteen. In my opinion, absorbing a hundred-year Whale Jelly to increase the soul ring's age by a hundred years should be no problem. As for the more advanced thousand-year and ten-thousand-year Whale Jelly, the increase probably won't be that simple. I can't even estimate how much it could increase."
Ning Fengzhi nodded, "This truly is a huge surprise. Taking Whale Jelly to increase the soul ring absorption age should significantly improve physical fitness and soul ring energy intake. It's indeed very beneficial for a Soul Master's cultivation. Whale Jelly can truly be called a treasure."
"Also, this Yang Xiong is quite unexpected. He was actually able to determine it was a Dark Tortoise just based on pictures and some descriptions. It seems this kid has some research into soul beasts. You know, even old Mr. Lin Gong was almost fooled."
Lin Gong was the class teacher Ning Fengzhi specifically chose for Ning Rongrong. Although his soul power level was relatively low, in terms of both student education and Martial Soul knowledge, he was absolutely top-tier within the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He had even been Ning Fengzhi's class teacher when he was a student.
Bone Douluo, however, was a little indignant, "This kid didn't discover the secret of Whale Jelly earlier. Otherwise, our Rongrong's first soul ring could have also had its age greatly increased. Maybe in the future, she could break through the limit of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
Ning Fengzhi was speechless for a moment. This Yang Xiong was about the same age as Rongrong and broke through to level ten more than a year and a half later than Rongrong. The gap in all aspects was too large. How could they be compared?
After Yang Xiong returned home, the soul power in his body completely went out of control. His spine and even his ribs felt immense pain, as if all his bones were about to lose control.
In fact, after absorbing the soul ring, Yang Xiong felt something was wrong with his body, as if something was about to grow out. However, there were too many people around, so he could only summon his Body Martial Soul and try his best to suppress the abnormality in his bones.
Upon returning home, it seemed his previously tense nerves relaxed a bit. The bones in his body seemed to grow wildly, quickly filling up more than half of the room.
When this madness in Yang Xiong's body gradually disappeared, he felt as if he was inside a huge turtle shell. His spine and ribs seemed to have formed a single entity, like a giant tortoise shell.
This tortoise shell was completely different from the ones he had seen. It seemed to wrap around his entire body. Besides a huge turtle shell growing on his back, even his chest and abdomen were covered by the shell, like a suit of armor. The only drawback was that carrying a turtle shell on his back looked quite ugly.
Normal turtle soul beasts, while strong on their backs, are actually also very strong in their chest and abdomen, which are covered by thick shells, though not as obvious as the back shell.
The external soul bone on Yang Xiong's body seemed completely different from ordinary external soul bones. It didn't just grow from the spine; all his ribs also seemed to have changed, looking more like armor covering his entire chest and abdomen.
Yang Xiong tapped his back shell and chest armor, feeling the defense was extremely strong. Both his back and chest/abdomen were protected, and even all his bones had become much stronger. Especially, the tortoise shell had two states. In one state, when summoned normally, it would only protect the chest and back. The area of the back shell was not large, only protecting all the muscles on the back.
There was another state, when the entire tortoise shell was revealed. It seemed to become incredibly huge, and his entire body was completely protected within the shell, even his head and limbs were fully inside the shell.
Yang Xiong called this Dark Tortoise shell the Dark Tortoise Armor. Especially, Yang Xiong felt that this Dark Tortoise Armor was only 500 years old now. With future development, it should be able to continue evolving, and perhaps eventually become armor covering his entire body.
Especially if the Dark Tortoise Armor evolved to the hundred-thousand-year level, it would probably be impossible for anyone to break through.
The Dark Tortoise Armor also provided Yang Xiong with a very good soul skill called Impregnable Fortress. It could summon the Dark Tortoise Armor to resist enemy attacks, whether physical or energy-based. However, if the opponent was two major realms higher than Yang Xiong, the defense of the Dark Tortoise Armor would be weakened.
Originally, Yang Xiong was complaining. Although there weren't many external soul bones on the Douluo Continent, they were basically all top-grade.
Like Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, or Huo Gua's Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Claw, or even Bibi Dong's Six-Winged Purple Light Wings, they were basically all top-tier and looked extraordinary. But why did his turn into a turtle shell? The difference in quality was too great, wasn't it? He should have known not to choose some Dark Tortoise.
However, Yang Xiong thought about it carefully. Body Martial Souls are relatively weak in the early stages, especially when fighting others, they basically need to engage in close combat, which can easily cause damage to the body. While the Dark Tortoise Armor is a bit ugly, it can provide all-round defense. Even if he doesn't summon it, it can enhance the resistance of his ribs and protect the soft areas of his chest and abdomen. It is definitely the most suitable choice for a Body Martial Soul.
Especially, the Dark Tortoise Armor has strong shock absorption capabilities. Even if subjected to severe attacks, his internal organs would not be severely injured, adding an invisible layer of defense.
Putting aside the external soul bone, what truly surprised Yang Xiong was his first soul skill.
Even Yang Xiong had a gamble-it-all mentality, and he didn't expect to succeed. His first soul skill was actually the Dark Tortoise's most terrifying space attribute.
Dark Tortoise Displacement, instantly switches positions between himself and the opponent within a certain range. Especially when the opponent is completely unprepared, once locked onto by Dark Tortoise Displacement, it is almost impossible to break free. The specific distance is one hundred meters, and the stronger the enemy, the more soul power is consumed.
Especially, Yang Xiong felt that this soul skill would be extremely effective when developed in the future. For example, if he were to swap positions with the air in front of the enemy, wouldn't that be like instantaneous movement? The effect might even be better than instantaneous movement, and this could also largely compensate for his relatively weak combat power in the early stages.
Yang Xiong used his soul power to try and control the Dark Tortoise Armor. The entire Dark Tortoise Armor didn't extend from the spine, but rather seemed like an extension of all the bones in his chest, abdomen, and back.
In the early stage, it is the Dark Tortoise Armor, and in the later stage, it will evolve into the Black Tortoise Armor. I have also thought about it for a long time, and I always feel that armor is the most suitable external soul bone for a Body Martial Soul.
I have written about wings and claws before. This time, I'll create a turtle shell that covers the entire body, which might be more suitable.
Normally, all external soul bones are claws, wings, Eight Spider Lances, etc. I seem to have written about all of these, and I feel that armor is more suitable for the protagonist's Martial Soul than wings.
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