Chapter 84: Xiao Wu's Sacrifice, Soul Bone Fusion, Breaking Through to Soul King!
"Still pretending? You like pretending?"
"Why don't you keep pretending?"
Bai Lu looked at Xiao Wu with a half-smile.
"I…"
Xiao Wu opened her mouth, but no words came out.
"Be good, Xiao Wu. Although you're willful and unreasonable, you've lived long enough~."
Bai Lu gently stroked Xiao Wu's head, his tone as soft as if he were coaxing a child.
"With your hundred-thousand-year cultivation, you've lived at least tens of thousands of years. That's already a full life."
"If you behave, I might let you meet Tang San again in the future."
"Meet? No! Don't!"
Xiao Wu's face turned pale.
If she were going to sacrifice, then meeting again would mean killing Tang San and sending him to her!
She fell silent for a long time, struggling fiercely inside.
In the end, she raised her head, a resolute look flashing in her eyes.
"You… as long as you promise not to kill my brother and help me avenge my mother in the future, I will voluntarily sacrifice."
"Avenge? Tell me."
Zhu Zhuqing, who had been silent, finally spoke.
She didn't think of herself as an evil person.
Although Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast—someone everyone would kill on sight.
If she could fulfill the other party's final wish, she didn't mind helping.
"Mm!"
Hatred flashed in Xiao Wu's eyes.
"Kill Bibi Dong for me!"
"Bibi Dong?"
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned, then confirmed, "Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong?"
"Mm!"
Xiao Wu nodded heavily.
"Are you serious?"
Zhu Zhuqing's expression changed slightly.
"That's right! She was the one who killed my mother!"
Xiao Wu gritted her teeth. "Swear that you'll kill her for me in the future and avenge my mother, and I'll sacrifice to you!"
"I won't."
Zhu Zhuqing turned her head away and refused decisively.
She was simple, not stupid.
Just for a prey already in hand, for a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, to swear to kill the strongest female soul master on the continent to avenge a soul beast…
She wasn't insane.
"Hahaha…"
Bai Lu couldn't help but laugh.
He patted Xiao Wu's face, forcing her to face reality.
"Little rabbit, you're adorably naive. You're already in my hands, and you still think you can bargain?"
He raised two fingers.
"I'll give you two choices."
"Either you voluntarily sacrifice, and I can spare your Third Brother for now."
"Or you passively sacrifice, and the moment I get the chance, I'll take Tang San's life!"
He lowered his head and looked into Xiao Wu's eyes, speaking the coldest words in the gentlest tone.
"Don't worry. I specialize in playing with souls."
"I have countless methods, from body to mind to soul, to slowly torture you, play with you, train you, and control you."
"I can reshape you completely until you willingly sacrifice."
"Want to make a bet?"
"Let's see whether, in your human form, you can last half a month under me."
"If you can, then… I'll reward you with another half month!"
As he spoke, his eyes lit up slightly, transmitting scenes of various tortures and humiliations into Xiao Wu's spiritual sea.
He even used his spiritual power to make her partially experience them firsthand.
"Th… this…"
Xiao Wu's face grew paler and paler, her eyes filling with fear.
Just by watching, she could feel that pain, that humiliation, that despair…
Could she endure it?
No. She couldn't!
Perhaps the images Bai Lu transmitted were too "moving."
In no time, Xiao Wu was "moved" to tears, snot and all, and immediately declared that she was willing to sacrifice voluntarily.
"I'll sacrifice! I'll do it, okay!"
"Good! A wise person knows when to submit!
Bai Lu patted her head and stood up.
"Remember, both the soul bone and soul ring—I want your strongest soul skills!"
"Teleportation, Invincible Golden Body, and Nothingness—those three must be preserved!"
"I'll be watching you from the spiritual sea. Don't try any tricks."
"Otherwise… you'll bear the consequences!"
He smiled faintly, but it made Xiao Wu shiver.
"If you obediently contribute while alive, I can make things easier for you after death."
"…Okay…"
Xiao Wu lowered her head, completely resigned.
Bai Lu raised his hand and pointed. A ray of light entered Xiao Wu's forehead.
"This is a bone fusion secret technique I developed."
He explained, "Your soul bone attributes aren't too incompatible. Later, directly use your hundred-thousand-year soul bone power to fuse with the Nether left leg bone!"
When a soul beast sacrifices, it can decide the position of the resulting soul bone.
Although Zhu Zhuqing still lacked a torso soul bone, Bai Lu didn't plan to let the relatively weaker Soft Bone Rabbit soul bone occupy such a crucial position.
So, the only replaceable positions left were the left leg and both arms.
In theory, replacing the right arm bone seemed the most suitable.
But after some thought, Bai Lu decided to fuse the left leg bone.
After all, no matter how strong the Phantom Flash soul skill was, it still overlapped somewhat with teleportation.
One was explosive speed, the other was instant movement.
Between the two, the difference was obvious.
Moreover, arm bones used for attacks needed higher stats.
"…Alright…"
Xiao Wu nodded blankly.
"Very good! Good little rabbit~ Prepare to sacrifice!"
Bai Lu pulled Zhu Zhuqing in front of Xiao Wu, then withdrew all his consciousness back into the spiritual sea.
This time, he had to monitor the entire sacrifice process.
Whoosh!
Soon, the sacrifice began.
Light suddenly bloomed from Xiao Wu's body.
The surroundings seemed to turn into a sea of blood-red light, illuminating the entire cave like the banks of the River of Forgetfulness.
It was as if countless red spider lilies were blooming, breathtakingly beautiful.
Xiao Wu's body gradually became transparent. Both her flesh and soul turned into nourishment for the sacrifice.
Blood-red energy surged like a tide into Zhu Zhuqing's body.
She could feel her meridians expanding, her bones strengthening, and her flesh transforming.
Her already powerful strength was rising at a visible speed.
The most crucial part was her left leg.
The pink liquid formed from soul bone power gradually enveloped the pitch-black Nether left leg bone.
Upon activating the soul bone fusion secret technique, the two forces began to merge.
Not simple devouring, but true fusion—combining the advantages of both into one.
An hour later, the blood-red light gradually dimmed.
The sacrifice was complete!
And Xiao Wu's powerless original body turned into a small rabbit, which, within a few breaths, decayed into dust and scattered into the world.
Only a remnant red soul left behind by the sacrifice was collected into the spiritual sea.
"I… broke through!"
Zhu Zhuqing slowly opened her eyes.
Beneath her feet, a blood-red soul ring slowly floated, emitting a heart-shaking pressure.
Fifth soul ring, one hundred thousand years!
Unprecedented!
"So powerful…"
Zhu Zhuqing carefully sensed the surging power within her body and quickly determined her level—
Rank 58!
An increase of eight levels, directly crossing into the Soul King realm!
She lifted her left foot, her mind moving slightly.
In the next instant, she appeared thirty meters away.
But at her original position, an identical shadow remained!
That shadow was lifelike.
Even its aura and soul power fluctuations were identical to the original body.
After lasting one second, the shadow slowly dissipated.
End of Chapter