Chapter 17: External Soul Bone, Shura Sword Prison
"Ah—!"
Su Mo's face turned pale, and bean-sized beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. He let out a low groan of pain, his brows furrowed tightly, and his body began to tremble violently.
At this moment, although he was trembling all over from the pain, he neither fainted nor lost control; he simply gritted his teeth and endured the excruciating pain.
Golden Crocodile Douluo, who was on the side, saw this and, instead of taking action, revealed a hint of surprise.
Because Su Mo's current state was not that of losing control while absorbing a Soul Ring.
Golden Crocodile Douluo vaguely guessed something; Su Mo had very likely obtained a heaven-sent opportunity, which was an External Soul Bone.
An External Soul Bone is a special existence outside of the six main Soul Bones.
Its probability of appearing is extremely low, less than one in ten thousand.
Every External Soul Bone possesses growth potential and can continuously evolve as the Soul Master's cultivation increases.
In terms of value, it is absolutely no less than a 100,000-year Soul Bone.
As a Titled Douluo who has lived for over a hundred years, although Golden Crocodile Douluo had never absorbed an External Soul Bone, Spirit Hall's records were vast and numerous, and naturally included records of External Soul Bones, so he was naturally aware of them.
Su Mo's current state matched the records very well.
Golden Crocodile Douluo took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and kept his gaze locked tightly on Su Mo to prevent any accidents.
A moment later, Su Mo suddenly opened his eyes.
At that instant, a crisp sound came from behind him.
With a ripping sound, the clothing on his back was instantly torn, and from the position of his shoulder blades, a pair of black-gold wings suddenly unfolded.
The wings spanned more than three meters, and every feather looked like a sharp sword, gleaming with a cold, piercing light.
The sword wings flapped violently.
Whoosh—
The fallen leaves on the ground were swept up and scattered in all directions.
Su Mo's body suddenly soared into the air from the ground.
As it was his first time flying, he naturally could not control it well.
The sword wings flapped wildly behind him, carrying his body swaying left and right in the air, like a child just learning to walk.
He tried to control his direction, but his body suddenly tilted to the left, nearly crashing into a giant tree.
He hurriedly adjusted, but then pitched to the right, crashing into the tree canopy, causing countless branches and leaves to fall with a rustle.
Su Mo hurriedly adjusted, flapping about clumsily in the air for a good while, until he was finally able to fly steadily.
He hovered in mid-air, looking down at the ground below.
This overlooking perspective and the feeling of soaring freely made a surge of indescribable joy well up in his heart.
Just a short while ago, he had been watching Golden Crocodile Douluo's back as he soared through the air, secretly lamenting that he did not have the ability to fly.
As it turned out, in such a short time, he already possessed an External Soul Bone capable of flight.
A moment later, Su Mo slowly landed back on the ground, the wings gently folding behind his back, his face full of joy.
"Hahaha, Xiao Mo, congratulations! I didn't expect you to actually obtain an External Soul Bone! Good! Very good!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo strode forward, his laughter echoing through the forest, and reached out to pat Su Mo on the shoulder.
He looked up and down at the sword wings behind Su Mo, his eyes full of wonder.
"Right." Golden Crocodile Douluo suddenly remembered something and asked, "Besides flight, what other abilities do these wings have?"
Su Mo smiled slightly: "I call this External Soul Bone the Black Gold Sword Wings.
It can increase all my stats by one hundred percent, allowing me to unleash greater power in battle and possess higher flexibility.
As for other abilities, please watch, Grandpa Gold Crocodile."
As his voice fell, the Black Gold Sword Wings behind him flapped violently.
Whoosh—!
His figure suddenly shot up from the ground, his speed astonishingly fast.
Twenty meters away stood a giant tree, as thick as a person could embrace, with a straight trunk and a canopy that blotted out the sky.
Su Mo's figure instantly appeared beside the giant tree, his body turning sharply.
The Black Gold Sword Wings swept across the trunk of the giant tree.
A black light flashed.
The next second, Su Mo's figure had already returned to the ground, with his back to the giant tree.
Just then, the giant tree behind him slowly tilted, and immediately, with a loud boom, it crashed heavily onto the ground.
From this, one could see how sharp these sword wings were.
Just then, a series of fine, clicking sounds came from the wings behind Su Mo.
He saw the Black Gold Sword Wings behind him changing; those originally tightly arranged feathers were actually detaching from the wings one by one, hovering behind Su Mo.
In the blink of an eye, a dense array of black-gold sword feathers appeared behind Su Mo, each one hovering in mid-air with its tip pointing outward.
Su Mo looked toward a rock wall fifty meters away.
He moved his mind.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish...
Countless sharp sounds of breaking through the air suddenly rang out.
The sword feathers hovering behind Su Mo instantly turned into streaks of black-gold light, shooting toward the rock wall.
The flying speed of the sword feathers was as fast as lightning.
In an instant, a dense sound came from the rock wall.
Dust and rock fragments flew everywhere.
When the dust settled, the surface of the rock wall was seen to be densely covered with black-gold sword feathers.
Some were deeply embedded in the rock wall, with only half of the feather tail visible, while others were completely embedded.
The entire rock wall now looked like a giant hedgehog, covered all over with black sword feathers.
Su Mo moved his mind.
The sword feathers embedded in the giant rock trembled slightly, and then, as if summoned, pulled themselves out of the rock wall, traced arcs in the air, and flew back behind Su Mo.
They rearranged themselves in the air, combining together seamlessly one by one, and in the blink of an eye, they re-formed that pair of Black Gold Sword Wings.
With a "shhh" sound, the entire pair of wings instantly retracted into his body.
At this moment, the skin on his back was as smooth as before; if not for the two holes in his clothes, one would never have known that something had just broken out from there.
"Grandpa Gold Crocodile, these are the two attack methods of the Black Gold Sword Wings.
If I use the disintegration attack, I cannot maintain the flight ability, but the stat boost still remains."
Golden Crocodile Douluo exclaimed: "An External Soul Bone is truly a treasure of heaven and earth. Xiao Mo, this opportunity of yours is truly remarkable."
Su Mo smiled: "This is all thanks to Grandpa Gold Crocodile helping me hunt the Soul Beast."
Golden Crocodile Douluo heard this and waved his hand: "An External Soul Bone is something that depends entirely on your own fortune."
He paused, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes: "By the way, what is your third Soul skills?"
"After absorbing the third Soul Ring, my Soul Power broke through to level thirty-two.
As for my third Soul skills, it is a group attack and control skill; I call it Shura Sword Prison.
After releasing it, it can form a massive sealing sword formation.
Within the sword formation, countless sword qi will continuously attack the enemy from all directions, without end.
And on the outer perimeter of the sword formation, a sword qi barrier will form; once formed, it is very difficult for Soul Masters of the same rank to break through.
If I encounter an opponent whose strength far exceeds mine, this sword formation can also buy me time to escape."
Golden Crocodile Douluo listened, nodded: "Not bad. Let's go, it's time for us to return."
The two figures headed toward the outer perimeter.