Chapter 127: Divinity Theory, Divine Skill—Spider God Possession
"From your perspective, you're still lacking two things."
Bai Lu raised two fingers and said, "A torso soul bone and divinity!"
"Divinity?"
Zhu Zhuqing was somewhat surprised.
She could still understand the former.
After all, the Hell Slaughter Armor was formed using the Eight Spider Lances as a medium.
But the former's "level" was clearly far inferior to the latter.
The reason for this was that she currently lacked a soul bone fusion skill, or rather, the most crucial core of the Hell Slaughter Divine Armor—the torso soul bone.
If she could complete this core, the Hell Slaughter Armor would truly become complete.
Correspondingly, the Eight Spider Lances should also receive a certain boost, reaching the level of a divine artifact.
But divinity?
What was that?
She hadn't even become a god, so where would divinity come from?
"With a torso soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances can naturally grow into a divine artifact."
"But with divinity, the Eight Spider Lances can become your personal weapon, able to unleash even greater power in your hands."
Bai Lu explained his theory with complete confidence:
"If you compare divinity to a god position and divine artifacts to gods, then even at the same level, a rank-100 true god without a god position and one with a god position are worlds apart in strength."
"A god without a god position is essentially just a mortal capable of wielding god-level power."
"They cannot utilize the power of laws, nor do they possess an endless lifespan."
"But once they obtain a god position, even the weakest Third-Class god will experience a massive surge in strength after gaining the ability to wield the power of laws."
In Bai Lu's view, the divinity of a divine artifact was, in simple terms, a special and powerful enchantment.
Just like Tang San's god-level Eight Spider Lances and Sea God Eight Wings.
Both were divine artifacts, but which was stronger?
The answer was obvious.
"There's such a theory?!"
Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes widened in astonishment.
"Mm! I came up with it myself. Sounds reasonable, right?"
Bai Lu raised an eyebrow slightly and asked in return.
"Reasonable, very reasonable!"
The girl applauded enthusiastically, then cautiously asked:
"But I'm still human. How do I give the Eight Spider Lances divinity?"
"Either rely on external divine power infusion or rely on faith!"
Bai Lu's eyes gleamed with certainty. "Use the power of faith to condense divine fire and ignite divinity for the Eight Spider Lances!"
"So that's how it is!"
Zhu Zhuqing didn't fully understand but still looked impressed.
"Alright, alright. Thanks for playing along even though you don't understand."
Bai Lu couldn't help but chuckle.
"You don't need to worry about this. When the time comes, it will naturally gain divinity."
"Now let me use your body for a moment. The soul of this Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor is still useful!"
"Oh!"
Zhu Zhuqing obediently gave way.
"White Tiger Slaughter Art — Soul Ring Sacrifice!"
Bai Lu took control and directly activated the secret technique.
A flash of red light appeared as the black soul ring condensed after the death of the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor suddenly exploded.
The immense energy flowed entirely into a reddish-black soul.
In an instant, the soul was completely dyed red by the energy.
"Buzz~"
Guided by the Slaughter Skull Bone, the black soul successfully entered Zhu Zhuqing's body.
100,000-year Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor soul +1!
"In a moment, carefully sense it. The prototype of that soul skill from the Eight Spider Lances has completely taken shape after this evolution."
"It's done? Then I… hmm?"
Zhu Zhuqing came back to her senses and looked up, only to see Yue Guan and Gui Mei staring at her blankly.
They were muttering to themselves—
"Soul bone fusion skill… external soul bone evolution…"
"The soul ring exploded… the soul…"
It wasn't that Yue Guan and Gui Mei lacked knowledge. Having lived so many years, even if they hadn't eaten pork, they had at least seen pigs run.
But everything Zhu Zhuqing had done either only existed in legends or hadn't even appeared in legends at all.
It was the first time they had learned that the power of a soul ring, aside from absorption, could be used in such a way!
Moreover, the Saintess seemed to possess considerable soul manipulation ability.
This completely overturned their understanding.
"Your Highness, may I ask—what level has your external soul bone evolved to?"
Yue Guan swallowed.
As Bibi Dong's trusted aide, he had seen her external soul bone, Six Purple Light Wings, and her 100,000-year soul bone.
But compared to the aura released by the Eight Spider Lances just now, those soul bones seemed insignificant.
"Not bad luck. I managed to evolve it into a quasi-divine artifact."
Zhu Zhuqing glanced at him and nodded calmly.
"Not bad luck?!"
Yue Guan's mouth twitched.
"Mm, I'm used to it."
Zhu Zhuqing nodded lightly and began sensing the new soul skill.
"Used to it…"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked at each other, speechless.
They wanted to say something, but seeing the girl's calm expression, as if it were nothing unusual, they couldn't utter a word.
Perhaps this was the gap between people?
Things that others could only dream of obtaining in their lifetime could, for some people, be gained from a single ordinary opportunity.
While feeling envious, Yue Guan's thoughts became active—
If he joined the Douluo Hall and Zhu Zhuqing was truly willing to gift him immortal herbs,
Then leaving Bibi Dong might not be such a bad idea.
With immortal herbs, he could definitely become a Rank 97 Douluo Hall elder!
Since he was serving someone anyway, why not choose a master who offered better rewards, less trouble, greater safety, and a brighter future?
Why not sell himself at a better price?
"Whoosh!"
At that moment, a powerful aura suddenly surged.
"Hmm?!"
Yue Guan abruptly raised his head, only to see gray mist emerging around Zhu Zhuqing.
Her aura instantly multiplied several times, the Eight Spider Lances exuding an even more dangerous presence, and her armor radiating a deep, dark glow.
"This aura… It's undergone a qualitative change!"
Previously, no matter how strong Zhu Zhuqing was, her aura had never reached the level of a Titled Douluo.
But now, she directly erupted with a Titled Douluo-level aura.
"Dark Gold Terror Claw!"
Zhu Zhuqing's right hand lit up as she casually waved.
In an instant, a massive golden slash tore through the air, unstoppable, easily traveling over a thousand meters.
Everything in its path was split in two.
"Whoosh whoosh—!"
The girl tested by swinging the Eight Spider Lances.
Just the residual soul power alone pierced trees five meters away.
"I didn't expect to obtain this soul skill directly."
After a simple test, although Zhu Zhuqing appeared calm on the surface, a storm had already surged within her heart.
She had killed two ten-thousand-year-level Man-Faced Demon Spiders in total.
The ability that left the deepest impression on her from both was the Spider God Possession, which burned cultivation to greatly increase strength and cause a qualitative leap in aura.
And now, after the evolution of the Eight Spider Lances, she had directly "obtained" this soul skill!
[Spider God Possession: After activation, all attributes, self-healing ability, and poison power double. Aura rises, and pressure increases dramatically.]
"This soul skill is so powerful!"
Zhu Zhuqing was truly strong!
Simply put, activating this soul skill was equivalent to having a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master buff her, and this amplification could even stack with Ning Rongrong's buffs!
Her already terrifying stats expanded once again!
But behind such power lay unimaginable consumption and limitations—
[Under Spider God Possession, 5% of total soul power is consumed per second.]
This level of consumption was terrifying!
The soul power consumption of a single soul skill was even greater than all her other abilities combined at full output!
Even if she activated the skill, she could only last 20 seconds. Moreover, the skill was not an instant-release type—it required two seconds of energy consumption to activate fully.
Even with the rapid recovery of her soul core, she simply could not make up for such terrifying consumption.
"This soul skill really has terrifying consumption!"
While astonished, Zhu Zhuqing also discovered a special mechanism.
As if knowing that the user would lack sufficient soul power in battle, it thoughtfully provided options to burn lifespan, ranks, and the age of soul rings and soul bones.
[If soul power is insufficient, one may choose to burn lifespan, ranks, or the age of soul rings and soul bones to compensate. One year of lifespan per second, one rank every three seconds.]
As long as one's life was tough enough and the soul ring and soul bone ages were high enough, one could ignore the risk of soul power depletion and use this soul skill recklessly!
"This soul skill is really 'user-friendly.'"
Even Bai Lu couldn't help but shake his head.
It could only be said that the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
The effect of this soul skill truly matched its cost!
End of Chapter
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