After wandering around, taking care of personal hygiene, Han Li returned to the camp to find Broad Hill and Du Gu Yan already awake and eating.
Instead of joining them, Han Li began practicing new skills. Since his Elemental Affinity had become Elemental Control, he had been constantly trying to develop new abilities.
Or rather, it wasn't development at all, but plagiarism, seeing if he could replicate the moves from his memory, to the point where he could be a mage even without using his Martial Soul.
But how to put it? So far, the results could only be described as unsatisfactory.
Simple compression, explosion, burning, shaping, solidification, temperature control, etc., he could do easily, but advanced techniques like elementalization, clones, flame jump, and ice surface transfer, he couldn't grasp at all.
Clearly, the elements were right there for him to mold as he pleased, but he just couldn't do it, as if there was a pathetic barrier between them.
Broad Hill finished breakfast first and, seeing him tinkering again, walked over.
"Don't think about it too much. I've told you, your level is still low. Even if your Spiritual Power reaches the Soul Sage level, it's hard to understand these things. It's like I can't describe the feeling of Martial Soul True Body to you. Once you reach that level, you'll understand naturally."
"In a Soul Master's cultivation, the Soul Sage stage is a qualitative change, and then you have to wait until Super Douluo," Broad Hill said, sharing his cultivation experience.
"Yes, I know, Master. I'm just trying it out of boredom."
Han Li dissipated the elemental power in his hand and replied with a smile.
"Alright, go pack up. They'll be done eating soon. You two will still be going deeper on your own. We won't easily interfere with Spirit Beasts below 20,000 years."
Broad Hill patted his shoulder and pointed to Du Gu Yan, who was looking over here from time to time, "Also, you can take a look at her External Spirit Bone. The changes it formed in combination with her Martial Soul are quite interesting."
"Really? Then I'll go take a look."
Han Li walked over there.
"Xiao Li."
Seeing him coming, Du Gu Yan stopped eating and stood up, greeting him with a smile.
"Looks like Sister Yan is in a good mood. I heard from Master that the External Spirit Bone mutated after combining with your Martial Soul. Let me see it."
Hearing his teasing words, Du Gu Yan rolled her eyes at him and took a few steps to the side, revealing a pair of wings behind her, with a dark red base, decorated with purple-blue stripes, and covered with spikes at the bottom.
"Hmm?"
Han Li noticed something was wrong with just a casual glance.
Du Gu Yan wasn't using her Martial Soul Avatar right now, so these weapon-like wings must be the original Eight Spider Lances.
"I can practice Dual Blades with you in the future, too."
Du Gu Yan looked at Han Li's expression with satisfaction and said playfully.
"Don't tell me, you can take off your wings and use them as weapons?"
Hearing her words, Han Li naturally thought of that.
"Not in this state, but I can after using Martial Soul Avatar."
Seeing that he guessed it directly, Du Gu Yan didn't waste any words and instantly completed her Martial Soul Avatar.
At the moment of Martial Soul Avatar, the physical wings and energy wings overlapped, a flash of light seemed to create a response, and then two miniature versions of the wing blades fell into her hands.
"That's amazing. Can I take a look?"
Han Li's eyes lit up, wanting to see what the difference was between these two blades and his Martial Soul.
"Here, take it."
Du Gu Yan handed over the blade in her hand without hesitation.
Han Li took it and examined it carefully, finding that the feel was indeed different from his Martial Soul. Although it was also physical, it felt like an energy solidification after being held tightly, and it was very light. However, the purple-blue barbs on the outer edge were exactly the same as the real spider leg barbs, gorgeous and ferocious.
"Is this considered a Soul Bone skill?" Han Li asked casually.
"I guess so. I found that this Soul Bone doesn't seem to have any active skills. All the abilities need to be constantly familiarized and developed by myself. Currently, besides turning into weapons, I only found that it has the ability to extract and store highly toxic substances at will. The Martial Soul's poison and fire poison are also stored inside, um, and it also has a certain swallowing ability, whether it's Soul Power or vitality."
"Like this."
As she said that, Du Gu Yan picked up the remaining blade, walked to a big tree next to her, and slashed at it. First, scorch marks and obvious black corrosion marks appeared on the trunk.
Then, an inconspicuous hint of green flowed into Du Gu Yan's body along the blade, and near the blade mark, the trunk showed obvious signs of drying up.
"Don't expose this ability in public, and it should be controllable, right? How's the devouring effect?"
Han Li's expression turned slightly serious. He didn't think there was a problem with this ability, but he believed that it was different from what everyone else thought. Moreover, they weren't strong enough yet, and this kind of ability could easily be used as an excuse to attack them.
"Yeah, don't worry, I can control it myself. If I don't use the blades, eight energy lines will appear from the wings when devouring, which is too obvious. Besides, Senior Broad Hill has already reminded me, and I won't abuse this ability."
"As for the devouring effect, it's so-so. Maybe it's because the Soul Bone's age is still low, and a lot of it dissipates naturally. For example, with that slash just now, I only felt a slight boost in my spirit. If I didn't deliberately focus on it, I wouldn't even feel anything. Maybe it will improve as I grow."
Du Gu Yan answered seriously, not wanting to become a Fallen Soul Master that everyone condemns.
"Okay."
Han Li handed the wing blades back, indicating that it was fine.
Du Gu Yan casually took them, throwing the Dual Blades behind her without even looking, and the two wing blades disappeared.
"Sister Yan, you can try combining the Martial Soul Avatar with the use of the External Spirit Bone, which will make it easier to hide," Han Li suggested.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. When the time comes, others will only think it's my Soul Skill and won't even imagine it's a Soul Bone skill. By the way, what do you think about calling them Flame Spirit Wing Blades?"
"Yeah, whatever you like."
Han Li smiled. He was well aware of his naming abilities, so he wouldn't interfere.
Du Gu Yan tried a few more times before finally fixing the summoning mode of the two together. She happily waved her wings, conjured the Flame Spirit Wing Blades, and made a few decent low-altitude swoops before finally calming down.
Han Li, watching her actions, felt a strange sense of familiarity.
After a while, he finally remembered. How could he not be familiar? Just looking at Du Gu Yan's appearance now, she was practically a Qian Renxue replica, well, a low-layout version, after all, the difference in Martial Soul and strength was obvious. A low-layout version? More like a budget version.
Could this be considered me raising Du Gu Yan into Qian Renxue? He joked in his heart.
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