Yu Xiaowei sat in his room, stroking his golden-colored left leg bone.
To be honest, when Ning Fengzhi confidently said that this was Ning Rongrong's dowry, he was still a little confused.
He still felt a bit dizzy even now.
Although his relationship with Ning Rongrong had been tacitly approved by both families, he was still young, and it was unclear why Ning Fengzhi was so eager to formalize their status.
He shook his head, trying to clear all the distracting thoughts.
Yu Xiaowei took a deep breath and attached the soul bone to his left leg.
Buzz—
A golden wave spread outward, centered on the soul bone.
Crazy and violent thoughts suddenly flooded his mind, fiercely attacking his consciousness. He seemed to hear once again the maniacal laughter of the old man in golden robes.
"Die, die, genius of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan."
"Your Majesty, my mission is complete—"
A massive amount of razor-sharp energy surged into his body, causing severe damage.
A drop of blood trickled from the corner of Yu Xiaowei's mouth, and his body trembled violently. He had only just begun to absorb the soul bone, yet he was already suffering serious internal injuries.
Ning Fengzhi would never have guessed that the soul bone left behind by the fallen Titled Douluo still contained traces of consciousness.
It could even use the energy within the soul bone to launch a dual attack on both Yu Xiaowei's mind and body.
It felt like his body was being continuously slashed by blades.
The intense pain drenched Yu Xiaowei in sweat.
But this wasn't the most terrifying part.
The most terrifying thing was the residual consciousness.
After all, it was left behind by a Titled Douluo.
Even though Yu Xiaowei possessed unparalleled talent and was a powerful offensive spirit master, his spiritual strength wasn't particularly strong.
Faced with this mental onslaught, he almost lost his mind several times.
At the critical moment, his Godzilla martial spirit silently emerged, and a strange beastly roar echoed from afar and reached his mind.
Along with that beastly roar, a powerful force swept through Yu Xiaowei's consciousness, cleansing all the filth.
"What kind of soul beast's roar is that?!"
"Ah—!"
After a moment of shock, the old man's golden-robed consciousness completely vanished under the pressure of the Monster King.
With the rebellious consciousness in the soul bone gone, the sharp energy softened and took the initiative to repair the wounds in Yu Xiaowei's body.
A feeling of comfort spread throughout his body.
It felt like he was stepping into an endless forest. Yu Xiaowei lifted his left leg and kept running through the woods. The sensation of being torn apart by strong winds made him groan in delight.
When Yu Xiaowei opened his eyes again, the soul bone had completely fused with his body.
He carefully felt the changes within himself.
After absorbing the soul bone, his soul power remained at level 38 without any increase, but there was a sharp aura within it.
He tried throwing a punch—there was no visible change in his strength. However, the table, which hadn't been directly hit, shattered into pieces from the force of the blow.
Yu Xiaowei suddenly grew interested. He punched again and again, managing to destroy objects even before his fist reached them.
He didn't stop until the room was in chaos.
The experiment yielded results. After absorbing the soul bone, the greatest change was that each punch was now accompanied by a powerful gust of wind.
Yu Xiaowei lightly stepped on the ground, and it felt as though his weight had turned into a feather. By simply exerting strength from his left leg, he felt like he could fly.
The left leg soul bone granted him the skill: Light Blade Slash, which gathered all power into the left leg and instantly unleashed countless light blades focused on a single target.
Extremely powerful and impressive.
Yu Xiaowei nodded in satisfaction.
This was likely the soul bone of an agile-type soul beast. Although he hadn't obtained a speed-type soul skill, his base speed had clearly increased significantly.
The only downside was that the explosive soul skill consumed a lot of soul power.
A single use would deplete 20% of his soul power.
"Yu! Xiao! Wei!"
Yu Luomian's angry voice suddenly rang from the door.
A blue light flashed, and before Yu Xiaowei could react, a powerful force grabbed his collar and lifted him up.
"Are you trying to demolish the house?!"
Seeing Yu Luomian's furious expression, Yu Xiaowei shrank his neck and turned to look behind him.
Sure enough, during his soul bone test earlier, he had nearly destroyed the entire room without realizing it.
"Dad, Dad, let me explain. I thought the room decor was too old and wanted to replace it with something new, so I…"
"You little brat. Just because you have a wealthy father-in-law now, you think you can throw money around?"
Yu Luomian looked sadly at the ruined room and muttered, "Such a wasteful child."
Then he tossed Yu Xiaowei to the ground and threw a black box at him.
"Dad, what's this?"
The box was quite heavy in his hand. Yu Xiaowei weighed it—about 130 to 140 kilograms.
"It's not for you. It's an engagement gift for my daughter-in-law. You can give it to Ning Fengzhi to show some respect to your elders."
"Huh? It's not a soul bone, is it?"
"Of course it is, you idiot. They gave you such a precious item—don't we have to return the gesture? Otherwise, people will think the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family are just a bunch of paupers."
Yu Luomian kicked Yu Xiaowei in the butt angrily and drove him out.
Yu Xiaowei tucked the soul bone box under his arm and hummed a little tune as he headed toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
He was already so familiar with the route, it felt like going home.
As soon as he reached the gate of the sect, Ning Rongrong came hopping out.
The moment she saw Yu Xiaowei, her eyes lit up and she quickly grabbed his arm, pulling him away.
"Rongrong, don't make trouble again. I don't have time to play with you today. I need to find Uncle Ning."
"My dad's not home today. He went to an auction to buy a Catwoman~"
"???"
Yu Xiaowei was stunned. Wow, I didn't expect you, Ning Fengzhi, to be that kind of person.
"Brother Xiaowei, come quickly. I have a secret to tell you—a secret even my dad doesn't know."
Ning Rongrong pulled him insistently and kept walking away.
Yu Xiaowei had no choice but to place the soul bone box with a soul guide. Without seeing Ning Fengzhi, he didn't dare leave it outside.
The two of them walked to a secluded corner. Ning Rongrong cautiously looked around, then leaned close and whispered into Yu Xiaowei's ear.
"Brother Xiaowei, I've reached level 30~"
"Ah, that's it? Couldn't you just tell your dad and the others?"
Yu Xiaowei pinched Ning Rongrong's little cheek, not sure whether to laugh or cry.
Hmm, that feels nice. Let me pinch it again.
Ning Rongrong pouted, brushed off his dirty hand, and said coquettishly,
"You promised me before that you'd take me to hunt a soul ring when I reached level 30~"
"It'd be boring if I told my dad and the others! I want to hunt a soul ring with you~"
Looking at the eager Ning Rongrong, Yu Xiaowei slapped his forehead, silently thanking himself for having been tough on her before.
But thinking about it again, the third soul ring would at most be from a soul beast over a thousand years old—there wouldn't be any danger in the outskirts of the Sunset Forest.
"All right, but once we get to the Sunset Forest, you have to listen to me and not run off!"
"Okay~"