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Hu Liena pouted, wanting to refute, but unable to utter a rebuttal.
Indeed, there are many strong individuals in the world. Leaving aside others, she is no match for High Priest Bo Saixi alone.
However, she is still young, and her soul power level is only eight-ring Soul Douluo. She has a lot of room for improvement in the future. Even if she is not a match now, it's only a matter of time.
She just wonders if she can beat her teacher now?
Bibi Dong: My disciple is so filial!
"Come on, Nana, try out the effects of the soul bone skill and soul skill."
Pinching his partner's rosy cheeks, Chu Chengzhou said.
Hu Liena nodded, a flash of soul power crossing her forehead, and a strange, dark purple eye emerged from the back of her head. She then began experimenting with her newly acquired soul bone skills and soul abilities.
After about half an hour, Chu Chengzhou had figured out the effects of the Evil Eye Tyrant dual soul bones and the skills attached to their soul rings.
The Evil Eye external soul bone was somewhat special, unlike Chu Chengzhou's Holy Light Dragon Armor, Xiao Wu's Ears, and Bibi Dong's Six-Winged Purple Light Wings. The external soul bones of the other three were all connected to their bodies.
However, Hu Liena's Evil Eye external soul bone was detached from her body; it wasn't an eye directly growing above her brow, but rather resembled a special soul tool.
Furthermore, normally, soul bones of 100,000 years or more could come with two soul bone skills, but the Evil Eye external soul bone was an exception, only possessing one.
Soul Bone Skill: Light of Destruction, powered by soul power and mental power, is a mental attack type soul bone skill. Its effect is to unleash a dark purple beam of light filled with destructive aura from the external soul bone of the Evil Eye, possessing immense power.
Compared to the external soul bone of the Evil Eye, the head soul bone of the Evil Eye Tyrant is much more normal, possessing two soul skills.
Soul Bone Skill: Evil Eye Gaze, a mental control type soul bone skill, can forcibly stun the target. The specific duration depends on the strength of the mental power of both parties, but is at least five seconds.
However, Chu Chengzhou tested it, and the forced stun effect of the Evil Eye Gaze soul bone skill has a certain upper limit.
In his normal state, before his mental power reached the Divine Origin Realm, he would be forcibly stunned for five seconds.
But regardless of whether he was wearing the Nine Heavens Chaos Armor or in the Spirit Transformation state, once his mental power reached the Divine Origin Realm, the forced stun effect would no longer work on him.
The second soul bone skill of the Evil Eye Tyrant's head soul bone: Light of Time and Space, contains the mysteries of time. Unlike ordinary mental attacks and mental control skills, it's somewhat like a negative buff; once hit, the victim's spiritual essence will be weakened.
In his normal state, Chu Chengzhou took a direct hit from Hu Liena's Light of Time and Space, and immediately felt as if his body had been hollowed out by Qian Renxue—in fact, even worse, his spirit was extremely weak.
Fortunately, his Time Dragon Summoning Spirit, Xiao Guang, possessed the divine ability of Time Reversal; otherwise, things would have been much worse.
Hu Liena also has two eighth soul skills.
Eighth Soul Skill: Nine Heavens Starfall, draws one hundred and eight rays of starlight down from the sky. Those hit by the starlight will experience a strong mental paralysis effect, the specific effect depending on the strength of the mental power of both parties; it is a group mental control skill.
Eighth Soul Skill: Star Moon Field, a domain-type soul skill. As the starlight and moonlight descend, within the starlight and moonlight force field, any opponent with weaker mental strength than oneself will be suppressed to a certain degree.
Those suppressed will suffer from various negative statuses such as dizziness, sluggishness, weakness, and confusion. The weaker the opponent, the stronger the negative status effect, and vice versa.
Well, the soul skill is good, and the soul bone skill is also good, but this still doesn't change Hu Liena's ranking in the continent's soul master world.
With soul skills and soul bone skills of average effect, aside from Tang Chen, who is trapped in Slaughter City and is already half-crippled, Hu Liena, whose mental strength is close to the peerless realm, cannot defeat Chu Chengzhou, nor can she defeat the demigod-level Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu.
Even with these powerful soul skills and soul bone skills, Hu Liena still cannot defeat the three of them. As for Bibi Dong, she possesses considerable strength, but due to the Rakshasa God Trial, she cannot fully unleash it. Chu Chengzhou couldn't say for sure who was stronger between the master and disciple at the moment.
The next morning, after bidding farewell to his four sisters, Chu Chengzhou left Seagod Island and set off back to the mainland.
The Ancient Tree of Life's Spirit Summoning Xiao Qing had mastered the resurrection divine skill, and the Time Dragon's Spirit Summoning Xiao Guang could exempt Xiao Qing from the price required to use the resurrection divine skill. It was time to resurrect his deceased mother-in-law and father-in-law, giving his sisters a surprise.
Around noon, a white-golden dragon shadow flew rapidly from the western sky of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and then, to the astonishment of the titled Douluo within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, landed in the cemetery behind the mountain.
Sending a telepathic message to Ning Fengzhi, Chu Chengzhou shifted his gaze from the kneeling, silver-figure statue before the tomb to his mother-in-law's grave.
Then, with a swift movement, he reached out, and with a spatial ripple, the large red coffin, originally inside the burial chamber, appeared before the tombstone.
"Forgive me, forgive me~"
After bowing three times to express his remorse, Chu Chengzhou lifted the coffin lid.
A stench of decay wafted out, and before Chu Chengzhou's eyes lay a decaying skeleton dressed in a magnificent long dress.
More than a decade had passed; his mother-in-law's body had long since decomposed, leaving only bones. However, the quality of her clothing was excellent; it was likely woven from the silk of a high-ranking silkworm-like spirit beast, showing no signs of decay.
Then, Chu Chengzhou's True Spirit Flag martial soul materialized, its pure golden, million-year-old first soul ring shining brightly. A massive, sky-covering tree shadow appeared in the air above the cemetery.
"Xiao Qing, cast a powerful resurrection spell!"
Pointing to the skeleton inside the coffin, Chu Chengzhou said to Xiao Qing.
Chu Chengzhou: Resurrect, my mother-in-law!
Rustle—
The branches of the sky-covering tree shadow, radiating a rich life force, swayed and rustled.
Amidst the surging soul power, a pillar of azure light, brimming with life force, shot into the sky, enveloping the entire coffin.
Instantly, under the infusion of this immense life force, the decaying skeleton inside the coffin was revitalized, shedding its rottenness and returning to its pristine white state. Flesh and blood then rapidly sprouted.
Through the dazzling azure light, Chu Chengzhou could clearly see that the previously decaying skeleton had instantly transformed into a beautiful woman who appeared to be around thirty years old, bearing a striking resemblance to Ning Rongrong.
The next second, as the body was restored to its full form, accompanied by fluctuations in the laws of life, the yin and yang reversed, the soul revived, and the once lifeless body once again radiated spiritual energy.
Subsequently, the dazzling azure pillar of light dimmed, and Xiao Qing, whose aura had weakened considerably in mid-air, rapidly shrank, transforming into a three-foot-long sapling that landed in Chu Chengzhou's hand.
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