Meng Yiran was at a loss, considering whether to accept it, when Long Gong reached out and sucked the soul bone into his hand.
"Flander, what do you mean? Are you trying to kill my granddaughter?" Long Gong said with a half-smile.
Chao Tianxiang then explained:
"Yiran's soul power is biased towards yin and soft, and her martial soul is also developing towards the poison attribute. The Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear is an extremely yang and strong soul beast. If Yiran fuses with its soul bone, it will cause a backlash. Moreover, this is a ten-thousand-year-old soul bone. With Yiran's current physique, she simply cannot withstand it."
In fact, Flander couldn't possibly not know this. Of Long Gong, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran, only Long Gong could absorb this soul bone. Snake Granny, like Meng Yiran, was incompatible with the attributes of this soul bone.
Flander deliberately said this, also with a little scheme. Of course, he wanted to leave this soul bone for Ma Hongjun, saying it was for Meng Yiran, not Long Gong. In fact, he wanted to gamble whether Long Gong would be willing to swallow his pride and take the soul bone.
It seems Flander lost his gamble, and Dragon Lord seems to have truly swallowed his pride.
The allure of a soul bone is simply too great. Especially an external soul bone like this; even he could understand. Although Flander felt regret, he didn't show it. After all, it was only right for Dragon Lord to take it; Flander had just saved his life, and he shouldn't resort to such petty tricks. It was also because he cared too much about Ma Hongjun.
However, Flander didn't explain further, nor did he suggest Meng Yiran absorb it; he simply said he would give it to her. At this point, any further explanation would only make things worse.
The dark golden, crystalline palm bone emitted a faint glow in Dragon Lord's hand as he examined it.
He had already let go of Tang San's external soul bone, since it belonged to the man his granddaughter had her eye on. But while he liked Ma Hongjun, he didn't get along with his granddaughter and wouldn't be one of his own in the future. Therefore, Dragon Lord didn't want to give this soul bone to Shrek Academy like he had last time.
Although he was old, Long Gong still wanted to take it a step further. His dragon-head cane spirit was similar in attributes to the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, so fusion shouldn't be a problem.
However, when he held the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's palm bone in his hand, he felt a strong resistance coming from his right hand.
"Sigh!"
Long Gong sighed silently. His right hand had already fused with his right arm spirit bone, and it was repelling this palm bone.
Logically speaking, since the right arm bone and palm bone are not in the same location, they can be fused, but a very high degree of compatibility is required. Otherwise, forcibly fusing them could potentially cripple his arm.
His right arm spirit bone was a spirit bone passed down through his family, and its origin was unknown.
"Boy, catch!"
Long Gong tossed the spirit bone to Ma Hongjun.
"Flander, your Shrek Academy is really lucky, getting two external spirit bones in a row."
In fact, the probability of a spirit bone appearing is already very low, and the probability of an external spirit bone is even lower. Getting two in a row this time is truly good fortune.
However, this was also related to the two types of spirit beasts they hunted: the Human-Faced Demon Spider and the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, both powerful and rare spirit beasts.
After sighing, Long Gong realized that while he couldn't fuse with it, he had considered taking the spirit bone with him. After all, a large family could always find someone to fuse with a spirit bone. However,
among the younger generation of their Dragon-Snake family, only Meng Yiran was truly outstanding, and all their hopes rested on her. The fact that neither Meng Yiran nor he himself could absorb it had dampened Long Gong's spirits.
Furthermore, seeing Ma Hongjun's incredible potential—younger than Meng Yiran yet already a four-ring Spirit Master with a super spirit ring configuration—
it was clear that Ma Hongjun had already begun to mature. Such a genius would naturally inspire respect in Long Gong. Moreover, having just established a friendly relationship with this group, taking the spirit bone, while seemingly harmless on the surface, would inevitably create a rift between them. Therefore
, it was better to add to their already considerable wealth, considering it an early investment to further strengthen their relationship.
"Hurry up and thank Long Gong!" Flander reminded him.
Ma Hongjun accepted the spirit bone and bowed to Long Gong.
"Senior Long Gong, thank you!
This soul bone is indeed very suitable for me. I already owe you a favor, so I won't stand on ceremony. I'll accept this soul bone.
I'll be a bit arrogant this time too, and I promise that I will find a suitable soul bone in the future and give it to Miss Meng."
Long Gong smiled, looking at Ma Hongjun with great appreciation.
"Good lad, I'll remember that, hahaha!"
Regardless of whether this promise would come true in the future, at least he completely acknowledged Ma Hongjun as a person.
Next, Ma Hongjun began to fuse with this soul bone.
The right palm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear slowly floated up from Ma Hongjun's hand, trailing streaks of dark golden light behind it.
Its original deep color gradually became transparent, looking like a piece of dark golden crystal. As the golden light was injected, this crystal gradually softened, slightly twisting, with a somewhat paste-like feel.
With the injection of soul power, the right palm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear slowly melted.
The dark golden transparent liquid formed from the right palm bone of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear began to merge into Ma Hongjun's palm.
A very comfortable feeling spread throughout his body, a warmth enveloping Ma Hongjun's right hand.
However, this warmth quickly turned into a scorching heat. Ma Hongjun's soul power was circulating rapidly, golden light enveloping his right hand, suppressing the burning sensation caused by the fusion of the soul bones. However, Ma Hongjun could easily withstand this level of heat.
Perhaps because he had absorbed the soul ring of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear beforehand, and because Ma Hongjun's own soul power attributes were very compatible, the fusion process, although somewhat painful, went very smoothly.
Ma Hongjun's right hand bones slightly enlarged, but the increase was not obvious. The bones of his five fingers widened at the top and narrowed at the bottom, somewhat resembling the shape of sharp blades. Even the surrounding muscles were constantly writhing and changing.
A massive force was gradually compressed within the bones, then slowly taking shape. Strands of dark gold filled the fingerprints on his hand, making Ma Hongjun's hand appear longer and more slender.
Just half an hour later, the soul bone fusion was successful. This time, it was nothing like obtaining the Flood Dragon Scale Armor; it was just like fusing a normal soul bone.
Ma Hongjun extended his right hand.
Suddenly, five dark gold rays of light extended from his five fingers. These five rays of light were about twelve inches long, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, like blades. The
dark gold light rippled like water. The moment they appeared, the air unconsciously emitted a slight whistling sound.
Ma Hongjun's entire right hand had turned dark gold. The wounds at his fingertips quickly healed. His fingers and the sharp blades became one, inseparable. These five blades were like extensions of his fingers.
"This looks better than Xiao San's eight spider legs. Xiao San's was too terrifying and bizarre, he looked like Spider-Man." Oscar said, leaning closer to look at Ma Hongjun's dark golden claws.
"You guys are really a bunch of monsters," Meng Yiran said.
Hearing Meng Yiran's words, everyone burst into laughter.
The manifestation of this external soul bone was somewhat similar to the science fiction movies Ma Hongjun had watched in his previous life.
Tang San had spider legs, and his third soul skill was a spider web, wasn't that just an otherworldly Spider-Man?
And Ma Hongjun's claws corresponded to
Wolverine.