Chapter 120: Perfect Human, The Effect And Source Of The External Soul Bone Soul skills — Bonus Chapter For 500 Monthly Votes
Whew!
Exhaling a long breath, Tang Shan instinctively clenched his left fist as a rich sense of strength surged into his heart.
The gains from absorbing the External Soul Bone this time were truly immense, doubling his overall physical fitness at the very least.
This was merely an increase in basic physical fitness; if the potential contained within it were further developed, increasing his physical fitness by another fifty percent would be no problem at all.
There was also the Soul Power Rank. Although more than half of the Soul Power dissipated as time passed, its massive base volume was still there, allowing Tang Shan to successfully Breakthrough from Rank 22 to Rank 23.
Because of this, if he used his second Soul skills, Manifestation of Heaven and Earth, Tang Shan's body would expand to around 4.1 meters tall.
Standing up, a series of crackling sounds echoed throughout his entire body, and his height grew once more.
One meter eighty-eight—this was Tang Shan's current height.
An intuition originating from his Martial Soul's instinct made Tang Shan understand that this was the optimal height for his theoretical development.
Even as his age continued to grow in the future, unless Tang Shan actively discarded attributes such as flexibility or endurance, his current height would no longer change.
As for where his physical growth and development would go next, according to his Martial Soul's instinct—or rather, the intuition now transmitted by Tang Shan's subconscious instinct—further growth would involve the ultimate "polishing" and "reshaping" of his Physical Body: the gaps in his bones were precisely adjusted to the most perfect mechanical ratio, revealing subtle and profound mysteries within a fraction of an inch;
his ligaments and tendons seemed to have gone through thousands of refinements, reducing the conduction loss of strength to the theoretical minimum;
while his muscle lines perfectly fused explosive power with static aesthetics, with every inch of his muscle grain approaching the "ultimate human form".
To summarize, Tang Shan was evolving towards the template of a "Perfect Human".
This so-called perfect human did not refer to invincibility in combat power, but rather to the developmental upper limit of human genetic theory.
Whether it was the reaction speed of motor nerves, the upper limit of brain development and wisdom, the peerless degree of his appearance, or the excellent Legacy of his genes, all had been pushed to the physical ceiling that this race could theoretically achieve.
Of course, it was worth mentioning that the direct enhancement of this "perfection" under the Soul Master system was actually limited.
Aside from making Tang Shan's Meridians slightly wider, increasing his Innate mental force slightly, and strengthening his basic physical fitness slightly, there was nothing else special about it.
Well, thinking about it carefully, these enhancements were actually quite exaggerated.
When Tang Shan slowly understood the general information transmitted from his physical subconscious instinct, his expression became rather colorful.
"Good fellow, I am undergoing a secondary development, and moreover, I am developing toward the template talent of the human ceiling."
"What a pity, Douluo humans are just like this; with the limits of their genes laid out here, they still have to rely on Soul Power to achieve transcendence."
"If I were in some Shrouding the Heavens World, and if special Physiques were related to genes, with the effect of my secondary development, wouldn't that be equivalent to directly fusing all kinds of Physiques to condense the Chaos Physique?"
Pushing open the heavy doors, brilliant sunlight spilled over his body.
Looking up at the sky, it was just noon; it seemed the absorption had been quite fast.
Instinctively lowering his gaze, he happened to meet a pair of eyes that could hardly hide their exhaustion.
"Your Highness."
Tang Shan was slightly stunned and spoke instinctively.
"Congratulations on your successful absorption. Your absorption this time took a full three days."
Xue Qinghe let out a huge yawn and pointed at the old man covered in wrinkles beside him: "You can try your Soul Bone Soul skills with this Senior, and by the way, teach this Senior your Internal Martial Arts. I am going to sleep for a bit first."
Seeing Tang Shan successfully emerge from the secret room, Xue Qinghe's worried heart completely let go.
The accumulated fatigue made it impossible for him to get excited at all.
After saying this to Tang Shan, he stood up, pushed open the courtyard door, and returned to his own residence.
In the courtyard, Tang Shan and Gold Crocodile Douluo stared at each other in blank dismay for a moment, before Tang Shan actively broke the somewhat silent atmosphere.
He slightly cupped his fists and asked: "May I ask how this Senior should be addressed?"
Regardless of which Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall the person opposite him was, being polite and courteous was definitely never wrong.
As for why Tang Shan so firmly believed that the old man in front of him was a Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall, he figured that ordinary old men with so many wrinkles on their faces would either have kicked the bucket or be enjoying their twilight years in peace, and their presence would definitely be weak.
Although the old man before him had wrinkles like the bark of an old tree and wore a set of grey cloth clothes, his upright figure and the aura that Tang Shan could not sense in the slightest already explained everything.
It was practically as if the four characters "I am very good at fighting" were written right on his face.
This was Gold Crocodile Douluo's first time meeting Tang Shan.
He looked Tang Shan up and down, unable to help clicking his tongue in admiration in his heart.
"I really don't know if it is the divine intent of the True Body Martial Soul or the ability of that special Soul Bone, but after absorbing the Soul Bone, his physical fitness doubled."
"With this rate of improvement, absorbing a 20,000-year Soul Ring at Rank 30 probably won't be a problem at all, and increasing it by another 20,000 to 30,000 years later on will be a breeze."
"I remember the High Priest seemed to have placed some Heaven And Earth Treasure in the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall decades ago."
"When the time comes, I should go take a look and see if it is of any help to Tang Shan."
A trace of a kind smile was reluctantly squeezed onto his face, which looked like old tree bark.
His voice was hoarse, yet ringing and powerful.
"You can call me Senior Gold Crocodile, or you can call me Grandpa Gold Crocodile along with Your Highness."
Tang Shan's eyelids twitched, and he immediately understood the real identity of the old man before him: the Second Consecrated Elder of Spirit Hall, a Gold Crocodile Douluo whose Soul Power reached Rank 98, whose Martial Soul was the Golden Crocodile King, and whose seniority was even a generation earlier than Qian Daoliu.
"You were probably going to call her Xiaoxue just now, right, Senior? And isn't it a bit inappropriate to just tell me your moniker like this?"
Tang Shan's thoughts surged in his heart.
He never expected that after only coming to Heaven Dou City for a few short months, he would have seen the ostensible strongest and true strongest among Soul Beasts, Di Tian and Gu Yue, and now he was seeing Gold Crocodile Douluo, an existence ranked in the top five among humans.
As for saying there was another nearly million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale King among the Soul Beasts—no way, seriously?
Would anyone still think that a Deep Sea Demon Whale King, which was merely a super Soul Beast with one eye poked blind by the Sea God, could beat Di Tian, who possessed the Dragon King Bloodline and had been personally taught the divine skill Dragon God Claw by the Dragon God?
Even if nothing else was said, one was severely injured and killed by Tang San using Bodhi Blood condensed from his own blood; the other was heavily wounded by Huo Yuhao using Guanyin Tears—which surpassed Bodhi Blood—combined with the Super Divine Artifact Ghost Carving Divine Blade.
Their gold content simply could not be compared on the same level.
To sum it up, saying Di Tian was the ostensible strongest among Soul Beasts shouldn't be much of a problem.
Tang Shan forcibly pulled his flying thoughts back to reality.
Since Gold Crocodile Douluo before him was so amiable, he naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony, and he bowed and called out: "Grandpa Gold Crocodile."
"Good, good, good! Tang Shan, you are very good."
Gold Crocodile Douluo looked at Tang Shan, who was bowing to him, with great satisfaction, and a few more parts of sincerity were added to the kind smile on his face.
In fact, he had hesitated somewhat before whether to appear directly in front of Tang Shan.
After all, the power displayed by Xue Qinghe as the First Prince had already become overly excessive.
But after thinking about it carefully, Xue Qinghe hadn't paid attention before, and the exposed situation had long exceeded a certain limit.
As long as Tang Shan was alert enough, he would inevitably discover the problem.
Judging by Tang Shan's actions in Iron Wall City previously, the other party's alertness was certain.
Having discovered the problem, not only did he not actively stay away, but instead he continued to burrow into the cave—he was bound to be willing to lean toward Xue Qinghe.
Since the other party had no thoughts of rebellion, having one more old man like him wouldn't be much, nor would having one less make a difference; he could just appear directly.
Anyway, no one would ever think that Xue Qinghe was no longer the real Xue Qinghe; that was a disguise of divine gear, and without Divinity, who could see through it?
As a thousand thoughts turned in his mind, Gold Crocodile Douluo outwardly pointed at a chair: "Sit down. I am quite curious about the effect of that Soul Bone. Having been placed in the national treasury for so many years, you are the first one to successfully absorb it."
Tang Shan did not think as much as Gold Crocodile Douluo in his heart.
He was very clear that he was just an ordinary person; all those layouts, wits, and scheming were not what he excelled at.
His thoughts were very simple: hug a powerful thigh, get Cultivate resources for himself, pave the Cultivate road, and then provide rewards within his power.
As for the so-called appearance of too many powerhouses causing suspicion—respected Titled Douluo Seniors, my will is entirely about liking the improvement of strength, and my brain must be full of muscles, so I can't associate that much.
Since the other party said it was a Soul Bone from the national treasury, Tang Shan simply believed it just like that.
"Senior, does this Soul Bone have any special origin?"
"I don't know. It was placed in the national treasury a long time ago. If Your Highness hadn't dug it out, I'm afraid it would have been completely forgotten in a corner and perhaps thrown away as trash one day."
Gold Crocodile Douluo naturally did not tell the true origin of the arm bone, but instead told a lie.
He looked at Tang Shan somewhat curiously: "I wonder what this Soul Bone Ability is? Can you ascertain the identity of the Soul Beast it originated from?"
He was truly curious. An existence that could fight that race to a draw was definitely few and far between in the entire history of Douluo Continent.
Spirit Hall was not without targets for speculation, but records of such existences that surpassed super Soul Beasts were extremely sparse, and some even completely dissipated in the long river of time, leaving nothing behind except a moniker.
Recalling the information obtained from the Soul Bone, Tang Shan's expression was extremely complex, containing sudden realization, enlightenment, shock, and exclamation.
"Senior, the Soul skills within this Soul Bone is named 'Great Mighty Strength'."
Tang Shan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Its principle is to forcibly pull the endless Origin Qi of the surrounding heaven and earth, highly compress and purify it, and finally pour it without any loss into every inch of my muscles and bones."
"This is an enhancement to the absolute extreme. The more Heaven And Earth force I absorb, the stronger my strength becomes."
"The only limitation lies in whether my current Physical Body strength can bear this immense force, and whether my will can control this violent energy."
Hearing this outrageous effect, Gold Crocodile Douluo instinctively opened his mouth.
What do you mean the upper limit of the enhancement is the upper limit of what the Physical Body can withstand and the upper limit of controlling strength?
You might as well just say that as long as the body can withstand it and can roughly control it, the enhancement has no upper limit.
"Great Mighty Strength—such a mighty Soul skills must belong to those Soul Beasts that surpass super Soul Beasts."
"But why does it seem that there are no records of it in ancient books? Has this Soul skills ever had other names?"
Gold Crocodile Douluo frowned, pondered for a long time, and still couldn't remember which Soul Beast this Soul skills was related to.
He raised his head to look at Tang Shan and couldn't help asking.
Tang Shan gently nodded: "Senior, there is. It also has a common name, which is also the information carried within this Soul Bone. Another name for this Soul skills is called Titan's Might."
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