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Even after discovering that this External Head Soul Bone wasn't as dangerous as he had originally imagined, Xiao Lin still didn't hand it over to Tang San.
In fact, he didn't even share the results of his research with him. On one hand, he believed that as a Child of Destiny, Tang San could simply ignore the malice within the External Head Soul Bone.
On the other hand, Xiao Lin was deeply worried about whether Tang San would end up turning into that abstract, twisted version of himself from the era of The Unrivaled Tang Sect. He still needed to wait and see if there was a better way to completely uproot the evil force.
If there was truly no way to purge it, then their only choice would be to inherit the evil. As far as Xiao Lin knew, there was a God of Evil in the Divine Realm. Furthermore, that god's strength seemed to be on the exact same tier as the Asura God.
In The Unrivaled Tang Sect, it was stated right from the very beginning that Tang San originally wanted to stay on the Douluo Dalu for a while longer.
However, he ended up being tricked into ascending because of some wager between the God of Kindness and the God of Evil. In the end, unable to descend back to the lower realm, Tang San resorted to orchestrating a whole basket of tedious—even neurotic—plans.
Judging strictly from the text's descriptions, that God of Evil wasn't actually all that malevolent.
Even so, Xiao Lin couldn't stake their safety on the benevolence of others. According to Xiao Lin's research, this specific brand of evil energy originated from the darkness attribute, yet it simultaneously surpassed the darkness attribute.
What truly made it sinister was that the vast majority of evil-attribute soul beasts grew stronger by devouring the life force of other soul beasts. This kind of power was intolerable in the soul beast world, and it was equally despised in the world of Soul Masters.
If Tang San could control the evil, then things would be fine. But if he failed, he would degenerate into a great arch-demon, constantly absorbing the mental strength of others and turning into a lunatic even crazier than Bibi Dong.
Shaking his head to dispel the wild thoughts from his mind, Xiao Lin widened his eyes once again to observe the External Head Soul Bone. If anyone were to carefully look into Xiao Lin's eyes at this moment, they would discover a pair of golden flames burning fiercely within his irises.
This was Xiao Lin's own technique: Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.
However, Xiao Lin's current Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils still couldn't compare to Tang San's Purple Demon Eye.
This technique was something Xiao Lin had figured out how to temper on his own over the last few days, right after he obtained the cultivation method for the Purple Demon Eye from Tang San.
Because Tang San felt that things had been somewhat unstable lately, he wanted to strengthen their ability to protect themselves. Thus, Tang San had also passed this Purple Demon Eye cultivation method along to Xiao Wu and Tang Ni.
Yet, after receiving the method, only Xiao Lin and Tang Ni experienced a rapid cultivation speed.
Tang Ni already had the foundation of her Eye of Destiny, so her progress was meteoric. As for Xiao Lin, it was purely because the two great Dragon Kings had optimized and altered the cultivation method of the Purple Demon Eye for him.
They made it significantly more violent, lacking the gentle nature of Tang San's original version.
This was the true origin of Xiao Lin's Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils. While the original Purple Demon Eye absorbed a sliver of purple qi every morning, Xiao Lin's Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils directly absorbed the power of the sun.
If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Lin possessed the Ultimate Fire, he absolutely wouldn't have been able to absorb solar energy.
Furthermore, after absorbing the power of the sun, Xiao Lin still needed to use the water from the Frigid Yin Spring and the Blazing Yang Spring as eye drops to protect his vision.
Fortunately, the Frigid Yin Spring provided him with a soothing, cooling sensation; otherwise, Xiao Lin felt like his eyes would have gone completely blind by now.
Who in their right mind would directly absorb solar energy? In any high-fantasy or immortal cultivation world, the power of the sun was an incredibly formidable force.
Even if this world was considered the bottom tier of high fantasy, could Xiao Lin really just absorb it so casually? Back then, Xiao Lin was just about to furiously curse at the two great Dragon Kings.
However, the two Dragon Kings couldn't care less.
They simply fired two energy rays directly from their own eyes, leaving Xiao Lin completely silenced and submissive. The two Dragon Kings stated that this was merely the most ordinary method of releasing soul power through one's eyes.
Practically every Dragon King knew this trick; it was just that Xiao Lin's eyes were far too fragile.
If he wanted his eyes to be capable of firing destructive rays, Xiao Lin needed his eyes to reach the same structural durability as his current Divine Giant Dragon Horn, or possess the same dexterity as his fingers and extreme control over his meridians.
It was precisely this violent method of strengthening his eyes that allowed Xiao Lin's progress to skyrocket. With the aid of the Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, Xiao Lin could even clearly perceive the distribution of soul power inside the External Head Soul Bone.
Although it still looked like a pixelated, blurry pattern right now, Xiao Lin believed that it would sooner or later become crystal clear and high-definition. After a brief inspection of the External Head Soul Bone, Xiao Lin pulled out the Fusion Right Leg Bone.
Compared to the complex distribution of soul power inside the External Head Soul Bone, the soul power layout within the Fusion Right Leg Bone was vastly clearer.
Under the gaze of Xiao Lin's Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, the soul power of the Fusion Right Leg Bone was primarily concentrated near the upper section of the soul bone, rather than the center.
This caused Xiao Lin to suspect that if he wanted to crack the secret code of soul bones, he might first need to understand the structural distribution of a soul bone's Soul Core.
In other words, the rotation of a Soul Core didn't necessarily form a perfectly standard circle. It could very well be an eccentric, off-center circle. If that was truly the case, then Xiao Lin would have no way to strengthen soul bones by cracking their secret codes.
The probability would skyrocket from a few hundred possibilities to several thousands, or even tens of thousands. Xiao Lin figured that whoever wanted to research this could go right ahead. He wasn't some professional scientific researcher possessed of a meticulous, unyielding spirit.
He had a cheat system—if he didn't use it, he would be a total fool. However, it was precisely because of this new discovery that a novel idea sparked in Xiao Lin's mind. Since the rotation of a Soul Core could be an eccentric circle, would an ellipse be feasible?
An ellipse had two focal points, and Xiao Lin could still remember how to calculate the area of an ellipse. If a Soul Core was formed in the shape of an ellipse, would it count as two separate Soul Cores, or would it be considered a single, double-yolked Soul Core?
How did the difficulty compare to condensing two separate Soul Cores?
Once these bizarre thoughts took hold, Xiao Lin decisively questioned the widely experienced and knowledgeable duo of Dragon Kings. Inside his consciousness space, upon hearing Xiao Lin's description, the two great Dragon Kings fell into silence once again.
What was wrong with this Xiao Lin?
Why was he always fixated on things that were incredibly troublesome for even them to comprehend? With their guidance, Xiao Lin's future path to becoming a God-King level powerhouse would be smooth sailing.
Yet, he insisted on messing around with these strange and eccentric concepts. Nevertheless, across the tens of thousands of years of experiences accumulated by the two Dragon Kings, they actually had seen a Soul Core that closely matched Xiao Lin's description.
A soul beast's entire cultivation was fundamentally concentrated within its Soul Core and soul bones. If the energy of the Soul Core was completely drained, then that soul beast would absolutely never drop a soul bone upon its death.
"I once encountered a Hydra. Its Soul Core was highly complex, looking somewhat like the pattern you described, Xiao Lin. Except, it seemed to be a triple-yolked egg."
A trace of reminiscence surfaced on the Fire Dragon King's face.
Back then, he had fought that Hydra for a full three days before finally defeating it and absorbing the energy from its Soul Core. Because of this, the Fire Dragon King retained an incredibly deep impression of it.
"At that time, the Hydra did not possess an Ultimate attribute, and its cultivation was far inferior to mine. Yet, it managed to fight me toe-to-toe for three whole days before finally falling into a disadvantage."
Hearing the Fire Dragon King's words, Xiao Lin was instantly shocked.
There was actually such a thing?
Why didn't you preserve that Hydra's Soul Core for me?!
Xiao Lin couldn't help but feel a sudden wave of greed, simply because the Soul Core described by the Fire Dragon King sounded not just powerful, but exceptionally formidable.
In this world where dragons were revered as supreme, any other creature that wished to possess a combat capability on par with a Dragon King had to either be blessed with extraordinary innate talent or have encountered a miraculous treasure.
To be completely honest, Xiao Lin desperately wanted to witness a triple-yolked Soul Core for himself. As Tang San always said: copy it down first, understand it later. If he could possess a triple-yolked Soul Core, his strength would undoubtedly become terrifyingly immense.
"Speaking of the Hydra, I also encountered a Three-Headed Flood Dragon once. Its Soul Core was also very unique—it was a double-yolked Soul Core."
"Furthermore, the Soul Core of that Three-Headed Flood Dragon could shift. When one yolk expanded, the other would shrink, and then they would reverse the process in a continuous cycle."
"The Three-Headed Flood Dragon would also constantly shift its form accordingly. One moment it would be a speed-type, and the next it would be a strength-type. It took a massive amount of effort for me to deal with it back then as well."
The Ice Dragon King nodded deeply.
His dragon claw scratched at a specific scale on his body, as if that area had once been injured and still throbbed with a faint, ghostly ache.
"Right, right, right, I get it. You two are the absolute strongest. So, let me ask you: what do your Soul Cores look like?"
Speechless, Xiao Lin immediately turned the question back onto the two great Dragon Kings.
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