There were no surprises during the absorption of the Soul Bone. After half a day, Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes and nodded at Ning Bei, who was guarding her side.
"Have you thought it through? Once it starts, it's uncontrollable. Even if I can save your life, your Martial Soul might suffer irreversible damage."
"I've thought it through. Cultivation is inherently a struggle against the heavens. Those who don't fight and compete aren't suited to be Soul Masters. Besides, the opportunity is right in front of me. I won't give up no matter what."
The Little Cat stated her thoughts without the slightest hesitation. Even without the Soul Bone given by Ning Bei, she hadn't planned on giving up, let alone now.
Ning Bei nodded and said no more. Instead, he waved his hand, removing a portion of the ice that had frozen the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's head, revealing its crimson pupils.
"Then let's do it. I believe you can succeed."
"Yes!"
Zhu Zhuqing didn't waste any more words. The External Spirit Bone extended from her palm, and the Nether Slash, which had been charging for a long time, fiercely stabbed into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eye socket.
A spray of blood splattered. Since its mouth was still frozen, there was no scream. After the ice block convulsed for a moment, a crimson Spirit Ring slowly rose from the ice.
"Phew, I'm starting. Thank you, Big Brother Ning Bei."
Greeting Ning Bei, the Little Cat took an auxiliary pill and sat cross-legged on the ice, beginning to use her Soul Power to guide the Spirit Ring to slowly descend onto her Martial Soul.
Ning Bei, who hadn't experienced this scene in a long time, felt a bit nervous for a moment. After all, even if the Little Cat succeeded, the process would definitely be very painful.
As expected, the moment the Spirit Ring absorption began, Zhu Zhuqing's features immediately contorted, and her entire body began to tremble uncontrollably. Her silver teeth ground together with a "crackling" sound, indicating she was enduring the impact of the violent Soul Power entering her body.
Although it looked painful, the Little Cat didn't show any signs of collapsing for the time being. Ning Bei also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and began pacing back and forth to ease the tension in his heart. For a moment, he felt somewhat like a husband waiting outside the Delivery Room for his wife to give birth in his previous life.
Just as Ning Bei was secretly cheering on the Little Cat in his heart, a strange scene occurred. A wisp of black energy slowly condensed and rose from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's corpse beneath the ice, finally forming a pitch-black bead that fell onto the ground.
Ning Bei was slightly startled by the sight, but quickly reacted, secretly cursing himself for forgetting this detail. This bead could create another Child of the Plane, and he couldn't let it escape.
A black hole slowly appeared. Just a second before the black bead was about to escape into it, Ning Bei quickly circulated his Soul Power to completely freeze the entire space. The black hole that had just appeared slowly closed and disappeared. As he absorbed the constantly shaking Heaven Pearl into his hand, Ning Bei could feel that it was very unwilling to be obtained by him.
But you were under my control when you were alive, so how could you escape my grasp after dying and turning into a bead?
After a while, a surge of icy power flowed, and the black bead was also frozen within the ice block, completely losing its momentum. Ning Bei also put the bead into his Soul Tool, planning to study it himself after returning. For now, it was better to focus his attention on the Little Cat, whose situation wasn't looking good.
He didn't know until he looked. Ning Bei was startled when he looked at Zhu Zhuqing again. Where was the image of a cold and beautiful girl now? Her face was covered in blood, like a vengeful spirit crawling out of hell, looking extremely hideous and terrifying.
Her body had changed from a slight tremor to shaking like a sieve. Her tightly clenched silver teeth could no longer suppress the sounds of pain.
Ning Bei sighed helplessly. In the current situation, no matter how capable he was, he could only stay put and worry. Ning Bei could interrupt the absorption of the Spirit Ring, but he figured the other party would definitely be unwilling, so he could only suppress his emotions and continue to wait.
But what he waited for was not an improvement in the Little Cat's condition. From her constantly trembling arms, sounds of bones breaking were continuously coming, which made Ning Bei's heart completely clench. Fortunately, in the next second, the Little Cat bit open the Life Restoration Pill she had placed in her mouth beforehand. As the gentle pill entered her body, her wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This also made Ning Bei slightly relieved, thinking that she was quite well-prepared.
For the entire day that followed, the Little Cat repeatedly went through the process of her skin and meridians cracking and healing. This made even a grown man like Ning Bei feel his scalp tingle, but the woman in front of him endured it stubbornly, making him secretly give her a thumbs up. Even when she was in so much pain that she fainted several times, the Little Cat showed no intention of giving up.
Finally, on the morning of the next day, the Little Cat's rapid breathing slowly returned to normal, and the crimson Spirit Ring slowly solidified above the six Spirit Rings. Ning Bei understood that if there were no accidents, this hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring was considered a success.
But the more one doesn't want accidents to happen, the more they tend to occur unexpectedly. Just as Ning Bei was slowly letting down his guard, the Little Cat's body suddenly leaned forward, and the blood that had already scabbed over instantly broke open, falling off like a shattered eggshell, revealing her new skin as smooth as egg white.
Originally, at this point, the Spirit Ring absorption had reached its end, but at this moment, the Little Cat's expression was completely unlike someone who had finished absorbing a Spirit Ring and entered a stable period. Her pretty face seemed to be enduring unbearable pain, becoming hideous and terrifying. Even her lips, which had only let out slight sounds of pain when her entire body's bones were breaking, were wide open at this moment.
Piercing screams continuously came from her mouth. Ning Bei was afraid that she would suffocate if she couldn't catch her breath, but at this moment, besides being anxious, he didn't dare to step forward and touch her. Who knew if his rashness would cause all her efforts to be in vain?
Just as Ning Bei was still wondering what was happening, Zhu Zhuqing's hands suddenly stretched forward, and her body was in a cat-like posture, crawling on the ice.
Her tight leather suit suddenly burst open at the back, revealing a large area of fair skin, but Ning Bei was not in the mood to appreciate this at the moment. The exposed spine of the Little Cat was now strangely protruding, as if it would break through her body in the next second.
The nerves in the spine area are numerous and complex, so it was no wonder that even someone as strong as the Little Cat would be in unbearable pain and constantly scream.
"This is? A Torso Bone?"
Ning Bei secretly guessed that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger would bestow a Torso Bone upon Zhu Zhuqing, but the subsequent development quickly made him dismiss this idea. The protruding part of her spine moved downwards like it had a life of its own, stopping only when it reached the tailbone.
Accompanied by splashing blood, a tail composed of countless bone segments, with a large barb at the very end, slowly extended from the Little Cat's skin, pointing towards the sky, emitting a chilling, eerie light.
Seeing this scene, Ning Bei also breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that the Little Cat was lucky, because this was another External Spirit Bone, and it was a tail External Spirit Bone. It should be more appropriately called the Evil God Hook.
One should know that Ning Bei himself only possessed one External Spirit Bone, while the Little Cat now had two, making him feel for a moment that she was the Child of Fortune.
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