Standing atop the Floating World Golden Lotus, Qian Yuelong's figure twisted for a moment. Lu Ming's spiritual power locked onto Qian Yuelong, following the afterimage in the air, and the two figures staged a chase.

After a stalemate of more than ten seconds, Lu Ming's soul power and powerful aura suddenly collapsed. He lost his footing on the treetop and fell headfirst into a new, dense forest. 886 felt a pang of pain for Lu Ming.

Having escaped Lu Ming's betrayal, Qian Yuelong used the same trick again, swiftly navigating through the forest full of obstacles while keeping a close eye on the Nebula Butterfly Queen's movements as it tried to conceal itself again. With the combined enhancement of her spiritual vision and mental power, she could see every tiny tremor of its wings.

In just five seconds, the Nebula Butterfly Queen, having lost its puppets, was like a tiger with its claws pulled out. When it realized that it could not control Qian Yuelong after staring at her, it panicked.

She's just a mere Soul Master girl!

Although it thought this way, its incredibly keen animal instincts told it that the eyes of this human girl it looked down on were just as strange as its own, and it couldn't judge its opponent in the conventional way.

Nebula Butterfly is not a spirit beast that is good at attacking. Even with its powerful cultivation, it is not stupid that it has grown to where it is today, as it is better at bewitching its prey.

Faced with unknown dangers, the best course of action is naturally to flee.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Nebula Butterfly Queen tried to avoid eye contact with Qian Yuelong, she never imagined that the passive effect of "Condensing Light" was simply that Qian Yuelong could see the other party.

Just a second ago, the Nebula Butterfly Queen was thinking that it was never too late for the soul beast to take revenge, and that it could go back and regroup before coming back to cause trouble for these humans. The trembling wings on its back suddenly froze. The next second, phosphorus powder with hallucinogenic and toxic effects flew all over the trees. Several "crack" sounds of branches breaking and heavy objects scraping against leaves rang out.

The phoenix phantom, trailing its magnificent tail feathers and surrounded by scorching sparks, paused in mid-air, letting out a final ethereal cry before dissipating and merging into the fluttering hem of its skirt.

The soulless flesh and blood body crashed to the ground, the phosphorus dust scattered like gems, dangerous yet alluring.

Many leaves and broken branches pressed down on the Nebula Butterfly Queen. Its compound eyes, which were engraved with purple crosses, lost their luster, and only a pair of beautiful butterfly wings twitched and trembled in response to the instinct for survival.

With a flick of her fingertips, Qian Yuelong set off a blue lotus flame that ignited the branches and leaves on the ground, along with phosphorescent powder as dreamlike as butterfly wings, which burned away in the flame.

"Whoosh!"

The azure flames shone on Qian Yuelong, whose body was radiating golden and red auspicious light. Qian Yuelong looked expressionlessly at the fallen Nebula Butterfly Queen, raised her right hand, and a cyan-gold lotus phantom formed by compressed soul power condensed in front of her palm, but the two thousand-year soul rings showed no sign of emerging.

Because this is her self-created soul skill – Lotus Birth.

"boom--!"

A heavy explosion erupted from the Nebula Butterfly Queen's head, splattering crimson blood and fragments of brain tissue onto the ground. The passive effect of the "Divine Blessing" on the silver-blue phoenix crown adorning her hair activated, and the trembling of the wings behind the Nebula Butterfly Queen, whose soul had been replaced, became rapid and violent.

The half of the blue compound eye, which had rolled to a spot not far from the ground, reflected its own headless corpse. All its cultivation and all its soul consciousness began to condense in the air.

It couldn't believe that it was about to die in the blink of an eye.

All the doubts, resentment, and unwillingness finally came to an end as the soul began to be sucked away.

"Buzzing—"

As a deep black soul ring condensed above the Nebula Butterfly King's corpse, its wings, which had an extremely strong will to survive, stopped twitching.

"It's a pity." Qian Yuelong looked at the dark soul ring without any reaction.

Although she could absorb spirit rings from higher levels, this spirit ring was truly an overload for her.

After a few minutes, the Nebula Butterfly Queen's soul rings dissipated.

Qian Yuelong removed three pieces of her outfit, and the magical and gorgeous golden-red light disappeared instantly, returning her to her previous low-key Soul Master attire, though her complexion was slightly paler than before.

She let out a soft breath and was about to go back to pick up Lu Ming when her gaze suddenly sharpened. She frowned as she looked at the headless Nebula Butterfly Queen's corpse. Her light purple pupils were covered with a layer of light golden light as she activated her spiritual vision. Her gaze stopped on the pile of sticky flesh and blood, and her expression changed.

This aura was in no way inferior to the pressure of soul power.

Qian Yuelong pursed her lips and bent down to pry open the sticky chunks of flesh.

Among the bloody chunks of flesh and blood from her blown-off head, a crystal-clear, bluish-purple skull was soaking in purplish-red blood. The faint luster on the skull was not dimmed or tainted by the dark blood.

This is the head bone!

Qian Yuelong's breath hitched.

886 gasped, then began frantically urging: [This is amazing, host! Quickly, put it away! Quickly, put it away!]

Qian Yuelong pinched her palm with her fingernail. After feeling the pain, she opened her eyes wide, took out a clean piece of silk from her bracelet, wiped away the bloodstains and bits of flesh on the surface of the soul bone that was overflowing with extraordinary brilliance, and then put it back into the bracelet. With a tense face, she took strange steps and quickly moved through the forest, her heart pounding.

"Xiao Ba, I got a soul bone!"

Soul bones are an extremely special kind of existence, something that countless soul masters dream of obtaining.

It is somewhat similar to a spirit ring, and it also originates from a spirit beast, but it is also very different from a spirit ring.

Each soul beast possesses a corresponding soul ring, while the probability of a soul bone appearing among soul beasts is only one in a thousand, or even lower.

Another difference between a soul bone and a soul ring is that a soul bone does not require the person who kills the soul beast to use it, unlike a soul ring. Anyone who obtains it can use it.

Soul bones directly grant soul masters soul skills, and these skills are not limited by the age of the soul beast that created them; they only evolve as the soul master's strength increases. In other words, the earlier a soul bone is obtained, the longer it has to evolve, making it a skill with growth potential.

In the Douluo Continent, any soul bone, no matter how ordinary, is incredibly valuable and often unavailable.

She really is incredibly lucky!

886: [.]

For a moment, they were speechless.

You'd better hurry up and pick up the bodies, or other spirit beasts will snatch up your good harvest.

Qian Yuelong thought so too.

When she found Lu Ming unconscious, his soul was still floating above his body, just like his physical form, a peaceful, closed ball of light.

Qian Yuelong breathed a slight sigh of relief, put the "Divine Blessing" back on, and after a symbolic prayer in her heart, Lu Ming's soul light ball slowly returned to his body under her gaze.

Feeling as if his entire body had been broken, Lu Ming struggled to sit up, his whole body wracked with pain. When he saw Qian Yuelong, his memories from before he lost consciousness returned. His eyes widened, and he pulled Qian Yuelong closer to him despite the excruciating pain, warily scanning their surroundings: "Where is that Nebula Butterfly Queen?!"

Qian Yuelong gently pulled Lu Ming's hand away and said slowly, "I've already killed it."

Lu Ming: "!!!"

(End of this chapter)