Chapter 34 Fusion.
Within the Sea of Spirit, Ice Empress opened her crystalline yellow eyes, carefully examining her surroundings. After scanning the area, Ice Empress nodded involuntarily; Wu Xuan's Sea of Spirit was indeed vast and solid.
Ice Empress then looked down at her hands. Her clenched fists gave her an incredibly real tactile sensation.
"Wow—Bingbing, you're still so cute even in human form~" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said cheerfully, sidling up to Ice Empress.
"You're Tianmeng?" Ice Empress looked at the human who was slightly shorter than her.
"Yes! Bingbing and I are truly in sync; I can recognize you at first glance even in human form," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm chuckled.
"Tianmeng! You piece of trash! I finally caught you! I'll beat you to death!" Ice Empress swung her fists, giving Tianmeng Ice Silkworm a good beating.
The two chased each other across the Sea of Spirit.
"Uh!" Wu Xuan watched the scene unfold speechlessly.
"Ice Emperor! Shouldn't we get down to business now?" Wu Xuan quickly urged.
"Phew~! Finally, I feel better!" Ice Emperor waved her little fists twice, getting up from the bruised and battered Tianmeng Ice Silkworm with a satisfied expression.
At this moment, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, with a bruised and battered face, lay in the sea of consciousness looking utterly hopeless.
"Ahem!" Ice Emperor coughed lightly twice, her crystal-yellow eyes looking at Wu Xuan seriously, "Wu Xuan, right? Next, I will bestow upon you a second soul ring and provide you with a soul bone."
"I can decide the shape of the soul bone. You probably won't encounter someone like me providing you with a soul bone again in the future, so I will provide you with the most important torso bone."
"Ice Emperor, I wonder if it's possible to condense a soul bone for the limbs? I know some information about the location of the dragon bone. Since you've joined our plan, I can't hide it from you." Wu Xuan transmitted his voice separately. "Dragon? What dragon? An ordinary true dragon might not be as powerful as me!" Ice Emperor was somewhat dissatisfied but still secretly inquired.
"Dragon King! I can assure you the authenticity of the information." Wu Xuan transmitted his voice.
Ice Emperor's crystal-yellow eyes widened suddenly and then narrowed again. She chuckled and said in admiration, "Haha! Very good, very good. With such an opportunity, becoming a god might not be so difficult for you. Nearly half of my power comes from my pincers, so let's go with the left arm bone."
"Okay!" Wu Xuan nodded.
"Do you need me to solidify the soul bone and soul ring skills? After solidification, the four soul skills I give you will be my strongest soul skills. If you don't solidify the soul skills, the four soul skills I give you will be randomly generated based on your own abilities, and there are too many uncertainties. Of course, everything depends on your own choice," Ice Emperor said calmly.
Wu Xuan pondered for a long time after hearing this, and finally made up his mind: "I choose not to solidify my soul skills, but to let them be randomly generated according to my own abilities. This might be more helpful to me."
"Hmm, alright! I respect your choice. Although your body is much stronger than other soul masters of the same level, my soul rings are still too strong, so I suggest you use the method of first strengthening the bones and then the rings to maximize the benefits."
"But this process will be very painful. You absolutely cannot faint halfway through, otherwise you, me, and Tianmeng will all die here!"
Wu Xuan chuckled: "Don't worry, Ice Emperor, I'm mentally prepared."
Wu Xuan was confident in his ability to endure pain.
Having traveled with his parents in his youth, and then spent two and a half years venturing into the Star Dou Great Forest, Wu Xuan believed his temperament and endurance were unmatched.
A vibrant emerald light surged in Wu Xuan's mind, and his dark eyes turned emerald green as well. The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm ceased its wailing, its expression turning serious.
The fusion began. Two beams of emerald light shot from Wu Xuan's eyes, accurately striking the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's body. Its 1.5-meter-long body trembled violently. Especially its long tail, where the emerald green aura fluctuated intensely. Each hexagonal protrusion on its body, like a diamond, radiated dazzling brilliance.
Wu Xuan sat cross-legged on the ground, slowly closing his eyes. A beam of emerald green light lifted him from the ground, while the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's body swiftly swam beneath him.
A powerful emerald green light surged wildly towards the stinger, turning a vibrant, almost dripping, dark green. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's stinger lashed out, piercing deeply into Wu Xuan's left arm.
"Hmph!" Wu Xuan groaned, but quickly regained his composure.
"I didn't expect a human's mind to be so strong. This is the pain of bone transformation, yet he remains unfazed." The Ice Emperor was deeply impressed by Wu Xuan's calm demeanor.
Time passed slowly, and Wu Xuan's fusion with the soul bone and absorption of the soul ring proceeded smoothly.
Nourished by the abundant nutrients, Wu Xuan's bones noticeably grew stronger. His shoulders broadened, and he grew taller. His muscles, tendons, fascia, blood vessels, and internal organs all became far more resilient than before. His skin even possessed a jade-like luster, radiating a noble aura in this snow-covered world.
His eyes remained open, the emerald green light slowly fading, his dark pupils deepening in depth.
The biting wind remained fierce. Suddenly, streaks of spear light shot into the sky, evaporating the surrounding snow and revealing a patch of white. Wu Xuan's naked body was also revealed.
His physique was flawlessly perfect, smooth without appearing bulky or unattractive, yet one could sense the explosive power hidden beneath those gentle muscle lines. His fair, jade-like skin shone with a captivating luster against the surrounding whiteness.
Wu Xuan withdrew his spear intent, clenched his fists, and then threw a punch, the terrifying force causing the air to explode.
Wu Xuan's body didn't show any obvious changes, except that a dazzling, dark green imperial scorpion tattoo appeared on his left arm. The tattoo wasn't large, covering only half of his left arm.
As his soul power receded, the dark green tattoo vanished.
The Soul-Breaking Spear flashed out instantly, and the next moment, two colors, black and red, rose up together, dazzlingly bright against the snow-covered ice plain.
On that blood-red halo, four noble golden patterns faintly appeared. As the soul ring lit up, Wu Xuan's aura suddenly changed, a primal, ancient energy emanating from his body.
That blood-red soul ring, shimmering with four golden patterns, was the second soul ring of his second martial soul, the Soul-Breaking Spear. A soul ring with a lifespan of 400,000 years.
Yes, 400,000 years, not 390,000 years. During the fusion process, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm used its own source power to assist the Ice Emperor, helping it break through that bottleneck.
This increased the power of the soul ring from 399,900 to 400,000. Don't underestimate the difference of only 100 years; it represents a world of difference in quality. It's also the difference between three and four golden patterns on a red soul ring representing 100,000 years.
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