Chapter 273: The Second Martial Soul and the Soul Bone

"A mere Martial Soul Fusion Skill performed by a Soul King and a Soul Ancestor!"

Seeing his soul skill block the attack with ease, Ju Douluo felt reassured; he flicked his slender fingers, his tone dripping with femininity: "Break... for me!"

"Swish!"

But the sound that rang out was not the shattering of a giant sword; instead, with a flash of golden light, the six-colored giant sword suddenly vanished, appearing directly in front of Ju Douluo the next instant.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The Flame Cold Nether Sword Qi erupted abruptly, landing entirely upon the defenseless Ju Douluo.

This was a fusion of Xiao Wu's Teleportation, Ning Rongrong's Soul Power Amplification, and the strongest attacks from Qin Jian and the others, all converged into one.

The power...

"Boom! ——"

Ju Douluo was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, slamming into the mountain wall and creating a massive crater; countless rocks tumbled down, and he looked utterly miserable.

"Such... a formidable... Martial Soul Fusion Skill..."

Ju Douluo pulled his body out of the rock wall, blood trickling from the corners of his mouth as he spoke.

Everyone was shocked.

"This is... a Title Douluo, after all..." Oscar muttered.

A fiery look also flashed in the eyes of Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and the others.

Not to mention Tailong and his group; if the situation hadn't been so inappropriate, they would have wanted to scream out loud to relieve the shock in their hearts.

None of them had expected that Qin Jian could injure a Title Douluo, and it clearly wasn't a light injury at that.

"Very good... even the battle with Old Poison that exceeded my expectations before didn't manage to hurt me this badly... You... are very good..."

Ju Douluo landed slowly on the ground and looked at the heavily panting Qin Jian: "It seems that sword was your limit as well..."

"If I'm not mistaken, you used the petals of the Lovesick Heartbroken Red to protect these five girls, didn't you?"

His gaze was also somewhat strange: "Only such sincere intent to protect could trigger a Martial Soul Fusion Skill like this; you... are very interesting."

Qin Jian tried his best to regulate his chaotic soul power, which felt as if it were about to explode, and remained silent.

But in truth, he knew that the Martial Soul Fusion Skill was not the work of the Lovesick Heartbroken Red; it had merely accelerated the process and strengthened his connection with the five girls.

What truly played the role was his Love Flower essence, or rather, his Love Flower martial soul...

That's right, his Second Martial Soul!

As a Humanoid Spirit Beast, it was naturally impossible for him not to have a true-form martial soul.

His first martial soul, the Qing Sword, was born alongside his God Position Nine Trials, while the true-form Love Flower became his Second Martial Soul.

The Love Flower symbolizes pure and beautiful affection; after becoming a martial soul, it turned into a colorless, illusory thing—like a dream or a bubble, invisible and intangible, yet forever there, in everyone's heart.

Curiously, his first martial soul, the Qing Sword, gained a Soul Ring for every girl he parted ways with, while his second martial soul gained a Soul Ring for every girl he fell in love with.

The Soul Rings appeared colorless, with no discernible age, or rather, their age could not be defined because they were determined by the depth of his emotions.

The soul skill of each Soul Ring was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which was why he could take the lead every time he performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with them.

In a sense, these Martial Soul Fusion Skills were merely each of the soul skills of his Second Martial Soul.

And the Six-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill at this moment was his Soul Bone Skill; the entire True Love Divine Equipment brought by the Love Flower true-form had only one effect: to fuse the skills of different Soul Rings to be unleashed.

This set, which grew within his own body, was originally meant to fully mature only upon his ascension to godhood; even with the fusion of the Lovesick Heartbroken Red, it required the level of a Title Douluo to be unleashed.

But now, because the Lovesick Heartbroken Red sensed its master's crisis, it completely sacrificed itself to merge into the soul bone, triggering the Soul Bone Skill ahead of time.

From now on, every three days, he would be able to perform a skill fusion of the Soul Bone Set—it could be called a divine skill!

As for why a Love Flower like him would have a Soul Bone Set born within his body, that matter was metaphysical...

When he first transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, he felt a strange power promoting his growth, and that was how the soul bone was born.

That power... he only learned whose it was later on...

It had been helping him in secret, helping him survive one Heavenly Tribulation after another at the most critical moments, until he finally cultivated to a million years.

That matter, that person... shall not be mentioned for now...

Returning to the Soul Bone Skill, there were actually limits to the fusion of different soul skills; they could not be fused without restriction. The more similar the skills, the easier they were to fuse, and the less soul power they consumed.

Just like the current fusion skill of the first five Soul Rings of his Second Martial Soul, the Six-in-One fusion skill was actually very simple because the skills were very similar, so it only consumed about one-third of his soul power.

But if he wanted to fuse the soul skills of his first martial soul, he would likely exhaust all his soul power just to fuse three of them...

Now, consuming half his soul power would probably allow him to fuse two, and he didn't know how powerful that would be, but at the very least, it couldn't be as formidable as the Six-in-One fusion skill against a Title Douluo.

However, fusing the soul skills of his first martial soul didn't require all five girls to be by his side, provided they didn't resist...

"Qin Jian, is it..."

Thinking through everything took a long time to explain, but in reality, it was only a short moment. At this time, Ju Douluo did not immediately seek revenge, but spoke again: "If you are willing to take me as your master, I can spare you."

The surrounding sounds fell silent.

But Qin Jian did not hesitate at all and said directly: "I, Qin Jian, have only one teacher in this life."

Ju Douluo frowned and said: "Who is your teacher? One of those two?"

He pointed at Flender and Liu Erlong, who were still fighting desperately: "I can kill them right now."

The expressions of Qin Jian and the others turned somewhat strange.

"You were sent to kill me, yet you didn't even bother to find out who my teacher is?"

Qin Jian pointed at himself, his face full of the expression one might show toward a mentally challenged child.

This guy didn't even know the consequences of killing him, yet he just came... one could only say, high skill makes one bold?

"Heh, Chrysanthemum Guan has become so bloated over these years, thinking that with the Spirit Hall backing him, he has nothing to fear."

Dugu Bo appeared quietly, stepping through the air as he approached.

Tang San had the expression of someone seeing his wife: "Old Monster, you're here?"

"Old Poison, when did you become the lackey of this academy?" A cold edge entered Ju Douluo's feminine voice.

Dugu Bo gave a cold laugh: "This old man is a Guest Elder of Shrek Academy!"

"Chrysanthemum Guan, you have delayed for too long."

A black figure appeared silently beside Ju Douluo; what was shocking was that one could not see that figure clearly at all.

Dugu Bo's expression immediately became grave; he knew who this was.

"Old Ghost, you've come."

Seeing Gui Douluo arrive, Ju Douluo's eyes turned into star shapes, just as if he were looking at an old lover.

Qin Jian looked at Dugu Bo and Tang San, then looked at the two Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, and couldn't help but feel these two pairs were on different paths but heading toward the same destination...

"Qin Jian, you still haven't said who your teacher is."

Ju Douluo's yin and soft voice rang out again; perhaps with the support of Gui Douluo, he felt even more that victory was within his grasp.

"His teacher... is me—"

Jian Douluo's voice arrived before his person.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Shocking Eight Directions!"

Suddenly, over a dozen great swords descended from the sky above Ju Douluo and Gui Douluo, and the two retreated rapidly to dodge them.

The next moment, a tall figure wearing a pale blue Sword Robe stood in front of Qin Jian, with Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black Soul Rings rhythmically pulsing, filled with oppressive force.

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(End of this chapter)