Chapter 204: Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Evil God Bloodline and Fortune/Misfortune

A breeze carrying traces of warmth drifted gently through the hall where the curtains fluttered. Xu Jiujiu and Shu Yan sat cross-legged opposite each other, their ice-blue and star-curtain-like strange soul powers intertwined. Despite their vastly different attributes, they appeared remarkably harmonious at this moment, and as time slowly passed, the two soul powers even showed signs of merging with one another.

This phenomenon of soul power and martial souls merging with each other is one of the prerequisites for the birth of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Can a Starry Sky Martial Soul and an Ice Sky Snow Maiden Martial Soul produce a Martial Soul Fusion Skill? From a conventional perspective, this is a probability so terrifyingly small that it is negligible.

But if one looks at it from a less conventional angle, anything is possible.

The Spirit Eyes can produce a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the Radiant Goddess Butterfly, and even the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion can produce one with the Clear Sky Hammer. Although this has a lot to do with the "Buddha's" influence, it also proves that as long as the external force is strong enough, regardless of whether the martial souls possess the necessary factors for a fusion skill, they can eventually give birth to one.

Shu Yan had initially only been trying it out, but he was surprised to find that after the initial mutual repulsion, his and Xu Jiujiu's martial souls and soul powers actually showed signs of merging.

It was... very sudden...

Although this was the case, it delighted Xu Jiujiu for a long time. One must know that Ling Luochen and Su Tong are both Ultimate Ice Soul Masters, and their relationship with Shu Yan is equally intimate, yet they have shown no signs of producing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Shu Yan to this day. Yet, she, the one who seemed least likely, had become the exception. She and Shu Yan were already of one mind, and in just a single night, the two had grasped a hint of it. Now, by pressing the advantage, the birth of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill was almost a certainty.

By the time the morning light broke, a brilliant starlight transformed into a beam of light that shot straight into the sky. The sky, which had previously shown thin clouds, suddenly darkened, transforming into a brilliant starry curtain. The space enveloped within it plummeted in temperature, and those twinkling stars no longer emitted dazzling starlight, but rather extreme, bone-chilling cold.

Just as the Great Strength Douluo, who was on duty at the palace today, was so shocked he almost called for reinforcements, the starry curtain finally dissipated. Below, the various palace grounds and vegetation were already covered in a thick layer of ice crystals, and snowflakes drifted down slowly. This piece of the palace city had almost turned into a world of ice and snow.

"Hiss..."

The Great Strength Douluo gasped. The biting cold that rushed toward him made even a Titled Douluo shiver. Seeing Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu flying out from the Princess Mansion, he simply walked up to exchange a brief greeting and did not ask a single question, immediately going off to arrange for the subsequent ice-clearing work.

Xu Jiujiu also sensed the area and, finding that there were no casualties, finally let out a sigh of relief.

The palace city could be rebuilt if destroyed, as the Star Luo national treasury was truly not short of money now, but if innocent people had been harmed for no reason, honestly, Xu Jiujiu's conscience would not have been able to bear it.

Shu Yan looked at the pond that had been frozen halfway through, sighed helplessly, and after shattering the ice on top, plucked out the Golden Tortoise that had shrunk into its shell in a state of unconsciousness.

"Half of the Princess Mansion's garden needs to be replaced and filled in, or we can just let it remain as it is. This time, we really did go a bit too far."

Shu Yan said softly.

The martial soul fusion skill he shared with Xu Jiujiu was a large-scale crowd-control and area-of-effect attack skill. Within the starry curtain, combined with the power of the starry sky and the assistance of extreme low temperatures and ice-snow power, regardless of which side dominated, its power was enough to rival a full-force strike from a Super Douluo. If unleashed at full power, its maximum range would be enough to shroud the entire Star Luo Imperial Palace.

The other women also rushed over in a hurry. Xu Jiujiu explained the origin of the event to them, and everyone was either surprised, delighted, or envious, discussing it one after another.

Shu Yan dealt with them briefly before heading to a secret chamber in the Princess Mansion by himself.

The Ice Empress, who was floating in mid-air, frowned slightly at Shu Yan's somewhat hurried back, but ultimately said nothing.

... In the underground secret chamber.

Shu Yan sat cross-legged on a stone platform. A dark red flash passed through his eyes, and after the somewhat manic aura around his body settled, Shu Yan asked softly: "Old Yi, can you determine where the problem lies?"

Soon, the aged voice of Electrolux sounded in his ear:

"Bloodline, it is the bloodline. You absorbed the Beast-level Evil God Tiger left leg bone, naturally obtaining a trace of the Evil God bloodline. And that bead was born from the fusion of the Dark Sacred Dragon's dragon core and the Evil God bead. You wanted to use it to assist in condensing your second soul core, but in this process, your own ancient bloodline, which has not yet fully atavistically returned, is being eroded by this powerful Evil God bloodline."

Shu Yan looked at the dark red light flowing in his palm, said nothing more, and slowly closed his eyes, losing all sound like an old monk in meditation.

After obtaining the ancient Ice God divine position, Shu Yan's bloodline had been evolving slowly.

The ultimate evolution of the Ice Sky Snow Maiden bloodline is the ancient Ice God bloodline. Once the bloodline fully returns to its origin, Shu Yan's martial soul will transform into a true divine-level martial soul flowing with the blood of a god, just like the Six-Winged Angel of the past.

Shu Yan had originally expected this process to be completed after he broke through to the Titled Douluo realm. The fusion of the Ice Empress with him was an indispensable help in accelerating this step. But now, he had not yet successfully condensed his second soul core, and his soul power level was stuck at the peak of level 89. He had already attempted to condense the second soul core once a few days ago, but the result was very clear: even with his foundation, the difficulty of succeeding in one go without sufficient experience was extremely high.

However, he possessed the Gold of Life and his own powerful healing ability, giving him near-absolute capital for trial and error. Given some time, at most a few months, this second soul core would definitely be successfully condensed.

But at this critical juncture, such a thing happened. In order to achieve the final degree of fusion, he and Xu Jiujiu had mobilized almost all the soul power in their bodies. It was this momentary lapse that allowed that trace of Evil God bloodline to seize the opportunity... Actually, thinking about it, this matter should still be blamed on Shu Yan himself. He was currently too focused on the speed of cultivation, resulting in negligence in this regard. This was truly a case of the loss outweighing the gain.

Three hours passed, and the dark red color permeating Shu Yan's body surface not only did not weaken but instead grew even richer.

The ice-blue mark on his forehead had already manifested. Shu Yan looked at the dark red mixed into his ice-blue soul power and truly could not help but want to praise the strength of this Evil God bloodline.

A trace of bloodline, after merging with his own body, spread like bone-eroding poison the moment it found an opportunity. It truly lived up to the Evil God's domineering and insidious style of conduct.

Electrolux in the spiritual sea sighed lightly and then said: "Alright, don't worry about the rest. This thing won't cause any major problems in the short term. As for the current plan, you must cultivate diligently and break through to the Titled Douluo realm as soon as possible. Once your own bloodline also elevates to the divine level, it will be very simple to clear it out."

Shu Yan gave a light "en," his thoughts filled with mystery. A person's intuition about danger is always inexplicably sharp, especially for someone like Shu Yan who carries great luck; they can turn bad luck into good. And at this moment, he had an inexplicable feeling that this accident did not seem like a danger or trouble, but rather like a great opportunity bestowed upon him by the heavens, which was truly baffling.

(End of chapter)