Chapter 253

Tang Wulin asked in surprise:

「Senior, who are you? 」

The gray old man appeared without any sign, as if he had suddenly popped out.

Huo Yutong quickly introduced:

「Wulin, this is my teacher, his name is Ilex, the one who gave me my third martial soul; you can absolutely trust him. 」

Ilex smiled and said: 「Tang Wulin, haven't you realized yet? The answer is right on yourself. 」

His appearance was not his own arbitrary decision, but came after discussion with other soul spirits.

As time passed, everyone inside Huo Yutong's body actually gradually came to trust Tang Wulin, thinking it was fine to let him know some truths.

Thus Ilex took this opportunity to appear, preparing to give Tang Wulin a great chance, as thanks for his long-time help to Huo Yutong.

Tang Wulin frowned, not understanding Ilex's meaning.

「The answer is on my body? Senior, what do you mean? 」

Although he was very curious about the exact relationship between Ilex and Huo Yutong, now is obviously not the time to talk about that.

He believed Huo Yutong would definitely tell him the truth in the future; what matters now is talking with Ilex.

Ilex said with a smile:

「Silly child, have you forgotten the origin of your first soul ring? 」

「You mean soul spirits? 」

「Yes. 」

Seeing Ilex nod, Tang Wulin furrowed his brows even deeper.

「Soul spirits are indeed a good solution, but senior, this era doesn't have soul spirits yet. 」

「Oh, about that you don't need to worry. 」 Ilex said lightly: 「I have already developed soul spirits. 」

「... Ah? 」

Tang Wulin was stunned.

What did he just hear? Ilex actually said he had developed soul spirits, but wasn't that developed by Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao?

Ilex revealed a meaningful smile.

「You don't need to worry about how I developed them; would you accept these two dragon kings as your soul spirits? Anyway, they definitely wouldn't refuse, and if you're willing, the chance of success will be very high. 」

「Turning them into my soul spirits... 」

Tang Wulin fell into contemplation.

Since he had never considered the possibility of soul spirits before, he naturally wouldn't think that way, but after Ilex said that, he realized soul spirits are indeed a good solution to the current predicament.

Coincidentally, his combat skills have been restored, so it's time to seek a fourth soul ring; this is also a good opportunity, as there probably isn't a stronger soul beast than the Water Fire Dragon King in this world.

With his current soul power reserves, breaking through to the fourth ring could very well shoot him straight to rank fifty, which would perfectly allow both dragon kings to become his soul spirits.

Moreover, turning them into soul spirits would also let them help guide the way, perfectly solving the biggest problem at hand.

After thinking for a while, Tang Wulin nodded heavily.

I have no problem, thank you for the trouble, senior.

Hehe, it's fine, I should actually thank you; if it weren't for you, Huo Yutong couldn't have grown to this point.

Ilex opened his mouth and said to the Water Fire Dragon King in the sky:

Two Dragon Kings, I now have a way to let you stay by the side of this boy before you, but the price is that you cannot easily leave his side; are you willing?

Strangely, his words were not human language but another obscure language.

Tang Wulin had last heard this language from the Wind Dragon King's mouth; he didn't expect to hear it again from Ilex.

Obviously, this is the dragon language; Ilex learned it purely to study dragon language magic, and he hadn't expected to use it again on the Douluo Continent. Upon hearing Ilex's words, the Water Fire Dragon King immediately danced wildly in the air, emitting a feeling of joy from its body.

They naturally agreed; after all, they couldn't leave this Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well anyway, and being able to leave with Tang Wulin was something they desperately wanted.

Seeing their agreement, Ilex smiled and made a gesturing invitation with his hand.

Then please, two Dragon Kings, come before this child; I will hold a ceremony for you.

Upon hearing this, the Water Fire Dragon King obediently descended and came before Tang Wulin.

As soon as they approached, Tang Wulin felt an intense cold-hot aura emanating from them, and his body involuntarily shuddered.

This is far more stimulating than the fire maiden created by the Blazing Apricot Herb.

Ilex said in a deep voice:

Calm your breath, focus your mind, don't think of anything else; the upcoming process will be somewhat painful, get ready.

Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin immediately gathered his spirit.

He is extremely adept at dealing with such pain.

Only to see countless magic formations rise from under Ilex's feet, enveloping Tang Wulin and the two Dragon Kings; then the Water Fire Dragon King began to turn into specks of light that drifted toward Tang Wulin's body.

Youyou was dumbfounded.

What... what are you doing?

Huo Yutong lightly shrugged.

Just understand it as absorbing a soul ring.

What?! Youyou exclaimed in shock, 'You mean he absorbed the two Dragon Lords?! How is that possible? They were god-level Dragon Kings in life!'

So what? Huo Yutong smiled proudly, 'My teacher is not much inferior to a god.'

She could be said to have full confidence in Ilex; over these years he has often done things beyond reason.

At that moment, she suddenly noticed Ilex looking at her.

Teacher?

Ilex gave her a light smile.

Yutong, get ready.

Ah?

Huo Yutong stared for a moment, then astonishedly discovered that a portion of icy-blue light points suddenly split from the Water Dragon King's body and drifted toward her, entering her body.

In an instant, she felt a bone-piercing cold she hadn't experienced in a long time.

Terrifying ice element surged rapidly within her body, quickly improving her physique while gradually condensing into an icy-blue soul ring.

Huo Yutong's expression changed, and she quickly sat down where she was, beginning to digest the power of these ice elements.

Ilex is Huo Yutong's teacher; faced with such an opportunity, how could they not give their student a bit of benefit?

The Water Dragon King cannot be directly absorbed by Huo Yutong; the dragon king's bloodline is simply not something ordinary humans can bear, but the ice-element power stripped from it is another matter.

Anyway, without me, Tang Wulin could never absorb the Water Fire Dragon King; since that's the case, it's only reasonable to take a bit of interest while we're at it," Ilex thought amusedly.

He split the Water Dragon King's control over water and ice, giving the water attribute to Tang Wulin and the ice attribute to Huo Yutong, thereby successfully preventing Huo Yutong from bursting from the dragon king's bloodline while also helping her obtain all of the Water Dragon King's ice-element power.

With this power's help, Huo Yutong's talent has thoroughly surpassed the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, reaching a whole new realm.

By the way, as I wrote, I discovered that Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Emperor, no matter how you allocate points, is practically useless against the Golden Dragon King.

So I simply combined his several extra abilities into one, turning the small add-on into a big add-on.

Yutong, counting the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone among the nine soul bones, I've arranged them all; here I'll still give the Water Dragon King to Tang Wulin (by the way, I said earlier that dragon king bones can only be absorbed by Tang Wulin or Gu Yue Na), anyway, Yutong's body could never produce that extremely abstract left leg soul bone from the original work (the teleportation limit of ten meters is just hilarious).

(End of chapter)