Chapter 54: Soul Fusion Technique

What did you say?!

As soon as he spoke, Mu En's modest-sized room instantly erupted.

By now, the Sea God Pavilion meeting has seen few people arguing over Tang Wulin's handling, because this kid possesses top-tier talent with an Ultimate Soul Golden Dragon, so having certain privileges is only natural.

The main point of contention is Huo Yutong.

Even before this incident, some people had doubts about Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin living together in the Sea God Pavilion.

Her first soul ring is a worthless white one—what qualifies her to live in Shrek's core area? If it weren't for Mu En's intention, someone would have objected long ago.

The reason this incident caused such a huge uproar, even with Mu En unable to fully suppress the opposition, is that long-suppressed dissatisfaction has been detonated.

Not only does it not help the Academy, it actually caused such a massive loss—isn't that basically a liability? But if what Tang Wulin is saying now is true, then the nature is completely different.

No one can even imagine how strong a Soul Fusion Technique unleashed by a top-tier Ultimate Soul could be; even if Huo Yutong is merely an accessory to Tang Wulin's Soul Fusion Technique, possessing that technique together with him gives her enough value for the Senior Elders to approve her residing in the Sea God Pavilion.

Now there are only two problems left.

First, whether Tang Wulin is lying; if not, how strong their Soul Fusion Technique is.

Second, what exactly is the truth behind this Golden Ancient Tree incident, and what did Tang Wulin and company do to trigger such a heavenly-earthly anomaly.

Mu En breathed a sigh of relief.

Subjectively, he naturally wants to protect Huo Yutong, but this incident is indeed serious—it could be called the first of its kind in the Academy's history, and he finds it hard to speak well of her.

Now it's much better—at least many Senior Elders have shifted their focus from "how to deal with Huo Yutong" to "what is this Soul Fusion Technique of the two kids."

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Mu En's mouth as he said, "Have you heard, Wulin? Everyone wants to watch you fuse—can you give us an eye-opening display?"

"Good."

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong nodded together.

Thus, the three forces within their bodies were mobilized again and merged rapidly.

Perhaps because they had already fused twice before, the third fusion's speed was noticeably faster than before.

In less than a second, their powers had already finished merging.

They were about to proceed further, attempting that legendary Soul Fusion Technique, when Mu En called a halt.

He smiled and said:

"Don't unleash it inside the Sea God Pavilion, for fear you can't release it properly and might damage the pavilion—let's go outside."

The next second, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong only felt their vision shift, and they had arrived outside the Sea God Pavilion.

The Senior Elders followed suit, and within three seconds, over a dozen people stood neatly outside the Sea God Pavilion.

Mu En nodded at Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

"All right, you may begin."

Receiving his permission, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong glanced at each other, then embraced.

Their faces were a bit red, after all, this was their first time embracing in front of so many people.

Fortunately, their shyness quickly vanished, replaced by intense surprise.

In their perception, their soul power rapidly intertwined, pulling their martial souls into fusion as well.

To onlookers, the tightly embraced pair suddenly burst into dazzling light, blue-gold-purple three-colored rays shifting continuously, and then their figures were enveloped by a sphere of light.

At the same time, countless Blue Silver Grass shot up from the ground within a hundred-meter radius, forming a sea of Blue Silver Grass that swiftly entangled all the Senior Elders present, binding them tightly.

Xuanzi snorted in displeasure, exerting his full strength to try to snap these Blue Silver Grass.

However, what happened exceeded his expectations—his force seemed to be acting on empty air, having no effect on the Blue Silver Grass whatsoever.

Several other Senior Elders who, like him, wanted to break free from the Blue Silver Grass also showed the same astonished expression; they couldn't escape, as the grass seemed like an illusion, leaving them with strength but nowhere to apply it.

Mu En was naturally also entangled by the Blue Silver Grass, but he didn't try to break free; instead, he closed his eyes to sense its nature. "Now I understand."

Soon he opened his eyes, revealing a satisfied smile.

Mu En had roughly grasped the effect of Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's Soul Fusion Technique; it could be said to be the strongest Soul Fusion Technique he had seen in his long life.

The reason these Senior Elders couldn't break free from the Blue Silver Grass's entanglement is that they are not physical entities but manifestations of mental power; to escape, they must destroy the grass with mental power.

And once entangled by these Blue Silver Grass, they begin rapidly absorbing the entangled one's soul power, stamina, vitality, and mental power; Mu En estimated that, given the absorption speed demonstrated by this Soul Fusion Technique, draining a Soul Elder completely would take less than half a minute.

With its vast range, inescapable binding, and terrifying absorption speed, this Soul Fusion Technique as a group control skill has almost no weaknesses.

If one must point out a flaw—

"Can't it be used on empty air…"

A thoughtful voice came from beside him; Mu En turned his head to look at Zhuang Lao nearby and nodded in agreement.

Zhuang Lao's martial soul is also plant-based, so he naturally realized the truth of this Soul Fusion Technique early on.

The Blue Silver Grass released by this Soul Fusion Technique all come from the ground; for now, attempting aerial combat with it is unrealistic.

This is undoubtedly a major disadvantage in high-level battles.

Of course, even if it can't be used in the air, the power of this fusion technique is unquestionable.

Mu En's lips curled up as he shouted, "All right, Wulin, Yutong, I've roughly grasped the effect of your Soul Fusion Technique—you can stop now."

As his voice fell, the Blue Silver Grass that had been growing wildly suddenly turned into specks of blue light and drifted away; the light sphere enveloping Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong also vanished, revealing the two holding hands inside.

They looked at Mu En somewhat apprehensively, awaiting his evaluation.

They had only witnessed a Soul Fusion Technique once, so they weren't clear on the strength of their own.

Mu En asked gently, "Wulin, Yutong, how much soul power did you two choose to consume?"

Tang Wulin sensed it and replied, "About eighty percent, though we can absorb energy from those we entangle—the more people we bind, the longer we can endure."

Huo Yutong also nodded, indicating hers was similar.

The eyes of all the Senior Elders present widened.

Just now, these two's Soul Fusion Technique lasted over twenty seconds—enough time to drain a Soul Lord–rank soul master to the point of losing combat ability.

But there are only a dozen or so people here; the Soul Fusion Technique's radius reaches a hundred meters—if used on a battlefield, its duration could likely be extended to an astonishing figure.

This is absolutely a war god technique.

Only Xuanzi still seemed somewhat dissatisfied, muttering, "What I want to see isn't their two martial souls; I want to see the Soul Fusion Technique that is based on Golden Dragon power."

Mu En glanced at him and said lightly, "Xuanzi, you should also know how difficult it is for two children who don't even have two soul rings to perform a Soul Fusion Technique; they can't do it in a short time, let's discuss this topic next time."

Compared to this topic, he was more concerned about his new discovery just now.

"Tang Wulin, let me see your Blue Silver Grass martial soul."

He just noticed that Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass seemed a bit different from before.

By the way, someone actually asked me whether I should write Xuanzi off.

No, buddy, I've been dreaming these days about how to reasonably kill off Lao Bi Deng, and you just want to abolish him—that's too kind.

Here I'm collecting methods to write off Xuanzi.

Necessary condition: It must be as reasonable as possible.

Additional condition: The more clownish, the better.

By the way, I'm also collecting names for this Soul Fusion Technique; I'm terrible at naming, the few I came up with are kinda meh—if you have a good name, please post it in the comments; if no one does, I'll just use the chuuni name I came up with.

(End of chapter)