Ling Luochen picked up the emerald green left arm bone of the Ice Scorpion and sat cross-legged on the ground, mobilizing the soul power in his body to guide the soul bone to merge with himself.
Under the influence of her soul power, the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone melted into a pool of emerald green liquid and slowly seeped into her left arm.
Everyone waited quietly for Ling Luochen's fusion. Ma Xiaotao tucked a strand of her long red hair behind her ear, looked at Ling Luochen with eyes that contained some incomprehensible emotions, and asked Ling Bai in a low voice:
"You said that after she merged with this Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, could the ice element evolve to the ultimate ice?"
"Impossible." Ling Bai's answer was firm. "Ling Luochen's ice element is far from the ultimate. The soul bones produced by a 50,000-year-old ice scorpion are not enough to help her improve her martial soul realm. If she absorbs the soul rings and soul bones of a 100,000-year-old ice scorpion instead, there would be some chance."
"oh."
Ma Xiaotao looked away. She had extremely complicated feelings towards Ling Luochen. Since he had refused to help her suppress the Phoenix Evil Fire before, Ma Xiaotao disliked Ling Luochen.
Once the soul bone fusion fails, Ling Luochen will at least lose his left arm. After all, he is a partner in battle. Ma Xiaotao doesn't want to see Ling Luochen suffer such a miserable end. She can only pray that she can successfully fuse with the Ice Scorpion, while hoping that she is still a little worse than herself.
On the other side, Huo Yuhao was persuaded by Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's heroic words, and was ready to wait until Ling Luochen failed, and then rush forward to take away the Ice Scorpion's left arm bone.
Just as Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had expected, the emerald green liquid transformed from the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone was injected into Ling Luochen, and it was as if a cool liquid was covering his entire arm.
At first she felt very comfortable and even couldn't help but moan in pleasure, but after a few seconds the coolness turned into burning heat. The soul power in Ling Luochen's body was running at a high speed, but it was still unable to intervene in the fusion process of the left arm soul bone. The heat then rose to boiling heat.
Everyone's eyes widened and their hearts beat in their throats. Ling Luochen's condition at the moment was obviously not normal. Her left arm was rendered emerald green by the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone, and there was a faint ray of light that was about to burst out from her arm.
The burning sensation, like putting one's hand into a boiling oil pan, made Ling Luochen's fair and smooth forehead covered with sweat, and his delicate body trembled slightly.
As time passed, Ling Luochen's body trembled more and more violently. Everyone could clearly feel a crazy thought and the angry roar of a soul beast coming from her left arm.
"puff!"
Ling Luochen suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. His face instantly lost its color and turned as pale as paper. A emerald green light suddenly burst out, and his left arm expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"The soul bone is backlashing, Ling Luochen can't bear the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone!"
Wang Yan cried out in surprise, but was at a loss as to what to do. He had the will but not the strength. The embarrassment of the theoretical school was clearly visible.
Shadow Dragon Douluo Xie Qin quickly got out of Ning Tian's shadow, flashed to Ling Luochen's side, slapped her on the left shoulder, and barely sealed the green light on her left arm.
At this moment, Ling Luochen's left arm had grown to a terrifying extent. His left arm was almost five times larger than his right arm. If the Body Sect saw this, they would probably be very pleased with themselves for having found another disciple.
Xie Qin said in a deep voice: "The soul bone absorption can only be done by the soul master himself. I have temporarily sealed the power of the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone to prevent the girl's left arm from being disabled, but it is only a temporary solution.
She can declare failure now. The little fellow with the Ice Jade Scorpion spirit, come here and take away the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone. Fusion with the same species is always the most successful. Doing so will be a blessing for both of you."
Everyone in Shrek was silent. Everyone, including Ma Xiaotao, looked at Ling Luochen worriedly. She was in so much pain that she could not maintain her cross-legged posture. She turned over and knelt on the ground, her swollen left hand tightly clasping the white jade ground. The cold air belonging to the Ice Scorpion rushed out, and the ice layer spread in all directions.
Ning Tian couldn't bear to continue watching Ling Luochen's miserable condition, and half of his body shrank behind Ling Bai, but suddenly he found that Ling Bai stood up, stepped on the ice and walked towards Ling Luochen through the cold wave, and Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up slightly, and just when he thought it was time for him to take action to receive the ice explosion technique, the figure of Ling Bai flashed past him!
Ling Luochen knelt on the ground with her clothes soaked with sweat. She gritted her teeth to maintain her last bit of dignity, unwilling to scream in front of so many people. Her face, twisted violently by pain, was no longer as cold as before. In her blurry eyes, she seemed to see a person walking towards her, ignoring the cold breath of the Ice Scorpion.
"Buzz——"
The angelic realm blossomed, and the dazzling golden light blocked the view of outsiders, blocking Huo Yuhao who was a step late and Erkang's outstretched hand.
Her pearly teeth were deeply embedded in her red lips. Ling Luochen realized who was coming. She tried her best to squeeze out the last bit of strength and tried to sit up straight, but a hand pressed her down without any explanation.
"you..."
Ling Luochen was about to say something when a chilling chill far colder than that of a fifty thousand year old ice scorpion rushed into her body from that hand.
The soul bone houses the soul of a 50,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion, which is rampantly destroying the body of the soul master who was bold enough to absorb its soul bone. Then it discovers a figure in front of it.
"roar--"
The Ice Jade Scorpion pounced forward excitedly, with its two large claws ready to strike. A second before it attacked the figure, an overbearing chill ran through it as if the might of heaven had descended upon it. The fear and awe imprinted in its bones and blood rose up, and the Ice Jade Scorpion slammed on the brakes and bowed down to the figure.
Snow Emperor, the ruler of the Far North!
Snow Emperor looked down at the 50,000-year-old royal ice scorpion, and a short sentence entered his mind.
You, merge with her, understand?
Okay, Master!
The Ice Jade Scorpion nodded repeatedly. The pride of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, that they could not fuse anything other than the ultimate ice, was all nothing in front of the Lord of the Far North.
The king of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, chases the Snow Emperor and licks him all day long, let alone a tiny 50,000-year-old Ice Jade Scorpion.
The figure of the Snow Emperor gradually disappeared, and the Ice Scorpion revealed a human-like flattering smile, and respectfully said in the soul beast language, "Lord, take care," and kowtowed three times.
With the active cooperation of the Ice Scorpion, the subsequent absorption process went smoothly. Ling Luochen's Hulk-like thick green left arm shrank back. The previous expansion had torn half of his clothes, revealing the entire left arm's white, smooth, snow-like skin and a slightly tempting plump edge.
A quarter of an hour later, Ling Luochen finished dealing with the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone. He took out a long gown from the storage soul guide to cover his spring light, and whispered to Ling Bai who was looking up at the sky:
"The Ultimate Ice Left Arm Soul Bone even has a stronger ice attribute than the Ice Jade Scorpion. No wonder I always have a special feeling about your left arm."
Ling Bai smiled calmly and did not explain. Ling Luochen, on the other hand, seemed to have opened his heart and continued, "Remember, the first person you defeated when you entered the inner courtyard fighting arena was me."
After thinking about it for a while, he beat Chu Qingtian in the inner courtyard entrance examination, fought against the evil fire phoenix Ma Xiaotao at night, and the first victim he entered the inner courtyard fighting arena the next day and started his road to crushing seemed to be Ling Luochen.
"At that time, I asked Senior Sister about your identity and background. Although you are a six-winged angel, I am seven years older than you and have a soul power advantage. I couldn't accept losing miserably, so I waited for you in the fighting arena every day, and I always wanted to beat you once."
Facing Ling Bai's surprised golden eyes, Ling Luochen suddenly smiled, and that smile was truly like a group of flowers blooming: "Why do you look at me like that? Do you think I am overestimating my own abilities?"
"No."
Ling Bai shook his head, pointed to his chest and said sincerely: "Being competitive is a must for a soul master to reach the top, but I didn't expect that you look cold and unkind, but you actually have a high-spirited heart."
Ling Luochen snorted and changed the subject: "Repaying a favor is the basic principle of life. You saved me, so I will follow you after graduation. With the Ice Explosion Soul Skill, I am no worse than Yu Mengdi with the Angel Soul."
"Welcome to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect."
Ling Bai was just about to stretch out his right hand out of habit, but then he switched to his left hand. This small detail caught Ling Luochen's attention, and the corners of his rosy lips curled up.
She also stretched out her left hand, and the 700,000-year-old Snow Emperor Soul Bone was connected to the 50,000-year-old Ice Scorpion Soul Bone. The breath of extreme ice mixed together for a long time. It was hard to tell whether her tone was serious or teasing:
"It's not the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect that I value, it's only you."
"Same."
From then on, Ling Luochen, Xixi, Gong Yangmo, Yao Haoxuan, the other seven Shrek Devils, except Dai Yueheng who would inevitably return to the Xing Luo Empire, and Ma Xiaotao, the disciple of the Dean of the Wuhun Department, all promised to leave Shrek and join Ling Bai after graduation.
Ning Fengya was known as a succubus back then, but she only abducted Ning Tian's father and Shadow Dragon Douluo Xie Qin, two of the Seven Devils. Ling Bai doubled his ability and abducted four potential Titled Douluo talents, and continued to poach them relentlessly.
Han Ruoruo, Chu Qingtian, Wu Ming, Dugu Lin, these are all heroes who can make plans.
Together with the angel Yu Mengdi, Xie Huanyue from the outer courtyard and the Lan sisters, the younger generation gradually formed a group.
The angel field dispersed, and the two saw the surprised Shrek people, who surrounded them and asked them about the details.
"Brother Tianmeng!"
Huo Yuhao almost squeezed out these three words from his throat: "Didn't you say that only the ultimate ice can absorb the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone!"
"That's indeed the memory of the ten thousand year old Ice Jade Scorpion, but who would have thought that the boy actually had an ultimate Ice Soul Bone that surpassed the Ice Jade Scorpion."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm poked its finger. Its spiritual power sensed a trace of the Snow Emperor's soul bone that had been exposed. It said helplessly, "The Ice Jade Scorpion that awakened the Ice Explosion Technique must be a King Scorpion. It can suppress a 50,000-year-old Ice Jade King Scorpion... Is it a 100,000-year-old Ice Jade King Scorpion? The Ice Snow Girl? The Ancient Ice Dragon?"
It had never seen the Snow Emperor in person, so it could only rely on guesswork. Compared to spirit rings that use color to show cultivation, the age of spirit bones is not easy to reveal. For example, in another time and space, Huo Yuhao used the two major spirit skills of the Ice Emperor spirit bone in public more than once, and Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Lao, Lin Lao, Xing Luo Feng... None of the strong men discovered that this was a 400,000-year-old spirit bone.
"It's over, this time I'm being too arrogant!"
Huo Yuhao said in annoyance, the duck that was about to be in his mouth flew away, the favor was gone, and the soul bone was gone!
Ling Bai returned to the sofa. He was not a poor orphan like Huo Yuhao, with the support of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Jianmu Douluo, and with the Death Prison Bone Dragon by his side. Even if the Snow Emperor's soul bone was exposed, it would not matter. Moreover, no one in Douluo Continent had seen the Snow Emperor's true body and the Snow Emperor's three unique skills. As long as he didn't say it, they would at most think that this was a 100,000-year-old ultimate ice soul bone.
Ling Bai turned his head and whispered to Ning Tian, who then said to Wang Yan, "Senior Ling has promised to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. The Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone is worth 30 million gold soul coins, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect will pay it to Shrek Academy after the competition is over."
Wang Yan sighed with regret. Ling Luochen had the Ice Explosion Technique, and his future achievements would definitely not be low. Shrek had lost another important general.
The last item to be auctioned then came on the stage. It was the Heart of the Sea of Blood, the core of the City of Slaughter, with a starting price of 100 million gold soul coins.
When the VIPs heard that the Heart of the Sea of Blood contained the legendary power of the gods, they immediately threw away all rationality and started bidding frantically. Wang Yan followed for two rounds but gave up. With the amount exceeding 100 million gold soul coins, he did not dare to make the decision.
The Heart of the Sea of Blood replaced the function of the Snow Empress' embryo and was the key to the Xingluo royal family's plot against Mingde Hall and the Body Sect. Ling Bai used a message to stop Ning Tian, who was determined to compete with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy next door for who was the richest man on the continent. This allowed the Heart of the Sea of Blood to be successfully acquired by Sun Moon, and the Starlight Auction House's twenty-year Starlight Festival officially came to an end.
The next day.
Standing at the window of Xinghuang Hotel and looking into the distance, you can see Xingluo Square in the distance, crowded with people. The noisy sounds can be heard by opening the hotel window.
In the 16-to-8 qualifying match, Shrek Academy, as the previous champion, will be the first to take the stage to challenge their opponent in this round, the Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, which has the super-strong configuration of Five Soul Kings and Two Soul Sects.
Compared to the bustling audience seats, the players' rest area has obviously become much quieter. Most of the participating teams have been eliminated, and the remaining sixteen teams are all the most outstanding young talents in the Douluo Continent today.
"The first promotion match of the 16-to-8 round, Shrek Academy vs. Douling Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy, players from both teams, please enter the waiting area!"
As soon as the referee's voice fell, the audience gave a wave of cheers, one louder than the other, and the atmosphere reached a climax in an instant. The army responsible for maintaining order became more vigilant to prevent chaos from occurring.
Ling Bai, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yaoheng, Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong, seven people followed Wang Yan into the waiting area.
Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yuheng, who had never appeared in the round-robin tournament, immediately attracted the attention of the audience and various colleges.
In the rest area of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, the teacher took out two brand new notebooks and waited eagerly to record the specific abilities of the two.
At the highest point of the spectator seats, Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei looked at Dai Yuheng and smiled with satisfaction. He gently stroked the back of the queen's hand and said, "That's Dai Hao's eldest son Dai Yuheng. Dai Hao wrote a letter saying that Dai Yuheng has broken through to the Soul Emperor."
The Queen said softly, "A tiger father will have a dog son. The White Tiger Duke and his son will surely become the pillars of the empire."
Before going on stage, Wang Yan instructed: "Dai Yueheng will be in charge of the main attack, Ma Xiaotao will be less active, Ling Luochen will be in charge of the control but he must hide his Ice Explosion Technique, Ling Bai will try to retain his fifth soul skill, soul bone skills, and angel domain, Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao will continue to perform as usual, and Wang Dong will decide whether to activate the Golden Road with Yuhao."
"Got it, Teacher Wang!"
Everyone walked onto the competition field, with Ma Xiaotao leading the way, thinking to herself:
"Don't attack... Impossible!"