Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 117, Section 116: Auxiliary Martial Soul Fusion Secret Technique

“There is a difference in your martial soul attributes, but the difference is not as great as it appears when your soul power comes into contact.”

"It's just that because ice and fire are opposing attributes that restrain each other, even the slightest difference will be magnified infinitely."

At this moment, Old Mu noticed Ma Xiaotao's dejected expression and offered words of comfort.

He had been watching the interaction between their soul powers and noticed that Dugu Han's soul power instantly suppressed Ma Xiaotao's soul power and then invaded her body.

But that's because of the incompatibility of martial soul attributes, so the gap was magnified infinitely!
If Ma Xiaotao's ultimate fire were replaced with ultimate earth, or ultimate light, or other ultimate attributes, although it would still not be as good as Dugu Han's ice attribute that surpassed the ultimate, it would not be suppressed so severely.

Hearing Old Master Mu's words of comfort, Ma Xiaotao immediately felt much better.

It wasn't that his own ultimate fire attribute was too poor, but rather that Dugu Han's martial soul attribute was too abnormal and happened to be able to counter him.

"Try again!"

Elder Mu pondered for a moment, then looked at Dugu Han and said, "This time, I will use the power of the Golden Tree to suppress your martial soul attribute to the same level as Xiao Tao's."

"Does the golden tree still have this function?"

Dugu Han was somewhat surprised!
Ma Xiaotao also looked at Elder Mu in surprise. She knew that the Sea God Pavilion was carved from the Golden Tree and that the Golden Tree had all sorts of wonders, but she never expected that the Golden Tree could actually help people suppress their martial soul attributes.

"The Golden Tree is the foundation of Shrek Academy, and its role is beyond your imagination."

Old Mu smiled and got up, hunching over as he walked to Dugu Han's side, pointing at him dozens of times.

At the same time, countless specks of golden light quietly appeared, converging on Dugu Han's body and forming golden chains that disappeared into his body according to the location indicated by Elder Mu.

After the golden chains completely disappeared into Dugu Han's body, his ice-attribute aura, which had occupied most of the Sea God Pavilion, also instantly weakened.

Ma Xiaotao's fire attribute aura immediately pushed back his ice attribute aura, and in an instant, it occupied half of the Sea God Pavilion, standing on equal footing with him.

"okay!"

Old Mu walked back to the recliner and smiled at the two of them, saying, "Let's try again. Don't worry about any potential dangers. Just go for it."

"it is good!"

The two nodded, exchanged a glance, and then simultaneously raised their hands.

Their palms touched, and their fingers clasped tightly together!
"The soul power transferred is the same as before," Dugu Han reminded Ma Xiaotao, looking into her eyes.

"Ok!"

Ma Xiaotao nodded gently, and at the same time as Dugu Han, she channeled her soul power into her palm.

Dugu Han's ice-attribute soul power, like thousands of silver snakes formed from frost, roamed wildly along his arm, causing ice crystals to form on the ground wherever it passed, and even the air to be filled with white mist. Ma Xiaotao's fire-attribute soul power, on the other hand, transformed into a crimson torrent, scorching the surrounding space and causing the ice to steam up plumes of white smoke.

The ultimate ice, the ultimate fire!
The moment the two soul energies, each possessing extreme attributes, made contact, they repelled and clashed against each other, neither willing to yield.

The intense energy collision caused their faces to flush red instantly. A small storm seemed to form between their palms, and the auras of extreme ice and extreme fire were like two raging beasts, constantly tearing and strangling each other.

Dugu Han could feel that when his ultimate ice-attribute soul power collided with Ma Xiaotao's ultimate fire soul power, it was as if ice was being constantly scorched and evaporated by raging fire, and his meridians were also experiencing waves of stinging pain due to the violent clash of soul powers.

Meanwhile, veins bulged on Ma Xiaotao's forehead. Her ultimate fire-attribute soul power was being extinguished like flames meeting ice water when it collided with Dugu Han's ultimate ice-attribute soul power. The stinging pain in her meridians was unbearable for her.

"Stay calm! Adjust your pace and slowly find a balance!"

Elder Mu's voice pierced through the roar of energy.

Upon hearing this, Dugu Han began to guide his soul power, condensing the originally scattered and impactful force into a spiral shape, attempting to open a passage in the waves of fire.

At the same time, Ma Xiaotao slowed down the output speed of her soul power, allowing her soul power to surge rhythmically like a tide.

With their adjustments, the clash between their ice and fire soul powers was no longer a simple collision.

The blue ice mist and crimson flames began to intertwine and entwine, and a strange pale purple halo gradually appeared at the edge of their contact.

The halo spun continuously like a vortex, slowly drawing in the two opposing soul forces.

As time went by, the pale purple halo gradually turned golden and continued to expand. The originally conflicting soul powers of Dugu Han and Ma Xiaotao gradually softened and began to alternate regularly under the guidance of the halo.

Before long, the first wisp of golden soul power flowed smoothly into their meridians through their clasped hands.

A strong attraction suddenly emanated from the two of them.

Dugu Han and Ma Xiaotao fell uncontrollably toward each other, their arms instinctively wrapping around each other's waists. The two slowly flew into the air, the scorching flames and the biting cold colliding fiercely through their clothes.

Dugu Han's Frost Sacred Dragon Martial Soul appeared behind him, and the air seemed to freeze the moment it appeared.

Behind Ma Xiaotao, a huge crimson phoenix phantom rose up, its feathers bursting with explosive flames that made the surrounding air sizzle.

As soon as the two martial souls appeared, the golden soul power that had already merged suddenly trembled violently, turning into countless threads of light that frantically rushed into the two martial souls.

Ma Xiaotao's meridians felt as if they were being repeatedly burned by a scorching hot iron, while Dugu Han's ice-attribute soul power went berserk under the influence of his martial soul. The ice dragon phantom became more and more solid, and its pressure actually suppressed the phantom phantom by half a zhang.

"Oh no, stop right now!"

Startled, Elder Mu sprang up from his recliner and immediately took control of the two men's martial spirits, forcibly separating them along with their martial spirits.

Upon landing, Ma Xiaotao's face turned deathly pale.

Dugu Han asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"fine!"

Ma Xiaotao shook her head slightly and looked at Elder Mu with a puzzled expression, asking, "Grandmaster, what happened just now? Our soul power could be fused together, so why did our martial souls repel each other at the last moment?"

"The fusion of soul power is because I used the power of the Golden Tree to suppress Xiao Han's ice attribute to the same level as your ultimate fire. You repel each other, but you also merge after the repulsion."

"The fusion of martial souls is due to the quality of the martial soul. Although I suppressed his ice attribute, I could not suppress the quality of his martial soul."

After Mu finished speaking, he looked at Dugu Han and asked, "What did you feel just now?"

"It feels really awkward!"

Dugu Han thought for a moment and said, "I feel that I am particularly compatible with Xiao Tao, but I also feel particularly repulsed by her. Her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul is very suitable for my Frost Sacred Dragon, but she is not quite worthy of my Frost Sacred Dragon. It's a very contradictory feeling."

"Not...not good enough?"

Ma Xiaotao froze on the spot.

In all her life, aside from the Evil Fire, this was the first time she had been criticized for having a low-quality martial soul.

"That's right!"

"The compatibility you mentioned is because I suppressed your attributes to the same level as Xiao Tao's. You are one ice and one fire, one dragon and one phoenix, so the compatibility is very high."

Elder Mu explained, "But your martial soul has evolved time and time again, and its current quality is too high. Even Xiao Tao's pure Fire Phoenix martial soul can't compare to it, which is why you look down on her martial soul."

"Now what?"

Dugu Han frowned. He felt that when the two soul powers merged, the speed of soul power circulation directly doubled, which was equivalent to 50% of his own soul power before compression!
Ma Xiaotao came to her senses and looked at Elder Mu.

She was already a Soul Saint, and her soul power was no longer compressed by the ultimate martial soul, its circulation speed had doubled. However, if the problem of martial soul fusion wasn't resolved, the two of them couldn't cultivate together, and Dugu Han couldn't suppress his martial soul attributes indefinitely.

Dugu Han also realized this problem and brought up the issue of why he couldn't suppress his martial soul attribute indefinitely.

Elder Mu first helped him remove the suppression of the Golden Tree, then pondered and said, "There is a secret method that may help you solve the problems of Martial Soul attributes and Martial Soul quality."

After saying that, he turned to Ma Xiaotao and said, "Xiaotao, go and call Wu Ming over."

"Wu Ming?"

Ma Xiaotao asked in confusion, "Why call her?"

"You need her to help you share the pressure from Xiaohan's martial soul attributes and martial soul quality."

Elder Mu stood up and walked towards the ancient book room. He took out an ancient book on the fusion of martial spirits and handed it to the two of them, saying, "Two thousand years ago, two sages from our academy encountered the same situation as you, and they preserved the solution."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Han quickly opened the ancient book and began to peruse it.

"Slow down, slow down!"

Ma Xiaotao watched it together, but Dugu Han flipped through the pages too quickly, and she didn't get a clear look at each page before it was covered by the next one.

"Xiao Tao, you can read the ancient books when you get back. Go and call Wu Ming over first!"

Elder Mu looked at Ma Xiaotao and smiled, "If you want to overcome the differences in attributes and martial soul quality and complete the martial soul fusion, you need her help."

"OK then!"

Ma Xiaotao nodded and walked out.

Dugu Han was still rapidly flipping through the ancient books when, after a short while, his gaze suddenly sharpened, and he stopped.

A page containing information about a secret technique to aid in the fusion of martial spirits came into view.

Elder Mu explained, "The secret technique for assisting in the fusion of martial spirits was created by two sages of the academy two thousand years ago, based on the ideas of sages from over three thousand seven hundred years ago."

"The martial souls of those two sages are respectively the Soft Spirit Silk and the Hard Heavy Hammer. Their martial souls are one soft and one hard. Although they are not as opposed as your ice and fire with Xiao Tao, the quality of their martial souls is very different. So even if their martial souls have compatibility, it is difficult to form a martial soul fusion skill."

When Elder Mu got to this point, he used the Netherworld White Tiger as an example again: "Because the innate soul power of the same martial soul is different, the quality is also different, just like the Evil Eye White Tiger and the Netherworld Spirit Cat that you encountered in the final of the freshman assessment."

"Any Evil-Eyed White Tiger and any Netherworld Cat have compatibility, but the Netherworld White Tiger you encountered in the finals, if it were a different Evil-Eyed White Tiger and a different Netherworld Cat with different martial soul quality, they would not be able to form a martial soul fusion skill."

After listening to Elder Mu's careful instruction and reading the secret method to assist in the fusion of martial souls, Dugu Han exclaimed, "Using a third person to make up for the lack of quality in the martial soul is a genius idea."

"This idea was proposed 3,700 years ago!" Old Mu said with a smile.

Our predecessors constantly put forward ideas, which were then continuously improved and perfected by our successors, who in turn put forward new ideas, which were then improved and perfected by their successors, and then new ideas were put forward again...

This cycle repeats itself, which is why Shrek Academy has always been able to maintain its position as the number one academy on the continent.

……

While the master and apprentice were talking, Ma Xiaotao also ran back with Wu Ming.

"Mr. Mu!"

Wu Ming greeted Elder Mu respectfully, then looked at Dugu Han beside her and habitually glared at him.

Dugu Han had long since become accustomed to this, and even smiled at her.

Wu Ming rolled her eyes at him, then looked at Elder Mu again and said, "Elder Mu, is there something you need from me?"

"I need your help!"

With a smile, Elder Mu explained that Dugu Han and Ma Xiaotao were compatible, but could not fuse due to the difference in the quality of their martial souls. He also mentioned that Dugu Han needed Elder Mu's help to suppress the ice attribute level in order to achieve compatibility with Ma Xiaotao.

He also explained that Wu Ming's Golden Crow Martial Soul is a top-tier Martial Soul, and the Golden Crow Sacred Flame is close to the ultimate flame, which can be perfectly incorporated into it to make up for Ma Xiaotao's deficiencies in Martial Soul attributes and Martial Soul quality.

"But how can I make it up to them?" Wu Ming asked, puzzled.

Ma Xiaotao also looked at Old Mu with curiosity.

"This is a secret technique to aid in the fusion of martial souls."

With a smile, Elder Mu handed the ancient book from Dugu Han's hand to the two of them, and said, "The fusion of their soul power can accelerate their cultivation speed. As the third person, you can also obtain this benefit by cultivating with them."

"Speed ​​up your cultivation!"

Wu Ming's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to study the secret technique for assisting in the fusion of martial spirits, just like Ma Xiaotao.

After a long time!

The two couldn't help but exclaim in unison, "A brilliant idea!"

"How about it?"

Are you confident you can learn it?

Dugu Han walked up to the two of them and asked.

"We need some time to look into this!"

Wu Ming and Ma Xiaotao both frowned at the same time.

The difficulty of the auxiliary martial soul fusion technique lies mainly with these two individuals.

Dugu Han has a high-quality martial soul, so he doesn't need to do anything.

On the contrary, the two of them need to rely on this secret technique to share the pressure of Dugu Han's ice attribute that has surpassed the limit and his super high martial soul quality.

The difficulties involved are definitely not something that can be overcome simply by reading the secret method once.

It also requires their two to work together very well.

"Then let's conduct the research right here!"

Old Mu smiled and opened a room filled with a strong fire element.

Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming went inside directly.

After Dugu Han and the other two went inside, they asked Elder Mu to open a room for them, so they could take advantage of this time to absorb the energy from the cocoon shell that the Snow Emperor had given them.

"go in!"

Elder Mu opened another room filled with a strong ice element.

After Dugu Han went inside, he sat cross-legged on the futon and then took out the cocoon shell that the Snow Emperor had given him from the Moon Goddess's Tears.

The cocoon is formed from a portion of the energy of the Myriad-Year-Old Profound Ice Marrow, and it can be directly absorbed with a simple guidance of soul power.

(End of this chapter)