Douluo Dalu: Ice Snake Martial Spirit, Infinite Evolution

Chapter 244 Fusion of a 420,000-Year-Old Secret Technique Soul Bone

The moment the secret soul bone touched the skin, it transformed into specks of ghostly blue starlight and merged into it.

Immediately afterwards, a bone-chilling cold burst forth, and countless ice crystals spread wildly along his left arm as if they were alive.

The Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone, which had already been absorbed, suddenly erupted with an extreme chill, as if it had been provoked.

In an instant, Dugu Han felt as if his left arm had sunk into an extremely cold abyss, surrounded by two similar yet completely different extreme colds.

The two extreme icy energies collided violently in his meridians, like the roar of an ancient ice dragon awakening.

The rhomboid ice crystals on the surface of the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone suddenly emitted a dazzling light, colliding with the mystical energy flowing on the Secret Technique Soul Bone and intertwining to form a spiral energy field.

Two tigers cannot share one mountain, and two soul bones cannot share one arm. The two are constantly clashing, and they are bound to determine who is superior.

The Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone, which is 85,000 years old, is certainly not as old as the Secret Technique Soul Bone, which is 420,000 years old.

However, it has already established a special link with Dugu Han's 100,000-year-old right leg bone, the external soul bone Ice Emperor Wings, and the external soul bone Dark Gold Terror Claw.

The energy from the other three soul bones was also continuously gathering on the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone, and it was in no way inferior to the secret soul bone, which was 420,000 years old.

Meanwhile, the meridians in Dugu Han's left arm were constantly cracking due to the energy of the two soul bones, and his skin turned ice blue, as if it were completely frozen.

However, the intense pain emanating from his meridians caused his pupils to contract sharply, large beads of sweat to roll down his forehead, and his entire body to tremble uncontrollably.

"Humph!"

He couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, his nails digging deep into his palms as he tried to forcefully circulate his soul power to reconcile the conflict between the two soul bones.

However, even with his advanced Soul Emperor level Soul Power, he was helpless against these two top-quality Soul Bones.

The two soul bones came from the top-tier Ice Jade Scorpion and the top-tier Abyssal Frost Dragon, both of which are top-tier soul beasts.

Even if they are just soul bones, they each have their own pride, and none of them are willing to be devoured and merged by the other. Even Dugu Han's attribute soul power, which surpasses the limit, is helpless at this moment.

His attribute soul power, which had even surpassed the limit, acted more like a catalyst, directly igniting the battle between the two soul bone energies.

In an instant, the energy of the two soul bones erupted, surging wildly through the meridians of his left arm like a runaway horse.

In an instant, the meridians in Dugu Han's left arm finally seemed unable to bear the weight, emitting a cracking sound like a spider web. The excruciating pain of the broken meridians was like ten thousand ice spikes piercing his bone marrow at the same time, making it unbearable.

On his skin, fine blood patterns appeared, and dark red blood beads seeped out from the cracks beneath the icy blue frost. But in the extreme cold emanating from the two soul bones, they instantly condensed into blood-red ice beads.

At the same time, an extreme chill emanated from the room, enveloping the entire manor in no time.

The warm manor was instantly transformed into a frozen wasteland, with extreme cold permeating everyone within.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

Many of the guards were shivering from the extreme cold and sneezed several times.

Some eunuchs and palace maids with particularly low cultivation levels were instantly frozen unconscious and fell to the ground.

The Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire and others, who were discussing the complete eradication of evil spirit masters within the empire and the reconstruction of the imperial palace, also felt the extreme cold in the air.

Ma Xiaotao, who was cultivating in the next room, was a Soul Master with the ultimate fire attribute. Even though she was cultivating, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.

She immediately stopped cultivating and opened her eyes.

"Little uncle!"

Feeling the cold in the air, Ma Xiaotao quickly thought of Dugu Han, got up, and left the room.

Arriving at Dugu Han's room, she was about to push open the door to see what was wrong with him when she suddenly remembered something and stopped.

She knew that Dugu Han was absorbing that secret soul bone.

The current situation is definitely related to the absorption of that secret soul bone.

However, before absorbing the secret soul bone, Dugu Han specifically told her that his Ice Emperor Wings had a soul bone skill that allowed him to be reborn from the ashes, so she didn't need to worry and that no matter what happened, she shouldn't disturb him.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaotao hesitated for a moment, then stayed where she was and waited.

After ordering people to settle the unconscious palace maids and eunuchs, the Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran, Kong Deming, and others rushed over.

There are only three ice-attribute soul masters in the entire manor, and only Dugu Han possesses the ultimate ice attribute. They naturally assume that all of this is related to Dugu Han.

Sure enough, upon arrival, everyone found that the biting cold outside Dugu Han's room was even more unbearable.

"Xiao Tao!"

"Where's Xiaohan?"

"The temperature in this manor has suddenly dropped, even lower than in the far north. Is it because of the Lesser Cold?"

Everyone asked questions in unison.

Kong Deming immediately released his mental energy to probe into Dugu Han's condition.

Dugu Han's condition was not optimistic. His face was contorted in pain, his entire left arm was covered in frost, and blood droplets had splattered all over the ground.

The skin on his arm was completely cracked, along with the flesh covering it. You could even see the arm bone through the cracks.

"Xiao Tao, what exactly happened?"

Kong Deming frowned.

"Don't worry, everyone. Junior Uncle is just absorbing a special secret technique soul bone."

Ma Xiaotao hesitated for a moment before giving a vague explanation.

It was only mentioned that Dugu Han was absorbing the secret soul bone obtained from the Holy Spirit Cult, but the age of the soul bone was concealed.

"Does your academy possess a secret technique that allows soul bones to fuse again?"

The Emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire asked curiously.

The others were also very curious. Even Kong Deming, who had lived for over 150 years, had never heard of a soul bone that had already been absorbed being able to be fused with a secret technique soul bone again.

"No!" Ma Xiaotao shook her head. Although the secret technique soul bone was formed by using secret techniques, it was still a soul bone. Apart from not having soul bone skills, it was no different from a normal soul bone.

The two cannot be merged in the same location.

At the very least, she had never heard Yan Shaozhe mention that Shrek Academy possessed such a special secret technique.

"Your Majesty, it's like this..."

Ma Xiaotao simply explained to everyone what Long Xiaoyao had said that day.

"He says it can be merged, so it can be merged?"

"Nonsense!"

"You guys are absolutely outrageous!"

The emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire was furious upon hearing this.

One should always be wary of others; he never expected that Dugu Han would so easily believe Long Xiaoyao's dying words.

If he had known earlier that Dugu Han went to the Holy Spirit Cult to fuse his Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone with such a secret soul bone, he would never have agreed.

"Confused!"

Jing Hongchen frowned and said, "Who is Long Xiaoyao? He is a member of the Holy Spirit Cult and was personally defeated by the Martial Soul Fusion Technique of the two of you. How credible can his words be?"

"Don't you guys think about it? Long Xiaoyao deliberately deceived you, deliberately letting Xiao Han fuse with that secret soul bone, so that the two soul bones would repel each other, causing the soul bone he had already absorbed to be ruined, or even turning him into a cripple?" Ye Yulin said in a deep voice.

Ma Xiaotao was very dissatisfied with what everyone said.

It's not like she's letting Dugu Han absorb that secret soul bone. She tried to stop him at first, but Dugu Han wouldn't listen. What could she do?

"Father!"

Xu Tianran thought for a moment and said, "Now is not the time to talk about this. Xiao Han is absorbing that secret soul bone. Before any problems arise, let's think of a way to stop it!"

"Some problems have already arisen!"

Kong Deming stepped forward, preparing to push the door open and go inside.

"no!"

Ma Xiaotao immediately slipped to the door and blocked his way.

"Xiao Tao, move aside!" Kong Deming said, frowning.

"no!"

Ma Xiaotao shook her head firmly: "Junior Uncle instructed that no one should disturb him."

"You should know that fusing two soul bones in the same location is simply impossible and would cause serious problems."

The Sun and Moon Empire leader stepped forward with a solemn expression and said...

"I know, but I trust Junior Uncle!"

Ma Xiaotao stood firmly in front of the door, stretching out her hands to block anyone from entering.

She didn't believe that two soul bones in the same location could successfully fuse, but she believed in Dugu Han.

"This isn't a matter of belief or disbelief!"

Kong Deming said in a heavy voice, "If there is a problem with the fusion of the two soul bones, at the very least, one will lose an arm and his cultivation level will drop. In the worst case, he may even become a cripple."

"I know, but even if the fusion fails, Junior Uncle will be fine, you can rest assured about that."

Ma Xiaotao assured everyone.

"really?"

The emperor of the Sun and Moon Empire was still somewhat uneasy.

"I can promise!"

Ma Xiaotao nodded seriously.

The Ice Emperor's Wings not only possess the Nirvana Soul Bone skill, but also store a large amount of life energy, enough to ensure that no accidents will occur when Dugu Han appears.

Hearing this, everyone felt a little relieved.

Although it's unclear how Ma Xiaotao was able to be so certain, since she said so, Dugu Han must be fine.

at the same time!

Inside the room, the two soul bones on Dugu Han's left arm are about to determine a winner.

The light of the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone gradually dimmed, and the rhomboid ice crystals on it began to peel off piece by piece, emitting a mournful tremor under the 420,000-year-old secret technique soul bone.

Although it has three other soul bones that provide it with energy, it is only 85,000 years old, which is far less than the 420,000-year-old secret soul bone.

Dugu Han also noticed that the energy in the left arm bone of the Ice Jade Scorpion was gradually disappearing.

This is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.

The Ice Blast Technique, a soul bone skill that can be described as a divine technique, has helped him more than once, and its importance to him cannot be compared to even a million-year soul bone.

He absolutely could not tolerate the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone being suppressed and devoured by the secret soul bone.

"Hold on!"

Dugu Han bit his tongue hard, and the sweet, metallic blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, bringing a sliver of clarity to his mind, which was in excruciating pain.

Immediately afterwards, he forcibly controlled the life energy within the Ice Emperor's Wings and integrated it into the Ice Jade Scorpion's left arm bone.

In terms of energy, the life energy contained in his Ice Emperor Wings is no less than that of the 420,000-year-old secret soul bone.

(End of this chapter)