Douluo Continent: When Huo Yuhao Becomes the Lord of the End

Chapter 202: Merging with the Soul Bones of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, Falling on the Battlefield

Regardless of Xu Tianran's schemes, Huo Yuhao's absorption of the Water and Fire Dragon King's soul bone has reached a critical juncture.

The absorption process took longer than he had anticipated.

There was no way around it; as a soul bone that bore the combined power of the two Dragon Kings, the effort and pain required to absorb it were within his expectations.

To absorb the soul bones of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, the first thing to solve is the potential energy conflict between the two soul bones. In other words, the absorber's martial soul itself must possess the attribute of being able to bear the energy of the two soul bones.

The two soul bones have naturally conflicting energy attributes. If these two energies cannot be neutralized, the only result for the absorber will be to explode and die.

The best place would actually be to absorb the abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, but that's not really necessary for Huo Yuhao.

Because he already possesses extreme ice and fire energy and has condensed a Yin-Yang complementary soul core, which has a stable balance built with great effort, allowing the major extreme attributes to coexist, the impact of energy conflict and attribute restraint is actually minimized from the beginning.

Moreover, to ensure that no single attribute becomes unbalanced, he chose to absorb both soul bones at the same time. The process was just a bit painful, but with the Life Gold and [Heavenly Movement], it would not threaten his life.

Secondly, there are physical fitness and mental strength. These two soul bones contain a part of the Water and Fire Dragon King's essence. To absorb them, the requirements for the soul master's physical fitness are extremely demanding.

Even a Limit Douluo's physical attributes, to some extent, wouldn't qualify him to absorb these two soul bones.

Even with Huo Yuhao's current powerful physique, comparable to that of a ferocious beast, the entire absorption process involved several cycles of destruction and reshaping. Gu Yuena was there to protect him, ensuring that the energy within the soul bone would not become unbalanced.

Watching Huo Yuhao's body being constantly destroyed and reborn, her eyelids twitched uncontrollably. The intensity of this was no less than when she absorbed the remnant soul of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings.

The energy contained in the Water and Fire Dragon King's soul bones is fundamentally different from soul power.

At this moment, the opposing energies of ice blue and crimson turned into a torrent, directly tearing apart Huo Yuhao's skin. It felt like magma and ice were being forcibly poured into his meridians at the same time. The energy far exceeded that of ice, freezing his blood, while the energy far exceeded that of fire, continuously and passively destroying his internal organs.

Huo Yuhao had to consume a lot of soul power every moment to guide this energy and build energy channels to make the two powerful energies counteract each other. At the same time, the dragon soul pressure of the two dragon kings in his soul bone was constantly pressing on his soul.

It was in this state, after experiencing extremely profound pain, that Huo Yuhao completed the second stage of attribute clash. His body began to stabilize, or rather, under the influence of the Water and Fire Dragon King's soul bone, his body was reshaped once again.

The energy of the living metal continued to work, and at this moment, his blood was not only full of vitality, but also fused with a part of the bloodline of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings.

Now, the third stage has finally arrived. After the bloodline has stabilized and energy has been balanced and the body has been reshaped, the excess energy in the soul bone has been intentionally guided to the middle dantian and continuously compressed to condense into a two-colored dragon core, or soul core.

This situation was unexpected even for Huo Yuhao. After all, in his plan, he intended to start condensing the second soul core when he achieved the title at level ninety. Now, the two energies have actively condensed and become the soul core in his middle dantian. Although it was somewhat unexpected, it was definitely a good thing.

The powerful energy unintentionally overflowing from the dual-colored dragon core almost distorted the surrounding space. Fortunately, Gu Yuena was there, which prevented the surrounding space from collapsing. Otherwise, the dual-colored dragon core formed by the essential energy overflowing from the soul bone would have been enough to unintentionally pull him into a spatial rift.

After a long time, the dual-colored dragon core gradually solidified. The instant it was formed, the violent water and fire dragon king energy that originally belonged to the soul bone was completely stabilized.

At that moment, the Dragon Core began to work in conjunction with the Soul Bone, bursting forth with dazzling light. The Domain, no, it should be called the Divine Domain, awakened at this moment!

Huo Yuhao slowly opened his eyes. His pupils were suddenly shrouded in two colors. His left eye was covered by an icy blue light, allowing him to unleash the [Absolute Zero Domain], whose power was enough to freeze the movement of all molecules within its range.
A red light flashed in his right eye, revealing a domain skill called [Burning Realm]. The name was etched into Huo Yuhao's mind as if it were an instinct. It could pull enemies into the domain and release a conceptual-level flame that could continuously burn the enemy's body and soul.

If the two domains merge, they can unleash a concept-level domain divine skill called [Eternal Purgatory]. The domain is filled with red and blue divine energies, which intertwine with each other.

Under the blue domain, all the enemy's source flow can be forcibly frozen; under the red domain, the enemy's soul source is continuously burned. Moreover, anyone, even a god whose level is not much higher than their own, will have one percent of their spiritual power and source energy forcibly deprived every second under this domain.

Huo Yuhao could feel that his soul power had undergone a tremendous change. A special high-level energy filled his dual-colored dragon core. Although he could not use it yet, he could vaguely feel that this energy was beginning to transform his soul power.

He wasn't sure whether divine power was an energy that surpassed soul power, but it was definitely not something his original soul power could compete with. It was equivalent to further enhancing the energy that had already solidified into a soul core, making the essence of soul power even stronger.

Although the soul bones have been fused, apart from the three domain skills, he cannot yet truly utilize the most essential power of the Water and Fire Dragon King soul bones.

According to Huo Yuhao's estimation, in order to truly unleash the full power of the two soul bones he has fused together, he would at least need to thoroughly understand the essence of the energy contained within the dual-colored dragon core.

With the current level of soul power, it's not enough to draw upon the power of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings; it's completely insufficient.

This is equivalent to installing a prosthetic limb that is far beyond one's own capabilities. It can be used, but it cannot be driven, because the two are fundamentally too different.

However, he could sense that, in addition to the three domain skills granted to him, there was also a peculiar new power condensing within the soul bones of the Water and Fire Dragon King.

He wasn't sure whether it was the newly purified soul of the Water and Fire Dragon King or the unique Water and Fire Divine Essence belonging to the Water and Fire Dragon King, but he could vaguely sense something.

Only when his soul power undergoes a qualitative change and begins to transform into true divine power will the mystery be solved.

"Won't these two soul bones be able to summon the newly born Water and Fire Dragon Kings' divine souls and then have them assist me in battle?"

If that were the case, wouldn't I have gained two more first-level god-level combatants out of thin air, and these combatants would be unique to my own power system?

Just as he was wondering, the soul bone of the Water and Fire Dragon King suddenly burst forth with light again. The last trace of almost extinguished divine consciousness deep within the soul bone pulled Huo Yuhao into a battlefield when he was unable to resist.

This is a special spiritual space, an image inscribed in a way that Huo Yuhao cannot comprehend at present. It is the scene of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' fall, the final swan song of the ultimate battle of the Dragon God War.

(End of this chapter)