Douluo Continent: You become gods, I become immortals

Chapter 52: The Method to Awaken Ultimate Attributes!

Seeing Huo Zhenshan's face truly darken, and the anger in his eyes almost materializing, Shui Canglan's heart skipped a beat. She quickly retreated a few steps as if her feet were greased, waving her hands frantically and forcing a dry laugh: "Old Huo, calm down, calm down! It was just a joke, a joke!"

Huo Zhenshan's chest heaved violently, and he exhaled a heavy puff of hot air from his nostrils, coldly snorting, "Enough nonsense! Just tell me the method!"

Shui Canglan knew that he had really angered his hot-tempered old friend this time, so he dared not tease him anymore. He put away his playful expression and said seriously, "Let me make this clear first. I am only making a guess based on my observation and speculation. I don't have any solid evidence. Don't have too high hopes, lest you come back to me for revenge when you are disappointed."

He first tried to lower the other party's expectations.

Upon hearing this, Huo Zhenshan sighed helplessly, waved his hand, and said in a much gentler tone, though still tinged with weariness, "Alright, I understand. You go ahead and tell me."

Shui Canglan pondered for a moment before slowly stating his judgment.

"I think the key to the problem might lie in the spirit beast itself when hunting for spirit rings."

"It's related to the chosen soul beast?!" Huo Zhenshan's brows furrowed instantly, and a sharp glint of light shone down.

Shui Canglan nodded and explained, "I was also surprised by Qingxue's progress at the time, and asked her similar questions."

"Her answer was clear: the main purpose of those special training sessions was to hone practical skills and improve reaction and perception."

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"What truly caused a qualitative change in her martial soul and greatly enhanced her potential was hunting soul beasts with highly compatible attributes and similar forms, and using them as her soul rings."

He paused, then continued, "Qingxue believes that the higher the similarity between a spirit ring and the origin of a martial soul, the stronger the resonance and evolutionary effect will be."

"Take her fourth spirit ring for example. To ensure the best effect, I personally went deep into the far north and spent a whole month to find an ice-attribute eight-thousand-year-old spirit beast that met the requirements—the Frostbird."

After listening, Huo Zhenshan fell into a long silence.

Reason told him that Shui Canglan's speculation made a lot of sense, but at the same time it brought up an almost insurmountable problem: it was too difficult to find a suitable soul beast for them!

Even if Shui Qingxue's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul couldn't find a similar Ice Phoenix, there were still clues to be found in searching for other extreme ice-attribute bird-type soul beasts, but it still took Shui Canglan a month of effort.

As for his son Huoyunshan's Fiery Dragon Martial Soul, although there are many fire-attribute soul beasts, the prefix "Dragon" is extremely difficult to obtain.

Let alone real dragons, even soul beasts with a thin layer of dragon blood are extremely rare on the entire continent.

Moreover, ice-attribute soul beasts can go to the far north to search in a targeted manner, while fire-attribute soul beasts can only try their luck in the Star Dou Great Forest or Sunset Forest, resulting in vastly different efficiency.

Trying to help Huo Yunshan awaken the ultimate fire through this method is as difficult as ascending to heaven!

Just as Huo Zhenshan was filled with worry, the sparring match in the arena was nearing its end.

Taking advantage of Huo Yunshan's moment when his old strength was exhausted and his new strength had not yet been generated, Shui Qingxue moved in like a ghost and struck Huo Yunshan in the chest with a palm. A powerful burst of icy soul power instantly erupted, sending him flying out of the arena and elegantly ending the contest.

Outside the square, Shui Qingxue, fresh from her match, walked straight towards Xiaobai and Li Yingxue with the confidence of a victor. She raised her chin, her eyes gleaming with a boastful light: "How was it? My skills have improved quite a bit, haven't they?"

Xiao Bai was holding a cup of hot tea when she heard this. She curled her lip and mercilessly retorted, "It's just so-so, nothing special."

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Li Yingxue covered her mouth and chuckled, echoing, "Well, so-so, barely passable."

They weren't being deliberately arrogant.

Xiao Bai, a soul beast with 100,000 years of cultivation, possesses the ultimate ice attribute and has cultivated the "Frost Ice Technique," having already gone far on the path of ultimate ice.

Li Yingxue successfully awakened the ultimate fire through the "Fire Virtue Yang Qi Technique," and a terrifying Li Fire was also brewing within her body.

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With their current capabilities, dealing with Huoyun Mountain would indeed be a piece of cake.

Sensing the intangible "Versailles" undertone in the two women's words, Shui Qingxue rolled her eyes and inwardly grumbled:

[Tch! If I could receive help like Young Master Zhang and cultivate the supreme techniques he taught me, I would definitely be stronger than both of you! Don't forget, I'm a genius with innate full soul power and an awakened top-tier Ice Phoenix Martial Soul!]

At the same time, in stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of the Soul Arena, there was a chilling silence deep within the Ice and Fire Secret Realm.

In the center of the enormous ball of ice and fire energy, Zhang Qingxuan sat cross-legged, his body seemingly becoming a bottomless pit.

The Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, the two great dragon souls, were staring in disbelief at the situation inside the energy cluster.

The Fire Dragon King's voice was hoarse, and he couldn't help but break the silence.

"Sister, this guy—his two martial souls are like bottomless pits!"

"This is the essence of several generations of Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and Fiery Apricot Blossom, refined and compressed over countless years by the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire! And they just swallowed it whole like that?"

The Ice Dragon King was equally shaken. Pointing to the Yin-Yang diagram and the Azure Leaf Sword, which floated slowly rotating on either side of Zhang Qingxuan's body, she said gravely, "Hmm, not only that, look at these two martial souls. They seem to only need sufficiently pure and powerful energy—"

"With sufficient quantity, one can spontaneously condense spirit rings, completely breaking the conventional limitations of spirit masters and forming a self-contained system."

At this moment, the Yin-Yang diagram and the Green Leaf Sword have undergone earth-shattering changes.

Each of them had six spirit rings—two black, two black, and two red—that floated silently, radiating a chilling pressure that made one's soul tremble.

At this moment, the seventh, more profound and larger phantom of the soul ring is gradually taking shape under the frenzied infusion of the two primal energies, emanating a heart-palpitating aura.

Roughly estimated, 60% of the energy from the two sources of ice and fire has been devoured and absorbed by these two insatiable martial spirits; another 30% has been absorbed by Zhang Qingxuan's body to temper his muscles and bones, broaden his meridians, and solidify his unfathomable foundation.

The energy that was truly left for Zhang Qingxuan to use in his own cultivation was a pitiful ten percent!

One day later, something unexpected happened!

The suspended Yin-Yang diagram suddenly erupted with a vast Yin-Yang power interwoven with black and white, while the Green Leaf Sword hummed and countless sharp and boundless sword intents soared into the sky!

The two forces echoed each other, as if welcoming their master's awakening.

Zhang Qingxuan, who had been concentrating with his eyes closed, slowly opened them. A glint of light flashed in his eyes, as if they contained the true meaning of the birth and death of the universe, causing the energy of the entire Ice and Fire Secret Realm to stagnate.

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