Douluo Continent Villain Simulator: Persecuting Qian Renxue at the Start

Chapter 104 The Netherworld White Tiger and the Seizure of Bloodline

The various disputes within the academy gradually subsided after the competition between Su Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing ended.

Soon, nearly two years passed.

With the aid of the Nirvana Sutra and various medicines, Su Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing's cultivation progressed extremely rapidly.

They have both now broken through to level 20, enabling them to attach a second soul ring to their martial soul.

During this time, Su Cheng was also constantly improving his Nirvana Sutra, and every now and then he would pass it on to Zhu Zhuqing in the guise of Zhu Hongtao.

Zhu Zhuqing had already told Su Cheng that she had passed on her cultivation technique to him.

He certainly wouldn't say much about it.

Afterwards, Zhu Zhuqing would tell Su Cheng the revised technique word for word, leaving him somewhat amused and exasperated.

Zhu Zhuqing naturally had doubts about Zhu Hongtao's ability to improve this technique.

She never expected that her father would be so accomplished in this field.

In her opinion, the existence of this technique itself was already ridiculously powerful. At least she had never heard of anyone having a technique that could accelerate cultivation or even purify the quality of a martial soul.

But for her father, who was only a Soul Douluo, to be able to optimize and improve the original technique was simply a miracle.

Su Cheng naturally offered his own explanation for her doubts.

He had hinted to Zhu Zhuqing long ago that he had conducted in-depth research on martial spirits, and the improvement of this technique was due to that research.

Although this reason may seem a bit far-fetched, there is no shortage of research talent in the world, so it is not unreasonable.

Most importantly, Zhu Zhuqing now trusts and admires her father immensely, and she subconsciously overlooks most of these minor flaws.

The current version of the Nirvana Sutra has undergone significant changes compared to the past.

Besides increasing cultivation speed, its greatest benefit lies in purifying bloodlines.

The quality of Su Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing's martial souls has been significantly improved.

It has reached a level close to the eighth level of innate soul power.

This improvement may seem like less than a level, but it is actually quite significant.

After all, the quality of their martial souls, although not comparable to those top geniuses with innate soul power at level nine or even the maximum level.

But in this world, that's already considered top-tier qualification.

The lower the purity of bloodline, the easier it is to improve.

The same situation applies to Soul Masters whose innate Soul Power is less than level one; improving their Martial Soul quality by two or three levels would be a piece of cake.

Even many bottlenecks that would otherwise be insurmountable in a lifetime can be easily overcome with the help of this technique.

Moreover, the two of them have only been practicing the Nirvana Sutra for two years now, and they still have plenty of time to continue improving.

However, Su Cheng predicted that once the quality of a martial soul breaks through to level eight, the upgrade speed of that martial soul quality will slow down significantly.

Once you reach level nine, it becomes incredibly difficult to advance further.

However, this is only the main function of the Nirvana Sutra at this stage.

This is just a foundation, not Su Cheng's ultimate goal.

His subsequent research on this technique focused on optimizing the core essence of the martial spirit.

Only in this way can he truly apply this skill to reality in the future.

His original Longevity Sword Martial Soul and Innate Array Diagram Martial Soul were already of extremely high quality, so he didn't need these things to further enhance them.

However, these two twin martial souls may not be able to perfectly match and form a martial soul fusion skill.

Or rather, it was highly unlikely that they would ever be a perfect match.

This requires the assistance of external forces to achieve the ultimate goal.

Of course, there are significant differences between weapon-type martial souls and beast-type martial souls.

From the perspective of bloodline feedback alone, the influence of beast spirits is far greater than that of weapon spirits.

This impact has both positive and negative aspects.

However, judging from Su Cheng's personal preferences, he still prefers the use of weapon spirits, which have less impact on himself.

After arriving at the Soul Hunting Forest of the Star Luo Empire, Su Cheng looked at Zhu Zhuqing walking beside him and said calmly, "Zhuqing, we can try to absorb a soul ring across time limits."

"Absorbing a spirit ring across time limits?" Zhu Zhuqing asked, somewhat surprised. "What do you mean by that?"

"It means exactly what it says: we can absorb the spirit rings of spirit beasts that are over nine hundred years old as our second spirit ring."

"?" Zhu Zhuqing was slightly taken aback.

"Your Zhu family has inherited cultivation techniques, and our Su family also has some inherited secret methods. By stimulating the body with medicine and external substances, we can temporarily increase our physical strength, thereby absorbing higher-age soul beast soul rings. After absorption is complete, we use soul power to nourish ourselves, making up for the temporary overdraft of our physical potential, and there will be no aftereffects."

Su Cheng slowly began to explain.

"Since you're willing to share your cultivation methods and the medicines to accelerate your progress with me, and we share a common short-term goal, I don't want to keep it all to myself. With the power of our Martial Soul Fusion Technique, killing a nine-hundred-year-old soul beast should be a piece of cake, right?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing looked dazed and didn't answer, Su Cheng assumed she didn't believe him and wasn't offended.

He continued, "It's alright, I'll absorb it first, you just watch. After I'm done absorbing it without any problems, you can go absorb your second spirit ring."

"..." Zhu Zhuqing gave Su Cheng a deep look and said in a deep voice, "Su Cheng, you don't need to underestimate me. Whoever is suitable to absorb the soul beast we encounter will do so."

Over the past two years, although their relationship has not become closer, a wonderful tacit understanding has formed between them.

Su Cheng's attitude towards Zhu Zhuqing has never changed from beginning to end.

They continue to mock when they feel the need, and there are many instances of them using harsh words.

But he never tried to trip her up; she just did what she was supposed to do during her cultivation.

Even their Martial Soul Fusion Techniques are now used with great coordination and smoothness.

However, Zhu Zhuqing's feelings towards Su Cheng were extremely complicated.

Previously, the other person was almost like her inner demon, looming over her mind like a heavy shadow that she could not shake off.

But now, the two are comrades-in-arms striving for the same goal.

No matter how much they may dislike each other on the surface, their work styles and behavioral goals are extremely consistent.

Indeed, the word "comrade-in-arms" is extremely apt.

They were not friends, not partners, and even their ultimate destinations were different.

But at this moment, she was willing to trust Su Cheng unconditionally and dared to entrust her back to him.

Looking at the spotted cat in front of him, which had over nine hundred years of cultivation, Su Cheng chuckled.

"Looks like you really do need to absorb it first."

He glanced at Zhu Zhuqing and asked, "Are you ready?"

Upon seeing the other party nod, Su Cheng's body trembled slightly.

With a low roar, the White Tiger Martial Soul emerged from its body.

At the same time, white hair and black tiger stripes surged wildly from his body.

Zhu Zhuqing, standing to the side, was enveloped in black light as her Netherworld Cat Martial Soul appeared.

Immediately, she rushed towards Su Cheng's direction.

Su Cheng opened his arms to meet Zhu Zhuqing's illusory figure.

Then, the two figures overlapped, and the auras of the White Tiger and the Netherworld Cat martial souls merged completely at this moment.

In the next instant, a breathtaking surge of energy swept out.

Su Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing's bodies disappeared the instant they merged, leaving only a giant white tiger behind.

The white tiger is over six meters long and two meters tall at the shoulder. It is completely transparent, with white fur and black stripes, and its purple eyes flash with a cold light.

He was coldly staring at the spotted cat in front of him, which was baring its teeth and claws.

The battle ended quickly.

The Netherworld White Tiger simply raised its right paw and then slowly slapped it down.

"Snapped!"

Under the palm strike, the tiny figure of the spotted cat had no chance to dodge and was instantly smashed to pieces.

A moment later, a yellow spirit ring appeared.

After launching this attack, the Netherworld White Tiger vanished instantly, and Su Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing reappeared.

Both of them looked a little tired at this point, but there were no major aftereffects.

They had used the Soul Fusion Technique many times before.

We can now clearly control the energy after fusion.

Zhu Zhuqing's eyes flickered as she looked at the nine-hundred-year-old soul ring that had appeared on the spotted cat's corpse.

Su Cheng tossed the silver needles and auxiliary medicine over.

"Just focus on absorbing the spirit ring; I'll protect you from the outside."

Su Cheng now has a very deep understanding of how to use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The essence of martial soul fusion is actually the completion of the martial soul, rather than the advancement of bloodline.

This was inspired by the Golden Sacred Dragon, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the Golden Iron Triangle of Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and Liu Erlong.

Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, Luo Sanpao, was itself a product of a failed martial soul evolution.

However, after fusing Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon Martial Soul with Flander's Owl Martial Soul, it was able to briefly achieve the powerful form of the Golden Sacred Dragon.

Why is this martial soul fusion skill centered around Yu Xiaogang, who has the lowest cultivation level?

Because the core information of the Golden Holy Dragon resides within Luo Sanpao.

This is enough to show that the Martial Soul Fusion Skill does not take the strength of the user into account.

In fact, it's not just that. Even for Soul Masters who participate in Martial Soul Fusion, their power level, Soul Ring configuration, mental power level, and other factors are not important.

These data only affect the strength of the final Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but have no impact on the fusion process.

The most crucial element is the information inherent in the martial spirit.

Su Cheng's focus on this point was not about the fusion technique itself, but about bloodline acquisition.

The prerequisite for bloodline seizure is that this martial soul fusion technique can be realized.

Otherwise, fusing bloodlines would be harmful and not beneficial, and would instead lead to a mixture of bloodlines.

Su Cheng had already discovered this in the last simulation.

The so-called malignant mutation of martial soul is not only caused by one of the parents having a martial soul that is too weak.

Rather, it is the accumulation of impurities in the bloodline as the martial spirit is passed down from generation to generation, leading to the degeneration of the martial spirit.

Purifying bloodlines to achieve a return to ancestral traits often represents a benign mutation.

The most crucial point in seizing a bloodline is to achieve a perfect complementarity of inherited information.

Can the White Tiger and the Netherworld Cat do it?

There is no doubt about this.

The martial spirit fusion technique passed down through generations of the Dai and Zhu families is perfect proof of this.

As for how powerful the Netherworld White Tiger will be after the bloodline fusion, one can see just how powerful it is from the power of the bloodline fusion technique. He has already gained a deep understanding of this over the past year.

"How powerful would a lone Netherworld White Tiger be? Could it even reach the threshold of a god-level martial soul...?"

Su Cheng leaned against a large tree at the edge of the forest, staring blankly at the weeds swaying in the wind in the distance, making wild guesses in his mind.

The next chapter will probably be written in the early hours of the morning. I'm definitely most efficient at writing at midnight; during the day I always think about random things.

(End of this chapter)