Spring Autumn Gu?
Since Zhou Qing had spoken, Tang San could only hold back his actions for the time being.
If Hu Fangyuan truly manages to nurture a dragon, then we will be incredibly fortunate!
Dragons have always been a symbol of power.
Even a young dragon is a treasure trove; its blood, skin, liver, and meat can all be used to enhance its Qi and Blood and power, provided there are proper methods of utilization.
Bang!
When Hu Fangyuan's swollen belly had grown to the size of a water vat, leaving only a thin membrane and seemingly about to explode, it suddenly deflated and shriveled up.
This startled Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, who had taken refuge in the passage for fear of being splattered with fragments of internal organs, flesh, and feces from the explosion.
"It seems we have failed."
Tang San was somewhat disappointed.
When Zhou Qing suggested the possibility of Hu Fangyuan "Transforming Insect into Dragon," he felt a glimmer of hope.
But now this result—
It's not that it's unacceptable.
In fact, this outcome is the normal one.
The entire layout of Falling Star City was completed by this guy's ancestors influencing successive city lords, and it was passed down through a single lineage!
Two hundred years!
Such a long time!
Even if the only people who know the specifics of the plan are this generation, how many variables have accumulated over this long period of time?
Zhou Qing stepped forward first to examine Hu Fangyuan, whose belly had shriveled up. He found that Hu Fangyuan was still in the state of Martial Soul Possession, as if the Spirit Devouring Worm Martial Soul had completely merged with his flesh and blood.
"I can't sense any Soul Power on him right now, so why is his Martial Soul still in a possessed state? Has it completely Materialization?" Tang San also noticed this and couldn't help but wonder.
Martial Soul can be Beast Martial Soul, Tool Martial Soul, or even, like Zhou Qing's, a part of oneself.
But ultimately, it is just a kind of illusory energy cluster that can be Materialization outwards with the blessing of Soul Power, and has its own unique energy circulation system.
Therefore, without the activation of Soul Power, the Martial Soul itself should not exhibit the effect of possession.
As for the complete Materialization of his Martial Soul, Zhou Qing's first thought was to Ascend to Godhood at Level 100!
Sea God.
The being described in the original work who conquered the Great Sea over a thousand years, gathered the faith of Sea Soul Beast and Sea Soul Master to become a god, has made his martial Martial Soul: the Trident, completely Materialization, or rather, made into Divine Tool Transformation, so that it can exist independently of the Sea God himself, and even remain on the Sea God Island.
However, this is only the manifestation of the Tool Martial Soul owner after becoming a god. As for the Beast Martial Soul becoming a god, the original series did not describe it completely, but judging from the fact that Ma Hongjun was able to inherit the Phoenix God, it is likely that the Beast Martial Soul will also become Beast Transformation as the Soul Master breaks through the Level 100, that is, the Soul Master will truly have the bloodline of Divine Beast.
Currently, the so-called bloodline in the Soul Master World, except for special cases like Tang San, does not refer to the bloodline of humans, but rather to the bloodline of Martial Soul.
Taking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as an example, the family requires its direct descendants to hunt down Soul Beast containing Dragon Clan bloodlines when choosing Soul Ring.
According to Zhou Qing's theory that "the growth and evolution of Martial Soul mainly relies on Soul Power as fuel," the main reason why the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members choose Soul Beast with the Dragon Clan bloodlines as their Soul Ring is probably not to incorporate the Dragon Clan bloodline into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul when absorbing the Soul Ring.
There are quite a few sub-dragon species with lightning attributes, and their bloodlines are bound to be different. It's impossible for Martial Soul to absorb and evolve them all at once, otherwise the Martial Soul of the offspring would not be able to be stably inherited.
Therefore, Zhou Qing believes that the reason why the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members need Soul Beast containing Dragon Clan bloodlines to become their Soul Ring is probably mainly to stimulate the Dragon Clan bloodline of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Dragon Clan itself, thereby promoting the Martial Soul's active growth.
The Dragon Transformation of the direct descendants of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is probably a low-end version of the Martial Soul Avatar after the Dragon Clan Martial Soul is prematurely activated.
However, Zhou Qing guessed that no one in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan probably thought of these things. They just tested and found that Soul Beast containing Dragon Clan blood could make their Martial Soul exert stronger power, and thus believed that Soul Beast with the Dragon Clan blood could strengthen Martial Soul, which led them to explore the power of "Dragon Transformation".
However, this is not actually an enhancement, because the Soul Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, most of the direct descendants, still have the pure Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, which is not affected by their fathers' Martial Soul at all.
Unless the Martial Soul suddenly mutates, the mutated Martial Soul will be passed on to future generations.
Perhaps in the process of stimulating the Martial Soul bloodline with the Dragon Clan bloodline, the bloodline within the Martial Soul can also affect the human body, thereby causing the human's own genetic factors to be tainted with the components of the Dragon Clan bloodline.
Is there any benefit to this?
Naturally, it can better complement the Martial Soul, but if the bloodline of the Dragon Clan is too high, it may no longer be considered a pure human species.
Similarly—
The fact that Hu Fangyuan is still in the state of having Martial Soul Possession after his death is likely because he was conducting an experiment on the Martial Soul Evolution. This may have awakened the latent bloodline of the Beast Martial Soul, the Spirit Devouring Worm, and he may have used some kind of Secret Art to affect and express his human bloodline.
So!
This is not Martial Soul Possession, but rather because his bloodline has been completely eroded by the Spirit Devouring Worm, resulting in his appearance becoming this Half-Human Half-Insect form.
However, Zhou Qing shouldn't know about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan at this time, so he said, "This shouldn't be Martial Soul Possession. The real Martial Soul is probably being 'nurtured' in his abdomen by some kind of Secret Art."
"You mean, this person was born looking like this?" Xiao Wu was astonished, even a little doubtful of life, not understanding why there would be a creature in the world that was similar to a human and Soul Beast.
Are humans just too twisted?
Or was it a Spirit Devouring Worm with higher cultivation and larger size that went into heat?
[A Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Devouring Worm has transformed into human form? And fallen in love with a human? That doesn't make sense! Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that has transformed, like me, has a human body. Even if it wanted to have babies, it couldn't produce babies with Soul Beast characteristics!]
"Do you remember the topic of Soul Beast evolution we talked about before? Your two younger brothers studied Soul Beast, consuming special minerals and herbs. During the refining process, they mainly relied on Soul Power to control a certain kind of energy similar to 'light' and 'heat' emitted from them, influencing their own bloodline."
After Zhou Qing for a while and summarizing his words, Zhou Qing slowly said, "As for the entire refining and evolution process of the Soul Beast, I believe that this 'light' and 'heat' radiate to every cell of the body in a relatively appropriate way, causing each cell to undergo a certain degree of benign change, thus presenting the effect of bloodline evolution."
"Now, I suspect that Hu Fangyuan has activated a certain bloodline within his Martial Soul, causing his bloodline to produce an effect similar to that of Soul Beast devouring special minerals and herbs, thereby generating 'light' and 'heat' that can radiate to all the cells in his body, thus affecting his purity as a human."
"As for the complete Materialization of the Martial Soul..."
Zhou Qing paused, then looked at Tang San: "Do you remember the example I gave you in Holy Soul Village about people whose Martial Soul was an ox?"
"I remember it was said that people have extremely strong subjective initiative. Before the Soul Saint, people whose Martial Soul is an ox cannot turn into an ox to plow the fields."
As he spoke, Tang San suddenly laughed, "Thinking about it now, it's funny. If I had really cultivated to the level of Soul Saint, would I still need to till the land?"
Zhou Qing smiled faintly.
He said that back then simply to reflect the limited perspective of a country boy; now that he has seen more of the world, he no longer needs to be so deliberate.
Xiao Wu looked completely bewildered o((⊙⊙))o. "What are you talking about?"
"Cough!"
Zhou Qing cleared his throat and said, "Actually, the main reason I'm using this example again is to illustrate my speculation about the Materialization of Martial Soul— "
In my opinion, Martial Soul grows along with Soul Master's Soul Power, and when it reaches a certain stage, it will Materialization.
That is, the legend of Ascend to Godhood at Level 100.
Tang San held his breath.
He had naturally heard the rumors of Ascend to Godhood at Level 100. Even the teachers at the Nuoding Academy would describe it to their students as a fairy tale, giving them endless room for imagination.
But the truth is, Soul Master can only cultivate to a maximum level of ninety-nine.
Level 100?
Ignoring the stories about Angel God he had heard from Qingzhu Zhu, there seemed to be no precedent for this on the continent.
"The cultivation of Soul Master has three major thresholds that have been summarized in the Soul Master World. The first one is Level 30. We have experienced the power of Soul Elder Masters when we competed with Soul Elder level Soul Master in the Friendly Tournament. Soul Power above Level 30 has a significant effect on strengthening the body."
Zhou Qing said, "The next big hurdle is the Soul Saint. At this stage, the Martial Soul has fully grown and reached its complete form, which means that the Soul Master has Martial Soul Avatar. That is, the Tool Martial Soul can be completely Solidification into a weapon, while the Beast Martial Soul can allow the Soul Master to completely transform into a form similar to Soul Beast."
"As for the cultivation at the Martial Soul Douluo stage, I think it's about accumulating energy for the next evolution when breaking through to the Titled Douluo."
"Of course, above level 95, each level is a threshold, and I already know this from Sword Douluo... In short, the process of Martial Soul growing along with the Soul Master's Soul Power Level is also the process of them becoming more and more Solidification, until finally, they can be completely Materialization."
Tang San followed Zhou Qing's line of thought and found that it was indeed the case. At least he could sense that his Martial Soul was becoming more and more "robust" and more Solidification as his Soul Power increased.
Perhaps the legendary Level 100 is not a fairy tale, but rather a real phenomenon where a Soul Master actually broke through the Level 100 barrier, allowing their Martial Soul to be fully Materialization.
Tool Martial Soul is a real physical weapon; according to the legend of Ascend to Godhood at Level 100, it can even be called a divine weapon!
And what about Beast Martial Soul?
Perhaps it is to let the bloodline within affect the bloodline of the human body, and finally let the Beast Martial Soul completely merge with the human body, so that the human can be transformed into Divine Beast body!
Following this line of thought, Tang San suddenly realized that Ascend to Godhood at Level 100 in this world was just a legend, a fairy tale. The main reason was that there was a serious lack of theory regarding the basic cultivation of Soul Power.
Because there are two systems in this world that operate the Soul Power.
It is a system based on the human body itself, circulating through the body's energy channels.
The other is the Martial Soul itself, which is not directly controlled by humans, but it also operates in a specific way.
These two Soul Power circulation systems complement each other, just as Zhou Qing said, like two perfectly inlaid gears, circulating and operating together.
However, most of the Soul Master in this world are unable to perfectly coordinate and unify the two, which results in their slower cultivation speed.
However, their cultivation speed is slow and the number of Titled Douluo is small.
Research on the Materialization Martial Soul naturally became nonsense.
But now Tang San's trust in Zhou Qing is unconditional; even if it's just a guess, he'll believe it 99% of the time!
Therefore, he believes that if the Level 100 realm truly exists, then finding a way to Materialization the Tool Martial Soul and Beast Transformation the Beast Martial Soul into a divine beast is the key to breaking through!
And this key point—
Judging from the current state of Hu Fangyuan's corpse, it's probably not necessary to reach level 99. Given certain conditions, even a Soul Master Soul Ancestor, or even a lower level, could likely allow their human bloodline to be influenced by the bloodline within their Beast Martial Soul, thus prematurely Beast Transformation...
Tang San didn't hide anything and directly revealed his guess.
"Perhaps that is indeed the case."
Zhou Qing was also very pleased with this, but added, "But the premature Beast Transformation... no, this can't even be called Divine Beast, it can only be called Beast Transformation."
"Martial Soul can evolve, that much is certain. And while I don't deny the possibility that some of the top-tier Martial Soul Martial Soul on the market are naturally high-quality, it's more likely that they are the result of our ancestors' pioneering efforts and the Martial Soul passed down from generation to generation."
"But how long will this take?"
"A hundred years? A thousand years? Ten thousand years? Or even Hundred-Thousand-Year?"
Tang San shook his head. "Ten thousand years is too long."
He is now—
Seize the day!
"Yes, it's been too long."
Zhou Qing returned to the main topic, "Therefore, the cultivation of Soul Beast is very slow. If the Martial Soul completes its Materialization ahead of time, it may be able to enhance our strength in the short term. However, we cannot deny another possibility: after that, if we want the Martial Soul to continue to grow and evolve along with our cultivation level, we will probably have to calculate the time according to the cultivation time of the Soul Beast."
Tang San's expression changed, and he immediately abandoned the idea of making his Martial Soul Materialization ahead of time.
If Martial Soul were to Materialization, its growth and evolution time would need to be calculated based on the cultivation time of Soul Beast. Perhaps Zhou Qing would reach the Soul Saint or even Soul Douluo level by the age of twenty, while he might only be a Soul Ancestor at the age of twenty.
Absolutely not!
"However, Hu Fangyuan's corpse provides us with a case of how a Beast Martial Soul bloodline can erode a human body, causing it to Beast Transformation."
Zhou Qing then changed the subject, "So, our adventure mission this time has failed."
Tang San was actually a perfectionist who couldn't tolerate the word "failure," but he also knew why Zhou Qing said that.
This body is of immense value!
While they may not need the Divine Tool Transformation of their Martial Soul into a Divine Weapon or Beast Transformation at this stage, they might need to refer to Hu Fangyuan's corpse if they want to become Titled Douluo or even reach the Absolute/Peerless Realm of level 99 in the future.
"You two are going a bit too far, aren't you? How can a mere Soul Ancestor be involved in the topic of Ascend to Godhood at Level 100?"
At this moment, Xiao Wu finally came to her senses, rolled her eyes, and said, "This is what... right, reinventing the wheel!"
Zhou Qing chuckled and said, "Hehe, just think of us as having a necrophilia. When we study this corpse later, you'd better get involved too. We might have to dissect a lot of the corpses of the Fallen Ones in the future."
Those Fallen Ones have abandoned their human identity, so there is no need to treat them as human beings anymore; they are simply put to good use.
"Sometimes, the Fallen Ones can actually find angles that we could never find under normal circumstances." With a sigh, Tang San and Zhou Qing exchanged a knowing smile, preparing to curl up Hu Fangyuan's corpse and place it in a space within the Moon Shines Brightly in the Twelve Towers.
Why wasn't it in Zhou Qing's Gray Pouch?
Because the bag was temporarily given to Romantina.
But as soon Tang San squatted down, he was so frightened that he trembled and hurriedly backed away.
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Qing was surprised. Upon closer inspection, her eyes twitched involuntarily. Coupled with the smell in the secret room, she gagged with a "whoosh" to the side.
"What did you see?"
Xiao Wu looked past Tang San at Hu Fangyuan's corpse. She saw that a large hole had been quietly torn open in his abdomen, and inside the cavity, which resembled a woman's uterus, green worms were wriggling in a viscous liquid.
Each of the greenish-blue worms had wrinkles, a white abdomen, a bluish-gray back, and a mouthpart covered with sharp teeth, arranged in rows and columns, which was quite disgusting.
Just one of those points is enough to send chills down your spine.
Inside Hu Fangyuan's abdomen were hundreds or even thousands of worms, which were tearing at and devouring each other.
"Vomit!"
Xiao Wu's eyes trembled as she leaned against the wall, gagging and coughing incessantly.
Zhou Qing took a long breath, took the water bag handed to him by Tang San, whose face was somewhat pale, and took a big gulp to suppress the nausea. He sighed, "No wonder even you can't stand it."
With so many insects entangled together, even someone like Tang San, who came from the Tang Sect in his previous life, found it hard to accept.
Now, the three of them kept their distance from Hu Fangyuan's corpse, fearing that if they got too close, those disgusting Green Worm would crawl onto them.
"That's Spirit Devouring Worm!"
Xiao Wu wiped the bitterness from her lips, snatched the water bag from Zhou Qing's hand, and put it in her mouth.
"Don't drink it all, leave a sip for the Tang San too," Zhou Qing reminded her.
"Ha~"
Xiao Wu puffed out her cheeks, rinsed her mouth, and swallowed before handing the water bag to Tang San. "Here you go."
Tang San took the drink, took a sip, cleared his throat, and said to Zhou Qing, "Don't overestimate my endurance. Also, in this situation, I don't dare to go up and wrap up this corpse. Why don't you go?"
Zhou Qing shook his head like a rattle drum.
go?
I'm definitely going to have nightmares tonight!
But when I think about how I am going to do something that will change the world, how can I succeed if I am afraid of even a little bug?
Therefore, Zhou Qing had no choice but to bite the bullet and act like a leader, stepping forward in a pretentious manner.
While Zhou Qing and the others were talking, the Green Worm in the large hole in Hu Fangyuan's abdomen had almost all been killed off, leaving only a dozen or so.
But after devouring its own kind, it didn't grow at all, which puzzled Zhou Qing, who was trying to suppress his nausea. He only understood when he saw one worm tear off the tail of another.
The torn tail did not ooze insect juice; instead, it transformed into streams of bluish-gray air that entered the biteer's body.
It's not a real insect!?
Zhou Qing's expression turned serious, and he called to the two people behind him, "Don't just stand there, come and take a look!"
Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance, both seeing the suspicion in each other's eyes, but they still tiptoed over and saw that the number of bluish-gray worms in Hu Fangyuan's stomach had decreased.
Xiao Wu pinched her nose and said with dissatisfaction, "What's so interesting about this? It's just that there are fewer Spirit Devouring Worm. The air here is too stuffy. Let's leave quickly."
"Wrong!"
Tang San, however, keenly observed the process of the insects dissipating: after a Spirit Devouring Worm was torn apart by other Spirit Devouring Worm, the severed parts dissipated, carrying with them a Sisi Soul Power...
"This isn't a real Spirit Devouring Worm!"
"It's Martial Soul!" x2
Zhou Qing and Tang San gave their answers at the same time.
"What? You mean, this thing is Martial Soul?" Xiao Wu covered her mouth, unable to believe that these Spirit Devouring Worm in front of her were actually Hu Fangyuan's Martial Soul!
The person was clearly dead beyond any doubt!
But the Martial Soul still exists?
For the people of the Douluo Continent, this kind of thing is a hundred times more terrifying than those supernatural horror stories!
"Martial Soul possesses its own soul. Although not everyone knows this, it can be considered common knowledge in the Soul Master World."
Zhou Qing spoke in a calm voice, his breathing slightly rapid.
"But such a bizarre situation... is probably just as I previously speculated. This guy somehow managed to have his martial Martial Soul enter the womb to gestate and evolve. But the womb is ultimately not the true place for nurturing Martial Soul. As a result, during the gestation process, the bloodline information contained within the Spirit Devouring Worm Martial Soul was stimulated, which then radiated throughout Hu Fangyuan's entire body, causing his body to transform into this ugly form."
"During this process, Hu Fangyuan's connection with his Martial Soul was completely severed, so the Martial Soul itself was temporarily preserved..."
"There is only one Beast Martial Soul, but there were so many just now. This is probably because there was a problem during its development, causing the Martial Soul to keep replicating. It's like how Martial Soul can be passed down from parents to offspring."
"Hu Fangyuan's belly was so big just now, perhaps because his Spirit Devouring Worm Martial Soul used all the Soul Power in his body to replicate himself... But because Hu Fangyuan died, his Soul Power quickly dissipated. Therefore, in order to survive, these Spirit Devouring Worm Martial Soul had to start instinctively devouring each other in order to survive for a longer period of time."
Xiao Wu felt a chill run down her spine and couldn't help but curse, "How could there be such a bizarre method in the world? How could Hu Fangyuan even think of that?"
As the number of Spirit Devouring Worm in Hu Fangyuan's abdomen dwindled until only three remained, engaging in an even fiercer battle, Tang San's brows relaxed slightly. He guessed, "So, even if they devour others through fighting, they will eventually dissipate due to the dissipation of their Soul Power?"
"That should be the case, but I can't be sure whether the final winner among them can exist without relying on Soul Power, after all, this thing is conceived from the womb..."
Zhou Qing stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence, carefully examining the edge of the hole. He noticed faint stitching marks below, and his eyes twitched three times—
Hu Fangyuan actually had a uterus transplanted into herself, something that only women have!
What's this?
Did sex reassignment surgery exist in the Middle Ages?
After calming his inner turmoil, Zhou Qing continued, "Tang San, don't you have the Mysterious Jade Hand, which makes you immune to all poisons? This insect is ten centimeters long, and when it coils up, it's about half the size of a palm. If something unexpected happens and the Spirit Devouring Worm jumps up to attack us, the Soul Conductor Godly Zhuge Crossbow might not be very effective. You'll have to go in yourself."
Tang San felt as if he had swallowed a bitter pill; his brows furrowed, his eyes trembled, and his gaze was filled with resentment.
But it seems that he is the only one at the scene who knows the Mysterious Jade Hand.
He did teach the training method to Zhou Qing, but that guy didn't practice it!
At this moment, Tang San was filled with mixed emotions. A thousand words of greeting for Zhou Qing converged into one word—
Blanch!
Although the Tang Sect created this technique called Mysterious Jade Hand, its fundamental purpose was to prevent disciples from being poisoned or cut when refining poisons and polishing Hidden Weapon.
But to use the Mysterious Jade Hand to touch these Spirit Devouring Worm covered in slime and blood... he now seriously suspects that Zhou Qing foresaw a similar situation long ago, which is why he didn't practice the Mysterious Jade Hand.
At this moment, Zhou Qing ignored Tang San's resentful gaze, revealed a set of bright white teeth, and gave him a thumbs up to encourage him.
Tang San: "→_→"
I'll give you a look!
Experience it for yourself!
Zhou Qing smiled awkwardly, not daring to meet Tang San's gaze, and could only assign numbers to the three worms in Hu Fangyuan's stomach: Number One, Number Two, and Number Three.
Although none of the three worms had eyes, noses, or ears, they all had mouths full of spiraling, sharp teeth, emitting a slight hissing sound.
If the three people present hadn't all been Soul Master with exceptional hearing, they probably wouldn't have heard it.
Thirty seconds later, Number One first Spirit Devouring Worm lost its composure and lunged at the Number Three Spirit Devouring Worm.
Sizzle!
The moment Number One bit Number Three, its tail also swung and Entangling Number Three's body.
Number Three was not to be outdone. It twisted its head 360 degrees backward and bit Number One's body, tearing at it with all its might.
At the same time, Number Two also moved, but it did not directly attack. Instead, it circled around the two, either trying to find the weaknesses of Number One and Number Three, or trying to take advantage of the two to make them both suffer heavy losses so as to reap the benefits.
"How can such a tiny worm possess such wisdom?" Tang San stared in disbelief, realizing for the first time that he might not know anything about the origins of the two Martial Soul within him, and had only had a preliminary exchange with them.
If only Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer possessed the same intelligence as these Spirit Devouring Worm—
Is it spiritual?
no problem.
As obedient as a pet?
Even better, it can form a perfect combination with itself.
However, if the Martial Soul itself possessed intelligence close to that of humans, he would definitely try his best to guard against it, lest he become a puppet of the Martial Soul.
"The origin of Martial Soul is a mystery."
As Zhou Qing sighed, the two intertwined creatures, Number One and Number Three, suddenly released their grip and began to wriggle towards Number Two.
Number One bit Number Two's tail, and Number Three bit Number Two's nape; both exerted force together.
Sizzle!
In an instant, the Number Two Spirit Devouring Worm was torn into three segments!
Moreover, this time, the Number Two Spirit Devouring Worm did not immediately dissipate into Soul Power; instead, something resembling internal organs was revealed within it.
If you look closely, you'll see that the three severed limbs are still slowly dissipating, but at a very slow pace.
"Did it Materialization because it devoured other Spirit Devouring Worm?" Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows slightly, rubbing his chin as he pondered the reason.
Xiao Wu was simply startled by this scene.
Tang San observed more closely and noticed that the Number Two Spirit Devouring Worm, which had been torn into three pieces, was larger than the Number One and Number Three. He became even more vigilant. "It's not just the Number Two Spirit Devouring Worm that's cunning; the Number One and Number Three are actually pretending to bite to lure the Number Two Number Two into a fatal blow! Is this really Martial Soul? Or some kind of intelligent creature?"
"Spirit Devouring Worm, spirit-desire... is the thing it craves truly Soul Power?" Zhou Qing thought of another possibility. "Do you think it also includes the soul? Is this the backlash of the Spirit Devouring Worm Martial Soul against Hu Fangyuan? Did it devour his soul, and then through splitting and fighting, finally determine the strongest Spirit Devouring Worm?"
Tang San was speechless, and Xiao Wu covered her mouth.
Neither of them could answer.
Now, they can only wait and see. However, the three of them are on high alert, either releasing their Martial Soul or Martial Soul Possession. The three deep yellow ones are decorated with patterns in gold, red, and blue, which are the most vivid parts of the Soft Bone Rabbit, Moo Spring Ox, and Wolf Bristle Grass, respectively.
Number One and Number Three opened their round mouthparts, their teeth turned outward, and swallowed the head and tail of Number Two, leaving only the middle section.
Finally, the two of them picked up the two sides of the middle section and swallowed it like slurping noodles.
Number One and Number Three's mouths slowly approached... but they didn't kiss as Zhou Qing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San had imagined.
Since Number One initially ate the head section of Number Two, it may have gained more energy, which also made its body slightly larger than Number Three. So much so that just as it was about to "kiss" Number One, it suddenly opened its mouth wide and bit Number Three's head!
In an instant, Number Three's head, along with half of Number Two 'Number Two flesh that Number Three had swallowed, was bitten off by Number One and swallowed into his own stomach.
The ultimate winner—
It's Number One!
After Number One swallowed the remains of Number Three, it did not suddenly leap up as Zhou Qing had predicted. Instead, it curled up into a sphere, covered by a layer of white mucus that enveloped it, transforming it into a black cocoon, as if it were about to undergo some kind of metamorphosis.
Tang San frowned, recalling what he had seen before, and realized that the whole process seemed similar to "Gu Refining".
Can Martial Soul also be used to Gu Refining?
Before he could ask Zhou Qing, the black cocoon broke open, revealing a brand new Spirit Devouring Worm:
Its skin was generally gray with a faint purplish-red tinge. Where its mouthparts had been, wriggling tentacles grew, and two large black tentacles sprouted from each side. Four limbs emerged from its fair abdomen, each with four claws, and were grayish-black in color. A pair of jet-black wings appeared on its back; with a gentle flap, it flew out from Hu Fangyuan's abdomen...