Bone Fusion, Sacrifice, Then Becoming a Second Martial Soul!

"Very good!"

Bai Lu gave Zhu Zhuqing an approving look and said calmly,

"Take a deep breath. Pain is normal."

"Take this!"

"Come on!"

Zhu Zhuqing's cool and detached voice was resolute.

Whether she lived or died, let it come!

"Roar—!!!"

Bai Lu threw back his head and let out a long howl, its sound shaking the surroundings.

The sound waves spread outward, and visible ripples appeared in the air. The surrounding trees bent backward in unison, as though an invisible giant hand had swept through the forest.

The roar contained a soul-shaking force, leaving Zhu Zhuqing frozen in place, her mind completely blank.

Having lost control in an instant, she could only watch helplessly as scarlet light erupted from Bai Lu's body.

The light was like the rising sun, illuminating everything around them.

The enormous White Tiger body slowly collapsed to the ground, the light in its tiger eyes dispersing as scarlet energy carrying terrifying power surged madly into her body.

Every Light Spot that entered brought searing heat and stabbing pain, as if countless fine needles were piercing her Meridians at once.

This was not a gentle infusion, but a tyrannical charge!

"It will hurt a great deal next. You must endure it."

"If you can withstand it, you will undergo Transforming Marrow. If you cannot, then everything ends."

Bai Lu's voice resounded through Zhu Zhuqing's Spiritual World.

Though he had never studied these things before, as a Genius Transmigrator, his reserves of knowledge and creativity far surpassed those of ordinary people!

In only a short while, he had already deduced version 1.0 of the Sacrifice Secret Technique and Bone Fusion Secret Technique.

He was confident that he could absolutely succeed!

The only problem was—the whole process would hurt! Hurt terribly! Hurt so badly it would make one wish for death!

"I can do it!"

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was resolute, flames burning in her eyes.

To become stronger, she had trained desperately over the years and suffered more pain than she could count.

Despite possessing only innate Level Seven Soul Power, she had relied on almost self-destructive training to reach level twenty-seven at the age of twelve!

Only she knew the blood and tears she had paid for that.

And now, all she needed to do was endure pain to gain strength. How could she be afraid?

"For this sacrifice, I will follow the order of bone before ring and merge my power into your body as perfectly as possible."

Bai Lu's voice rang like a bell, clearly echoing through the young girl's mind.

"Because this is a voluntary sacrifice, I can freely decide the form of Soul Bone I provide."

Zhu Zhuqing understood.

Setting aside External Soul Bones, a Soul Master could fuse six kinds of Soul Bones: left leg, right leg, left arm, right arm, torso, and head.

Only one could be fused into each position, and among them, Torso Bones and Skull Bones were the rarest and most precious.

"For an ordinary White Tiger, its Soul Bone would be most suitable as a Torso Bone or a left or right arm bone."

Bai Lu continued, "But I am different. I will provide you with a Head Soul Bone that contains the powerful strength that sets me apart from other White Tigers—Killing Intent!"

Aside from the difference in ability, what Bai Lu did not say was that in this era, there were almost no high-quality Head Soul Bones.

Even Tang San, the protagonist himself, had only fused what appeared to be a powerful Ten Thousand Year Wisdom Skull.

In Bai Lu's view, that Soul Bone was not actually very useful.

Therefore, choosing to condense a Skull Bone was the most correct choice for both him and her.

"Guard your mind and endure the pain!"

The voice fell, and endless energy carrying terrifying Killing Intent rushed into Zhu Zhuqing's head.

What followed was heart-rending agony.

It was as if countless needles were piercing her brain at once, and as if molten lava were rushing through her fragile nerves.

"Ah—!"

Zhu Zhuqing clutched her head with both hands and let out a pained scream.

She felt as though her skull was about to explode, like a drifting duckweed tossed amid wind and rain.

She could be swallowed by the pain at any moment!

"Endure it. This is a necessary part of Soul Bone fusion!"

Bai Lu's stern voice rang out again.

Very soon, blood-red energy seeped into her seven orifices like liquid.

It felt as though someone were using a chisel to crack open her Skull inch by inch, then pouring scalding molten metal inside to reshape it.

The whole process was like placing her entire head in a furnace and forging it over and over.

Gradually, her entire Skull was dyed blood red from the outside in...

In an instant, within only a few breaths, Zhu Zhuqing's entire body was soaked in sweat. Her clothes clung tightly to her, outlining the trembling, alluring curves of the young girl.

She clenched her teeth so tightly that blood seeped from her lips, yet she did not utter a sound.

As the young girl endured the pain, Bai Lu was also giving it everything he had.

While ensuring a perfect fusion, he had to preserve Zhu Zhuqing's last trace of clarity and prevent her from suffering a mental collapse under the pain and the influence of Killing Intent.

Time seemed to stretch infinitely, every second like a century.

The fusion process lasted for a long time.

Long enough for the sun to set westward, dusk to rise, night light to shine brilliantly, and Dawn First Rises!

Amid this long and agonizing torment, Zhu Zhuqing's Spiritual Power and physical constitution soared madly.

Though she was fusing a Skull Bone, the powerful force of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone flowed from her Skull through her torso and into her Limbs and Bones, making her body stronger and her Meridians increasingly resilient.

"The Soul Bone fusion is complete."

"Phew~"

Hearing Bai Lu's voice, Zhu Zhuqing lay on the ground with vacant eyes, like a rag doll that had been played with until it was ruined.

"Keep holding on. Now comes the main event!"

Bai Lu gave the young girl no time to recover and directly began the true sacrifice!

Within the brilliant White Light, his enormous White Tiger body began to break apart.

It transformed into hundreds of millions of Light Spots, pouring madly into Zhu Zhuqing's body once more like a reversed Star River.

The powerful force instantly filled Zhu Zhuqing's levels like a cream puff, raising her directly from level twenty-seven to level thirty!

Under the normal sacrifice process, Bai Lu should have bestowed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at this moment and sealed his power within it layer by layer, gradually releasing it as Zhu Zhuqing grew.

Allowing Zhu Zhuqing to obtain more power as her strength increased.

But Bai Lu's ambitions went far beyond that.

"What use is a mere Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, even if it is fused?"

Madness burned within Bai Lu's thoughts. "I will burn as much of all my origin power as possible to nourish and strengthen your Martial Soul!"

That was what he thought, what he said, and what he did!

The White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat were naturally compatible to begin with. In theory, there should have been no problem with merging them perfectly!

But theory was only theory!

However, something unexpected happened.

Perhaps because of the resonance between the origins of the White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat, the Two Powers actually produced a wondrous chemical reaction.

Bai Lu's power fused with exceptional perfection, even exceeding his own expectations.

Zhu Zhuqing, sprawled on the ground and nearly unconscious, began to undergo a strange transformation—

Her original Black Hair turned white at a visible rate, streaked with several strands of ink-black.

Even the "Cat Ears" and "Cat Tail" that emerged during Martial Soul Possession changed from pure black to white fur marked with dark spots.

A faint pale-gold mark in the shape of the character "king" emerged upon her forehead.

Second Martial Soul—White Tiger!

In only a short while, Zhu Zhuqing had transformed from an Agile Cat Girl into a White Tiger Girl!

Beneath the young girl, an illusory blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring gradually solidified. It slowly rotated in the air, radiating a terrifying pressure that made hearts tremble.

The first artificially created Twin Martial Souls in the Douluo World had been born!