Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, the Strange Ability to Twist Thoughts

[Daddy Douluo]: But seriously, I've always found it unbelievable.

After sending that, he couldn't help smacking his lips and shaking his head.

[A Rogue Rabbit]: A-Qing, what's so unbelievable?

[Daddy Douluo]: A guy like Dai Mubai, born lecherous and weak as hell—yet Zhu Zhuqing actually forgave him in the end and even got together with him. It seriously rewrote my understanding of the world!

Thinking of that awkward romance subplot from the original story, Lin Qingmo's urge to complain exploded.

If this were a modern forum, Zhu Zhuqing would definitely get roasted for being a terminal Love-Brain.

[Little Witch]: Ohoho, I smell drama again! Getting ready to eat popcorn.jpg

By the street, Ning Rongrong's eyes were wide, her face glowing with gossip.

She did not know much about Star Luo Empire affairs, but relationship drama was always the tastiest!

[Daddy Douluo]: It's an old story. They're both from the Star Luo Empire and had a marriage contract from childhood, the kind of political marriage tying two families together. Yep, a very classic setup.

[Daddy Douluo]: Zhu Zhuqing came all the way to Shrek Academy, both to escape her family and to prove herself to Dai Mubai.

As he typed that, Lin Qingmo felt that Zhu Zhuqing was not worth it.

She had come from so far away, only to see her fiancé surrounded by women?

What a sick joke.

Inside the inn.

Zhu Zhuqing stared at Lin Qingmo's words in shock.

Was he talking about her?

How did he know why she had come to Shrek Academy? He even knew her past so well!

[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: Then Zhu Zhuqing really is deeply devoted.

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong put down the documents in her hand and raised an eyebrow.

[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: But does she not know what kind of person Dai Mubai is? If she knew he was such a flirt, she definitely would not forgive him, right?

Her personality was fierce and straightforward, and she hated this sort of relationship where someone endured humiliation to preserve the peace.

She had not looked in a mirror before saying that.

[Daddy Douluo]: Oh, she knows all too well!

Lin Qingmo's reply was unequivocal.

[Daddy Douluo]: Zhu Zhuqing knows every single thing about Dai Mubai's romantic exploits at Shrek! She even fought with him several times over it.

He remembered those arguments from the original story. Every time, they started with thunder but ended in a drizzle.

In the end, it always concluded with Dai Mubai's empty promise of "I'll change"—and then he kept fooling around.

Even after reaching the God Realm, Dai Mubai was still fooling around.

[Daddy Douluo]: But Zhu Zhuqing is just too lacking in selfhood.

Lin Qingmo began analyzing her, feeling like some relationship blogger.

[Daddy Douluo]: She couldn't break free from the psychological restraints of traditional marriage contracts and family expectations. And she had a bit of a tendency to admire strength toward the future, stronger Dai Mubai—slowly, "wanting to prove herself" became "depending on Dai Mubai."

The more he said, the more regretful he felt.

A Soul Master with decent talent had ultimately become someone else's accessory.

Xiao Wu seemed similar too, becoming the sheath for God King Tang's Asura Sword.

[Daddy Douluo]: Zhu Zhuqing really did end up with him. She was basically Dai Mubai's personal accessory, with no sense of self at all.

Lin Qingmo delivered that conclusion without mercy.

If she awakened independent female consciousness, this plot would have to turn into a power-fantasy story starring a female lead.

Suotuo City inn.

Inside the dim room.

Zhu Zhuqing stared at every line on the Light Screen, her breathing gradually growing rapid.

Lin Qingmo had exposed her personality flaw in a single sentence, and her mind buzzed.

Those words were like knives, precisely cutting open the heart she had always avoided facing.

"Will I really... forgive Dai Mubai?"

She muttered to herself, her voice so soft it was nearly inaudible.

She had come to Suotuo City to find Dai Mubai and prove herself, to prove that she was no worse than him—perhaps even stronger.

The instant she saw Dai Mubai with women in both arms, disgust had swallowed her whole.

Yet Lin Qingmo was saying that—she would eventually forgive him, depend on him, and become his accessory?

"Impossible..."

Zhu Zhuqing suddenly shook her head, her black hair swaying with the motion.

Yet deep within her heart, a faint voice questioned her.

What if she were driven into desperation? What if her family forced her? What if... there were no other choice?

Amid her confusion and fear, her fingers trembled as she typed a line onto the Light Screen.

[Big-Breasted Kitty]: @Daddy Douluo, A-Qing...

She paused, deleted it, and rewrote it.

[Big-Breasted Kitty]: A-Qing, do you think Zhu Zhuqing has any chance of changing?

The moment it was sent, Zhu Zhuqing's heart pounded like a drum.

She stared intently at the Light Screen, waiting for that answer.

She both anticipated it and feared it.

At the entrance of the inn,

Lin Qingmo was stunned when he saw Zhu Zhuqing's message.

[Daddy Douluo]: Emmm, Kitty, you often say in the group that you hope Zhu Zhuqing changes. Are you asking because you want me to help her?

[Big-Breasted Kitty]: I...

Zhu Zhuqing did not know. She merely wanted to know how Lin Qingmo, who knew what she had experienced, viewed someone like her.

Did she have a chance to pursue the freedom she wanted?

[Daddy Douluo]: If she could become more confident and not be bound by the marriage contract and tradition, then with her talent, although she could not become one of the strongest, becoming an outstanding Soul Master would be absolutely no problem. She would not need to depend on anyone.

Lin Qingmo sincerely believed that.

Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul still had considerable potential. Speed-type Soul Masters were highly sought after.

[Daddy Douluo]: Besides, her Elder Sister Zhu Zhuyun never truly intended to kill her.

That was based on his analysis of the original story—the feelings between those sisters were actually rather complicated.

[Daddy Douluo]: But in the original story, the existence of her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai instead made her depend on him even more.

As he typed that, Lin Qingmo's expression turned serious.

After all, some effects of Martial Soul Fusion Skills were seriously awful.

[Mother Tyrannosaurus]: What's wrong with Martial Soul Fusion Skills?

He organized his thoughts.

[Daddy Douluo]: Martial Soul Fusion Skills are actually pretty strange when you think about them. They have a kind of... power that twists thoughts.

Lin Qingmo tried to describe it in simple terms.

[Daddy Douluo]: If two people truly love each other, the fusion skill deepens their feelings and improves their mutual understanding. If they do not truly love each other, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill can still make them fall in love.

But that was only an added bonus when the two genuinely liked each other.

If two people who hated each other could use a fusion skill instead,

then the more times they used it, the more the weaker party would uncontrollably "fall in love" with the dominant one.

They would gradually be influenced by the other person, even changing their own emotions and will.

The more one thought about that setting, the more terrifying it became—it was basically subtle mental reprogramming.

It was not only the case of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

An even better example appeared in Peerless Tang Sect on Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

A Spirit Eyes and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul could actually perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with the completely unrelated Light Goddess Butterfly and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls.

After using the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, their hearts would even pound wildly, and Wang Dong'er initially looked like a man to Huo Yuhao.

Their hearts pounded while they both had male identities. That was simply perverse.

When Lin Qingmo saw that part, he could not help suspecting whether Ice-Pure and Jade-Clean God King Tang had something to do with it.

[Daddy Douluo]: Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's "Hell White Tiger"—Dai Mubai is the dominant party.

[Daddy Douluo]: That is why, in the original story, Zhu Zhuqing slowly forgave him and became dependent on him. To a large extent, she was influenced by the power of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

When Lin Qingmo sent that passage, his tone carried obvious regret.

A perfectly good independent girl had been ruined by such a mechanism. Who would not shake their head at that?

[Little Witch]: Hiss! That's way too strange!

After hearing Lin Qingmo's explanation, Ning Rongrong hugged her own arms on the street. She had genuinely gotten goosebumps!

[Little Witch]: How is that a fusion skill? That's a brainwashing skill!

[Bingbing]: There's something that good?

[Ice and Snow Honey]: ?