"Boss!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm anxiously paced back and forth nearby, but didn't dare approach.
At that moment, surging waves of power churned around Ye Guchen. Ice-blue and crimson light flashed in turn, stirring the surrounding cold spring into constant turbulence.
Ye Guchen gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead. The unrelenting pain was far worse than an itch, and even he felt the strain.
He knew the two god-level Soul Bones were fusing with the bones in his body. The more painful the process, the greater the power they would grant him once the fusion was complete!
Time passed second by second.
After who knew how long, the pain finally receded like the tide.
In its place came a sense of power unlike anything he had ever felt before!
Ye Guchen suddenly opened his eyes. His left hand glowed ice-blue, his right hand crimson. Two beams of brilliant light shot from his palms, carving long trails through the cold spring!
At the same time, his Soul Power began to soar!
Level 55...
Level 56...
Level 57...
Level 58...
Level 59...
Level 60!
His Soul Power blasted through the Level 60 barrier, only slowing at last before settling firmly at the peak of Level 60, just one Soul Ring away from Level 61.
"Level... Level 60!"
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes widened, his voice trembling.
"Boss, you jumped straight from Level 54 to Level 60? That's a six-level leap?"
Ye Guchen slowly clenched his fists.
The powers of ice and fire surged in his palms, no longer repelling each other but instead forming a delicate balance.
"Two god-level Soul Bones, and they only gave me six levels of Soul Power?"
He raised his left hand and willed it. A layer of ice-blue light covered his entire arm.
"Left Arm Soul Bone, ice attribute, four god-level Soul Bone Skills."
Ye Guchen closed his eyes and sensed them. Information about four skills surfaced in his mind—
Ice Extreme Grip: Sweep out with the left arm to freeze everything within a fan-shaped area ahead. Its range and power grow as Soul Power increases. Any target caught in the freeze loses all ability to move; with a single squeeze, it shatters into ice shards.
Absolute Ice Seal: Release an extremely cold domain centered on yourself, freezing everything around you. The cost is enormous, but its power is astonishing. Soul Masters below the god level caught within it have almost no chance of breaking free.
Frost Armor: Draw ice-attribute energy through the left arm and condense it into armor over the body. It offers astonishing defense and can also reflect some physical damage.
Ice Seal Thousand Miles: Unleash a full-powered strike with the left arm, releasing a wave of ice-attribute energy that freezes everything in its path. This is a large-scale ultimate move, capable of covering several thousand meters in every direction with a single strike!
Ye Guchen opened his eyes and raised his right arm.
Crimson light flared, and a searing aura poured from his palm.
Flame Emperor Fist: Swing the right arm to release condensed flame-gold power. The punch contains terrifying heat, and anyone struck suffers both physical damage and a double blow from fire-attribute energy.
Magma Purgatory: Draw on the underground fire veins to trigger a volcanic eruption within a certain area. The flames burn continuously, and every living thing within range suffers relentless fire-attribute damage.
Phoenix Wings: Spread the right arm and condense fire-attribute energy into enormous fiery wings. They allow flight, and the wings themselves can attack, incinerating any enemies who come close.
Flame Dragon Devours Heaven: Unleash a full-powered blast with the right arm, transforming it into a giant fire dragon that devours everything ahead. This is the strongest single-target killing move, powerful enough to instantly kill a Soul Master no more than ten levels above its user! Driven by divine power, it could even beat an ordinary Titled Douluo to death outright.
"Eight... eight god-level Soul Bone Skills!"
Though Ye Guchen had been prepared, he couldn't help feeling excited.
After sensing them just now, he had realized that these god-level Soul Bone Skills used Soul Power with remarkable efficiency, meeting his requirements for the Soul Skills he intended to keep.
That meant he had gained eight powerful skills in one go.
Although fully activating them required divine power, the divine power stored in the Soul Bones was enough to use each skill once.
As trump cards, they could definitely produce unexpected results.
Ye Guchen closed his eyes and sank his awareness into his body.
The powers of ice and fire surged from his left and right arms, meeting at his chest.
There was no clash, no rejection. Instead, they coiled around and merged with each other, like two yin-yang fish forming a perfect cycle.
Boom—
An invisible pressure erupted from within Ye Guchen!
The cold spring throughout the chamber was driven outward by the pressure. Caught off guard, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was sent flying and slammed into the chamber wall.
"Boss!"
Tian Meng stared at Ye Guchen, dumbfounded.
The aura around Ye Guchen had changed completely.
It wasn't purely ice or purely fire, but a terrifying presence where ice and fire coexisted, giving rise to and restraining each other!
A circular domain, a hundred meters in diameter, silently unfolded around Ye Guchen.
Within it, one half was a frozen wasteland, while the other was a sea of raging flames.
Ice and fire did not encroach upon each other, yet they responded to one another. They chased and circled around each other, trailing long arcs in their wake and forming a strange balance.
Ye Guchen opened his eyes. Ice-blue and crimson alternated in his pupils before settling into calm, leaving only a deep golden glimmer.
"Ice and Fire Yin Yang Domain."
He spoke softly, his voice more resolute than ever.
This domain wasn't a skill granted by the Soul Bones. Rather, it was a domain skill that awakened naturally after he refined both god-level ice and fire Soul Bones, mastered the ultimate attributes of ice and fire, and brought their powers into perfect balance within his body!
Within the domain, the power of his ice- and fire-attribute skills doubled, while their cost was halved.
At the same time, the domain continuously suppressed enemies in two ways—the slowing and freezing effect of ice, and the searing pain of fire. With both effects stacked, opponents below the god level currently lost forty percent of their strength inside the domain.
Even more terrifying, the ice and fire elements within the domain would actively serve him, replenishing the Soul Power he spent without end.
In a place rich in ice and fire energy, this effect would be amplified without limit; he could even use his skills without spending his own Soul Power!
"Eight skills, and one domain... Is this the power of god-level Soul Bones?"
Ye Guchen withdrew the domain, stood up, and rolled his arms.
The powers of ice and fire had completely merged into his bones and blood, becoming a part of his body.
He lifted his left hand and gave a light pat. A boulder beside the fire spring was instantly frozen solid.
With a casual sweep of his right hand, another boulder exploded, sending molten rock flying everywhere.
"With Level 60 Soul Power, these eight skills, and the domain... even against an ordinary Level 80 Soul Douluo, I can put up a fight."
Ye Guchen's lips curved slightly upward.
After returning Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to Bead Space, he swam toward the surface of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
By then, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had already been waiting anxiously on the shore for quite some time.
Only when Ye Guchen surfaced did they both breathe a sigh of relief.
But seeing that Ye Guchen had only stuck his head above the water and was keeping his whole body submerged, without coming out, Dugu Yan couldn't help urging him.
"Hurry up and get out!"
Ye Guchen was about to climb out, but as soon as half his body emerged, he suddenly realized that his clothes had long since burned away.
Seeing Dugu Yan staring straight at him with shining eyes, Ye Guchen's eyelid twitched.
"Um, Miss Dugu, had you seen enough? Could you turn around for a moment?"
At that, Dugu Yan's face flushed bright red, and she hurriedly covered her eyes.
"You... you can come out now."
Ye Guchen was speechless. Could the gaps between her fingers get any wider?
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