While Jiang Ce was locked in passionate battle with Liu Erlong,
deep beneath the spring waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, two forces—one blue, one red—stirred soundlessly.
"I never expected to find such interesting little ones here," a cool female voice rang out from the bottom of the spring. "They even know how to use these Immortal Herbs to transform themselves."
"Martial Soul Fusion, and bloodlines at an entirely new Dragon King level. This is quite interesting indeed."
Another voice sounded much more cheerful, brimming with undisguised admiration.
Deep at the bottom of the spring, two enormous dragon-soul apparitions slowly took shape.
They were the remnants of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, Ice Li and Huochi, left behind after the two had perished.
"The most unusual one is probably that little fellow who can change form at will. I can't see through what kind of Soul Beast he is at all."
"The strangest thing is that he can copy other people's abilities. He even copied the Martial Souls of those three little ones."
The two dragon souls gathered their forms in the spring water, becoming two tall, graceful women.
Bingli wore an ice-blue dress, her silver hair falling to her waist. Her face was cold as ice.
Huochi wore a fitted scarlet outfit that clung tightly to her stunning figure, her red hair billowing like surging flames.
"That little Golden Holy Flame Dragon girl clearly gained the potential for another transformation after her Martial Soul Fusion turned her into the Holy Flame Dragon King." Bingli clicked her tongue in amazement.
Huochi folded her arms and gave a soft snort.
"That shapeshifter is far too brazen. Right in broad daylight, beside this king's spring—"
She broke off, her expression freezing.
In her perception,
Jiang Ce was holding Liu Erlong like a little girl he was carrying off to pee, striding into the waters of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Two black tendrils spread from his shoulders and plucked two Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs,
which he promptly stuffed into Liu Erlong's mouth.
Then,
he soaked in the spring and began tempering her Ice and Fire Golden Body.
The two dragon souls' expressions turned to stone in unison.
After their deaths, their dragon souls had slumbered at the very bottom of this spring—
In other words, this bastard was carrying on right on top of them.
"!!!"
Veins rose across Huochi's illusory, lovely face as flames surged violently around her.
"Damn it! That guy—"
She instinctively started to rush forward and teach the bastard a lesson.
"Huochi!" Bingli hurriedly grabbed her. "Calm down."
"Calm down? He's right on top of me—"
Huochi pointed at Jiang Ce in the middle of the spring, but she couldn't bring herself to finish.
When she had been alive, the dignified Fire Dragon King had never even let a man touch her hand.
And now, after her death, she had run into this sort of thing at the very place where she'd perished.
"They don't know our dragon souls are still here," Bingli reasoned. "Besides, they're clearly tempering their bodies again."
Huochi wrenched herself free, fury blazing in her eyes, almost ready to burst from her pupils.
"Forget it. Out of sight, out of mind." She turned coldly and transformed into a streak of scarlet light, sinking into the dragon bones at the bottom of the spring.
Bingli's dragon-soul apparition lingered for a moment, the faintest smile tugging at her lips. Then she, too, became a streak of icy blue light and sank beneath the spring.
The instant the two dragon souls' auras fell completely silent, Jiang Ce's lips curved ever so briefly.
He knew, of course, what was slumbering beneath the spring.
Liu Erlong's Martial Soul Evolution into the Golden Holy Flame Dragon had a chance of rousing them.
And that was nothing compared to two Golden Holy Flame Dragons appearing and fusing into the Holy Flame Dragon King.
The perception granted by the Holy Flame Dragon King had also let him pick up those two faintest flickers of Mental Power.
Since the other party didn't want to show themselves just yet, he wasn't in a hurry either.
He gathered his thoughts and continued tempering Liu Erlong's Ice and Fire Golden Body while holding her in the spring.
On the bank,
Ye Yingling and Medusa were suspended from the rocks by ropes formed from the Black Latex Suit, their eyes rolling back in unison.
The following morning.
"You awful jerk! You're always going too far."
"You kept the three of us busy all night. You didn't even spare Medusa, who's half human and half snake. That's just outrageous."
Liu Erlong pointed at Ye Yingling, too. "And you—you were way too obedient."
Ye Yingling buried her burning face between her knees.
"How could she not be obedient?" Jiang Ce patted Liu Erlong's round rear. "Her Martial Soul's been fixed, her family's curse has been lifted. How could she not be?"
Liu Erlong rolled her eyes and looked toward Medusa.
Medusa had taken human form. Her long purple hair fell over her shoulders, and she had forcibly transformed into a human while in symbiosis.
What was more, Medusa now looked exactly like Cailin, Queen Medusa from Battle Through the Heavens.
Clearly, Jiang Ce had molded her appearance to suit his own tastes.
At the time, he'd thought that if he could someday travel to Battle Through the Heavens and capture that Queen Medusa, then find her younger sister, Die, he'd have three queenly snakes.
After all, his idols had always been Xu Xian, Ning Caichen, and Dong Yong.
Now he'd at least drawn even with Xu Xian. If he could achieve what he wanted, he'd surpass him.
"You really know how to have fun," Liu Erlong said with a few clicks of her tongue.
Medusa looked down at her long, slender legs, her expression complicated.
She had originally been half human and half snake, still far from transforming—
Yet while fused with the Venom Symbiote, she'd been forced to change into this body.
She lifted a hand and touched her face. This newly constructed face differed somewhat from the cold, beautiful one she'd had in her original snake-person form.
The hair formed from countless little snakes had also turned into smooth red locks.
"What, you don't like it?" Jiang Ce put an arm around her waist.
"No."
Queen Medusa shook her head slightly. Though her master had chosen this face for her, she didn't care much. Her body and soul already belonged to him anyway.
Her long legs were still trembling uncontrollably.
"What? Who was it yesterday saying I could do whatever I wanted? Heh heh heh!"
Jiang Ce gave Liu Erlong's rear a crisp smack with his big hand.
"But you went way too hard," Liu Erlong complained, clutching her stomach.
"You made me eat those two Immortal Herbs and jump into the spring to temper my Ice and Fire Golden Body, and you really tempered me right alongside them?"
"Any normal person would've had their guts rotted right out."
"Damn it, living with you means I don't even need to take a dump anymore." Liu Erlong rolled her eyes.
"Senior Sister, that's a little vulgar," Ye Yingling said, tugging at her arm.
"What's vulgar about it? He loves it." Liu Erlong waved her hand dismissively, then abruptly changed the subject.
"Don't forget the filthy things you were shouting last night. You really are a devoted daughter—something about your old man—"
Before she could finish, Ye Yingling flushed scarlet with embarrassment and lunged at Liu Erlong, clamping a hand over her mouth.
"Senior Sister, stop!"
Jiang Ce clapped his hands, drawing the three women's attention back to him.
"All right, I'm going to help you hunt Soul Rings so you can keep getting stronger."
Now that their training was done, it was time for the next step.
While they'd been having fun last night, he'd also tempered all three women's bodies with the Ice and Fire Golden Body.
There had only been two sets of the paired herbs, which he'd given to Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling. But Medusa hadn't been left out—
He'd simply thrown her into the Ice and Fire spring and tempered her the most primitive way.
The spring water could corrode even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to nothing,
but Jiang Ce had used the neutralizing energy absorbed during Liu Erlong and Ye Yingling's two rounds of tempering.
He'd long since copied their ability to resist the corrosion of ice and fire.
Besides, if Medusa couldn't take it, Jiang Ce could always hit her with a super heal.
Even without the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs, he'd still managed to force Queen Medusa into the state of having an Ice and Fire Golden Body.
But this left the two dragon souls at the bottom of the spring seething with resentment. Medusa, especially, had lost control in her pain and peed in the spring more than once.
If Bingli hadn't held Huochi back, someone would've been dragged to the bottom of the spring last night and given a proper beating by the Fire Dragon King.
The once-pristine Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been turned into a pool of pee by the three women!
"I can finally go out and get a Soul Ring."
Liu Erlong jumped up, her face alight with excitement.
When she jumped, other things bounced along with her.
Bouncing every which way—a sight to behold.
"Of course."
Then,
the three naked women were once again covered in the Venom Black Latex Suit, which clung tightly to their voluptuous figures.
"Medusa, guard the base here."
"Yes, Master."
Medusa nodded respectfully to Jiang Ce.
This was her home to begin with, and on top of that, she'd received so much from her master.
It was only right that she protect it.
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