Fusion Failed
What is wind?
When faced with this question, Ling Yi's first thought was a famous meme-worthy expression. 🍓☯ 🍧🐊
"Don't come any closer—!". JPG
Leaving aside the now-distorted phrase "How can a golden carp be confined to a pond..." and other various memes, at least the six characters "The wind has no form, the clouds are unpredictable" are an unavoidable mark.
In the Eight Trigrams, the Xun trigram represents wind. Wind is a manifestation of qi (vital energy), invisible yet perceptible, and all-pervasive!
From a scientific perspective, wind is a natural phenomenon caused by air movement. Sun shines on a planet's surface, raising its temperature. The heated air expands, becomes lighter, and rises. As the warm air rises, cooler air flows in laterally. The rising air gradually cools and becomes heavier, then falls. Because of the higher surface temperature, the air is heated again, causing it to rise again. This creates a convection cycle, which is wind.
In addition to these, wind also has many other characteristics, such as being invisible, directional, variable, having speed, temperature, humidity, noise, energy, and diverse forms, etc.
Ling Yi had various encyclopedic information about "wind" circulating in his mind, but he didn't use it much in his actions.
He simply discovered a bit of wind-attribute energy fluctuation in Ah Rou's "Soft Bone Rabbit" Martial Soul, and then adjusted the fluctuation frequency of his "Blue Silver Domain" to actively match that fluctuation.
"Not bad~"
Ling Yi guided Ah Rou to comprehend the wind attribute. Indeed, it allowed her to condense a small amount of wind attribute energy within her Martial Soul. ☜🍪 ♣💝
If it were a human Soul Master, Ling Yi's method might not be very effective, but since Ah Rou is a 100,000-year-old "Soft Bone Rabbit" in human form...
It can be said that Ah Rou's Martial Soul is not just Martial Soul, but also the carrier of Ah Rou's original physical power!
Since transformed Soul Beast can condense their own Soul Ring, and such Soul Ring can be like God-Given Soul Ring, granting them the most needed Soul Skill and the maximum age of Soul Ring they can withstand.
Does this mean that transformed Soul Beast can autonomously decide or guide the attributes of this power?
Under Ling Yi's close contact and observation, it became clear that both Ah Yin and Ah Rou's Soul Ring and Soul Skill could indeed be generated to a certain extent according to their own will.
It's important to know that before they transformed into human form, both of them were Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. In terms of strength, status, and talent, they were among the top-tier beings in the Douluo Continent before the version update.
For such beings, as long as it is not a power that is incompatible with their original attributes, it is not a difficult task to comprehend a new attribute power from scratch.
Perhaps it was because the spiritual power of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was extremely strong, or perhaps it was because of the racial innate nature of a rabbit, but when Ling Yi his mental power to lock onto the wind attribute energy on the "Soft Bone Rabbit" Martial Soul, Ah Rou actually had the illusion that someone was stroking her body with their palm.
In a fit of stress, Ah Rou jolted awake, nearly losing control of her Soul Power and almost going berserk.
Fortunately, Ling Yi had previously instructed her to control herself and not move around, no matter the situation, which is why she managed to hold back. 69ꜱʜᴜx.ᴄᴏᴍ
Even so, as time passed, Ah Rou's body temperature rose due to that strange feeling that reached her soul. Her originally fair and white skin turned pink, adding an amazing charm.
This scene, witnessed by Yang Shelly and her two companions outside the martial arts arena, immediately stirred up some murmurs in their hearts.
Especially Liu Erlong, she knew that Ling Yi and Ah Rou were testing the feasibility of the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but how could the Martial Soul Fusion Skill have such an effect?
Thinking of this, Liu Erlong felt even more longing for it.
She didn't mean anything by it; she simply wanted to gain more power.
On the other hand, because they had used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ling Yi many times, they knew that the feeling of soul fusion was very subtle, so Ah Yin and Yang Shelly understood Ah Rou's current state.
But because of this, Yang Shelly started grinding her teeth even more frequently.
Ah Yin, on the other hand, was taken aback at first, but then chuckled silently, a playful look in her eyes as she glanced in Yang Shelly's direction.
Ling Yi was unaware of what was happening off the field, nor did he intend to pay attention to it.
This is the Douluo Continent, an era where nobles are everywhere, the strong possess everything, and bloodline is the source of power.
Inheritance and propagation are the mainstream ideas in society.
In such a worldview, the pure love of "remaining faithful to one's husband until death" in the original storyline feels out of place.
"The wind, the gentle wind, the swift wind..."
Ling Yi focused his mind on Ah Rou's "Soft Bone Rabbit" Martial Soul, analyzing her understanding of the wind attribute. At the same time, using the "Blue Silver Domain" as a medium, he mobilized his own similar understanding to resonate with the wind aura on the Martial Soul.
As the power of the ' Blue Silver Domain ' continued to be output, on the Jin Gang- paved training ground, one after another ' Blue Silver Grass ' plant stubbornly took root, sprouted, and emerged.
The "Blue Silver Grass" grew very quickly, and under the watchful eyes of Yang Shelly, Ah Yin, and Liu Erlong, it enveloped Ling Yi and Ah Rou at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the center of the training ground, a ball of grass made of interwoven "Blue Silver Grass" appeared. The light blue grass leaves extending from the ball moved automatically without wind, swaying like aquatic plants in a lake.
Time passed second by second, but Ling Yi's progress was not smooth. It was as if he was a person with severe myopia trying to thread a hair through the eye of a needle of about the same thickness. Every time he felt that he had the eye in the hole and was about to push it in, he would either slide it away by rubbing the edge with force or lightness, or the hole would shake and go astray.
This feeling of always missing the final step, yet still failing to achieve it, is only possible because Ling Yi possesses sufficient perseverance and patience. Otherwise, someone else would have become impatient and agitated long ago.
However, Ling Yi was able to maintain a peaceful state of mind and remained at his peak throughout, while Ah Rou was about to give up.
Ling Yi's mental power locked onto the trace of wind attribute power on her Martial Soul. That kind of throbbing originating from the soul level was already more unbearable than the physical level, and now that it had continued for so long, she was about to reach her limit.
If initially, nine out of ten mistakes were due to Ling Yi's improper operation, then as time went on, Ling Yi became more and more skilled, his error tolerance increased, and he even gradually stopped making mistakes. However, more variables emerged on Ah Rou's side.
Whenever Ling Yi activates his own Martial Soul "Green Wood Blue Silver King" to make contact with Ah Rou's "Soft Bone Rabbit" Martial Soul, Ah Rou always responds too strongly, causing the frequency of energy fluctuations to change.
About an hour later.
The Blue Silver Grass on the training ground visibly contracted, just as it had before, revealing Ling Yi and Ah Rou, who had been covered up.
Ling Yi opened his eyes and looked at Ah Rou, whose eyes were still closed, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.
As you can see, the girl has woken up, but for some reason, she is still keeping her eyes closed and unwilling to wake up. Only her bright red ears show that she is not at peace with herself.
Shaking his head inwardly, Ling Yi softly comforted him, "Although we didn't succeed today, we were very close. I think we should be able to do it next time..."
If it were like Yang Shelly, where Ling Yi would first take her flying through the clouds a few times before engaging in this Martial Soul fusion under absolutely calm conditions, then Ah Rou's situation would basically not exist.
This is how Yang Shelly succeeded before.
Of course, Yang Shelly's Martial Soul "Soul-Breaking Hooked Scythe Spear" is a special case, as it was created by Ling Yi and has a stronger compatibility from the start.