Creation Conversion

Time ticked by, second after second, until the Emerald Swan's body had completely dispersed.

A purple ring of light condensed beneath Gu You and rose upward.

An Emerald Swan with a cultivation near seven thousand years—fusion successful!

Behind him, the illusory Creation Heaven Phoenix spread its dazzling wings and let out a phoenix cry. Gu You opened his eyes, and deep within his Golden Pupils, a nine-colored stream of light flashed and vanished.

"Teacher," he said, standing up as the purple soul ring beneath his feet flickered faintly, "I seem to have gained more than one soul skill."

He looked around. The maddened swarm of soul beasts had vanished without a trace, wiped out cleanly by Leng Yaozhu, who stood on the ground not far away.

He had no time to care about the water soaking him. He hurriedly left the lake and went ashore. In any case, this was the Spirit Ascension Platform; once he got out, the water on him would be gone.

More than one soul skill?

Leng Yaozhu had heard Gu You's words from afar, and surprise flashed through her eyes. "What do you mean?"

"My first soul skill is called Creation Conversion." Scorching, dazzling flames suddenly flared from Gu You's left palm. "Through my martial soul's life attribute, I can convert the other nine attributes for my own use. Each attribute has its own application, so I feel like it's equivalent to nine soul skills."

As his words fell, the dazzling flames in his palm suddenly turned into icy-blue fire, then into crystalline ice, a cyan whirlwind, purple lightning... The control of nine elements shifted freely in his hand.

Leng Yaozhu froze, drawing in a sharp breath. "This is no ordinary soul skill anymore. It's elemental control!"

"That's right." A trace of excitement flashed through Gu You's eyes. "After converting it into flames of the corresponding attribute, then converting it into a complete single attribute, my martial soul undergoes a special change, enhancing attacks of that single element."

With a thought, the lingering illusion of the Creation Heaven Phoenix behind him flowed with a nine-colored halo. Then icy-blue light blossomed, and the Creation Heaven Phoenix abruptly turned completely ice-blue.

"Ice element!" (Note: water and ice coexist)

Leng Yaozhu blurted out.

But the transformation was not over. Gu You planned to try converting another element.

"Lightning!"

With a low shout, purple arcs of electricity exploded around him. The martial soul illusion behind him also changed color, purple light surging as lightning enveloped it.

Was it really this heaven-defying?

Leng Yaozhu inwardly cried, Good grief. Was this disciple of hers still human? This was far too abnormal.

Before this, she had thought the Creation Heaven Phoenix martial soul leaned toward auxiliary life-type abilities. In the end, it was straight-up all-purpose!

She estimated that with just the sheer abnormality of her disciple's current soul skill, he would have no problem slaughtering a Great Soul Master in the twenties.

"With your current spiritual power, plus the boost from fusing soul spirits with twin martial souls, you can absolutely challenge opponents above your level!"

Leng Yaozhu gave an overall assessment of Gu You's present strength.

For such an evaluation to come from her mouth was already no easy thing, and she was still basing it on the premise that Gu You had no actual combat experience.

If he did have real combat experience, challenging a Soul Elder or even a Soul Ancestor would be no problem.

"However, while this soul skill, Creation Conversion, is powerful, its soul power consumption must be terrifying, right? With your current soul power level, I'm afraid you won't be able to sustain it for long."

Leng Yaozhu continued.

Gu You's first soul skill was too comprehensive. The only flaw that could probably be found was its heavy soul power consumption.

If even its consumption was not high, then he would truly be invincible among his peers.

"Indeed." Gu You did not deny it. "If I keep using the conversions without stopping, I can last two minutes at most, and each attribute consumes a different amount."

"That's already very good," Leng Yaozhu comforted him. "As your soul power level rises, the soul power consumption of your first soul skill will continue to decrease."

"Once you condense a soul core in the future, this soul skill will be unsolvable!"

"That's still something for later..." Gu You thought for a moment, and a bold idea suddenly came to him. "Teacher, I have an idea. Could I try fusing two attributes to use them together, making their power even stronger?"

Leng Yaozhu was startled when she heard this, then revealed a thoughtful look. "Attribute fusion? Theoretically speaking, different attributes do indeed have the possibility of fusion, but the difficulty is extremely high. The slightest carelessness can trigger backlash."

"In history, there was once a soul master with both ice and fire attributes who attempted to fuse those two mutually restraining attributes. But it ended in failure: his martial soul shattered and his meridians were severed."

"If you want to try it in the future, you can first attempt two similar attributes, such as fire and light, rather than fusing attributes that are extremely opposed."

"But don't think about that for now. Focus on cultivating your soul power. Once you have a certain foundation, you can try attribute fusion and form even stronger attack methods."

Leng Yaozhu's words temporarily suppressed Gu You's urge to attempt attribute fusion.

Indeed, rashly attempting to fuse different attributes right now would be far too dangerous.

In the early stage, improving his cultivation was the priority.

"Absorb all this spirit ascension energy. There's roughly over two thousand years' worth. Once you're done absorbing it, we'll leave the Spirit Ascension Platform."

Leng Yaozhu had Gu You absorb the energy from the soul beasts she had just killed. One ten-thousand-year soul beast, plus the scattered remnants, added up to more than two thousand years.

Even within the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, this was an enormous amount of energy.

Gu You thought to himself that good things like this actually existed. Taking this teacher as his master was truly a guaranteed profit with no loss.

In Soul Land: Legend of the Dragon King, if he had to take someone else as his teacher, he really could not think of anyone who could be this good.

Sitting down on the spot, Gu You began absorbing the energy.

He chose to raise the Emerald Swan's age. With more than two thousand years added on, it would be less than two thousand years short, making it easier to ascend it to ten thousand years later.

After Gu You finished absorbing the spiritual power, he and Leng Yaozhu left the Spirit Ascension Platform.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back in that pure-white Spirit Ascension chamber.

The glass hatch slowly rose, and the metal ring released with a click.

Gu You flexed his wrist. He had just stepped out of the hatch when he saw that Leng Yaozhu's expression was not exactly friendly.

Following her gaze, Gu You saw the staff member who had received them and brought them into the Spirit Ascension Platform.

The staff member walked over with a smile, looking as though he had been waiting outside for a long time. "Deputy Pagoda Master, did everything go smoothly?"

"Smoothly?" Leng Yaozhu gave two cold laughs. "Of course it went smoothly. With me there, how could my disciple not be fine? I set the respawn point beside the spirit soul. My disciple opened his eyes and saw the Hell Demon Dragon, while I wasn't even inside the rock cave. Tell me, how exactly were those coordinates set?"

The smile on the staff member's face visibly faded, and fine sweat seeped out across his forehead.

"Deputy Pagoda Master, this was a bug. The respawn coordinates really were correct; you got stuck outside. As you know, permission to set coordinates isn't opened to the public, and under normal circumstances the Spirit Ascension Platform wouldn't use it. No one tests it, and the Spirit Ascension Platform is often updated and patched, so bugs are bound to exist."

He hurriedly explained.

"I hope so." In truth, Leng Yaozhu's anger had already subsided, because Gu You had given her far too many surprises.

After giving the staff member one final glance, she looked at Gu You and said, "Come with me. We're going to examine the Tyrannosaurus Rex."