The Black Dragon Reigns Supreme in Slaughter, The White Dragon Reigns Supreme in Protection

In terms of power alone.

There were two types of Martial Soul Fusion Skills in the world: those with a one-hundred-percent fusion rate, and all other Martial Soul Fusion Skills.

The first example of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a one-hundred-percent fusion rate originated from Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao and Dragon Butterfly Douluo Tang Wutong.

A one-ring Soul Master and a two-ring Soul Grandmaster had actually used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill "Golden Road" to break through the protective defenses of an eight-ring Soul Douluo.

However.

Later generations speculated that it had actually been a one-hundred-percent fusion of the Douluo Plane's fortune and the power of destiny, rather than a simple one-hundred-percent fusion of Martial Souls.

The second example of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a one-hundred-percent fusion rate came from Passionate Douluo Zang Xin and Heartless Douluo Cao Dezhi, ten thousand years ago.

The two Limit Douluo at the demigod level used the Martial Soul Fusion Skill "Love Moves Heaven and Earth" to forcibly seal the Abyssal Sage King, a first-rank god wielding the super divine weapon Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd, for three full days.

Though the wind-up was extremely long.

Though it was a one-use Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and once used, the two Limit Douluo would be dead as doornails.

Though the Abyssal Sage King had descended upon the Douluo Plane through possession at the time and could only display the combat power of a second-rank god.

Though it had plenty of flaws, this Martial Soul Fusion Skill was still powerful enough.

One had to know.

Under normal circumstances, a Limit Douluo was no more than a speed bump before a second-rank god.

Especially a second-rank god wielding a super divine weapon.

The power of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a one-hundred-percent fusion rate was easy to imagine.

There were actually two more examples.

The Martial Soul Fusion Skill "Dragon God Transformation" of Dragon Emperor Douluo Tang Wulin and Silver Dragon Douluo Gu Yuena, and the Martial Soul Fusion Skill "Resurrection Light" of Food God Douluo Oscar and Nine-Colored Douluo Ning Rongrong.

Yet their Martial Soul Fusion Skills had little to do with their Martial Souls.

The former was the fusion of the divine dragon bloodlines of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King, neither of which had ever manifested as a Martial Soul; the latter was purely the Food God and the Nine-Colored Goddess descending like deus ex machina.

Therefore.

Many strict historians did not include "Dragon God Transformation" and "Resurrection Light" in the catalog of Martial Soul Fusion Skills with one-hundred-percent fusion rates, instead placing them directly in the catalog of divine soul fusion skills.

Bai Lingshuang remained excited for quite some time before the lake of her heart gradually calmed, though her beautiful eyes remained fixed unblinking on the screen.

"A Martial Soul Fusion Skill with a one-hundred-percent fusion rate, and a self-fusion Martial Soul Fusion Skill at that."

"I wonder what kind of power it can unleash?"

As she murmured her question to herself, the battle at Field Six of the Spirit Ascension Platform had already erupted.

It could no longer even be called a battle.

It was a one-sided crushing.

The moment Di Tian's aura surged, the thousand-year Gold-Patterned Time Blue Demon Bird immediately prepared to flee.

Time Anchor!

"Screech—" It let out a panicked cry.

It unleashed another innate ability.

Its shed feathers pieced together into a clock with twelve markings. The clock, which had originally been turning clockwise, now began to turn counterclockwise.

The thousand-year Gold-Patterned Time Blue Demon Bird from fifteen minutes earlier flew out from the clock.

Two Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Birds.

One fled at full speed, while the other charged at Di Tian in a suicidal assault.

Di Tian showed no mercy toward either Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird.

The Black Dragon of the Twin Dragon Kings spread a single black bone dragon wing and shot forth in an instant.

The Black Dragon ruled slaughter.

"Whoosh—"

With a casual flick of his hand, he hurled the Black Dragon Sword, pinning through the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird that had charged toward him.

Meanwhile, the Black Dragon's true body, clad in external dragon armor, caught up in an instant with the other Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird that was desperately fleeing.

Black Dragon Claw!

The Black Dragon reached out and clenched the air before him. Power condensed in the void, and a massive Black Dragon Claw materialized from thin air.

It instantly sealed off the fleeing Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird, cutting off heaven and earth alike.

"Screech—"

The Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird completely panicked, as though it saw its great-grandmother standing on the road to reincarnation in the underworld and waving at it.

"Thud! Thud! Thud..." It began struggling desperately at death's door, madly ramming the Black Dragon Claw's blockade with its physical body.

Candle Time Golden Wheel!

Another innate time-type talent.

The power of time gathered around the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird, like an invisible, formless clock that nevertheless possessed substance.

At regular intervals, the clock would turn back, ensuring that the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird remained at the absolute peak of its combat power at all times.

"Tut!"

Di Tian sensed the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird's desperate, near-death struggle.

Of the Twin Dragon Kings, the white dragon clad in dragon armor swept a single golden-boned dragon wing in an arc, and the balance scale in its hand began to tilt.

The white dragon specialized in defense.

However, with the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird already locked down, offense was the best defense.

As the balance scale tilted in its hand, the white dragon's power transferred into the black dragon's body in an instant.

The Black Dragon Claw's power rose once more.

"Bang—"

In the blink of an eye, it had completely subdued the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird.

The power of time that had originally been revolving around its body also stopped turning.

"Bi Ji." Di Tian called out.

Bi Ji, perfectly in tune with him, stepped forward. The next second, she appeared directly beneath the Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird.

Beneath her feet, the ground shattered in synchronized waves.

Another Blue Demon Bird appeared.

It was the hundred-thousand-year Silver-Patterned Spatial Blue Demon Bird that Di Tian had brought from the Spirit Ascension Platform on the Douluo Home Planet.

Unlike the thousand-year Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird, which was violent, mindless, and knew only how to suck out brain matter.

The hundred-thousand-year Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird already possessed great intelligence. Even as a string of virtual energy data, it had developed independent thought and could communicate normally.

As early as six years ago, Di Tian had already reached an agreement with it.

He would help it break free from its state as virtual energy data, but it would need to form a contract with Bi Ji.

It agreed.

That was how the present situation came to be.

The Twin Dragon Kings formed by Di Tian's Martial Soul Fusion Skill moved across the ground, using the black and white twin dragons as blades to inscribe a Replication-Origin Restoration Formation.

The thousand-year Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird above was forcibly turned into a soul spirit and contracted with Bi Ji, while the hundred-thousand-year Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird below willingly accepted its transformation into a soul spirit and formed a contract with Bi Ji.

"Kree—"

"Kree—"

Two cries resembling phoenix calls rang out in layered waves. Rather than sounding noisy, they carried a harmonious, melodious rhythm.

All around them.

Swarms of flying soul beasts formed from virtual energy data transformed into refined energy at that moment and surged into the bodies of the two Blue Demon Birds.

They themselves had been born from fragments of the Divine Realm containing immortal spiritual energy. Under the Replication-Origin Restoration Formation's effect, they gradually pulled out a corner of one such Divine Realm fragment.

At the same time.

Outside the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Bai Lingshuang's mouth had long since fallen open into an "O." So there really was new Spirit Ascension Platform technology that she had never seen before. She could clearly see the two Blue Demon Birds gradually becoming corporeal.

At first, however, she did not understand the underlying reason. She merely guessed that a massive amount of soul beast spiritual power had flooded into the same soul beast, causing quantitative change to bring about qualitative change.

It was not until a corner of the Divine Realm fragment was drawn out, and the two birds began pecking at the fragment, that she finally understood.

The Replication-Origin Restoration Formation Di Tian had drawn was only the direct cause of virtual energy data becoming real soul spirits. The Divine Realm fragment was the fundamental cause.

"Stop!" She instinctively cried out in alarm.

The Divine Realm fragment was the foundation of the Spirit Ascension Platform—the goose that laid golden eggs. Its value could not possibly be compared to that of mere soul beast spiritual power.

Even she, the vice tower master, immediately called for them to stop.

Unfortunately, she was still too late.

The thousand-year Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird and the hundred-thousand-year Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird had already transformed into true soul spirits.

The thousand-year Gold-Patterned Blue Demon Bird directly fused with Bi Ji's already-condensed first thousand-year soul ring, deepening the color of the soul ring.

The hundred-thousand-year Silver-Patterned Blue Demon Bird had completed its soul spirit contract. Once Bi Ji was able to accommodate a hundred-thousand-year soul spirit, it could become a soul spirit and attach a soul ring.

Di Tian's consciousness returned from the Spirit Ascension Platform to the real world.

"Vice Tower Master Bai."

"Why did you call for us to stop?"

"If I remembered correctly, the Spirit Pagoda still retained its policy of exchanging new technology for resources."

Bai Lingshuang could only force a bitter smile.

She looked like someone who had swallowed bitterness in silence, unable to voice her suffering.

"Yes, that is indeed the case."

"You should remember that this policy was established over ten thousand years ago by you, senior Beast God, together with numerous Spirit Pagoda councilors."

"Even after you later 'left' the Spirit Pagoda, the policy was never changed."

There had simply been no need to change it.

When it came to new Soul Spirit technology, who on the continent could surpass the Spirit Pagoda? Internal innovation already had its own reward system.

As for the external policy of "exchanging new technology for resources," no one had ever qualified for it. It was essentially a policy meant to encourage talent, one that had never been triggered.

Yet no one could have imagined it.

The Beast God who had established that policy all those years ago had now returned with new technology.

He became the first person to trigger it.

The cause of the past had borne fruit today.

It began with Di Tian, and it would end with Di Tian.