The Strength of Elementalization

Guang Ling Douluo watched as Han Bing transformed his entire body into a mist of ice, and he began to condense his soul power, starting slowly from the level of a soul master.

A blue, arrow-like bolt of soul power shot toward Han Bing, piercing straight through his body.

Clearly, soul power at the level of a dozen ranks was insufficient to cause Han Bing any harm.

Guang Ling Douluo continued to increase his soul power bit by bit. As a master of both light and ice attributes, he found that his ice-based attacks seemed to leave Han Bing unscathed; it even felt as though the attacks had merged into Han Bing himself.

Han Bing naturally sensed this as well, realizing he could seemingly control the ice-attribute soul skills unleashed by Guang Ling Douluo.

It appeared that across the entire continent, as long as it was an ice-attribute martial soul, he could suppress and manipulate it.

However, the man before him was a Super Douluo. Even without using ice, his raw soul power alone was enough to deal with him.

Realizing this, Guang Ling Douluo withdrew his ice attribute and relied solely on pure soul power.

He increased his soul power slowly.

"Disciple, if you can't take it anymore, tell your master!"

Han Bing nodded, feeling Guang Ling Douluo's soul power surge instantly, rising to over rank thirty.

Seeing that Han Bing remained unharmed, Guang Ling Douluo continued to strengthen his soul power.

"Rank forty. This is now the soul power of a soul ancestor. Disciple, are you alright?"

Han Bing smiled slightly, letting the ice arrow pass through him. His expression remained natural as he said easily:

"Master, please increase the soul power further."

Guang Ling clenched his hands, his soul power intensifying until it suddenly broke through rank fifty, striking out with the power of a soul king.

Yet, it still failed to cause the slightest damage to the ice-mist body Han Bing had become.

Guang Ling felt a faint sense of dread. Was the elementalization brought by this martial soul truly so heaven-defying?

Six-Pointed Ice Star? The source of ice—had Han Bing become the very ice of the natural world? This was truly incredible!

Guang Ling continued to strengthen his output, his soul power now breaking through rank sixty, the strength of a soul emperor.

Han Bing's hair merely fluttered slightly; the ice arrow still could not harm him.

This confirmed to Han Bing that without Haki, even a soul emperor could not break through his elementalization.

However, he faintly sensed that the purity of the soul power at this level was already approaching the level of Haki.

"Disciple, the soul power is already over rank sixty. Can you still withstand it?"

Han Bing nodded. "Master, let's try going higher!"

Guang Ling Douluo also felt the change. Below rank sixty, he couldn't touch Han Bing at all, but above rank sixty, he faintly felt he could make contact.

He slowly increased his soul power, which had now broken through to rank seventy.

Han Bing's expression was no longer relaxed; his brows furrowed slightly. He could feel that he had to concentrate fully on his elementalization to handle the current soul power, which was now exerting pressure on him.

"Disciple, should we continue? We are already at rank seventy. You are only a soul master, yet you have reached the level of a soul saint? Disciple? Shall we continue?"

Han Bing clenched his fists. As the ice arrow pierced his mist-like body, he could hear the sound of cracking ice. Gritting his teeth, he said:

"Continue!"

Han Bing wanted a thorough test; he could still hold out against this level of soul power.

Seeing this, Guang Ling nodded, admiring Han Bing for being able to withstand the soul power attack of a soul saint.

Han Bing clenched his fists, activating his Observation Haki to feel the situation carefully.

The soul power had reached rank eighty—the level of a soul douluo.

Han Bing's mouth twitched. Seeing this, Guang Ling Douluo hurriedly withdrew his soul power and asked with concern:

"Disciple, are you alright?"

Han Bing nodded. After careful observation, he had roughly understood: the purity of rank seventy soul power already possessed the level of basic Haki.

But it was still not enough to cause damage to his elementalization.

However, the purity of rank eighty soul douluo soul power had reached the level of Haki.

It could cause damage to his elementalization.

But Han Bing was only a rank twelve soul master at the moment. If he were to reach the same level of soul power, the outcome would likely be different.

Moreover, besides soul power reaching the level of Haki, there was also attribute suppression. If Yan's soul power were higher, his magma would likely be able to harm him.

There were also some fire-attribute martial souls that might have lower requirements.

With this knowledge, Han Bing gained an understanding of his own strength. In any case, crossing several realms to fight was not a problem.

And his Haki had only just begun.

In a few years, when his Haki took shape, he would fear nothing.

Han Bing stood up slowly, bowed to Guang Ling Douluo, and said:

"Master, I am fine. I have a rough idea now; elementalization will be affected once the soul power exceeds that of a soul saint."

Guang Ling Douluo looked at the nonchalant Han Bing, his mouth twitching.

What did he mean by "affected once the soul power exceeds that of a soul saint"? You are only a soul master!

Was this something a rank twelve soul master should say?

What kind of monster had he taken on as a disciple!

But since Han Bing had the strength to back it up, he nodded:

"Disciple, that is indeed the case. However, your soul power is still low. Once your soul power grows, it may be a different story."

Han Bing nodded in agreement.

Guang Ling Douluo, however, was somewhat preoccupied. His own ice-attribute attack had felt as if it were being overshadowed by Han Bing.

Could it be? He could even control my ice attribute.

Guang Ling Douluo felt a bit embarrassed. He said slowly:

"Disciple, since you have finished your test, could you let your master perform one as well?"

Han Bing was surprised to hear this and asked:

"Master, what do you want to test?"

Guang Ling Douluo did not hide his intentions and explained:

"I want to see if your Six-Pointed Ice Star martial soul can amplify my own ice-attribute martial soul."

Guang Ling Douluo had been stuck at rank ninety-six for many years without a breakthrough.

But the moment he first felt Han Bing's Six-Pointed Ice Star, he felt his own martial soul's ice attribute stir.

The bottleneck of rank ninety-six seemed to show signs of breaking at that very moment.

Although his martial soul possessed both light and ice attributes, he primarily cultivated the ice attribute. Thus, he wanted to see if he could break through his soul power bottleneck by relying on Han Bing's Six-Pointed Ice Star.

Guang Ling Douluo stood up slowly. His nine soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—appeared, his aura fully unleashed. The entire Elder Hall was under his terrifying soul pressure.

Han Bing was stunned, not understanding what Guang Ling Douluo meant, and asked:

"Master? What are you doing?"

Guang Ling Douluo moved closer to Han Bing and said slowly:

"Disciple, don't panic. I just want to conduct a test. You only need to release your martial soul."

Han Bing nodded and released his twin martial souls: a candy in his left hand and the Six-Pointed Ice Star in his right.

The moment the martial soul appeared, the temperature of the surrounding air plummeted instantly.

As Guang Ling looked at the Six-Pointed Ice Star in Han Bing's hand, he confirmed that his own ice attribute could indeed sense that intense power.

Guang Ling hurriedly sat cross-legged and said:

"Disciple, just stay like that. I am going to try to cultivate my soul power!"