Guang Ling Douluo saw Han Bing's whole body turn into a cloud of ice mist, and began gathering his Soul Power, starting at Soul Scholar level and slowly increasing it.
A blue arrow of Soul Power shot toward Han Bing and pierced through his body.
Clearly, Soul Power in the teens wasn't enough to harm Han Bing.
Guang Ling Douluo slowly increased his Soul Power. His Martial Soul had both light and ice attributes, but ice seemed to leave Han Bing completely unharmed. In fact, it felt as if the attack had become one with Han Bing.
Han Bing noticed it too. He seemed able to control the ice-attribute Soul Skills Guang Ling Douluo used.
It seemed that across the entire continent, he could suppress and control any ice-attribute Martial Soul.
But his opponent was a Super Douluo, after all. Even without using ice, relying on Soul Power alone would be enough to deal with him.
So once Guang Ling Douluo noticed this, he switched to pure Soul Power and put away his ice attribute.
He slowly increased his Soul Power.
"Disciple, tell your master if you can't take it!"
Han Bing nodded. He felt Guang Ling Douluo's Soul Power surge in an instant, rising past level thirty.
Seeing Han Bing still completely unharmed, Guang Ling Douluo continued to strengthen his Soul Power.
"Level forty. That's Soul Ancestor-level Soul Power now. Disciple, are you all right?"
Han Bing smiled faintly, letting the ice arrows pierce through him. His expression was calm as he said easily:
"Master, go ahead and increase your Soul Power."
Guang Ling clenched both hands, and his Soul Power continued to strengthen. It broke through level fifty, and an attack at Soul King strength shot toward Han Bing.
Yet it still failed to inflict even the slightest injury on Han Bing's body of ice mist.
Guang Ling felt a trace of apprehension. Was the elementalization granted by this Martial Soul really this absurdly powerful?
Six-Pointed Ice Star? The source of ice—had Han Bing become ice itself, part of nature? Truly amazing!
Guang Ling continued to increase his power. His Soul Power now broke through level sixty, reaching Soul Emperor strength.
Han Bing's hair merely fluttered slightly. The ice arrows still couldn't hurt him.
This made Han Bing even more certain: without Haki, even a Soul Emperor couldn't break through his elementalization.
Still, he vaguely sensed that the purity of the Soul Power had reached a level close to Haki.
"Disciple, my Soul Power is already above level sixty. Can you still take it?"
Han Bing nodded. "Master, try going higher!"
Guang Ling Douluo had sensed the change too. Below level sixty, he couldn't touch Han Bing at all. But above level sixty, he vaguely felt that he could.
So he slowly increased his Soul Power. It had now broken through level seventy.
Han Bing no longer looked relaxed. His brows drew together slightly. He could feel that he had to focus completely to maintain his elementalization, and the Soul Power was already putting pressure on him.
"Disciple, should I keep going? Your Soul Power is already at level seventy. You're only a Soul Master, yet you're facing Soul Saint-level power. Disciple, should I continue?"
Han Bing clenched his fists. The ice arrows pierced through his body of ice mist, and the sound of ice shattering could now be heard. He gritted his teeth and said:
"Keep going!"
Han Bing wanted to test it thoroughly. He could still withstand Soul Power at this level.
Seeing this, Guang Ling nodded, impressed that Han Bing could withstand an attack from a Soul Saint.
Han Bing clenched his fists and activated Observation Haki, carefully sensing the attack.
The Soul Power had reached level eighty—the level of a Soul Douluo.
Han Bing's mouth twitched. Seeing this, Guang Ling Douluo quickly withdrew his Soul Power and asked with concern:
"Disciple, are you all right?"
Han Bing nodded. After carefully sensing it just now, he had roughly understood: the purity of Soul Power at level seventy was already comparable to beginner Haki.
But it still wasn't enough to harm his elementalization.
The purity of Soul Power from a level-eighty Soul Douluo, however, had reached the level of Haki.
It could harm his elementalization.
But Han Bing was only a level-twelve Soul Master. If his Soul Power reached the same level, the outcome would probably be different.
And aside from Soul Power reaching the level of Haki, there was also attribute restraint. If Yan's Soul Power were a little higher, magma might be able to hurt me.
Some fire-attribute Martial Souls might also need less power to do so.
Now that Han Bing understood this, he had a clearer idea of his own strength. At any rate, he could easily overcome several levels of difference.
And his Haki had only just begun to develop.
In a few years, once my Haki matured, I wouldn't fear anything.
Han Bing slowly rose and cupped his hands toward Guang Ling Douluo in a respectful salute.
"Master, I'm fine. I have a rough idea now. Soul Power above the Soul Saint level can affect my elementalization a little."
Guang Ling Douluo looked at Han Bing, who had said it so casually, and his mouth twitched.
What did he mean, Soul Power above the Soul Saint level could affect him a little? He was only a Soul Master.
Was that really something a level-twelve Soul Master would say?
What kind of monster had he taken in as his disciple?
But Han Bing had the strength to back it up, so Guang Ling nodded.
"Disciple, that's right. But your Soul Power is still low. Who knows what will happen once it rises."
Han Bing nodded too, agreeing with him.
Guang Ling Douluo, however, couldn't stop thinking about how his ice-attribute attack had just felt as if it were being usurped when used against Han Bing.
Could it be that Han Bing could control his ice attribute too?
Guang Ling Douluo felt awkward and spoke slowly:
"Disciple, since you've tested yourself, could you let your master test something too?"
Han Bing was surprised and asked:
"Master, what do you want to test?"
Guang Ling Douluo didn't hide anything. He explained one point at a time:
"I want to see whether your Martial Soul, Six-Pointed Ice Star, can enhance my ice-attribute Martial Soul."
Guang Ling Douluo had been stuck at level ninety-six for many years, unable to advance.
But the first time he sensed Han Bing's Martial Soul, Six-Pointed Ice Star, he felt the ice attribute of his own Martial Soul stir restlessly.
At that moment, the bottleneck at level ninety-six had seemed close to breaking.
Although his Martial Soul had both light and ice attributes, he had mainly cultivated the ice attribute. So he wanted to use Han Bing's Six-Pointed Ice Star to see whether he could break through his Soul Power bottleneck.
Guang Ling Douluo slowly stood. His nine Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—flared with their full force. The entire Worship Hall came under the pressure of his terrifying Soul Power.
Han Bing was stunned, unsure what Guang Ling Douluo was doing. He asked:
"Master? What are you doing?"
Guang Ling Douluo slowly approached Han Bing and said:
"Disciple, don't panic. I just want to run a test. All you need to do is release your Martial Soul."
Han Bing nodded and released his Twin Martial Souls: Candy in his left hand and Six-Pointed Ice Star in his right.
The moment his Martial Souls appeared, the temperature of the surrounding air dropped instantly.
Looking at the Six-Pointed Ice Star in Han Bing's hand, Guang Ling could indeed feel his own ice attribute responding to its powerful ice energy.
Guang Ling quickly sat cross-legged and said:
"Disciple, just stay like that. I'll try cultivating my Soul Power!"
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