Transformation, Creating Another Frost Flame

Beside the spring at the bottom of the well.

The Ghostly Frost Flame Xia Yu had set up swayed gently, giving off an eerie blue glow.

After absorbing the essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, Meng Hongchen underwent dramatic changes.

First, her wine-red hair completely lost its color, turning crystalline snow-white.

Second, her entire body emitted a faint blue-white radiance, as though she had transformed into a snow maiden.

Finally, her Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul manifested directly, crouching behind her as it greedily devoured the essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

As it absorbed more and more essence, the ice attribute on the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad grew increasingly powerful, gradually transforming toward Ultimate Ice.

However, the transformation process was rather comical.

Tempered by the essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad repeatedly expanded and compressed.

It looked just like a balloon constantly being inflated and deflated.

Even Xia Yu could not help but laugh.

Of course, laughter aside, Xia Yu did not relax his vigilance over Meng Hongchen because of it.

On the contrary, he focused completely, constantly watching for changes in Meng Hongchen and remaining ready to intervene at any moment.

Time slowly passed.

The Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad was not a purely ice-attributed Martial Soul; it also possessed a fire attribute.

When its ice attribute strengthened to a certain limit, its fire attribute could no longer remain idle.

The balance had been broken, and the territory it occupied was being invaded by the ice attribute.

Very quickly, the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's ice and fire attributes erupted into a fierce conflict.

They traded blows back and forth, neither willing to yield.

During this process, the cold toxin surged at a terrifying rate.

It even began affecting Meng Hongchen, who was absorbing the essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

"Hmm..."

Meng Hongchen, who had been relatively calm, now showed a pained expression and involuntarily let out a suppressed groan.

Seeing this, Xia Yu acted at once.

Vast soul power swept out, carrying the Ghostly Frost Flame as it enveloped Meng Hongchen.

Under Xia Yu's control, the Ghostly Frost Flame turned into strands of blue fire even finer than hair, silently descending onto Meng Hongchen's body.

Then, the rapidly growing cold toxin inside Meng Hongchen seemed to encounter its nemesis and was continuously drawn out, burned away without a trace.

"Not bad. I handled it so smoothly on my first try. As expected of me."

Seeing that his removal of the cold toxin had not affected Meng Hongchen's transformation in the slightest, Xia Yu finally relaxed.

Cold toxin was easy enough for him to deal with. The difficult part was removing it without affecting Meng Hongchen's transformation.

Although Xia Yu's actions had looked quite smooth just now, he had not actually been all that confident.

Fortunately, the outcome was good, and no accident occurred.

Without the interference and effects of the cold toxin, Meng Hongchen's transformation proceeded much more smoothly.

As for the conflict between the ice and fire attributes of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul, it was nothing before the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

With the essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow as its backing, the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's fire attribute could not stir up any real trouble.

At first, it could still rely on its innate foundation to barely resist the ice attribute's erosion.

But the ice attribute had the essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow assisting it, growing stronger every moment.

It did not take long before the fire attribute was thoroughly defeated and completely suppressed by the ice attribute.

Under normal circumstances, the fire attribute had only two possible endings.

One was to be completely extinguished and erased by the ice attribute, disappearing forever from the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul.

The other was to somehow meet certain conditions by chance, fuse itself into the ice attribute, become completely one with it, and continue existing within the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad in a new form.

However, the odds of that happening were minuscule.

Without any surprises, the fire attribute of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul should have been completely erased, vanishing without a trace.

Yet an unexpected development appeared, and Meng Hongchen herself had created it.

Just as the fire attribute was about to be wiped out by the ice attribute in one stroke, Meng Hongchen, the owner of the Martial Soul, intervened of her own accord.

For some reason, she did not allow the fire attribute to be extinguished and erased. Instead, she acted to preserve its final spark.

"Uh..."

Xia Yu could not quite make sense of Meng Hongchen's sudden move.

What, was her transformation going too smoothly, so she wanted to deliberately make things harder for herself?

Of course, that could not possibly be it.

Meng Hongchen was not foolish. She definitely had her reasons for doing this.

Could this girl be trying to create a kind of frost flame too?

Come to think of it, if the ice and fire attributes fused, with ice as the main attribute and fire as the auxiliary one, it really was possible to create a kind of frost flame.

After giving it some thought, Xia Yu quickly guessed Meng Hongchen's objective.

And Meng Hongchen's next words confirmed that his guess was correct.

After preserving the final seed of the fire attribute, Meng Hongchen opened her eyes and looked at Xia Yu with great expectation.

"Brother Yu, I want an ice-attributed flame like the Ghostly Frost Flame too. Do you think it can be done?"

"In theory, it can. But as for the actual chances of success, I can't guarantee them."

Xia Yu did not say much about Meng Hongchen's idea, instead directly giving her his opinion.

Since Meng Hongchen had gone this far, she had undoubtedly made up her mind beforehand.

From Xia Yu's understanding of Meng Hongchen, this girl was rather stubborn. When she said she would do something, she meant it.

In that case, what more was there to say? He only needed to keep watch for her and provide whatever help he could.

As for the final result, that would depend on Meng Hongchen's own fortune.

If she succeeded, it would mean luck was on her side. If she failed, there would be nothing to say about it.

"It really can be done? That's wonderful!"

Upon hearing Xia Yu's affirmative answer, Meng Hongchen was instantly overjoyed.

"There's no time to lose. Let's begin right away, Brother Yu. You have to help me later."

In her excitement, Meng Hongchen immediately decided to act.

It was clear that she had already made plans. Otherwise, she would not have seemed so confident now.

Xia Yu saw through it but did not expose her, readily agreeing to her proposal to begin at once.

Boom!!!

With their combined efforts, the fire attribute, which had been on its last legs, soon rallied again.

This time, however, the fire attribute could not launch a counterattack and reclaim its lost territory as it wished.

At Meng Hongchen's mercy, it remained under her control throughout, continuously coming into contact with the ice attribute as fusion material, striving to find the special condition for fusion.

"Wow, we finally found the condition for fusion."

After who knew how many failures, Meng Hongchen finally found, with Xia Yu's help, the special condition for merging the ice and fire attributes into one.