Douluo: The Summoning Codex and the Dark Qian Renxue
Chapter 28

Soul Bone Fusion Skill

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"Zhu Zhuyun, what are you doing?"

Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward indignantly and pulled Zhu Zhuyun away from Jiang Li.

"I merely did what I wanted to do." Zhu Zhuyun shot Zhu Zhuqing a glance, placed her hands on her hips, and said righteously, "What? You don't like it?"

"Zhu Zhuyun, what do you mean by that?"

Hearing Zhu Zhuyun's shameless tone, Zhu Zhuqing's eye twitched. A nameless fury immediately rose in her heart as she glared at Zhu Zhuyun.

Obviously...

Obviously, she had been here first, hadn't she?

"Hehe, my silly little sister, if you want to, you can take the initiative and kiss him too. I'm not stopping you." As though she had seen through Zhu Zhuqing's thoughts, Zhu Zhuyun said blandly, "And I think he'd be more than happy to."

"Isn't that right, little man?"

After saying that, she winked at Jiang Li and licked the corner of her lips, looking thoroughly unsatisfied.

Jiang Li's eyelid twitched wildly. Not only had he been forcibly kissed by this woman, Zhu Zhuyun, but she was even teasing him now?

If Zhu Zhuqing were not here, he would definitely teach Zhu Zhuyun a proper lesson.

"You! I!" Zhu Zhuqing was furious, yet she did not know how to refute her. She then looked toward Jiang Li.

When she saw the faintly intoxicated expression on Jiang Li's face, she became even angrier.

But on second thought, what right did she have to be angry at Jiang Li? After all, it had been that woman Zhu Zhuyun who had taken the initiative.

"Silly little sister, let your sister teach you a lesson." Zhu Zhuyun said to Zhu Zhuqing, "Some things must be fought for. If you do nothing, then in the end, you'll get nothing."

Take hunting down Zhu Zhuqing, for example. Was it because she had no subordinates that she had come herself?

Did hunting down a Great Soul Master who had not even reached level thirty really require her personal attention?

Hadn't she fought to secure this opportunity herself?

She was not as naive as her silly little sister Zhu Zhuqing.

"I..."

Although Zhu Zhuyun's words sounded harsh, they did make sense.

It was just...

Zhu Zhuqing raised her head and secretly glanced at Jiang Li.

How could she possibly have the courage to take the initiative and do something like that?

"What? Do you want your sister to demonstrate again?"

Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's timid appearance, Zhu Zhuyun could not help teasing her silly little sister.

Besides, she truly could not stand Zhu Zhuqing's lack of ambition.

Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, she had seen a woman whose figure and looks were in no way inferior to those of the two sisters.

Especially those long, shapely, springy legs that looked as if they could squeeze someone to death.

The two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, might not have noticed, but she had seen that woman constantly making little moves while she was in Jiang Li's arms.

She clearly did not seem to have an ordinary relationship with Jiang Li.

"Enough." Seeing the indecision on Zhu Zhuqing's face, Jiang Li hurriedly spoke up.

He feared that if he did not say anything soon, he might be forced into love by these two sisters today.

Zhu Zhuyun was one thing, since she was already eighteen and an adult. But Zhu Zhuqing was seven years younger than Zhu Zhuyun. How could he bring himself to do anything?

Jiang Li pulled Zhu Zhuqing over and held her in his arms. Gently stroking her hair, he said, "Little kitty, can you let me see your Martial Soul?"

At that, Zhu Zhuqing immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Although she had indeed begun to like the man before her, they had only met today. Asking her to take the initiative and kiss Jiang Li...

She truly could not be as decisive as Zhu Zhuyun.

Yet a faint trace of disappointment flashed through her eyes.

"Mm." Zhu Zhuqing nodded and summoned her Martial Soul. "Earthly Origin Civet, Spirit Avatar!"

The pitch-black Earthly Origin Civet Martial Soul appeared behind Zhu Zhuqing. As her words fell, it transformed into specks of radiance and merged into her body.

A feeling completely different from when she had used the Netherworld Civet Martial Soul washed over her.

Compared with the Netherworld Civet, both her attack and defense had greatly improved. Her speed, in particular, had increased by at least half.

Furthermore, every time she attacked an enemy, her strikes carried a trace of corrosive black Soul Power.

Zhu Zhuqing explained every change in her Martial Soul to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li nodded, then turned his gaze toward Zhu Zhuyun beside him. "Big kitty, shall I take a look at your Martial Soul too?"

"Sure." Zhu Zhuyun did not refuse and agreed decisively.

Unlike the indecisive Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun's greatest strength was her ability to assess her current circumstances and make the most advantageous choice.

She had initially harbored doubts about choosing Jiang Li, but once her Netherworld Civet Martial Soul evolved, she knew she had made the right choice.

Thus, although it was also her first time doing such a thing, she had decisively gone on the offensive against Jiang Li and had even urged Zhu Zhuqing to attack as well.

She had no intention of leaving herself even the slightest room to retreat.

Nor was there any need to leave one, because from the moment their Netherworld Civet Martial Souls evolved, the two sisters had no other choice.

What the Star Luo Empire needed was a Netherworld Civet Martial Soul capable of forming a Soul Bone Fusion Skill with the White Tiger Martial Soul, not an evolved Martial Soul that might appear stronger.

Coupled with the strange contract of Jiang Li's Martial Soul, the two sisters were practically bound to Jiang Li for life.

Yet she did not regret it. On the contrary, she found it far more interesting than the kind of life where she could see the end at a glance.

"Heavenly Origin Civet! Spirit Avatar!"

A cat-like Martial Soul phantom, extremely similar to Zhu Zhuqing's Earthly Origin Civet but covered from head to toe in snow-white fur, appeared behind her.

It swiftly merged into Zhu Zhuyun's body.

Unlike Zhu Zhuqing's Earthly Origin Civet Martial Soul, while all of its attributes had improved, its greatest enhancement was not in speed, but strength, which had increased by a full twofold.

And unlike Zhu Zhuqing's Earthly Origin Civet, whose attacks carried a highly corrosive special Soul Power attribute, it generated a stream of white Soul Power within her body whenever she was injured, rapidly healing her wounds.

"I understand." After hearing the two women's descriptions of their Martial Souls, Jiang Li gained a certain understanding of them.

Simply put, Zhu Zhuqing's Earthly Origin Civet Martial Soul had been greatly strengthened in the direction of an agility attack-type Martial Soul, while Zhu Zhuyun's Heavenly Origin Civet Martial Soul seemed to have shifted somewhat toward a power attack-type Martial Soul.

Jiang Li lowered his head and looked at the contents of the Summoning Grimoire. The line shared by both women's information—"Twin Civet"—caught his attention.

Perhaps?

"You two can try seeing whether you can use a Soul Bone Fusion Skill," Jiang Li suggested.

Zhu Zhuyun said in surprise, "A Soul Bone Fusion Skill?"

Naturally, she was no stranger to Soul Bone Fusion Skills. If not for hunting down Zhu Zhuqing, she might already have begun practicing one with the eldest prince of the Star Luo Imperial Family.

But now, the person forming the Soul Bone Fusion Skill with her had become Zhu Zhuqing?

Thinking about how she had chased Zhu Zhuqing all the way to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest not long ago, she found it rather amusing.

"I have no problem with it. The question is, what do you think, Zhuqing?" Zhu Zhuyun said with a faint smile.

The minimum requirement for a Soul Bone Fusion Skill was that neither party could harbor overly strong feelings of rejection toward the other.

But Zhu Zhuyun had pursued Zhu Zhuqing all the way from the Star Luo Empire. Could Zhu Zhuqing truly set aside the barrier in her heart and use a Soul Bone Fusion Skill with her?

And that would determine what attitude she should take toward Zhu Zhuqing from now on.

Zhu Zhuyun looked at Zhu Zhuqing with great interest.

Come on, tell me your choice.

My silly little sister.

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