Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Toad Overlapping Shadows

This Toad Breathing Technique was a cultivation method Dugu Feng had created by referencing meditation techniques recorded in ancient texts and combining them with his own Toad Style. With every breath, it absorbed the surrounding Soul Power.

It was equivalent to absorbing Soul Power every moment of every day.

Only in treasured lands abundant in Soul Power did he need to meditate to enhance the Toad Breathing Technique's absorption rate.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the Toad Breathing Technique alone could absorb all the Soul Power within a certain area around him.

Unfortunately, this Toad Breathing Technique had been created based on his Toad Martial Soul.

It could not be cultivated by Dugu Yan. However, ever since Dugu Yan had consumed an Immortal Herb and her Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Spirit Serpent Emperor, her Soul Power had increased dramatically as well.

At sixteen, she was already a level 40 Soul Ancestor.

Although the gap between her and Dugu Feng was far from small.

Within Heaven Dou Royal Academy, only Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could barely compare to her.

Yu Tianheng was a year older than Dugu Yan.

Yet his Soul Power had only reached level 32.

Dugu Feng returned the book he had finished reading to its original place and had just stepped out of the library.

When he saw several nobles in the distance bullying a student dressed like a commoner.

"Commoners will always be commoners. Do you think entering Heaven Dou Royal Academy means you can stand on equal footing with us nobles?"

"Our ancestors made countless contributions to the Heaven Dou Empire before we earned the noble titles we have today, yet commoners like you still dream of soaring to greatness."

"Exactly. Without sufficient resources, no matter how talented you are, you can only stop at Soul Elder."

Dugu Feng looked at the bullied commoner, and his pupils abruptly widened.

Because he sensed that the commoner's Martial Soul was also a toad-type Martial Soul.

"Enough. You're nothing but trash riding on your fathers' coattails, yet you're barking wildly here."

Hearing the furious shout, the noble youths hurriedly turned to look at Dugu Feng. None of them recognized him.

Compared to Dugu Yan, Dugu Feng was someone whose name was known throughout the academy, though few had ever seen him.

Dugu Feng knew that in the world of Soul Masters, displaying one's Soul Rings was the best way to show strength. One yellow, two purple, and one black Soul Ring slowly rose from beneath his feet.

Seeing Dugu Feng's Soul Rings, the noble youths, who had been acting rather arrogantly moments ago, immediately turned and fled.

Dugu Feng walked up to the commoner youth and asked.

"What is your Martial Soul?"

Hearing Dugu Feng's question, the commoner youth hurriedly summoned his Martial Soul. Tiny golden bumps emerged across his skin.

Anyone with trypophobia would probably be unable to bear the sight.

Before long, the commoner Soul Master completed his Martial Soul Possession.

"My Martial Soul is the Golden-Horned Toad. My Innate Soul Power is level six."

"A toad-type Martial Soul as well. What level is your Soul Power?"

"Level 25, but I'm already eighteen this year."

"What is your name?"

"My name is Gu Lei."

"Are you interested in following me?"

After speaking, Dugu Feng summoned his own Martial Soul, the Ice Fire Toad King.

The Ice Fire Toad King was the king among toad-type Martial Souls and possessed an extremely powerful suppressive effect on the Golden-Horned Toad.

Dugu Feng's self-created Toad Breathing Technique was only effective for toad-type Martial Souls. He could remove part of it and teach it to Gu Lei, building up his own faction.

On the Douluo Continent, fighting alone would ultimately make it difficult to achieve anything. Only by cultivating his own circle of followers.

Could he dominate the continent.

"I am willing."

After sensing the suppression of the Ice Fire Toad King, Gu Lei agreed immediately.

"Good. My name is Dugu Feng. From today onward, you are my disciple."

"I am a level 44 Soul Ancestor."

"You're Dugu Feng, Heaven Dou's number one genius and the grandson of the Poison Douluo."

Gu Lei felt no resistance simply because Dugu Feng was younger than him. On the contrary, hearing Dugu Feng's name filled him with heartfelt joy.

He was merely a commoner, and for generations, his family had possessed only ordinary toad Martial Souls.

Until he had accidentally consumed a spiritual herb, the Golden-Horned Herb.

This caused his Martial Soul to transform from an ordinary toad into a Golden-Horned Toad, granting him level-six Innate Soul Power.

"Teacher, my original Martial Soul was only an ordinary toad. When I was young, I accidentally fell into a valley and was on the verge of death."

"I swallowed a golden spiritual herb, which caused my Martial Soul to transform. I wanted to venture deeper into that valley, but I discovered that it was filled with toad-type soul beasts."

"I didn't dare enter, so I hurriedly withdrew from the valley. I have kept this secret buried in my heart all this time. I know that with my meager strength, if I returned to that valley, I would surely die."

"But I can sense that there must be some kind of heavenly treasure within that valley. I know I have no destiny with such treasure, so I wish to offer it to you, Teacher, and let you obtain it."

Dugu Feng was slightly surprised after hearing Gu Lei's words.

"Ordinary people who encounter such an opportunity would think only of becoming stronger and claiming it someday. Why are you willing to tell me?"

"If there are only a few treasures inside, there may be none for you."

"Teacher accepting me as your disciple is already my greatest opportunity. I am only a commoner, and at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, I have no one to rely on."

"Even this talent of mine was only a fortunate accident. A noble took notice of me and recommended me for admission. Normally, commoner students need Innate Soul Power of at least level seven to qualify for entry."

"That is precisely why I have been discriminated against in the academy, and the cultivation resources assigned to me are pitifully few."

"Good. Since you have chosen me, I certainly will not disappoint you."

After speaking, Dugu Feng brought Gu Lei to find Qin Ming.

"Teacher Qin Ming, could you arrange for this guy to stay in my dormitory? My dorm is large enough anyway, so one more bed won't matter."

When Qin Ming saw Dugu Feng coming to find him, he then looked at Gu Lei behind him and frowned slightly, because the badge on Gu Lei's body marked him as a Heaven Supreme Rank student.

"Please speak with the three education committee members. His Martial Soul is the Golden-Horned Toad, and I think my Martial Soul might be able to form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his."

"What? A Martial Soul Fusion Skill? Are you sure?"

Dugu Feng nodded. Gu Lei, standing behind him, was startled. He could indeed sense a reaction between his Martial Soul and Dugu Feng's.

But that reaction was not any so-called Martial Soul Fusion. It was the suppression of a higher-ranked Martial Soul over a lower-ranked one.

"Alright, I'll go speak with the three education committee members right away."

After Qin Ming left, Gu Lei asked worriedly.

"Teacher, wouldn't this be a little inappropriate?"

"What is inappropriate about it? It is only having you move in and live with me. Besides, it isn't as though a Martial Soul Fusion Skill cannot be created."

Dugu Feng thought of a martial technique from the Toad Style: Toad Overlapping Shadows.

This technique required two people, or even more, to execute.

Through a human-stack formation, Toad Overlapping Shadows used the Toad Style to pass the inner power within their bodies down in sequence to the person at the bottom.

Thus, the most crucial aspect of mastering the Toad Style was the strength of one's waist.

Toad Overlapping Shadows stacked the strength of multiple people into the final person, allowing that person to experience a tremendous increase in strength for a short period.

It was somewhat similar to a seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

And Toad Overlapping Shadows would likely be much easier than that, because when both the cultivation method and Martial Souls were the same.

The chance of successfully executing this move would be extremely high.

It was just that this move did not look very impressive.

And it was best used when the two parties' strength was not too different. If the disparity was too great, the increase in inner power would be negligible.