In the forest, staring at the horrifying scene before him, Tang Hao's right hand had long since dug tightly into the tree trunk, his entire mind trembling uncontrollably.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill... This is actually a Martial Soul Fusion Skill! That little bastard's martial soul can actually fuse with the Clear Sky Hammer!"
Majestic Clear Sky Sect, radiant Clear Sky Hammer... The continent's number one sect, the number one tool martial soul—there had never been an example of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yet now, that terrifying crimson phantom...
The Clear Sky Hammer had actually resonated with that little bastard's blood energy, erupting with an unprecedented power of destruction!
The Clear Sky Hammer that had hung in the sky moments ago, outlined by threads of blood, had actually emitted such terrifying pressure. It seemed to carry bloodline suppression from an even higher plane, making even him, a Titled Douluo, tremble uncontrollably, as though the Clear Sky Hammer within his body was submitting beneath that crushing pressure.
This kind of power...
"How am I supposed to look at that little bastard from now on?!"
With a sudden punch, Tang Hao shattered the tree trunk beside him. Excitement mingled with a trace of unwillingness in his eyes.
Xiao San's Clear Sky Hammer now had something capable of performing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with it. This meant that when Xiao San restored the glory of the Clear Sky Sect in the future, she would have even greater confidence. No one would be able to stop her!
But... this also seemed to mean that he would never again be able to change Xiao San's feelings for that bastard Lin Yue!
"Damn it!"
Cursing inwardly in frustration, Tang Hao gritted his teeth.
Why did it have to be this guy's martial soul? Why could it actually resonate with the Clear Sky Hammer...
Sigh, forget it. Things had come to this. No matter how he looked at it, he no longer had any reason to stop him and Xiao San from being together...
He could only hope that the brat would behave himself and treat Xiao San wholeheartedly.
Unable to sense even a trace of the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard any longer, Tang Hao calmed himself and retreated back into the shadows. Silent and unseen, he had never been discovered or noticed by anyone from beginning to end...
"Ha... ha..."
Panting heavily, Tang Yin's body went limp. Just as she was about to collapse to the ground, Lin Yue reached out and caught her.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Brother Lin. I'm just a little drained."
Feeling the violent killing intent that had surged madly through her mind just now, that pure madness and bloody aura of destruction, Tang Yin's face turned pale beyond her control.
Was that the power Brother Lin had always been controlling?
If he felt such terrifying power every time he used his martial soul, just how much mental pressure had Brother Lin endured without breaking down?
In that instant, Tang Yin seemed to understand why the spiritual power she had sensed earlier had been so immense.
"That was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill just now. I didn't expect us to be able to use one."
The instant Tang Yin held the Clear Sky Hammer, Lin Yue had sensed that resonance.
Lin Yue gave it a try, never expecting that they could truly use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill—and that it could kill the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard, whose combat power surpassed that of a Millennium Soul Beast, in a single strike.
If they had not been able to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he would have had to consider using the sword in his right hand. He did not even know whether he could have handled it...
While still catching her breath, Tang Yin did not reach out when Lin Yue handed her a bottle of medicine. A faint blush surfaced on her pale face. Parting her lips, she took the bottle between them, gazed at Lin Yue with tender eyes, and obediently tilted her head back to drink the medicine in one gulp.
Her depleted Soul Power, trembling arms, and shattered meridians began recovering rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she could move without issue again.
"Brother Lin, what is this?"
Looking at Lin Yue in astonishment, Tang Yin had never imagined that such miraculous medicine existed in this world.
Most terrifying of all, despite also being skilled in pharmacology and toxicology, she could not identify a single medicinal ingredient in it. It seemed as though it had formed naturally.
"Medicine I brewed, just in case."
After downing two bottles himself and wiping his mouth, Lin Yue pointed at Su Yan and Yu Xiaogang ahead.
"Wake them up and give them two bottles each. Tell them the medicine was a healing Soul Master's prepared soul skill. Don't tell them I brewed it."
"Mm, okay!"
Knowing that this medicine was surely an extremely important secret treasure, Tang Yin nodded with a smile, utterly unsurprised. She merely felt that there was another little secret between herself and Brother Lin, and her heart was filled with sweetness.
Whether it was the Martial Soul Fusion Skill just now or their experience of facing life and death together, both made Tang Yin feel heartfelt joy. She now had even more intimate memories with Brother Lin.
Thinking this, Tang Yin walked over to Su Yan and poured two bottles of medicine down him in succession.
Lin Yue, meanwhile, helped up the limp Yu Xiaogang and fed him two bottles.
The two opened their eyes almost the instant the medicine entered their stomachs, looking around in confusion.
"What happened?"
Su Yan, only now realizing what had happened, rubbed his head and felt that his body still ached faintly.
He only remembered activating his third soul skill and attacking that frenzied blood lizard with all his strength, leaving no Soul Power behind for defense.
What happened the next instant, he did not know.
But when he looked up now, all he could see was wreckage covering the ground and the corpse of a huge blood lizard.
"Teacher Su, this blood lizard was an extremely attack-oriented Soul Beast. It completely abandoned its defenses, and your strike left it severely wounded."
Instantly understanding Lin Yue's intention, Tang Yin nodded repeatedly. A trace of feigned admiration flashed across her little face as she said pretentiously,
"Yes, yes. Without your attack, Brother Lin and I definitely couldn't have killed it."
"Is that so? Was I that amazing?"
As Su Yan slowly rose to his feet, he suddenly felt rather embarrassed. He had thought he had been instantly defeated by a single blow, and his face burned with shame.
"Really? But I clearly remember it being full of life just now."
Yu Xiaogang barely got to his feet, his entire body aching. The near-death agony from when he had been struck still felt vivid. How had his body suddenly recovered so much?
"This blood lizard looked fierce because its trait seemed to be that the more severely it was injured, the stronger its combat power became. It looked powerful on the surface, but it was actually already on its last breath."
Lin Yue spoke nonsense offhandedly, yet the two nodded, half-believing and half-doubting. They quickly let the matter go.
After all, the world was vast, and all kinds of Soul Beasts existed. After the tragedy just now, as long as everyone was alive and had not suffered any lasting injuries, they were already fortunate enough.
Only Tang Hao, hidden behind the forest shadows, had his mouth twitch violently as he cursed inwardly!
Damn it, that brat. He was so good at talking and deceiving people. No wonder Xiao San was willing to sacrifice herself to save his life. She must have been fooled by his sweet talk.
"Alright, since that's the case, Little Lin, hurry up and absorb the Spirit Ring. A Soul Beast of this level is already at the top of Beast Soul Forest. Its presence must have scared off all the nearby Soul Beasts. Let's absorb it quickly and leave, lest something unexpected happen."
Looking around anxiously, Su Yan swiftly summoned his martial soul again and leaped onto a branch to stand guard.
"Alright." Lin Yue nodded, sat cross-legged before the Spirit Ring, and began absorbing it.
"Xiao San, were you alright just now? Didn't I tell you to run? How could you fight it?"
Yu Xiaogang, having recovered some ability to move, came over to Tang Yin again. But Tang Yin turned her head away, a flash of disgust appearing in her eyes. She toyed with a silver needle in her delicate hand, as though considering when to strike ruthlessly.
"By the way, Little Tang, what was that medicine we drank just now?"
Feeling his Soul Power and injuries recovering rapidly, Su Yan could not help asking curiously from his lookout on the branch.
"Ah, Brother Lin said it was supplies he had prepared in advance. He bought it from a healing Soul Master in Nuoding City. It came just in time—our Soul Power almost ran out."
"I see. Then it really saved our lives. For a soul skill to be stored for so long, that healing Soul Master must be very powerful. No wonder the effect was so good."
With that explanation, Su Yan immediately nodded repeatedly.
Food-type Soul Masters were quite rare, yet that brat had even prepared this. He was truly meticulous. No wonder he could spot the blood lizard's weakness and defeat it in a single strike.
However, looking at the back of the brat absorbing the Spirit Ring ahead, Su Yan could not help shaking his head and clicking his tongue.
These two little geniuses could no longer be called geniuses. They should be called monsters.
For their First Spirit Rings, one had been the nearly seven-hundred-year-old Jade Bamboo Grove, while the other had been the Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard that exceeded seven hundred years. The bloodlines and combat power of both Soul Beasts were extraordinary, no weaker than Millennium Soul Beasts... Soul Rings of this level were something ordinary Soul Masters could not obtain even for their second ring.
If this continued, these two little monsters' Second Spirit Rings would probably reach the thousand-year purple level directly. No one in all of Nuoding City would be able to help them hunt...
Su Yan's gaze swept over the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard lying dead on the ground, and he could not help feeling curious.
With such a powerful Soul Beast, what kind of absurd soul skill would it produce?