Surging Soul Power, Mu En's Death

Ji Feng could not possibly contain all of Mu En's soul power. The ideal outcome would be for someone to help him seal away most of it, leaving only a small portion for him to use, then gradually release the seal as his strength increased.

But who would help him?

Ji Feng's body trembled nonstop. Patches of bloody scabs had already formed across his skin, and the skin beneath them had turned completely red. The speed at which blood and vital energy circulated through his body had reached a horrifying level.

Anyone else would have already exploded and died.

At that moment, however, the Dragon Core was protecting him, keeping his origin from being damaged.

The accelerating circulation of his blood and vital energy proved that the powerful soul power was remodeling his body. He was becoming compatible with it!

Roar!!

The Reverse-Bone Evil Dragon martial soul behind Ji Feng gradually became solid. With a furious roar, black-and-white scales sprouted across his body. A thin film of dragon power also coated his organs, meridians, flesh, and bones. No matter how the soul power scoured them, it could not break through that defense.

The intense fluctuations of blood and vital energy, the crimson scabs, and the piercing golden light within his Conception and Governing Vessels painted a terrifying picture.

The black-and-white scales covering Ji Feng grew increasingly dense. His martial soul was protecting him.

At first, the golden light had resembled two fine threads. Though brilliant, they were slender, traveling back and forth through his Conception and Governing Vessels.

As time passed, however, the two streams of golden light grew increasingly powerful, illuminating Ji Feng's entire body.

The pain in Ji Feng's body changed again. The tearing agony gradually transformed into a dull ache throughout his body, as though a giant hammer were pounding him.

It was agony beyond measure. Wave after wave of pain came, and the blood and vital energy within him began surging like the tide, battering his meridians.

His meridians seemed to be hammered and tempered over and over by a giant hammer, growing ever stronger!

Crackling sounds rang out constantly throughout his body as waves of excruciating pain assaulted Ji Feng's mind.

Mu En could also feel his soul power relentlessly battering Ji Feng, and wild joy swept through his mind.

A soul master's meridians would grow fatigued from repeatedly breaking and healing. Soon, they would no longer hold out and would rupture completely!

He and Bei Bei would survive!

Ji Feng's Sea of Consciousness churned violently, sometimes trembling, sometimes surging like raging ocean waves!!

His meridians changed from bright gold to pale gold, then back to bright gold.

This was the process of his meridians repeatedly breaking and rebuilding, and the pain it brought was the most intense of all.

It itched! It itched so badly!

Ji Feng truly felt that he could no longer hold on. Mu En's soul power was as vast as a mist-shrouded sea, not to mention that he had two Soul Cores.

Ji Feng had only mastered the first level of the Northern Darkness Divine Skill. How could he possibly absorb it all?

His will began to waver. Cracks appeared throughout his Sea of Consciousness. If those cracks continued to widen, it would inevitably explode with a thunderous crash, shattering his Sea of Consciousness completely!

Mu En sensed it too and cried, "It worked!! It worked!! Bei Bei!! This monster is going to die!!"

Suddenly, Ji Feng roared, "Mu En!! In your dreams!! I will never die!! You're the one who's going to die!!"

Mu En froze for a moment. He could feel Ji Feng's stubborn resolve!

That cry seemed to sound the horn for a counterattack. The cracks densely covering his Sea of Consciousness actually began to heal miraculously!

"The Lesser Shang Meridian opens the Mysterious Ford; reverse the River Chariot against the Northern Dipper.

Gather the first trickling drops into the sea of qi; let neither heart nor thought cling to a speck of dust."

The first-level cultivation formula of the Northern Darkness Divine Skill echoed repeatedly in Ji Feng's mind. These verses, which he had known by heart since childhood, became an indescribable power that erupted within his mental world. Every crack that had appeared as he reached his limit healed at an astonishing speed. His Sea of Consciousness re-formed, tougher than ever before!

Mu En was stunned. Ji Feng, a ten-year-old child, had actually endured the agony of his meridians being torn apart. How powerful a will did that require?! At that moment, Mu En felt more than hatred toward Ji Feng. A trace of fear had crept in as well.

This little Ji Feng was certainly not someone the likes of Xuan Zi could contend with in the future. What path could Shrek take now?!

Two hours later, the alternation between bright and pale gold slowly stabilized. Finally, the color settled into a deep, noble gold, exactly the same as the Dragon Core's original color.

And Ji Feng's body underwent an earth-shaking transformation.

After being ravaged by Mu En's soul power and repaired by the Dragon Core's golden light, the meridians throughout his body were noticeably thicker and clearer.

He had also grown a little taller. His muscles, meridians, fascia, blood vessels, and organs had all become at least ten times tougher than before.

The phantom of the Reverse-Bone Evil Dragon behind him returned to his body as well. The scales on his skin vanished, leaving it immeasurably smoother than before. A faint golden sheen shimmered across it, radiating boundless nobility.

His eyes had remained open all along, and his black pupils looked even deeper.

If there was one word to describe it, it was transformation!!

When he had first left Dragon-Sighting Village, he had merely been a child whose martial soul had not even awakened. No future could be discerned for him at all.

But now, his meridians had been reborn. Carrying the pure soul power of a Level 99 Limit Douluo, he had become a true super-genius!!

And there was this Dragon Core too!

"Quick, keep going! Don't stop! Keep absorbing Mu En's soul power." The girl's voice was extremely urgent.

Ji Feng said, "If I absorb any more, I really will die. You still want me to keep going?"

"You have to! Mu En is about to die. Hurry! I'll handle the overflowing soul power!"

Ji Feng nodded, and the torrent of soul power he had been about to stop intensified once more!

This time, there was no pain at all. The soul power streamed toward the space between Ji Feng's brows, gathering there. Something inside seemed to be taking it in.

It was the Dragon Core!!

Mu En's entire body shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye!

His soul power was rapidly absorbed. Ji Feng was like a gigantic whirlpool, constantly drawing out his soul power and pouring it into the Dragon Core between his brows.

The Dragon Core shone with a piercing light as soul power circulated within it. Most of Mu En's soul power had been sealed inside!

Mu En, meanwhile, had become a dried-out husk, with red blood constantly seeping from his body!

Crack-crack-crack!!

A grating noise rang out. Every bone in Mu En's body broke, and he collapsed onto the reclining chair. Two small golden spheres flew out, one from his chest and the other from his dantian!

These were Mu En's two Soul Cores!

Bang!

Both Soul Cores shattered at once and rushed toward Ji Feng's right hand!

"Release your martial soul!" the girl said.

Ji Feng had no time to think. He released his Reverse-Bone Evil Dragon martial soul, and the phantom of a giant dragon appeared behind him.

But the girl snapped, "Not that one!"

Ji Feng froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered his second martial soul.

How did she know?

The second martial soul in my left hand!

Space!

The Soul Core fragments surged into Ji Feng's left hand. Silver light blazed, and the space within the Sea God Pavilion rapidly distorted. An enormous suction swept Ji Feng up and dragged him into an unknown space.

The silver light faded.

Bei Bei stared at Mu En's corpse and the spot where Ji Feng had vanished without a trace, horror covering his face!

What had happened?!!

My great-great-grandfather, a Level 99 Limit Douluo!!

Had died at the hands of a ten-year-old child!!