Condensing Soul Cores; Jiaojiao: How Could You Be So Selfish!
In the original story, the Dragon Core that Mu En obtained was only a true dragon, far from reaching the level of the Ice and Fire Twin Dragon Kings. Even so, it almost caused Mu En to go into a state of demonic possession, and he had to exhaust his energy to dispel the malevolent energy.
Now, with a mere wave of his hand, Elder Yi can wipe away the malevolence from it.
Lu Cheng took a deep breath and swallowed both the Ice and Dragon Core at the same time. He was immediately struck by a double shock of ice and fire, but thanks to Elder Yi's intervention, these mere Dragon Core could not cause any significant disturbance.
A wisp of dragon energy within it was forcibly suppressed by Electrolux.
So it obediently stayed in Lu Cheng's dantian, not daring to do anything rash.
"Condense the Soul Core in accordance with the momentum!"
Electrolux spoke solemnly, his tone now more serious.
"Yes!"
Lu Cheng nodded, a hint of joy appearing in his eyes.
In the original novel, Huo Gua condensed his first Soul Core at the Soul Saint realm. With Lu Cheng's physical strength and cultivation, he was already capable of condensing one long ago, but he kept delaying it until he had completely refined the Ice and Fire Dragon Core today.
With the help of the Ice and Fire Dragon Core, it can be directly transformed into Dual Soul Cores.
In fact, because he had been practicing the Golden Core Skill since childhood, Lu Cheng already had a Golden Core in his dantian, but that Golden Core was far inferior to the Ice and Fire Dragon Core.
"Buzz..."
As Lu Cheng closed his eyes and sat cross-legged in the pool, the hot pot boiled completely. The extreme power of ice and fire raged within Lu Cheng's body, like a storm, battering the giant sail of Lu Cheng.
"Pfft~"
Lu Cheng's face turned pale, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Although he was confident in condensing Soul Core, he didn't say it was Soul Core of this level. The conflict between water and fire is the most primal mutual generation and restraint between heaven and earth, let alone two terrifying beings who once controlled the elemental power of this world.
"Hold on!" Electrolux frowned slightly, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.
Failure now means all previous efforts have been in vain.
Was it too hasty?
Lu Cheng had been trying his best to delay, constantly honing his physical body and strengthening his foundation, all for this day. But he never expected that Lu Cheng, whose physical body was now comparable to Super Douluo, would be unable to withstand the madness of the dual extremes of ice and fire.
"Yes!"
A bloodshot color gradually appeared in Lu Cheng's eyes.
Meanwhile, the surface of the skin gradually exhibited a contrasting pattern of ice and fire, alternating between a pale, icy blue and a scorching, fiery red, causing the entire lake surface to boil even more.
A bottomless vortex seemed to appear around Lu Cheng, continuously drawing energy from the lake into his body. At the same time, visible to the naked eye, two nascent Soul Core, one flawlessly clear and the other glowing with fire, were rotating rhythmically in his dantian.
The energy surging in from all directions was absorbed by the vortex formed by the rotation of the two Soul Core.
However, Electrolux and the others did not relax at all, their expressions remaining tense, because this was the most crucial step in condensing the Soul Core.
Maintaining balance.
Achieving a certain balance between the two Soul Core is no easy task, as these Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores mean that Lu Cheng must control energy that far exceeds his own Soul Power by tens or even hundreds of times, making it akin to walking a tightrope.
If one is not careful, causing this enormous energy to lose its balance, one will suffer severe injuries, or even explode and die.
In the original novel, when Huo Yuhao condensed his Soul Core, he at most relied on the energy from the Dragon Core bestowed upon him by Mu En.
But Lu Cheng... had to balance the terrifying energy within the Ice and Fire Dragon Core.
The difficulty suddenly increased dramatically.
Is it alright?
Snow Empress's beautiful eyes were filled with worry as she clenched her delicate hands together.
"It's... okay." Lu Cheng gritted his teeth and forced out the words.
He was trying his best to control the balance of the two Dragon Core, but the spiritual energy of heaven and earth he was absorbing was becoming increasingly out of control, at least hundreds of times that of his body. At this moment, a thick layer of halo was attached to both Dragon Core pills, and the speed of rotation was so fast that it was difficult to see with the naked eye.
"Snow Empress, Jiaojiao, you two make your move!"
Seeing this, Electrolux spoke up decisively.
"One ice, one fire—help Lu Cheng control the two Dragon Core!"
"Good!" ×2
Within the Sea of Consciousness, both women solemnly spoke.
Snow Empress transformed into an ice-blue light and rushed towards the ice-blue Soul Core, while Jiaojiao rushed towards another crimson Soul Core. Both of them attached their souls to the Dragon Core and tried their best to control it.
Electrolux wasn't idle either; he completely enveloped Lu Cheng's body in gray mist, waiting to strike as soon as he sensed something was wrong.
Fortunately, it was over in less than half an hour.
The rotation of the ice and fire Dragon Core gradually slowed down, completely transforming into the two Soul Core within Lu Cheng's body, and gradually stabilizing.
"Call..."
Lu Cheng slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, but his eyes gleamed.
His left pupil burned like fire, while his right pupil was a pale blue like ice. These heterochromatic eyes represented his two Soul Core and two Martial Soul...
"I've actually evolved!"
"I am surprised," the Snow Empress said, having detached herself from the icy blue Dragon Core.
Her body seemed to have undergone some unconscious changes, gaining a trace of... dragon energy, and it was the kind of pure bloodline that placed her at the head of all dragons.
That is, the legendary Ice Dragon King.
As for the other Martial Soul, the Sun-Shooting Bow remained unchanged. The Golden Crow itself was an extremely overpowered being, and no flame could affect it. In just a moment, the Three-Legged Golden Crow opened its mouth and swallowed the last remnant soul of the Fire Dragon King...
have eaten.
It replaced the Fire Dragon King, leaving its mark upon it.
The Snow Empress, on the other hand, chose to inherit the Ice Dragon King, thus advancing her own Martial Soul.
"Level 86..."
Lu Cheng's eyes twitched. He had only recently advanced to the Soul Douluo level, and he was already one step closer to becoming Titled Douluo.
Most importantly, in the original story, Huo Gua only completed the condensation of the Yin-Yang Dual Soul Cores during his second advancement to Titled Douluo.
Lu Cheng has already exceeded expectations in balancing the two Soul Core, so his future path will only be smooth, and advancing to the Titled Douluo will be a natural progression.
"But... has no deity contacted me yet?"
Lu Cheng frowned slightly.
It seems I'm still too weak.
It's also possible that a deity is on its way on horseback.
He shook his head, banishing the distracting thoughts from his mind.
Looking at the Snow Empress was gently gazing at him, he softly took the beautiful woman's slender hand in his. "Thank you for your hard work this time."
"I've been yours for a long time, whether I live or die, so there's no hardship involved. But if you really want to make it up to me, there's another way," the Snow Empress said gently, but a hint of shyness and resentment seemed to appear in her noble and beautiful eyes.
"Damn it! How could you be so selfish!"
Jiaojiao watched from the side, speechless.
"Where's my mom?! Where did you put her?!"
"It wasn't just Snow Empress who helped you just now, I helped too!"
She felt like this guy didn't treat her like a woman, but like one of the guys.
"Oh... and Jiaojiao, thank you too."
Lu Cheng gave an awkward smile. Over the years, Jiaojiao had indeed been silently making sacrifices for him.