Symbiosis
Wang Xingyu reacted quickly, pinching Xiao Wu's cheeks to stop her from saying the rest of her words. "No, don't say it."
Xiao Wu's mouth was pinched shut, and she could only make muffled whimpering sounds, her eyes wide open.
Manually muting your mic is indeed a useful trick, but I can't imagine what Xiao Wu might blurt out. This isn't a no-man's land.
Wang Xingyu released his grip, unfolded his fan, and steered the conversation back on track.
"Currently, besides being able to detoxify, the Son of Blue Silver can unleash the three of our Soul Skill with very little Soul Power consumption. This combat state can last for about three minutes before dissipating. If we don't actively use Soul Skill, it can remain for about fifteen minutes, which can be used for reconnaissance or other purposes."
Tang San thought for a moment and speculated, "It's probably because the total Soul Power of the three of us is still too low to unleash the full power of the Son of Blue Silver. It combines the characteristics of three Martial Soul, but how much we can utilize depends on our own Soul Power limit."
Xiao Wu tossed her scorpion braid back, completely forgetting about being pinched in the mouth earlier. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's continue cultivating!"
The three sat down cross-legged again, and three strands of Blue Silver Grass emerged from their palms, Entanglement with each other to form Triangle Cycle in an instant. Soul Power flowed rapidly among the three of them.
The rich spiritual energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the medicinal power remaining in the bodies of the two extreme immortal Immortal Herb, and the combined cultivation speed brought about by the interconnected Soul Power of the three people—these three factors combined resulted in an astonishingly fast cultivation efficiency.
A few days later, the Soul Power in Wang Xingyu's dantian touched the threshold that had been blocking his way. The moment the bottleneck was broken, a warm current spread along his meridians and limbs, reaching level thirty.
Tang San and Xiao Wu's Soul Power also increased by one level.
Tang San reached level 37, and Xiao Wu reached level 36. As a side effect, Tang San used the Ice and Fire Spring Water to temper his Eight Spider Lances every day, and a very faint red and blue pattern began to appear on the surface of his deep purple spider legs, making the metallic luster of the barbs even stronger.
After Wang Xingyu broke through, the three of them went out to hunt for their Third Soul Ring.
The target this time is Symbiosis Flower, seven or eight small golden flowers blooming close together in the same place, with independent yet intertwined root systems. Each flower is small, but when seven or eight are together, they form a small patch of gold.
The characteristic of Symbiosis Flower is that their life force and Soul Power are completely interconnected. If any one flower is injured, the others will simultaneously send nutrients and life force to repair it. They can also use the Soul Power of other flowers to attack.
However, this time we weren't very lucky. We searched around but couldn't find any suitable age plants, only one that was four thousand years old.
A four-thousand-year-old Soul Ring had exceeded the theoretical limit of Third Soul Ring, but the three of them did not hesitate for long, since they could share the burden.
The hunt proceeded smoothly. Tang San used his Blue Silver Vines to control the Symbiosis Flower's vines, Xiao Wu's Moon Shadow and Moonfall severed the Soul Power link between the Symbiosis Flower. Wang Xingyu then delivered the final blow.
A purple, Thousand-Year Soul Ring rose from the remains of the Symbiosis Flower, and he sat down cross-legged.
Tang San and Xiao Wu sat on either side of him. The three Blue Silver Grass were already connected, Triangle Cycle began to share the impact of the four-thousand-year Soul Ring.
Compared to the difficulty he faced when absorbing his Second Soul Ring in the Soul Hunting Forest, Wang Xingyu's meridians are now significantly stronger.
Through the tempering of the Immortal Herb and the improvement of its level, the impact of a thousand years was dispersed into three parts by the Triangle Cycle, each of which was easily accommodated.
Not long after, the purple halo suddenly contracted and completely disappeared into his body. Level 31, Third Soul Ring.
Wang Xingyu opened his eyes and summoned the Blue Silver Grass from his palm. A very fine golden line appeared on the edge of the leaf.
"Third Soul Skill, Symbiosis. It can connect to two teammates of the same level, sharing life force. If the level is more than ten levels higher, it can only connect to one. The lower the Soul Power of the teammates, the more teammates can be connected."
While connected, I can also transfer the Soul Skill effects of my teammates—for example, if Xiao Wu uses Teleportation, I can transfer the Teleportation effect to myself or Little San. However, after the transfer, Xiao Wu's own Teleportation will be gone.
Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Does that mean that in the future, when we fight, Third Brother can Teleportation? Third Brother can go behind the enemy and poke them in the kidneys?"
"Let's try it first."
Wang Xingyu activated the Symbiosis, and Xiao Wu used Teleportation to transfer the full effect of her Teleportation Soul Skill to Tang San. Tang San's body suddenly disappeared from the spot and reappeared five meters away in an open space the next second.
He looked down at his hands, then back at where he had just been standing, and nodded. "It's alright. Although it's my first time using it, the Teleportation landing point was almost perfect."
"That's a very promising approach." Tang San walked back, already mentally calculating tactical combinations. "Using other people's Soul Skill in battle can produce unexpected results. Or, Xingyu, you could borrow Soul Skill like Teleportation, which would double the survivability of the support role. Moreover, Symbiosis can exchange life force, which, combined with Xiao Wu's Moonfall and Waist Bow's close-range fighting style, would greatly reduce the pressure on the front line to tank damage."
Wang Xingyu unfolded his fan, thinking that the potential of this Soul Skill was much greater than he had previously anticipated.
Borrowing is inherently a one-way aid, but with the addition of transfer, the level of tactical change shifts from who should use the skill to when and to whom. Its potential for development is indeed very high.
Tang San stood to the side, looking thoughtfully at the Blue Silver Grass in his palm.
"The Son of Blue Silver should have also acquired a skill at the same time."
"Yes, I feel the same way!" Xiao Wu shared the same sentiment.
The three reactivated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, unleashing the Son of Blue Silver.
The twelve or thirteen-year-old boy with only eyes appeared. This time, he had several extremely fine golden lines on his body, exactly the same color as the Symbiosis Flower, flowing slowly along the emerald green grass.
Tang San closed his eyes and sensed for a while before opening them.
"The Three Lives Pact. This skill doesn't require us to actively trigger it— the Son of Blue Silver has marked all three of us."
If one of them suffers a fatal injury, a Blue Silver seed will be born. The seed will protect the soul, and then the soul will automatically burrow underground, where it will be resurrected in about six months. However, there are two limitations: the Soul Power will decrease by five levels after resurrection, and the Three Lives Pact can only be used once.
"Six months, five levels drop, and it can only be used once." Xiao Wu counted on her fingers. "That's still amazing! Isn't that like having an extra life?"
Wang Xingyu tapped his palm with his fan; this must be an evolutionary process resulting from Symbiosis.
Although it wasn't an immediate resurrection, but rather required a six-month wait and regeneration, it was still incredibly powerful.
This trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was definitely worthwhile—I originally only planned to earn a few Immortal Herb to take away, but I not only awakened Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but now I also have a resurrection armor.