Martial Soul Fusion

"Ah?" Tang Wulin was stunned. "But didn't you just say this was impossible?"

She changed her mind way too quickly.

Huo Yutong pursed her lips slightly.

"Didn't you say people should have dreams? There's no harm in giving it a little try."

"Th... that's true."

What Huo Yutong said did make sense. If they succeeded, everyone would be happy. Even if they failed, they would not lose anything.

"Then what should we do?"

"Hmm..." Huo Yutong thought for a moment. "I remember that when those twins used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill during the day, they hugged each other. Let's imitate them."

"...Are you sure?"

"Mm."

Huo Yutong nodded firmly.

Looking at her like this, Tang Wulin's face grew a little hot.

It was not as though he had never had intimate contact with Huo Yutong before. At the beginning of the school term, when she fainted in class, he had carried her to the infirmary.

The problem was that the atmosphere was completely different this time.

When Huo Yutong fainted at the start of term, Tang Wulin had been extremely anxious. Other than getting her to a doctor as quickly as possible, he had thought of nothing else.

But this time was different. It was late at night, in Huo Yutong's room, with the two of them alone. The setting was entirely different, enough to set one's imagination running wild.

But since Huo Yutong, a girl, had no objections, it would be far too unbecoming for him, a boy, to act all hesitant and awkward.

Tang Wulin took a deep breath and pulled Huo Yutong into his arms.

Soft. That was Tang Wulin's first impression of Huo Yutong's body.

Unlike him, whose entire body was covered in muscle, Huo Yutong's body seemed to be made of water, without much solidity to it.

Her petite form nestled against his chest like a precious piece of porcelain—beautiful and fragile. A possessive urge and a desire to protect her rose instinctively within him, making him reluctant to let go.

At that moment, Huo Yutong was having similar thoughts.

Lying against Tang Wulin's chest, listening to his powerful heartbeat and feeling his firm body, she felt an unusually intense sense of security. It was as if, as long as she remained in this embrace, any danger could be resolved.

The feeling captivated her beyond measure. The unease that had always lain hidden deep within her heart suddenly vanished without a trace.

Huo Yutong took a deep breath, inhaling Tang Wulin's masculine scent. Enraptured, she burrowed further into his arms. Her usually calm and rational eyes became hazy, veiled by a thin mist of moisture.

They simply held each other without speaking. Only after a full half minute did Tang Wulin come to his senses first and remember their purpose.

His face flushed for a moment, but he was too embarrassed to point out that he and Huo Yutong had both lost themselves in the moment. He could only silently mobilize his Soul Power and send it flowing into Huo Yutong's body.

"!"

At his movement, Huo Yutong immediately snapped awake. She instantly realized what she had just done, and her cheeks turned crimson.

Overwhelming embarrassment left her too ashamed to look Tang Wulin in the eyes. She could only bury her face in his chest and play ostrich.

Yet even as she played ostrich, she did not forget to cooperate with Tang Wulin. She mobilized her Soul Power and brought it into contact with his.

"—"

The instant their Soul Powers came into contact, both their expressions changed.

Their Soul Powers merged without the slightest obstruction, forming an entirely new kind of energy.

More than that, after their Soul Powers completed their fusion, their Bloodline Power and Spiritual Power, even both of their Martial Souls, broke free of their control and began to surge violently.

Tang Wulin had no time to care about the intimate atmosphere from before. He hurriedly tried to release Huo Yutong, but it was already too late. He could no longer control his own body.

Naturally, Huo Yutong was in the same situation. The two could only maintain their embrace as they felt every force within their bodies merge together.

The first to react were the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul and the Golden Dragon King Bloodline. The Spiritual Power controlled by the former and the Bloodline Power brought by the latter rapidly intertwined, gradually fusing and ascending.

Next came Huo Yutong's unawakened Ice Attribute Martial Soul. It came into contact with the likewise not fully awakened Bluesilver Emperor Martial Soul, achieving a wondrous balance.

Finally, after the fusion of the two powers they used most often was complete, the deepest hidden power within their bodies was finally stirred.

"Wuh..."

Huo Yutong suddenly let out a sound close to a whimper. A sharp pain struck her mind, and she lost consciousness. In her place appeared a pair of gray eyes.

A gray soul ring rose from beneath her feet, and dense Death Aura burst forth.

Drawn by this Death Aura, as though some instinct to oppose it had arisen, intense Life Force suddenly erupted from Tang Wulin's body. A Green-Gold current poured out from within him and intertwined with the Death Aura.

"Huo Yutong's" eyes instantly lit up.

"So I wasn't mistaken. This child actually has remnants of Life Divine Power within him. What a pity that it has been suppressed by this powerful bloodline. Otherwise, his Martial Soul would not be so weak."

Looking at Tang Wulin, who had likewise lost consciousness, she pondered briefly before revealing a mysterious smile.

"Very well. For the sake of how much you've helped stabilize Yutong's mind during this time, I'll grant you a fortuitous opportunity."

The gray current controlled by "Huo Yutong" suddenly stopped confronting the green current emerging from Tang Wulin's body head-on. Instead, it even took the initiative to fuse with it.

The remnant soul of divine consciousness with the death attribute and the residue of divine power with the life attribute joined together, giving birth to a terrifying yet mysterious fluctuation.

To gods, divine consciousness and divine power were the two core components of their strength. In theory, if a person possessed both divine consciousness and divine power, they would not be much different from a true god.

This fusion brought incomparably immense benefits to both Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin, and their auras began to soar without end.

At the same time, the Golden Ancient Tree beside Sea God's Pavilion began to tremble. Sensing its presence, "Huo Yutong" raised an eyebrow and guided Tang Wulin's Life Divine Power toward it.

At once, a terrifying life aura was drawn out from the Golden Ancient Tree and began gathering continuously toward the two of them.

This was no small matter. The Golden Ancient Tree was the core of Sea God Island. As its energy was rapidly depleted, it naturally drew the attention of every Shrek elder.

More than a dozen powerful auras suddenly appeared on Sea God Island. In an instant, they all arrived at Huo Yutong's room, but they were already too late. "Huo Yutong" had used the Golden Ancient Tree's Life Force to form a massive cocoon, wrapping Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong within it.

Looking at the cocoon, the sloppily dressed old man at the head of the group gave an angry snort and prepared to strike and shatter it.

At that moment, a withered hand pressed down on him.

"Stop, Xuan Zi."

Xuan Zi froze, then hurriedly cupped his hands respectfully toward the owner of the hand.

"Elder Mu, do you know what is happening?"

Mu En slowly shook his head and said calmly,

"I don't know. But you must not act rashly. It is not yet time to draw conclusions. We must wait and see."

As he spoke, his deep gaze fell upon the strange cocoon before him.

If the previous events had still been within his control, then this matter had completely exceeded his expectations.

The course of the future had suddenly become impossible to predict.