Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

That's a 100,000-year-old soul beast! Zhang Lexuan's lips parted slightly, unable to hide her shock. Just then, Kong Tianxu's voice seemed to ring in her ears:

"Martial Soul True Form, quick! I can't control it for much longer!"

Zhang Lexuan's combat skills are beyond doubt. Her delicate body immediately floated backward, perfectly merging with the crescent moon behind her that had been poised to strike.

The cool moonlight, like mercury spilling onto the ground, enveloped her—this was her true form, the Silver Moon, a powerful form that combined ranged and melee attacks.

Just as the crescent moon was shining its brightest light and slowly descending, a pair of steady hands gently held it up.

Kong Tianxu gently stroked the moon, his five fingers like a comb, smoothing the flowing moonlight. The misty silver light trembled slightly in his palm, resonating with it.

The purplish-gold mark between his brows flickered. The next moment, a burst of intense silver light erupted from him and the crescent moon!

Zhang Lexuan clearly felt that the arrogant and noble soul power surged into her body again, and her heart trembled slightly.

It was because she had tried that she vaguely understood that Kong Tianxu's soul power contained a quality that she did not possess—an essence that seemed to transcend all things and had already been sublimated.

She couldn't explain why, but she could clearly sense its presence.

This time, she offered no resistance, completely opening her mind and soul power, allowing Kong Tianxu's power to penetrate deep into her soul.

Then, everything changed.

The sense of distance that had been lofty and distant within Kong Tianxu's soul power was rapidly fading, replaced by an indescribable warmth. The initial sense of repulsion quickly diminished until it disappeared completely.

His soul power... is changing? How is that possible? Could it be a self-created soul skill?

In the instant she was shocked, their soul powers merged together as if by water flowing into a channel! This seamless, natural fusion was something Zhang Lexuan had never experienced before.

Kong Tianxu's soul power stormed in with undeniable force, yet it seemed to be an integral part of her own being, or rather, a higher existence born from the origin of her power. This caused her to experience a moment of disorientation.

In that daze, the soul power cycle between her and Kong Tianxu was completed, skipping the extremely long process of adjustment that should have been.

The strange light began to distort, transforming the area within a radius of several thousand meters into a dazzling silver domain. A resounding dragon roar echoed, and a phantom-like yet noble silver dragon-shaped figure began to circle and dance around the crescent moon.

Countless colorful points of light converged from the void, and under the guidance of the magnificent rosy glow, the silver dragon's light and shadow began to slowly merge into the crescent moon.

Chapter 180 Reunion! The Two Elders of Xuanming (Part 1)

Kong Tianxu opened his arms.

The crescent moon in the night sky suddenly transformed into pure silver-white. The incandescent moonlight cascaded down like a waterfall, illuminating all directions and revealing every detail.

Moreover, it is transforming into a full moon in a clear sky at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the halo is like a real embrace, gently enveloping Kong Tianxu's figure.

The bright moon expanded wildly, its diameter exceeding a hundred meters in an instant. Then, with the force of a falling object, it crashed down, completely engulfing the space below and the Blood Moon Wolf King, which had just shown signs of thawing.

As far as the eye could see, everything turned into a vast expanse of silvery white.

The dragon's roar blended perfectly with the moonlight, and the dazzling light seemed to plunge the world into a sacred silence that lasted for a full ten seconds before slowly fading away.

Zhang Lexuan already possessed level 80 soul power, while Kong Tianxu was a six-ring Soul Emperor with three martial souls. With the added strength of multiple super martial souls, his soul power was essentially no different from Zhang Lexuan's at level 80; they could be considered ordinary eight-ring Soul Douluo level experts.

The fusion skill of eight rings plus eight rings is already at the level of a Title Douluo, and within this silver moonlight there is an almost irresistible spiritual and all-elemental erosion power.

There was no explosion, no loud noise; it was as if only the moonlight gently caressed everything. All things paled in comparison to the moonlight.

The next moment, accompanied by an unwilling howl, the Blood Moon Wolf King crashed to the ground.

No, it would be more appropriate to call it the Silver Wolf King at this moment. Its mottled, blood-red fur had turned silver-white, and its enormous body was slowly but continuously melting away.

As the moonlight faded, Kong Tianxu and Zhang Lexuan's figures reappeared.

However, their posture at this moment was a bit strange. Zhang Lexuan was held in Kong Tianxu's arms like an infant. Her slender body was curled up, outlining a round and soft curve. Her pretty face was nestled against Kong Tianxu's chest, and her eyelashes trembled slightly.

Their heights were almost the same, yet they appeared remarkably harmonious at this moment. Kong Tianxu's right arm wrapped around the beautiful woman's pert buttocks and slender waist, her soft, delicate body exuding a gentle tenderness. Even through a layer of clothing, the touch was captivating, causing a slight tremor in his heart.

Kong Tianxu originally had ulterior motives for saving Zhang Lexuan. He came to Shrek Academy solely for the Dragon Pill, but Shrek Academy's conditions were cunning, requiring him to complete three years of study before entering the Golden Tree. He was unwilling to wait that long.

Given Zhang Lexuan's importance to Shrek Academy, she should be a good starting point for solving this problem.

But looking at the soft moonlight in his arms, his body, which had only recently lost its virginity, couldn't help but feel a strange sensation.

Zhang Lexuan was not yet fully awakened from the vast afterglow of the fusion of her martial souls. She heard a deep, powerful heartbeat in her ear, and a calming aura lingered around her nose. She slowly opened her eyes.

"Soul fusion...you actually defeated that 100,000-year-old Blood Moon Wolf King." Her voice was slightly dazed.

Zhang Lexuan originally thought that no matter how strong Kong Tianxu was, he would not surpass her, but judging from his performance in suppressing the Blood Moon Wolf King, she knew that he could not do it.

"Yes, we defeated it together," Kong Tianxu said in a somewhat somber voice.

As she gradually regained consciousness, Zhang Lexuan first felt as if she were dreaming, and then she realized that her posture was abnormal.

Being held like this by a boy?

Zhang Lexuan instinctively tried to move, but Kong Tianxu's arms were too strong, as if they were cast in steel and did not budge in the slightest. Her soul power had been almost completely drained in the martial soul fusion skill just now, making her movements meaningless.

Or perhaps, her rejection wasn't so firm under the probing of that strong yet warm embrace.

She didn't try again, but looked at Kong Tianxu, her dark eyes filled with struggle.

A pair of purple eyes also looked back. Facing Zhang Lexuan's somewhat evasive eyes, the fiery passion in Kong Tianxu's eyes quickly faded, and the gradually cooling purple light once again enveloped that captivating depth.

The soul connection silently severed, and the strange resonance abruptly vanished, leaving Zhang Lexuan with a strange emptiness in her heart. Warmth and confinement disappeared simultaneously—

Kong Tianxu released her.

What should have been a joyous moment after victory was instead filled with an inexplicable stillness. Kong Tianxu closed his eyes to regulate his breathing and remained silent.

Zhang Lexuan suppressed the inexplicable melancholy in her heart, quickly straightened her slightly disheveled clothes, her mind in turmoil, and for a moment she didn't know where to begin asking questions.

"Your second spirit hasn't absorbed a spirit ring yet, right? This 100,000-year-old Blood Moon Wolf King is considered powerful among 100,000-year-old spirit beasts. You were the main force in this battle, so go ahead and absorb it. I'll protect you."

She spoke very quickly, as if she were making amends, or perhaps trying to escape something.

“No need. This 100,000-year spirit ring is not suitable for my second spirit, but it is very suitable for your moon spirit.”

Kong Tianxu spoke calmly. He wasn't really making a fuss. Although the Blood Moon Wolf King was a 100,000-year-old soul beast, its bloodline level could only be considered as the second level.

Even the lowest quality Immortal Spirit Grass among Kong Tianxu's Soul Rings and Soul Bones is considered a mid-to-high-end existence in the first tier, while the Myriad Thunder Demon Vulture and the Xuanjia Jade Horn Rhinoceros are the pinnacle existences in the first tier.

As for Kong Tianxu's Silver Dragon Soul Bone, it subtly exceeds this scope.

The so-called soul beast tiers don't actually have a very detailed distinction; they're just a general evaluation of a soul beast's talent. Simply put, the most powerful of the top-tier beast and plant soul spirits can be considered in the first tier. Super beings like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, needless to say, rank extremely high within this tier.

The second tier, which follows, also belongs to those with exceptional talent, but they are not considered too strong. However, if a human soul master awakens the corresponding martial soul, they would definitely be considered top-tier.

For example, the White Tiger, a member of the White Tiger Duke family of the Star Luo Empire, passed down through generations; Zhu Qingbingchan of Meng Hongchen; and Wang Dong'er's Goddess of Light Butterfly, which she obtained from who-knows-where, can all be included, and they are among the best of the best.

The third level covers a very wide range, generally corresponding to high-level martial souls among humans. The Tiger Demon Cat, Golden Wolf, and the famous Soft Bone Rabbit that Kong Tianxu encountered all belong to this level.

As for those further down the line, they're basically things like Wind Baboon and Blue Silver Grass, so let's not even talk about them.

Absorbing the Blood Moon Wolf King's spirit ring and spirit bone would be a waste of one's talent, but it is quite suitable for Zhang Lexuan. After all, it is a 100,000-year spirit ring, which would be of great benefit even to a genius spirit master. Moreover, the Blood Moon Wolf King itself possesses a certain amount of lunar power.

"And do you still have a soul power protector?" Kong Tianxu raised his eyes and glanced at her. "We are still in the Star Dou Great Forest. Let's absorb it as soon as possible. That Blood Moon Wolf King is about to die. We need to improve our strength as quickly as possible. We don't know what we will encounter next."

The Blood Moon Wolf King was still alive, lying there with its chest heaving. The silvery-white light was constantly corroding its body, and the wounds all over its body were turning black, also corroding and expanding. It was clear that it wouldn't live much longer.

He's actually willing to give up his 100,000-year-old spirit ring for me...?

Zhang Lexuan bit her lip and said nothing more. She slapped the Blood Moon Wolf King on the forehead, ending its life.

A blood-red soul ring finally bloomed after the Blood Moon Wolf King breathed its last.

But she didn't stop. She groped around on the Blood Moon Wolf King's body. A moment later, a sharp flash of moonlight appeared, and she pulled a ball of blood-red light from the Blood Moon Wolf King's torso and handed it to Kong Tianxu.

That was a soul bone, the kind that every 100,000-year-old soul beast would produce.

"Take it. I will report this to the academy. This soul bone is definitely yours."

After saying that, she went straight back to the Blood Moon Wolf King and sat down cross-legged.

Kong Tianxu held up the priceless 100,000-year-old torso bone. "You guessed the soul bone in my left hand a long time ago, but you didn't say much, did you?"

Zhang Lexuan trembled slightly, but did not speak again. She silently drew the Blood Moon Wolf King's soul ring onto herself, and the crimson color slowly bloomed.

So stubborn.

Kong Tianxu shook his head and examined the Blood Moon Wolf King's torso bone. Although it was also a 100,000-year-old soul bone, it was much worse than the Silver Dragon's skull in terms of appearance. However, its integrity was not bad, as it also contained a portion of the sternum and ribs in addition to the spine.

Suddenly, Kong Tianxu had a flash of inspiration and took out the feathered serpent soul bone, but after a moment, he was disappointed.

It is obvious that the Feathered Serpent Soul Bone and the Blood Moon Wolf King's standard torso bone do not seem to be compatible. In other words, once the Feathered Serpent Soul Bone is absorbed, unless a sacrifice is made, the torso bone may not be able to be absorbed normally.

It's a useless material; it seems it can only be used as a material for synthesizing soul bones. I'm afraid that soul bones that are compatible with it will be rare.

Kong Tianxu put both of them back into his storage soul ring, and his soul power circulated. The vast power of his level 63 soul power manifested, and rings of golden light quietly covered the area. In the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, the speed of soul power circulation under the Myriad Beginnings Returning to Origin Domain and the absorption of the power of nature were also faster.

After the battle with the Blood Moon Wolf King and the fusion of his martial soul with Zhang Lexuan, his level 63 cultivation has been completely stabilized. He knew about the fusion of their martial souls from the beginning. The reason why Zhang Lexuan failed to test it successfully the first time was because of the destructive divinity within him.

As the possessor of the divine seed, his soul power has undergone a fundamental change compared to that of a normal soul master. Unless it is a possessor of the same level of divinity, it is difficult to directly fuse with his martial soul.

Besides this, there is another reason why he is not so enthusiastic about spirit fusion.

Kong Tianxu turned his attention to his spiritual sea, beneath which, beneath the platinum ocean, a faint moon hung hazily in the sky, its shadows indistinct, as if it were nurturing something.

He had some experience in spirit fusion, but unlike Cain's kind of mutual understanding, there was an abnormal attraction between his spirits and Zhang Lexuan's spirits. This caused not only their spirits but also their consciousness to be unconsciously drawn to each other, as if they were instinctively trying to merge into one.

Especially after using the Martial Soul Fusion Skill this time, his feeling was even more pronounced, and he didn't know whether this attraction was good or bad.

However, the harvest from this soul hunt was still quite substantial. Everything else was just a bonus, but the ring bone of the Xuanjia Jade Horn Rhinoceros was a real surprise.

Chapter 181 Reunion! The Two Elders of Xuanming (Part 2)

External soul bones can evolve as the soul master's cultivation level increases. Under the extreme pain of alternating ice and fire within its body, the Xuanjia Jade Horned Rhinoceros not only produced an external soul bone, but also caused an extremely rare linkage mutation in its soul ring due to the blood sacrifice of the Black Jade Xuan Horned Rhinoceros herd. As long as there is enough essence of water and earth bloodline, it is only a matter of time before it evolves to a level of 100,000 years or even higher.

However, it's not easy to find a soul beast that possesses both water and earth attributes. Maybe I can try using that golden tortoiseshell skull later.

At the same time, his control over water attributes has been elevated to a new level. During the last competition, he was unable to completely suppress the Xuanwu summoned by Xu Sanshi in terms of water element control. In the end, he only managed to break through the Xuanwu's awakening by relying on the suppression of the Silver Dragon's bloodline and the advantage of his cultivation. It won't be so troublesome in the future.

As Kong Tianxu pondered, he felt the steady accumulation of soul power within his body. If things continued like this, he would probably be able to reach level 70 within two years.

Time passed quickly during meditation. Kong Tianxu's cultivation was progressing normally, but Zhang Lexuan on the other side gradually developed problems.

Originally, her aura was steady, and the blood-red light of the 100,000-year soul ring only wrapped around her body in wisps, creating a faint blood-red outline around her body.

But slowly, it seemed to reach a certain critical point, and the blood-red light transformed into rings of thorn-like light that tightly bound her body.

The blood color grew increasingly intense, almost turning into a blood-soaked outfit. A certain madness finally revealed its claws from the seemingly harmless blood color, and began to tighten suddenly. The intense pain caused Zhang Lexuan's forehead to instantly break out in sweat.

The feeling of being tightly wrapped up and suffocated was incredibly painful. Zhang Lexuan knew that it wasn't because her willpower or cultivation was insufficient to absorb the 100,000-year soul ring; her physical strength was still a bit lacking, and it was too much for her to withstand the enormous energy of the 100,000-year soul ring. She was also a little anxious, wanting to finish absorbing it as soon as possible so as not to burden Kong Tianxu, which led to the current situation.

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