Chapter 260: A Martial Soul Fusion Skill That Should Not Exist, Sacred Heart Ancient Tree
The terrifying energy fluctuations of the Sacred Heart Ancient Tree, carrying an aura of life pure to the extreme, erupted explosively from within the sealed training ground and shot straight into the sky.
The sturdy walls of the training ground emitted unbearable buzzing sounds, while even the entire ground trembled faintly in response.
Outside the heavy alloy doors of the training ground, two figures flashed into existence almost simultaneously, bringing fierce gusts of wind with them.
The ones who arrived were precisely Dugu Bo and Liu Erlong.
Upon arriving, Dugu Bo immediately used a soul power barrier to conceal the disturbance.
Liu Erlong had originally been working in the nearby teaching building.
Before she could even set down her lesson plans, her heart had already leaped at the sight of the terrifying energy.
She almost instinctively circulated her soul power and rushed out in a flash.
Arriving at the entrance of the training ground, her eyes were filled with anxiety.
"What is this?!"
Dugu Bo's old eyes were filled with shock and suspicion.
The two stood at the entrance of the training ground.
With a single glance, they saw the gigantic ancient tree inside, filling the entire space and blotting out the sky.
That pure, untainted life aura rushed toward them almost tangibly.
The two instantly froze in place.
The soul power throughout their bodies tensed subconsciously, yet they were quickly bathed in life energy.
One of them was a Poison Douluo who had seen countless strange wonders across the continent.
The other was a top-tier Soul Saint powerhouse who had ventured through many dangerous lands.
Yet neither of them had ever encountered such a dense and pure life aura before.
Even the life force of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was far inferior to this ancient tree that had appeared out of nowhere.
What shook their hearts even more—
They were merely standing at the doorway, separated by some distance, yet enveloped by this life aura.
The old hidden injuries accumulated over the years within their bodies, injuries that even medicine struggled to heal, were actually slowly stabilizing and recovering.
Warm currents continuously spread through Liu Erlong's body.
Even her originally sluggish soul power circulation became much smoother, and her bottleneck loosened once more.
The two looked at each other, completely bewildered for a moment.
They simply could not understand what had caused such an enormous commotion within this sealed training ground.
Just as they were uncertain and suspicious, the light within the training ground began to dissipate gradually.
The Sacred Heart Ancient Tree, which had blotted out the sky, slowly turned transparent, branch by branch, leaf by leaf.
In the end, it transformed into countless shimmering blue and crimson light particles intertwined together, becoming dancing fireflies that gradually dissipated into the air.
Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling emerged from the trunk where the Sacred Heart Ancient Tree had vanished.
The Blue Silver Grass that spread throughout the entire training ground began retracting along the ground.
Eventually, all of it returned to Lin Qingmo's palm without leaving behind the slightest trace.
The blooming Nine Heart Begonia floating in the center of the training ground also slowly closed its petals.
Carrying faint crimson light, it drifted back into Ye Lingling's hand and returned to dormancy once more.
Lin Qingmo and Ye Lingling simultaneously swayed slightly as they withdrew from the martial soul fusion state.
The two stood side by side, both completely stunned.
Looking at their own palms, their faces were filled with disbelief.
Ye Lingling's mind was filled with the shocking scenes from when their martial souls had fused moments ago.
She lowered her head to look at her palm, which still shimmered faintly with blue light.
Then she suddenly raised her head to look at Lin Qingmo beside her.
Confusion and shock flowed from her clear eyes.
Martial Soul Fusion Skill!
She had actually triggered the one-in-ten-thousand Martial Soul Fusion Skill together with her captain, Lin Qingmo.
How was this possible?!
On the Douluo Continent, there were countless soul masters.
But only a very small number—one in ten thousand—could trigger a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
To activate such a skill, three core conditions had to be met: connected hearts, compatible martial souls, and a specific opportunity.
The soul masters participating had to possess extremely high levels of tacit understanding, trust, and spiritual resonance. This was the foundation of fusion.
The martial souls of both sides needed special connections or complementary attributes, forms, or abilities. Not just any martial souls could fuse.
Fusion usually only succeeded during crucial moments in battle or under intense pressure.
For example, the Golden Holy Dragon, renowned across the continent, required Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to jointly trigger it.
Another was the Star Luo Empire's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger.
It required the Dai family's White Tiger and the Zhu family's Hell Spirit Cat, whose martial souls were naturally complementary and whose souls were highly compatible, to unleash a power far beyond their individual levels.
This innate compatibility was established from the moment their martial souls awakened.
As long as they approached each other, they could sense the attraction and resonance between their martial souls, which was impossible to hide.
But she and Lin Qingmo had been together for a very long time.
Throughout all that time, they had never once felt even the slightest resonance between their martial souls.
How could two people who previously lacked any resonance suddenly trigger a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?
This defied all common sense.
Lin Qingmo stood silently, equally shaken, as turbulent waves surged through his mind.
More than anyone else, he understood clearly that such a martial soul fusion should never have been possible between him and Ye Lingling.
His Blue Silver Grass martial soul was not the Blue Silver Emperor.
Meanwhile, Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia was the continent's top-tier and unique healing-type martial soul, earning the title of "ultimate healing."
Aside from both being plant-type martial souls with life attributes, they had no other similarities.
The essence of their martial souls, their levels, and their developmental paths were worlds apart. There should have been no possibility of fusion.
Then where did that earth-shaking martial soul fusion come from just moments ago?
Could it be... because of that suddenly erupting green stone?
As the two remained filled with shock and unable to understand, the doors of the training ground suddenly pushed open.
Dugu Bo and Liu Erlong rushed inside quickly.
With several flashes, they arrived directly before the two of them.
"Ah Qing! Lingling! Are you two alright?"
Liu Erlong spoke first. Her almond-shaped eyes carefully examined the two from head to toe, her tone thick with concern and barely suppressed shock.
"What exactly happened just now?"
"What was that tree that blotted out the sky? Those energy fluctuations were far too exaggerated."
"What exactly were you two doing?"
Dugu Bo also spoke, his old eyes fixed on Lin Qingmo, unable to hide the curiosity and shock within them.
"This old man has never seen such a terrifying life aura before. Speak. What world-shaking thing did you two create?"
Lin Qingmo took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and confusion within his heart before replying:
"Teacher Erlong, Old Poison, we're fine,"
"Just now... the two of us accidentally triggered a Martial Soul Fusion Skill."
"Hah?"
The moment those words left his mouth, Liu Erlong and Dugu Bo simultaneously sucked in a cold breath.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill?!"
Liu Erlong's voice suddenly rose sharply; her face was filled with disbelief.
"You and Ye Lingling have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?!"
End of Chapter
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