Chapter 26 Unparalleled, Soul Skill Fusion Technique!
"Buzz—!"
Ye Tianchen's third soul ring trembled violently, its dark light flickering uncertainly.
His golden lightning armor flickered on and off, while the earth-colored armor of the Azure Dragon opposite him was covered in cracks and extremely unstable.
The next moment, both energies dissipated simultaneously.
"Puff!"
Ye Tianchen spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning deathly pale instantly.
Two opposing energies clashed within his body, nearly damaging his meridians.
Even the Azure Dragon opposite him showed signs of pain.
"No... we can't activate them simultaneously..."
Ye Tianchen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, but the intense pain inside his body only made his eyes burn even more fiercely.
"Then... how about trying a sequential arrangement?"
He adjusted his strategy, first activating Thunder Seal - Protection, and the instant the armor took shape, he immediately had the Azure Dragon unleash Earth Dragon Shaking Strike.
This time, the energies did not clash, and the golden lightning armor successfully appeared, while the Azure Dragon also acquired earth-colored armor.
But Ye Tianchen did not smile, because the problem was equally obvious.
Although the two soul skills were used one after the other, they were still independent entities.
His lightning-type soul skill remained his lightning-type soul skill, while the Azure Dragon's soul skill remained an earth-type soul skill, showing no signs of "fusion".
But Ye Tianchen was not discouraged. He kept changing the combination and trying again and again, learning from his failures.
Three hours later, the open space was covered with traces of various soul skill bombardments.
A strange mix of blackened lightning strike craters, shattered piles of earth and rocks, and areas scorched by lightning and buried by soil.
Ye Tianchen was in a terrible state. The continuous failures had depleted most of his soul power, his meridians were aching from the energy conflicts, and his mind was exhausted from the intense concentration.
Sweat soaked through his clothes, his hair was disheveled and stuck to his forehead, and even the golden lightning pattern on his forehead had dimmed a bit.
"Wrong again..."
He knelt on the ground, looking at the remnants of his soul skill that had once again dissipated, and a hint of wavering finally flashed in his eyes.
Am I mistaken? Is there no such thing as fusion between soul skills?
But as soon as the thought crossed his mind, he ruthlessly extinguished it.
"Impossible... It doesn't exist? No!"
Ye Tianchen muttered to himself, his voice hoarse.
"Six years ago, everyone said I was a good-for-nothing, that my greatest achievement in this life would be becoming a Great Soul Master. But now, I'm a Three-Ring Great Soul Master! A month and a half ago, I was still struggling with my first soul ring, but now? My first soul ring is a hundred thousand years old, and my third soul ring is an extremely special mutated soul ring, so..."
He slowly straightened up, his back ramrod straight.
"I don't believe it's impossible!"
This time, he didn't rush to activate his soul power, but instead closed his eyes and focused his mind inward.
He watched as the golden seed in his dantian slowly rotated, each rotation bringing with it pure lightning power.
He sensed the intent emanating from the Azure Dragon and felt the earth's power flowing within its body.
"Neither simultaneously, nor sequentially..."
Ye Tianchen murmured softly, pausing slightly.
"Could it be... resonance?"
He thought of the trees that had been struck by lightning.
The instant lightning struck, the intense heat charred the wood, and the charred powder floated in the residual lightning.
"Earth... Thunder..."
"The earth dragon shakes and shatters the soil and rocks, creating dust... The lightning seal uses electric current to generate a magnetic field, thereby controlling this dust and generating even more powerful..."
"Dust... magnetic field..."
Ye Tianchen's eyes snapped open!
In that instant, all the confusion, all the obstacles, all the bewilderment vanished!
A clear path, like lightning cleaving through the darkness, flashed brightly in his mind!
He moved. The movement was slow and steady.
The third spirit ring slowly lit up, but this time, the flow of soul power was completely different from before.
It was not a diversion or a switching flow, but rather a spiral-like resonant flow.
One-third of the soul power was injected into the Azure Dragon, which let out a deep dragon roar with a unique rhythm, and the ground undulated like the tide.
"Buzz…"
The ground shook, not violently heaving, but with high-frequency tremors.
Centered on Ye Tianchen, the ground within a radius of thirty meters began to crack and shatter.
Instead of blasting it into pieces, it was shaken into extremely fine powder!
Fine dust rose into the air, but instead of spreading, it was held in place by an invisible force, forming a "dust and mist domain" with a diameter of thirty meters.
The moment the dust and mist took shape, the other two-thirds of the soul power surged into the golden seed within Ye Tianchen's body like a river bursting its banks!
The golden lightning pattern between his eyebrows burst forth with dazzling light. Ye Tianchen formed a complex hand seal in front of his chest. It was neither the defensive seal of Thunder Seal - Protection nor the offensive seal of Thunder Seal - Attack, but a completely new "fusion seal" that he had comprehended on his own!
"Thunder Domain - Dust Lock!"
As the deep voice was uttered, the entire dust and mist realm changed!
The dust, which was originally floating randomly, was instantly connected, penetrated, and controlled by countless fine golden arcs of electricity!
Each dust particle became a node in the electric field, and the entire domain transformed into a vast and intricate lightning matrix!
Inside the matrix, the electric field strength increased exponentially, the air was ionized and emitted a pungent odor, and light was distorted and refracted in the dust and fog, forming an eerie halo!
"This is..."
Even Ye Tianchen himself was shocked by this scene.
He could sense that everything in this area was under his control.
The location of every dust particle, the intensity of every electric field, even... the flow of air within the domain!
With a slight thought, a towering tree at the edge of his domain was suddenly pulled away by an invisible force and vanished instantly—it was truly a disappearance visible to the naked eye!
With another thought, the dust transformed into a blurry film of light that enveloped him entirely.
A perfect blend of offense and defense, adaptable to any situation!
"This power..."
He looked at a three-meter-high boulder outside the area and focused his mind.
"Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!!"
The dust and mist domain contracted instantly, and countless dust particles carrying high voltage swept past like a storm!
There was no loud noise, only a dense hissing sound like raindrops hitting banana leaves.
After three breaths, the dust and mist dissipated.
The giant rock, like the towering ancient tree from before, disappeared...
No, it didn't disappear; it turned into the finest powder, scattered by the wind, leaving not even a fragment the size of a fingernail.
Only a smooth, mirror-like shallow pit remained, with glassy material at the bottom that had melted and then solidified—traces of the high temperature generated by the high voltage that melted the sand and gravel.
Ye Tianchen stood there, silent for a long time.
Then, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"A Soul Saint... The power of this attack has definitely reached the Soul Saint level..."
Moreover, this was not an ordinary Soul Saint, but a full-force attack from a Soul Saint with a top-tier martial soul and excellent soul ring configuration!
What's even more frightening is that this was only the result of his first attempt.
[end of the chapter]