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"Impossible!"
Jia Na watched helplessly as Xiao Lin, who had already collapsed from complete depletion of soul power, erupted with a final burst of flames, completely obliterating his attack in one fell swoop.
At this moment, a trace of bewilderment flickered within his eyes.
How could this be possible?
It felt normal to him that the flames had consumed his Ice Powder. But how could a person with absolutely no soul power left suddenly erupt with a new source of energy?
Could it be that soul power itself wasn't just something a Soul Master drew in from the natural spiritual energy of heaven and earth? Or perhaps, soul power also existed in other parts of the human body, not just within the meridians?
Xiao Lin's actions reignited Jia Na's fanatical passion for research.
In truth, he had attempted many cruel and inhumane experiments in the past. For instance, he had once bound a pair of lovers who had completely exhausted their soul power to iron pillars, and then poured freezing water over their bodies.
Under such conditions, if the lovers wanted to save themselves or the one they deeply loved, their only choice was to find a way to break through their limits and unleash their latent potential. Yet, even in that dire situation, the couple had done nothing but curse him fiercely.
No other hidden power had erupted from them.
This had left Jia Na deeply perplexed.
He had originally hoped to find the secret to Martial Soul Fusion through such experiments. After all, forcibly fusing the martial souls of other Soul Masters into his own body had not granted him greater strength.
It was merely a forceful patchwork of martial souls, a sloppy assembly.
It only turned his initial "one" plus several other people's "one" into a combined value of barely one point five. What he truly desired was a qualitative transformation, a true fusion like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
Now, seeing Xiao Lin erupt with his own inner power even when backed into a hopeless corner, how could Jia Na not be ecstatic? This undoubtedly provided Jia Na with a correct direction for his research.
It turned out that his experimental theory wasn't wrong; he had simply chosen the wrong subjects. Perhaps that couple's love for each other hadn't been true love, or perhaps they simply lacked sufficient innate potential to begin with.
According to the research of Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, a Soul Master could not overdraw their potential to grow too quickly, or it would damage their foundation. In other words, if one's foundation was robust enough, overdrawing themselves was entirely possible.
Jia Na's mind raced rapidly, even deriving a theoretical basis from Yu Xiaogang, who was no longer recognized as a Grandmaster. Now, the conclusion Jia Na arrived at was this: Xiao Lin's foundation was incredibly profound.
He possessed a profound will that ordinary people lacked, unlocking boundless possibilities. In a certain sense, Jia Na had actually stumbled upon the correct conclusion. In legendary tales and novels, such conclusions were always the absolute truth.
"What a pity."
Jia Na sighed inwardly.
He felt a twinge of regret for wearing Xiao Lin down to the point of death like this.
If Xiao Lin were still alive, he would definitely choose to capture him alive and study him meticulously. At this moment, looking down at the raging fire burning intensely below, Jia Na's Ice Powder was no longer of any use.
However, what triggered Jia Na's curiosity was the fact that this fire was actually growing larger and larger. Could a flame burn so fiercely without any physical fuel?
Before Jia Na could ponder further, he suddenly noticed that the golden, vortex-like flames were about to engulf the girl he favored the most—the girl who possessed a powerful beast martial soul.
This was something Jia Na absolutely could not tolerate.
"Are you an idiot? Hurry up and run!"
Jia Na roared, his face masking an anxious expression, appearing just like a close friend of Tang Ni who was deeply worried for her safety.
Tang Ni, naturally, could not abandon Ye Lingling behind her. Furthermore, through the flickering flames, she faintly caught sight of Xiao Lin raising his index finger, wagging it gently in front of her.
Xiao Lin's destiny and luck had not diminished.
This was Xiao Lin's deceptive trap!
Tang Ni arrived at this conclusion in an instant upon hearing Jia Na's anxious shouting and seeing him disregard the danger, preparing to fly down to rescue her. How could Tang Ni not understand Xiao Lin's plan by now?
Good grief, he's actually using me as bait!
Damn you, Xiao Lin. You really are too devious!
A faint smirk played at the corner of Tang Ni's lips. Inwardly, she couldn't help but acknowledge Xiao Lin's wicked intelligence—an intelligence she actually quite liked. Immediately after, Tang Ni put on a display of deep, tragic love.
A single tear escaped the corner of her eye and traced a path down her cheek.
"Xiao Lin is dead... I don't want to live anymore either."
As she spoke, Tang Ni hoisted the Golden Dragon Spear and hurled it violently toward the sky, aiming straight at Jia Na, who was just about to fly down and rescue her.
The Golden Dragon Spear tore through the air. Following a sharp, whistling gust, Jia Na was finally jolted out of his panicked state. Only then did he realize that Tang Ni's Golden Dragon Spear had grazed his cheek, tearing away a chunk of flesh from his face.
The sharp sting of pain restored a fraction of Jia Na's rationality. But in the very next second, he witnessed a scene that filled him with ultimate regret.
"Xiao Lin, I'm coming to join you!"
Tang Ni charged directly into the swirling vortex of fire, letting out a blood-curdling shriek.
"Ahhhh!"
"No!"
Jia Na watched helplessly as the Soul Master with the strongest beast martial soul threw herself into the fiery vortex.
There was absolutely nothing he could do to stop it.
In the next instant, like a moth to a flame, he dove straight into the vortex of fire. He reasoned that with his powerful regenerative capabilities, he absolutely had to pull that female Soul Master with the strongest beast martial soul out of the blaze.
He figured that since the battle was already over, sustaining a few injuries wouldn't matter much. However, just as Jia Na endured the agonizing pain of the burning flames and flew into the golden vortex, he was met with the sight of Xiao Lin and Tang Ni looking at each other and smiling.
Then, they turned their gazes toward him, flashing devilish grins.
"We finally tricked you into coming in!"
"It finally worked!"
Xiao Lin smiled faintly, a gleam of triumph from his successful scheme flashing across his eyes.
"What?!"
"How can you still have soul power?!"
Jia Na stared at Xiao Lin in absolute disbelief.
Given the destructive scale of the attacks Xiao Lin had used previously, an ordinary Soul King should have long exhausted their soul power.
Xiao Lin, however, had no intention of wasting words on Jia Na. Seeing that Jia Na had flown into the fiery vortex and was now trapped, struggling to break free, a pair of dragon horns adorned with gold and blue patterns erupted from the top of Xiao Lin's head!
"What?!"
"Could it be that you also...?!"
Staring at Xiao Lin's flawless dragon horns, a flash of envy crossed Jia Na's eyes, instantly assuming that Xiao Lin was a kindred spirit who had done the same experiments.
"No, wait... This isn't the same as mine..."
"An External Soul Bone? Xiao Lin, you actually possess something like this?" Tang Ni blurted out, breaking the realization.
"An External Soul Bone?!"
"How is that possible? I have never seen this kind of horn before!"
Jia Na's face was a mask of utter disbelief.
At this moment, knowing deep down that escape was impossible, the fear of death strangely vanished from his face. All that remained was a fanatical desire to study Xiao Lin's External Soul Bone.
Yet, the only response Xiao Lin offered him was the continuous surging of soul power into his two Divine Giant Dragon Horns, which pulsed with alternating brilliant gold and deep blue light. In the next second, two radiant beams—one gold and one blue—shot directly toward the sky.
Trapped tightly by the fiery vortex, Jia Na instantly lost consciousness.
Xiao Lin's laser beams carried both an intensely high temperature capable of incinerating anything in an instant, and a freezing low temperature capable of absolute preservation. To any living organism, the combination of these two extreme attributes was completely fatal.
It didn't matter what kind of fused monstrosity Jia Na had turned himself into.
Gradually, the flames dispersed, and Jia Na vanished into nothingness.
Xiao Lin collapsed heavily onto the ground, panting violently. Unleashing those laser beams had drained his soul power immensely.
Smack!
As the flames completely died down, an icy-blue object plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily onto the scorched, frozen earth.
"Huh? Is that a soul bone?"
Tang Ni, who was currently in the best physical condition, noticed the falling block of ice and finally discerned the object encased within.
It was Jia Na's soul bone!
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