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Above the boundless grassland, dark clouds covered the sky, and a fine drizzle fell, blown by the wind, slanting towards the ground.
In the distance, a mountain range, almost uniform in height, appeared and disappeared like a wall in the mist.
Water flowed into low-lying areas of the grassland, forming small puddles, and a foot clad in black leather boots stepped into a puddle, creating large ripples.
A young man, dressed in a black classical robe, wearing a pointed soft hat, and with a monocle over his right eye, walked onto a prominent mound.
He gazed at the distant, continuous mountains, which looked like man-made city walls, his eyes deep.
Behind him, another young man, dressed and appearing identically, slowly approached.
The approaching young man raised his right hand, pinching the upper and lower edges of his monocle with his index finger and thumb, and chuckled softly:
"The operation went very smoothly.
While Space Fire Amon, held off Mo Yanzhong, Amon, who was lurking in the Mo family's main lineage, launched a suicidal Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, killing and injuring many Elders… Here, this is what you wanted, Main Body."
He tossed a scroll towards Amon, who was in front of him.
The scroll circled over Main Body Amon's shoulder, and Main Body Amon raised his forearm to catch the secret technique scroll thrown by the clone.
The Main Body glanced at the scroll and chuckled:
"Do you know? This land where we are standing is called 'Dragon Burial Basin'.
In the distant past, thousands of years ago, among the barbarian tribes, there was an even more powerful tribe, the Manlong Tribe.
They even showed the power to unify the Northern Continent.
"But such a powerful tribe disappeared overnight, along with their stronghold… They were buried by dragons.
"The Mo family's fusion method originated from the Combined Dragon Secret Technique of the former Manlong Tribe.
They rose by it and also fell by it.
The Manlong Tribe attracted the Ancient Dragon Emperor because they captured a young Higher Void Ancient Dragon with a trace of royal blood.
"According to the records in ancient barbarian texts, on that day, a giant dragon, ten thousand feet long, flew out from the clouds, and its dragon claws descended from the sky, striking a bottomless pit into the grassland.
"The entire Manlong Tribe was wiped out by that single claw.
That deep pit is where we are standing now… the Dragon Burial Basin."
Amon's Avatar below the mound raised an eyebrow and said, "The Higher Void Ancient Dragon Emperor from thousands of years ago… Zhu Kun?"
He then looked at the uniformly high, continuous mountain range in front, which resembled a city wall, and tutted:
"What terrifying power… So what we actually need is the original version of the Combined Dragon Secret Technique, not the 'Hundred Beasts Art' that the Mo family has altered beyond recognition?"
The Main Body curled his lips into a smile: "The Combined Dragon Secret Technique can combine more than just dragons.
When humans use it, they can fuse with any Magical Beast, it's just that Magical Beasts with dragon bloodlines have a higher success rate of fusion… But we are Worms of Spirit, and when we use it, we can fuse with humans."
Amon unrolled the scroll, and a large amount of information poured into his mind.
This scroll contained not only the original version of the Combined Dragon Secret Technique but also the Mo family's years of experimental insights and summaries, as well as the rudimentary and incomplete "Hundred Beasts Art."
The Combined Dragon Secret Technique can fuse Magical Beasts, including both body and soul.
Each person can only fuse once, otherwise, both body and soul will collapse.
There are two fusion methods:
One is to choose a young Magical Beast, newly born, with a powerful bloodline.
The souls of such Magical Beasts are relatively pure, and after fusion, their influence on one's own will is not too great.
After fusion, it can improve one's own aptitude, suitable for children who are just starting to cultivate Dou Qi.
However, children cannot learn such a complex secret technique, comparable to a Heaven-tier cultivation method; it can only be performed by others on their behalf.
The other method is to directly fuse with an adult Magical Beast, which can directly grant the opponent's strength and instantly improve oneself, typically used when breaking through a major realm.
The souls of adult Magical Beasts have already matured and contain a fierce aura, so one generally does not choose to fuse with living Magical Beasts, but rather with the corpses of Magical Beasts that have recently died and had their souls removed.
The disadvantage of the second method is that adult Magical Beasts do not have the plasticity of young Magical Beasts; once fused, they become fixed, losing the possibility of further advancement.
The advantage is that one can directly possess the opponent's powerful combat strength.
However, this type of fusion is not without limitations; the person undergoing fusion must possess the corresponding soul realm, otherwise, directly fusing with an overly powerful Magical Beast corpse will cause the soul to be unable to withstand the pressure of fusion.
To fuse with the corpse of a Dou Venerate-level Magical Beast, the fuser must have a Spirit World soul.
To fuse with the physical body of a Dou Saint-level Magical Beast, a Heaven Realm soul is required, otherwise, the probability of success is extremely low.
The Mo family's improved "Hundred Beasts Art" reduced the learning difficulty, and a person could selectively fuse with parts of a Magical Beast's limbs, combining the strengths of multiple Magical Beasts into one.
The same body part can only be fused once.
The "Hundred Beasts Art" had not yet completely solved the rejection reactions between different limbs; if too many were fused, the body would mutually repel, facing the danger of disintegration.
Both of these secret techniques are very suitable for Amon.
Worms of Spirit themselves possess the ability to parasitize and integrate into others' bodies, having extremely strong compatibility, which can maximize the avoidance of the side effects of rejection and conflict in the "Hundred Beasts Art."
As for the Combined Dragon Secret Technique… Amon is still an underage Magical Beast baby, with immense potential, and without doing anything that would harm that potential, he is guaranteed to reach Dou Saint.
If someone wanted to perform the Combined Dragon Secret Technique, the young Amon would be the most suitable subject…
Of course, the price is the habit of wearing a monocle.
After obtaining the secret technique, Amon immediately began to verify some of his conjectures.
He looked at the Amon avatar who had brought him the scroll and said with a smile, "It's you, the capable one does more work."
Clone Amon sighed: "I knew it, the Main Body should be hung on a lamppost, he's even more black-hearted than the most black-hearted capitalist…"
He complained a few times, then asked, "How do we do it?"
Main Body Amon transmitted a spiritual message.
The clone began to act.
He looked at the Lightning Turtle perched on the Main Body's shoulder, reached out and took it, and then activated the Combined Dragon Secret Technique on it.
A grayish mist rose from Amon's body, and within the mist, with specks of starlight, he transformed into an insect with twelve rings and a starlight-like coloration.
His body melted, turning into a puddle of gray liquid.
The Lightning Turtle also melted, turning into a puddle of blue-purple liquid.
The two puddles of liquid gradually approached and merged.
Gray mixed with blue-purple, and blue-purple mixed with gray, the boundary between the two gradually blurred, becoming indistinguishable.
Main Body Amon watched silently from the side; he did not connect to the clone's mind, fearing it might bring unknown effects to the Main Body.
As time passed, this mass of liquid erupted with a stronger aura, breaking through Dou Emperor, surpassing Dou Ancestor, but this aura was suppressed by an inexplicable force.
The liquid suddenly split, turning into six smaller masses of liquid.
Then, they gradually deformed, forming the outlines of human bodies.
After the simple human forms were outlined, facial features such as noses, eyes, and mouths slowly appeared.
Finally, five identical Amons appeared before Amon's eyes.
They all had the cultivation of an initial Dou Emperor.
The secret technique was not yet complete; the physical fusion had ended, but there was still the fusion of souls.
In the dim space, a grayish mist permeated.
The giant Lightning Turtle appeared here in its soul form.
Due to the secret technique, the Worm of Spirit parasitic in its body was also separated and categorized to Amon's soul side.
Opposite the Lightning Turtle's soul, Amon, clad in a black robe and wearing a pointed soft hat, rapidly expanded.
He opened his mouth and swallowed the Lightning Turtle in one gulp.
He glanced at the faint, enormous presence hidden behind the black mist, feeling the vast, ancient, bloodthirsty, and mad aura it exuded, Amon did not linger and immediately left the soul space.
The five Amons all opened their eyes simultaneously.
After the first secret technique was performed, Amon took out Mo Shou's corpse, the previously collected souls, and the stronger corpses intentionally left behind during the massacre of the barbarian tribe, and he continued to experiment.
After multiple experiments, Amon summarized some patterns:
The secret technique is not necessarily human to Magical Beast, or Magical Beast to human; Magical Beasts can also fuse with Magical Beasts.
The secret technique can be performed on corpses but not on souls.
Worms of Time that have undergone fusion will lose their parasitic ability, but this does not affect splitting or Convergence.
An unfused Time Worm and a fused Time Worm, when "aggregated" into one, similarly lose their parasitic ability.
A person can only fuse once; if someone has already performed it, then one cannot fuse with them or their corpse again.
Using the Combined Dragon Secret Technique is different from parasitism; after fusion, the target will completely become one with oneself.
The fused entity of the two will also be incorporated into Amon's mass rule system, unable to break through the limit of not exceeding one-tenth of the Main Body's mass.
…
The last point is also the reason why five Amons appeared after the first use of the secret technique, fusing with the Lightning Turtle.
For a moment, the clone's cultivation broke through to Dou Ancestor strength, but because the fused entity was also recognized as Amon, its level would be suppressed by the rules.
Before his cultivation was lowered and energy overflowed, Amon voluntarily split, turning into five weaker avatars that did not exceed the mass limit.
…
After Amon figured out what would happen when he used the Combined Dragon Secret Technique himself, he began to wait in place.
A few days later, a dark crack slowly appeared beside Amon, and silver-white flames squeezed out from the crack.
Then, a pair of pale hands reached out from the crack, gripping both sides and pulling the vertical crack wide, forming a passage wide enough for one person to pass through.
Protector Meng slowly emerged from the void.
After witnessing Xu Ren performing repairs in Eagle Tooth City and experiencing a spatial wormhole once, personally feeling the structure within the spatial passage, Amon gained a deeper understanding of spatial power.
He could now create temporary, unstable spatial passages using Space Fire.
Protector Meng handed the newly acquired secret technique to Main Body Amon.
The latter adjusted his monocle, and his lips curved upwards into a smile.
He clapped his hands, and through the connection of the Flame of Destiny, sent a message to all Amons:
"Alright, gentlemen Amons, pay attention.
Everything is ready, I'm going to exploit a bug, please, Amons whose names are called, actively cooperate… Let's try and see if we can successfully exploit this bug."
The various Amons scattered in different locations, including Wu Meng, Yun Meng, Ape Lord, Zhou Mingrui, and others, all simultaneously raised their right hands, either pinching their monocles in different postures or pinching the rim of their right eye.
The avatars were unaware of what the Main Body had been planning all along, and at this moment, they all showed expressions of great interest.
…
Little Amethyst Winged Lion King yawned, using its paw to push away Xiao Qing and others who were climbing on it and playing:
"Stay away from me, do you have no sense of boundaries?"
…
Zhou Mingrui closed his book and walked to the window, gazing into the distance.
The Heavenly Burning Training Qi Tower was faintly visible in the mist.
He muttered softly, "Heh, interesting."
…
Xiao Meng continued to stare blankly at Xiao Yan's portrait; she had not received the message sent by Amon.
After a long while, she put away the portrait and whispered, "The Inner Courtyard assessment should be starting soon, right? I'll wait for you, Young Master Xiao Yan…"
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