Chapter 186: Evil God Wings! Condensing the Soul Core!
Xie Yue stepped forward, taking the orb with both hands. The moment his fingertips touched it, he could feel the residual violent energy within.
He gripped the orb tightly, looking at Hu Bai with genuine gratitude. "Thanks, Xiao Bai. I'll accept this gift!"
"No need to be polite among brothers," Hu Bai waved his hand casually.
Xie Yue nodded, said no more, put the evil god orb into his Soul Guidance Device, and stepped aside.
Hu Bai, instead of immediately absorbing the soul ring, sat down cross-legged, using the Soul Bone skill of the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone to absorb life energy from surrounding plants and restore his soul power.
About half an hour later, Hu Bai finally got up, walked to the corpse of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, sat down cross-legged, took a deep breath, and prepared to absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring.
Bibi Dong motioned for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to stand on either side of Hu Bai, while she stood in front. Her purple-black soul power flowed around her, forming a protective shield. "Everyone, stay alert; no one must disturb Xiao Bai while he absorbs the soul ring."
Hu Bai closed his eyes, mobilizing the mental power within his body to guide the black soul ring closer to him.
The moment the soul ring touched his body, a surge of violent evil energy poured into him through his pores, bringing a strong impact. He gritted his teeth, circulated his soul power, and tried to suppress and absorb this energy.
Just as the energy circulated to his back, an anomaly suddenly occurred!
A burning sensation suddenly came from Hu Bai's back, and black patterns appeared on the surface of his skin. The patterns quickly intertwined, forming the shape of a pair of wings.
Immediately after, the "crackling" sound of bones rubbing echoed, and a pair of black wings emerged from his back. The wings were covered with fine scales, and their ends had sharp bone spurs. These were the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Evil God Wings!
"An External Soul Bone!" Yue Guan exclaimed in surprise, but then felt it was only natural; after all, this was their Saint Your Highness, and they were already accustomed to such minor matters.
Gui Mei was also shocked. "This Dark Demon Evil God Tiger is no simple opponent. With these Evil God Wings, Xiao Bai's strength can increase by a significant margin!"
Bibi Dong's lips curved into an almost imperceptible arc. "It seems we didn't come here in vain. The quality of this External Soul Bone is extremely high, and it is very compatible with his Sky Fox Martial Soul."
Although these Evil God Wings carried a dark, evil aura, they genuinely possessed six attributes and could also enhance Hu Bai's control over elements.
Hu Bai was also startled by the changes on his back, but he did not get distracted. He continued to focus on absorbing the energy of the soul ring.
The scales on the Evil God Wings shimmered, seemingly resonating with the soul ring energy within his body, accelerating the energy's transformation.
Time passed bit by bit—from midday to dusk, and then to deep night.
The black soul ring around Hu Bai's body gradually thinned, eventually merging completely into his body. He slowly opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them. The Evil God's Wings on his back gently flapped, stirring a gentle breeze.
"Finished absorbing?" Tianmeng Iceworm's voice echoed in his Spiritual Sea, tinged with excitement.
Hu Bai nodded, feeling the surging soul power within his body, which was now several times stronger than before.
He did not immediately get up but continued sitting cross-legged, introspecting his Dantian. The soul power in his Dantian formed a huge vortex, spinning at high speed and subtly showing signs of a breakthrough.
"It's time to condense the soul core!"
Hu Bai thought to himself, mobilizing his mental power to guide the soul power vortex into condensation. He wanted to use this breakthrough opportunity to simultaneously condense the mental soul core belonging to the Nine-tailed Sky Fox Martial Soul and the Extreme Ice soul core of the Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul.
As mentioned before, the Nine-tailed Sky Fox does not possess elemental attributes. This Martial Soul has mental and destiny attributes, and its ability to control all elements stems from its terrifying mental domination ability.
However, wanting to condense a destiny attribute soul core now was too demanding for him; he could only settle for the next best thing—first condensing a conventional mental soul core, as well as the elemental soul core of the Snow Empress Martial Soul.
"Tianmeng, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, I'm going to condense my soul core. Protect me!" Hu Bai's voice echoed in his Spiritual Sea.
"Leave it to us!"
Although Tianmeng had no experience in condensing a soul core, his mental power was strong. Ice Empress and Snow Empress, needless to say, could provide Hu Bai with even greater assistance.
Mental power surged from his glabella, intertwining and fusing with the soul power in his Dantian. The energy of Extreme Ice came from the Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul and the elements of heaven and earth, merging into the soul power vortex.
Under his control, the two different attributes of energy began to form two independent cores.
Bibi Dong and the others nearby noticed the changes in Hu Bai's aura and all held their breath.
"Is he… condensing a soul core?" Yue Guan asked in a voice filled with shock.
Bibi Dong's gaze was fixed on the location of Hu Bai's Dantian, where the soul power fluctuations grew increasingly intense. "That's right. And not just one; he seems to be simultaneously condensing a mental soul core and an ice-attribute soul core."
"This is impossible!"
Guang Ling shook his head. "A soul core can only be condensed autonomously when advancing to Super Douluo. Xiao Bai has just broken through to Soul Saint. Even if his strength isn't typical of an ordinary Soul Saint—comparable to a Titled Douluo—how could he possibly do this?"
Bibi Dong's eyes also became extremely solemn. "According to Spirit Hall's research, a Titled Douluo already possesses the ability to condense a soul core. It's not necessary to wait until the Super Douluo stage. It's just that, for someone newly entering the Titled Douluo realm, the difficulty of condensing a soul core is extremely great."
And there isn't a good method; one can only wait until advancing to Super Douluo to break through together. For Xiao Bai, who is merely a Soul Saint, to condense a soul core—if he succeeds—it will go down in history!
Hu Bai was oblivious to the discussions around him, fully engrossed in condensing his soul core.
The mental soul core, based on mental power, continuously absorbs surrounding mental energy, gradually becoming transparent and solidified.
The Extreme Ice soul core, with ice-attribute soul power as its foundation, absorbed the power of Snow Empress and Ice Empress, slowly turning ice-blue and emitting a bone-chilling coldness.
The condensation process was exceptionally difficult. The two soul cores constantly repelled each other, requiring Hu Bai and the three Tianmeng to forcibly suppress them with powerful mental energy.
Several times, the cores nearly disintegrated, but he adjusted in time to stabilize the situation.
A day and a night later, as the first rays of sunlight shone through the leaves onto Hu Bai, a soft "pop" finally sounded from his Dantian.
The two soul cores were fully formed. The transparent mental soul core floated in his upper Dantian, emitting gentle mental fluctuations.
The ice-blue Extreme Ice soul core was located below, surrounded by cold air currents. The two rotated around each other, forming a subtle balance.
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