Xu Zihuang glanced sideways at Ye Guyi. Ye Guyi instantly understood the thought in Xu Zihuang's mind and gave a slight nod.
During soul spirit fusion, mental power needs to be highly concentrated. Xu Zihuang would definitely have to recall the Silver-Scaled White Whale. Without the suppression from the two great Dragon King dragon souls, the Qiluo Tulip, Aromatic Silk BeautyImmortal, and other plant-type soul beasts might inevitably develop other ideas.
The Thunder Hell Prison Vine, this soul beast that countless lightning-attribute soul masters dream of, Ye Guyi was also aware of. After all, Xu Zihuang possessed a right leg bone taken from a Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
Back when Xu Zihuang confessed these things to her, and she learned that it was Ning Tian who helped Xu Zihuang buy that soul bone, she had even teased Xu Zihuang a little out of jealousy.
But one thing was certain: this Thunder Hell Prison Vine was undoubtedly extremely compatible with Xu Zihuang's second martial soul, the Purple Inferno Thunder Prison Dragon.
While feeling happy for Xu Zihuang, Ye Guyi's gaze also sharpened. She took out the radiance of the Seven-Star Lightflame Sword from her storage ring and stared intently at the several hundred thousand-year cultivation plant-type soul beasts opposite them.
"I have already transmitted the steps for concluding the contract to you through that portion of memory earlier. Next, I will begin guiding the condensation of your soul imprint and fuse your innate talent instincts with the soul imprint." Xu Zihuang restrained his emotions and spoke solemnly to the Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
The Thunder Hell Prison Vine's vines waved in the air, bringing forth a series of lightning flashes and thunderclaps. It eagerly said, "Please begin! I am willingly following you. Staying here would only be suppressed by those bastards until the end of my life. From you, I see the opportunity to break through to the Hundred Thousand Year level. We Thunder Hell Prison Vine clan, have compressed lightning power to the extreme and have long derived a trace of destruction power. I will definitely be able to help you."
"I swear on my Thunder God bloodline: if one day you can help me break through to the Hundred Thousand Year level, I am willing to serve you as master from then on."
Among plant-type soul beasts, those with scheming minds like Aromatic Silk BeautyImmortal were ultimately in the minority. Xu Zihuang could sense the purity, persistence, and determination in the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's intent.
Without further hesitation, he recalled the Silver-Scaled White Whale. Tangible, viscous mental power surged outward from between his brows, enveloping both himself and the Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
The six soul rings belonging to Xu Zihuang's Golden-Eyed martial soul dissipated. Now he was using only his second martial soul, the Purple Inferno Thunder Prison Dragon.
Bathed in the gentle glow of mental power, a faint layer of golden light began to appear on the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's body. Under the guidance of Xu Zihuang's tangible mental power, her spiritual origin, soul imprint, a portion of the purest soul power, and the energy contained in her bloodline talent rapidly condensed.
Xu Zihuang raised his right hand, and a ball of platinum-colored light lit up, filled with an aura of light. He then began chanting the incantation of the Equal Contract.
The contract method taught to him by Electrolux, he had already practiced it countless times and could not possibly make a mistake.
A golden six-pointed star array appeared beneath Xu Zihuang's feet.
As the six-pointed star array emerged, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's main body was completely dyed by the golden light into a translucent purple-gold color, yet the whole began to wither. Streaks of magnificent radiance flashed from Xu Zihuang's body and fell onto the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's main body.
The mental power in Xu Zihuang's sea of consciousness began pouring out frantically, merging with the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's spiritual origin.
At this moment, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's heart was also filled with shock. Although she had previously sensed the strength of Xu Zihuang's mental power, she had not realized it was this powerful. That pure mental power far surpassed the Hundred Thousand Year cultivation plant-type soul beasts like Aromatic Silk BeautyImmortal; they were not on the same level at all, and it was also filled with rich life aura.
She could now be certain that nourished by this life aura, her spiritual consciousness would definitely be preserved intact.
The entire contract fusion process went incredibly smoothly. Only two quarters of an hour passed, and when Xu Zihuang's mental power had been consumed by thirty percent, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's deep-purple vines completely withered. A purple-gold right leg bone quietly attached itself to Xu Zihuang's right leg. The violent soul power energy contained within was enough to shock anyone's heart.
In an instant, it fused into Xu Zihuang's right leg.
Xu Zihuang could clearly feel these two soul bones undergoing fusion and sublimation.
"I didn't expect you to have already fused with a soul bone from our Thunder Hell Prison Vine clan." The Thunder Hell Prison Vine's weak yet astonished voice rang in Xu Zihuang's sea of consciousness. Facing Xu Zihuang, the clear female voice no longer carried the previous unruliness. The closeness and acknowledgment in her words almost overflowed.
"I will guide these two soul bones to fuse in a way that should help you to the greatest extent. By attaching to this soul bone, my origin power will also become more stable."
This was essentially the most perfect soul bone fusion. Two soul bones of the same origin, both identical right leg bones. It was not simply one plus one equals two, but a sublimation in essence.
The combined soul bone was now no inferior to one from a ferocious beast above two hundred thousand years old.
Moreover, this soul bone gained an additional soul skill: Forest of Lightning. The Thunder Hell Prison Vine clan's most powerful control-type soul skill.
The light faded, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well returned to calm once more. Immediately afterward, a circle of blood-red soul ring trembled and rose from beneath Xu Zihuang's feet.
However, Xu Zihuang furrowed his brows tightly, showing little joy.
The year limit of the soul ring, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine granted to his second martial soul, had broken through to the Hundred Thousand Year level, not because the soul ring mutated, but because Tian Meng had acted.
Tian Meng had just been awakened and saw Xu Zihuang fusing with the Thunder Hell Prison Vine. Without thinking, it released part of its spiritual origin power to help Xu Zihuang raise the soul ring granted by the Thunder Hell Prison Vine to the Hundred Thousand Year level.
In its view, this was just a casual favor and would not burden Xu Zihuang's body.
Floating above the sea of consciousness, Tian Meng also realized it seemed to have done a good deed badly.
"Uh, Zihuang, I didn't mean to…"
"Boom!" Explosive thunderclaps roared in the high sky outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. With the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as the center, dark clouds pressed down over dozens of kilometers around. The sky suddenly began flashing rapidly, with vast sheets of lightning crisscrossing in the air. Many soul beast groups living in the outer areas of the Sunset Forest were startled and terrified. Soul beasts seemed to have an instinctive fear of this kind of heavenly thunder inherited in their blood.
Even from thousands of meters away, Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could hear it clearly. The terrifying thunder made their hearts feel stifled.
"The lightning tribulation is coming." Xu Zihuang sighed helplessly.
"Tianmeng, this is the lightning tribulation that the Thunder Hell Prison Vine must endure to break through to the Hundred Thousand Year level. But since it's already done, words are useless. Take this chance to release your spiritual origin power and help consolidate her spiritual consciousness."
"Got it." Tian Meng responded solemnly.
Xu Zihuang released his Golden-Eyed martial soul once more. Stepping on sheets of condensed crystal mirror surfaces, he rose into the air while reminding Ye Guyi beside him, "Sister Lingyi, leave this place first."
Ye Guyi had absolute trust in Xu Zihuang. Her pure white wings flapped, quickly bringing her to Xu Zihuang's side as she vaguely guessed something.
"Lightning tribulation?"
"Mm." Xu Zihuang nodded with a solemn expression.
"Sister Lingyi, stay far away from me later. My second martial soul has the attribute of ultimate lightning, so the lightning tribulation won't affect me much. The main thing is whether the Thunder Hell Prison Vine can use this to break through the Hundred Thousand Year bottleneck."
As Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi spoke, the two had already approached the thick seven-colored poisonous miasma above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Xu Zihuang released his soul power outward, condensing a deep-purple destruction-attribute soul power shield to protect them both as they plunged into the seven-colored poisonous miasma.
Faced with this sudden change, the plant-type soul beasts in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could not help but look at each other. The lightning tribulation from the Thunder Hell Prison Vine breaking through to ten-thousand years was secondary; what shocked them most was the special contract method completed between the Thunder Hell Prison Vine and Xu Zihuang.
Although the Thunder Hell Prison Vine had abandoned its main body, its aura had become incomparably pure. It had evolved from a plant into a pure energy body. This kind of aura change held enormous temptation for any plant-type soul beast.
Compared to animal-type soul beasts, plant-type soul beasts were far lonelier. Before gaining intelligence, they could not move at all. They had some curiosity toward the human world.
If they could elevate themselves to the purest energy body form like the Thunder Hell Prison Vine, follow a human into the human world, and experience the wonders of the human world, it seemed like a pretty good life.
Moreover, as long as they became that purest energy body, even if the soul master they followed died, they could rely on that pure energy body to be reborn on the spot and regrow. Their cultivation would only be stronger than now.
They were all heavenly treasures formed by absorbing the heavenly and earth origin energy. At that time, reabsorbing the heaven and earth origin energy to reshape their form would not be difficult at all.
High in the sky outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, streaks of electric light crisscrossed and wove into vast sheets of lightning nets. Bolts of lightning continued to erupt, constantly piercing downward toward the poisonous miasma.
The rolling thunder sounded like the roar of heaven and earth. Extremely dense lightning elements completely suppressed the miasma that had accumulated for thousands of years. Because the lightning was too concentrated, many fused into spherical shapes. Just looking at them with the naked eye conveyed a terrifying, world-destroying power.
Seeing this incredibly shocking scene, Ye Guyi's heart sank slightly. But out of trust in Xu Zihuang, she still followed his earlier instruction and moved away from the core area of the thunderstorm.
An urgent intent flashed through the sea of consciousness. Looking up at the sky, Xu Zihuang suddenly stomped his foot on the crystal mirror surface and rapidly climbed thousands of meters upward.
A lightning pillar, like a natural disaster, descended from the heavens. Ye Guyi's gaze in the distance sharpened. In the next instant, she saw a world of blue-purple.
Xu Zihuang was situated inside a bright-purple light sphere, like a purple crystal carved into a ball shape. Outside this purple crystal was a constantly flashing purple-gold halo. All lightning that struck it was annihilated at astonishing speed.
Upon closer inspection, one would see that the bright-purple light sphere was woven from deep-purple vines.
The Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
With Tian Meng's spiritual origin helping to consolidate her spiritual consciousness, although the Thunder Hell Prison Vine had only just become Xu Zihuang's soul spirit, it displayed power far surpassing its previous level.
Ever since being jointly suppressed by Qiluo Tulip and the others and buried underground, she did not know how many years it had been since she last absorbed lightning energy so freely. Moreover, Xu Zihuang's second martial soul, the Purple Inferno Thunder Prison Dragon, itself possessed the attribute of ultimate lightning. Fused with Xu Zihuang, she received enhancement as well.
Right now, she was like a ferocious beast that had been starving for countless years, frantically and greedily devouring lightning power, yet without worrying about self-destruction.
At least for now, it was far from reaching her limit.
The Thunder Hell Prison Vine absorbed the massive lightning power without reservation to strengthen herself. Each lightning strike made her deeply realize she was gradually becoming stronger.
The raging lightning in the sky continued unabated for a full half hour.
Seeing Xu Zihuang remain unmoving like a mountain with a steady aura, Ye Guyi's heart calmed slightly. But before she could relax, her golden eyes widened again.
"Boom—"
Suddenly, an unprecedentedly massive explosion rang out. Ye Guyi saw the colors of heaven and earth seem to change completely. An unprecedented purple-gold radiance spread across the sky, dyeing all the lightning the same color.
The deep-purple light sphere woven by the Thunder Hell Prison Vine dispersed, crazily growing hundreds of meters outward in the air. Every vine turned translucent purple-gold, with clear golden patterns visible inside.
Xu Zihuang stood at the center of these vines. Deep-purple eyes bloomed with purple-gold light, captivating the soul. Incredibly dense lightning power supported his body floating in midair. His long black hair fluttered in the wind, several strands of purple hair gleaming crystal-clear like the Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
His expression was indifferent, but he had an arrogant temperament. Like a thunder god coming to earth.
The Hundred Thousand Year Thunder Hell Prison Vine evolution was complete! Becoming a pure energy body, plus the enhancement from Xu Zihuang's ultimate lightning attribute, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine smoothly broke through the Hundred Thousand Year bottleneck.
"Master!" The Thunder Hell Prison Vine excitedly sent one of its main vines into Xu Zihuang's right hand. She knew very well that her ability to complete this evolution was all thanks to Xu Zihuang.
She was completely willing to serve Xu Zihuang as master, not only out of gratitude and her promise, but because she saw in Xu Zihuang the hope of breaking free from the shackles of this world.
One could say that actively choosing to become Xu Zihuang's soul spirit was the most correct decision of her life.
Sensing something, Xu Zihuang waved his right hand. A crystal-clear purple-gold light shot through the air. The terrifying lightning-attribute energy hidden within caused intense distortions in space.
Thunder God's Whip! This was the brand-new innate soul skill the Thunder Hell Prison Vine gained after breaking through the Hundred Thousand Year limit and transforming. It was somewhat similar to the sixth soul skill, Soul Touch of Xu Zihuang's Golden-Eyed martial soul, which shattered space to appear. However, Soul Touch combined control and attack, while this Thunder God's Whip was a powerful single-target attack soul skill. It could be used independently or under the enhancement of Xu Zihuang's ultimate lightning attribute.
This was the advantage of a soul spirit: it could fight independently of the host. Of course, it still had to depend on the host itself.
With a thought from Xu Zihuang, he recalled the Thunder Hell Prison Vine into his body. His deep eyes were filled with burning heat.
"Yan Yu, consolidate your level first."
"Yes, Master." The Thunder Hell Prison Vine respectfully responded.
Yan Yu was the name the Thunder Hell Prison Vine had given herself. After completing the fusion with Xu Zihuang, he had learned of this.
And he had also gained enormous benefits.
The most direct were the soul ring and soul bone obtained from the Thunder Hell Prison Vine. The Hundred Thousand Year soul ring became the first soul ring of his second martial soul, Purple Inferno Thunder Prison Dragon. That soul bone, extremely close to the Hundred Thousand Year level, had fused with his original right leg bone.
Moreover, his physical quality had significantly improved due to the earlier baptism and tempering by the lightning power.
The only slight pity was that the vast majority of the Thunder Hell Prison Vine's power had turned into the soul ring and soul bone, so the increase in soul power was not so obvious. His soul power had only risen one level, reaching rank 69.
Tian Meng watched the Thunder Hell Prison Vine sink into Xu Zihuang's sea of consciousness and fell back asleep without minding, grumbling in its heart.
"Hmph, wait until later when bro becomes a million-year soul spirit, then all you guys can step aside."
But anyone who knew Tian Meng understood that it was just being stubborn. Deep down, it was extremely envious. Fortunately, Xu Zihuang's current soul power cultivation was not far from breaking through to rank 70. In the near future, it will be able to fuse with Xu Zihuang and truly become a million-year-level soul spirit.
Outside.
The sky dyed purple-gold returned to its former color. Xu Zihuang's figure floated downward.
A golden figure flashed past and threw itself into Xu Zihuang's arms. It was Ye Guyi who had rushed over.
"Zihuang, how do you feel?"
Xu Zihuang took a deep breath and revealed a smile from the heart. This feeling of a leap in strength made him even more intoxicated.
"Sister Lingyi, I'm fine. The amplification from a Hundred Thousand Year soul spirit is indeed enormous. If possible, later, we should still try to force that Blazing Apricot to become your soul spirit."
Ye Guyi's angel wings flapped behind her, carrying the two toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. But the smile that had just bloomed on her pretty face instantly vanished, her gaze turning ice-cold.
"No need. Since she once had thoughts she shouldn't have toward you, her ending is already decided. Just kill her and take the soul ring and soul bone."
Xu Zihuang reached out his right hand to touch Ye Guyi's cheek. Understanding her thoughts, he gave a slight smile.
"Alright."
Then Xu Zihuang and Ye Guyi continued through the seven-colored poisonous miasma, going and returning.
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