Lin Yuan's lips curved slightly as he looked at the two nervous girls beside him.
"Bing'er, Xue Wu."
He chuckled softly, "It seems your Martial Soul Fusion Skill is quite effective."
"It even ranked first."
Shui Bing'er was stunned upon hearing this, her small face filled with confusion.
"Teacher? How can you be so sure it's us?"
"The list isn't out yet..."
"And from what I remember, the Golden Triangle, their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill, hasn't made the list either, has it?"
Xue Wu, who was beside her, also nodded nervously.
They believed their Drifting Ice and Snow was quite powerful.
But... that was a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill!
Could the two of them really compare?
Lin Yuan couldn't help but laugh at the two girls' nervous expressions.
"You two silly girls, have some confidence in your own strength."
"You'll know if you keep watching."
Lin Yuan's tone was filled with unquestionable confidence.
"Yu Xiaogang's isn't really a Martial Soul Fusion Skill; at most, it's a fusion skill."
"This heavenly screen distinguishes them very clearly."
As expected!
The very next moment after Lin Yuan's words fell!
The heavenly screen provided the answer.
[Special Talent - Martial Soul Fusion Skill]
[First Place: Drifting Ice and Snow of Absolute Zero]
[Users: Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu (Canglan Academy)]
[Fusion Effect: The perfect symphony of Ultimate Ice and Winter's Snow! The fusion of their Spirits triggers the laws of heaven and earth, summoning an Eternal Frozen Purgatory. Within this ice purgatory, the temperature will infinitely approach absolute zero!]
[Evaluation: This Martial Soul Fusion Skill pushes the power of ice to the extreme of absolute zero! Once unleashed, it can easily overcome three major ranks, freezing all things and sealing souls in ice!]
[Rewards: spirit power increased by five ranks, all spirit ring lifespans increased by ten thousand years, a hundred-thousand-year external Spirit Bone (Ice and Snow Twin Wings), god-bestowed spirit ring (one for each person)]
...When the four large characters 'Canglan Academy' appeared once again, and for the last time, on the Martial Soul Fusion Skill list.
When that first-place ranking, and the heaven-defying evaluation and rewards that followed, lit up.
The entire Douluo Continent.
Was numb, completely numb.
"It's Canglan again! How come I've never heard of this Martial Soul Fusion Skill before?"
"A hundred-thousand-year external Spirit Bone, and god-bestowed spirit rings again..."
Countless Spirit Masters looked up at the sky, their eyes hollow, filled with envy and jealousy... Canglan Academy.
"Ah ah ah ah ah——!"
"First place! Teacher, we're really first place!!"
Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, upon seeing the list, immediately embraced each other in excitement, jumping and cheering!
Boom!
Two beams of light accurately fell upon Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin, standing not far away, watched this scene, especially noticing the terrifying spirit ring configuration under Shui Bing'er's feet, which had already turned into two purple and four black, and sighed inwardly once more.
Indeed, the new waves push forth the old.
This Shui Bing'er, she's only fourteen, right?
A six-ring Spirit Emperor!
Too terrifying!
Shui Bing'er had already been on the list once before, and her cultivation had broken through to level sixty, possessing a god-bestowed spirit ring.
However, Lin Yuan didn't let her absorb it.
The god-bestowed spirit rings given by the Heavenly Dao have a maximum limit of one hundred thousand years; absorbing it now would be too much of a loss.
Instead, during the three days after the previous list ended, while he was looking for Ning Rongrong's fifth spirit ring, he also conveniently helped Shui Bing'er hunt her sixth spirit ring.
Therefore, before receiving the reward for first place on this [Martial Soul Fusion Skill List], Shui Bing'er was already a level sixty-seven Spirit Emperor!
At this moment!
[Reward: spirit power increased by five ranks]!
"Buzz——!"
Shui Bing'er only felt the vast spirit power within her body, like a bursting flood, once again breaking through its restraints!
Level seventy! Spirit Saint bottleneck!
This terrifying speed of improvement, even Lin Yuan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"Freak!"
This cultivation speed was much faster than his own.
Although he had cultivated to Spirit Douluo at nineteen, that was without a system, with only twin spirits talent, and knowing the plot, painstakingly cultivating step by step.
Compared to these youngsters who have received the heavenly screen's rewards... sigh, times have changed.
On the other side, Xue Wu's improvement was equally astonishing.
Xue Wu is four years older than Shui Bing'er, eighteen this year.
Her Spirit is the Delicate Dance Snow Silk, a snowflake-type Spirit that leans towards support and control.
In terms of talent, she was indeed quite a bit behind Shui Bing'er.
But Lin Yuan doesn't just look at talent when taking disciples.
The fact that this girl could form Drifting Ice and Snow with Shui Bing'er alone met the system's conditions for taking disciples.
Before receiving the reward, Xue Wu's spirit power was level fifty-five.
At this moment, it was also a five-level increase!
"Boom!"
Level sixty! Spirit Emperor bottleneck!
Immediately after, was the metamorphosis of the spirit rings!
[All spirit ring lifespans increased by ten thousand years]!
"Buzz buzz buzz——!"
The six spirit rings, two purple and four black, under Shui Bing'er's feet, shone with immense light!
Under the terrifying boost of ten thousand years!
The six spirit rings, astonishingly, turned into——
All black!
And on Xue Wu's side, her original five spirit rings (yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black) also underwent earth-shattering changes!
Five black!
This wasn't over yet!
One hundred-thousand-year Ice and Snow Twin Wings external Spirit Bone!
Buzz——!
Two dazzling ice-blue light clusters flew out from the golden light!
They weren't single Spirit Bones, but a pair!
They seemed to be condensed from the purest ice crystals and ten thousand years of cold snow!
The left wing, crystal clear, exuded an extreme chill, like the wings of an ice phoenix!
The right wing, pure white and flawless, with illusory snowflakes drifting down, like the wings of a winter elf!
"Swish!"
"Swish!"
The two pairs of wings, without any hesitation, instantly merged into the backs of Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu!
A perfect fit!
"Ah!"
The two girls simultaneously felt a profound connection, as if their souls, at this moment, were completely linked together through these wings!
They could even clearly perceive each other's thoughts!
Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the other girls on the side were completely dumbfounded.
external Spirit Bone?!
And a hundred-thousand-year one?!
Is this the reward for first place?!
Shui Bing'er has been on the list twice, her spirit power has increased by at least twenty levels!
Not just spirit power rewards, but also Spirit Bones, god-bestowed spirit rings... this... this is faster than riding a rocket!
...Compared to the joyous atmosphere at Canglan Academy.
The atmosphere in other parts of the continent seemed a bit strange.
Especially the Clear Sky Sect.
At this moment, in the Clear Sky Sect's deliberation hall.
Yu Xiaogang, his face ashen, sat slumped on the ground with vacant eyes, muttering incessantly:
"Why... why wasn't it the Golden Holy Dragon..."
"Trinity... it was clearly the strongest..."
"How could it not compare to their two-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"
His pride as a Grandmaster of theory was, at this moment, mercilessly shattered by the heavenly screen, leaving not even a trace...
(End of Chapter)
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