The pain from the severed arm had not yet subsided when an incomparably magnificent, intense, and tyrannical fire-red soul bone, radiating an explosive aura, was directly inserted into the wound.
Scorching energy carrying terrifyingly high temperatures provoked the ultimate ice within Shen Hanyu's body, which automatically emerged to contend with this blazing force.
Enduring the excruciating pain that could drive one to collapse, Shen Hanyu looked speechless at his left arm steaming with vapor, nearly cursing out loud.
In the end, however, the fire-attribute energy from the soul bone clearly gained the upper hand. The aura of ultimate ice was forced back into his body, and the scorching energy began spreading from the left arm throughout his entire body.
Veins like molten lava slowly crawled across Shen Hanyu's skin. His internal organs felt as though they were being burned by fierce flames, causing unbearable pain. His face twisted into a ferocious expression. From the point of fusion, new flesh was slowly regenerated by this energy, only to be destroyed again by the extreme heat before it could fully form.
A deep, bone-piercing sensation of pain and itching forced Shen Hanyu to half-kneel on the ground, gasping frantically. Even Tian Meng, hiding in his spiritual sea, was affected and uncomfortably curled himself into a large ball of flesh, retreating deep inside.
As the flesh repeatedly grew and was destroyed, the scorching energy slowly entered half of Shen Hanyu's body. The regenerated flesh gradually began to cover the entire arm once more. Shen Hanyu clenched his teeth, forcing himself not to make a sound.
Just as he finally breathed a sigh of relief, a sudden sensation of extreme cold struck his right arm.
Shen Hanyu let out a muffled groan, his face turning deathly pale once again.
His right arm was intact and had not absorbed a soul bone in the same way, yet this divine-level right arm soul bone was absorbed normally, but it still brought pain no less intense than before.
The energies of extreme cold and extreme heat slowly intertwined within his body. One side was filled with blazing heat, the other with ultimate cold.
This sensation was hundreds of times more severe than when he had absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass. The true experience of ice and fire alternating nearly made Shen Hanyu explode from the intensity.
Truly sweating profusely.
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Wave after wave of excruciating pain and intense mental shocks caused Shen Hanyu's consciousness to fall into brief chaos and confusion.
In his dazed state, he seemed to hear Tian Meng's near-heartbreaking cries and the gentle whispers of his family by his ear. He also seemed to see his great-grandmother, whom he had never met, calling to him. A throb rose from the depths of his heart. Shen Hanyu suddenly opened his eyes, only to discover that at some unknown point, both arms had returned to perfect condition, and his soul power had directly reached level seventy-eight.
Tian Meng's voice came urgently, almost as if he were about to cry:
"Hanyu, you scared me to death! Why did you suddenly pass out like that? The two extreme energies were rampaging chaotically inside your body. Your internal organs were all severely injured. If not for your robust soul power sustaining your life, then… woo woo… what would I do without you…"
Shen Hanyu struggled to get up from the ground, half-kneeling as he clutched his chest and gasped heavily. Suddenly, another wave of severe pain hit, and he could not hold back a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, spraying it out. His entire aura plummeted, as if he could collapse at any moment.
At the critical moment, Shen Hanyu hurriedly circulated his soul power, which finally made him feel slightly better.
After catching his breath for a while, Shen Hanyu weakly asked:
"Tian Meng, what exactly happened?"
Tian Meng's voice carried a sobbing tone as he explained:
"The absorption was almost complete, but suddenly the energies in your body lost balance. The two divine-level soul bones conflicted inside you. The violent energy fluctuations knocked you unconscious. The two divine-level soul bones treated your body as a battlefield and began clashing and attacking each other. Even your spiritual sea, protected by me, nearly fell. If not for the Ice Dragon King senior noticing something wrong at the critical moment and condensing his remaining divine power and vital energy into a soul ring to actively sacrifice himself to you, both you and I would probably have perished…"
Shen Hanyu felt a chill in his heart and hurriedly examined his body. Sure enough, it was in a state of devastation as if a fierce battle had occurred, even sustaining injuries to its origin.
The two types of energy that had originally coexisted harmoniously within his body were now at daggers drawn, ready to erupt into another life-threatening conflict at any moment.
"Why… why did this happen? Where exactly did it go wrong…"
Shen Hanyu murmured to himself, forcing himself to calm down and reviewing every detail, yet he still could not find where the mistake had occurred.
At that moment, the Fire Dragon King's voice suddenly rang out from above, completely devoid of emotion:
"Kid, stop looking. The problem isn't with you—it's with this king and Old Ice. You won't die in the short term, but who can say for sure in the long run…"
Shen Hanyu raised his head and asked in a low voice:
"Senior, what exactly went wrong? Please enlighten me."
There was a trace of exhaustion in the Fire Dragon King's voice, but he still said:
"This spring eye above was slowly formed because the corpses of Old Ice and I lie below. Now that Old Ice has sacrificed himself to you, the energy and laws here have begun to lose balance. Yin and yang are falling out of harmony. In less than fifty years, this place will completely vanish. As for the problem with your body, it lies with this king. I originally thought your body could absorb two divine-level soul bones simultaneously, so when your absorption of my soul bone was nearly complete, I had Old Ice send his soul bone into you as well…"
"In the end, a mistake still occurred. Your body cannot bear two divine-level soul bones that have each reached the extreme. The same imbalance that is happening here occurred in you. To save your life while you were unconscious, Old Ice chose to sacrifice himself…"
Shen Hanyu involuntarily clenched his fists and then asked:
"Is there still a way to resolve it?"
The Fire Dragon King's dragon soul seemed extremely weary. After a long pause, he finally said:
"Afterward, I will actively merge my remaining energy and origin into your body and origin. However, the internal injuries you have sustained can only be healed by resting quietly on your own. At the same time, both Old Ice and I will fall into a long slumber until the moment you become a god…"
Shen Hanyu lowered his eyes and nodded.
The Fire Dragon King seemed utterly exhausted, yet he still added one more sentence:
"Your second martial soul, Old Ice, and I will respectively become your first and second soul rings. For the remaining seven soul rings, aside from the seventh soul ring, which has no attribute requirement, you must absorb three soul rings of ultimate ice attribute and three of ultimate fire attribute to maintain balance between the two extreme energies in your body. This won't be easy for you. This is all I can do to help."
"At the same time, you may take our corpses with you. Even without us, the balance here can be maintained for about fifty years. Also, if you encounter a true dragon that has reached the ferocious beast level, please hand our corpses over to them. This is the last thing we can do for the dragon clan…"
Shen Hanyu nodded solemnly and said:
"The second-generation bloodline of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon Clan, Di Tian, is still alive. I will hand your corpses to him. You can rest assured on this point."
The Fire Dragon King smiled in relief and then said:
"My time has come as well…"
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