Chapter 91: The Three Categories of Martial Soul Fusion Skills

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"I lost."

After emerging from the Blue Silver Grass, Huowu's expression was very ugly. Her flames could easily burn Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, but these grasses grew very quickly and could not be burned completely.

This fighting style was very shameless.

Tang San smiled and said, "It's normal. After all, my Blue Silver Grass can take root in the ground. Unless you burn the roots underground as well, you won't be able to burn my Blue Silver Grass clean."

Wildfire couldn't burn it all, and the spring breeze would bring it back to life.

In fact, even if it was burned clean, Tang San could set it up again. After all, the Blue Silver Grass consumed very little soul power, and as long as it was rooted in the ground, it could absorb the power of the earth, so it didn't consume much of his own power.

Moreover, he hadn't even used his second soul skill. Otherwise, Huowu's all attributes would have been reduced by more than 20%. How could she have been his opponent?

"As expected of a theoretical master of martial soul cultivation, you've not only changed the positioning of soul masters in the soul master world, but you've also been able to make the Blue Silver Grass martial soul display such a powerful effect." Fire Phoenix watched as Huowu's soul power was being restored by Tang San's first soul skill. She couldn't help but sigh in admiration. She became even more satisfied with this son-in-law and wanted to take him home.

"I'm just standing on the shoulders of my predecessors and making deductions. After all, the attributes of some soul beasts aren't necessarily what they seem," Tang San said modestly. Then, he proudly raised his nose and said, "However, I'm indeed very powerful."

Huowu was speechless, but she felt some affection for Tang San. "I don't know whether to say you're modest or arrogant, but you seem to suit my taste."

After that, the group fetched water and prepared to rest in this oasis for a while before setting off to find a suitable soul beast.

Although the two sides had become familiar with each other, they didn't camp together and still kept a distance.

Xiao Wu walked over and glanced at Huowu not far away. She asked, "Why did you tell Huowu about the soul beast that suits her?"

"We're at an age where if that Fire Phoenix wants to force us to join her family, it will be troublesome. It's better to show our identities, which will have some deterrent effect. Then, we can give them some benefits that aren't practical. As long as they're not too overbearing, there won't be too much conflict between us," Tang San said. "If we can avoid troubling the Spirit Bird, we should."

"Also, the Huofeng family is also a considerable family. There must be soul beast information in their family that isn't available on the market. If they really find the Blazing Sun Lion King and Huowu's martial soul displays its true form, it will be easier for me to trade some information with them."

"Moreover, their family has the secret technique of fusing rings. If Huowu really succeeds, I might be able to find a way to trade it and study it in the future."

Xiao Wu didn't expect Tang San to have thought so much. Her mind was a little confused, and she asked, "What about your martial soul fusion skill with her?"

"Martial soul fusion skills, in my opinion, aren't actually something that can be fused just because there's a sense of connection between them. It also requires the cultivation of tacit understanding. The latter is the most crucial."

Tang San thought for a moment and said indifferently, "However, I've never really seen a martial soul fusion skill. I can only guess based on the cases that the Spirit Hall has. Perhaps in theory, as long as two people's minds are connected and their soul power can be initially fused, then no matter what their martial souls are, they can be fused. However, if their personalities are too different, even if there is a sense of connection, it will be troublesome to fuse."

"The connection between my Blue Silver Grass and Huowu's Fire Shadow is actually just that the Blue Silver Grass sensed the hidden light attribute on her body, which touched it a little. If we want to fuse, it's estimated that it will take more than ten years."

"I'm not interested in wasting my time on other aspects of my research for the sake of a martial soul fusion skill."

Xiao Wu secretly heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Speaking of which, my Soft Boned Rabbit martial soul eats Blue Silver Grass. Can we fuse with each other?"

Tang San gave Xiao Wu a wise look: "Yes, but it will probably take a long time to cultivate tacit understanding. Moreover, to achieve true martial soul fusion, I might have to wait until I have a deeper understanding of vitality. After all, martial souls have their own spirituality. No martial soul would reject the nourishment of life force. Even death attributes and the opposite life attributes can fuse with each other if they can find a balance."

Speaking of martial soul fusion skills, Tang San felt that they could actually be divided into three categories: soul power fusion, soul skill fusion, and martial soul fusion.

In the original work, the Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the protagonist group was a soul power fusion. All of their soul power was concentrated on the protagonist, allowing him to display the Haotian Body.

To put it bluntly, it was concentrating the soul power of others on a powerful martial soul, allowing it to display great power.

How soul power was fused was still unknown.

However, Tang San was certain that different martial souls had different attributes of soul power. For example, his Blue Silver Grass used to have a neutral and peaceful inner force without any attributes. After the Blue Silver Grass awakened and added a soul ring, it gained the attribute of life.

Therefore, this fusion most likely required a martial soul of a higher quality to forcibly erase the attributes in the soul power of others. Otherwise, it would be difficult to fuse successfully.

The Haotian Hammer just happened to meet the above conditions.

As for soul skill fusion, it was much simpler. If two people had the same soul skill, they could release it together and let the attacks converge, increasing their power.

This was the simplest type.

Secondly, there was the fusion of soul skills with different attributes. This required constant experimentation. Some attributes countered each other, while others complemented each other.

The most representative example was probably Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

Tang San believed that this was a stronger representative of soul skill fusion. It used the attributes of two martial souls to fuse and created a Two Extremes Static Domain.

The key was the word "domain," which proved that this was definitely not a martial soul fusion in the conventional sense. It was just that the two opposite attributes had fused to create a skill similar to a domain.

As for the final martial soul fusion, the most representative example was the Nether White Tiger of the Star Luo Empire. There was nothing much to say. It was just the fusion of two different martial souls, giving birth to a completely new form.

Throughout history, among the three types of fusion, soul power fusion was the rarest, followed by martial soul fusion, and the most common was soul skill fusion.

However, the vast majority of soul masters on the continent wouldn't count those fusion soul skills that weren't very powerful as martial soul fusion skills... This was actually a kind of imprecision. Just because the power of two soul skills fused together was weak, it didn't mean that they weren't soul skill fusion, right?

This point definitely couldn't be judged solely by the strength of the fusion soul skill.

"Next, I'll tell you where the Irontooth Fish will appear. When the time comes, we'll just go to those places."

Then, Tang San talked about the specific information on finding the Irontooth Fish. "They usually move in groups and are gregarious creatures. They will appear in quicksand areas. A hundred-year-old Irontooth Fish has iron teeth that are the color of red copper. Moreover, two horizontal fangs will grow out from its upper jaw and extend to both sides. The front is extremely sharp, as if it's holding two daggers..."

(End of chapter)