Connecting his destiny with Qiu'er would not cause his power of the Sacred Path to dissipate. After all, this was to help Qiu'er suppress her luck, and he wouldn't use this to intercept even a shred of Qiu'er's power of destiny, as he feared it would affect Qiu'er's strength.
No matter how profound the power of destiny was, Yuwen Tuo wasn't interested. His own power was quite sufficient.
"Qiu'er, this matter won't harm me. To be honest, if you've truly thought it through, I have no reason to refuse. But there's one thing I must make clear to you: I, Yuwen Tuo, am always human. I will not side with the soul beasts because of you, nor will I hesitate for a moment when it comes to hunting soul rings for your sake," Yuwen Tuo said gravely.
He hated deception, so he would lay everything out in the open.
Qiu'er said calmly, "So what? Soul masters hunting soul rings is a rule of this world, natural and proper. As long as you don't indiscriminately kill, I won't blame you. Besides, how many soul beasts can you kill in your lifetime? Probably not as many as I've eaten, right?"
"Uh..." Yuwen Tuo was stunned. How could he forget that when Qiu'er was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, she fed on the brain matter of bright soul beasts?
She even personally helped Huo Yuhao hunt soul beasts in the original work.
This girl's heart was actually quite ruthless. She cared about the future of the entire soul beast race; the lives of a few individual soul beasts simply weren't on her mind.
The law of the jungle among soul beasts was fully demonstrated in her and among the ferocious beasts.
"Then I don't need to be indecisive anymore. Come, Qiu'er." Yuwen Tuo took Qiu'er's wrist, drew her close, and rested his forehead against hers.
Qiu'er's pretty face flushed. This was her first time being so close to a human.
The last time it almost happened was with Huo Yuhao, but it was blocked by Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword.
At that time, she had resisted with all her might, but this time, it was of her own free will.
The moment their foreheads touched, golden light immediately shimmered from both of them.
Behind Qiu'er, the form of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared, and within Yuwen Tuo's spiritual sea, the Xuanyuan Sword Soul also shone brightly. This was a martial soul resonance.
"One hundred percent perfect compatibility!" Chi Wang was greatly alarmed. How could he not recognize this phenomenon?
Martial soul compatibility was a necessary condition for humans to perform martial soul fusion skills, but a martial soul with 100% perfect compatibility had never appeared in history.
Yuwen Tuo was also startled, "Qiu'er, are you a twin martial soul user?"
Qiu'er nodded, "Mhm, after transforming into human form, I manifested my Golden Dragon bloodline as the Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and my true form, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, was also preserved due to the completeness of its Power of Destiny. I just didn't expect to achieve 100% perfect compatibility with you."
The conditions for achieving a martial soul fusion skill and having twin martial souls are not the same. Under normal circumstances, twin martial souls require both martial souls to be of the same quality level.
But martial soul fusion skills only require martial soul compatibility. Otherwise, the Sacred Dragon of the Golden Iron Triangle wouldn't have existed back then.
However, the Golden Dragon Martial Soul and the Fire Elephant power showed no changes.
It seemed that Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er's compatibility was only between the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the Xuanyuan Sword, unlike Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, who had four martial souls compatible, creating four martial soul fusion skills.
From this perspective, the reason for the compatibility did not lie in the martial souls themselves, but in the resonance between the Power of Destiny and the Power of the Sacred Path.
Below the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest, a sleeping figure suddenly opened its eyes, exuding an incredibly terrifying aura, far surpassing Di Tian.
Di Tian was also startled by this aura and hurriedly asked, "My Lord, what's wrong?"
"The destiny of our soul beasts seems to have changed." A pleasant female voice rang out.
"Someone has helped us suppress the Power of Destiny on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. From now on, there's no need to worry about our soul beasts' Power of Destiny being stolen. Di Tian, I feel that my injuries seem to be showing signs of recovery!"
"Really? That's wonderful!" Di Tian said excitedly. As long as his Lord could fully recover, the situation facing their soul beasts would greatly improve.
"Di Tian, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion seems to have left the Star Dou Great Forest. Fortunately, Chi Wang is with her. You must ensure her safety. As long as she lives, our soul beasts have hope!" the female voice warned.
"Yes, My Lord!" Di Tian naturally knew that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's importance was now a hundred times greater than before.
He wouldn't need his Lord to tell him; he would do it anyway. He genuinely doted on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and truly treated her like an adopted daughter.
Inside the room, Yuwen Tuo and Qiu'er separated. Their destinies were now intertwined; even if they were thousands of miles apart, they could sense each other.
But Yuwen Tuo wouldn't let Qiu'er suffer the same fate as in the original work, sacrificing herself for the Child of Destiny.
Although he hadn't absorbed the Power of Destiny, Yuwen Tuo didn't care. His own cheats were already sufficient.
Moreover, it seemed he could now use the ultimate move that activated the Power of Destiny without drawing upon Qiu'er's power.
That was the martial soul fusion skill, and its power would likely be astonishing.
"Tuo, you won't chase me away now, will you?" Qiu'er asked.
Yuwen Tuo shook his head, "Of course not. Now, staying together will allow us to become stronger faster. Besides, the moment you registered at the Sun Moon Royal Academy, your information was probably already leaked. Now, letting you and Chi Wang leave would be even more dangerous."
Chi Wang alone couldn't protect Qiu'er; Yuwen Tuo understood this very well. To protect Qiu'er and leave, he would have to be prepared to summon Snow Empress and fight their way out. It seemed they would have to move earlier. They would prepare to act in the next two days.
"I'm sorry, Tuo. I just wanted to find you; I didn't know it would cause you trouble," Qiu'er whispered.
"It's alright. Breaking out of Mingdu is bound to happen eventually; now we just need to do it earlier. Qiu'er, what's your current rank? You're rank 63?"
Their fusion power could also accelerate cultivation.
During the fusion process, Yuwen Tuo had clearly sensed Qiu'er's current rank. She had already broken through to Soul Emperor, stronger than when she first appeared in the original work. After all, this time she came out with Chi Wang, so she probably acquired her soul rings along the way.
"Yes, but I've only added soul rings to the Golden Dragon. This is a martial soul condensed from my bloodline power, not my main body, so I can't condense it myself. And the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's soul rings don't need to be hunted; I can produce them myself at any time.
But there's no rush for now. My human form's physique, like humans, gradually grows as my strength increases. Once I reach the Titled Douluo realm among humans, I'll condense six 100,000-year soul rings for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion all at once," Qiu'er said. She then gracefully twirled, transforming into her Golden Dragon Martial Soul, surrounded by six soul rings: two yellow, two purple, and two black.
She was still very intelligent. Even having just transformed into human form, she knew the advantages of twin martial souls.
Although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could condense soul rings on its own, the age limit of those soul rings would only reach the maximum endurance of her human body. The endurance limits of a Soul Emperor and a Titled Douluo were not on the same level.
Moreover, this would also reassure Yuwen Tuo. After a shape-shifting soul beast reached rank 60, it entered its mature phase. Although the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was a special race, even in its childhood stage, a normal Titled Douluo wouldn't be able to tell its true nature.
But better safe than sorry. Within this Sun Moon Empire, there were three ultimate Douluo-level powerhouses: Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Evil Emperor. There was also Kong Deming, who was infinitely close to the ultimate level.
Entering the mature phase would greatly increase her safety.
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