The dual flood of sensory stimulation caused their souls to tremble violently.
No one knew how much time had passed, but the two had long since lost consciousness, falling into a deep coma.
Unbeknownst to them, their martial souls—Mirror Flower and Moon Water—slowly released on their own. Ripples of moonlight shimmered, and the crystal lotus of the mirror soul drifted toward the center of the crescent moon, merging seamlessly.
As flower and moon fused, a more dreamlike radiance bloomed from their convergence, gently falling upon the unconscious pair.
This light activated the Snow Empress embryo within Jiang Shengyu's storage-type soul tool.
A faint blue glow emerged from within the soul tool, coalescing between Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong into a glowing, ice-blue sphere.
The sphere began releasing cold energy into the air, stabilizing the pair's condition. The aura of ultimate ice suppressed the rampaging evil fire.
Then, the Snow Empress emerged with a solemn expression. Her brows were tightly furrowed as she looked at the two unconscious youths, still clinging tightly to one another. Most of their clothes had already been incinerated by the fierce black-red flames.
"Strange… These two… give me a feeling I can't quite describe."
Snow Empress extended her hand, softening the aura of cold. She easily extinguished the flames on Jiang Shengyu's body—suppressing the evil fire with ease. For the leader of the Three Great Kings of the Extreme North, suppressing such fire was a mere flick of the wrist.
However, just as she was about to examine their conditions more closely, she suddenly sensed two powerful presences flying rapidly toward their location.
The sheer speed of their approach left no doubt.
Without hesitation, Snow Empress withdrew back into the embryo within the soul tool, suppressing all traces of her presence to avoid being detected.
Moments later, Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao arrived on the scene.
Inside the embryo, Snow Empress could barely contain her shock.
What's going on?
That aura—those are human powers at the Limit Douluo level!
She didn't know what had happened to Jiang Qingtong, but how had Jiang Shengyu gotten entangled with beings of such terrifying strength?
Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao landed beside the two. With a wave of Long Xiaoyao's hand, a blanket gently covered the unconscious pair. His gaze fell on the fused martial souls in front of them.
"Is this… a martial soul fusion?"
"Whether it is or not, let's test and find out." Without hesitation, Ye Xishui reached out and applied force to the fused Mirror Flower, Water Moon, attempting to forcibly separate the crescent moon and the mirror lotus.
As she tugged at the martial souls, both Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong furrowed their brows in pain. Above them, the ice-blue sphere once again released a wave of chilling energy to stabilize their minds.
"This power… is it formed from ultimate ice?"
Long Xiaoyao was surprised by the sphere's spontaneous activation. "They're already unconscious, yet this power continues to act on its own… Could this be part of the boy's martial soul?"
"I couldn't care less about ultimate ice right now, Long Xiaoyao." Ye Xishui tone sharpened. "Haven't you noticed what's truly strange about the two of them?"
Seeing their pained reactions to her attempt at separation, Ye Xishui didn't press further. She casually waved her hand and dispersed the floating blue sphere.
"Something strange?"
Long Xiaoyao looked back and forth between Jiang Qingtong and Jiang Shengyu. "Aren't they brother and sister?"
"Brother and sister? I doubt that very much."
Ye Xishui expression didn't change, but her voice grew more intrigued. Staring at Jiang Qingtong's closed eyes, she said softly, "Their bond isn't nearly as simple as it appears. Since when have siblings been able to share sensory perception?"
"Sensory connection?!"
Long Xiaoyao was stunned. His gaze sharpened as it fell upon the pair. "You're saying… they share senses?"
Without giving a verbal answer, Ye Xishui squatted down and gently pinched Jiang Qingtong's cheek. Instantly, both Jiang Qingtong and Jiang Shengyu flinched in exactly the same way.
"How about now? Do you understand?"
Long Xiaoyao was speechless for a long moment. "Then what does this mean, exactly…?"
Ye Xishui chuckled and stood. "Exactly what makes this so fascinating!"
With a flick of her fingers, she sliced open both Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong's hands, drawing a bead of blood from each.
The two drops of blood hovered in her palm—slowly merged—then immediately dispersed.
Ye Xishui looked at the result and broke into wild laughter. "Brother and sister? What a joke! They share no blood relation whatsoever! Not even a trace! They're not blood-related at all!"
Long Xiaoyao was visibly shocked. "They're… not related? How can two people look so alike and have zero connection? But… Xu Tiannan's intel said they were a pair of siblings adopted by Kong Deming…"
"Xu Tiannan's intel? That's what you said earlier in the arena—that his intel couldn't be fully trusted." Ye Yeshui gave him a sidelong glance.
Long Xiaoyao fell silent.
Ye Xishui's gaze drifted back to the two unconscious teens, her eyes now gleaming with increasing excitement.
"Interesting… This is getting far too interesting."
Seeing how excited Ye Xishui had become, Long Xiaoyao knew: neither Jiang Shengyu nor Jiang Qingtong would be able to escape her grasp now. She had set her sights on both of them.
Unless… they could one day attain power strong enough to defy Ye Xishui.
With that thought, Long Xiaoyao suddenly hoped Mu En could become their protector.
Looks like… it's time to tell Mu En about all this.
At that moment, Ye Xishui turned to Long Xiaoyao and said coldly, "What are you thinking about? Planning to go running to Mu En to tell him I've got my eyes on two little geniuses? Hoping he'll come shelter them?"
Long Xiaoyao didn't reply, but Ye Xishui continued, "I know you've been in contact with Mu En. I've always known everything between you two—I've just chosen not to interfere."
"But if you breathe a single word about them to Mu En… then don't you ever show your face to me again, Long Xiaoyao."
Her tone was ice-cold.
Faced with that, Long Xiaoyao remained silent for a long while… and ultimately chose not to inform Mu En.
He was a conflicted man—wanting to stop Ye Xishui from going down a darker path, yet unable to resist her threats.
Ye Xishui cast a glance at him, then reached out toward the unconscious pair, determined to uncover the mystery behind their sensory connection—wanting to see what was so unique about their very souls.
But the Seven-Petal Mirror Lotus suddenly activated, sensing the danger. Fourteen layers of barriers unfolded, shielding Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong.
Ye Xishui's brows furrowed. With a wave, she shattered the defenses.
However, the instant her soul power touched the spiritual core of the two youths—
—a terrifying force erupted from deep within their souls.
Even Ye Xishui trembled in its presence.
The next moment, her spiritual sea was struck as though by a giant hammer. Her face turned deathly pale, and she spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot—overwhelmed by the sheer soul-based countershock!
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