"What is this power…? This is impossible! Two little brats—how could they!"
Ye Xishui staggered back several steps, her chest heaving violently.
She was a Limit Douluo—yet even her spiritual sea couldn't withstand that soul impact?
Seeing her pale face, Long Xiaoyao remarked, "Maybe Kong Deming equipped them with some kind of spiritual-defense-type soul tool? His skill with soul tools does surpass yours."
Wiping the blood from the corner of her lips, Ye Xishui snorted coldly, "Hmph! A few mere soul tools… and they think they can stop me?"
Without another word, she once again reached out toward Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong. But just like before, the moment her power made contact with their souls, that vast and overwhelming aura descended again, instantly shredding her soul force into pieces.
This time, Ye Xishui suffered backlash.
A mouthful of blood burst from her lips as her body reeled and fell backward. The aura of a Limit Douluo around her rapidly withered—that was the clear sign of spiritual damage!
Long Xiaoyao was shocked. He quickly caught her and looked toward the unconscious siblings. "Could Kong Deming's soul tools really be this powerful?"
Ye Xishui's chest rose and fell violently as she gritted out through clenched teeth, "Long Xiaoyao, kill Kong Deming! Go and kill him!"
Long Xiaoyao sighed helplessly. "Killing him is easy enough… but then what? Aren't you still working with the Sun Moon Empire? Killing their top soul tool expert now—won't that tear the alliance apart?"
Besides, no one knew what Kong Deming's true strength was. He was widely considered the closest person alive to becoming a Class 10 Soul Engineer, but no one had ever seen him fight at full strength.
What if he already had a Class 10 soul tool and was simply hiding it?
Their conflict with him wasn't irreconcilable—better not to add unnecessary bloodshed.
Thinking this, Long Xiaoyao looked toward Ye Xishui again and said, "Xishui, we should go. Elder Xuan is almost here. And your condition…"
Ye Xishui turned back with a cold glare, forcibly calming her chaotic breathing. "Next time, they won't be so lucky. Let's see if that soul tool can protect them forever!"
With that, she finally allowed Long Xiaoyao to lead her away.
Not long after they left, the Snow Empress emerged from the storage-type soul tool once more. She had been just as shocked by the arrival of two Limit Douluo—but what surprised her even more was that Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong had somehow hurt a Limit Douluo-level opponent. And judging from Ye Xishui's condition, she wasn't lightly wounded!
What on earth happened here?
Furrowing her brows, Snow Empress sensed Elder Xuan fast approaching. She raised her hand and summoned a stream of soul power to carry Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong away in another direction, avoiding his arrival.
When Elder Xuan finally arrived at the scene, all he found were the lingering scorch marks and faint traces of ultimate ice—a clear sign that Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong had indeed been here.
But… where were they now?
Elder Xuan frowned deeply. He quickly rose into the sky and scanned the entire forest below, trying to spot any sign of the two.
However, Snow Empress had long since flown far beyond the forest's borders, taking them safely back to Star Luo Grand Hotel, and into Jiang Shengyu's room.
After placing them both on the bed, she laid down a layer of soul power as a protective barrier, just in case anything unexpected happened. Only after taking these precautions did she begin a detailed inspection of their conditions.
The traces of Evil Fire were completely gone.
Whether in their souls or in Jiang Qingtong's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, it was as if the flames had been entirely extinguished.
And yet—the Evil Fire Phoenix still was the Evil Fire Phoenix. It hadn't evolved into the Fire Phoenix, which meant the evil fire itself still existed… just dormant.
Snow Empress raised her hand and gently released a stream of cold energy, sending a wisp of ultimate ice into their spiritual seas to rouse them.
"—Hhss!"
The double dose of ultimate ice shocked Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong awake simultaneously. Both jolted upright in bed.
When they opened their eyes and saw the Snow Empress standing before them, they spoke in unison:
"Snow Empress? You're awake?"
"You two…"
Seeing the identical expressions on their faces, Snow Empress froze for a moment, confused by what she was witnessing.
Realizing she was stunned, Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong gradually regained their senses—and quickly turned to look at one another.
What greeted them were two near-identical, breathtakingly beautiful faces—flushed faintly pink.
"What… what's going on?" they murmured at the same time.
"I was about to ask you that."
Snow Empress looked at Jiang Shengyu and began explaining everything she had just seen. Then she asked, "I remember—this isn't the first time something like this happened. Wasn't there a time before, when a force deep in your soul suppressed the evil fire?"
Before?
She must be referring to that incident on Jiang Qingtong's journey to Shrek Academy, when she'd encountered Ye Xishui. So once again, after losing consciousness, some hidden power in their souls had emerged?
But… why did it only manifest after they had passed out?
Jiang Shengyu took a deep breath and slowly regained his composure—only to suddenly notice something.
He and Jiang Qingtong were completely unclothed, their smooth, pale skin glowing with a soft pink hue—it felt like a hammer had smashed directly into his soul.
His spiritual sea erupted in a tidal wave of shock!
"Wait, what—?" Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong exclaimed at the same time, yanking the covers up and glancing downward.
There, perfectly exposed, were bodies sculpted like works of art—flawless, unblemished.
It was a view he'd become accustomed to over time, but in this context… it was far more intoxicating.
His mind instinctively jumped to that possibility…
But no—there was no sign anything had actually happened.
Snow Empress tilted her head, frowning slightly. "You two… what exactly is going on here?"
Seeing her inquisitive expression, Jiang Shengyu fell silent.
After a short moment of quiet, he began to explain to the Snow Empress about the shared senses and shared thoughts between him and Jiang Qingtong—though he deliberately withheld the part about their souls being originally one and the same.
Even so, the information was enough to leave Snow Empress visibly stunned.
"So, the two of you… aren't actually related by blood? You just call yourselves siblings because of this unique spiritual bond?"
She watched as Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong got dressed again, still in disbelief. "And on top of that, you look almost identical—and your martial souls can even fuse?"
"Yes," Jiang Shengyu nodded.
Snow Empress snorted. "And you expect me to believe all that?"
"Snow Empress, you saw what happened while we were unconscious, didn't you?" Jiang Shengyu said, now fully clothed, turning back to her. "Besides what I just told you—what other explanation is there?"
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