Shui Bing'er woke up, her beautiful eyes fixed on Ma Hongjun, her head still a little fuzzy.
At this moment, Ma Hongjun was putting away his Martial God Spear, looking at Shui Bing'er awkwardly, worried she might misunderstand. However, Shui Bing'er had only just woken up, looking around at the dimly lit space, seemingly deep in thought. Her gaze shifted to the ground; the icy white floor was particularly striking against a pool of purplish-black blood. She checked her body again, noticing the centipede poison had lessened considerably. She looked back at Ma Hongjun, noticing the faint trace of blood on his lips, her face flushing slightly! Ma Hongjun, embarrassed by her gaze, chuckled sheepishly, indicating his naivety. Silence followed for a moment. "Did you save me?" she asked gently. Ma Hongjun had already put away his Martial God Spear, and nodded upon hearing Shui Bing'er's question. The atmosphere was somewhat awkward. The ground was a little cold; Shui Bing'er sat up, taking a brand-new blue Soul Master robe from her spatial soul tool and putting it on. With the life force energy provided by Ma Hongjun, Shui Bing'er's spirits gradually improved. However, the centipede venom had penetrated deep into her body, and coupled with the excessive blood loss earlier, her soul power had not yet recovered. Ma Hongjun thought for a moment and took out the 30,000-year-old Xuanbing Centipede's left leg soul bone. This left leg soul bone, possessing both ice and poison attributes, could actually be fused with by Ma Hongjun, as he currently lacked a soul bone in his left leg. However, Ma Hongjun didn't want it. His body didn't have many soul bone slots left, and now he had gained another martial soul, allowing him to attach a total of twenty-seven soul rings. He had only attached thirteen so far. His future pursuit would be against 100,000-year-old soul beasts, which would inevitably produce soul bones. Therefore, Ma Hongjun wasn't in a hurry. In short, Ma Hongjun didn't value this soul bone. Shui Bing'er looked at the soul bone Ma Hongjun had taken out in surprise. From this soul bone, she could sense a familiar aura. It wasn't hard to guess that it came from the 10,000-year-old Xuanbing Centipede that had been chasing her. Looking at Ma Hongjun handing her the soul bone, her eyes were filled with doubt. "Here, take this soul bone. You still have centipede venom in your body that hasn't been eradicated. Fusing with this soul bone can cure the poison in your body," Ma Hongjun said with a simple smile. Shui Bing'er was speechless for a moment and did not accept the soul bone. "This is too precious!" The rarity of soul bones is well known; even the champion of the All-Continent Soul Master Competition sometimes only receives one soul bone as a reward. Shui Bing'er is different from Huo Wu. Back in the Fire Domain, Huo Wu accepted Ma Hongjun's gift of a 100,000-year soul bone without hesitation. That was because she knew about the Fire Domain, a secret realm, and also because of her relationship with Ma Hongjun. But now, Shui Bing'er and Ma Hongjun were practically meeting for the first time. They had only met briefly during the Soul Master Competition and had not interacted. Although they had long admired each other. "Take it. Soul bones are nothing special to me, and this soul bone is very suitable for you right now," Ma Hongjun said, forcing the soul bone into Shui Bing'er's hand before she could refuse. "Absorb it now, I'll protect you!" Seeing Ma Hongjun's indifferent expression towards the soul bone, Shui Bing'er didn't refuse again. They were currently in the far north, constantly in danger. If she didn't absorb this soul bone, her strength recovery would be too slow, and she would also be affected by the centipede poison. Shui Bing'er began to fuse with the soul bone. The crystalline left leg bone turned into liquid and flowed into her left leg. As the soul bone was refined, her soul power slowly recovered, and her martial soul was summoned. A pair of ice wings unfolded, and the phantom of the Ice Phoenix fully appeared. At this moment, the Fire Phoenix martial soul within Ma Hongjun was also passively summoned. Two phoenixes, one ice, one fire, one red, one blue, actually began a clash of auras in this narrow ice cave. Both the Ice Phoenix and the Fire Phoenix had five soul rings. However, one had a yellow-yellow-purple-purple-black configuration, the best soul ring configuration. The other had a red-red-red-red-red configuration, five super-top-tier rings. Just in terms of the aura of the soul rings, Ma Hongjun's single red soul ring could suppress all of the Ice Phoenix's soul rings. This clash directly overwhelmed the Ice Phoenix's momentum. Flames rose, and the ice cave began to melt. Shui Bing'er frowned, as the Fire Phoenix's pressure surged down upon her like a tidal wave. Ma Hongjun quickly controlled his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, suppressing most of its soul power. The Fire Phoenix Martial Soul of today was completely different, far more powerful than during the Soul Master Competition.
Shui Bing'er's complexion returned to normal. She was currently fusing with the soul bone and couldn't afford to be distracted.
However, the pressure accelerated and smoothed the fusion process.
The Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, suppressed and desperately needing to absorb energy, made absorbing the soul bone much easier.
Just one hour passed.
Shui Bing'er had completely absorbed the soul bone; the wound on her left leg was completely healed, and the purplish-black centipede venom was absorbed into the soul bone,
making it smooth and flawless once more!
Shui Bing'er opened her eyes and saw Ma Hongjun bathed in red light, surrounded by swirling purple light.
The fire phoenix's fiery aura was overwhelming; the five red soul rings exerted an irresistible pressure.
Shui Bing'er's eyes were filled with astonishment. She already had countless questions after seeing Ma Hongjun's Martial God Spear Martial Soul, but the Fire Phoenix Martial Soul now displayed shocked her beyond measure.
The replenishment of the soul bone fully restored the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul's soul power and even raised it by two levels.
However, in terms of aura, it was still completely overwhelmed.
Shui Bing'er finally understood the invisible stirrings she had felt for Ma Hongjun before.
It turned out to originate from his martial soul.
At this moment, the Ice-Fire Phoenix flew out of their bodies.
The fire phoenix was above, followed by the ice phoenix.
After the ice phoenix's aura was completely suppressed, the fire phoenix seemed to tame it, which eliminated the antagonistic feelings between Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er.
Correspondingly, Shui Bing'er's gaze towards Ma Hongjun became gentler.
Martial souls, to a certain extent, also influence soul masters.
"This is martial soul fusion!"
Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er exclaimed simultaneously, both extremely surprised.
The sensation from their martial souls was very clear.
This was a sign of fusion.
Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er had both experienced martial soul fusion before, and they were very familiar with it.
Ice and fire intertwined, the two phoenixes flying side by side in the air, like a pair of loving mandarin ducks, purple and white light soaring into the sky.
The ice cave exploded!
The two phoenixes merged together, a pair of illusory ice wings appearing on their seven-colored phoenix wings, transforming into a four-winged Ice-Fire Phoenix.
Driven by the powerful soul force of the Ice-Fire Phoenix, Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er embraced each other and soared into the sky together.
At this moment, the swirling snowflakes were blown aside, and Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er twirled beneath the four-winged Ice-Fire Phoenix.
A beautiful scene unfolded on the ice mountain.
Under the phoenix's radiance, a handsome man and a beautiful woman twirled in the air, embracing each other.
They gazed at each other, their eyes filled with each other's image.
Red and blue hair intertwined, and the distance between them grew ever closer.
Soul fusion requires not only complementary souls and auras, but
also mutual acceptance, trust, and openness between the soul masters.
Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er's soul fusion came somewhat abruptly.
However, the process was remarkably smooth and harmonious.
This differed from Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong's fusion, which occurred upon their first meeting, driven by curiosity and a lack of resistance.
Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er, however, had met before.
This proved that they had already tacitly accepted each other.
Ma Hongjun gazed at Shui Bing'er with deep affection.
Shui Bing'er also gazed at him with deep affection.
Love arises without warning, and deepens with time! (