Just by taking a single glance, Yun Ming felt as if his soul were about to be sucked inside.
Within the Black Hole Vortex lay endless darkness and endless unknowns; he could not sense what kind of Soul Power was stored within at all. However, he could clearly feel a bridge-like connection between the two Black Hole Vortexes.
Through these characteristics, Yun Ming confirmed that both Soul Cores were without issue. What actually concerned Yun Ming more was the external shape of the Soul Cores.
Around the black hole on Yun Ming's left, fine Dark Purple Gold ripples constantly undulated. In Yun Ming's somewhat astonished gaze, these ripples gradually solidified, forming the shape of a strange One-Eyed Crown Skull, with the black vortex mixed in as the pupil.
Around the black hole on his right, Scarlet Gold ripples drifted, condensing into a tree shape resembling the Golden Tree from his past life. The black vortex blended within it, complemented by specks of spatial silver light, resembling a starry sky.
With the Soul Cores successfully condensed, both Ao Tian were exhausted to the point of numbness. They were currently far too weak, and they had no strength left to interfere with Yun Ming's subsequent fusion of the Soul Cores. Yun Ming looked at the two somewhat illusory Dragon Turtles and said.
"You've worked hard, go back and rest first!"
The future 'Ao Tian' looked at Yun Ming and said.
"Yun Ming, you must succeed; this King still wants to become a god!"
To this, Yun Ming replied.
"Of course, I will not fall here!"
Both Ao Tian nodded, returned to their respective 'dwellings', and fell into a deep sleep, leaving only Yun Ming, Tian Ling, and the Evil King, who still had some strength left, on the scene.
Yun Ming let out a soft breath and looked at the remaining two beasts.
"After I finish adjusting my breath, we will proceed according to the plan we previously laid out."
The two beasts nodded, transformed into two rays of soul light, and returned to Yun Ming's body. Yun Ming sat cross-legged on the ground to perform his final adjustment and recovery.
Generally speaking, once the condensation of a Soul Core is complete, it must be absorbed immediately. Otherwise, once the Soul Core enters an unstable state, all previous efforts could be wasted, and there is even a possibility of harming the host themselves. Yun Ming was only able to complete this thanks to his formidable Spiritual Power, spatial abilities, and the help of the two Ao Tian who possessed stabilizing attributes; not only was it stable, but the quality was also near perfect. That was why he had the time to adjust his breath.
Half an hour later, Yun Ming opened his eyes, feeling refreshed and full of energy as he said.
"Prepare to begin; success or failure hinges on this one move!"
The two beasts received the order and immediately took their positions. The Evil King entered his glabella, and Tian Ling entered his chest. As Yun Ming had previously arranged, each beast occupied a place for housing a Soul Core, responsible for assisting Yun Ming in coordinating the conflict between the Soul Cores. Originally, the two Ao Tian were also going to assist, but they had gone offline early due to the unforeseen circumstances.
Yun Ming circulated Absolute Dominance, injecting Spiritual Power and blood energy into his glabella and chest respectively. The two locations for housing the Soul Cores naturally generated a strange suction force, each pulling on its corresponding Soul Core.
The two black hole Soul Cores flew toward Yun Ming, and the pale gold light patterns around the black hole Soul Cores shrank along with them, as did their main bodies. By the time they flew in front of Yun Ming, they had shrunk to the size of an eyeball and entered his vital points directly.
Absorbing a Soul Core is dangerous enough, but for Yun Ming to absorb two at once was even more perilous. It was not that Yun Ming did not want to take it step by step, one by one, but to achieve Yin-Yang Complementary now, he had to do both simultaneously.
If Yun Ming absorbed the Soul Cores one after the other, the first one absorbed would inevitably complete its initial growth nourished by the Soul Power in Yun Ming's body. By then, the strength of the two Soul Cores would be imbalanced, and the second Soul Core might be directly shattered and swallowed by the strengthened first Soul Core—this was something the current Yun Ming could not control. He had no choice but to let the two Soul Cores fight with all their might and then find a point of convergence to bring them into balance. When the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits. However, doing this would be very painful for him, and the physical burden would be immense.
As the Spirit Soul Core merged into his glabella, Yun Ming's body shook violently. In an instant, two rays of Dark Purple Gold light shot out from his eyes like two tangible sword beams.
At his glabella, around the Soul Core, a large number of Dark Purple Gold Ghost Patterns appeared, lighting up layer by layer and spreading outward. From his forehead to his glabella, the patterns seemed to be growing, quickly spreading across his entire forehead. The shape of the patterns was generally the same as the crown formed by the previous Soul Core ripples, the only difference being a strange Void Rune embedded in the center.
At this moment, Yun Ming had no time to care about his appearance; he only felt as if a terrifying, indescribable force had been injected into his sea of spirit. This force was like a sharp awl, as if it wanted to tear his head apart, or as if it wanted to drain his sea of spirit dry, as if it were truly trying to embed another eye into his skull. That painful sensation made Yun Ming feel the familiar feeling of shattering once again.
But this was only the beginning; besides merging the Spirit Soul Core, Yun Ming still had the Blood Soul Core merging!
Just as Yun Ming was experiencing the tearing pain in his head, his chest did not feel very painful as the Blood Soul Core merged. Perhaps due to the difference in nature, as the Blood Soul Core merged, although the blood energy in Yun Ming's body was also constantly being swallowed and released by the Soul Core in a cycle, Yun Ming only felt that his blood became more vigorous and powerful after being baptized by the Soul Core. It was warm, actually giving Yun Ming a comfortable feeling.
At the same time, with his chest as the center, Scarlet Gold patterns began to appear, spreading out toward the rest of his body.
Seeing that the Soul Cores were in place, the Evil King and Tian Ling immediately began to suppress the Soul Power consumption of their respective Soul Cores, making them consume the Soul Power in Yun Ming's body as smoothly and evenly as possible.
The reason for doing this was to reduce the intensity of their competition and alleviate the physical burden caused by them using Yun Ming's body as a battlefield, while also trying to make them adapt to each other.
The Spirit Soul Core and the Blood Soul Core rotated slightly in clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, respectively.
At first, this did not cause any fluctuations. Although this process made Yun Ming experience pain in his head and comfort in his chest, which was hard to endure, something that made Yun Ming feel excruciating pain soon followed.
Even under the suppression of the two Soul Spirits, the two Soul Cores slowly occupied their own territories, but there would always be a moment when they intersected, and that moment had now arrived.
Just as the two Soul Cores had each swallowed half of Yun Ming's Soul Power, they inevitably locked onto each other's power. Upon discovering that the other was a Soul Core completely different from itself, the two Soul Cores erupted; they wanted to wipe out what was, to them, a heretical existence.
When the two Soul Cores began to exert their power crazily, intending to annihilate their opponent, the feedback Yun Ming felt was that the tearing sensation in his head increased once again, and the originally warm blood in his body suddenly began to heat up, becoming as scorching as magma. It was as if two beauties both thought they were Yun Ming's only true love, and then both discovered he was cheating at the same time—both erupted on the spot.
In an instant, Yun Ming's feeling of being half-honey and half-pain vanished, replaced by an absolute, opposing world of ice and fire. It immediately made Yun Ming feel the most extreme pain in the human world, the kind that penetrated deep into his marrow.
On the surface of Yun Ming's body, his skin turned blood-red, his veins bulged, and his face looked like that of a mad demon. At the same time, explosions sounded from within Yun Ming's body, and mists of blood burst out from his body—
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