Chapter 87

But Wang Dong insisted on his own idea, and the two of them sat down on Huo Yuhao’s bed. As soon as he sat down, Wang Dong felt a bit depressed. Indeed, this purely hard board bed was nothing compared to the comfort of his own bed, which was covered with fur cushions! However, he could only endure it. Last night, the two of them had accidentally slept on his bed, and he couldn’t let Huo Yuhao sleep on his bed again.

Huo Yuhao was quite magnanimous. After a brief moment of dissatisfaction, his mood returned to normal. He thought to himself, "Forget it, everyone has their own living habits, and we should respect each other." With this thought, the slight resentment in his heart disappeared.

Wang Dong glanced at Huo Yuhao and found that he was also looking at him. For some reason, he felt a bit flustered and apologetic, and quickly raised his palms, saying, "Let's start. As you said, we'll practice until dinner time and see how it goes."

Huo Yuhao also raised his palms to meet his. As soon as their bodies made contact, their soul power immediately began to merge. The two types of soul power circulated through their bodies just once and completed the entire fusion process. After that, the soul power flowing through their bodies was a mixture of their two different attributes.

In the morning, when they discovered this strange phenomenon, they didn’t have enough time to fully experience it. Now, as they settled down to practice, they gradually felt different sensations.

Indeed, as they had previously sensed, their soul power increased at an extremely fast rate when they practiced together. Simply put, their individual improvement speeds were equivalent to the combined efforts of their usual practice.

In other words, if Huo Yuhao practiced for one hour and his soul power increased by one unit, and Wang Dong practiced for one hour and his soul power increased by 1.2 units, then when they practiced together, their combined soul power increased. Not only did the speed of soul power circulation increase, but after one hour, their individual soul power increases were both 2.2 units.

This way, Huo Yuhao’s practice speed was more than doubled, and Wang Dong’s was nearly doubled. Undoubtedly, Huo Yuhao benefited more. Because Wang Dong’s cultivation was higher. However, if the gap in their cultivation levels narrowed in the future, the benefits of practicing together would be closer.

For a soul master, doubling the practice speed was astonishing! Huo Yuhao originally planned to strive for Level 20 by the end of the first year. But if he practiced at this speed, he might reach Level 20 in just three to four months. And if Wang Dong continued to practice at this speed until the end of the year, breaking through to Level 30 was not impossible.

After nearly three hours of practice, as the sky outside gradually darkened, they woke up from their meditative state. Their soul power returned to their bodies, and the previously intertwined different soul powers immediately separated clearly. They both felt that their cultivation had improved much faster than usual.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong opened their eyes in unison and looked at each other, instantly seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes. Regardless of the source of this soul fusion, it was a great benefit for them! Especially for Huo Yuhao, who gained a much faster improvement speed than Wang Dong, it could be said that he had the advantage.

The two of them couldn’t wait to try enhancing their soul skills again. This time, they discovered another secret of the soul fusion.

Each of their skills could be enhanced through the fused soul, and the enhancement was extremely powerful, not just a simple one plus one equals two. When the two of them used a skill together, the power would increase by more than double, and the soul power consumption would be reduced by half. In other words, after completing the fusion of their two soul powers, the consumption of using soul skills would be reduced. This was as if their fused soul power had become a highly advanced new type of soul power.

Therefore, their state could not be called soul fusion; a more accurate term would be soul power fusion. But what left Wang Dong speechless was that after the fusion, it wasn’t the one with the higher cultivation who took the lead.

After their bodies made contact and their soul powers merged, Huo Yuhao actually took the dominant position. As long as he had the intention and was in contact with Wang Dong, he could use the fused soul power to activate soul skills and unleash powerful abilities, regardless of whether Wang Dong cooperated or not. If Wang Dong wanted to use the fused soul power, he had to have Huo Yuhao’s consent and cooperation. The distinction between primary and secondary was clear.

"Why is it like this? It's so unfair," Wang Dong said with a look of indignation.

Huo Yuhao said helplessly, "I don’t know either! Don’t worry, I’ll definitely cooperate fully whenever you need it."

Although he said he didn’t know, he had a vague suspicion that this situation was probably related to the Heavenly Dream Ice Worm. Otherwise, why would the one with weaker cultivation take the lead after the soul power fusion?

"Wang Dong, don’t be depressed. The new soul power generated after our soul power fusion should have a name. Let’s name it after you."

Wang Dong chuckled, "Forget it. Wang Dong Power? That sounds terrible. How about taking one character from each of our names? Let’s call it Hao Dong Power."

Huo Yuhao scratched his head, "That does sound better."

Wang Dong stood up, rubbed his buttocks, and said irritably, "Your bed is too hard. Let’s switch to mine for the evening practice. Since you got such a big advantage from Hao Dong Power, you treat me to dinner tonight." As he spoke, he tilted his head back and walked out, resting his hands behind his head.

Seeing his seemingly indifferent attitude, Huo Yuhao couldn’t help but laugh. This guy was just stubborn and proud, but he was actually very kind-hearted.

"Sure, I’ll treat you. Anyway, the money I have is from selling grilled fish. If it’s all gone, I’ll eat yours." As he spoke, he followed him.

With the shared Hao Dong Power, both Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong clearly felt that their relationship had changed. In Huo Yuhao’s heart, he and Wang Dong were not just friends and classmates, but brothers. He believed that Wang Dong felt the same way. Whether that was true, only Wang Dong knew...

While eating dinner, Huo Yuhao had some doubts. These doubts stemmed from his understanding of the Heavenly Dream Ice Worm. The Heavenly Dream Ice Worm had once said that as long as his body’s endurance reached a certain level, it would grant him more primordial power, allowing his soul rings to upgrade and his soul skills to reach their maximum strength.

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