Bai Qi twisted open the jar, poured out the dragon's blood, and drew a magic circle on the ground, placing the various precious materials he had prepared in specific positions.
Having completed all this, Bai Qi held the crystal ball in his hand and began to chant a spell. A hundred souls of pure maidens flew out from the crystal ball.
The moment they were freed from the crystal ball, these souls instinctively scattered in all directions. Fortunately, Bai Qi was prepared. An invisible magic barrier rose, blocking all escaping souls and trapping them within the magic circle.
Up to this point, everything was within Dao Long's expectations, but what happened next made Dao Long, the dark energy sorcerer, drop his jaw.
As Bai Qi chanted the spell, the entire ancient castle began to shake violently. All the magic materials emitted unique magical halos. Immediately, with Bai Qi as the dividing line, the space to his left, where Dao Long was located, was filled with a large amount of dark energy, while the space to his right, which was relatively opposite, was filled with righteous energy.
As an utterly wicked great demon, Bai Qi actually used magic to summon righteous energy. Wasn't this courting death?
Indeed, that was precisely the case.
Bai Qi's left side, submerged in dark energy, showed no abnormalities. However, his right side, exposed to righteous energy, was not so fortunate. His skin, as if it had come into contact with sulfuric acid, was being burned by the righteous energy, emitting wisps of white smoke. He felt like a vampire exposed to the scorching midday sun, as if he would be annihilated at any moment.
Despite enduring immense pain, Bai Qi did not cease the magic ritual. Instead, he gritted his teeth and continued to chant the spell.
Once the righteous energy had inflicted a certain degree of damage on Bai Qi's body, the magic of the Horse Talisman automatically activated, constantly repairing his scorched body. The magic of the Dog Talisman ensured that Bai Qi would not be killed by the dense righteous energy.
At this point, the hundred pure maiden souls also underwent a transformation.
They were divided equally into fifty, each group wandering in the righteous energy and the dark energy respectively.
The maiden souls in the dark energy, influenced by it, gradually turned black in appearance, their eyes becoming the scarlet red of demons. They occasionally let out piercing screams, unleashing their most primal desires.
The maiden souls on the side of righteous energy, influenced by it, emitted a faint golden glow all over their bodies. Their expressions were serene and joyful, and they occasionally sang beautiful songs like sacred chants.
When the two sides of energy reached their peak density, Bai Qi threw a magic gem the size of a pigeon's egg into the air.
The gem exploded in mid-air, and a wisp of soul flew out from it.
The owner of this wisp of soul was none other than Bai Qi, who had extracted it from the unconscious Xiao Yu's body using the power of the Sheep Talisman.
It had been nurtured within the magic gem since its extraction, precisely for this moment of use.
The instant Xiao Yu's wisp of soul appeared, the hundred maiden souls, as if drawn by an irresistible force, frantically approached this wisp of soul.
Seeing that the timing was right, Bai Qi's eyes snapped open, and he shouted, "Fuse!"
He forcefully activated the power of the Sheep Talisman, applying it to Xiao Yu's wisp of soul.
Instantly, a vortex-like hole appeared on Xiao Yu's soul. The maiden souls, upon seeing this, showed expressions of extreme alarm and turned to flee, but it was too late.
Under the pull of the vortex, not a single one of the hundred maiden souls escaped. All of them were absorbed into Xiao Yu's soul.
As the souls merged one by one, Xiao Yu's wisp of soul gradually became complete. Moreover, the strength of Xiao Yu's new soul was more than a hundred times that of a normal human, but it was... unstable.
One moment it resembled Xiao Yu, the next its face contorted into another countenance, then another, and another.
It was clear that although the hundred souls had merged under the power of the Sheep Talisman, they were all vying for dominance. Xiao Yu's original soul was merely a wisp and, compared to the complete souls, was too weak. In the struggle for dominance, it was clearly at a disadvantage.
If this situation were left unchecked, there would be two possible outcomes: either the hundred souls would fight amongst themselves, with the victor becoming dominant, or none of the hundred souls would be able to overcome the others, leading to coexistence.
However, neither outcome was what Bai Qi desired.
The reason was simple.
The thought of a hundred souls sharing a single body was, frankly, exhilarating. Bai Qi did not want to end up with a madman possessing a hundred personalities.
With this in mind, Bai Qi raised his left hand and released the power of the Sheep Talisman towards the soul in the air.
Under Bai Qi's forceful intervention, the soul vibrated at a high frequency.
This high-frequency vibration continued for about five minutes before it began to calm down. The hundred souls had also completed a basic fusion, supplementing and strengthening Xiao Yu's original wisp of soul as nourishment.
Bai Qi's hands moved again, and the light emanating from the various magic materials on the magic circle converged on the soul from all directions.
It was evident that absorbing so many high-intensity magic materials simultaneously, and from two extreme sources, placed a considerable burden on this soul.
This was precisely why Bai Qi had chosen to fuse the hundred souls into Xiao Yu's wisp of soul.
Because Xiao Yu was the Child of Destiny in this world, her position within the righteous energy was equivalent to his own within his mother, the dark energy.
Direct intervention would have been impossible; the righteous energy would have fought him to the death.
Therefore, Bai Qi had to settle for the next best option, choosing to extract a wisp of her soul using magic without harming Xiao Yu herself.
As the Child of Destiny, even a mere wisp of soul possessed immense augmentation, greatly increasing the success rate of Bai Qi's magic ritual.
Furthermore, using these hundred pure maiden souls to strengthen this wisp of soul would make it complete while also endowing it with a hundredfold greater strength and resilience than ordinary souls. Soshuu.com
It was precisely because of this that the soul did not collapse when absorbing these materials imbued with potent magic.
After absorbing all the magic materials, this newly formed soul had achieved progressive enhancement.
Simply put, after absorbing so many magic materials, this soul had evolved into a magic soul.
What is a magic soul?
For an ordinary person to become a mage or a sorcerer, it depends on talent. Some are born to be Muggles, possessing not the slightest trace of magical power and an extremely low affinity for it. Such Muggles could never become mages in their lifetime.
But a magic soul is different.
A magic soul is inherently endowed with strong magic. From birth, the magical power within them can surpass that of many ordinary mages, and their affinity for magic is incredibly high. Their cultivation of magic can be described as soaring through the clouds, smooth and unimpeded.
However, magic souls are extremely rare. Throughout the long river of human history, those possessing magic souls can be counted on one's fingers, such as Merlin.