A holder of twin Martial Souls being unable to use both twin Martial Souls at the same time was already an old and oft-discussed problem.
For those who possessed beast souls, it was still somewhat better. At the very least, their basic physical qualities were still there.
But if both twin Martial Souls were tool Martial Souls, then switching between them required an obvious movement.
Moreover, unless both twin Martial Souls had been cultivated to completion, or unless the second Martial Soul had already begun to be attached with high-year Spirit Rings, when using one Martial Soul alone, one's qualities would not be significantly stronger than a Spirit Master with a single Martial Soul.
Theoretically speaking, as long as the compatibility between Martial Souls was high enough, then a Spirit Master had the possibility of possessing a self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
But throughout the entire Douluo series, only Wu Siduo had clearly displayed the ability of a self twin Martial Soul fusion skill. Long Yeyue, titled the Light and Darkness Dragon Emperor, theoretically possessed a self Martial Soul fusion skill, but this had never been clearly stated.
If one were to ask who in the current world was most likely to complete a self Martial Soul fusion skill, then without a doubt, it would be Bibi Dong. But even Bibi Dong could only achieve rapid switching between her two Martial Souls. Releasing both Martial Souls simultaneously, or completing a self Martial Soul fusion skill, was something she simply could not do.
The current Chen Ming, however, was different. Chen Ming had one beast Martial Soul and one tool Martial Soul. The origins of the two Martial Souls complemented one another, and because they were of different types, they did not conflict.
Although he currently could not directly complete a self Martial Soul fusion skill, he could increase his own attributes while summoning them. This could be regarded as a state somewhere between using two Martial Souls simultaneously and using a self Martial Soul fusion skill. As long as subsequent research kept up, the difficulty of completing a self Martial Soul fusion skill would become extremely low.
Chen Ming could temporarily borrow the Spirit Rings of his main Martial Soul—that is, the Sacred Dragon Martial Soul—onto the Dragon Spear, using the Dragon Spear to release variant Spirit Abilities.
If the Dragon Spear also possessed Spirit Rings, Chen Ming could also directly use the Dragon Spear's Spirit Abilities on his own Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.
This was different from twin Martial Souls, where the two Martial Souls were stacked to the extreme and together possessed eighteen Spirit Rings. Chen Ming was the more pure kind of existence: once both Martial Souls were fully attached, he could truly obtain eighteen Spirit Rings.
Excluding the fact that Martial Soul True Body could not be shared, each Martial Soul could have at least seventeen Spirit Abilities. Two Martial Souls meant thirty-four Spirit Abilities. If he could obtain even more hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings, then he would have even more abilities.
This was simply not a small win, but an overwhelming victory, a victory so complete it was almost absurd. Even if the borrowed Spirit Rings' fundamental performance was actually more or less the same as their performance on the other Martial Soul, they were still genuine Spirit Abilities.
If the Spirit Abilities of other Spirit Masters were like spell slots, each one incomparably precious and each use carrying great limitations, requiring careful calculation before being used,
then Chen Ming's Spirit Abilities were, in the truest sense, small abilities. It was enough to make ordinary Spirit Masters cry themselves unconscious in the toilet.
If Chen Ming one day managed to develop a self Martial Soul fusion skill, then just what level it would ultimately reach was something even Chen Ming himself could not quite estimate.
"This is your second Martial Soul? You actually have a second Martial Soul?" Dugu Bo looked at the long spear in Chen Ming's hand, his whole person somewhat incoherent.
In truth, he had once seen records concerning twin Martial Souls in some ancient text. His understanding of twin Martial Souls was actually deeper than that so-called Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's. But this was still the first time he had truly seen twin Martial Souls with his own eyes.
Dugu Bo felt that this thing of Chen Ming's was completely different from the twin Martial Souls recorded in the texts no matter how he looked at it. But because one had no right to speak without investigation, he had no idea what to do.
"This is the second Martial Soul formed after my original dragon spear fused into my body."
"This pool of water seems to contain the remains of a powerful dragon race. The power contained within those remains fused into my body, causing my Martial Soul to undergo additional changes, thereby transforming an external weapon into my innate Martial Soul."
"Although I experienced this process myself, I still cannot understand the principle behind this energy or how it operates. I can only say that this must be the special nature possessed by power left behind by an existence above the god level."
This truly could not be replicated. After all, Chen Ming's various hardware levels and foundational qualities were already completely beyond what a normal Spirit Master could compare to. With all sorts of factors added together, compared to acquiring a second Martial Soul postnatally, being born directly with twin Martial Souls was actually a little less difficult.
It could be said that ever since awakening his Martial Soul, Chen Ming had been thinking about the matter of using ice and fire to temper his body. His subsequent cultivation, taking of medicines, and obtaining of Spirit Rings had all been meticulously planned so that at this moment, he could maximize this opportunity for refinement.
Chen Ming's path was one that only Chen Ming himself could walk. If it were anyone else, no one would be able to do it.
Dugu Bo did not understand. But he also knew that there were many things he did not understand, and could only sigh.
"Since ancient times, no one has ever truly cultivated twin Martial Souls to the limit. It is said that there are enormous risks during the cultivation process of twin Martial Souls."
"Although with your talent, you will certainly have a way to overcome this problem, I still want to remind you that you absolutely must be careful."
Bibi Dong was able to cultivate twin Martial Souls because her twin Martial Souls not only did not conflict, but even vaguely possessed an extremely high degree of compatibility. There was no need for her to additionally pacify them postnatally.
As for other people, they simply could not use Bibi Dong as a reference.
But if speaking of compatibility, then the compatibility between Chen Ming's two current Martial Souls was only higher, not lower, than the compatibility between Bibi Dong's two Martial Souls. There would not be the slightest risk or problem.
After putting on his clothes, Chen Ming summoned the Dragon Spear and inserted the spearhead into the pool water. Using his own will to mobilize the Spirit Power inside the spear, he stored part of the pool water within the Dragon Spear in an energyized form.
After spending more than an hour, Chen Ming ultimately stored within the Dragon Spear energy roughly equivalent to one cubic meter of pool water.
The pool water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was both a good thing and, in the truest sense, a great killing weapon.
When Tang San hunted the Evil Spirit Orca King and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, he relied on injecting the spring water of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well into the bodies of the spirit beasts, using the conflict between the two types of energy to destroy their flesh, finally achieving victory.
And the amount of spring water Tang San injected was only a few small bottles in total. Chen Ming, on the other hand, had genuinely used his own special traits to store roughly one cubic meter of pool water inside the Dragon Spear.
On ordinary days, Chen Ming could digest the power contained within this spring water to cultivate. When facing enemies, he could directly use the Dragon Spear to inject a small portion of the spring water back into the enemy's body.
Even if it were a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, once struck, it would still die completely in an instant.