A wry smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face. "I don't know what happened, either, but it appears that your martial soul really is quite closely related to my bloodline."

Sima Jinchi nodded in response. "I could sense during our last battle in the Star Battle Net that I had made a breakthrough to become a Titled Douluo, but I returned to normal after logging out. I came to find you in the hope of sparring with you to see if I can make this breakthrough in real life, but I didn't think that I'd encounter all of this. What happened back there? Did you actively exert control over me?"

Tang Wulin shook his head. "I'm not sure what happened, either. When your Dragonslaying Saber evolved, I was struck by an instinctive feeling that I should adopt my martial soul true body form, and at the time, it felt as if your Dragonslaying Saber had become a part of my body. After that, I used it to attack before I really even knew what I was doing."

Sima Jinchi's lips twitched upon hearing this. It didn't take a genius to realize what had happened. He had always thought...