Douluo's Soul Power increases by two levels every year

Chapter 272 Oscar's Heartache

P.S. I was originally planning to post four chapters, but something came up, so I'll make up for it tomorrow. Two chapters for today.

"Brother Feng! What brings you to the far north?"

Han Feng and Oscar left Lin Tian and the other two behind and headed straight for the far north. Along the way, Oscar chatted with Han Feng with great interest.

After all, it had been more than a year since we last met, so excitement was a natural reaction.

Han Feng blinked, then said mysteriously, "That's a long story! Like I said, I'll tell you slowly later!"

Oscar rolled his eyes and pouted, saying, "Seriously! You didn't even tell me that?"

"It's too much trouble to explain to you!" Han Feng shrugged, not hiding anything from Oscar, and said frankly.

"Uh..." Oscar was even more speechless, so he simply skipped the topic and stared at Han Feng with great interest, saying expectantly, "Brother Feng! Can you tell me where all your strength comes from?! What kind of excuse about being born with superhuman strength are you trying to fool me with? We've been classmates for two years, even if we're not exactly inseparable, we know each other pretty well!"

"Furthermore, I've never heard of anyone born with superhuman strength who could swing a ten-thousand-year-old Ink-Blood Ice Elephant King away with their bare hands!"

Oscar stared intently at Han Feng, his playful face now showing a serious expression for the first time!

Han Feng was taken aback when he saw this, but he understood.

Oscar is deeply obsessed with his fighting power. Although he never says it, everyone at Shrek Academy knows that Oscar is actually not very satisfied with his martial soul.

A food-type genius soul master with innate full soul power sounds impressive, but in a real fight, any non-support type great soul master could easily defeat Oscar in his current state!

Oscar's desire for power is not only about breaking through the cultivation realm, but also about pursuing strength!

Oscar wants the ability to stand on his own, not to hide behind his partners and pitifully hide away.

That's why Oscar disregarded everyone's objections and ventured out alone as a support Soul Master, all for a Soul Skill that existed only in Oscar's imagination!

But now, the power of Han Feng's blood and qi has given Oscar new hope!

If Oscar had Han Feng's blood and energy, he'd see who would dare to mess with him—if they really thought he was a weak and powerless support soul master, he'd give those soul masters who underestimated him a big surprise!

Han Feng understood Oscar's mentality, but the power of qi and blood is not something that can be cultivated overnight. Even Han Feng himself did not have a systematic cultivation method. He only had a vague breakthrough method and realm definition obtained from the God of Defense. Everything else was something that Han Feng had to work out on his own!

"I know what you're thinking!" Han Feng sighed, then said, "It's not that I can't tell you, but I have to give you a heads-up first, so you don't regret it later!"

"Tell me!" Oscar's eyes lit up suddenly, and he exclaimed in surprise.

"The first thing is that if you want to possess my powerful blood and qi, your soul power level will inevitably drop. As you can see, blood and qi also need to be cultivated. It cannot be achieved overnight. Even if I tell you how to cultivate, you cannot make rapid progress overnight!" Han Feng said calmly.

"So this power is called Qi and Blood!" Oscar nodded in deep agreement, then gave Han Feng a strange look.

He always felt that Han Feng was showing off, intentionally or unintentionally.

Although Oscar didn't know Han Feng's exact cultivation level, Han Feng was already level 47 when he left Tiandou City. Now, more than a year later, even if he had fallen behind in soul power cultivation due to focusing on cultivating blood and qi, he was probably not far from becoming a Soul King!

Looking at myself, I spent more than a year training hard outside before I finally broke through to the Soul King level!

There's really no comparison between people!

But Oscar had no choice. Han Feng's talent for cultivation was unparalleled, if not unmatched in the future. This was a fact acknowledged throughout Shrek Academy. Without that talent, who would dare to compress their soul power as wildly as Han Feng?

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Han Feng frowned, feeling uneasy under Oscar's gaze.

"It's nothing! You can continue!" Oscar shook his head and said without changing his expression.

Although Han Feng was puzzled, he continued, "Secondly, your current physical condition is too poor. Even if I tell you how to cultivate your qi and blood, you won't be able to practice it. Instead, you'll suffer a backlash and become even weaker!"

"Third, I can tell you directly that cultivating qi and blood power is different from cultivating soul power. It's not as simple as just sitting cross-legged and having your five hearts aligned. In the early stages, you need to invest a lot of soul coins to buy body-strengthening medicines to assist your cultivation. I'm not exaggerating when I say that most of the things Xue Ye gave me were used up in these medicines! The later stages of cultivation are even more brutal. Things like soaking in lava and being struck by lightning are just the usual cultivation methods!"

"So, do you still want to cultivate your Qi and Blood Power?!"

Han Feng narrowed his eyes, looked solemnly at Oscar, and said in a chilling tone.

Han Feng certainly didn't want Oscar to start body training halfway through; others might not know, but Han Feng certainly did!

The ability to copy soul skills is real!

Instead of wasting a lot of energy cultivating qi and blood, it's better to focus on cultivating soul power!

But since they were brothers, and Oscar's lack of ability had always been a concern, Han Feng couldn't refuse directly. So he resorted to this method to make Oscar back down.

As Han Feng had expected, Oscar did indeed show a conflicted expression after he finished speaking. Han Feng breathed a sigh of relief and went along with it, saying, "So..."

"Brother Feng! I've made up my mind! I want to cultivate my Qi and Blood Power!" But to Han Feng's surprise, the conflicted look on Oscar's face only flashed by for a moment before being replaced by determination. He said to Han Feng, word by word.

Han Feng raised an eyebrow, not expecting Oscar's obsession to be so deep!

Oscar confirmed that he had really considered it. Regarding the talent Han Feng mentioned, Oscar believed that he was not bad either. Although he could not compare to Han Feng, he was the first support soul master in the history of Douluo Continent with innate full soul power. If Oscar's talent was bad, then 99% of the soul masters in the world could stop cultivating!

As for physical fitness, Oscar knows that support-level Soul Masters can't compare to other Soul Masters, but can they train?

Money was not a concern at all. Although Oscar was not as wealthy as Ning Rongrong, he was still a count of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Ye had given him quite a lot of gifts!

Oscar was going all in. Since Han Feng was able to push his blood and qi power to the level of Soul King within a year, even if his talent couldn't compare to Han Feng's, he was willing to risk not making any progress in his soul power for the next three years, just to have his own power!

Oscar is only seventeen years old now, and he won't be twenty in three years. A twenty-year-old support-type Soul King is also a top genius in the world, no less!

"Tsk!" Han Feng clicked his tongue inwardly. He hadn't expected that his appearance would lead Oscar astray.

But now that things have come to this point, Han Feng is even less able to refuse Oscar!

Han Feng would never let Oscar give up cultivating his soul power. Otherwise, a few years later, when Oscar encounters the Mirror Beast, he will find that his soul power is less than level 60 and he cannot absorb soul rings. That would be truly heartbreaking!

After hesitating for a moment, Han Feng had a flash of inspiration. He tossed the soul tool he was carrying to Oscar and said, "In that case, you should start by building the foundation!"

"Your physical condition is too poor. You need to have a body at least at the Soul Venerable level before you can cultivate Qi and Blood Power!"

"Here's what I'm doing. This soul tool still contains a lot of leftover medicinal herbs for body tempering. Use them to strengthen your muscles and bones. Train more during your breaks. When you can withstand a thousand-year-old soul beast with your bare body, I'll teach you how to cultivate your qi and blood power!"

"Don't fall behind in your soul power level. The foundation for cultivating qi and blood is your soul power level. Without soul power quality at the Soul Emperor level, don't even think about cultivating qi and blood!"

Han Feng wasn't exactly lying to Oscar. If Oscar wanted to learn from Han Feng, he would definitely have to study the secret technique that the God of Defense gave Han Feng—that secret technique uses Qi to nourish essence, and the higher the quality of soul power, the faster one can refine Qi and blood power!

"Soul power quality at the Soul Emperor level!?" Oscar took the ring, his eyes widening in disbelief as he stared at Han Feng, stammering, "You broke through to Soul King!?"

"That's right!" Han Feng nodded matter-of-factly.

"This is outrageous!" Oscar cried out in despair. He had originally wanted to exchange a few polite words with Han Feng, but upon hearing that Han Feng had actually broken through to the Soul King realm in both blood and soul power, he was no longer going to be polite to this beast and directly opened the ring that Han Feng had given him!

"Oh! Right! There are two soul bones inside. Take them out and see if you can resonate with them. If they suit you, you can absorb them while you're at it!" Han Feng said, not minding at all, but instead reminding him as if he had remembered something.

This made Oscar pause in his actions.

Oscar did see the two soul bones, but they were two ten-thousand-year-old soul bones!

You just give it to me like that?!

"Brother Feng, this..." Oscar hesitated. After a year of training outside, he had a clearer understanding of ten-thousand-year soul bones. For a ten-thousand-year soul bone, it was common for fathers and sons to turn against each other and for brothers to fight. How could Han Feng just casually give it to him like this?

"What? You're being so polite with me now!?" Han Feng looked at Oscar with amusement. Back when the Soul Master Competition ended and soul bones were divided, Oscar withdrew decisively, but now he's acting all coy!

Han Feng laughed and said jokingly, "Actually, whether it's a matter of soul or bone is a minor issue. What I really want to see is whether Fatty will go crazy if he doesn't eat braised pork for a year after you defeat him!"

(End of this chapter)