Douluo Continent: I am the true master

Chapter 8 Between Spirits (Newbie asking for votes!!! TvT)

After about ten minutes, Ye Wen confirmed that there were no more Sixth Soul Beasts lying in ambush nearby and then spoke to Ah Yin.

"Thank you for your help, Gin."

Ah Yin raised her hand and summoned her martial soul, her first spirit ring lighting up. Using the same first spirit skill as Tang San, Entangling, the Blue Silver Grass in her hand generated tens of meters of vines, lifting the fallen Qingnang Beast into the air and slowly pulling it towards her.

Furthermore, Ah Yin carefully wrapped the head of the Qingnang Beast to prevent the blood that fell to the ground from being discovered by those soul beasts that were sensitive to the smell of blood.

Seeing this, Ye Wen couldn't help but admire the power of a super martial soul. The control range of its first soul skill was so vast that ordinary soul masters probably wouldn't even be able to get close before being bound and lying on the ground, completely at the mercy of their opponent.

But Ye Wen couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"Yu Xiaogang's theory is simply harmful. Wouldn't it be more useful for Tang San to honestly absorb the spirits of plant-type spirit beasts to improve the strength of his Blue Silver Grass than to absorb that so-called ultimate spirit ring, the Mandragora Snake?"

The datura snake venom was only mentioned briefly in the early stages, and it was never seen again. As a core skill for early cultivation of a martial soul and the soul skill with the lowest energy consumption, it was completely wasted by Yu Xiaogang's garbage theories.

The first soul skill is a binding and entanglement technique. The second soul skill is also a binding technique, but with the added advantage of catching the enemy off guard. The third soul skill is a spider web binding technique that Tang San acquired somewhat haphazardly, but any soul master with good reflexes can dodge it. As for the eternally unchanging fourth soul skill, Blue Silver Prison? Well, it's only effective against fragile targets. After Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, these skills were basically left idle.

However, Tang San's core fighting ability was never his two martial souls, but rather the so-called self-created soul skills he learned and the Xuan Tian Treasure Record he stole. Later, he even abandoned the Clear Sky Hammer to play with the Sea God's trident, which was truly speechless to watch. He turned two top-tier martial souls into useless trash. He only used them occasionally to make his presence known.

"If I possessed the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, creating a whip technique would be a simple matter, let alone anything else. A whip that can exceed the speed of sound—are you scared yet? Even a god could be whipped with a few marks."

Looking at the Qingnang Beast that Ah Yin had dragged up, Ye Wen carefully examined it and found that it had four ram horns of the same length. This meant that the Qingnang Beast had exactly 400 years of cultivation, which was stuck at the 423-year watershed in Yu Xiaogang's theory of limit soul ring absorption.

Ye Wen secretly marveled at his good fortune. Just as he was about to ask Ah Yin to protect him and begin absorbing the soul ring, Ah Yin asked worriedly.

"Brother, do you really have to absorb the soul ring of a useless soul beast like the Green Bag Beast? I really can't think of any good soul skills it can provide for you."

Besides, didn't you teach me that the first soul skill is extremely important in determining a soul master's future development? Why don't we find another soul beast instead?

Ye Wen paused slightly at the question. He knew he wouldn't answer if anyone else asked, but his sister, with whom he spent every day...

Ye Wen explained in order to dispel A Yin's concerns.

"Ah Yin, although in your opinion, the Qingnang Beast is a soul beast that has no special skills other than rumination to save its life, and is just a useless soul beast that can only run away."

But in my opinion, that's not the case.

Every soul beast race that can reproduce must have its unique characteristics. Moreover, my martial soul itself doesn't have a strong offensive soul master development path, so I focus more on developing other aspects.

According to my research, the Qingnang Beast's ruminant ability is not as simple as it appears on the surface. While the Qingnang Beast ingests ordinary Blue Silver Grass, its regurgitated contents possess the ability to confuse other soul beasts.

However, the source of this ability is not some kind of hallucinogen, but rather the revitalization of the Blue Silver Grass's own vitality. This causes other soul beasts to instinctively shift their attention to the ruminants with vigorous life force, which are, strictly speaking, also a kind of counterfeit spiritual herb. This also indirectly explains that the stomach within the Green Bag Beast possesses life-related abilities.

And that's exactly what I need.

You know that my martial soul, Nabu, is a spatial attribute martial soul capable of storing inanimate objects, but you don't know that there are storage soul tools on this continent that can store living beings. My first soul ring goal is to use the life-attribute skills of the Qingnang Beast to give my martial soul the ability to store living beings.

"So that's how it is. Brother, you really are knowledgeable. Then hurry up and absorb it. I'm looking forward to your martial soul's transformation."

Ye Wen didn't say anything more. He summoned a huge black cloth, about a meter square, and held it in his hand, using his mind to guide the yellow soul ring in front of him.

In an instant, the soul ring was attached to Ye Wen's martial soul, and Ye Wen felt a surge of heat flow from his martial soul into his body.

Every cell in my body was jumping for joy, as if something was squeezing into my body.

"Is this what it feels like to absorb a soul ring? This energy is very similar to soul power, but there is a slight difference. It seems to be mixed with other things. I still have no way to completely analyze what this energy is."

However, the principle of spirit ring absorption is clear: the energy within the spirit ring is absorbed into one's own body, but this power cannot be controlled by the spirit master and will spontaneously flow in.

If a Soul Master's body can withstand the strain, it will merge into one entity; if it cannot, it will explode and die. It's like stretching a rubber band. As long as the force is applied within a certain threshold, the rubber band will never break. However, if the force exceeds this threshold, the body will not be able to withstand it and will collapse, resulting in death.

Without considering the threshold of soul vibration from a ten-thousand-year soul ring, as long as the soul master's physical condition is sufficient, they can withstand soul beast soul rings of nine thousand years or less up to the fourth ring.

Before coming here, my physical tests showed that I could lift up to 600 pounds and run 100 meters in 5 seconds. But these figures cannot be used as the core reference.

If there were a Soul Douluo-level powerhouse nearby who could exert pressure on me with their soul power, I might be able to arrive at a better theory on soul ring absorption.

As things stand, I can absorb this 400-year-old spirit ring with ease. I would only feel pain if the pressure were at least half the energy of the spirit ring. If we estimate based on the current situation, I could absorb at least a 600-year-old spirit ring, which is a bit of a loss.

However, normal Soul Masters don't absorb Soul Rings purely through physical strength. But now, mobilizing my Soul Power doesn't seem to be of much use. Is it because the Soul Ring's age is too low?

There aren't enough reference points, but the physical limits do offer some value in terms of spirit ring absorption.

After a while, Ye Wen slowly opened his eyes.

"The first soul skill, 'Between Life,' alters the spatial properties of the martial soul, allowing it to contain living beings. However, if the space is attacked, the martial soul will instinctively spit out the creatures inside. Furthermore, if the destructive power exceeds a certain limit, the martial soul space will shatter, and I will also suffer severe damage. It seems I must use this ability cautiously in the future."

"Furthermore, it's bound to my Martial Soul's innate talent, and maintaining it now requires 5% of my Soul Power per day. The living storage space generated by my Soul Skill can control its volume, thus reducing Soul Power consumption. And my Martial Soul has also been strengthened by absorbing Soul Rings, expanding its built-in space to three cubic meters," Ye Wen said happily.

(P.S.: After all, the goal is to become a theoretical master, and this boundary is quite vague in the original text, so here we adopt the physical endurance limit of a ten-year-old soul beast, which is roughly equivalent to ten kilograms of strength. After all, physical fitness is a comprehensive quality that is difficult to define, and we are taking precautions to avoid any serious mistakes or deaths.)

To absorb a 100,000-year soul ring, one would need 100,000 jin of strength, roughly equivalent to the 108,000 jin of the Trident of Poseidon minus a fraction of its original weight. However, this description is somewhat vague. In real life, 100,000 jin is about 50 tons, roughly half the weight of a main battle tank or a commercial airliner. So don't think this is an exaggeration; after all, it's a fantasy world. (Although the idea that a god can't destroy a city wall is truly ridiculous.)

(End of this chapter)