Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 181 Analyzing the Self-Created Soul Skills of the Heaven Dou Team (Continued)

"This is the first time I've ever heard of such a thing." Ye Lingling was surprised, never having imagined that the soul skills of a martial soul after obtaining a soul ring could be compared to a jigsaw puzzle.

Most martial souls are born with only a framework; the rest must be acquired through soul rings, depending on one's own circumstances.

For a small number of martial souls, the puzzle pieces already exist and are complete upon awakening, but they are limited by the rules of the world and require a soul ring to unlock the "seal".

"So, you don't need to think that the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul has any flaws," Tang San said with a smile. "In my opinion, the so-called flaw is just that, in other people's eyes, your only soul skill is healing. But what kind of flaw is that? When you become a Title Douluo, your healing ability will probably be unmatched in the world."

When you excel at something, who can laugh at you?

"It was during this era that people generally believed that Soul Masters possessed formidable combat power."

"That's certainly true, but why must a martial spirit be used for combat?"

"Just like your Nine-Heart Begonia, it is not suitable for battle."

After being comforted by Tang San, Ye Lingling felt much better.

It wasn't that Tang San's idea immediately corrected her viewpoint, but rather that talking to someone like Tang San, who possessed such a strong life force, naturally nourished her with life energy, leading to a pleasant mood.

"And you want to develop your own soul skills...?"

The Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul's soul skills are all healing. The way to use them is that, under Ye Lingling's control, the petals fall and drift from the Martial Soul and land on other people.

It can be absorbed directly through the skin or taken orally; the effects of both are almost identical.

Tang San had Ye Lingling use the skills of each of her spirit rings, and discovered that Ye Lingling couldn't control the movement of the petals—

When she uses her first soul skill, all nine petals will fall and circulate around Ye Lingling in a peculiar trajectory; when she uses her second soul skill, eighteen petals will also circulate around Ye Lingling in a peculiar trajectory.

The third soul skill has thirty-six petals.

Fourth Soul Skill: Seventy-two Petals.

"I see." Tang San seemed to understand something.

"This is also a characteristic of my spirit. My first spirit skill can separate nine petals, which can heal nine people. My second spirit skill can heal eighteen people, and so on, with the number of people I can heal increasing exponentially." Ye Lingling thought Tang San was surprised that the number of people he could heal at the same time with each of his spirit rings increased exponentially, and a smug look appeared on her face.

"That's not what I meant," Tang San shook his head. "Haven't you noticed that every time you use a healing soul skill, the petals that split off from your Nine Heart Begonia martial soul move around your body in a specific trajectory?"

"That's true, but what's the use?" Ye Lingling wondered.

"It does seem useless." Tang San stroked his chin. "But as you know, Guang Ling and I are researching soul tools, and soul tools have soul patterns composed of basic soul runes that allow soul power to circulate."

"The use of soul skills is, in some ways, similar to the function of soul tools. However, most of the soul power flow is within the soul ring, and the soul ring helps the soul master complete the process."

"As for a martial soul like yours, the Nine Heart Begonia, according to my previous puzzle analogy, the soul skill itself exists within the martial soul. It's just that when it's used, the soul ring needs to be lit up, just like a switch in an electrical circuit... Never mind, I won't mention this, you wouldn't understand anyway."

Ye Lingling: "..."

In Tang San's view, the soul skills of a soul master using soul rings can be compared to a simple series circuit experiment that makes a light bulb glow.

Although the "connections" within spirit rings are much more complex, the underlying principle is similar—

Activating the switch is equivalent to lighting up the spirit ring. The flow of spirit power through the spirit ring is equivalent to the flow of current through a circuit. Using a spirit skill is like a light bulb emitting light.

For most Soul Masters, the "switch" and "circuit" are mostly on the Soul Ring, and a small portion require the Soul Master to perform specific actions or recite corresponding Soul Incantations.

For Ye Lingling, the spirit itself has its own spirit power flow path with spirit skills, and the spirit ring is just a "circuit switch".

The advantage of this is that, unlike other Soul Masters, they don't have to use multiple Soul Ring skills at the same time... Well, it's not that they can't, but other Soul Masters basically don't pay much attention to the combination and integration between Soul Rings and Soul Skills. Even if their mental strength becomes stronger in the future, they can only use Soul Ring skills one after another, but they can better control the timing of their use.

And what about Ye Lingling?

Her soul skill is innate, and her regular soul rings (unless divinely bestowed, over 100,000 years old, or under special circumstances) cannot be changed. She simply has a switch that allows her to use it.

They have the same soul skills, and both are inherent to the martial soul.

Isn't this just a "series circuit"?

Based on how Ye Lingling uses each of her soul skills, the principle is actually the same; it's just that the number of petals increases, making it more efficient, and that's all.

From this perspective, the principle is the same, which means that Ye Lingling can use all her soul skills at the same time. This is a natural advantage that far surpasses that of other soul masters.

But how can I make Ye Lingling realize this?

After thinking for a while, Tang San said, "Lingling, the direction for your self-created soul skills in the future is to combine the flow trajectory of the petals after you use your soul rings. Combine the petal movement trajectories of two soul skills. After you have done that, you can combine three soul skills, and so on, until you finally combine nine soul skills."

"This can be considered a kind of self-soul skill fusion. It might form a soul skill array or a domain or something similar."

"I have observed that your martial soul has three inherent attributes: light, water, and life, which are suitable for healing. In the future, when you try to combine the movement trajectory of the soul skill petals, you can come to me or Guangling to ask about the patterns constructed by the three basic soul guide runes of light, water, and life. This will likely reduce the time it takes for you to complete the self-created soul skill."

Ye Lingling was overjoyed. Although Tang San suggested that she develop her own soul skills in a way that was not combat-oriented, as a support-type character, if she could create skills similar to formations or domains, her value would be greatly enhanced, and her importance would be self-evident.

"Thank you, Captain." Ye Lingling said, then called Ning Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang over.

Bai Chenxiang's soul skills are all acceleration skills, but unlike Ye Lingling's situation, it's not that her martial soul comes with soul skills. Instead, when the Min clan chooses soul rings, they only choose soul beasts that can give them acceleration soul skills.

Therefore, although the soul skills all involve acceleration, the flow of soul power within each soul ring is not the same, and it cannot be treated as Ye Lingling's situation.

"Chenxiang... never mind, I'll just call you by your full name, Bai Chenxiang, otherwise I'll think of some filial boy." Tang San decided to call Bai Chenxiang by his full name, otherwise the first impression that came to mind would be Chenxiang, the one who split the mountain to save his mother.

Bai Chenxiang: "......Okay, Captain, I don't mind."

Even so, judging from Bai Chenxiang's slightly resentful gaze, she was still somewhat bothered.

"Cough, at your speed, flying in a straight line without considering sharp turns, in the team, apart from me and Xiao Wu who can use our self-created soul skills to perform the Nine Steps to Heaven, no one can match you."

Tang San coughed slightly awkwardly, then began to analyze seriously, "This also means that you have no combat power and need to rely on weapons to assassinate enemies by taking advantage of the invisible strength of ordinary people."

"Primary reconnaissance, secondary assassination, and then interference, but how to put it, the soul skills are too singular, and the situation is different from Ye Lingling's..."

"Therefore, I don't have much advice to give regarding your path of creating your own soul skills, but there are quite a few ways to become stronger."

Bai Chenxiang knew that her family's choice of spirit rings was peculiar, so she wasn't disappointed. However, she was still willing to hear that Tang San had other ways to make her stronger.

"First, practice swordsmanship, preferably with a dagger. Although in the continent-wide tournaments, no weapons other than martial spirits and soul bones can be used, there are not so many rules outside of the tournaments."

"In the past, I have also analyzed the advantages of your type of agility-based attacker. Besides reconnaissance, it is assassination. With a speed that is difficult for ordinary soul masters to detect, as long as you are trained and understand the basic requirements of an assassin, your lineage is the best assassin in the world, without exception."

Bai Chenxiang nodded.

She already knew this, but most of the family members still didn't like that approach, since their clan didn't want to be feared by others.

What's more, he's now joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?

Although some members of the clan are secretly practicing how to become qualified melee weapon assassins, on the surface—

A good reputation is very important.

"The second way is to learn from Yu Feng. His first soul skill is Wing Blade, which is to turn wings into blades for attack."

"Although you don't have a corresponding attack soul skill, both the swift and the bellbird are birds that can be imitated. Moreover, the swift has an advantage in terms of the sharpness of its wings, since its wings are as thin as cicada wings in order to fly faster."

"Furthermore, speed and power."

"If you utilize your speed advantage, you can transform your wings into your most powerful weapon!"

A piece of paper, accelerated to a certain degree, can cut through trees, let alone a martial soul with extreme flight speed like the swift.

As for why the original Min clan didn't think of this...

It's most likely due to rigid thinking.

Some ideas, if no one brings them up, will never be conceived.

"The third option is to add one or more spirit rings later on, instead of focusing on speed, to strengthen your wings and even make them as strong as steel."

"If you don't want to become a pure speed-type Soul Master, this is the best choice."

Bai Chenxiang nodded and said, "I will consider it."

To be honest, all three suggestions Tang San gave her were quite objective; she was just a little hesitant about which one to choose…

"How do I create my own soul skill?" Ning Rongrong asked with great interest.

"Your situation is similar to Ye Lingling's..." Tang San only slightly modified his analysis of Ye Lingling when talking about Ning Rongrong. "However, compared to the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, your lineage's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda still has flaws. Although your Martial Soul has evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, apart from the first seven Soul Skills which are already innate, the Soul Skills you acquire in the future when you obtain the eighth and ninth Soul Rings may not necessarily be innate to your Martial Soul."

"While it's possible that it came with it on its own, it's not certain, since there's no relevant historical record."

"However, that would require you to reach the level of Soul Douluo or Title Douluo. For now, I think you can try using the four Soul Skills you currently possess at the same time."

Ning Rongrong said matter-of-factly, "My Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has a method for controlling distraction, which can be used simultaneously."

"In the past, when I used multiple soul skills at the same time, I only thought it was an effect of strengthening mental power. But as my research on martial souls and soul tools deepened, I realized that your distraction control was just an auxiliary function."

In the original work, the protagonist obtained the method of distraction control, which only made the use of soul skills more flexible and evolved into the Blue Silver Thrust Formation, but he could not use multiple soul ring skills at the same time.

This also indirectly proves the completeness of martial souls such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the Nine Heart Begonia.

"What I mean by using multiple soul skills together is not simply using soul skills, but combining or even fusing soul skills together."

"Your use of soul skills relies on the illumination of light, but have you ever considered that light also has a trajectory?"

"Comprehend the trajectory of the amplification light of your four current soul skills and fuse them together, and your support abilities will become even more powerful."

Ning Rongrong seemed to be thinking about something, and finally nodded: "I will give it a try."

"If you have any questions, you can come to me or Guangling. We can provide relevant advice and guidance on constructing soul guides for light elements." To motivate Ning Rongrong, Tang San continued after saying this, "By the way, my advice to Ye Lingling is similar to yours. If she succeeds in the end, the Nine Heart Begonia might be able to surpass the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."

"Although one of you is an amplification type and the other is a healing type, there is no direct conflict of interest. Moreover, the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul is limited by quantity factors, and only two can exist at the same time. According to the development concept of this era, the scale of families and sects will never be able to compare with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"But most ordinary people and commoner soul masters don't understand these things. They only think that they are all support-type martial souls, and that the Nine Heart Begonia surpasses the Seven Treasures... oh no, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda."

Hearing Tang San say that, Ning Rongrong knew that he was trying to provoke her, but she really fell for it. Members of major sects all thought that their own martial soul was the most powerful.

She gave a soft snort and said, "Just you wait, I won't let any other support martial soul surpass the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."

The last two were graphite and millstone.

"You two have the exact same martial soul, the Xuan Turtle, with a focus on defense. You both possess water element and are dual-defense type soul masters, combining physical and energy defense."

At this point, Tang San suddenly paused and asked, "Don't you two have a Spirit Fusion Technique?"

"Um...we've tried, but our martial souls can't be fused." Shi Mo shook his head. "However, our soul skills can be combined."

"That's true," Stone Mill agreed.

"I recently submitted a theory called 'Three Categories of Martial Soul Fusion Techniques' to the Martial Soul Newspaper. It may still be in the testing phase and hasn't been published yet, but in my opinion, the combination of soul skills is also a type of Martial Soul Fusion Technique," Tang San said confidently. "And since you two are twins with the same martial soul and the same attributes, it proves that the attributes carried by the soul power you cultivate are also the same."

"In this way, you naturally possess an advantage that others do not have, which is the ability to fuse soul power."

Graphite and Stone Mill exchanged bewildered glances: "Soul power fusion?"

"That's right. In my opinion, this is also a kind of spirit fusion skill. Moreover, spirit fusion skills don't necessarily have to be two spirits fused together. The fusion of spirit skills and the fusion of spirit power can all be considered fusion."

"However, compared to the fusion of soul power and soul skills, the fusion of martial souls is more comprehensive."

"However, spirit fusion is when two spirits can complement each other, or one can depend on the other. But spirits of equal quality, the same attributes, or even the same type are basically impossible to fuse without external interference."

"However, I do have a way to enable you to achieve true spirit fusion."

Graphite and stone mill were shocked and asked in unison, "How do we fuse them?"

"Positive and negative are opposites, yin and yang are in harmony."

During the examination of the two brothers' martial souls, Tang San discovered that although their martial souls were exactly the same and both had the attribute of water, there were some differences between the two water attributes.

The elder brother, Graphite, has a rather violent water attribute, similar to a surging river, with the momentum to forge ahead. His personality is rather arrogant.

The younger brother, Shi Mo, has a more gentle water element, like a still lake, calm and conservative, and his personality is also more introverted.

Water, when fierce, can unleash towering waves and destroy life; when calm, it can carry boats and nourish all things.

If the two brothers strengthen their respective water attributes and then fuse their soul power, gradually changing the attributes of their martial souls, they might be able to truly merge their martial souls.

Even if they can't achieve that, but can only achieve the fusion of soul power and water element, then after the two become Title Douluo, the power of their martial soul fusion skill will definitely be no less than the bipolar stillness domain of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

"The method you practice is to rotate, release your soul power, bind it in your palm, and rotate and merge it to deepen the connection between you."

"Captain, is it really that simple?" Graphite was a little uncertain.

"Don't think it's easy. You'll know once you try it," Tang San said with a smile.

The two, who refused to believe in such superstitions, exchanged a glance, raised their hands, gathered their soul power, and manipulated them to spin, then brought their four hands closer together.

Instantly, the two blue soul energies began to actively attract each other.

The two brothers were startled and realized that Tang San was right, so they immediately increased their soul power.

However, the soul power exerted by the two was different, causing the blue soul power ball to become uncontrollable. It collided for five meters in an instant, engulfing both brothers.

"what!"

"Help!"

The two spun within the ball of soul power. In less than ten seconds, the ball of soul power dissipated, and they were sent flying backwards in opposite directions for thirty or forty meters, landing dazed and confused...

The book's setting is that Ye Lingling heals with flower petals. As for Ye Lingling's martial soul, the so-called flaw is that no matter what kind of soul beast's soul ring she obtains, her soul skills are always fixed as healing... The author still believes that this is a limitation of Douluo people's thinking. Personally, I think this type of martial soul is the most perfect embodiment among martial souls—at least it is perfect in the corresponding aspect.

The fact that an external spirit ring could not change its spirit state proves that its stability is extremely strong.

The evil fire like Ma Hongjun's is a defect of mutation, while the Nine-Heart Begonia is not a defect, but simply uses everything to treat, being more focused.

(End of this chapter)