LRAB Chapter 17 Two Surprises
Chapter 17 Two Surprises
Inside the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong thought that Xiao Chen's ability to summon two spirits at the same time and unleash a spirit fusion skill on his own was already incredibly powerful, but she never expected that Xiao Chen could also unleash a spirit skill fusion.
What surprised her even more was that Xiao Chen, with the strength of a level 23 Great Soul Master, was able to injure a 3,600-year-old soul beast and ultimately escape successfully.
Even more outrageous, Chrysanthemum Douluo stated that Xiao Chen's speed during his final escape was faster than that of a level 40 speed-type Soul Master.
Even Chrysanthemum Douluo, a titled Douluo, couldn't figure out what method Xiao Chen ultimately used.
She gazed at the intelligence in her hand, her initial shock slowly fading, replaced by an increasingly intense joy.
However, just when she was most excited, she suddenly saw a sentence: "Xiao Chen is good in every way, the only drawback is that the first two spirit rings of his two martial souls are both ten years old!"
Bibi Dong was stunned when she saw this sentence; she simply couldn't believe her eyes.
She examined the secret report several times before confirming that she wasn't seeing things.
At this moment, her expression was exactly the same as when Chrysanthemum Douluo first saw Xiao Chen release his spirit ring.
She secretly cursed in her heart, wondering which scoundrel had misled Xiao Chen into absorbing a ten-year soul ring.
Bibi Dong was angry, but she quickly realized that Xiao Chen's four ten-year spirit rings had given him such incredible combat power. If he were equipped with limit spirit rings that matched his level and age, she couldn't even imagine how strong he would become.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness Xiao Chen is only level 20. Although the four white soul rings are a drag, there is still room for improvement!" Bibi Dong muttered to herself. She was very glad that Xiao Chen's soul power level was only level 20.
Bibi Dong had secretly decided that every time Xiao Chen attached a soul ring, it would have to be personally reviewed and approved by her.
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Meanwhile, the group from Canghui Academy had not yet returned to the town. Xiao Chen took advantage of this free time to consolidate his previous breakthrough and refine his cultivation.
With the addition of three more soul rings, Xiao Chen's soul power steadily climbed to level twenty-three.
Previously, in order to get rid of the Thunder Pattern Leopard, he used Shadow Step, a Soul Skill Sharing technique, which caused Xiao Chen to fall into a coma, but it also made him more and more proficient in using Soul Skill Sharing.
However, the consumption of soul power for sharing soul skills is still too great. It is a heaven-defying act to gain an extra soul ring out of thin air. Before the soul power level is raised, it will be difficult to fully master the ability of sharing soul skills.
Compared to sharing soul skills, fusion of soul skills is clearly more suitable for the current realm.
For the next three days, Hu Liena and Xie Yue did not ask Xiao Chen for advice on the issue of soul skill fusion.
The three of them either meditated and cultivated in their rooms or chatted and drank in the hotel lobby. During this time, the system gave Xiao Chen two more surprises.
The system stated that Xiao Chen had already mastered the soul skills granted by his current soul ring, therefore, he could proceed with the next stage of development for those skills.
Once successfully developed, the age and color of the spirit ring will remain unchanged, but the spirit skill attributes attached to the spirit ring will be greatly enhanced.
Xiao Chen tried it out according to the system prompts and found that the difficulty of developing this soul skill was even greater than the difficulty of sharing soul skills.
Following the system's prompts, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged and meditated, his mind completely immersed in his martial soul, his soul power slowly flowing and swirling around his limbs and bones.
He discarded all external distractions and no longer adhered to the fixed framework of existing soul skills. He used the origin of his twin martial souls as the foundation and guided the soul power within his body to flow slowly.
The first step in developing a soul skill is to dismantle the original skill's technical structure, strip away the rigid operating patterns, and gradually guide and reshape the flow trajectory of soul power by following the law patterns deep within the soul ring imprint.
Once in the state, Xiao Chen could feel the original aura of soul power slowly intertwining in his meridians, gradually permeating into the soul skill itself along the newly refined soul power meridians.
He used his mental power to repeatedly deduce the timing and rhythm of the soul skill's activation, compressing excess soul power loss, amplifying the soul power attribute characteristics, and reintegrating the new soul power pathways into the soul ring core.
This process repeats itself and evolves continuously.
Each cycle of the celestial sphere refines the foundation of the soul skill; each spiritual inscription reinforces the characteristics of the newly formed soul skill.
The originally solidified outline of the soul skill continued to tremble and transform, and the quality of the soul skill became more and more refined and pure.
The whole process doesn't consume much soul power, but the mental strain is enormous.
At his peak, Xiao Chen could only circulate his spiritual energy for a maximum of three cycles before his spiritual power was completely exhausted.
However, this was only the development of one soul skill; after three cycles, the system frankly stated that the development progress had not even reached one percent.
Moreover, this entire process cannot be interrupted; if it is interrupted, it must be started all over again.
It is obvious that developing soul skills is a very long and arduous process, and the effort required is far greater than that required for sharing soul skills.
However, although this process is grueling, it also has one advantage: it can help Xiao Chen hone his mental strength.
The stronger one's mental power, the faster one's internal energy circulates. This can be considered a method for cultivating mental power.
Xiao Chen only tried it once and then stopped developing it. This matter couldn't be rushed; there would be plenty of time once he returned to the Spirit Hall.
The development of soul skills was a pleasant surprise, but the other one required Xiao Chen's soul power to reach level 50.
The system told Xiao Chen that once his soul power level reached level 50, the system would add a new function, at which point Xiao Chen would be able to help others attach white soul rings.
Xiao Chen can help anyone with a lower soul power level than him.
However, the initial development level of the white soul ring effects obtained by others can only reach 50% of that of Xiao Chen.
However, anyone who obtains a white spirit ring through Xiao Chen will possess the potential to break the rules of this world.
Just like the soul bone that Ma Yan received as a system reward before.
Of course, the better the reward, the greater the potential to break the rules of this world.
Moreover, those who obtain a white spirit ring also possess the ability to develop spirit skills.
Of course, this requires Xiao Chen to teach them how to develop soul skills, and the difficulty for them to develop soul skills is much greater than for Xiao Chen.
"Looks like I'll really have to trick Hu Liena and Xie Yue into getting white soul rings attached in the future," Xiao Chen thought to himself.
He could almost picture it: the elders of the Spirit Hall, furious with anger, glaring and bristling, vehemently rebuking him for his absurd actions.
"Xiao Chen, it's one thing for you to ignore all advice and insist on attaching a white spirit ring, but now you're leading all the new generation of Spirit Hall astray! You're going to destroy Spirit Hall!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but laugh. Those old monsters from the Spirit Hall were lucky to have met him.
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On the fourth day at noon, the group from Canghui Academy finally returned to the town.
Before Xiao Chen went to meet up with Fabia Academy, Chrysanthemum Douluo specially sought him out and solemnly instructed him that in the upcoming competition, he must not use his twin martial souls, nor could he use the soul skill fusion technique.
Xiao Chen nodded in agreement. He figured that he could easily crush a few Soul Masters around level 20 by using his Soul Skills normally.