Chapter 15: Forming Soul Ring Independently
“Crack~”
March 7th, who had extensive experience getting into trouble, keenly sensed that the energy within the crystal ball was saturated and would shatter if it continued. She quickly stopped the energy transmission.
Seeing that the crystal ball seemed fine, March 7th quietly stuck out her little pink tongue.
“Innate full soul power!”
Steward Liu exclaimed again. She didn’t know this was just the beginning of her exclamations for the day.
Steward Liu then remembered March 7th’s age, and her surprised expression instantly turned to one of pain: “A pearl cast in obscurity, a waste of talent! With your talent, if you had awakened your Martial Spirit at six years old, you would at least be a Soul Sect now, and a Soul King wouldn’t be impossible. But now…”
Steward Liu excitedly grabbed March 7th’s shoulder, her delicate face contorting into a ferocious and terrifying expression: “Young lady, tell me, where are you from? Who is the Steward in charge of Martial Spirit Awakening in your area? I will impeach him! And make him get out of Spirit Hall!”
“Uh… Sister, please calm down first,” March 7th looked to Dan Heng outside the door for help.
What should I say? Help me quickly!
Dan Heng’s understanding of this world was limited to what Meng Huaifeng had told him, so he didn’t dare to speak carelessly and lightly nudged Meng Huaifeng with his shoulder.
Meng Huaifeng also hadn’t figured out how to explain, so he could only say evasively: “Steward Liu, this has nothing to do with others; it’s our own reason.”
“Your own reason? What reason is it? Explain it to me clearly! Do you know you ruined her? She originally had the hope of becoming a Titled Douluo, but now being a Soul Sage would be good! Where are your parents? What kind of parents are they? Don’t they know the importance of Martial Spirit Awakening?”
Steward Liu was burning with anger; she truly felt heartbroken about March 7th wasting her talent. In her excitement, her overwhelming aura made Meng Huaifeng unconsciously take a step back.
“That…” Meng Huaifeng’s mind raced, and he finally came up with an excuse, but he apologized to Uncle Yang and Sister Himeko in his heart!
“Actually, it’s like this: our parents offended a powerful force in their early years and had no choice but to live incognito. They were afraid that once we awakened our Martial Spirits, our enemies would recognize us through them, so they never let us awaken them. Only now that we know our enemies have fallen on hard times have they dared to let us awaken our Martial Spirits,” Meng Huaifeng fabricated.
“Is that so?” Steward Liu was still somewhat unconvinced, and said indignantly: “Even so, couldn’t you have awakened them and then not used them? Forcing you not to awaken them has delayed your bright future.”
“Heh, perhaps they were too afraid to take even the slightest risk,” Meng Huaifeng touched his Nose.
“Forget it, I’m just a small Steward of Spirit Hall and not qualified to manage your affairs. Since it’s not an internal matter of Spirit Hall, there’s nothing I can do. It’s truly a pity,” Steward Liu looked at March 7th regretfully and sighed again.
“Then can I awaken my Martial Spirit now? I want a very Haki-inducing Martial Spirit,” Star said expectantly to Steward Liu.
Steward Liu glanced at Star’s clear yet naive eyes and chuckled, “Silly child, whether you awaken a Martial Spirit or not isn’t up to me, but your parents. Stand in the center of the formation.”
March 7th quickly leaned over to Star’s ear and whispered, “Be careful when testing your Soul Power, don’t burst their crystal ball.”
Star made a gesture indicating she understood and eagerly walked to the center of the formation.
Steward Liu began to awaken Star’s Martial Spirit.
Outside the room door, Meng Huaifeng quietly asked March 7th, “Do you feel any changes after awakening your Martial Spirit?”
“I feel like my control over Six Phases Ice has become more adept. With the same amount of Energy, the scale, temperature, and Strength of Six Phases Ice have all improved slightly,” March 7th said, her tone indicating satisfaction with the Martial Spirit Awakening as she continuously manipulated Six Phases Ice in her hand.
“The Martial Spirits in this world do have some merits. They seem equivalent to having an extra handy Weapon or an artifact that enhances abilities,” Dan Heng commented.
The more significant reason was that March used Imaginary Energy to drive her Martial Spirit, not Soul Power, so it was naturally much stronger.
“In this world’s Cultivation System, you need to Hunt Soul Beasts every ten levels and absorb Soul Rings to continue improving, otherwise your Strength will stagnate. You don’t have any Soul Rings yet; does that affect you?” Meng Huaifeng asked curiously.
“There’s such a thing? Let me try.” March 7th increased her Energy output. When the Energy Strength reached the level of ten-level Soul Power, further increasing Soul Power provided significantly less of an increase to the Strength of Six Phases Ice.
“Hmm, it seems only Six Phases Ice within ten-level Soul Power can gain a decent Strength boost. Beyond ten levels, the boost is very small, even negligible. While control ability has some decay, it’s still much more manageable than before. Uh, to put it in game terms, it’s like a slight increase in skill damage and a permanent increase in casting speed.” March 7th was a bit disappointed, having thought her Strength would increase out of nowhere, only to find it was a limited enhancement.
If the Combat Power of a ten-level Spirit Master is defined as ten, and the Martial Spirit’s enhancement to Combat Power is thirty percent, then a ten-level Spirit Master using their Martial Spirit would have a Combat Power of thirteen.
So, if March 7th herself had ten thousand Combat Power, after using her Martial Spirit, her Combat Power would become around ten thousand and four, five, or six.
Did it improve her Strength?
Yes, it did.
“This greatly reduces the value of Martial Spirits,” Dan Heng also frowned.
“Think of it as an extra toy. After absorbing Soul Rings, you can directly gain several Soul Skills. A Martial Spirit can absorb a maximum of nine Soul Rings. With the Martial Spirit’s inherent enhancement plus nine Soul Skills, the improvement to Strength will be considerable. However, the stronger you are, the smaller this enhancement becomes relatively,” Meng Huaifeng said.
“Hmm, you’re right. But it’s strange that Spirit Masters breaking through requires hunting Soul Beasts, absorbing Soul Rings, and seizing the power of other beings to strengthen themselves. How is this similar to Abundant Evil Creatures? If the number of Spirit Masters increases, how much killing will it cause?” Dan Heng’s tone grew colder.
Although his past life’s Memory was not complete and felt like looking through a fog to him, it still reminded Dan Heng of the Envoy of Abundance, Shu Hu, who attacked the Xianzhou to seize the Abundance Blessing, resulting in countless casualties and the disintegration of the Cloudy Five Warriors.
Dan Heng suddenly felt reluctant to awaken this Martial Spirit.
“There’s a hidden reason behind this. I’ll tell you slowly when there’s time,” Meng Huaifeng patted Dan Heng’s shoulder.
“Eh?!” March 7th suddenly exclaimed.
“What’s wrong?” Meng Huaifeng and Dan Heng both looked at March 7th.
They saw that a light yellow Soul Ring had appeared around March 7th!
Meng Huaifeng quickly blocked the doorway and saw that Steward Liu was focused on awakening Star’s Martial Spirit and hadn’t noticed, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Meng Huaifeng’s action, Dan Heng, though unsure why, also tacitly blocked March 7th, preventing any Spirit Masters in the hall from looking towards the corridor and discovering March 7th’s abnormality.
