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"Fourth Soul Skill: Shaping and Hardening, from the Thousand Machine Iron Tree, a wood-type soul beast known for its hardness and adaptability. Its effect is to allow the Blue Silver King to be shaped at will and made as hard as iron. As for how to use it, it's like this!"
As Bai Yu clenched his fist, the Blue Silver King vines on the seven people quickly transformed into a set of light, close-fitting, yet sturdy blue silver armor.
They looked at the armor on their bodies, and even the ability to control vines to transform into weapons like claws and longswords, and their expressions were filled with excitement. Ma Hongjun even held a blue-silver longsword and swung it at Oscar.
"Fifth Soul Skill: Fountain of Vitality, from the Water Lotus, a wood-type soul beast known for its recovery speed and vitality. Its effect is to increase the recovery speed of various bodily functions tenfold within one hour and suppress some abnormal statuses, such as poisoning."
"Sixth Soul Skill: Boiling, from the Exploding Flower, a wood-type soul beast known for storing and unleashing power. Its effect is that when used, soul power consumption is doubled, and all physical attributes are increased by 50% until the soul power is exhausted."
Looking at Ma Hongjun and Oscar in the air, they started playing "If you're a brother, come and chop me up," exchanging fierce blows.
Ning Rongrong excitedly started horsing around with Xiao Wu, while the other three checked their own condition and watched the commotion.
Flender turned to look at Bai Yu and exclaimed in amazement, "Young Bai, your soul skill combinations are quite good. You must have done a lot of research."
Bai Yu smiled and nodded: "Of course, I've suffered a lot to achieve this combination!"
As time passed, the excitement of Dai Mubai and his group of seven gradually faded, and they all fell from the sky.
"Brother Bai, this was so awesome! I never knew going up and chopping people up felt so exhilarating!"
Oscar's extremely lively voice came over; as a food-type Soul Master, he was experiencing the thrill of battle for the first time.
Ning Rongrong nodded in agreement from behind, saying, "The sissy is right, it really is great."
Bai Yu looked at Oscar, who was stunned by the critical hit, and laughed out loud. Then, he dispersed his martial spirit and said to them:
"The reason you can fight is because Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu weren't serious. With the same amplification, they have two more soul skills and combat experience than you. If they really wanted to, they could still take you down."
He then turned to look at Tang San.
"You asked me before how Blue Silver Grass evolves. After listening to my explanation of soul skills, did you notice anything?"
When Bai Yu asked him a question, Tang San lowered his head and recalled the introduction he had just received. The others also looked thoughtful.
Tang San pondered for a while, then suddenly his eyes widened in surprise, and he looked up at Bai Yu.
"Soul beasts! They're soul beasts! Your soul skills all come from wood-type and plant-type soul beasts! And most of them are related to life and soul power!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang San's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, clearly because he remembered his soul ring configuration.
Bai Yu snapped his fingers, nodded, and said, "That's right, you're absolutely right, it's all about choosing the right soul rings! Since we're on the topic, let me share some knowledge with you, it'll broaden your horizons."
Tang San and the others' eyes lit up, thinking to themselves that Brother Bai's knowledge was extraordinary. How many things had they seen today that they had never known before? Then they showed their anticipation.
Looking at Tang San's eyes, Bai Yu chuckled inwardly, "Yu Xiaogang, you're in for a treat!" Then he began to tell his story.
"As we all know, innate soul power is determined by two factors: the strength of one's martial soul and one's innate physical aptitude. While the strength of one's martial soul can be improved through training, one's physical aptitude cannot be improved without a great stroke of luck!"
Upon hearing Bai Yu's first words, everyone, including Flender, stared blankly, thinking to themselves, "Well said, everyone knows. So where are we from?"
Tang San shook his head and hurriedly asked, "Isn't innate soul power only proportional to martial soul aptitude? Why is it also related to the body?"
Bai Yu paused for a moment and looked at Tang San.
"You're right about part of it. Take everyone here as an example. Ning Rongrong's martial soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, a recognized top-tier support martial soul. However, Rongrong's innate soul power is different from that of her relatives who also have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Rongrong's is the highest!"
"Oscar, your martial soul is sausage, which can only be considered a mid-to-high level martial soul. Sausage is far inferior to those special foods, yet you have innate full soul power. Can you see the problem?"
Tang San's face was grim, a sudden realization flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "It's the difference in innate physical aptitude!"
Bai Yu nodded: "That's right. It's hard to make up for innate physical attributes, but martial spirit can be improved through training."
"Take Blue Silver Grass as an example. Its characteristic is that it has strong vitality, but it is weak. We should strengthen its original attribute, which is vitality, according to its characteristics."
Bai Yu glanced at Tang San's unpleasant expression, a smile flashing in his eyes, and continued speaking.
"Then, with the help of accumulating soul power, the Blue Silver Grass will break through its weak limitations and evolve, leaping into a high-level plant-type martial soul or soul beast!"
Amidst the astonished and learned gazes of the crowd, Tang San felt out of place. He was very anxious and continued to ask Bai Yu questions.
"Brother Bai! My martial soul is also Blue Silver Grass, can it evolve in the same way?"
Bai Yu thought to himself, "You little rascal, you finally asked!"
He then shrugged and said, "My martial soul evolution only occurred when I broke through to the Soul King level, which means that martial soul evolution is very difficult!"
"I think your first ring comes from a snake-type soul beast, and it's poisonous; the second ring, although plant-based, doesn't quite fit the attribute. It's like ink being spilled on a blank sheet of paper—it's very difficult to cover it up!"
Seeing Tang San staring blankly, Bai Yu decided to continue to beat him mercilessly!
"If you want your martial soul to evolve, you need at least a Soul Emperor or even a Soul Saint, and you also need a plant-type life soul bone that is over 50,000 years old as an aid."
"The Blue Silver Grass is inherently too weak. If it doesn't evolve, its cultivation speed will become slower and slower in the later stages, making it difficult to reach the Soul Emperor level, let alone the Soul Saint level. If you weren't born with full soul power, you wouldn't even be able to break through to the Soul Ancestor level!"
Tang San's face turned completely ferocious at this moment; he felt like he was going crazy! He cried out in his heart, "Yu Xiaogang! You have already chosen your own death!"
He had just had one of his martial souls destroyed. What Bai Yu said earlier was so reasonable that he couldn't help but believe it. Therefore, he felt that he could do whatever he wanted to Yu Xiaogang!
(TL: that sounds wrong)
Among the group, Flender and the other three, who did not have a copy of the Book of Time, looked at Tang San with regret in their eyes. Such good innate full soul power, wasted!
Bai Yu then walked up to Tang San, patted him on the shoulder, and said insincerely:
"Don't be sad. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid you would do something rash. Maybe you'll find some rare and precious materials to refine your attributes, or a great opportunity, when you go out and explore in the future. There's still a chance!"
Tang San was panting heavily, feeling no comfort from the words. He knew that rare treasures and great opportunities were not so easy to find, and he forced himself to calm down.
He thought to himself, "I still have a second spirit, I still have a chance. I need to ask Bai Yu about how to configure Hammer's soul rings. I can't trust Yu Xiaogang anymore! He deserves to die!"