In Douluo Continent, there is a proper way to die.

Chapter 30, Section 2: Physical Strength

"Excuse me, then let me test Miss Yinlan's physical strength." Di Tian's voice interrupted Yinlan's thoughts.

Yinlan looked at Gu Yuena with reluctance in her eyes. She wanted the white-haired lady to test her own abilities. Ever since she met Di Tian, ​​she and Di Tian seemed to be incompatible, and they couldn't stand each other. Di Tian was also childish, and he left a deep impression on her from their first meeting.

But Gu Yuena returned her an awkward yet polite smile, her voice becoming stammering: "Um... um..."

"My lord has long resided in the Star Dou Great Forest and knows very little about the outside world," Di Tian said in a humble yet assertive tone, explaining tactfully for Gu Yuena. "As for me, I once traveled around the world alone, flying over mountains and seas, and traversing the vast lands of the world."

Got it. Gu Yuena has never left the Star Dou Great Forest since birth. She's an old-fashioned homebody dragon and has no understanding of the human system of hierarchy. As for Di Tian, ​​when he was still in the God Realm, his dream was to travel around the universe. However, due to the Dragon God War, traveling around the universe was no longer an option, but traveling around Douluo Star was still no problem.

"What a small fry..." Yin Lan muttered under her breath, and at Di Tian's prompting, she reluctantly stretched out her left arm.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena seemed to have suffered a blow; the ahoge (cowlick) on her head became limp, and her entire appearance seemed to fade, turning gray and somber.

Di Tian reached out and first pinched the muscles of Yin Lan's left forearm, then forcefully touched the bones within, finally giving his answer in a concise and shocking way: "Your physical attributes are already comparable to those of Soul Venerables in the outside world, approaching those of Soul Masters. In addition, your Soul Power level has also overflowed. Miss Yin Lan, try attacking me with pure mental power."

Upon hearing this, Yinlan seemed somewhat troubled: "You've put it that way, but I'm not really good at it."

Her current control over mental power is limited to her own body. For example, she can precisely control her physical strength, which has increased several times over, and enhance her perception... but not the all-encompassing perception like Huo Yuhao's. She can only slightly enhance her senses of sight, hearing, and smell.

"Do your best." Di Tian's words remained concise.

In fact, he did have a more accurate way to determine the strength of Yinlan's mental power... that is, to let him directly feel Yinlan's sea of ​​spirit, but that is absolutely nonsense.

"Then I'll give it a try." Yin Lan was completely unfamiliar with releasing her mental energy outside her body. Once her mental energy was released, it was like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, scattering in all directions. She could still control it, but it was difficult to use it precisely. It felt as if she had gained several more limbs with super strong execution capabilities. That wasn't quite right, since these "limbs" seemed to exist around her in a mist-like form. In the end, Yin Lan was unable to launch a decent attack on Di Tian.

"Alright," Di Tian gestured for Yin Lan to withdraw her mental energy, and then said, "Because you have very poor control over your mental energy, I can only roughly judge the strength of your mental energy at present. The actual strength may differ slightly from your true strength."

He first gave a series of "disclaimers" before continuing with his assessment: "Your mental strength is almost on par with that of a Soul Emperor in the outside world."

Huh? The improvement in physical fitness and the improvement in mental strength can differ so much? But I clearly consumed more rare and precious herbs that strengthen the physical body than those that strengthen mental strength, while the Life Gold strengthens both simultaneously...

Damn, this is the era of Douyi.

Yin Lan finally realized what was wrong. This world only had a systematic method for cultivating mental power in the Douluo Continent III era (although there was only one). Before that, the Douluo Continent II era had an understanding of mental attributes, but it was not systematic. In the Douluo Continent I era, no one practiced mental power at all, and the improvement of mental power depended entirely on chance.

Therefore, without considering sacrifices, under normal circumstances, even a Title Douluo in this era would find it difficult to absorb a 100,000-year soul ring at the ninth ring level, and it would be questionable whether they could even defeat a 100,000-year soul beast. The two gatekeepers at the entrance could even overpower a level 98 peak Douluo (Super Douluo) if they got desperate.

Even the spiritual power of a titled Douluo in this era may not be as high as that of a Soul Saint in the Douluo Continent II era.

Even earlier, a certain master had said that "under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a soul master to absorb a 100,000-year soul ring"... Despite all of the master's statements, Yin Lan regarded them as his first and second soul skills released by his martial soul.

In conclusion, Di Tian's assessment of Yin Lan's mental strength should be correct. The mental strength of Soul Masters in this era is just that weak. It's not that there are no Soul Masters with mental attributes. For example, Hu Liena was one of the few Soul Masters with mental attributes in the Douluo Continent era. But the problem is that her teacher is Bibi Dong, who firmly believes in all of her "white moonlight" theories. This leads to a situation where the teacher is not upright and the students are not on the same level. As a result, Hu Liena's skill set is completely skewed. Moreover, her Martial Soul is not a simple and pure mental Martial Soul like Huo Qubing's.

The most abstract aspect of this era is that even spirit-type martial soul masters don't cultivate their spiritual power. They only focus on brute force in terms of soul power, without paying any attention to their spiritual strength or physical fitness. A case in point is Shi Nian, who also possessed a spirit-type martial soul, and was defeated by Tang San.

After Di Tian finished examining Yin Lan's physical strength, an awkward silence fell over the room. After a long while, Di Tian finally spoke up, bringing up the difficult topic: "So, Miss Yin Lan, although your mental strength has reached the required level to break through the bottleneck, your physical condition is still slightly lacking. Therefore, to be on the safe side, it would be best to choose the Thousand Years..."

He stopped abruptly, a complex expression flickering in his golden eyes. Gu Yuena hadn't yet explained the Dragon God's Prohibitions to him, but based on her recent actions, he deduced that she was trying to "save the country indirectly" by supporting this girl with half-soul beast blood, circumventing the restriction that soul beasts couldn't become gods, and thus completing the "great cause" of the soul beast race. However, due to the limitations of this world, the girl's path to growth would inevitably involve killing soul beasts and absorbing soul rings…

"Di Tian, ​​this is a necessary sacrifice," Gu Yuena interrupted his still-forming emotions, "Besides, I've never seen you wallowing in melancholy while eating other soul beasts..."

That is indeed different. If you consider Yinlan as one of your own, then the soul beasts whose soul rings have been absorbed by her are essentially the law of the jungle, and they have been eaten by her. Thinking about it this way, Di Tian felt much better.

It can only be said that not only humans are hypocritical, but even soul beasts are the same. When humans hunt soul beasts, Di Tian always wants to demand an explanation from humans, but when powerful soul beasts eat weak soul beasts, Di Tian thinks it is normal, just the law of the jungle.

"So, Miss Yinlan, what are your intentions regarding your first spirit ring?" Di Tian asked, while his eyes kept glancing towards Xiong Jun.

Xiong Jun, who was sucking on an insect with his eyes closed, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, shivered twice, and opened his eyes.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw that not far away, the little ancestor appointed by the master pointed a finger at him.

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"I want this as my first spirit ring!"

I won't go into the Douluo Continent III version of the spiritual power system, mainly because many people can't distinguish between them or remember which corresponds to which realm. I'll just use this simple and straightforward method to summarize it, so that everyone can understand it and lower the reading threshold.

Moreover, there aren't many pure mental beings in Dou Yi. Even if there are, there's no need to worry about the protagonist being unable to defeat them. The Life Gold isn't something to be taken lightly. Even if she doesn't actively cultivate her mental power, it will increase on its own. After Dou Yi fused a Life Gold into her body, she basically mastered the mental power aspect. It's too easy.

Of course, if readers request a more appropriate use of the Douluo Continent III realm system in the future, I will revise it accordingly. However, I feel that most people would prefer a more relaxed reading experience, mainly because many people haven't finished reading Douluo Continent III.

For example, let me say that the protagonist's spiritual power has now reached the peak of the Spiritual Connection Realm (equivalent to the spiritual power of a normal Soul Emperor or above in Douluo Continent 1. The protagonist doesn't use his spiritual power very well, so the value measured by Di Tian is lower than the actual value). I guess only those who have read Douluo Continent 3 and 4 would know what this means. The spiritual power of the Title Douluo in Douluo Continent 1 probably doesn't even reach the middle level of the Spirit Abyss Realm, including Tang Chen, Qian Daoliu, and Bo Saixi. Dugu Bo is probably only at the peak level of the Spirit Sea Realm. Moreover, the difficulty of absorbing a soul ring is indeed lower than that of a soul spirit contract (the high level of the Spiritual Connection Realm can absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, which is the standard of a Soul King, but in Douluo Continent 3, you can only sign a thousand-year soul spirit contract).

Ultimately, it's a matter of the times. Douyi's system is indeed still in a very rudimentary state, and this is also Yinlan's biggest opportunity.

(End of this chapter)