Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 5 Soul Power Level 10

Meditation and cultivation in the library is an extreme luxury and a waste of time. The library also contains a wealth of knowledge about martial spirits and spirit beasts, which are truly priceless treasures.

After learning the basic meditation method, Ji Wuming closed the book, immediately put it back, and began searching for other books. As he searched, nine large characters on the first shelf of the first row caught his eye:

"The six core competitive advantages of Martial Soul".

Ji Wuming held the familiar yet extremely unfamiliar thick book in his hands. The author's name on the cover was not Yu Xiaogang, but someone else. Furthermore, the introduction on the first page indicated the author's background and affiliation with the Spirit Hall.

This book is one of the basic textbooks provided by the Spirit Hall to various spirit master academies. As for whether or not copyright fees are paid, Ji Wuming is not sure.

Ji Wuming was very interested in this, and the table of contents detailed the six core theories.

"Innate soul power is directly proportional to the quality of martial soul. The origin of martial soul, martial soul mutation, the development direction of soul masters and the classification of martial soul, the acquisition and absorption of soul rings, and martial soul fusion."

After reading it, Ji Wuming realized just how disgusting Yu Xiaogang's plagiarism was. He had been appreciated by Bibi Dong and even became her ex-boyfriend, gaining access to much of the Spirit Hall's core knowledge.

Yu Xiaogang, as a theoretical master, only built upon the work of his predecessors in proposing the ten core competencies. Yet, he claimed that he himself had proposed them. This kind of character is truly shameless.

As for its most famous theory of spirit mimicry, the idea that beast spirits can absorb spirit rings with plant attributes is simply absurd.

In his opinion, the mimicry theory only applies to some low-quality martial souls, such as top-tier beast martial souls like the Evil-Eyed White Tiger and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex. Animal-type soul rings are the most suitable.

The inclusion of an overly simplistic theory of mimicry in the list of ten core competencies is nothing short of misleading and harmful.

The prerequisite for the emergence of twin martial souls is that the quality of the parents' martial souls is extremely similar or vastly different. But if the quality of the parents' martial souls is vastly different, can a twin martial soul possess innate soul power?

The Clear Sky Hammer is a top-tier weapon spirit, so how could the Blue Silver Grass in that little punk's hand be an ordinary Blue Silver Grass? And to make it develop in the direction of poison, Yu Xiaogang is simply a master of three things.

However, none of this mattered to Ji Wuming. The contents of the book were still very good, giving him a more specific direction for acquiring spirit rings.

Shortly after, Ji Wuming closed the book again and found a very basic book on marksmanship.

"The spear evolved from the lance, and spear techniques are equally applicable to the lance!"

Ji Wuming picked up the book, filled out the borrowing information, and returned to his dormitory to begin practicing basic spear and lance techniques.

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Time flies, and two and a half years later,

In the early morning, in dormitory 301, as the last wisp of soul power condensed, Ji Wuming excitedly opened his eyes and stretched his limbs.

"After two and a half years, I have finally broken through the bottleneck of level 10 soul power."

His rapid cultivation speed was largely due to the special mutation he discovered a year ago involving the Iron Rust Spear Martial Soul. By continuously refining the Martial Soul with his own blood, it had acquired a unique ability to devour other Martial Souls.

This devouring ability is no different from that of an evil soul master. It can devour the blood of all living beings and convert it into its own soul power. Although the soul power conversion effect is not strong, overall, it makes its cultivation speed comparable to that of a fifth-level innate soul master.

Meanwhile, for the past two and a half years, Ji Wuming has been attending classes in the mornings and practicing basic spear techniques and soul power meditation in the afternoons. During his free time on holidays, he further refines his rusted spear. In addition, he has begun hunting animals and secretly absorbing their blood essence.

Fortunately, within the academy, he consistently appeared to be diligently cultivating, which prevented anyone from noticing the strangeness of his rapidly increasing soul power.

Ji Wuming was not averse to this devouring ability. His martial soul quality was originally low, and without further development, he would only ever reach the Soul Master level. Now that he had unexpectedly obtained such a good devouring ability, how could he not use it?

"Martial spirits themselves are neither evil nor evil; the key lies in the person using the martial spirit!"

A hint of determination appeared in Ji Wuming's eyes. Obtaining the first spirit ring was the best way for him to verify the results of his practice, and it was also an important step for his martial spirit to complete its first evolution and leap.

Based on his understanding and in-depth thinking, the theory of martial souls he derived suggests that attaching different spirit beast spirit rings to a martial soul can bring about different degrees of positive changes. As a crucial step for spirit masters to break through their limits, do spirit rings also possess the ability to prevent the Iron Spear martial soul from deforming elastically and reverting to its original broken spear state?

If possible, it would mean that I would no longer need to maintain the state of my martial soul being separated from my body.

After dressing, Ji Wuming carried the rusty spear to Director Lu's office. Pushing open the door, he saw Director Lu, who was writing something, look up at him with great delight.

"Little Ji, what brings you here?"

During the past two and a half years, Director Lu has paid close attention to Ji Wuming's college life. While he may not know him intimately, he knows more about him than the average teacher.

Take the Iron Spear Martial Soul on his back as an example. It changes almost every two or three months. Now the red mist on the outside of the Iron Spear is even deeper. It can be said that his Martial Soul can no longer be called Iron Spear. It should be a higher quality Blood Spear Martial Soul.

As for why the Martial Soul had become like this, Director Lu was also very shocked when he first heard Ji Wuming's explanation. To be able to forge the Martial Soul into this shape using blacksmithing techniques was truly remarkable. His ability to put his wild imagination into practice was incredibly bold and unprecedented in the history of the entire continent.

More importantly, the Blood Spear Martial Soul was almost inseparable from him at any time and place, and he never withdrew his cultivation method from his body, which was simply an extraordinary phenomenon.

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"Director, I have reached the bottleneck of level 10 soul power cultivation. The purpose of my visit is to obtain a soul ring." Ji Wuming touched his nose and said somewhat reservedly.

After all, Director Lu is a level 39 peak Soul Master, and his Martial Soul is the Sea Viper. If he were in some other small or medium-sized city, he could become the city lord or a guest elder of the city lord's mansion.

He also has another identity: Ji Wuming's dean of students and the homeroom teacher in charge of their class. He is extremely strict. In front of him, he is just a little kid who has not grown up yet. How could he not be nervous?

"Level 10, that's great. But have you decided what kind of spirit ring you want to get?"

Director Lu nodded in approval. He wasn't too surprised by Ji Wuming's speed of soul power cultivation. It would be really strange if a soul master who dared to try and worked very hard couldn't improve his soul power by seven levels in two years.

"I want a hundred-year-old sea viper spirit beast, preferably the extremely bloodthirsty kind," Ji Wuming said firmly.

(End of this chapter)