Douluo Continent: From Rusty Spear to Emperor-Slaying Spear

Chapter 57 Dugu Yan Joins the Faction, A Concept of Soul Rings Beyond Their Level

Although Ji Wuming was feeling unwell at this moment, he now possessed an indestructible body, so the damage from the lightning power was within a controllable range.

Just then, he sensed a killing intent different from the power of lightning.

Ji Wuming opened his eyes and saw Dugu Bo staring fiercely at him from afar, while Dugu Yan lay unconscious on the ground.

"Is my little sister hurt? But that shouldn't be the case, Dugu Bo is right next to her!"

Looking down, Ji Wuming realized that his upper body clothing had been completely burned by the lightning, and then he belatedly felt a little embarrassed.

However, there was no time to change into a properly intact set of clothes. Ji Wuming removed another section of the lightning rod, and the amplified lightning power completely scorched his clothes, leaving his skin charred black.

"ah--"

Ji Wuming gritted his teeth, forcibly enduring the torment from the powerful lightning, and turned his head with difficulty to look at the Blood Lightning Spear in his right hand.

At this moment, the blood dragon on the Blood Thunder Spear was coiling around violently. With each ray of lightning it received, the blood dragon's body would tremble more violently, and its hind claws would incessantly scratch at the spear shaft.

Correspondingly, the Blood Thunder Spear is gradually becoming harder after being tempered by the power of lightning. Not only the Blood Dragon sealed inside the spear, but also the surrounding blood mist and blood rust are being strengthened.

suddenly,

"boom--"

A loud metallic cracking sound rang out, and the lightning rod at the very front, which was in contact with the strongest lightning power, shattered. Countless fragments filled with blue electric arcs flew in all directions, and Ji Wuming was also thrown back and landed directly because of this.

Seeing this, Dugu Bo stepped forward, looking at Ji Wuming with concern.

"Young Ji, you're too impatient. That lightning rod couldn't withstand the power of lightning and broke. That's a good thing. If it hadn't broken, you might have already had your meridians burned by the lightning."

"Senior, this is not a problem that the lightning rod cannot withstand the power of lightning, but that its lightning protection function has reached its limit, which is why it broke."

Ji Wuming picked up the Blood Thunder Spear that had fallen to the side and continued speaking.

"This method of using lightning to temper the body is feasible not only for myself but also for my martial soul. Only in this way can I become stronger."

"For me, the seven-section Lightning-Dispelling Staff is currently the best option. Anything beyond seven sections risks shattering my Martial Soul and rendering me a cripple!"

Under Dugu Bo's watchful gaze, he began to readjust his state, restore his soul power, reassemble the lightning-dispelling rod, and resume his lightning-tempering training.

As time passed, the lightning rods gradually wore down.

Meanwhile, Ji Wuming's pain gradually decreased until five hours later, as night fell.

Ji Wuming then stopped his day-long lightning tempering process. At this moment, countless blue arcs of electricity still lingered within his body, not yet dissipated.

As soon as Dugu Yan gets even slightly close to the Dao, she will be instantly paralyzed by the electric arc.

"Brother Ji, don't you find it annoying to have so many lingering electric arcs inside your body?"

"No, I feel great."

Upon hearing this, a hint of displeasure flashed in Dugu Yan's eyes. Who asked you to answer like that? You didn't even understand what I really meant.

Meanwhile, Dugu Bo, after briefly treating some of Ji Wuming's internal injuries, asked with some concern,

"Young Ji, I understand that a power-attack type Soul Master must have a strong physique, but you're being far too obsessed with enhancing your physique. Your true purpose is probably not as simple as just achieving ultimate offense?"

After a moment of contemplation, Ji Wuming realized there was no need to hide anything from these two people who cared about him and were doing their utmost to help him.

"As expected, I couldn't hide it from you, senior. My main purpose in body tempering wasn't just for ultimate offense, but for the four words 'absorption beyond one's level'."

When Dugu Bo heard Ji Wuming say the words "absorbing beyond one's level," the doubts he had previously put aside were brought up again. If two immortal herbs could enable a soul master to achieve the fourth soul ring of ten thousand years, then wouldn't eating ten immortal herbs allow a soul master to directly absorb a 10-year soul ring when he was at the fourth or fifth soul ring stage?

"No wonder you're so obsessed with immortal herbs. But a fourth spirit ring can absorb the equivalent of a sixth spirit ring for an ordinary spirit emperor. I'm afraid the effects of immortal herbs can't reach that level!"

Seeing Dugu Bo frowning, a cloud of doubt returning to his face, Ji Wuming continued to explain.

"I grew up by the sea and made a living as a blacksmith. I used medicinal baths to hone my body and often ate the meat of spirit beasts. After obtaining my first spirit ring, I used water pressure to train my body, which is how I became who I am today."

As for the whale glue, Ji Wuming felt it wasn't the right time to bring it up yet. Although he had previously made a bet with the Hai Po brothers to obtain free whale glue,

That would only be seen as a child's greedy trick, and no one would associate it with the practice of using whale glue to increase the age of absorbed soul rings.

"I see. You've been training your body since you were little, especially with water pressure. It's not as simple as fighting spirit beasts or running. So, it seems that when you reach level 50, the spirit rings you absorb will be at least 4 years old! When you get your seventh or even eighth spirit ring, you can absorb spirit beasts that are 10 years old."

Dugu Bo couldn't help but feel a little terrified when he said this. He wondered if there had ever been a terrifying existence on the continent since ancient times, where a level 70 Soul Saint could add a 10-year seventh ring.

If we wait for the kid to break through to level 90, with only three 10-year soul rings, even I, in my current state, would have to show him some respect.

"Brother Ji, could I also draw lightning into my body to strengthen my physique so that I can absorb spirit rings of higher levels in the future?"

Dugu Yan looked at Ji Wuming sitting beside her, who was aspiring to become a strong person. She also had to work hard to become stronger and not fall too far behind Ji Wuming.

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Ji Wuming had anticipated this outcome, and Dugu Yan's request was exactly what he wanted to hear. Looking at Dugu Yan, Ji Wuming smiled and said...

"Little sister, your martial soul is primarily earth-attribute with poison as a secondary attribute. This gives you an advantage: as your strength increases, you can also resist or even become immune to lightning. So, it's not impossible to use lightning to temper your body?"

"Alright, but why did you only say so now? If you had told me sooner, I could have helped share some of the lightning power during your body tempering!"

Ji Wuming covered his face and laughed. He had to admit that his little sister cared about him a lot, but she did know the basics of lightning. Lightning could only be weakened, not shared, when it was drawn into the body.

Seeing his granddaughter's high spirits, Dugu Bo didn't want to say anything discouraging.

"Yanyan, be careful. Grandpa will be watching you two closely."

(End of this chapter)