Douluo Continent: I possess astonishing wisdom as I control energy!

"???"

Did the cabbage end up being eaten by a pig?!

……

Just as Xiao Hongchen was still having some existential doubts, "Cabbage and Pig" had already arrived at the laboratory.

The laboratory was brightly lit and fully equipped. As a laboratory that Kong Deming had occasionally used before, this laboratory was of a very high standard, with all its settings comparable to those of a level nine Soul Master.

Meng Hongchen unconsciously looked around with a hint of curiosity, but she didn't look too closely. After all, she had spent a lot of time in her grandfather Jing Hongchen's laboratory when she was a child.

Most of the facilities were similar, but soon, Meng Hongchen noticed the unusually neatly stacked cages next to the experimental table in front of him, and inside the cages were snow-white soft-boned rabbits.

"This is.?"

"material."

Kong Ming'an remained calm, but he was silently observing Miss Meng's changing expressions.

It may sound strange, but he really wanted to train an "assistant" himself.

The vast majority of research results cannot be accomplished by one person alone; in other words, having an assistant would make his work much easier.

For example, if, in the early stages of establishing the framework of the "Body Tempering Method," there were a few assistants who could keep up with his pace...

So, his so-called "three months of arduous exploration" might be reduced to one month, which is a leap in efficiency that he would find hard to ignore.

During the time he was researching the "Body Tempering Method," he was simply too busy to find an assistant.

Now, however, he has some free time and is looking for an assistant. Coincidentally, his grandfather has sent him two playmates.

So, quite naturally, after a month of getting to know each other, Miss Meng became his "assistant" in preparation.

Xiao Hongchen is more suitable as an experimental executor in practical operations, but research is a bit of a challenge for him.

Now, he is observing Miss Meng's basic qualities.

Under Miss Meng's somewhat puzzled gaze, he slowly stepped forward and casually took out a pure white, soft-boned rabbit from the cage.

His breeding farm was not yet mature, so this Soft Bone Rabbit was one he had someone capture from the Soul Beast Forest at his expense. It was clearly more robust and agile than the "samples" he had seen before, and its eyes carried a hint of intelligence.

Seemingly sensing some kind of threat, the Soft-Boned Rabbit began to struggle violently, trying to escape Kong Ming'an's control.

Kongming completely ignored this and simply twisted its neck to the right, ending its life.

"This"

Miss Meng was somewhat puzzled, but the next moment, a soft, white soul ring radiating a gentle light and faint soul power fluctuations slowly rose from the corpse of the Soft-Boned Rabbit. Then...

It was gently grasped and lifted into a hand.

Chapter 9 On the Self-Editing and Reconstruction of Soul Rings

Kong Ming'an lowered his eyes slightly, and strands of blue soul power spread upwards from his fingertips, wrapping around the shimmering white soul ring in his palm, creating a dreamlike and ethereal scene.

Meng Hongchen was somewhat stunned.

Can spirit rings be touched directly? Or are they bound and pulled by spirit power? She vaguely remembers this being a method for absorbing spirit rings!

Just as he was feeling lost, Kong Ming'an slowly spoke.

"Dream, what do you think spirit rings are?"

"Soul ring?"

Meng Hongchen snapped out of her daze, somewhat puzzled as to why Kong Ming'an would ask her such a question.

However, seeing Kong Ming'an's serious expression, she hesitated for a moment before answering with the standard answer recorded in the textbook:

"A spirit ring is a special energy entity that appears after a spirit master hunts a spirit beast. When a spirit master's cultivation reaches a bottleneck, absorbing a spirit ring will allow them to break through that bottleneck."

"After a spirit ring is absorbed, it can grant the spirit master unique spirit skills, and the type of spirit skill will be related to the spirit master's own spirit and the spirit beast that dropped the spirit ring."

"Ah."

Kong Ming'an nodded slightly, not denying it, but continued to ask:

"Besides using spirit rings to break through bottlenecks and acquire spirit skills, Meng, do you know any other ways to use spirit rings themselves?"

Meng Hongchen was taken aback by the question again, but subconsciously shook her head, her long silver-white hair swaying as she did so.

"Huh? Soul rings...aren't they used to absorb and gain soul skills?"

In her understanding, or rather, in the understanding of most Soul Masters, Soul Rings are the ladder to advancement and the source of power for Soul Masters; attaching to, absorbing, and using Soul Skills is a matter of course.

Kong Ming'an shook his head slightly, his gaze still fixed on the spirit ring in his palm, his eyes flickering as if he were admiring a fine work of art:

"Among the many pieces of information I have collected, there are quite a few strange methods of using spirit rings."

"According to ancient records, ten thousand years ago, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School had a sect-protecting elder who mastered a technique called 'Ring Inlay,' which allowed him to inlay soul rings into his own martial soul, gaining a multiplied boost,"

"The Xuanming Sect of the Heavenly Soul Empire possesses a unique divine beast bloodline talent in its inherited martial soul, which allows it to temporarily combine and fuse soul rings, thus enabling the Soul Sect to temporarily possess a ten-thousand-year soul ring and greatly increase its power."

"There is also a technique called 'Ring Fusion,' which can fuse the power of different attribute spirit rings into a single attribute, enhancing oneself or others and multiplying their power."

He spoke slowly, listing one by one these spirit ring application techniques that had only briefly appeared in the long history of Douluo Continent and were now almost lost.

Each name and each technique seemed to unlock a long-sealed door to power.

Meng Hongchen's icy blue eyes widened slightly, filled with shock.

So spirit rings can be used like this?

Kong Ming'an didn't give Meng Hongchen much time to process what was happening.

Holding up the spirit ring, the blue spirit power wrapped around it in his right palm suddenly pierced into the seemingly stable energy structure inside the spirit ring like thin silver needles!

"Om-!"

The pure white spirit ring suddenly shone brightly, becoming extremely dazzling and unstable. The originally gentle energy fluctuations instantly turned violent!

A sense of danger approached, and Miss Meng instinctively took a step back. She then saw Kong Ming'an calmly toss the spirit ring in his hand into a transparent isolation box made of high-strength, explosion-proof spirit-guiding glass.

Almost at the very moment the spirit ring fell into the box and the box was sealed—

boom! ! !

A deep yet powerful explosion resounded inside the isolation box!

A blinding white light, accompanied by chaotic energy turbulence, instantly filled the entire confined space.

The soul guidance array on the glass wall instantly lit up to its maximum brightness, flashing wildly, barely managing to contain this destructive energy and prevent it from escaping even slightly.

The light slowly faded, leaving only wisps of chaotic energy dissipating inside the isolation chamber. The Soul Ring of the Soft Bone Rabbit had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

"This is this?!"

"This is a 'ring explosion'."

Kong Ming'an withdrew his hand, his tone as calm as if he had merely popped a bubble.

"A technique that detonates and releases the immense energy accumulated within a spirit ring—energy used to support spirit skills and amplify spirit power—in an instant in the most violent and thorough manner."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the residual energy turbulence within the isolation chamber, and continued:

"The power of that explosion was roughly equivalent to that of a level-three fixed-position soul-guided bomb."

"Within a certain sect, they use the energy detonated during the 'ring explosion' as a means to temporarily amplify themselves and enhance their combat power, thus developing various combat styles based on this."

Meng Hongchen listened with unprecedented focus.

If she was initially interested only because she heard some "secrets," now that she has seen it with her own eyes, she is completely certain that Ming An was not just telling her to satisfy her curiosity, but because he had actually achieved something!

Blinking her eyes, the clever Miss Meng quickly found the key. Slightly nervous, she raised her hand earnestly, like a well-behaved student.

Kong Ming'an saw through Miss Meng's little thoughts and chuckled:

"Want to learn 'ring blasting'?"

Miss Meng nodded.

"No."

"Well"

Miss Meng showed a disappointed expression, but quickly comforted herself inwardly.

Teaching is a favor, not teaching is one's right.

However, despite this logic, Miss Meng was still inevitably a little disappointed.

The food is all out there, making everyone's mouths water; the aroma is wafting over, but we can't eat it? Are you just trying to tempt us?

"It's not that I don't want to teach you, it's just unnecessary." Looking at Miss Meng's sullen expression, Kong Ming'an chuckled slightly.

"No need?"

“Yes.” Kong Ming’an’s gaze was calm, but he reached out and grabbed another soft-boned rabbit, twisting its neck to the right.

A shimmering white spirit ring appeared. Kong Ming'an casually grabbed it, looking down at it as he slowly spoke:

Simply "exploding the rings" is the crudest way to use the energy of the spirit rings.

"Since energy can be detonated and channeled to amplify combat power, is it also possible to use the massive energy released instantly by the 'Ring Explosion' to achieve some kind of extreme training breakthrough? To break through bottlenecks?"

"For example, a Great Soul Master breaks through to Soul Venerable, a Soul Emperor breaks through to Soul Saint, and even a Soul Douluo breaks through to Title Douluo?"

"Or, is there a method to constrain and reshape the energy burst of the 'ring explosion,' making it a controllable and normalized means of attack or defense?"

"For example, the power of my technique just now is comparable to a level three fixed soul ring explosion. What about a thousand years, ten thousand years, or even a hundred thousand years?"

"You should know that when a Soul Master uses 'Ring Detonation,' the Soul Rings will regenerate over time. This means it's possible to use a Level 9 Fixed-Position Soul Bomb without limit."

"Instead of exhausting yourself before you even start using it."

"even."

Under Meng Hongchen's gaze, Kong Ming'an's lips curled slightly, and his voice had somehow become tinged with an almost frantic desire for inquiry.

"Is it possible to completely destroy the structure of a spirit ring, erase the spirit skill information and spirit beast imprint it contains, and retain only its purest energy source?"

"Then, try to attach a completely new spirit ring to yourself, thereby achieving 'self-editing and reconstruction of the spirit ring.'"

Chapter 10 Soul Rings, aren't they amazing?

Meng Hongchen was completely stunned, her little head buzzing.

Spirit ring explosion training? Controlled spirit ring explosion? Exploding and then replacing? And, "self-editing and reconstruction of spirit rings"?

This completely overturned her entire understanding of spirit rings! Spirit rings can be used like this?!

She murmured to herself, her voice filled with bewilderment and shock: "Soul rings... I didn't know they had so many... unbelievable uses?"

"Of course," Kong Ming'an said with a smile, looking at Miss Meng's stunned expression. He suddenly found it quite amusing.

With a tone that was both light and earnest, he slowly began to speak:

"Everything is possible. The meaning of rules is to wait to be understood, applied, and finally broken, becoming nourishment for new rules. And that is what I want."

Miss Meng's icy blue eyes flickered slightly.

Kong Ming'an's words just now have almost shown her a whole new world!

Compared to the world of Soul Masters and Soul Masters that he heard his teachers talk about in the academy, the world that Kong Ming'an was describing was countless times more interesting and magnificent!

Her eyes brightened as she looked at Kong Ming'an, her expression shifting from initial interest and excitement to seriousness.

"Want to learn?"

"Ok!"

"sure."

"Huh?!" Miss Meng, who had already prepared herself for rejection, was taken aback.

After hesitating for a second or two, she glanced up to confirm Kong Ming'an's expression, and immediately her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Really?!"

"Sure, but..."

Kong Ming'an's lips curled slightly, and he said with interest, "Answer me a question, and if you answer it to my satisfaction, I will teach you."

Miss Meng hesitated for a second or two, then answered seriously.