No one knew what Liu Erlong and Flender were thinking, nor did anyone particularly care.
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul.
A Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could be activated by a single person was simply unbelievable.
Many people even speculated that, in the parallel world, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect must already be planning to have future generations inherit Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul.
After all, in everyone's eyes, only a fool would refuse such an incredible inheritance.
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After confirming that Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul Possession functioned like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Grand Elder was overjoyed.
His first thought was to find Yu Xiaogang as many wives as possible so his Martial Soul could be passed down to future generations.
Yu Yuanzhen shared the same idea.
However, compared to future descendants, he was far more concerned about Yu Xiaogang's current condition.
"So..."
"If I understand correctly, during your first Martial Soul Possession, you were the dominant consciousness, and the primary enhancement was your spirit power."
"And during the second possession, the Little Dragon became the dominant form, greatly increasing your physical strength?"
Yu Yuanzhen carefully analyzed the two transformations.
During the first transformation, Yu Xiaogang's body hadn't changed significantly because the enhancement had focused entirely on his spirit power.
During the second transformation, however, Yu Xiaogang had merged into the Little Dragon's enormous body, causing his physical abilities to increase dramatically.
"Exactly."
Yu Xiaogang nodded.
"At first, I assumed it was just a normal Martial Soul Possession."
"So the Little Dragon naturally gathered all of its power into my body."
"That created the first form, where my spirit power increased dramatically."
"After realizing something was different, I tried doing the opposite."
"I transferred my own power into the Little Dragon instead."
"As a result..."
"I successfully completed another type of Martial Soul Possession."
"This second form uses the Little Dragon's body as its core, greatly increasing my physical strength."
He paused before continuing.
"Another interesting discovery was that after transferring my consciousness into the Little Dragon's body..."
"The body became the Little Dragon's..."
"But the consciousness remained mine."
"Perhaps because I'm still the original host, I'm the one in control regardless of which form I take."
Yu Xiaogang explained everything he had discovered during the experiment.
Even he hadn't expected such an ordinary Martial Soul Possession to evolve into a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with two completely different forms.
The first form centered around himself, greatly amplifying his spirit power and energy.
The second centered around the Little Dragon, dramatically enhancing physical strength.
Combined with his normal state—where he and the Little Dragon fought side by side without using Martial Soul Possession—
He effectively possessed three different combat forms.
Yu Xiaogang's expression became rather strange.
He possessed the Light Attribute.
He could transform into light.
Three forms...
Light...
Wait...
Doesn't that make me...
A Giant of Light?
The thought made even him feel slightly embarrassed.
Yu Yuanzhen couldn't help laughing.
"In that case, Xiaogang..."
"You'll have countless combat options in the future."
"You can fight at long range."
"You can fight in close combat."
"You can specialize in spirit power."
"You can specialize in physical strength."
"You possess excellent survival abilities."
"And you can even provide support."
"Looking at it this way..."
"You alone can perform the roles of an entire Spirit Master team."
He clicked his tongue in amazement.
The more he thought about it...
The more terrifying his son seemed.
This wasn't the kind of versatility where someone was merely average at everything.
Every single one of Yu Xiaogang's strengths had reached an extraordinary level.
He wasn't balanced because he lacked specialties.
He was balanced because every specialty had become overwhelmingly powerful.
Yu Xiaogang smiled modestly.
"That's only true for now."
"As my cultivation increases..."
"If my foundations stop advancing beyond my level..."
"This advantage won't remain as overwhelming."
At present, he had only reached Rank 40.
Recently, a series of fortunate opportunities had dramatically improved every aspect of his abilities.
That kind of explosive growth couldn't continue forever.
Take his Light Attribute as an example.
Even his father had never managed to continuously evolve his Lightning Attribute from the moment of awakening all the way to becoming a Titled Douluo.
As for himself...
Who knew when his Light Attribute would evolve again?
If it remained unchanged...
Eventually, what was once his greatest advantage might become his greatest limitation.
Even so...
Building such a powerful foundation at Rank 40 was still an enormous blessing.
A stronger foundation meant greater future potential.
After all...
It was far better to establish this foundation at Rank 40 than only after reaching Rank 80.
Gently patting the Little Dragon's head, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fist.
Now that he had finally laid such an incredible foundation...
He firmly believed he would accomplish extraordinary things.
Anything less would be an insult to all the effort he had invested—and to every opportunity fate had placed before him.
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Over the following days, Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen thoroughly tested both transformation forms.
Eventually, they reached several conclusions.
In the Energy Form, not only was Yu Xiaogang's total spirit power greatly increased, but every Spirit Ability he used also became significantly stronger.
In the Power Form, after transforming into a gigantic dragon, Yu Xiaogang resembled a living siege weapon.
He simply charged through anything standing in his path.
Furthermore, every physical attack carried traces of Light Attribute damage.
Although this additional damage was weaker than the attacks of his Energy Form...
It required almost no spirit power to activate.
It was essentially free bonus damage.
After several days of sparring...
Yu Yuanzhen finally gave his honest evaluation.
"Among all the current Titled Douluo on the continent..."
"No one at the same cultivation level can defeat you."
"Not even Tang Chen at his peak."
Those words filled both Yu Yuanzhen and the Grand Elder with hope.
More than anything...
They wished Yu Xiaogang could continue growing while maintaining this incredible level of strength.
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The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect remained in Heaven Dou City for another half month.
During that time, Yu Yuanzhen ordered people to search for a suitable spirit beast for the Grand Elder's ninth spirit ring.
At the same time, they also searched for the ideal spirit beast for Yu Xiaogang's fourth spirit ring.
In truth...
The Grand Elder cared far less about his own spirit ring.
His greatest concern remained Yu Xiaogang's future.
Another noteworthy event occurred shortly after Yu Xiaogang used the Spirit Bomb.
The explosion attracted the attention of every major force in Heaven Dou City.
Representatives from countless factions hurried to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's residence, eager to discover what had happened.
To explain the disturbance...
The sect announced that the Grand Elder had successfully broken through to Rank 90.
The entire city was shaken.
As one of the Upper Three Sects, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was already one of the continent's greatest powers.
Now that it possessed another Titled Douluo...
Its influence increased dramatically.
Visitors poured in nonstop.
Some came to gather information.
Some came to build relationships.
Others sincerely came to offer congratulations.
The entrance to the sect's residence was so crowded that the threshold was nearly worn flat.
As the hosts, Yu Yuanzhen and the Grand Elder spent their days entertaining guests.
Even Yu Xiaogang, who desperately wanted to avoid socializing, was dragged into meeting countless visitors eager to learn more about the sect's greatest genius.
Amid this lively atmosphere...
Early one morning, roughly half a month later...
A new piece of information finally arrived at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's residence.
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