Chapter 17 Changes in the Origin of Martial Soul and Increases in Value
Why is it that stacking wind, fire, thunder, and ice attributes allows a martial soul to evolve, and even when adding new spirit rings, choosing only one type of spirit beast can also lead to evolution, while attributes like strength and speed cannot?
Yu Xiaogang listed these different attributes.
"If we were to categorize these attributes, then attributes like wind and thunder could be classified as elemental attributes."
Strength, speed, and defense can be categorized as basic attributes.
"Dragon, tiger, bear—these are different types of martial spirits. If we're going to categorize them... it should be by bloodline attribute."
Listing out the three different attributes, Yu Xiaogang fell into deep thought.
Just then, Yu Yuanzhen suddenly spoke up:
"Since your idea is that attribute stacking can evolve a martial soul, why don't you think about what changes occur during the stacking process?"
Upon hearing Yu Yuanzhen's words, Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up.
He immediately took out a piece of paper.
"The continuous accumulation of elemental attributes, such as fire, can increase the temperature and power of flames, and even unleash more powerful exotic flames."
"The superposition of bloodline attributes can strengthen the bloodline; for example, a snake can transform into a dragon or even a serpent."
"But basic attributes like strength... seem to only result in numerical values when stacked up, without any very obvious qualitative changes?"
[Yu Xiaogang wrote faster and more fluently, as if he had found the truth.]
"...Martial Soul evolution is a qualitative leap in the martial soul, a change in its essence to a certain extent."
["The martial soul that could only exhale cold air has become a martial soul that releases ice; this is a change that has touched the root of the martial soul."]
["The same applies to the superposition of bloodline attributes; from a snake to a dragon, the essence of the martial soul changes."]
"But even if attributes like strength and speed are stacked up, and strength increases tenfold or a hundredfold, it won't change the essence of the martial soul."
"They only changed the numbers."
With the final stroke, Yu Xiaogang was completely satisfied, while Yu Yuanzhen, standing to the side, stared in disbelief.
Although what Yu Xiaogang wrote down was merely his own reflection, Yu Yuanzhen was a Title Douluo, and he certainly had some understanding of the Martial Soul system.
The moment Yu Xiaogang finished writing these things, he was certain that they were correct!
Click!
The sound of the cup falling and shattering on the floor echoed in the room, but by then, no one cared anymore.
The four clan leaders of the single-attribute clans stared blankly at the scene in the sky where Yu Yuanzhen kept praising Yu Xiaogang. A suffocating feeling filled their chests.
"So...that's how it is."
Yang Wudi muttered to himself.
As a smart man, Yang Wudi understood after a little thought.
Take the Swift from Bai He's family as an example.
The core of the Swift Spirit is the Swift itself, while speed is merely its advantage.
If a bird-type spirit beast's spirit ring is added to the Swift Spirit Martial Soul, it might be possible to change the Swift Spirit's bloodline and thus allow it to evolve.
But speed, no matter how much it's stacked up, is still just a numerical increase; the essence of the martial soul remains completely unchanged.
Having figured all this out, Yang Wudi thought about his own martial soul, the Soul-Breaking Spear.
Previously, the Yang family had always added offensive martial souls to the Soul-Breaking Spear, pursuing the ultimate attack power.
But after reading Yu Xiaogang's research, Yang Wudi suddenly wanted his descendants to make some changes.
The Yang family can't take the path of bloodline superposition, but they can take the path of element superposition.
For example, adding fire or lightning attributes to the Soul-Breaking Spear.
"Hmm... thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem so bad."
Yang Wudi rubbed his chin, deciding in his heart that he would think about this matter carefully later.
As for the other three clan leaders, they were not in a good mood, especially Bai He.
As the patriarch of the Bai family, he has always been proud of his family's martial soul, the Swift, because they possess the fastest speed in the entire Douluo Continent.
However, the prerequisite for having this speed is that their attack capabilities are insufficient.
Now, the sky is telling him that they have taken the wrong path.
With the addition of speed-type spirit rings, their family's martial soul will never have the possibility of evolving.
This blow is tantamount to denying them at their very core.
"He...he...a mere child, I absolutely do not agree with his ideas!"
With trembling hands, Bai He pointed at Yu Xiaogang in the sky and said through gritted teeth.
"I don't agree either. The experience that our four families have accumulated over so many years cannot be shaken by just a few words from him."
Titan was the first to stand up and support Bai He. He had made up his mind that even if Yu Xiaogang in the Sky Curtain eventually became a Title Douluo, and no matter how eloquently he talked about his theories, his Power Clan would never agree with them!
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Having clarified how to evolve his martial soul, Yu Xiaogang now needed to choose the right path for himself.
[His own martial soul, the Little Dragon, underwent a malignant mutation due to his insufficient talent.]
[It should have been a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, but it mutated into this form.]
[Whether its elemental attribute is lightning or not, Yu Xiaogang cannot be certain.]
In any case, after all his efforts, Yu Xiaogang couldn't detect any elemental attributes from the little dragon.
Therefore, the path that Yu Xiaogang can choose is very clear.
[Add a dragon-type spirit ring to the little dragon, and the purer the dragon, the better.]
Only by undergoing the baptism of dragon blood can the little dragon truly reveal its original form.
"However, there's still a problem. If I just absorb spirit rings step by step, even if all my spirit rings are pure-blooded dragon-type spirit beasts, my talent won't be enough to support me going very far."
Yu Xiaogang rested his chin on his hand.
[At the first level of innate soul power, this level of innate soul power is still too restrictive for Yu Xiaogang.]
"Therefore, if I want to truly defy fate, I need to maximize the attribute stacking in my soul ring selection."
"We also need to break the mold regarding the age limit of the acquired spirit rings!"
Having determined the plan he would implement, Yu Xiaogang's first thought was of those cases where people suffered severe injuries or even died because the age of the spirit rings they absorbed exceeded their tolerance limit.
These cases are all telling Yu Xiaogang that this is not a path he can easily attempt.
But recalling the mocking looks he received from the family members who watched during the awakening ceremony...
[These past few days, he had heard comments from his family saying he was a good father but a bad son, and some even directly mocking Yu Yuanzhen.]
Thinking about all this, Yu Xiaogang's fists clenched involuntarily.
[Thus, the slight hesitation that had flickered in his eyes was quickly replaced by determination.]
[It's just a minor injury, even a risk of death.]
If he can't even face this much danger, how can he possibly defy fate?
[end of the chapter]