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Chapter 111: Su Wen's Sense of Urgency
🕑 Added 2024-03-26 16:10:40 +0000 UTCIn this battle, Su Wen finally experienced pressure.
Even the mutated Gale Stormwind Doubleheaded Wolf of Feng Xiaotian was only close to the top-tier Martial Spirit.
The Diamond Mammoth, on the other hand, was a completely top-tier Martial Spirit, on par with Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, with outstanding defense and strength.
Coupled with being outnumbered two to one, Su Wen truly felt the pressure.
In the Spirit Grand Master and even Spirit Elder Realm, Su Wen's strength was overwhelmingly invincible at the same level. However, with the advancement of Soul Power to the current Spirit Ancestor Realm, Su Wen showed signs of fatigue.
"My Martial Spirit has indeed evolved to the top tier, but ultimately lacks a distinctive combat characteristic."
Without the defense and strength of the Diamond Mammoth, without the destruction and power of the Clear Sky Hammer, and without the strong attack attribute of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
Now, all of Su Wen's strength is developed by himself.
The Fire Demon Style enables him to be invincible among peers in the Spirit Grand Master and even Spirit Elder Realm.
It's because his methods are perfected, he has a large number of Spirit Skills, and they burst forth strongly.
Just like how Ning Fengzhi and others currently believe, Su Wen's extraordinary Soul Power cultivation speed is because he enjoys the fusion degree of higher-level Spirit Masters in advance. At this moment, Su Wen's strength among peers is also similar.
Although his advantage is not due to possessing abilities that only higher-level Spirit Masters have, these advantages themselves are the advantages of higher-level Spirit Masters over lower-level ones. As Su Wen and his opponents' Soul Power increase, Su Wen may still have advantages in the number, quality, and outbreak of Spirit Skills, but they won't be as prominent.
However, with the Fire Demon Style and the Fiery Heavenly Sun, at least Su Wen will stand undefeated among peers in the future. As long as the Fiery Heavenly Sun domain is activated, Su Wen can win battles relying on consumption and the combat methods of the Fire Demon Style without any problems. At most, he might lose the ability to quickly resolve battles within a short period.
"I have the fourth ring, but the Fourth Spirit Skill, Replication, is not a Battle-type spirit skill, so my advantage is further weakened."
Su Wen's Fourth Spirit Skill is used to assist in cultivation and enrich his own combat methods.
However, the benefits are also obvious. At least Su Wen is truly versatile and won't be restrained by his development direction.
He can attack, defend, be agile in attack, engage in both melee and ranged combat, and even fly.
This battle made Su Wen reflect on many things.
It also instilled a sense of urgency in him.
Comparing himself to ordinary Spirit Masters at the same level is not his goal.
Only by comparing himself to those outstanding individuals can he understand his shortcomings.
"Tang San's Twin Martial Spirits, if we truly wait until later stages, with eighteen Spirit Rings and Spirit Skills, plus the Tang Sect's unique techniques, and even the Clear Sky Hammer with all ten thousand years old or above Spirit Rings, my advantages are completely negligible."
Currently, his Spirit Ring configuration seems to surpass most people, but when compared to Twin Martial Spirits like Tang San's, it suddenly seems to lose its edge.
Tang San hasn't fully matured yet, so this comparison might seem a bit premature, but there are already mature Twin Martial Spirits on the continent, such as the current Pope, Bibi Dong.
"I only have one Martial Spirit, and if I want to ensure that my Martial Spirit's development can compete with their Twin Martial Spirits as much as possible..."
Before taking the Immortal Grass, all of Su Wen's plans were very cautious. Since taking the Immortal Grass and undergoing his own Evolution, he has become much more confident, with even his ambitions and ideas becoming bolder.
'The lifespan of the first three Spirit Rings is still too low.'
If the first three Spirit Rings were ten thousand years old Spirit Rings, even if the Fourth Spirit Ring is not used for combat, Su Wen would still be in a position to easily defeat other Spirit Ancestors.
"So, the method for replacing Spirit Rings needs to be developed as soon as possible."
As for methods to increase the lifespan of Spirit Rings, Su Wen only knows that soul technology from future generations and divine examinations can achieve this.
Both of these are currently beyond his reach.
To increase the lifespan of the first three Spirit Rings, he only has one known method left.
That is the method of ring replacement.
"Tang San resurrected Xiao Wu by sacrificing his own Spirit Rings. After sacrificing the Spirit Rings, he successfully absorbed the same type of Spirit Rings again. While it may have involved the help of the Sea God, at least this method is feasible."
The Sea God perhaps helped stabilize Tang San's Martial Spirit and Spirit Ring positions, preventing him from dying due to the loss of Spirit Rings or his Martial Spirit's origin being counterattacked.
The abilities of the gods are indeed mysterious in the Douluo Continent.
"But that doesn't mean only gods can do it." Su Wen has confidence in the various abilities he currently possesses.
The Rings Fusion Technique, control over Martial Spirit Space, and his extremely strong perception of his own situation—these are all his strengths.
They are also the basis for his belief that he can develop the method of ring replacement.
"Currently, only one aspect is lacking: Ring Explosion."
In fact, Su Wen has never given up on exploring the method of ring replacement. However, while he has figured out how to stabilize himself and his Martial Spirit after losing a Spirit Ring, he still lacks a method to replace the sacrifice.
Ring Explosion is the method he idealizes as most suitable to replace the sacrificed ring.
"Completely blow up the Spirit Ring, thus releasing the Spirit Ring position."
However, before completely blowing up the Spirit Ring, Su Wen needs to use the Ring Explosion Secret Technique to sense the process of the Spirit Ring exploding.
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Great Spirit Arena.
While Su Wen was fighting against the Huyan Twin Heroes, a burly man observed the entire match from the spectator area.
After the battle ended, the man remained lost in thought.
"Young Master." Two figures beside the man respectfully spoke up.
These two figures were none other than the recently defeated Huyan Twin Heroes.
And the man they referred to as Young Master was naturally Huyan Li, the eldest grandson of Huyan Zhen, the current head of the Elephant Armored Clan, and the heir to the position of the next clan head.
"You've done your best in today's battle. Let's go back to the clan with me, and you can give a detailed report on your experiences in this battle." There was a glint of insight in Huyan Li's eyes. Without wasting any time, he quickly departed with the Huyan Twin Heroes.
Elephant Armored Clan.
"Master, that 'Ignorant Scholar' showed remarkable bursts of strength and endurance. He engaged in intense combat with us brothers for a long time without showing any signs of fatigue."
"..."
After listening to the firsthand experiences of the two brothers, Huyan Zhen waved his hand to dismiss them and turned his gaze to his grandson.
He cherished Huyan Li greatly.
He had even found a head Spirit Bone early on for Huyan Li, preparing him for absorption.
Now, he wanted to hear his grandson's thoughts on that 'Ignorant Scholar.'
"Li'er, since you've reported this battle to me, I assume you have some insights," Huyan Zhen asked softly.
Huyan Li smiled confidently and said, "Grandfather, I was present at the scene. What Big Brother and Second Brother said is indeed true, but they failed to notice one thing: the opponent had too many Spirit Skills."
Huyan Zhen nodded, indicating for Huyan Li to continue his analysis.
"Creating a fiery environment Spirit Skill, a strong fire attribute attack Spirit Skill, wind attribute defensive Spirit Skill, earth attribute defensive and control Spirit Skill, at least five categories of Spirit Skills. Not to mention the white fireball above the fiery environment he created, which I suspect is another Spirit Skill. It's the combination of this skill with his ability to create a fiery environment that gives him that terrifying endurance in battle."
