Chapter 64: Balance of Inner and Outer, Heading to the Blacksmith Shop!
Soon, they arrived at the training ground.
"Brother Ye Ling, that special bloodline of yours… you broke through again? And judging by the way things looked just now, it wasn't just once, was it?"
Along the way, Cai'er had said nothing, but once Ye Ling prepared to begin testing, she finally voiced her question.
"Counting it, I broke through three times. In fact, I could have broken through earlier, but unfortunately, I didn't. That's why it piled up into so many at once this time."
Ye Ling spoke with some helplessness.
"You mean your breakthrough can even be held back?" Cai'er thought for a moment before asking this.
"If it were anyone else, naturally not. But I can." Ye Ling did not exaggerate—this was truly the case.
In the original story, Tang Wulin had relied on the Golden Dragon King bloodline to rise. His Blue Silver Emperor—no, before that, it was merely Blue Silver Grass—was unable to resist the Golden Dragon King's power. His cultivation and breakthroughs were completely led by it.
But Ye Ling was different. Even without the Golden Dragon King bloodline, his Six-Winged Angel martial soul and Time-Space Dragon martial soul were equally terrifying. With the Golden Dragon King bloodline in addition, if he wanted to act recklessly, they could suppress it in an instant.
This was inevitable! After all, although the Golden Dragon King was a God King level existence, at present, it was only half a layer, and the weaker half at that. How could it possibly restrain Ye Ling?
"Mm." Cai'er made a few thoughtful sounds, then allowed Ye Ling to begin his test.
She was curious about what level Ye Ling's strength had reached—that was what intrigued her the most.
Soon, Ye Ling walked up to the testing platform. He extended his hand, without summoning the golden dragon claws or scales, without activating his bloodline soul rings, but simply clenched his fist. Unafraid of injury, he struck the platform with one punch.
With that punch, even the white light within the platform grew chaotic under the terrifying impact.
But this test tower of the Haoyue Sub-Hall could withstand two thousand points. It quickly stabilized, the white light gathering, and numbers appeared above.
[1200]
Yes, one thousand two hundred points.
"Unexpected. My external spirit power is already about to catch up to my internal spirit power. Truly absurd!" Ye Ling murmured as he looked at the number.
Though he did not know exactly how much spirit power each seal contained, the growth was more than enough to satisfy him.
Joking aside, his internal and external spirit power had nearly doubled.
And given their unique nature, this increase in strength was far more than just double!
One thousand two hundred points—by some measure, that was already the external spirit power of a normal seventh-rank knight.
Yet Ye Ling was only at the fourth rank.
Or rather, if judged properly by combining internal and external spirit power, Ye Ling was already at the fifth rank. His total power exceeded two thousand five hundred points!
"Brother Ye Ling, are you even human anymore?" Seeing the number, even Cai'er could not help stepping forward, staring at him in confusion as she asked.
Ye Ling: "..."
Cai'er, you really know how to ask questions.
"If I weren't human, then what would I be?" Ye Ling snapped back, deliberately putting on a fierce look. "If I weren't human, the first thing I'd do is eat you, and find out what the Daughter of Reincarnation tastes like!"
But clearly, Ye Ling's mock ferocity did not frighten Cai'er. She only looked at him calmly, as though deep in thought.
"Your bloodline is truly monstrous. I thought that Wang Yuanyuan's Giant Spirit God bloodline was already top tier, but Brother Ye Ling, your bloodline is even more terrifying. It feels like it has already transcended the normal bounds."
Cai'er murmured softly.
"That just means I'll only grow stronger in the future, don't you think?" Ye Ling laughed heartily.
"That's true. Brother Ye Ling, you will definitely become stronger. Your innate internal spirit power was already over a hundred points, and now with that terrifying bloodline boosting your external spirit power, perhaps you'll even break past the limits of humanity!" Cai'er said with excitement.
Then she looked at Ye Ling seriously and asked, "And with the improvement in your strength now, plus the amplification of the spirit armor, and those dragon scales you refined earlier, shouldn't you already have the power of the sixth rank?"
"I do." Ye Ling nodded.
But at that moment, Ye Ling was also reflecting.
With the spirit armor, he indeed had sixth-rank strength. However, for now, he only had one piece of spirit armor—Light, belonging to the Six-Winged Angel martial soul.
Although it was a top-grade single-word spirit armor, and by his estimation its amplification could reach three thousand points, there was one drawback.
For others, this might not matter. But for Ye Ling, it was indeed a drawback.
Because it could only be used when he invoked the power of the Six-Winged Angel, as a Knight of Light.
If he were using the Time-Space Dragon martial soul, it would not work. Even less so when drawing upon the Golden Dragon King bloodline, which was not a martial soul at all.
If he wanted compatibility, he would need to reforge the spirit armor entirely. Ye Ling had planned to do this before but had never started. Now seemed to be the right time.
"By the way, Cai'er, would you like to come with me to the forge I bought here in Haoyue City?" Ye Ling asked.
"Just me and you?" Cai'er asked, puzzled.
"Of course. Right now, Haoyue hasn't come looking for us, probably still being dragged around by Lord Nalan. So we have some time." Ye Ling explained.
At his words, Cai'er recalled the scene she had just witnessed earlier. Her face flushed red, but she quickly shook her head, discarding the thought. Looking at Ye Ling, she nodded. "Alright, Brother Ye Ling."
With that, the two of them left quickly together.
Not long after they had gone, Li Xin entered through the main gate, holding a token in her hand.
"Huh, strange. Didn't they say younger brother came here with Sister Cai'er to the testing hall just now? Where are they now?"
Li Xin glanced around curiously. She had originally intended to give Ye Ling the token granting entry to the Knight's Holy Mountain, but unexpectedly, he was nowhere to be found.
"Never mind, I'll give it to them when they come back." Li Xin shrugged, unconcerned, and left without further thought.
Meanwhile, at Ye Ling's blacksmith shop, he was already standing before his collection of rare metals. Releasing the Golden Dragon King bloodline, he began preparing to attempt forging the most suitable alloy.
(End of Chapter)
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