"Being able to seal it away means more room for manipulation."
Su Ming explained his idea to the light sphere.
"Think about it. If your projection is sealed away, doesn't that mean the other side can activate your Borrowing Power Spirit Skill at any time? It's essentially equivalent to them also gaining the Borrowing Power Spirit Skill."
"What's the benefit for me?" A question mark popped up above the light sphere's head.
"My Borrowing Power Spirit Skill actually borrows from fixed targets—two past individuals—but the amount of power borrowed each time isn't fixed," Su Ming reminded it.
The light sphere's bug-like face showed a rich array of expressions, shifting from confusion to surprise.
"So that's how it is! If you borrow, you must return; then borrowing again won't be difficult!"
"Pretty much. That's just the basic borrowing and returning logic. We can also store power. If they can store their own power within your projection during the time it's sealed, then when I activate the borrowing, they can borrow the power stored inside your projection. They themselves won't lose power out of thin air, and the power I can borrow will become stable."
The light sphere looked at Su Ming, its expression turning admiring.
How did he think of this?
"And not only will my borrowing become stable, with borrowing and returning, they can also stably borrow all of my power."
Su Ming gave an example.
Right now, he was idle; his Spirit Power was just sitting there unused. He could let the light sphere projection in the Douluo 2 period borrow it all, then seal the projection instantly after the borrowing was complete.
At that moment, the Su Ming in Douluo 3 period would lose all his Spirit Power, but he could recover quickly and wouldn't have to worry about suddenly having at least ten percent of his power borrowed by that projection from the future.
It was similar for Su Ming in Douluo 1 and Douluo 2, just the process is different. What they needed to develop was using the light sphere projection to change the borrowing target from themselves to the sealed light sphere projection, and then store power within the light sphere projection.
The light sphere grew even more admiring of its Spirit Master.
This brain was just too good.
"This way, this talent of yours is a huge boost for me. I won't be a gambling dog anymore in the future."
Although Su Ming called himself a gambling dog, he actually wasn't. He could control the standard of his borrowing, but the outside world always thought his borrowing was unstable, ranging from ten percent of the target's power to all of it—the span was too large.
For example, during this forging competition, from the perspective of those familiar with Su Ming like the light sphere and Zhang Tianyang, Su Ming had the right timing, geographical convenience, and human harmony.
If he hadn't borrowed all the power, without that state at the time, he couldn't have succeeded in Spirit Refinement.
In reality, developing this talent was indeed beneficial for Su Ming.
The Su Ming in Douluo 1 and Douluo 2 also had serious matters occasionally; suddenly having their Spirit Power drained by the Su Ming in Douluo 3 was very unpleasant.
It could only be said that from the Trinity perspective, Su Ming could coordinate himself and prepare in advance.
But even so, it was very uncomfortable.
So, if power could be stored, fixing the borrowed power to the amount available during the three selves's leisure time, then spending some effort to develop the light sphere's talent was worth it.
"But, it doesn't feel like developing this will be that easy," the light sphere worried. "Will they cooperate with us?"
"Don't worry. We'll serve the dish right onto the table. As long as they aren't stupid, they'll understand," Su Ming said with great confidence. "If they can't even understand this, then they're fools and don't deserve me returning power."
The light sphere nodded.
Right! If they couldn't understand this, then they shouldn't think about borrowing Su Ming's power in reverse!
Seeing the light sphere's serious expression, Su Ming couldn't help but laugh.
"Alright, now let's first test if we can project over."
"Is there Spirit Soul Faith Power over there?" the light sphere asked.
"Yes, they should both be in eras where Spirit Souls exist."
"Will they have enough Faith Power?" the light sphere asked again.
"Give them a hint. Have them faithfully believe in you, and then you recognize them as your representatives at those two nodes."
"I don't know how."
"It's very simple. Just approve them sincerely," Su Ming brushed it off.
Although Su Ming said this, he actually felt a bit guilty.
Spirit Soul Faith in Douluo 1 and Douluo 2 was almost non-existent.
But this wasn't unsolvable.
"Now, use the first Spirit Skill with me."
"Okay!"
Su Ming and the light sphere exerted force simultaneously, their first Spirit Rings shining.
This time, Su Ming controlled the borrowing process.
He had all three selves exert force at the same time, making the process slow.
The light sphere's body began to flicker, the entire bug becoming illusory, becoming mysterious and profound.
"Can you sense it?" Su Ming asked.
"I can activate the talent now, but there isn't enough Faith Power."
The light sphere had truly managed to anchor the time points thanks to Su Ming's borrowing process, but it couldn't sense any Faith Power.
Even so, the light sphere was happy.
"I can sense their Spirit Souls. They really are in eras after Spirit Souls appeared."
"Try to see if you can stir their Spirit Souls."
Stir the Spirit Souls?
The light sphere began to try.
"I did it."
"Mm, let's rest for now."
Su Ming ended the borrowing.
He didn't actually bring the power over.
"This time, I didn't actually bring the power over. They should realize something is wrong. Combined with the anomaly of the Spirit Souls, they will figure things out."
The light sphere grunted in agreement, saying in a tone meant to test, "Now we'll see how perceptive they are."
The next day.
"Haha, they've started to believe in me."
The light sphere was very pleasantly surprised and also secretly amazed; Su Ming's two borrowing targets were really smart.
"Is it enough for you to condense a projection?"
"It's too little."
"What about condensing a Spirit Ring?"
A Spirit Ring?
The light sphere had a flash of inspiration.
It looked at the first Spirit Ring on Su Ming's body and activated its talent.
"It worked!"
The light sphere was extremely happy. It had projected the Spirit Ring it bestowed upon Su Ming into the past!
"Mm, and after the Spirit Ring condensed?"
"I can't sense it anymore."
After waiting a moment, Su Ming's Spirit Power began to be drawn away.
The light sphere cried out.
"Wow, they're borrowing! They borrowed your power too."
"Mm, let's give them a little sweetness today, let them borrow fifty percent each. Tomorrow, I'll only let them borrow ten percent. Then they'll experience the flaw of borrowing."
"Su Ming, you're so smart."
Over the next few days, Su Ming's three selves interacted with the light sphere across time and space, gradually developing their talent.
"Let's not contact them today. That way, they'll feel disappointed and will wonder why there was no Spirit Ring projection today. Then they'll think of ways to keep your Spirit Ring projection for when it's needed," Su Ming said. "Today's opponent is a bit strong; we need to save our strength to deal with it, too."
"Right, right, right."
The light sphere indicated that Su Ming's line of thinking was flawless.
Then it noticed the second half of Su Ming's sentence and asked, puzzled, "The Spirit Master competition? Are there opponents in the competition that make you, Su Ming, feel pressure?"
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