Chaos's diligence exceeded Su Ming's expectations.
This wasn't a bad thing, however.
His foundation was poor, so he should work harder to catch up.
Su Ming didn't keep idle spirit souls. Chaos's innate talent was undoubtedly excellent, merely limited by a lack of imagination previously.
Now that he had become Su Ming's spirit soul, Su Ming would nurture him properly, but the prerequisite for that nurturing was his ability to keep pace.
A fundamental skill like Elemental Harmonization couldn't be allowed to fall behind.
"Ah, cultivation is about to get busy."
Su Ming sighed.
He was referring to the Light Sphere, to Chaos, and also to himself.
After forging the piece of Heavy Silver in front of him, during his break, he began searching for the information he needed – the condensation of Dual Spirit Cores.
Without a doubt, the Dual Spirit Cores that plagued countless Spirit Masters in Douluo 2 had, by Douluo 3, developed systematic experience. Although they remained a nightmare for the vast majority of Super Douluo, they could no longer block those peerless geniuses.
[Douluo 2]
"My Spirit Power is now almost difficult to circulate; its quality is about to exceed the limit that a single Spirit Core can harmonize."
After a night of meditation, Su Ming opened his eyes, feeling slightly weary.
During his recent cultivation, he had to exert full effort to maintain the operation of his Spirit Core while continuously increasing its rotation speed within his body to accommodate Spirit Power of higher quality.
"At most, by rank 48, my Spirit Power will have no room for further advancement."
He frowned, deeply dissatisfied with this.
Rank 48 was not a good level.
Fifty was his ideal state, because at rank 50, no matter how much you cultivated, Spirit Power wouldn't increase anymore, thus stopping his positive feedback loop. He could seek to condense Dual Spirit Cores at rank 50 while continuing his meditation practice, without his cultivation being delayed by the condensation process.
Rank 48 was not like that.
"A headache."
But headache or not, Su Ming was still going all out in his preparations.
Because he had an estimation, he had already started the preparation phase at rank 46.
While Douluo 3's Su Ming was researching Dual Spirit Core data, Douluo 1's Su Ming was also running around trying to scheme for him to obtain the 'Ancestor of Spirit Cores' status.
[Douluo 1]
"Senior."
Su Ming's address of 'Senior' broke the silence of the Ice Fire Two Eyes.
Dugu Bo opened his eyes, a trace of doubt flashing within them.
"What is it?"
"I recall you mentioned before, Senior, that you have a Poison Pill?"
"I do. Do you, kid, want to taste it?"
Ahem, cough. "I mainly wanted to ask if you, Senior, managed to break through to Titled Douluo by taking a shortcut relying on that Poison Pill?"
Dugu Bo's face turned ugly.
"What do you mean by that, kid?"
This old man's Titled Douluo breakthrough was achieved solidly by his own efforts. How is it taking a shortcut?
"I heard from my teacher that normal Titled Douluo breakthroughs rely on comprehension. After all this time, I feel that you, Senior, didn't break through that way. Instead, you give me a feeling of being very focused on technique."
Dugu Bo snorted coldly and ignored Su Ming.
This brat is getting bolder and bolder, now even daring to question a Titled Douluo.
"Senior, don't misunderstand, I don't look down on you."
Dugu Bo's face grew increasingly darker.
"You'd better have a good reason, kid."
"I just want to research the universal breakthrough method for Titled Douluo together with you, Senior."
"Universal breakthrough method?"
"Yes. Your Martial Soul has flaws, Senior. Its quality absolutely does not meet the conditions for a Titled Douluo breakthrough, yet you still succeeded. This can only mean that your Poison Pill Method is extremely important for breaking through to Titled Douluo."
Dugu Bo frowned.
He had truly never considered such a thing.
Of course, he was certain that the Poison Pill Method could assist Spirit Masters from his Dugu family in breaking through to Titled Douluo.
As for whether spreading this method outward would benefit the Spirit Master world, Dugu Bo didn't care and hadn't given it a thought.
"You, kid, never get up early without some benefit. What good would researching such a universal method do for you? You're still a hundred thousand miles away from level 89."
"I might not use it, but my teacher can." Su Ming's reason was ample.
Zhu Jiuyang had broken through to the 80s before Su Ming was nine years old. After that, searching for a spirit soul wasted over a year. Due to the special nature of the spirit soul method, plus obtaining a matching spirit bone, his Spirit Power directly broke through to rank 82, and in the following year and a half, his cultivation progress was rapid, increasing a full two levels.
After that, Su Ming mastered the Evil Spirit Master faith, obscuring his soul for him, at least doubling his cultivation speed, and also procured some Consolidate Foundation and Nourish Origin medicines from Dugu Bo.
In a year and a half, he rose three levels.
By now, Zhu Jiuyang was already rank 87.
If he could maintain the speed of one level every six months, then he would face the Titled Douluo bottleneck in a year.
"You're really attentive to that teacher of yours."
This disciple of Zhu Jiuyang's was the object of envy.
"So you want this old man's Poison Pill Method?"
"No, I want to know the source of your inspiration, Senior."
Inspiration...
Dugu Bo fell into deep thought.
"I once touched that Serene Fragrance Exquisite Rosette. I didn't know its function at the time. Invaded by its power, my Poison Power nearly dissipated completely. It was only after getting information from the Yang Family that I learned it counters poison."
Speaking of this, Dugu Bo himself felt somewhat helpless.
This is how it is without a proper inheritance; it's too difficult.
If he had known the Serene Fragrance Exquisite Rosette's effects earlier, he probably could have researched some techniques to delay the drawbacks of his Poison Power himself.
"At that time, it wasn't just that my Poison Power nearly dissipated; I also gained a benefit. I obtained the Poison Pill Method from within the Serene Fragrance Exquisite Rosette."
The Serene Fragrance Exquisite Rosette?
Not a Spirit Beast?
Su Ming was stunned.
"The medicinal power within the Serene Fragrance Exquisite Rosette was converging, faintly forming a pill. I had a sudden epiphany because of this, comprehending the Poison Pill Method. Originally, I intended to use it to control the toxins, but I unexpectedly broke through to Titled Douluo directly."
As Dugu Bo spoke, his expression was complex, filled with reminiscence.
Back then, he was truly struggling for survival.
At level 89, he truly had no mind to break through to level 90; he only wanted to focus on delaying the toxin erosion. He never expected to break through a series of coincidences.
"So, Senior, you used medicine as an analogy for poison, borrowing the phenomenon of the medicinal power of this immortal-grade herb condensing into a pill to comprehend the Poison Pill Method."
"Can I then understand that other Spirit Masters can also use this for reference?"
"They don't have Poison Power, no toxins in their bodies. How can they condense a pill? Condense a Spirit Power pill? Once the Spirit Power solidifies, even mobilizing it would be a problem," Dugu Bo said with a cold laugh.
The reason he never thought to expand the idea outwardly was precisely because of this.
The Poison Pill Method was only suitable for Spirit Masters cultivating Poison Power.
"The Poison Pill might not be suitable, but the line of thinking is. If we can't use medicine as an analogy, we can always use something else, like Spirit Beasts. Titled Douluo correspond to hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts. If we can research the Spirit Power structure of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, perhaps we can find the answer."
"You kid really dares to think. How rare are hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts? Hunting them for spirit rings is already as difficult as ascending to heaven, let alone capturing them alive to research their Spirit Power structure?" Dugu Bo scoffed.
Su Ming pursed his lips.
"Senior, have you forgotten? She was once a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast."
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