"I've been planning the Fire, Water, Earth, Wind system. The Five Elements system still needs Metal and Wood separately."
Where to get Metal?
Spirit Metal.
And Wood?
Su Ming actually already possessed it.
"It's time to launch the final offensive."
It had been four years since the last Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. The next tournament was a little over half a year away.
Su Ming had his own pace for consolidating his third Martial Soul; he planned to do it during the tournament.
Therefore, he had to complete the construction of the Fire, Water, Earth, Wind system before that.
He sought out his teacher, Du Busi.
"So urgent?"
"Correct."
"Then we'll launch the final offensive," Du Busi said. "You don't need to take action. I'll handle it. The Sun Moon Empire also has to contribute. They allowed this threat to grow."
"This..."
Su Ming was somewhat conflicted.
"Don't worry. I'll leave their lives for you to take personally," Du Busi said.
"Alright."
Su Ming also didn't want to expose his full strength.
If he went all out, he could kill a Feng Ling, but it wasn't necessary.
"Compared to the Holy Spirit Cult, you can help a few of the sect's younger generation with their Martial Soul's Second Awakening."
"Hmm?"
Su Ming was taken aback.
"Your understanding of Martial Souls is deeper than ours. You even guided Zhang Wei's Martial Soul to its Second Awakening. Your understanding of normal Body Martial Souls must be even more profound," Du Busi said with a smile. "Remember Su Su and Luo Luo, whom you rescued from Shrek before?"
Su Su and Luo Luo?
Su Ming frowned in thought for a moment before remembering who they were.
The twin sisters with the hair Martial Soul.
"They have high talent. Their Martial Soul indeed possesses a spiritual attribute. They're now Level 50, having obtained their fifth Spirit Ring. They've reached the stage for Second Awakening."
Su Ming's eyes flashed with surprise.
They're already Spirit Kings so fast?
They're only sixteen, right?
Sixteen-year-old Spirit Kings are top-tier geniuses in any era. Ma Xiaotao had a similar pace.
"The Ice Fire Two Eyes has greatly boosted the sect disciples' cultivation. With the aid of resources, the new generation's cultivation speed has generally increased," Du Busi explained truthfully. "In recent years, through our connections with your Su family, the Body Sect has also been learning the Sun Moon Empire's pill-taking method, trying to find a way to combine pure cultivation with medicinal assistance."
Saying this, one could sense Du Busi's very happy mood.
"Although our Body Martial Souls are inherently weak, there are benefits. Taking too many pills also carries a cost, but after our Martial Soul's Second Awakening, the impurities within the body can be absorbed all at once."
Su Ming understood.
He had overlooked this point. He really hadn't transported Body Sect Secret Technique from the Douluo 3 era to the Douluo 2 era.
"This tournament, didn't you say you wanted to extend it to include sects? The sect's team will include them. Besides them, your senior brothers and sisters haven't undergone Second Awakening either. You just need to think more about how they can awaken."
The corner of Su Ming's mouth twitched.
He wanted to tell Du Busi this was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
But in the end, he didn't say it.
He knew Du Busi wanted him to help the sect's future, making his future control of the sect more logical.
Senior Sister Wei Na was from the Tianhun Empire's royal family, and there was talk of an alliance marriage between her and the senior brother. Du Busi wasn't planning to hand the sect over to Long Aotian but rather to Su Ming.
Even though Su Ming came from the Sun Moon Empire, his separation from it was perfect. He was a truly viable candidate to lead the Body Sect into continued neutrality.
"Ah, alright."
After Du Busi finished delivering, he left the Sun Moon Imperial Capital, taking the Body Sect's powerhouses to hunt Evil Spirit Masters.
Sun Moon Imperial Capital.
Three days after Du Busi left, Lan Luoluo, Lan Susu, and the others arrived in the capital.
"Your Martial Soul Second Awakening is both difficult and simple," Su Ming said after deep thought, pointing the way for them one by one. "First, the simplest is you, Senior Sister. Your Body Martial Soul is the brain, but your main cultivation focuses on the Snow Lotus. Now that you're a Spirit King, you just need to attach five ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings to your brain Martial Soul. The soul shock from them will be enough for your awakening."
"Thank you, Junior Brother."
Wei Na was already walking this path, having planned it early, but she still sincerely thanked Su Ming.
"Senior Sister, are you hunting for Spirit Rings within Sun Moon territory?"
"Better go to the Star Dou Great Forest."
Wei Na still had a bit of an attachment to the Star Dou Great Forest; she trusted the diversity of its Spirit Beasts more.
Su Ming looked at Long Aotian.
"Senior Brother, your skin Martial Soul follows a transformation path. My idea is to custom-forge a set of Spirit Refined metal for you. You try to fuse with the Spirit Refined metal using your skin to complete your Martial Soul Second Awakening."
"As for Luo Luo and Su Su..."
Su Ming looked at the twin girls and asked, "Can you control body hair other than the hair on your head?"
Younger sister Lan Luoluo's face instantly turned bright red.
Su Ming's meaning was clearly that their Martial Soul might involve body hair, not necessarily just head hair.
If that were the case—
Steam seemed to rise from Lan Luoluo's head.
'My talent might be beneath my sister's.'
"No. I tried to control my eyebrows once and failed," Lan Susu replied calmly.
Su Ming nodded.
Their conversation proceeded without paying attention to the blushing Lan Luoluo.
"If that's the case, I suggest you learn from me. Learn my method of connecting Spirit Power to Heaven and Earth. The core of your Martial Soul worth digging lies in its spiritual attribute, not the hair itself."
Spiritual attribute?
"Correct. Using spiritual power to control Heaven and Earth, just as your Martial Soul Fusion Skill demonstrates. The Heavenly Net and Earthly Web is essentially an extension into the spatial plane by controlling hair through spiritual power."
The two sisters felt dizzy; they didn't understand.
"It's fine if you don't understand. First, learn some enchantment. I'll forge some Thousand Refined First Grade Spirit Metal for you. Try using this Spirit Metal to help control your hair for enchantment."
Elements are the lower-level substitute for the power of Heaven and Earth.
First, master the elements, then advance to the power of Heaven and Earth.
By then, their Second Awakening will occur naturally.
After analyzing the four's Martial Souls, Su Ming began forging for them separately.
In just one day, all four received the Spirit Metal they needed. Even Wei Na got a piece of Thousand Refined First Grade Spirit Metal to enhance spiritual power.
Shrek Academy.
"My talent is still pretty good."
Elder Xuan overrode all opposition and directly secured the role of leader for this Spirit Ring hunting expedition at the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
"The incident with Di Tian last time was an accident! The fact is, I brought all the students back safely!"
Over a year had passed since the last large-scale hunting expedition. Now, another batch of Shrek's inner courtyard students needed Spirit Rings.
"Xuan Zi, you—"
Elder Zhuang was about to say that Elder Xuan's main task was to break through to the Limit Douluo level and safeguard the academy.
But considering the academy now had Da Ming stationed there, it seemed Elder Xuan could return to his previous role from when Mu En was alive.
Coupled with the fact that Elder Xuan had indeed made history last time, possibly having truly repented amidst Shrek's turn of events and started taking things seriously, Elder Zhuang surprisingly felt Elder Xuan should lead the team.
If Elder Xuan could stabilize this serious mindset, wouldn't that be another form of mastering his Martial Soul?
Would he then have a chance to break through?
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