Mutated Martial Soul, a Powerful Support

As Zhao Wuji left, Gravity Enhancement finally vanished.

Only then could Ning Rongrong move again.

She cursed her bad luck under her breath.

She couldn't kill that damned fatty now.

The next moment, she could only hurry to Zhu Zhuqing's side and check on her.

She paid no attention to Tang San, who stood frozen where he was.

Xiao Wu, who had been tending to Zhu Zhuqing all along, spoke up. "Don't worry, she's fine. She should wake up in a little while, but..."

"But what?" Ning Rongrong frowned.

Xiao Wu explained, "Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Flame is different from ordinary fire. I'm afraid Zhu Zhuqing's back will be scarred."

"Scarred..."

Ning Rongrong was taken aback. Without another word, she nodded to Xiao Wu, then carried Zhu Zhuqing back to the dormitory by herself.

But her mood had grown much heavier.

Even after laying Zhu Zhuqing on the bed, she felt no better.

Standing blankly outside the dormitory door and refusing to let anyone near, Ning Rongrong suddenly regretted making such a scene.

What she feared most was owing others.

She would rather have everyone under heaven wrong her than wrong a single person herself.

After all, if everyone under heaven wronged her, she could simply bear a grudge against each of them and take revenge one by one.

But if she wronged someone, the feeling was impossible to describe. In short, she felt uncomfortable all over.

Perhaps she felt it was a burden that would drag at her for the rest of her life.

"Sigh, I'd better see if the System Shop has any Immortal Herbs that can heal her."

She pondered for a long time but couldn't make sense of it.

It was better to try to make amends.

The system rewards had arrived, too.

She hadn't had time to look at them earlier, so she would claim them now.

Hopefully, there would be something that could help Zhu Zhuqing recover.

"Ding~"

"Congratulations, host, on successfully completing the Identity Mission-provoke Ma Hongjun."

"Ding~"

"Congratulations, host, you have received the reward: Healing Pagoda's speed boost tripled for one month."

"Ding~"

"Congratulations, host, you have received 1,000 Identity Points. Current Identity Points: 1,250."

"Ding~"

"Congratulations, host, you have received a precious reward-Mutated Martial Soul."

"The Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda will undergo a mutation and become the Ten Treasures Glazed Sword. The host's support abilities will be retained, but her other abilities will increase tremendously, and her Soul Skills will change as a result."

"Host, do you wish to proceed with the mutation?"

"What does this mean?" Ning Rongrong couldn't quite understand from the description alone. Fortunately, the system soon provided a preview option.

It showed what the Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda would be like if it actually mutated into the Ten Treasures Glazed Sword.

Ten Treasures Glazed Sword Martial Soul.

Changes to the host's Soul Skills:

First Soul Skill: The Ten Treasures turn, and glazed splendor appears. The Ten Treasures have names. First: Strength.

Can grant the target a 100% boost to attack power.

Divine Strength: The host's attack power receives a 400% boost.

Divine Strength trait: Ten Treasure Continuous Strikes will mutate into Ten Treasures Ultimate Slash. Ten Treasures Ultimate Slash can be actively unleashed, consuming one-third of the host's Soul Power to deliver ten exceptionally powerful attacks to the target. The attacks grow increasingly powerful, and the tenth attack ignores all defenses and is guaranteed to hit.

"!??"

Was this a mutated super-god-level Martial Soul?

As everyone knew, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was a top-tier Support System Martial Soul.

The Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, meanwhile, was a legendary existence even more outrageous than the god-level Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. In other words, it was a super-god-level Martial Soul.

And after the Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda mutated into the Ten Treasures Glazed Sword...

Wasn't that a mutated super-god-level Martial Soul?

Its attributes were utterly ridiculous, too.

It not only retained its original ability to boost a teammate's attack power by 100%.

In her Divine Strength state, her own attack power boost gained another 100%. A fourfold boost!

If she accepted the mutation, perhaps her fists alone would be enough to deal with an ordinary Soul Master of the same level?

Of course, that wasn't solely thanks to the Mutated Martial Soul.

After all, Ning Rongrong's First Soul Ring was already 50,100 years old, which was where the incredibly powerful boost came from.

Then there was the final Divine Strength trait. Ten Treasure Continuous Strikes, which had originally activated only by chance, had now transformed into Ten Treasures Ultimate Slash, which she could unleash at will.

What was more, Ten Treasures Ultimate Slash's attacks grew progressively stronger, and the final strike could actually ignore all defenses...

In other words, if her attack power was high enough, she could absolutely inflict serious injuries on her target with a hundred percent certainty. Even if the target's Soul Power Level was higher than hers, they wouldn't get off lightly, would they?

That was outrageous!

Second Soul Skill: The Ten Treasures turn, and glazed splendor appears. The Ten Treasures have names. Second: Speed.

Can grant the target an 80% boost to speed.

Divine Speed: The host's speed receives a 300% boost.

Hyper-Acceleration Domain: Ignores 50% of slowing effects, grants an additional 50% boost to speed, and applies a 10% slowing effect to the target.

The Second Soul Skill's boost wasn't as outrageous as the First Soul Skill's. After all, her Second Soul Ring was only five hundred years old.

But compared with its previous effect, it was still a considerable improvement.

That was most apparent in Hyper-Acceleration Domain.

Originally, it had only ignored part of any slowing effect-heaven knew how much. Now it explicitly stated that it would ignore 50%.

That might not seem easy to understand.

But take a concrete example.

Take her fight with Ma Hongjun just now.

If her Martial Soul had mutated beforehand, even the Gravity Enhancement Zhao Wuji unleashed might not have completely stopped her from moving.

At the very least, she would have been able to move a little.

And though moving a little might not seem useful,

given Ma Hongjun's condition at the time, with his dantian shattered and his body like a heap of mud, even a light punch would have killed him for certain.

"The system really is on my side. Whatever I lack, it gives me."

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath. If she were given just one more chance, the outcome would definitely not be what it was now.

But...

Ma Hongjun's current condition was indeed just as Zhao Wuji had said: he had been crippled.

There was no real difference between being dead and alive.

Even if that bunch of teachers at Shrek Academy continued to help him,

it would be impossible for him to regain the glory described in the original story.

"Confirm mutation."

With such a powerful Martial Soul Mutation,

Ning Rongrong had absolutely no reason to refuse.

The next moment, she immediately confirmed the Martial Soul Mutation with the system.

And the system certainly delivered.

The original Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda immediately appeared before Ning Rongrong.

Then, in no time, the Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda began to transform wildly. The base gradually became a sword hilt, while the tip grew sharper and sharper. As for the body of the pagoda, it became flat and uniform, soon taking the shape of a sword blade.

At the same time,

the light that had surrounded the Ten Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, whether golden yellow, orange yellow, or crimson gold, all transformed into emerald green.

But this emerald-green light shone even more brightly than before.

Simply by releasing her Martial Soul, Ning Rongrong felt as though she were bathed in a spring brimming with life, as though countless energies within her body were ready to burst forth.

The moment she slowly grasped the hilt, she felt even more as though she had become one with the Ten Treasures Glazed Sword, as though she could win every battle and overcome every obstacle, just as before.

Though she was clearly only a level-twenty-six Support System Soul Master, it was as if she could already see the day she became a Titled Douluo.

At that moment, she was full of confidence in the future...