Synthesis

"I'll control my Soul Power and guide it within your body. Remember the Soul Power route, and let your Martial Soul fully come into contact with the sunlight."

For Gula, learning moves was simple. In the System Space, he just clicked learn with his mind, or took it out and stuck it to his forehead, and he could master it in an instant.

Other people did not have that convenience. They had to memorize the Soul Power route themselves, especially when it involved converting energy attributes. The complicated routes were far more complex than the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Gula activated the Synthesis move. Soul Power circulated rapidly within his body, and the sunlight seemed to brighten for an instant as it fell on him and reacted with his Soul Power.

His extraordinary Spiritual Power was enough for him to remember anything at a glance. After memorizing it, he replicated the related route in Tang San's body, with Viridian Power protecting them throughout to avoid injuring their meridians.

Fortunately, Gula's control training had not been in vain. His control over Soul Power was extremely precise, and he could make Soul Power flow even through the tiniest meridians.

Tang San was a martial arts genius. Otherwise, he would not have learned the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record at twenty-nine, becoming comparable to an inner sect elder of the Tang Sect.

But at this moment, he frowned, troubled in his heart. It actually involves the Twelve Primary Meridians, most of the routes of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and several Hidden Meridians. What a complicated Self-Created Soul Skill.

He really did not want to admit that a Self-Created Soul Skill could be more complicated and difficult to understand than the Mysterious Heaven Skill, but the facts were right in front of him. They would not change just because he denied them.

Forget it. No matter how strong Martial Skills are, the cultivation method is still the foundation. There's no need to force a ranking between them.

Tang San adjusted his mindset and stopped paying attention to anything else, calming his mind and focusing on memorizing the Soul Power route.

Tang San truly was worthy of being a genius who could thoroughly research the Tang Sect Secret Techniques on his own just by secretly learning them. In only half an hour, he memorized the exceptionally complicated Soul Power route.

After Tang San completed one full circulation, a full thirty percent of the Soul Power within his body disappeared. In exchange, he gained enough Life Force to fill his entire body.

Tang San was utterly stunned. This conversion efficiency reached one to two, and it was one part Soul Power to two parts Life Force. It simply violated common sense for Soul Masters.

With this terrifying one-to-two conversion effect, I'm afraid even a body on the verge of death and severely injured could instantly recover to a light injury, or even a completely intact state.

Terrifying indeed!

Tang San sighed inwardly and finally understood why Synthesis had such a complicated Soul Power route. He even felt it was still too little.

A Soul Skill that could Defy Heaven and Change Fate like this was an extra life in battle, enough to turn the tide. The Mysterious Heaven Skill was the foundation of the Tang Sect, but compared to this, in the end, it was still slightly inferior.

"Brother Gu!"

Tang San's eyes reddened slightly. He wished he could bare his heart and lungs to repay Gula.

Gula sensed Tang San's gratitude and patted his shoulder. "Cultivate well. Synthesis has great potential and is very suitable for the Blue Silver King Martial Soul. Once it reaches full mastery, the consumption will decrease accordingly, but you must remember that in a dark environment, the Life Force recovered will be reduced by at least half."

"I'll remember."

Tang San noted it down seriously. At the same time, he Breathed a Sigh of Relief in his heart, believing it was only reasonable for such a powerful Soul Skill to have limitations. Otherwise, it would be too heaven-defying.

Seeing that they had finished cultivating, Xiao Wu came over. "What riddle are you two playing at? Tell me too."

"It's nothing."

Gula brushed it off and changed the topic. "Xiao Wu, how did you think of attaching the Waist Bow Soul Skill as your First Soul Skill?"

As expected, Xiao Wu's attention shifted. "What's wrong with Waist Bow? The innate Soul Skill of the Soft Bone Rabbit is Waist Bow. It strengthens waist power, and only then can my Soft Techniques and Eight-Section Drop unleash their greatest effect."

She puffed out her chest, looking very proud of the Self-Created Soul Skill her mother had passed down to her.

"Uh."

Gula covered his face. "But have you ever thought about it? With your talent, you can at least cultivate to the Soul Douluo realm."

"After a Soul Master has a Martial Soul Avatar, would they still have such an obvious weakness as letting you lock their neck? In other words, if you've already locked your opponent's neck, randomly stabbing them with a dagger would still do more damage than Eight-Section Drop."

"After all, one is a fatal blow, while compared to full-body fractures, the latter at least still has hope of being treated."

Xiao Wu had no answer. How could she have thought that far ahead? After transforming into a human, she had directly condensed her Soul Ring according to the habits she had as a soul beast. Now that Gula put it this way, it seemed completely useless.

Xiao Wu angrily gave up thinking. "Then what do you say I should do? I already have the Soul Ring. It's not like I can change it."

Gula revealed a confident smile.

"That depends on what route you plan to take. In my view, the Soft Bone Rabbit has neither sharp claws and fangs nor a huge body and muscles."

"Its only noteworthy trait is the strength of its hind legs, and because that is its only strength, it seems stretched thin. It simply isn't suited for the Strength Attack Type route."

"The best route is the Agility Attack Type route. Relying on the strength of the hind limbs, you could take an Agility Attack Type route focused on endurance and one-hit kills, or follow what I asked you about before and take the mental charm route."

"I..."

Xiao Wu had just wanted to shake her head. She was not taking some charm route.

Gula cut her off with one sentence. "But looking at your usual unruly and willful appearance, I also can't imagine how gentle you'll be after growing up, so don't even think about the mental charm route."

Xiao Wu's eyes widened as she glared angrily at Gula. How was she not gentle? She really wanted to smash Gula's stupid head with one punch!

Gula ignored Xiao Wu's furious glare and continued:

"The only route suited to you is the Agility Attack Type route, but that creates another problem. Great strength doesn't mean your attack power is strong enough. If you can't kill, you still aren't a qualified Agility Attack Type Soul Master."

"So your Martial Soul must complete an evolution, strengthening its attack power and becoming a perfect Agility Attack Type Martial Soul."

Gula had long had ideas about Martial Soul Evolution.

In the Pokémon World, the original name for Pokémon came precisely from the fact that they could undergo miraculous, magical evolution and transform into stronger forms.

Martial Souls could evolve as well. Based on the knowledge in his mind, Gula had some guesses about the factors behind Martial Soul Evolution on the Douluo Continent. He only needed a few examples to verify them.

He needed Legendary Pokémon Exchange Coupons to evolve Groudon and Celebi. At the same time, he had a guess in his heart, so after careful consideration, he decided that his next Thesis would be something big.

"The Soft Bone Rabbit can evolve too? I don't believe it."

Xiao Wu shook her head. Even she, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, did not know. On what basis could Gula say it was possible?

Gula chuckled, as if he could see right through Xiao Wu's background. She shrank back a little and smiled ingratiatingly. "Go on."

Gula gave his reason. "Evolution can be seen as a miracle that elevates Life Essence. It is a transformation a living being should have completed over tens of millions of years, compressed into a few years, or even an instant."

"The evolution of a martial soul can be divided into Bloodline Evolution, Energy Evolution, or Spiritual Mutation, Form Mutation, Attribute Mutation, Irregular Mutation Caused by External Forces, as well as low-probability special factor mutations caused by the previous generation's Soul Ring."

"For your Soft Bone Rabbit to awaken Innate Full Soul Power, while not being Twin Martial Souls, means its bloodline level must be very high. Trying to break through the upper limit through bloodline would be very difficult."

"Acquired mutations are unstable, too, so the only path you can take is Energy Evolution."