Drawing Cards Begins in the Douluo World

Moreover, the more they fought, the more passive Liu Yunying felt.

It was as if, through their constant exchanges and growing familiarity, Dai Weisi was becoming increasingly adept at using the ordinary moves of the Mountain Shaking Iron Palm to break her spear techniques.

That was the advantage of having profound martial arts cultivation. As he continued to study the Complete True Heart Method and Mountain Shaking Iron Palm, Dai Weisi's mastery of martial arts grew ever deeper.

Given how crude the Self-Created Soul Skills on Douluo Continent were, it was becoming harder and harder for anyone to gain an advantage over him through techniques alone.

Besides, a transmigrator would never be defeated by the same move twice.

Their back-and-forth sparring suddenly turned into a one-sided beating, leaving Liu Yunying miserable. After lunch, she ran off to one side to train her spear techniques again.

Naturally, Dai Weisi entered Wanjin Pavilion to continue cultivating the Complete True Heart Method.

Although he now had the Innate Skill, that martial art was still too profound for him at his current stage. Only by cultivating the Complete True Heart Method to completion before switching to the Innate Skill could he perfectly combine the strengths of both techniques.

Otherwise, he would be unable to grasp many advanced transformations in the circulation of Soul Power. Forcing himself to cultivate the Innate Skill would likely be nothing but a waste of time.

After becoming a Soul Grandmaster, Dai Weisi's Complete True Heart Method easily advanced to the third level, gaining the idle-training effect of "circulating the technique while walking, sitting, lying down, or standing"...

At the same time, Dai Weisi officially began tempering his body.

With the Indestructible Vajra Body forged by the Aromatic Silk Beauty, many body-tempering methods that would be too taxing for ordinary Soul Masters were perfectly suited for Dai Weisi. They would not damage his body because of his young age, much less stunt his growth.

With the superior body-tempering martial art, Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield, Dai Weisi could ensure that his body-tempering efficiency surpassed that of any pure strength- or defense-type Soul Master.

Combined with the all-around pressure provided by the Giant Peak Soul Locking Bracelet, Dai Weisi's body-tempering cultivation progressed at an astonishing rate.

Once his body-tempering cultivation was on track, it was time to work on his soul.

Inside Wanjin Pavilion, Dai Weisi took out the Ancestor Lü's Visualization Chart from the system. Following its guidance, he began meditating and sketching the divine image of Lü Zu within his mind.

Perhaps because his Daoist internal cultivation had already reached an exquisite level, Dai Weisi's visualization of Lü Zu went so smoothly that it was almost unbelievable.

After only three or four attempts, the image of Lü Zu in his mind had already become remarkably clear. Throughout the process, Dai Weisi's soul strength continued to grow.

Soul Power, palm techniques, body tempering, visualization—Dai Weisi's life became incredibly busy.

He had also fallen far behind in the Imperial Junior Academy's classes, so the academy had no choice but to send several teachers to Wanjin Mountain Villa every three days to tutor Dai Weisi privately.

Ever since putting on the Giant Peak Soul Locking Bracelet, Dai Weisi felt as though he was bearing weight every moment of every day, with the pressure spread across every part of his body.

Even the Soul Power restored by the third level of the Complete True Heart Method's automatic circulation was barely enough to cover the consumption of this ancient Soul Tool.

Thus, Dai Weisi spent most of his time cultivating within Wanjin Mountain Villa.

Like ordinary body-tempering techniques, cultivating the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield required more than simple weight training. One also had to continuously endure the tempering of external forces.

The phrase "tempered into steel a hundred times" applied to nearly every body-tempering martial art.

From the moment he began body tempering, Dai Weisi had the guards of Wanjin Mountain Villa strike every part of his body with wooden rods.

They began with fifty kilograms of force, then gradually increased it to sixty, seventy, eighty...

At first, they used ordinary solid-wood staffs. Later, they switched to ironwood, then iron rods...

Unlike the internal cultivation that others immersed themselves in, whether it was the common Iron Cloth Shirt or a superior body-tempering martial art like the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield, the gradual process was never enjoyable. It was torment.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Dai Weisi's Soul Power rose to level 30, while his physique had already exceeded the standards of most defense-type Soul Ancestors.

The Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield had thirteen levels in total. With Dai Weisi exploiting every advantage, disregarding resource consumption, and keeping the Giant Peak Soul Locking Bracelet activated around the clock, he broke through level after level in just half a year and reached the fifth level.

If the system had a status panel, Dai Weisi's attributes would probably look like this:

Soul Power Level: 30

Martial Souls: White Tiger (two rings), Seven Star Sword (zero rings)

Internal Cultivation: Complete True Heart Method

Body-Tempering Technique: Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield

Martial Skill: Mountain Shaking Iron Palm...

The current Dai Weisi could easily absorb a Soul Ring of around eight thousand years.

As for a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, the third ring was still too early.

First, his cultivation of the Ancestor Lü's Visualization Chart was still insufficient, and his soul strength was not enough to fully withstand the impact of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Second, although Dai Weisi's physical strength surpassed that of most Soul Ancestors, he was still somewhat short of what was needed to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

As for continuing to temper his body and insisting on a ten-thousand-year third ring?

There was no need.

The slight advantage of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring over an eight-thousand-year one was not worth delaying his Soul Power cultivation.

Yu Xiaogang had once said in the original timeline:

"After reaching a whole-number level, continuing to cultivate before hunting a Soul Ring is not pointless. The Soul Power gained will accumulate within the body and be released all at once after obtaining a Soul Ring."

It sounded persuasive, but it was utter nonsense.

Could a Soul Elder accumulate Soul Power as quickly as a Soul Grandmaster?

Therefore, Dai Weisi had one principle on his path of cultivation:

As long as it did not affect his future cultivation potential, raising his Soul Power Level had to be the top priority in the early stages.

Compressing Soul Power, tempering the body to increase Soul Ring age limits—what a load of crap.

Once he reached level seventy or eighty, grew older, and his cultivation speed slowed, he would have plenty of time to compress his Soul Power.

And as for tempering the body, was Tang San's body at level 30 stronger than Dai Weisi's was now? Did he have a three-thousand-eight-hundred-year second ring?

So level up without worries and go hunt Soul Beasts!

On the very day Dai Weisi reached level 30, he sought out Li Fu and had him take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for his third Soul Ring.

This time, there were only the two of them. In just half a year, the other members of the team were still far from the level-30 threshold.

Dai Weisi's first-choice target was the Golden Armored Earth Dragon!

It was a sub-dragon species closely related to the White Armored Earth Dragon Martial Soul that appeared in the original work. The difference was that the White Armored Earth Dragon excelled only at defense, while the Golden Armored Earth Dragon possessed not only formidable defense, but also attack power that ranked among the best at its level.

The master and servant traveled light and quickly reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Once Li Fu revealed a trace of pressure above the Soul Sage level, the two easily obtained information from an intelligence broker about the area where Golden Armored Earth Dragons had recently been sighted.