Not to mention Yu Xiaogang, whose memories had been examined, Tian Hao hurried home with the basin of Martial Soul Blood in his hands. He entered the underground Ice Cellar and began processing and studying it. Only after confirming that this Martial Soul Blood was not much different from ordinary blood did he put it into a suitable large glass bottle and place it on a shelf in the Ice Cellar.
The shelves in the Ice Cellar were covered with glass bottles filled with blood, all of it collected from the Fallen Soul Masters he had executed.
"Copy!"
Tian Hao used his Soul Power to activate the Head Soul Bone that originated from a ten-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast. A mirror shard appeared at the center of his brow. He smeared a drop of Yu Xiaogang's blood across it and activated the Soul Bone Skill.
A Yellow Soul Ring then emerged from the Copy Skull and wrapped around his body.
"Farting like thunder—Thunderous Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao!"
Imitating Yu Xiaogang, he recited the Soul Incantation and used his Soul Power to activate the Soul Ring.
A surge of Soul Power burst from the Soul Ring and entered his body. After circulating once through his meridians along a certain path, it gathered in his digestive tract, finally concentrating in his large intestine and transforming into a stream of gas.
"It really has this effect!"
Tian Hao hurried out of the underground Ice Cellar, sat on the toilet, released it, and then returned to the Basement with a face full of black lines.
This Soul Skill was far too bizarre.
"Looks like Yu Xiaogang's blood is useless. Hopefully, Luo Sanpao's Martial Soul Blood will bring a different harvest."
With a depressed sigh, Tian Hao took out a drop of Luo Sanpao's blood, smeared it over the mirror shard at his brow, and activated the Copy Soul Bone Skill. A special surge of Soul Power immediately flowed into his body. It was warm and sacred, as comfortable as basking in the sun.
"Luo Sanpao really is a Radiant Saint Dragon."
Sensing a Soul Power aura similar to the one on Pope Qian Xunji, Tian Hao understood that Luo Sanpao was Not Simple.
Luo Sanpao possessed both the Light Attribute and Sacred Attribute. He was a legendary Radiant Saint Dragon, a Divine Beast comparable to the Fire Phoenix, possessing a Light Attribute close to Ultimate Light as well as a Sacred Attribute. That was why he was called both a Radiant Saint Dragon and a Holy Dragon.
"No wonder the original Yu Xiaogang trio could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to add all their Spirit Ring Soul Power to Luo Sanpao and create such a huge transformation. It turns out Luo Sanpao himself was already Not Simple.
"He should count as the juvenile form of a Radiant Saint Dragon, one that could grow after obtaining enough Soul Power Soul Rings.
"If that's the case, then Luo Sanpao was completely dragged down by Yu Xiaogang.
"That first Soul Ring Skill, the one about farting like thunder, clearly originated from a Lightning Attribute Soul Beast. They were obviously still cultivating him according to the method used for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
"If he had obtained a Soul Ring from a Light Attribute Soul Beast, it would definitely have become a mouth-cannon skill. I even suspect that Luo Sanpao's body could have grown as well."
After analyzing the matter, Tian Hao lamented Luo Sanpao's bad luck at meeting someone like Yu Xiaogang. Otherwise, he would have achieved a Radiant Saint Dragon Martial Soul like Mu En ten thousand years later.
Ten minutes later, the effects of the Copy Soul Skill faded, and the Sacred Light Attribute originating from Luo Sanpao's Soul Blood receded.
This was the skill of the Head Soul Bone. It was similar to Shrek Seven Devils Oscar's sixth Soul Skill, Copy Mirror Sausage, and likewise originated from a Mirror Shadow Beast. Using blood as a medium, it could temporarily copy another person's Soul Skill and Soul Power Attributes.
However, his Soul Bone had only barely reached the ten-thousand-year level, so its copying effect was far inferior to Oscar's.
Oscar's Copy Mirror Sausage could copy Soul Skills at seventy to one hundred percent of their original power, and the effect lasted for three minutes.
His Head Soul Bone Skill had a copying effect of only ten percent, though the skill lasted for ten minutes. The Soul Power Attributes, however, suffered no reduction.
Its limitations were also the same as Oscar's. It could not copy Soul Ring Skills above his Soul Power Level. He, too, had to reach Soul Power Level ten before he could use it to copy and experience the first Soul Skills of the blood's owners. Before that, he could only experience the Soul Power Attributes of those blood's owners.
But it also had advantages. Its consumption was extremely low. Even with his Soul Power Level of ten, he could use it three or four times.
Therefore, the greatest use of this Soul Skill was not combat. It allowed him to copy and study the effects and operating methods of various Soul Masters' Spirit Ring Skills, as well as their Soul Power Attributes. It was a purely auxiliary Soul Bone Skill.
Moreover, because it was a Head Soul Bone, it came with an enormous amount of Spiritual power.
Unfortunately, this Soul Bone had already been refined by several people and passed down in Spirit Hall for hundreds of years. It no longer possessed the benefits of a fresh Soul Bone, such as increasing Soul Power and physical quality.
Still, Tian Hao was already very satisfied.
"The Light Attribute and Sacred Attribute perfectly match the Meditation Method granted by the Pope. I have to find a way to permanently obtain the Sacred and Light Attributes. Ideally, I'll obtain Soul Bones containing both Attributes and fuse them into my body."
Recalling the Sacred Attribute and Light Attribute brought by Luo Sanpao's Soul Blood, Tian Hao was filled with anticipation.
"This time, I've also accomplished a great feat. I wonder what reward the Pope will give me. Ideally, it'll be another Soul Bone."
Tian Hao turned his thoughts to the reward for his achievement.
This was his second great achievement. The first had been at the age of eleven, when he received that Head Soul Bone. Although its Copy Skill was somewhat weak, the Spiritual power it provided was extremely powerful and perfectly suited to his Martial Soul.
Thinking of his Martial Soul, Tian Hao sat down and let his consciousness enter his Sea of Spirit, which was also his Martial Soul.
That was right. His Martial Soul was neither a Beast Martial Soul nor a Tool Martial Soul. It was his own Sea of Spirit, which should count as a Body Martial Soul.
This Sea of Spirit had been inherited from his father's Martial Soul Bloodline and had undergone a mutation, because his father's Martial Soul had leaned toward the Spiritual Type.
Unfortunately, his Innate Soul Power was only half a level, the same as Yu Xiaogang's, slightly lower than Huo Gua's ten thousand years later.
However, there was one thing he possessed that Yu Xiaogang could not compare with: a Body Martial Soul could undergo a second awakening.
"I'm not asking for a Golden Awakening. Even a Silver Awakening would be powerful enough."
Muttering inwardly, Tian Hao was full of confidence in his Martial Soul. The Body Sect ten thousand years later had already proven the enormous potential of Body Martial Souls. If developed properly, they could even surpass God-level Martial Souls.
Of course, his current talent was not actually poor. It was simply somewhat one-sided, perhaps because his Martial Soul was purely of the Spiritual Type. All his points had been invested in the spiritual aspect.
If Spiritual power had a setting like Innate Soul Power, he estimated that he would possess the talent of naturally full Spiritual power.
After more than ten years of meditative cultivation, his Spiritual power had already reached half the amount added by that Copy Soul Bone. He could even extend a small portion of his Spiritual power outside his body, clearly showing that his Martial Soul was extraordinary.
However, his Martial Soul was also very special...
"I still can't refine and fuse a Spirit Ring."
Sensing the Yellow Soul Ring floating and sealed within his Sea of Spirit, Tian Hao felt rather depressed.
He had cultivated to Soul Power Level ten several months ago. Then, under the guidance of his father and mother, he had excitedly gone to the Soul Hunting Forest and found a clan of Spiritual Type Soul Beasts.
After paying some special materials that the clan needed, an aged Soul Beast had emerged from the clan and willingly gone to its death to offer up its Spirit Ring.
This was a characteristic of Spiritual Type Soul Beasts. Because their Spiritual power was strong, their intelligence was usually high, allowing them to communicate.
But an abnormal change had occurred during the process of drawing in and absorbing the Spirit Ring. His Martial Soul, the Sea of Spirit, rejected that Spirit Ring—or perhaps it simply disliked it. It had merely taken it in and sealed it away, avoiding the rule that Spirit Rings dissipated after two hours. It had remained there until now.
He had studied it until now, but still could not figure out what was happening.
"The essence of rejection is incompatibility. Could it be that I have to create my own Spirit Ring like a Hundred Thousand Year Shapeshifted Soul Beast? Using my Spiritual Origin? Or should I find a ten-thousand-year or Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring to absorb and refine? Wouldn't I be burst apart?"
He immediately abandoned the idea of absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and instead pondered the guess he had made some time ago. At present, he could think of only that one solution.
Since the external Spirit Ring was rejected, he could use his own Spiritual Origin to condense a Spirit Ring. That should work, right?
After all, they came from the same source. It definitely would not be rejected.
But how could he create or construct a Spirit Ring by himself?
"There have been rumors in the Soul Master World these past few years that the Haotian Twin Stars, the brothers Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, have been making their way through the world. I wonder if they've encountered Ah Yin, that equally silly and adorable woman. If I Find an Opportunity to ask her, I should be able to learn the secret of creating one's own Spirit Ring.
"Hmm. In the future, I have to Find an Opportunity to visit the Blue Silver Forest. Even if I can't find Ah Yin, I can still communicate with the Blue Silver King."
He unconsciously thought of another woman comparable to Bibi Dong, a silly and adorable woman who had managed to ruin herself.
At present, he knew of two Shapeshifted Soul Beasts. One was Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin. The other was Xiao Wu's mother, who had certainly already transformed into a human as well. Unfortunately, she was difficult to find. Xiao Wu was currently staying in the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, a place he could not enter. He could only go to the Blue Silver Forest and try his luck.
Perhaps he could encounter that foolish woman Ah Yin and deceive her for a while. If he could get that foolish woman to offer herself as a Sacrifice, it would be Perfect.
Huo Gua could start with a Million Years Spirit Ring ten thousand years later. It shouldn't be excessive for him to start with a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
"I'm dreaming again in broad daylight. I'll continue studying the Spirit Ring first!"
Only after a good while did he finally calm his thoughts. Tian Hao used the ability of his Sea of Spirit to shrink his Spiritual Will down to an extremely minute level and merge it into the Spirit Ring, studying its complex and delicate internal structure.
This was an ability awakened by his Martial Soul, the Sea of Spirit, after his Soul Power Level reached ten. Within the Sea of Spirit, he could shrink his spiritual consciousness and enter an extremely minute scale, like Ant-Man shrinking with Pym Particles in Marvel.
Moreover, the limit of this shrinking was determined by his Spiritual power. He possessed the Spiritual power strengthened by a ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone, and when combined with the Spiritual power he had cultivated himself, the two could shrink him down to an extremely microscopic level. At present, he could already initially observe the Spirit Ring's minute structure.
Once he thoroughly studied these structures, perhaps he could imitate the cat and construct a Spirit Ring himself.
Not to mention Tian Hao, who was conducting his research, Bibi Dong returned to her residence and immediately received a summons: her teacher wanted to see her.
Although Bibi Dong was somewhat nervous, she still steadied her emotions and headed to the Papal Hall.
No third person knew about her eloping with Xiao Gang, and her teacher certainly could not know either.
Qian Xunji: Dong'er, come. Help your teacher become the Chamber Douluo!
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