Innate Pure Attribute Spirit!

"Why? Why did this happen?"

Staring at the Supreme Clear Sky Hammer still embedded firmly in the ground as if it had taken root, Yun Chuan felt utterly defeated. Even with part of his strength attribute boosted, and his physical condition improved by attaching a Soul Ring, he still could not lift this tiny hammer with its effects maxed out!

Moreover, judging from how the hammer's attributes had strengthened after attaching the Soul Ring, the Supreme Clear Sky Hammer itself seemed to have become even heavier!

"Oh my god, it was already so heavy to begin with. And after attaching a Soul Ring, it gets even heavier... It's only got one Soul Ring now, and it's already like this. If I attach the remaining eight, won't it become absurdly heavy? At this rate, when will I ever be able to lift this hammer?" Yun Chuan simply did not know what to say. What kind of bizarre Martial Soul was this? He could not even lift his own Martial Soul?!

What would it take for him to truly lift this hammer???

Heavens!

Could someone give me a hint?

Seeing that he had successfully absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, Bibi Dong walked over. Looking at Yun Chuan, who was still agonizing over being unable to lift the hammer, she asked with concern, "Chuan Er, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell anywhere? Haven't you already absorbed the Soul Ring?"

"Mom, I'm fine. It's just..." Yun Chuan looked conflicted.

"Xiao Chuan, can you lift the hammer after absorbing the Soul Ring? What is your soul skill?" Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo asked the most crucial questions.

"This hammer seems to have become even heavier after absorbing the Soul Ring. I used all my strength, but I still can't lift it." Yun Chuan wore a bitter expression as he said gloomily, "As for a soul skill... it seems there isn't one."

"What?! How could there be no soul skill?" Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo found it hard to understand.

"Chuan Er, what exactly is going on?" Rather than making a fuss like the other two, Bibi Dong crouched down and patiently asked in a gentle voice.

"My hammer Martial Soul... is very strange!"

With a deeply conflicted expression, Yun Chuan searched through the knowledge he had learned as he explained, "It isn't like an ordinary Martial Soul, which develops a soul skill after a Soul Ring is attached. For this hammer, soul skills seem more like something unnecessary. Attaching Soul Rings cannot grant it any soul skills. They only make it stronger! It's somewhat like Nine Star Begonia, which has only one soul skill no matter how many Soul Rings are attached.

But it is also somewhat different. This hammer itself has no inherent soul skills. It only possesses the most basic four attributes: light, lightning, fire, and strength. After attaching Soul Rings, these four basic attributes will all be enhanced!"

"That doesn't sound bad at all." After hearing this, Chrysanthemum Douluo analyzed, "Your Martial Soul possesses four attributes, an extremely rare phenomenon. It means that when you wield this hammer, aside from the hammer's own destructive power, you will also inflict damage from multiple attributes upon your enemies. Although attaching Soul Rings cannot produce soul skills and can only strengthen these four attributes, in terms of destructive power alone, the more Soul Rings you attach, the stronger your Martial Soul's destructive power will become!

From this perspective, your hammer Martial Soul is suited to the pure attribute path. For your hammer Martial Soul, those unnecessary soul skills would only be flashy and impractical."

"That is indeed the case." Ghost Douluo beside him also nodded and analyzed, "A so-called pure attribute Soul Master is one whose abilities granted by all Soul Rings belong to a single attribute, such as strength, speed, defense, and so on. Taking one attribute to its limit will make one's combat power far stronger than that of ordinary Soul Masters. Though they are not as versatile as ordinary Soul Masters, their strengths outweigh their flaws. By abandoning versatility and focusing on one attribute, they gain power far beyond that of Soul Masters of the same rank. Some pure strength Soul Masters at level eighty can rival those at level ninety!

You said that attaching Soul Rings to your Martial Soul only increases its power?

Then your hammer Martial Soul is practically born for the path of a pure attribute Soul Master!"

Listening to the two Douluo, Yun Chuan finally realized it. His Supreme Clear Sky Hammer was practically an Innate Pure Attribute Spirit! Although attaching Soul Rings would not produce soul skills, with every Soul Ring he attached, it would only strengthen the Martial Soul's own power!

But this characteristic of his Martial Soul was practically what all pure attribute Soul Masters dreamed of!

In this world, a so-called pure attribute Soul Master referred to someone whose soul skills produced by attached Soul Rings all enhanced the same attribute. For example, the Four Great Clans under the Clear Sky Sect in the original story: the Strength Clan, Defense Clan, Breaking Clan, and Speed Clan.

These Four Great Clans respectively focused on strength, defense, agility, and so on. All their attached Soul Rings granted soul skills that enhanced a single attribute, which resulted in the overwhelming power of that single attribute!

Simply put, when ordinary Soul Masters attached Soul Rings, they would try to choose a more balanced selection of soul skills. For instance, some soul skills could enhance speed, some could enhance strength, and some could enhance defense. Combined together, they could better handle all kinds of situations.

Pure attribute Soul Masters were different. All their soul skills enhanced only a single attribute. For example, if a pure strength Soul Master obtained only soul skills that enhanced strength, then naturally, his strength would far surpass that of Soul Masters at the same level!

Of course, there were drawbacks as well. The power granted by a single attribute meant weakness in other areas. For example, a pure strength Soul Master would inevitably be weak in speed and agility, making him easy to counter for agile and nimble Soul Masters. A pure speed Soul Master would inevitably lack attack power and destructive force, making him easy to counter for Soul Masters with high defense.

It could be said that every gain came with a loss.

Of course, becoming a pure attribute Soul Master was not so easy. For a Soul Master to have every Soul Ring enhance only the same attribute, there was only one way: every Soul Ring obtained had to come from the same type of Soul Beast!

For example, it would not be difficult for a weak pure strength Soul Master to find a ten-year strength-type Soul Beast, nor would it be too hard to find a hundred-year Soul Beast of the same species. Even thousand-year Soul Beasts of the same type could be found.

But if they continued attaching Soul Rings this way, always seeking the same type of Soul Beast, the difficulty would increase geometrically!

Yun Chuan's Supreme Clear Sky Hammer was different. No matter what type of Soul Ring it absorbed, his Martial Soul would only amplify its own power and the four attributes. Unlike others, he did not need to specifically seek out and hunt the same type of Soul Beast. Any type of Soul Beast would do.

From this perspective, his Martial Soul was simply an Innate Pure Attribute Spirit!