The Uses of Soul Strength

"Battle Through the Heavens, activate!"

Upon logging back in, Yang Shan immediately received a system message: [Ding! Player, please note: Pure Soul Energy absorption complete. Current Soul Strength: Mortal Realm Perfection! Spirit Realm Early Stage Progress: 17372/100000.]

[Mortal Realm Perfection: Provides a significant boost to alchemy or weapon crafting of Rank 6 and below. The specific boost depends on the player's situation and the difficulty of the elixir. Players are encouraged to explore other functions on their own.]

Yang Shan was not idle during the time he was offline.

He repeatedly analyzed all the information about "Soul Strength" provided by the system.

The hidden attribute of Soul Strength is actually quite similar to "Good Fortune".

They almost never use numbers to indicate the specific improvements that Soul Strength brings to various aspects.

The same applies to Good Fortune. In theory, Good Fortune can affect all aspects of the game that require "luck," such as drops, opportunities, alchemy, and weapon crafting.

However, even the Bai Xiaosheng of his past life couldn't definitively determine the extent of the impact.

Following the instructions provided by the system, Yang Shan began conducting the experiments one by one.

Yang Shan raised his hand, and a cluster of thunderous Dou Qi appeared.

Yang Shan spread his five fingers and tried to channel his thunderous Dou Qi back and forth between them.

There seems to be a slight change.

It seems easier to control now.

Or rather, after one's own mind issues a command, the feedback from the Dou Qi comes faster.

This feeling is hard to describe clearly.

However, it can be roughly understood as "network latency" when playing e-sports games.

If Yang Shan previously controlled his Dou Qi and the "network latency" was "100", then it seems to have been reduced to "80" now.

Or perhaps they are making sculptures with clay.

The soil was too dry before.

Now it's like adding some water; it's not so hard to knead anymore.

Yang Shan then took out the mutated Magic Core and activated a wisp of Azure Jade Python Flame.

The blue flames danced in his hand, and seemed slightly more agile than before.

Yang Shan then activated the Ape King Violet Lightning, and activated the first Yellow-Rank Intermediate Dou Technique he had obtained, "Thunder Cleaving Slash".

Purple lightning merged with Dou Qi, Thunder Guiding Blade cut through the wind with a whooshing sound.

The movements were fluid and smooth, highlighting a silky quality.

Yang Shan seemed to notice something was different and brought up the system's built-in timer.

He unleashed the Thunder Cleaving Slash eight times in a row.

The longest time it took for the Dou Qi to be infused and the conditions for its execution to be met was 0.98 seconds, and the shortest time was 0.93 seconds! The standard Time Acceleration for "Thunder Cleaving Slash" should be exactly 1 second!

"It should be because the control of Dou Qi is smoother, which leads to increased activation efficiency and shorter time."

Of course, there is a certain margin of error when manually timing.

The Time Acceleration for "Thunder Cleaving Slash" is now approximately 0.95 seconds.

Yang Shan then experimented with "Thunder Spirit Flash", "Thunder Arc Three-Stage Slash", and "Thunder Guiding Lock".

The Time Acceleration has been reduced to some extent.

Yang Shan pondered in his heart:

"In the original novel, Xiao Yan Yi initially created the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus through the fusion of Heavenly Flames thanks to the Soul Strength provided by Yao Lao, so..."

A wisp of Azure Jade Python Flame appeared in Yang Shan's left hand, while a cluster of Ape King Violet Lightning appeared in his right hand.

"Give it a try!"

Yang Shan cautiously activated his Dou Qi Armor.

Then I tried my best to control the Lei Yi and fire with my own consciousness.

As they slowly approached each other, when the two energies were still three feet apart, they resembled the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl standing on either side of the Magpie Bridge on the Qixi Festival.

They were desperate to get together.

It's out of control! The moment the two forces collided, an explosion occurred.

Boom! The Dou Qi Armor Yang Shan condensed this time had Vitality Shield 4000 points.

It wouldn't be completely destroyed by the explosion.

Yang Shan repeated the experiment several times.

In the past, given his control, the two energies would have collided and exploded at a distance of about three and a half feet due to loss of control.

While the damage from the explosion remains uncontrollable, even the lowest possible damage is 2.2 times the sum of the two energies.

The previous minimum damage multiplier was exactly two times.

Having completed the experiment, Yang Shan had gained a general understanding of the effects of Soul Strength.

Currently, the increase in "control" brought about by this Soul Strength is not very obvious.

But this is only the first level of Soul Strength! If one can advance to the Spirit Realm, or even the Heaven Realm, the damage-dealing Earth-rank Dou Technique that would normally take ten seconds to activate can be reduced to five seconds or even less under the influence of Heaven Realm Soul Strength.

What kind of scene must that be? In the original story of the game, Xiao Yan, the protagonist, forcibly fused together the Heavenly Flames that were extremely repulsive to each other due to a series of opportunities, thus creating the "Buddha Fury Fire Lotus".

From the initial one Beast Flame and one Heavenly Flames, to two Heavenly Flames, three Heavenly Flames, and later even six Heavenly Flames were used to fuse together, with power comparable to Heaven Rank High Dou Skills.

In the continuous advancement of the "Buddha Fury Fire Lotus", the most crucial factor is not the Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan's ever-growing Soul Strength!

Xiao Yan relied on Yao Lao's Soul Strength to initially fuse two Heavenly Flames, but both were extremely difficult.

However, after reaching the Dou Sheng level, his Soul Strength also reached the Heavenly Realm, and he could fuse the four Heavenly Flames in the blink of an eye!

The emergence of the Soul Strength cultivation section has provided more ideas for Yang Shan's previous research on "Overload"!

Yang Shan had been pondering this in his previous life.

To unleash the true power and unique characteristics of Overload, it is best to use Heavenly Flames and lightning.

But Beast Flame is difficult enough to control.

How can one make Heavenly Flames and strange lightning obey? Yang Shan had not found the answer in his previous life.

But now there's an answer! Yang Shan retrieved the two mutated Magic Core and took out the Soul Accumulation Pearl from his Storage Ring.

The Soul Accumulation Pearl was previously milky white, but now it is as dull as a ball made of sand.

The description of the Soul Accumulation Pearl also included parentheses with the words: "Destroyed".

"Tsk, a disposable prop."

With a flick of his wrist, Yang Shan crushed the Soul Accumulation Pearl into powder, which slowly drifted away with the wind.

The appearance of Soul Strength made Yang Shan even more determined to join the Soul Hall.

Of course, the Soul Hall is not the only entity in the Dou Qi Continent that possesses methods for cultivating the soul.

But if we're talking about which faction cultivates Soul Strength the fastest, then if the Soul Hall says it's second, no one dares to say it's first!

Others use incantations and rare and precious materials.

The Soul Hall directly captures the soul, shreds all the consciousness of the Soul Body, and turns it into Pure Soul Energy.

Allow the soul to absorb directly and without hindrance!

"We need to see if there's any chance to get our hands on the Soul Accumulation Pearl from the other branches of the Azure Cloud Azure Cloud Association!"

Although the Azure Cloud Association Society can be considered a "subordinate force" of the Soul Hall.

However, the one who wants to join the Soul Hall is "Cheng E", while the one who Azure Cloud Association is "Yang Shan".

No conflict, absolutely no conflict! Just then, a screenshot was sent from Chao Bafang in the "company group chat".

A piece of Hundred Refinements Grade defensive equipment with Purple Word Seal, and judging from its design, it is clearly heavy armor made of black metal!

Chao Bafang: "Hahaha, Great God! Look! This armor is so cool! I'm a real general now!"

Zhu Tianpeng: "Trash, that dark, drab armor is nowhere near as cool as my silver-white one!"

Zhu Tianpeng posted a selfie of himself wearing armor.

Looking at Zhu Tianpeng's selfie, Yang Shan immediately opened his browser, found a picture, and said, "Wow, Lao Zhu's look is indeed imposing, reminding me of an ancient Great God!"

Zhu Tianpeng excitedly uttered three sentences in a row:

"Really?"

"Even Princess Yao Yue said I looked incredibly handsome!"

"I knew it Lao Zhu! I'm naturally beautiful, Brother Yang. Tell me, which ancient Great God is it?"

Yang Shan: "Here it is!"

Hahaha, hahahahaha.

Chao Bafang had just put on his black armor and was about to take a cool selfie when he saw the picture in the group chat, and he couldn't hold back anymore! He even left his favorite halberd aside.

He lay face down on the ground, pounding his fists on the floor.

This startled Princess Yao Ye, who was standing nearby. "Young Master Chao, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just remembered something happy."

Chao Bafang suppressed a laugh, opened his browser, found a picture, and sent it to the group chat. "I think this one might be more illustrative!"

After posting it, Chao Bafang thought of Zhu Tianpeng's physique, which was practically a carbon copy of the one in the picture, and the emotions that had just subsided surged back into his mind.

I laughed so hard I almost cried.

At that very moment.

The door was kicked open with a bang.

Marshal Tianpeng, clad in silver-white armor. No!

Zhu Tianpeng, Lao Zhu in silver-white armor, strode in with a murderous aura. "You Chao Bafang, I'll show you the terror of Water Attribute Da Dou Shi today!"

Zhu Tianpeng swung his fist and started smashing.

When Chao Bafang saw Zhu Tianpeng, he laughed even harder!

Where would they find the strength to fight back?

I might as well turn off the pain perception and let Zhu Tianpeng beat me up as he pleases, I'll just have my fill of laughter first.

Yao Ye: "Young Master, what's wrong with you? Stop hitting me!"

Zhu Tianpeng: "It's alright, Great Princess. Don't worry, I can't kill him! I can't kill him!"

Just then, Yang Shan's message appeared in the group chat:

"You two hurry up and answer me, bring the NPC to me. Yun Yun is about to go to Nalan Yanran's place! Get this done quickly so I can refine the medicine! Don't you two want your Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill anymore? You're not even replying to the boss!"

Chao Bafang hurriedly shouted, "Marshal! Marshal! Stop fighting! Look at the messages!"

"You dare call me Marshal? Are you implying something about me?"

Zhu Tianpeng slammed his right hand in Chao Bafang while opening a chat message with his left.

"Yay!"

Zhu Tianpeng stood up and pulled Chao Bafang up with him:

"Let's go, let's hurry and send someone to Brother Yang!"

Chao Bafang: "Aren't you going to fight anymore?"

Zhu Tianpeng: "Playing around is fine, but don't joke about levels. Two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill to break through to the Dou Ling is a wonderful thing!"

Chao Bafang also knew that Zhu Tianpeng wasn't really angry; he had even joked about himself being "Zhu Bajie" before.

Unexpectedly, Yang Shan posted pictures instead of text this time! Princess Yao Ye looked at the two who had just been fighting and were now arm in arm, and was speechless for a long time.

The princess clearly didn't quite understand the homoerotic undertones between men.