Your Spirit Ability Is Barely Decent

Sword Douluo had an exceptionally sharp eye. Ye Zhiqiu's first spirit ring truly did not look like a 3,000-year one.

Ordinary Thousand-Year Spirit Rings were light purple. Spirit rings between 3,000 and 5,000 years old were regular purple, while only those over 5,000 years old were deep purple. Spirit rings eight or nine thousand years old had basically reached the so-called limit of Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, with traces of the black found only in Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings mixed into their purple color.

Ye Zhiqiu's first spirit ring was deep purple. As for why, Ye Zhiqiu could roughly guess that it was very likely related to Shukaku Origin and Matatabi Origin.

They had devoured all the Soul Power formed from the energy of the 3,000-year Chameleon Stealth Dragon, then returned that portion of Soul Power to Ye Zhiqiu through a special method, allowing him to condense his first spirit ring.

It was a simple form of reciprocation, beneficial to both sides.

This could be seen from the Shukaku Origin within Ye Zhiqiu's Dantian Qi Sea. Ye Zhiqiu had bought the Shukaku Origin a year ago. It had nourished his body for an entire year and expended quite a bit of energy, so the orb of light had naturally dimmed somewhat.

However, after it devoured that portion of the Chameleon Stealth Dragon's Soul Power, it seemed to have been replenished and reborn. It became radiant once more, shining in harmony with the Matatabi Origin.

The instant Ye Zhiqiu's first spirit ring condensed, he learned the spirit ability it carried. It seemed to be a rule of this world, allowing people to clearly understand the effects of their own spirit abilities.

Ye Zhiqiu's first spirit ability was the Three Body Technique, transformed from Ninjutsu in the Naruto System. It was called the Three Body Technique, yet it was not quite the Three Body Technique. His Three Body Technique was somewhat different, and seemed to have become far more overpowered. Transformation Jutsu: could transform into any object. (Thousand-Year Spirit Ring additional effect: could perfectly imitate any voice heard, never forgetting it after hearing it once.) Clone Technique: could create up to two Shadow Clones with seventy percent of his combat strength. The Shadow Clones were controlled by the original body and would be destroyed if struck heavily. When not in battle, the clones could naturally absorb the energy of heaven and earth to maintain themselves indefinitely. (Thousand-Year Spirit Ring additional effect: all Shadow Clones created by the original body gained an additional ten percent combat strength, not limited to the Shadow Clones from the first spirit ring.) Substitution Technique: activated instantly, summoning a wooden stump substitute while instantly transferring himself within a range of thirty meters. (Thousand-Year Spirit Ring additional effect: no longer limited to wooden stump substitutes. Any lifeless object within thirty meters and within his field of vision could serve as a substitute. The success rate of substituting another person's clothing depended on the other party's strength.) Author's PS: The Three Body Technique had been slightly adjusted to fit the plot. Please do not compare it directly with the Naruto system.

Ye Zhiqiu felt a faint excitement. He had originally thought that spirit abilities transformed from Ninjutsu would not change much, at most increasing in power as his strength rose.

He had not expected this surprise to come so suddenly.

Spirit rings could actually amplify spirit abilities? And all the various effects of this amplification seemed quite useful.

Take the Clone Technique, for example. The combat strength of all Shadow Clones could increase by ten percent, and it was not limited to the Shadow Clones of the first spirit ring.

Did that mean that if his second spirit ability was the Multiple Shadow Clones Jutsu, then after creating several hundred Shadow Clones, all of them would gain ten percent more combat strength? It would directly form a linked effect between the first and second spirit rings. Do not underestimate that ten percent. If several hundred clones all gained an extra layer of strength, the effect would be outrageously powerful.

The amplification effects of the other two spirit abilities were also extremely practical in certain respects. Those two abilities gave Ye Zhiqiu many bold ideas.

Should he try the effect of the Substitution Technique on Rongrong first?

With that thought, Ye Zhiqiu eagerly opened his eyes. The way he looked at Ning Rongrong carried a hint of ill intent.

How could an inexperienced little fool like Ning Rongrong possibly read Ye Zhiqiu's thoughts from his expression? When she saw that he had awakened, she happily trotted over.

"Ye Zhiqiu, did you successfully absorb the spirit ring? That's amazing! It's a 3,000-year spirit ring!" Ning Rongrong said with a cheerful smile.

"Mm, it really is quite good." Sword Douluo suddenly appeared beside Ye Zhiqiu, smiling as he nodded.

"Uh..." The moment Ye Zhiqiu saw Sword Douluo, he immediately abandoned the idea of using Ning Rongrong as an experiment. He had nearly forgotten that Sword Douluo was still nearby. If the Substitution Technique failed, that would be fine, but if it succeeded, he would be in serious trouble. No matter how much Sword Douluo appreciated him, it would not save him then.

Ye Zhiqiu scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly. "Hehe, I just got lucky. Thank you, Grandpa Sword, for standing guard over me."

"Mm." After nodding, Sword Douluo asked curiously, "Little Qiu, I observed your spirit ring just now, and something seemed off. Its age seems to have increased. What is your first spirit ability?"

Ye Zhiqiu's thoughts turned over in his mind, and he decided to conceal the Substitution Technique and Transformation Jutsu. Those two techniques would be very useful to him in the future, so he could not let others know they were his spirit abilities. Ye Zhiqiu said with some regret, "Grandpa Sword, my first spirit ability is the Clone Technique. It can create two clones with seventy percent of my combat strength, and they can remain indefinitely. However, the clones will disperse if they suffer even a moderately heavy attack. The increase in the spirit ring's age may be related to the clones."

Sword Douluo had smiled and nodded when he heard the first half, thinking this spirit ability was quite good. However, upon hearing the latter half, Sword Douluo frowned. They would disperse upon being attacked? Then their value was not that high. This was a deep-purple spirit ring of over 5,000 years, which seemed somewhat mismatched with the spirit ability. Could the enhancement have gone astray and increased the spirit ring's age instead? Sword Douluo could only make that deduction. He did not doubt the truth of Ye Zhiqiu's words. Spirit abilities were something that could be known as soon as they were used, and simply could not be concealed.

Unfortunately, Sword Douluo could not have guessed that Ye Zhiqiu's first spirit ring came with three abilities. Such an absurd occurrence had never appeared on Douluo Continent. One ring, one spirit ability was everyone's basic understanding, so it was no wonder Sword Douluo could not figure it out.

Seeing the faint regret on Ye Zhiqiu's face, Sword Douluo comforted him. "This spirit ability is barely decent. As a first spirit ability, it can still be considered rather high-grade. You do not need to hang your head over it."

"Yeah, yeah, I think this spirit ability is pretty good too. Make a clone for me to see." Ning Rongrong's face was full of anticipation. A clone—what would it look like? Sword Douluo also watched with interest. Spirit Masters on Douluo Continent with cloning abilities were not common, and those clones all had time limits. Yet Ye Zhiqiu's clone could remain indefinitely? This made Sword Douluo rather curious as well.

"Alright." Ye Zhiqiu nodded. To make the act more convincing, he even gave a low shout, "First Spirit Ability, Clone Technique."

Bang!

A dense cloud of white smoke suddenly appeared out of thin air beside Ye Zhiqiu. Unlike ordinary smoke, it dissipated rapidly, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Clone Number One, identical to Ye Zhiqiu, appeared where the smoke had been.

Under Ye Zhiqiu's control, the clone even waved at Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong in a very human-like manner, greeting them.