Now, advancing offered many benefits; holding back brought many drawbacks
The Mage's Inspiration initially came from Xiao Wu, who was able to control the absorbed Moonlight energy to attack enemies.
Therefore, to become a Mage, no, an archer, the ability to control Soul Power is essential.
As an archer, Energy Release is the primary means of attack. Only those with strong enough Soul Power control can effectively control the released energy to inflict damage on the enemy, preventing situations where they miss or fail to hit their target.
This also presents a problem: if one only uses the Soul Power within the body to attack, the destructive power will inevitably be very weak, making it difficult to have any practical combat significance.
Therefore, archers must control external energy to launch attacks.
To achieve this, Soul Master must possess Foundation Ring; only in this way can they absorb external energy and store it within their body.
This means that archers can only be Biological Spirit Master, because Chen Feng has not yet solved the growth problem of Tool-Type Spirit Master.
At this stage, Ling Luochen from Douluo Dalu 2 can't be a marksman; he can only be a controller.
Thus, Chen Feng determined the two conditions for becoming an archer: Biological Spirit Master and excellent Soul Power control.
What constitutes excellent Soul Power control?
In Chen Feng's opinion, anyone who can achieve Xiao Wu's level is definitely outstanding.
The fact that one can use the energy within their body to cause a certain degree of damage upon obtaining the Foundation Ring for the first time demonstrates that their Soul Power control ability is definitely up to standard.
But if we use this as the standard, probably no one can become a marksman.
Therefore, Chen Feng needs to find a more reasonable standard.
Only those who meet the required standards are qualified to be noble Soul Master; those who don't should obediently stick to being clumsy melee fighters.
In terms of DPS, besides ranged damage dealers like archers, there are also melee damage dealers with powerful attack capabilities.
Among them, those who primarily engage in direct combat are naturally called Sharp Blade, while those who employ unpredictable assassination methods are referred to as Assassins by Chen Feng.
As for the concept of Agility Attack, Chen Feng rejected it outright.
Therefore, the Soul Master classification system reconstructed by Chen Feng is as follows:
Shield Guard, Sharp Blade, and Warrior primarily engaged in close-quarters combat.
A marksman whose primary means of output is energy release.
Assassins who rarely engage in direct combat and whose whereabouts are elusive.
And control of the field and support.
The control of the field needs little explanation; it refers to Soul Master who apply various debuffs to the enemy. They have more diverse and versatile control methods than Shield Guard and usually assume a command position.
As for support characters, Chen Feng divides them into Recovery Type and Amplification Type, the specific meanings of which need not be elaborated further.
With this, Chen Feng's New Spirit Master Classification System is complete.
Since Chen Feng had recovered well, the ban on Chen Feng was lifted after Ning Rongrong went to Ning Fengzhi to check on him.
Of course, he still couldn't get the Jade Pendant back, which he found very regrettable.
Even so, Chen Feng still managed to complete his second Thesis.
On the New Spirit Master Classification System.
He submitted the Thesis to Ning Fengzhi, and unsurprisingly, it received a stunning response.
"This article is practically a guide to Soul Master's growth. With it, Soul Master can clearly understand their position after choosing a path, and then acquire Soul Ring according to the recommended Soul Skill."
"Xiao Feng, your article is likely to cause a huge uproar in the Spirit World, just like last time."
Inside the Council Hall, Ning Fengzhi sighed as he handed a few pages of paper to the curious Chen Xin and Gu Rong beside him.
"That's not all," Chen Feng said with a smile. "I wonder if Uncle Ning can tell that I added some things to the article."
Ning Fengzhi recalled what he had just seen for a moment and asked:
"You mean... the Shield Guard?"
"That's right, Shield Guard. Uncle Ning, don't you think our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect really needs Shield Guard?" Chen Feng asked with a smile.
He didn't quite understand. Logically speaking, a support-type sect like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect School should have established a powerful subordinate organization of fighters.
In the Original Work, it was actually the powerful Clear Sky Sect that had four subordinate clans, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had nothing and relied solely on two Titled Douluo to maintain its prestige.
It feels really strange.
Moreover, after the Clear Sky Sect retired, Ning Fengzhi did not think about winning over the four isolated clans.
It's important to know that Tai Tan clearly stated in the Original Work that the Speed Clan were the best scouts on the entire continent, which is a widely acknowledged fact.
It's not that no one realizes the value of the Speed Clan.
As a result, this so-called best scout ended up bankrupt and starving. This is more than just magical; it's downright surreal.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, all in one look!
Something's off, even nine out of ten.
Even if you work as a hired scout, or if that doesn't work, you could deliver mail or be a postman; you could always earn money that way.
All I can say is that Chen Feng simply can't understand these people's thought processes.
In the Original Work, Ning Fengzhi didn't try to win over the four clans. It's understandable that the other Three Clans were doing well and not easy to win over, but the Min Clan was practically starving. With the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's financial resources, couldn't they at least give it a shot?
Once the Min Clan is won over, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will have the best scouts, and they certainly won't be so passive in the subsequent Spirit Hunting Operation.
Well, how should I put it? Perhaps it's the will of the Creator God that lowered Ning Fengzhi's intelligence; that's the only guess Chen Feng could make.
And now he wants to change that situation.
After hearing Chen Feng's words, Ning Fengzhi pondered and said:
"That's true. If the current Defense Type Soul Master were to follow your advice and become Shield Guard, then we would indeed need a group of loyal Shield Guard to protect the sect."
"So, Uncle Ning, do you have a target in mind yet?" Chen Feng asked.
"There are two well-known Defense Type Soul Master forces on the mainland right now: the Elephant Armored Sect and the Defense Clan. Neither of them is easy to win over," Ning Fengzhi said with a shake of his head and a sigh.
Chen Feng was somewhat puzzled. "I understand that the Elephant Armored Sect is a complete sect and therefore difficult to win over, but why is it difficult to win over the Defense Clan?"
"Because they are a subordinate sect of the Clear Sky Sect," Ning Fengzhi said.
"What happened?" Chen Feng asked, puzzled.
Ning Fengzhi explained, "The Upper Three Sects are closely connected. Although the Clear Sky Sect has now retired, the four clans still maintain ties with them. It's ultimately not a good idea to win them over."
Chen Feng sighed and said:
"Uncle Ning, don't forget that when the Clear Sky Sect retired, they didn't care about the lives of its four subordinate clans at all. This can be described as a true act of abandonment."
"The Clear Sky Sect has acted like a coward, throwing its subordinate sects to the Spirit Hall to be manipulated. They throw things away and don't want them, so why can't we pick them up? There's no such logic in this world."
"Uncle Ning, now is the time for us to advance. The retreat of the Clear Sky Sect means that they have handed over sovereignty of the continent to others. At this time, advancing will bring many advantages, while defending will bring many disadvantages. I hope Uncle Ning will consider this carefully."
Xiao Bai deliveryman on a certain Anhui TV station made me laugh. I thought only someone with a congenital intellectual disability like Sima Zhong could utter such a thing as "Why don't they eat meat porridge?" I never imagined that in this information age, they could still come up with something like this. Do the men not want to see what's going on below, afraid of offending their eyes?