A Special Second Soul Skill

"Stop keeping me in suspense, tell me, what exactly is going on with the Second Soul Skill?"

Zhou Qing wanted to confirm whether her guess was correct, so she couldn't help but urge him.

How so?

Romantina wiped the black ink off her face and told the truth, "This Soul Skill can only be used once. Once it's used, it can't be used a second time."

"Huh?" X3

Can it only be used once?

Could it be that this Soul Skill is now useless?

Xiao Wu comforted her, "It's okay. Anyway, your First Spirit Ring has four skills. Just based on the number of Soul Skill, you're already comparable to Soul Ancestor."

Tang San, however, thought of his Second Soul Skill, Spirit of Life, and asked, "Does the effect of the Soul Skill persist after use? So it can only be used once?"

Tang San's reminder brought Zhou Qing back to his senses. He thought of another possibility and said, "I also saw a rumor in the Library of the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch. It seems that if Soul Skill can only be used once, then this Soul Skill must be extremely special, and may even have an effect that is unimaginable to ordinary people."

According to that rumor, someone obtained a Soul Ring produced by a Soul Beast called the Bright Beast. The Soul Skill could only be used once and had only one effect: to reverse time for oneself or others for three minutes. The price of using it was that one's Soul Power Level would be reset to zero.

That's right!

It's not that my Soul Power is completely exhausted, but rather that my Soul Power Level has been reset to zero, and I have to start cultivating all over again.

Is it true or false?

Zhou Qing was unaware of this, since the legend stated that the Bright Beast, a type of Soul Beast, had become completely extinct 20,000 years ago, making it impossible to verify.

But without a doubt, Soul Skill that can only be used once is already considered a Divine Skill.

Romantina said, "Both are true, but I'm not sure whether I should use this Soul Skill."

Uncertain?

Zhou Qing asked in confusion, "So, once you use this Soul Skill, it will have some effect on you? The Soul Skill will continue to exist and will keep consuming your Soul Power?"

If that's the case, then this Soul Skill really shouldn't be used unless it's a life-threatening situation.

"No."

After much hesitation, Romantina finally described the specific effects of the Soul Skill.

"The feeling I get from this Soul Skill is that after using it, eight other consciousness entities will be generated from my consciousness, and once these eight consciousness entities are generated, they will always exist. That's why I said that this Soul Skill can only be used once."

"Uh... dissociative identity disorder?" Zhou Qing inexplicably thought of a certain mental illness from his previous life, but the effect of the Soul Skill couldn't possibly make Romantina create eight personalities that wanted to rebel, could it?

What is that?

Xiao Wu was puzzled.

"It's when someone's mind or mental cognition has a problem, and they think they are someone else." Zhou Qing said succinctly, and mimicking Tang San, he revealed a deep look in his eyes. "Like me, I am Tang San, not Zhou Qing."

Tang San: "... Simply put, it's about pretending to be someone else, eventually believing it even to yourself, and even forgetting who you were originally?"

"More or less." Zhou Qing nodded, then asked Romantina, "So, you're worried about losing yourself? Soul Skill shouldn't have that effect, right?"

"My main concern is that the eight consciousnesses that emerge will have the same personality as me, which I might find unbearable," Romantina said weakly, pointing to her finger.

So, deep down you can't stand your own personality either?

Zhou Qing was speechless and tried to comfort him, saying, "Use this Second Soul Skill. Since the purpose of this skill is to allow you to generate eight consciousness entities, it's impossible for each of them to have the same personality as you. It might strengthen your Spiritual Power and allow you to better control your Brain Martial Soul."

"I think it's better to use this Soul Skill as soon as possible. If you wait until you become Titled Douluo to use it, you might miss out on some opportunities."

Given Romantina's abilities, it would be a bit overwhelming for her to control the Brain Martial Soul alone. Having eight more consciousness entities to share the burden would likely lighten her load considerably in the future.

Moreover, Zhou Qing also had some thoughts on why this Second Soul Skill could generate eight consciousness entities: in his previous life, the octopus had nine brains.

Although the other eight, apart from the main brain, cannot be considered true brains, the Rubik's Cube Octopus is Soul Beast, so perhaps the neurons on its eight tentacles can indeed store Spiritual Consciousness.

"Oh well."

Romantina took a deep breath and used her Second Soul Skill.

Instantly!

Just as Zhou Qing had imagined, the yellowish-purple Soul Ring had a cube-shaped brain outlined in its Soul Ring, which was connected to the octopus patterns on the Soul Ring to form Soul Disk.

Meanwhile, within Romantina's Sea of Spirit, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress were surprised to find that Romantina's consciousness had actually come here on its own initiative, and under the influence of a peculiar energy, eight consciousnesses identical to Romantina's had split off from her body.

"Who I am?"

The eight Romantina were stunned for a moment, but then, as if they had received the memories of Romantina's main consciousness, they all became lively and said in unison, "I am Romantina!"

"Hmm?" X8

The eight separate consciousnesses of Romantina immediately began to fight.

"I am Romantina!"

"I am!"

"Ouch! Don't pinch my butt!"

"·····"

The eight Consciousness Sub-body, though clearly consciousness entities, fought each other like children in a brawl, using fists and ankles.

Romantina's main consciousness covered her face, unable to bear looking at her eight Consciousness Sub-body —although they differed slightly from her in personality details, they were largely the same. Her head was about to buzz.

"Now, Romantina's Sea of Spirit will be lively." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had a premonition that she and Ice Empress would not be bored in the days to come.

But if they were to spend every moment with eight perverts, the two of them would definitely become mentally unstable as well.

"Huh?"

Romantina suddenly realized something and coughed.

In an instant, all eight Romantina's Consciousness Sub-body stopped moving, with only their eyes still able to move, indicating that they were still conscious.

As the main character, Romantina has absolute control.

"Ahem, I'll give each of you a code name, Na Yi, Na Er... all the way up to Na Ba." Romantina named the eight Consciousness Sub-body, snapped her fingers, and restored their mobility.

These eight consciousnesses realized who was in charge here, and stopped fighting among themselves. Instead, they lined up neatly and saluted Romantina!

"Tell me what you are best at. I can sense that you have inherited a part of my Spiritual Consciousness, and that part has been strengthened. You definitely have aspects that you are better at than others."

Although as the main consciousness, Romantina could perceive what each of the eight clones was good at, since the consciousnesses of these eight clones were independent, she, as the main body, had to show her authority as the "commander" to prevent these eight guys from causing trouble in the future.