Space of Spirits (Newcomer Begging for Votes TvT)

Space of Spirits (Newcomer Begging for Votes!!! TvT)

After about ten minutes, Ye Wen confirmed that there were no lurking Soul Beasts nearby and said to Ah Yin.

"Sorry to trouble you, Ah Yin."

Ah Yin raised her hand and summoned her Martial Soul. Her First Soul Ring lit up. Using the same First Soul Skill, Entanglement, as Tang San, the Blue Silver Grass in her hand formed vines dozens of meters long, lifting the Green Pouch Beast from the ground and slowly pulling it over.

Ah Yin also carefully wrapped up the Green Pouch Beast's head, preventing the blood spilled on the ground from attracting Soul Beasts sensitive to the scent of blood.

Watching this, Ye Wen could not help but marvel at the power of a Super Martial Soul. The First Soul Skill alone had such a wide control range. Ordinary Soul Masters would probably be tied up and left lying on the ground at others' mercy before they could even get close.

Yet Ye Wen could not stop himself from complaining inwardly.

"Yu Xiaogang's theory is downright harmful. If Tang San had honestly absorbed plant-type Soul Beasts to strengthen his Blue Silver Grass, wouldn't that have been more useful than absorbing that so-called limit Soul Ring from a Mandala Snake?

That little bit of Mandala Snake venom only mattered in the early stages, and later it disappeared without a trace. As the core of a Martial Soul's early development and its lowest-energy-consuming Soul Skill, it was ruined outright by Yu Xiaogang's garbage theory.

His First Soul Skill, Entanglement, tied people up. His Second Soul Skill also tied people up, only adding the ability to catch enemies off guard. His Third Soul Skill was Spider Web Restraint, which Tang San got in a muddle, but any Soul Master with decent reflexes could dodge it. As for his Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Prison? Heh. It could only target fragile opponents. After Tang San awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, these skills were basically left unused.

But Tang San's combat core had never been his two Martial Souls. It was those so-called Self-Created Soul Skills he learned and the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record he stole. Later, he simply abandoned the Clear Sky Hammer to play around with the Sea God's fork. It was truly speechless. He turned two top-tier Martial Souls into useless trash, only bringing them out now and then to remind people they existed.

If I had the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, setting aside everything else, creating a whip technique would be easy. Would you be afraid of a whip that broke the sound barrier? Even gods could be lashed hard enough to leave a few marks."

Looking at the Green Pouch Beast Ah Yin had dragged over, Ye Wen examined it carefully and found that its four horn segments were exactly the same length. This meant the Green Pouch Beast had precisely four hundred years of cultivation, right at the dividing line beneath Yu Xiaogang's theory of a 423-year limit for Soul Ring absorption.

Ye Wen inwardly sighed at his good luck. Just as he was about to ask Ah Yin to keep watch for him so he could begin absorbing the Soul Ring, Ah Yin asked worriedly.

"Brother, do you really have to absorb the Soul Ring of a useless Soul Beast like the Green Pouch Beast? I really can't think of any good Soul Skill it could provide you.

"And didn't you teach me that the First Soul Skill is an extremely important skill that determines a Soul Master's future development? Why don't we look for another Soul Beast instead?"

Ye Wen paused slightly at the question. If anyone else had asked, he certainly would not have answered. But this was the younger sister who spent every day by his side...

To ease Ah Yin's concerns, Ye Wen explained.

"Ah Yin, although you think Soul Beasts like the Green Pouch Beast are useless cowards that can only run away, with no special abilities beyond regurgitating food to save their lives, I see things differently.

"Every Soul Beast species that has managed to reproduce and survive must possess something unique. Besides, my Martial Soul does not have the development potential of a Strength Attack System Soul Master, so I focus more on other directions.

"According to my research, the Green Pouch Beast's regurgitation skill is not as simple as it appears. What the Green Pouch Beast eats is ordinary Blue Silver Grass, yet the regurgitated material can confuse other Soul Beasts.

"But the root of this ability is not some hallucinogen. Instead, it awakens the Life Force within the Blue Silver Grass itself, causing other Soul Beasts to instinctively shift their attention toward those regurgitated materials brimming with Life Force. Strictly speaking, those regurgitated materials are also a kind of artificial spirit herb. This indirectly proves that the Green Pouch Beast's stomach possesses life-type abilities.

"And that is exactly what I need.

"You know that my Martial Soul, Nab Cloth, is a space-attribute Tool Martial Soul capable of storing inanimate objects. But what you do not know is that this continent has Storage Soul Tools capable of storing living things. My goal for this First Soul Ring is to use the Green Pouch Beast's life-type skill to give my Martial Soul the ability to store living creatures."

"So that's how it is. Brother, you really are knowledgeable. Then hurry and absorb it. I'm looking forward to your Martial Soul's transformation."

Ye Wen said nothing more. He summoned a huge square of Black Cloth about one meter wide and held it in his hand, using his thoughts to draw in the yellow Soul Ring before him.

In an instant, the Soul Ring settled around Ye Wen's Martial Soul. He felt a surge of heat flow from the Martial Soul into his body.

Every cell in his body seemed to leap with joy, as though something were forcing its way inside him.

So this is what absorbing a Soul Ring feels like. This energy is very similar to Soul Power, but there are slight differences. It seems to be mixed with something else, and I still have no way of completely analyzing what this energy truly is.

But the principle behind Soul Ring absorption is clear. The energy within the Soul Ring is drawn into one's body, yet this power cannot be controlled by the Soul Master and rushes in on its own.

If a Soul Master's body can endure it, the energy fuses with the body. If it cannot, the body explodes and the Soul Master dies. It is like stretching a rubber band. As long as force is applied within a certain threshold, the rubber band will not snap no matter how it is pulled. But once that threshold is exceeded, the body cannot bear it and collapses outright.

Without considering the hurdle of Soul Shock from Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, as long as a Soul Master's physical condition is sufficient, they can endure Soul Rings from Soul Beasts up to nine thousand years old before reaching the fourth ring.

Before coming here, I tested my body. My maximum lifting strength was six hundred jin, and I could run one hundred meters in five seconds. But none of those figures can serve as the core reference.

If there were a Soul Douluo-level expert nearby who could use Soul Power to pressure my body, perhaps I could develop a better theory for Soul Ring absorption.

For now, absorbing this four-hundred-year Soul Ring is effortless. I would only begin to feel pain if there were at least another half as much Soul Ring energy. Based on the current situation, I can probably absorb a six-hundred-year Soul Ring. What a loss.

Of course, normal Soul Masters do not rely purely on physical strength to absorb Soul Rings. But when I mobilize my Soul Power now, it seems to have no effect. Is that because this Soul Ring's age is too low?

There are still too few points of reference. Still, the limits of the physical body do hold some reference value for Soul Ring absorption.

After a while, Ye Wen slowly opened his eyes.

"First Soul Skill—Space of Life. It changes the nature of my Martial Soul's spatial attribute and allows it to contain living creatures. However, once the space inside comes under attack, my Martial Soul will instinctively expel the living creatures within. If the destructive force exceeds a certain limit, the Martial Soul Space will shatter, and I will be severely weakened. It seems I'll have to use this ability carefully in the future.

"Also, it is bound to the Martial Soul's innate talent. At present, maintaining it for one day consumes five percent of my Soul Power. The storage space for living creatures created by the Soul Skill can also be adjusted in size to reduce Soul Power consumption. And after absorbing the Soul Ring, my Martial Soul itself has been strengthened. Its inherent space has expanded to three cubic meters," Ye Wen said happily.

(PS: Since he is meant to become a theory Grandmaster, and the original text is rather vague about this boundary, this uses the physical endurance limit of a ten-year Soul Beast being roughly equivalent to ten jin of strength. Physical condition is a composite quality and difficult to define, so the principle is to be cautious and avoid getting anyone killed.

To absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, one would need one hundred thousand jin of strength, roughly equal to the Sea God Trident's weight of one hundred and eight thousand jin after dropping the extra eight thousand. But that description is somewhat vague. In real life, one hundred thousand jin is fifty tons, about the weight of a main battle tank or half the weight of a commercial airliner. So please do not think it is too exaggerated. This is a fantasy world, after all. Though the joke about a god being unable to destroy even a city wall is truly speechless.)