The Best Way to Obtain Soul Skills

The Blazing Tiger—if an ordinary person could obtain its soul ring while still at the Soul Master stage, they would be ecstatic.

But aside from its fire attribute, it shared not the slightest resemblance with the characteristics of Zhu Rong's martial soul.

"Useless to take, but a pity to discard."

That night, Tang Hao and Zhu Rong sat beside the campfire, staring at each other in silence.

Tang Hao truly had no idea how to arrange Zhu Rong's first soul ring. It was too humiliating!

"Should I let Zhu Rong cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer first? His first martial soul isn't bad anyway... No, my Clear Sky Sect..."

Zhu Rong's thoughts were equally chaotic. In the game, they all had fixed skills. But this was not a game. What kind of soul ring should he absorb?

"Slap..."

Under Tang Hao's puzzled gaze, Zhu Rong slapped himself!

I have a cheat! Why not just ask the cheat?

Zhu Rong was different from other Soul Masters. He had a system!

"System, can you calculate what kind of soul beast's soul ring would be best for my Judgment Heavenly God Kail martial soul?"

Zhu Rong asked in his mind.

This system was not particularly intelligent. If he did not ask, it would not do any work.

"When absorbing a soul ring, use a Hero Replicator. The most suitable soul skill will appear, and the martial soul will also be strengthened."

The system's answer made Zhu Rong freeze slightly. Did that mean he could absorb any soul ring he wanted, and as long as he used a Hero Replicator during the absorption, he would obtain the soul skill most suited to him?

Zhu Rong had previously considered using the Hero Replicators directly on his martial souls, raising them all to "three stars" first.

However, the system told him that he could replicate other martial souls, but could not yet raise the star level of his martial souls.

That had puzzled Zhu Rong for quite a while. If he could not raise his martial souls' star levels, then did he not have no use for all these Hero Replicators?

"System, if I want to raise a martial soul to three stars, do I have to wait until my cultivation reaches the Soul Fighting Douluo level?"

Following that logic, he really would need to reach the Soul Fighting Douluo level before he could use eight Hero Replicators, together with the original martial soul, to reach three stars.

"Yes."

Hearing the system's answer, Zhu Rong nodded. So raising a martial soul's level also came with restrictions based on his own level.

After learning more about the rules of Hero Replicators and star levels, Zhu Rong finally understood.

"Three identical martial souls equal one star."

"Six identical martial souls equal two stars."

"Nine identical martial souls equal three stars."

This rule differed somewhat from the one in the game: initial martial souls had no star level.

But a three-star martial soul still required nine identical martial souls to combine.

This also avoided the awkward situation where two two-star martial souls got stuck and could not be upgraded.

When a martial soul's star level increased, both its strength and overall power would improve to a certain extent.

A one-star martial soul doubled overall strength.

A two-star martial soul tripled overall strength.

A three-star martial soul increased overall strength by five times.

Because of his preconceived notions, Zhu Rong had always thought he understood the system well.

But it turned out...

Fighting soul beasts could also earn Lucky Star bond loot.

When absorbing soul rings, using Hero Replicators could not only strengthen martial souls, but also grant the most ideal soul skills.

Zhu Rong had known neither of these things.

"I still need to learn more and ask more questions."

"I can't just assume things because I'm a transmigrator..."

Zhu Rong gave a bitter smile. He still understood the system far too little.

Just then, Zhu Rong suddenly heard Tang Hao's exasperated voice.

"What are you thinking about, brat? The meat's about to burn!"

As soon as he spoke, a large hand reached past Zhu Rong and snatched away the two skewers of grilled meat in his hands.

"..."

Sure enough, the two skewers of golden, sizzling, fragrant grilled meat had changed beyond recognition. They were now pitch-black.

He had communicated too much with the system just now and completely forgotten what he was doing.

"They probably can't be eaten anymore. I'll grill some more."

Picking up two straight branches from the ground nearby, Zhu Rong finally took out a small knife and began working on the Blazing Tiger...

Tang Hao looked at the charred meat in his hand, then smelled it, and decisively gave up. He tossed it aside.

No, it could no longer be called grilled meat. It was charcoal!

After throwing away the charcoal, Tang Hao looked again at Zhu Rong, who was "working," and asked,

"What were you thinking about just now, brat?"

Without even raising his head, Zhu Rong worked as he replied,

"How about just absorbing any soul ring..."

With a bug-level method like the Hero Replicator, the soul skill produced would be the same no matter what soul ring he absorbed.

But Zhu Rong could not possibly tell Tang Hao about that!

"No!"

Sure enough, Tang Hao panicked! Without thinking, he roared in anger.

Absorb just any soul ring?

What if it ruined this Blade of Sanction? This martial soul was not weak at all!

"Then what do we do?"

Zhu Rong replied as if he had completely given up.

Without Hero Replicators, it truly would not be easy for his three martial souls to obtain soul rings!

Judgment Heavenly God Kail could at least imitate the soul rings obtained by the Six-winged Angel.

But what about Heavenly God Li Qing and Ronin Yone?

Even if they turned the entire continent upside down, they might not find soul beasts perfectly suited to those martial souls!

Seeing Zhu Rong look at him with eager, pitiful eyes, Tang Hao was helpless as well.

As for Zhu Rong's "Blade of Sanction," he truly had no idea what path it should take.

A martial soul that was too well-rounded had instead become a burden!

The Clear Sky Hammer was different. One force could overcome ten techniques; it only needed power-type soul rings.

But for this Blade of Sanction, Tang Hao could rack his brains and still not figure out what route would be best.

"Should I let this brat cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer first?"

"No, absolutely not!"

"His first martial soul's soul rings are already so difficult to find. If he cultivates it later, obtaining soul rings will become even more of a problem."

"How about just finding one with a suitable age and attribute?"

"Once he cultivates his second martial soul, no matter how strong the first martial soul is, it can't possibly surpass a Clear Sky Hammer with nine soul rings, each at least fifty thousand years old."

Thinking this, Tang Hao wavered.

There was no other way. Choices had to be made.

"Tomorrow, I'll take you to obtain a soul ring. Its age and attribute will definitely be the most suitable for you."

Tang Hao sighed as he spoke.

Trying to achieve perfection was simply too difficult.

On second thought, considering the strange attack methods of Zhu Rong's martial soul, obtaining an agility-attack-type soul skill might actually make it even more perfect.

If others could not hit him, he could kite them endlessly.

For Tang Hao to think this far already meant he had put a great deal of thought into it.

After all, what was the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul? It represented overpowering force. Attack, attack, strength, strength...

Who would ever think about things like speed?

For Zhu Rong to obtain a soul ring suited to him, Tang Hao considered things he had never considered before.

"Tomorrow? Age and attributes? Looks like the blacksmith has given up struggling too..."