Assault Turns Support? (Please Keep Reading)

Aornia sat cross-legged on the ground, summoned her martial soul, and began drawing in the soul ring.

A flash of scarlet light passed, and a Blood Moon appeared in her palm.

The yellow soul ring floating in the air slowly descended and settled around Aornia.

Her body trembled slightly, and fine beads of cold sweat formed on her forehead.

As time passed, a hazy red mist rose from her body, as though the blood within her had seeped from her pores and evaporated into the air.

An hour later, Aornia's aura suddenly surged, and her bottleneck broke through as well.

Aornia slowly opened her eyes and saw Su Yu before her, his face filled with concern.

She smiled softly, and the whole world seemed to brighten at once.

Aornia rose to her feet and checked her condition, a strange expression appearing on her face.

Seeing this, Su Yu's heart, which had just settled, immediately tightened again. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

Aornia spoke in a complicated tone. "I don't know if it's just my imagination, but when I circulated my Soul Power just now, it felt like my cultivation speed had increased... Does the Blood Crown Flower have the ability to improve a Soul Master's talent?"

Su Yu smiled and shook his head. "How could that be? If the Blood Crown Flower truly had such an effect, its species would have been wiped out long ago."

"As everyone knows, absorbing a suitable soul ring can also strengthen one's martial soul."

"I imagine it is because this soul ring is such a perfect match for you that you feel this way."

Aornia looked puzzled. "Then why isn't my first soul skill an offensive one?"

"Our family's inherited martial soul is supposed to be an assault type, isn't it?"

Su Yu reminded her, "Have you forgotten? Your martial soul mutated. It is no longer the family's inherited Full Moon martial soul."

At those words, Aornia's gaze dimmed slightly. She mocked herself, saying, "That's right. My martial soul underwent a malignant mutation, so... Ow~"

Aornia covered the top of her head with both hands and looked at Su Yu through tearful eyes.

Su Yu withdrew his hand and said, "Who said your martial soul was a malignant mutation? Of course you don't need to follow the assault path, because you are going to become an all-round Soul Master!"

"Huh?"

Seeing Aornia crouching defensively with her head covered, Su Yu's lips curled upward. "You can attack when advancing, defend when retreating, heal people, and provide support. How is that not an all-round type?"

Aornia rubbed her head and asked curiously, "Wouldn't that make me a jack of all trades, master of none?"

"Others would. You wouldn't... Hurry and tell me about your first soul skill. Let's see whether it's what I thought."

Aornia's eyes curved into crescents as she said, "My first soul skill is called Moon Blood. It is a little, a little like the soul skill of a food-type martial soul."

"After it is activated, it can condense a medicinal liquid resembling fresh blood."

"The medicinal liquid must be consumed before it can take effect."

Su Yu pressed, "What effects does it have?"

"The first effect is that the consumer will receive healing, and their injuries will recover faster."

"As for the second-stage effect..."

Aornia poured Soul Power into her martial soul. The Blood Moon in her palm immediately lit up, casting down gentle moonlight.

"As long as someone is illuminated by my moonlight, the second-stage effect will activate."

"The consumer's Soul Power will continuously dissipate, and the speed will grow faster and faster until all the Soul Power in their body is exhausted."

Then Aornia added, "However, the medicinal liquid produced by the first soul skill must be consumed within five minutes for it to have that effect."

"If it is consumed after five minutes, the consumer's strength will increase by fifty percent for half an hour. After the effect ends, they will be weakened for a day."

After hearing the effects of Aornia's soul skill, a storm had already risen in Snake Lance's heart.

He had not expected the soul beast Su Yu selected to be so compatible with Aornia, producing such an inconceivable soul skill.

Su Yu's grin had stretched as wide as it could. "There are still a bit too few effects... But the most important goal has been achieved."

"Those effects are still too few?"

Snake Lance could not help saying, "As far as I know, no single soul skill from any food-type Soul Master has ever achieved such a level."

Su Yu explained, "Blood Crown Flowers parasitize other soul beasts and gain a unique ability depending on the soul beast they parasitize."

"Now it seems that this Blood Crown Flower parasitized some kind of strength-type soul beast, which is why it has this effect."

Aornia asked curiously, "Su Yu, what did you mean when you said the most important goal...?"

Su Yu continued, "To give you healing abilities, while also testing my idea and preparing for your fourth soul ring."

Aornia asked curiously, "Have you already planned out my path for the next several decades?"

Su Yu rolled his eyes. "It is only level forty. Why would that take so long?"

Aornia lowered her head and said dejectedly, "But my martial soul has..."

Seeing Su Yu's right hand lift slightly, Aornia hurriedly closed her mouth and swallowed the rest of her words.

"Don't worry. Didn't you feel it too? After obtaining your first soul ring, your cultivation speed increased greatly. It will only get faster and faster in the future."

After comforting Aornia, Su Yu turned to Snake Lance and said, "The hunt is over. Let's head back!"

Snake Lance nodded, then led everyone back the way they had come.

After returning to the carriage, Aornia poked Su Yu and asked, "You said earlier that you wanted to develop me into an all-round Soul Master. Then what types will my later soul skills be?"

Su Yu thought for a moment, then rose and sat beside Aornia. Leaning close to her ear, he said softly, "According to my plan, your first soul skill will focus on healing, preferably with some additional support effects mixed in."

"The second soul skill... can barely count as support. It will strengthen your 'teammates.'"

"The third soul skill will be an assault skill. In other words, you will not have a certain degree of self-protection until you reach the Soul Elder stage."

"The fourth soul skill will be an enhanced version of the first soul skill, except it will strengthen the other support effects rather than the healing ability."

"The fifth soul skill will be an evasion type. Even if you cannot defeat your opponents, you can still annoy them to death."

As Su Yu continued speaking, little stars lit up in Aornia's eyes. She quickly turned to look at Su Yu beside her.

Their eyes met, their breaths falling across each other's faces as both of them blushed crimson.

Su Yu leaned back, putting some distance between himself and Aornia. A bronze-colored cone-shaped object immediately surfaced in his mind, and his gaze instantly cleared.

He gave a light cough, his eyes wandering as he said, "Anyway, that's the preliminary plan... But plans can never keep up with changes. No one can say for certain what the future will bring."

After that, neither of them spoke, and silence settled over the carriage.

At Aornia's request, the carriage did not return to the Crown Prince's Residence. Instead, it headed toward the junior division of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Su Yu sighed. "The morning is almost over. Why are you in such a hurry to come to school? Didn't you hate going to school?"

Aornia blinked, her eyes curving into crescents. "But now I like going to school!"

"Why?"

Seeing Aornia smile without saying anything, Su Yu asked, "Do you know which two kinds of people are the most annoying in the world?"

"Which two kinds?"

"One kind is people who only say half of what they mean."

"And the other kind?"

"..."