Soul Skill

"Stop, stop, stop! You're talking way too fast! Even if a chatterbox beautiful girl is cute, this is too much!"

Durandal interrupted Qian Ningshuang's machine-gun-like questioning, taking the opportunity to throw in a snarky comment.

"Can't a Supercomputer hear clearly?"

Qian Ningshuang asked, feeling quite strange. In her eyes, Durandal, who possessed super-computing capabilities, was essentially a Supercomputer.

"This has nothing to do with being a Supercomputer. It's a setting I applied to my humanoid form; at the speed you were talking, a normal person wouldn't be able to hear you clearly. Next question."

Durandal didn't refute Qian Ningshuang's perception of her. As a weapon equipped with super-computing capabilities, she really wasn't much different from a Supercomputer. The only difference was, perhaps, that she was better at fighting?

"Fine. To repeat, why did you wake up? Was it because you were low on energy and went into hibernation?"

"I shut down because of world rejection, it had nothing to do with energy. I woke up because I have partially analyzed the rules of this world."

"This world is so weak, yet it could reject and shut you down? Why wasn't I rejected?"

"Can you stop relying on fixed impressions! The reason this world seems weak is because the people here are weak; the world itself is still a fantasy world, no matter how you look at it, so it's not that weak. As for why you aren't rejected, it's because you are different from me. You are the subject of the transmigration, and you were transformed by a certain power to adapt to this world the moment you crossed over. I am merely an attachment, and I was not affected by that power."

"Then why did I transmigrate? And what is that 'certain power'?"

"That, I do not know."

"Why did Abyss Flower become a Martial Soul, but you didn't?"

"Same as above. The influence of that power."

Just as Qian Ningshuang was communicating with Durandal inside her body, in the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Beneath the Lake of Life, a massive black dragon opened its eyes.

"Lord, what are your orders?"

"I sense it. A vast and pure life energy has appeared on the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. Di Tian, go find the source of this energy and bring it here."

Hearing this slightly urgent voice, the giant black dragon, none other than Di Tian, revealed a hint of hesitation in his golden dragon pupils.

"Lord, will the God Realm allow this?"

"Di Tian, are you afraid just because you were injured once?"

The voice echoing from the bottom of the lake carried a trace of anger.

"Forgive me, Lord! It is just that if this life energy does not have a significant effect on your wounds, it would be best to rely on the Lake of Life to recover slowly. At this stage, there is no need for us to provoke the wariness of the God Realm."

Although he could not see the Lord's figure, Di Tian still lowered his head.

"The purity and vastness of this life energy far exceed that of the Lake of Life. Once I obtain this life energy, my injuries will be healed in at most a hundred years! Tell me, is its effect significant or not!"

"Furthermore, there is no need to worry about the God Realm. With the arrival of this energy, the gaze of the God Realm that was watching the Star Dou Forest has already vanished."

Seeing Di Tian's attitude, the source of the voice gave him a rare explanation, perhaps out of consideration for the massive wound on Di Tian's dragon body.

"Your subordinate will go and bring him here at once!"

Di Tian breathed a sigh of relief. Since the gaze of the God Realm had vanished, there was nothing to worry about.

However, just how strong must this life energy be to allow the Lord to recover as good as new in at most a hundred years? Even the Life God King of the God Realm might not be able to achieve that.

Carrying this doubt, Di Tian flew out of the Lake of Life.

"Take Xiong Jun and Scarlet King with you. There are two other not-so-weak auras beside that life energy; an injured Di Tian might not be able to handle it."

The voice echoed from the bottom of the lake once more.

"Yes! Lord."

Immediately, a giant bear and a Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff also emerged from the Lake of Life.

"Whew."

Under the watchful eyes of Qian Renxue and her group, Qian Ningshuang opened her eyes.

"How could it be so fast?"

Qian Renxue said in surprise, and the faces of the others were also filled with astonishment.

No matter how fast a Spirit Master is the first time they absorb a Spirit Ring, it takes at least an hour or two, and sometimes even a whole day.

This was the first time they had ever seen someone like Qian Ningshuang, where the interval between closing and opening her eyes was less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

Could it be that a powerful talent can also accelerate the speed of Spirit Ring absorption?

"Ahahaha, I'm not really sure why it was so fast either."

Qian Ningshuang giggled, trying to play it off cutely.

Of course, Qian Ningshuang knew why the absorption was so fast; Durandal had already told her in the sea of consciousness.

The time a Spirit Master spends absorbing a Spirit Ring is actually rarely spent on the breakthrough itself; the Spirit Master has already broken through the moment they acquire the ring. Most of the time is actually spent on obtaining the Spirit Skill. Spirit Skills are engraved onto the Spirit Ring, and this engraving process requires a significant amount of time.

But Qian Ningshuang was different; she had a cheat. She handed the process of engraving the Spirit Skill to the Supercomputer that was the holy sword Durandal, making it as fast as possible.

And as for the holy sword Durandal, was that something she could tell others about?

"If you're not sure, then forget it. What is the Spirit Skill you obtained? Show it to us."

Qian Renxue stared at Qian Ningshuang with a look that was half-smile, half-scoff; the act was far too fake. However, since Qian Ningshuang wasn't saying anything, she wouldn't press the matter.

"The skill is called Glory. Its effect is to imbue the attacks of Abyss Flower with the fire attribute."

Seeing the expression on Qian Renxue's face, Qian Ningshuang felt her scalp tingle. Not waiting for anyone else to say a word, she immediately unleashed her Spirit Skill.

Qian Ningshuang hurled Abyss Flower at an unknown tree ten meters away. With a loud bang, the wood split apart upon impact, and where the tree had cracked, flames were already beginning to burn.

Watching this scene, everyone turned their gazes toward Qian Ningshuang in unison, their eyes filled with astonishment.

"Haha, this skill is strong, right?"

Stabbing the recalled Abyss Flower into the ground, Qian Ningshuang stood with her hands on her hips, looking as if she were saying, "I'm so strong."

Qian Renxue looked at Qian Ningshuang with a blank expression, while the three elders seemed to have words stuck in their throats, looking as if they wanted to ask something but found it difficult to speak.

Tian Yao, however, carefully weighed her words.

"It is very strong, and it's truly rare for a first Spirit Skill to cause this level of destructive power. But Xiaoshuang, can you tell me, since your Martial Soul has no fire attribute and your Spirit Beast didn't have one either, where did the fire attribute in your Spirit Skill come from?"

The smug expression on Qian Ningshuang's face came to an abrupt halt.

She had almost forgotten about this detail. No matter how outrageous a Spirit Master's skill might be, it was impossible to conjure an unrelated attribute out of thin air if neither the Martial Soul nor the hunted Spirit Beast possessed it.

The reason Qian Ningshuang's Spirit Skills were so outrageous was that her abilities had long been set by the Holy Sword Durandal. Before reaching level forty, including level forty itself, the skills she could obtain were Glory, Dea Anchora, Star Anchor, and Palatinus Equinox. These were the four sets of armor Bianka had used in her past life; she could obtain one set every ten levels, and the memories of using the armor would be synchronized into her own.

Of course, these four sets of armor were the most watered-down versions imaginable; she likely wouldn't be able to control the originals until she became a god.

As for the Spirit Skills after level forty, the Holy Sword Durandal hadn't told her. But by the looks of it, it had long since made preparations for those as well.

"This... I don't know either."

Qian Ningshuang once again bit the bullet and tried to play the cute card to get through it.

"Everyone, be careful! Something's coming!"

Tian'e's sudden, thunderous shout interrupted Tian Yao, who had been about to continue her questioning.