Weapon-type Spirit Skill Concept, Target: Dragon Transformation

Ordinarily, this talent was something possessed by only a tiny number of people even among top-tier Martial Souls. At the very least, in this era, only the Black Tortoise family possessed Beast Soul Tool-ification.

Yet Chen Ming still gave a serious answer. Though it was difficult, it was theoretically possible. As long as one first obtained a Weapon-type Spirit Skill, then used that Spirit Skill as a foundation to gather the Martial Soul's energy, one could achieve a simplified version of Beast Soul Tool-ification.

However, the probability of obtaining a Weapon-type Spirit Skill had always been the lowest among all Spirit Skills. Weapon-type Spirit Skills were considered equivalent to effectively gaining an additional minor Martial Soul. Even a hundred-year Weapon-type Spirit Skill could remain useful up to the level of a Titled Douluo.

At present, aside from the Angel Lineage, no family in the world possessed a reliable method of obtaining Weapon-type Spirit Skills.

Perhaps after Spirit Souls emerged, a Weapon-type skill could be permanently fixed within an inheritance through the Spirit Soul method. But in this era, it still came down to luck.

However, Chen Ming had also considered using Spirit Skills that were not Weapon-type Spirit Skills to achieve the effect of acquiring a Weapon-type Spirit Skill in reverse. Even the target of this spirit hunt was related to that idea.

Dugu Bo was helpless, yet relieved as well. Looking at Chen Ming, he had no idea what to say. Only after a long while did he remember to ask why Chen Ming had suddenly come looking for him. Could it be that he wanted to show off this Beast Soul Tool-ification?

"Senior Dugu, I'd like to ask you to help me hunt a Spirit Ring."

"Hunt a Spirit Ring? You finally want to hunt one? I thought you had been waiting for something. Your Soul Power Level had already reached its current limit, yet you still hadn't obtained a Spirit Ring. So you were waiting for this Beast Soul Tool-ification talent to be completed."

Dugu Bo stood up and asked Chen Ming.

"How does this talent help with obtaining a Spirit Ring?" Dugu Bo had grown used to Chen Ming answering whatever he was asked, so he did not beat around the bush or probe indirectly. He went straight to the heart of the matter.

"It will help. In theory, completing Beast Soul Tool-ification means my control over Soul Power has become more refined, and I understand the origin of my Martial Soul more deeply. Under the same circumstances, I can bear a Spirit Ring with a higher age."

"Also, although I can't be certain, Beast Soul Tool-ification should have some influence on the Spirit Skill gained from a Spirit Ring. I just can't determine whether that's real or merely a possible matter of probability."

"After all, I didn't originally possess this talent. I developed it later by borrowing Senior Dugu Bo's environment. There have probably been very few people like me throughout history, so I have no reference to rely on."

"Well, I truly have no right to speak on that." Dugu Bo scratched his head, genuinely without the slightest idea.

"What kind of Spirit Ring do you want? What kind of Spirit Skill? Attack, defense, enhancement? Or perhaps control or utility? I'll help you consider it. If possible, I'll look for one in Sunset Forest."

"If possible, I want the Dragon Transformation skill."

"Dragon Transformation..." Dugu Bo's brows furrowed slightly. This really was somewhat difficult.

Obtaining a Weapon-type Spirit Skill was basically a matter of luck. The odds of gaining a Dragon Transformation skill were somewhat higher than those of a Weapon-type Spirit Skill, and there were at least some patterns to follow, but it was still absurdly difficult to obtain.

There were at least two prerequisites for gaining such a skill. First, the bloodline of the dragon-type Spirit Beast had to be sufficiently pure. Second, the type of dragon-type Spirit Beast had to be highly compatible with one's Martial Soul. Only after meeting both prerequisites could one possibly gain the ability of Dragon Transformation.

Why was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan the strongest Beast Martial Soul family in the world, and why was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon the strongest Beast Martial Soul in the world?

Because their direct descendants were born with a Dragon Transformation method that required no Spirit Ring to obtain and could be inherited reliably. It was equivalent to naturally possessing an additional top-grade enhancement Spirit Skill.

However, this Dragon Transformation was not merely a secret technique. It also relied heavily on the pure bloodline of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, to the point that only a few direct descendants within the clan could use it.

Yet even with so many restrictions, this Dragon Transformation remained something countless people could envy for a lifetime without ever obtaining.

"Do you have any ideas? The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has always searched for powerful Sub-Dragon Spirit Beasts like this. High-purity Sub-Dragon bloodlines are truly rare these days. There are many earth-element Sub-Dragons, but ones capable of reaching this level at five or six hundred years are rare as well."

"High bloodline purity, a hundred years, a Sub-Dragon... Putting all those conditions together... wouldn't we have to venture into the depths of Star Dou Forest and find a way to snatch one from a dragon-type Spirit Beast's nest?"

"Troublesome, troublesome. But not impossible..." Dugu Bo rolled up his sleeves, preparing to head into Star Dou Forest and capture a suitable Spirit Beast.

Although the difficulty was considerable, Dugu Bo did not think it was truly beyond him.

"Senior Dugu, no, no, there's no need to make it so troublesome." Chen Ming hurriedly stopped Dugu Bo.

If Sunset Forest had such an environment, Chen Ming did not doubt whether Dugu Bo could do it. But Star Dou Forest was truly out of the question.

If one went to a nest of high-purity, high-age Sub-Dragons and stole a dragon hatchling, there was a high probability of provoking the Sub-Dragon's retaliation. At low probability, the Beast King-level Hell Demon Dragon King might randomly appear.

Even if they could escape from the Hell Demon Dragon King, they might then directly face the legendary strongest Beast King, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian.

What was more, given Dugu Bo's level as the weakest Titled Douluo, Chen Ming feared that Dugu Bo might be beaten to death by other dragon-type Spirit Beasts before he even saw Zi Ji.

After all, dragon-type Spirit Beasts were among the strongest races of Spirit Beasts. Powerful Sub-Dragon species were not weak either. Their resistance to abnormal conditions was generally extremely high.

Dugu Bo's poison was certainly formidable, but it was not nearly as effective against creatures with high resistance and powerful vitality. If things went wrong, the chance of disaster was not nonexistent.

"The age limit my second Spirit Ring can currently bear is around thirteen hundred years. There's no need to insist on finding one that's only five or six hundred years old. And as for dragon blood, I have an idea as well. I can examine whether the Sub-Dragon Spirit Beasts in Sunset Forest can be modified."

"Thirteen hundred years? How did you manage that?"

"Senior Dugu, didn't you ask me about this some time ago? I even explained it to you then. Specifically, first do this... then stimulate the development of the body's bones... then do this... and finally, depending on the condition, do this or that..."

Chen Ming explained it to Dugu Bo for a long time. Dugu Bo realized he had indeed heard these terms before; he simply had not understood them.

He also wanted Dugu Yan to raise her own limits and absorb high-age Spirit Rings in the future. But after thinking it over carefully, Dugu Bo realized that while he could study it himself, there was already a researcher right in front of him. Why not simply ask him for help when the time came?

With that thought, Dugu Bo nodded and patted his chest at Chen Ming.

"Good. Let's go. Sunset Forest is practically my backyard. I know the distribution of most Spirit Beasts here. Since you want one, I'll take you to pick one out."

With that, Dugu Bo packed his things, took Chen Ming away from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and headed straight for the area of Sunset Forest where earth-element Sub-Dragon Spirit Beasts appeared.