Ning Rongrong had never imagined that she, too, would become one of the people who got played.
She had found it quite entertaining when reading other people's stories before.
Now that it had happened to her, her chest felt stifled.
She truly wanted to have a Titled Douluo blast Shrek Academy to pieces.
Such a disgusting place should not exist!
She did not want to go somewhere like that and disgust herself, either.
But the place where she had arranged to meet Zhu Zhuqing was in Suotuo City.
So she still had to make the trip.
At the very least, she had to fulfill the Book Friend meetup.
She had already given her word, so she had to keep it.
Though she was spoiled and willful by nature, she never went back on a promise.
"Once I get to Suotuo City, I'll definitely find a chance to beat them up!"
Ning Rongrong muttered under her breath.
She had gained quite a few benefits from the comments during this time, along with some little trinkets.
She believed they would come in very handy when the time came.
She had absolute confidence in beating up those Shrek scumbags!
Having made up her mind, she once again headed toward Suotuo City.
Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu were also on their way to Suotuo City.
Meanwhile, after traveling for a long time, Ye Mu finally saw the outline of Spirit City in the distance.
Just as he was about to enter the official road, the Wordless Heavenly Book suddenly floated out.
"Hmm? Is this... about to complete its evolution?"
The Wordless Heavenly Book's unusual reaction delighted him.
When he checked the progress again, it had reached one hundred percent!
That meant his Martial Soul could finally complete its evolution!
As he pondered this, the Wordless Heavenly Book burst forth with intense golden light, completely engulfing him.
The evolution process was not long. On the contrary, it was extremely fast.
In fewer than several breaths, the Martial Soul Evolution was complete.
Once the evolution was complete, the Wordless Heavenly Book underwent an earth-shaking transformation.
The original Wordless Heavenly Book had been a half-unfurled ancient black scroll. Its cover was as heavy as ink jade, while its edges were inlaid with flowing-cloud-like golden threads.
There had not been a single word on its pages. Only faint golden light patterns flowed with Soul Power, and when the pages turned, the golden threads shone brilliantly while the inky background carried a faint purple Soul Power halo.
After evolving, the Wordless Heavenly Book unfurled to more than ten feet wide, and dark-golden seal-script patterns emerged across its black cover.
Those dark-golden patterns were not writing, but Heavenly Dao Secret Runes.
Golden threads interwove into star-track patterns across the pages, while ink-gold crystalline spots condensed at the corners. When activated by Soul Power, they gave off a faint golden glow of Dao rhythm.
Such an enormous change filled Ye Mu with excitement.
Though it was still called the Wordless Heavenly Book after evolving, its power had increased tremendously.
Moreover, alongside the Martial Soul Evolution, his Soul Power had actually risen to level twenty-eight!
This put him slightly ahead of Tang San's progress.
In just a few more days, he would probably be able to hunt another Spirit Ring and officially step into the ranks of a Soul Elder.
Only then could he be said to have gained a little foundation.
"This degree of improvement..."
After thinking it over, he even felt an impulse.
He might as well wait outside until his Soul Power reached level thirty.
But upon further thought, that did not seem safe.
His primary method of increasing Soul Power was through reading.
Only reading could raise his Soul Power faster!
The changes brought by the Martial Soul Evolution did not stop there.
His first Soul Skill, Lone Smoke in the Desert, had originally only been a single-target attack Soul Skill.
When used, it produced a streak of Ink Smoke Sword Qi.
It was incomparably sharp, but it could only attack one enemy.
With the Martial Soul Evolution complete, Lone Smoke in the Desert seemed to have changed as well, becoming an area-of-effect attack skill.
When used, dozens of Ink Smoke Sword Qi streaks flew out at once. Controlled by his thoughts, they would not stop until they struck their targets!
Its attack power had doubled, while its Soul Power consumption had decreased by fifty percent.
His second Soul Skill was Willow Bank Morning Breeze and Setting Moon.
Its original effect was for the book pages to flutter and scatter, transforming into dozens of pale yellow willow branch phantoms. The branches were soft and graceful, carrying a faint silvery radiance.
When they coiled around an enemy's limbs, they wrapped around them like living creatures, layer upon layer, forming a dark-green cocoon.
Fine white frost condensed wherever the branch shadows touched the skin, slowing the enemy's Soul Power circulation.
Faint inky poetic shadows would emerge around the bound person's body, making their movements sluggish as if they had fallen into cotton.
It could also absorb an enemy's Soul Power to replenish his own, at a rate of fifty percent.
After the Martial Soul Evolution, its power had increased greatly as well.
The Soul Power absorption and replenishment aspect had changed, with the ratio rising to eighty percent!
Furthermore, the absorbed Soul Power could be transferred to teammates.
This change would absolutely allow him to become the battlefield's healer.
With both offensive and supportive capabilities, his future potential was simply terrifying.
Aside from the changes to his Soul Skills, the evolved Wordless Heavenly Book also came with several other abilities.
Secret Rune Sealing and Literary Rhyme Deduction.
Secret Rune Sealing used ancient Heavenly Dao Secret Runes evolved from the Heavenly Book to impose multiple seals upon Soul Power, Soul Skills, energy, and movement.
It was an enhanced version of restraint and suppression abilities.
When the Heavenly Book unfolded, dark-golden seal-shaped secret runes would appear. He could imprint them upon a target, producing many different effects.
It could seal an enemy's Soul Power circulation, making their Soul Power operation sluggish and drastically reducing their output.
It could directly seal low-level Soul Skills, preventing opponents' Soul Skills below the fourth ring from condensing and causing their releases to fail.
It could seal energy attacks, Soul Power shields, and illusion-type abilities, locking them within a Secret Rune Barrier.
The three sealing effects were simply heaven-defying!
Literary Rhyme Deduction, meanwhile, used the fundamental source of the literary Dao to analyze the laws of all things, see through flaws, predict trajectories, and deduce logic. It was a mental, perceptive, and strategic ability.
It could analyze an enemy's Martial Soul attributes and Soul Skill execution paths, directly exposing the weaknesses and defensive blind spots of their Soul Skills.
It could deduce an opponent's next move and the order in which they would release their Soul Skills, allowing him to predict battle developments.
It could analyze formations, barriers, and Soul Power patterns, identify the formation core and weak points, and assist in breaking formations.
It could deduce the connections between his own Soul Skill releases and the details of how he exerted force, making his attacks more precise and his defenses more reasonable.
It was the key ability that would let him shift from brute-force combat to defeating enemies with intelligence.
It could be said that the evolved Wordless Heavenly Book was utterly heaven-defying!
After learning of these abilities, Ye Mu sank into deep shock.
His efforts during this time had not been in vain. The Wordless Heavenly Book's evolution had finally brought him rich rewards.
With the Wordless Heavenly Book's current abilities, he was confident that he would be absolutely invincible among those of the same rank.
What Clear Sky Hammer? What Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon? Before his Wordless Heavenly Book, they would all have to tremble in fear.
"With abilities like these, I really want to fight Tang San and see how effective they are."
Ye Mu murmured to himself.
Tang San was a transmigrator with trump cards like Hidden Weapons.
Ye Mu truly wanted to see whether the Wordless Heavenly Book's defenses could withstand those Hidden Weapons.
He found it somewhat hard to understand why the power of Hidden Weapons was infinitely exaggerated in the Douluo World.
At the end of the day, Hidden Weapons were merely the application of mechanical techniques.
By using ingenious mechanisms and sensible arrangements, their power could be amplified greatly.
But plainly speaking, they were just inanimate objects.
Yet the strongest Hidden Weapons could even slay gods?
Or were the gods of the Douluo World truly pathetic, aside from being able to live for a long time?
After grumbling for quite a while, he finally entered Spirit City and quickly returned to the Library.
Over in Suotuo City, Ning Rongrong finally arrived after traveling for many days.
"You are... Zhu Zhuqing?"
Outside a private room in an inn, Ning Rongrong stepped inside.
The moment she saw the girl sitting within, her eyes immediately lit up.
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