Driving Little Scoundrel Crazy?

"Fourth Spirit Skill: Shaping Hardening. It came from the Thousand Mechanisms Iron Tree, a wood-type Spirit Beast famed for its hardness and adaptability. It allows the Blue Silver King to be shaped at will and hardened like iron. As for how to use it, like this!"

As Bai Yu clenched his fist, the Blue Silver King vines around the seven of them rapidly changed, becoming a set of lightweight, form-fitting blue armor that was as sturdy as iron.

They looked at the armor on their bodies and found that they could even control the vines to transform them into weapons such as claws and long blades. Their faces were filled with excitement, and Ma Hongjun even held a Blue Silver Long Blade as he charged at Oscar.

"Fifth Spirit Skill: Fountain of Vitality. It came from the Clear Water Lotus, a wood-type Spirit Beast known for its recovery speed and vitality. For one hour, it increases all of the body's recovery rates tenfold and suppresses certain abnormal conditions, such as poisoning."

"Sixth Spirit Skill: Boiling. It came from the Explosive Flower, a wood-type Spirit Beast known for storing and unleashing power. When used, Soul Power consumption doubles, while all physical attributes increase by fifty percent until Soul Power is depleted."

Ma Hongjun and Oscar were in midair, playing a game of "If we're brothers, come slash me!" as they fiercely went at each other.

Ning Rongrong was also excitedly roughhousing with Xiao Wu, while the other three checked their current conditions from the side and watched the commotion.

Flender turned to Bai Yu and said in amazement, "White Kid, your Spirit Skill combination is pretty good. You must have done a lot of research."

Bai Yu smiled and nodded. "Of course. I suffered quite a bit to put this combination together!"

As time passed, the excitement of Dai Mubai and the others gradually faded, and they all descended from the air.

"Bai Ge, that was amazing! So this is how satisfying it is to rush in and chop people!"

Oscar's unusually lively voice carried over. As a Food-type Soul Master, it was his first time experiencing the thrill of battle.

Ning Rongrong nodded behind him and agreed, "The sissy's right. It really was satisfying."

Bai Yu laughed as he watched Oscar freeze after taking that critical hit. Then he dismissed his Martial Soul and said to them, "The reason you were able to spar was because Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu weren't serious. Under the same buffs, they have two more Spirit Skills and more combat experience than you. If they truly wanted to take you down, they still could."

Then he turned to Tang San.

"You asked me before how Blue Silver Grass could evolve. After hearing my introduction to my Spirit Skills just now, did you notice anything?"

Hearing Bai Yu question him, Tang San lowered his head and recalled the earlier explanation. The others also revealed thoughtful expressions.

After thinking for a while, Tang San's eyes suddenly widened. He raised his head and looked at Bai Yu.

"Spirit Beasts! It's Spirit Beasts! All your Spirit Skills came from wood-type, Plant-type Spirit Beasts! And most of them have Life and Soul Power attributes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang San's expression turned somewhat ugly. He had clearly remembered his own Spirit Ring configuration.

Bai Yu snapped his fingers and nodded. "That's right. You got it exactly right—the choice of Spirit Rings! Since we've brought it up, let me teach you some things. Consider it broadening your horizons."

Tang San and the others' eyes lit up. They secretly thought that Bai Ge's knowledge was anything but simple. How many things had they learned today that they had never known before? They looked at him expectantly.

Seeing the look in Tang San's eyes, Bai Yu secretly laughed. Gangzi, you're in for a treat later! Then he began his explanation.

"As everyone knows, Innate Soul Power is determined by two factors: the strength of one's Martial Soul and one's innate physical aptitude. Martial Soul strength can be improved after birth, but physical aptitude cannot be improved without a Great Opportunity!"

At Bai Yu's first sentence, everyone present, including Flender, stared blankly. As everyone knows? What backwater hole did we crawl out of, then?

Tang San shook his head and hurriedly asked, "Isn't Innate Soul Power only proportional to Martial Soul aptitude? Why does it also have to do with the body?"

Bai Yu paused and looked at Tang San.

"You're partly right. Take everyone here as an example. Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul is the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, a universally recognized top-tier support Martial Soul. Yet Rongrong's Innate Soul Power differs from that of her relatives who also possess the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Rongrong's is the highest!"

"Oscar's Martial Soul is Sausage. It can only be considered a relatively high-grade mid-tier Martial Soul. Sausages are far inferior to those specially made foods, yet he has Innate Full Soul Power. Do you see the problem?"

Tang San's expression darkened as realization flashed through his eyes. "The difference in innate physical aptitude!"

Bai Yu nodded. "Right. Innate physical aptitude is very difficult to make up for, but Martial Souls can be improved after birth."

"Take Blue Silver Grass as an example. Its defining trait is its tenacious vitality, but it is weak. Following that trait, you would strengthen its fundamental attribute—its vitality."

Seeing Tang San's ugly expression, Bai Yu's eyes flashed with amusement as he continued.

"Then, with the support of accumulated Soul Power, Blue Silver Grass can break through the limits of its weakness and evolve, leaping into a high-tier plant-type Martial Soul or Spirit Beast!"

While everyone else looked amazed and enlightened, Tang San seemed completely out of place. Anxiety filled his heart as he continued asking Bai Yu.

"Bai Ge! My Martial Soul is also Blue Silver Grass. Can it evolve like that too?"

Little Scoundrel, you finally asked!

Bai Yu shrugged and said, "My Martial Soul only evolved when I broke through to Spirit King. That shows just how difficult Martial Soul Evolution is!"

"I see that your first ring probably came from a snake-type Spirit Beast, and it was poison-attributed. Your second ring was from a plant-type Spirit Beast, but its attribute wasn't very suitable either. It's like dripping ink onto a sheet of white paper—the difficulty of covering it up afterward is extremely high!"

Looking at Tang San's dumbfounded expression, Bai Yu decided to deal him another brutal blow!

"If you want your Martial Soul to evolve, you'll need to at least become a Spirit Emperor, or even a Soul Saint. You'll also need a plant-type, Life-attributed Spirit Bone over fifty thousand years old as assistance."

"And Blue Silver Grass is innately too weak. If it doesn't evolve, your cultivation speed will become slower and slower in the later stages, making it very difficult to reach Spirit Emperor, let alone Soul Saint. If you weren't Innate Full Soul Power, you wouldn't even be able to break through to Soul Ancestor!"

Tang San's expression finally became completely twisted. He felt like he was about to go mad! He roared inwardly, Yu Xiaogang! You have taken the Way of Seeking Death!

One of his Martial Souls had just been crippled! Bai Yu's explanation had been logical and well-founded; he had no choice but to believe it. So he felt that no matter how he dealt with Yu Xiaogang, it would not be excessive!

Among the group, Flender and the other three who did not have the Chronicle of Time Dungeon looked at Tang San with eyes full of pity. Such a fine Innate Full Soul Power, wasted!

Bai Yu walked over to Tang San, patted his shoulder, and said hypocritically, "Don't be sad. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid you'd take it too hard. Once you go out into the world in the future, you might find a Heavenly Treasure that can cleanse attributes, or encounter a Great Opportunity. There's still a chance!"

Tang San panted heavily, feeling no comfort from those words. He knew that Heavenly Treasures and Great Opportunities were not so easy to find. Then he forcibly calmed himself down.

I still have my second Martial Soul. I still have a chance. Later, I need to ask Bai Yu how to configure the hammer's Spirit Rings. I can't trust Yu Xiaogang anymore! He deserves to die!