Douluo: Bloodline Insufficient? Brains Make Up For It!
Chapter 16

The Unexpected Birth of the Five Elements Spear Spirit (Please Keep Reading!!!)

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The Unexpected Birth of the Five Elements Spear Spirit (Please Keep Reading!!!)

In the dim Consciousness Space, a brush floated up and down. At times, it transformed into a long spear and danced, erupting with an unstoppable aura.

While meditating, Xu Yuan sensed his two Martial Souls.

The Heaven Origin Brush shifted between its two forms as he explored their respective traits.

As for his other Martial Soul, the brain, it was currently manifesting above this wisp of Xu Yuan's consciousness.

Soul Power circulated through his body, stimulating several acupoints at once. Xu Yuan's blood and qi immediately surged. Within the Consciousness Space, a brain gradually materialized above Xu Yuan's illusory figure.

Changing the method used to stimulate his blood and qi, Xu Yuan continuously attempted to manifest his Brain Martial Soul within the Consciousness Space.

This was the Body Sect Secret Technique. By stimulating one's blood and qi, it gradually manifested the Body Martial Soul within this Consciousness Space. Once successfully manifested, meditation would become more efficient. At the same time, as Soul Power increased, the quality of the Body Martial Soul would receive the greatest possible enhancement.

Xu Yuan was unable to keep it up for the entire night.

The Body Sect Secret Technique consumed blood and qi too intensely. After just two hours, Xu Yuan had no choice but to stop cultivating the secret technique and focus on meditating, cultivating his Soul Power while recovering his exhausted mind and depleted body.

Early the next morning, Xu Yuan ended his meditation feeling completely refreshed.

His body showed no signs of weakness. The previous night, he had merely depleted himself by stimulating his blood and qi too intensely for a short time. After a night's rest, his body had naturally recovered.

However, maintaining the secret technique every day would still consume a considerable amount of blood and qi. Without replenishment, his body would eventually be unable to regulate itself. Xu Yuan needed substantial nourishment each day to sustain this consumption.

"Uncle, can you tell me about that Soul Spirit's characteristics in advance?" Even steady-tempered Xu Yuan could no longer hold himself back.

It was right within his reach, yet he still could not resist asking.

Seeing this, Xu Shengqun thought for a moment and decided not to keep him in suspense any longer.

"This Spear Soul Spirit was originally prepared by your father for himself. Because of the bloodline connection, the replicated template was actually related to me."

"Related to you?"

Xu Shengqun nodded.

"My Martial Soul was able to mutate and evolve into the Heavenly Saint Piercing Void Spear, possessing the ability to pierce the void. That itself proves that no matter how useless the Xu Family's Martial Souls may be, they still possess a foundation for spatial mutations."

Xu Yuan nodded.

It was like how, no matter how useless Blue Silver Grass was, it still had the foundation to mutate into Dark Blue Silver Grass with devouring abilities. After all, its tenacious Vital Energy only needed to become a little more extreme to turn into devouring.

"Therefore, your father used my Shattering Void Spear Intent in nurturing this Soul Spirit."

Xu Yuan suddenly understood, though he was also deeply curious. Did this Soul Spirit naturally possess Shattering Void Spear Intent? Or had it been imbued with the void-piercing characteristics of the Heavenly Saint Piercing Void Spear?

Facing Xu Yuan's curious gaze, Xu Shengqun gave a bitter smile and sighed. "It did not inherit my Shattering Void Spear Intent. It was an Artificial Soul Spirit to begin with, and the uncertainty was enormous, let alone with targeted cultivation. After your father failed several times, he made repeated adjustments, continually broadening the restrictions. In the end, he made the conditions for the Soul Spirit's birth increasingly lean toward a spatial attribute."

After pausing, he continued, "It was a success, but it did not inherit my Shattering Void Spear Intent. It did not even evolve a spatial attribute as your father had expected under the influence of the pure powers of water, fire, earth, and wind. Instead, it unexpectedly attained the Five Elements Attribute."

Xu Yuan blinked.

It sounded rather fantastical.

The initial goal had been the void-piercing characteristic. Then they settled for less, only needing it to evolve an attribute similar to space. When that failed as well, they tried to use water, fire, earth, and wind to evolve spatial power, influencing it with the purest power of the four elements in an attempt to force the Spear Soul Spirit to develop a spatial attribute. Yet unexpectedly, it had ultimately attained the Five Elements Attribute instead.

This Soul Spirit sounded a little rebellious.

Of course, those earlier details were merely the conditions that had been set. The moment the Soul Spirit was truly born was when the Five Elements Attribute was ultimately achieved; it had not been developed afterward following the Soul Spirit's successful creation.

Everything else was understandable, but where had the wood attribute come from? Xu Yuan did not have a deep enough understanding of the Five Elements and could not figure it out. He looked at Xu Shengqun and raised his question.

Xu Shengqun could not offer an explanation either. He could only smile bitterly. "Your father never figured it out either."

Skysea City Spirit Pagoda.

Top floor.

The branch tower master respectfully gave up his seat and ushered Xu Shengqun behind the desk.

"Spirit Transfer Envoy Xu, the Spear Soul Spirit you requested has arrived. Would you like to retrieve it now?" The branch tower master had not expected this Spirit Transfer Envoy to arrive as soon as the Soul Spirit was delivered.

In truth, anyone could guess who this Soul Spirit had been prepared for. But Xu Yuan had awakened with only Level 7 Soul Power, and only a month had passed. Even if they brought the Soul Spirit home early, he could only look at it, so the branch tower master had never expected Xu Shengqun to come today.

"It is better to get it in hand early, lest some trouble arise again," Xu Shengqun said flatly.

The branch tower master revealed a bitter smile, inwardly crying injustice.

"Rest assured, Spirit Transfer Envoy. We would naturally safeguard the Soul Spirit you have chosen with the utmost care."

"Enough nonsense. Bring me that Spear Soul Spirit."

"Yes, yes."

After the branch tower master left, Xu Yuan looked puzzled.

"Uncle, that branch tower master is a Titled Douluo, after all—"

"Hmph. Xiao Yuan, you must understand that Titled Douluos are not all the same. Even if that Zhao fellow is a Super Douluo and possesses Three-Word Dou Armor, he is still nothing in your uncle's eyes."

Xu Shengqun was instructing Xu Yuan.

"Once a Soul Master reaches Level 95, every level is another world. The emergence of Battle Armor only magnified that gap. Three-Word Dou Armor corresponds to Super Douluos, but Three-Word Dou Armor itself is divided by quality. Combined with the difference in a Soul Master's own level, the disparity in strength only becomes greater!"

Zhao Qian quickly retrieved the Five Elements Spear Spirit and returned to the office.

He also wanted to get rid of this hot potato as quickly as possible and have Xu Shengqun keep it himself. That way, if anything happened, it would have nothing to do with him, the branch tower master.

Xu Shengqun inspected it, placed the Five Elements Spear Spirit into his Storage Soul Guidance Device, and left with Xu Yuan.

Xu Family.

Xu Yuan looked at the Soul Spirit Ball before him. The transparent sphere allowed him to see the scene inside it.

A long spear surrounded by five-colored light floated within the sphere. The spear had an ancient design, with fine patterns covering its entire shaft. Fang-like markings surrounded the base of its tip, while cold light flickered from the spearhead.

As though it had noticed Xu Yuan's gaze, the light emitted by the spear intensified, clearly expressing something.

"I know. You want to be absorbed by me too, don't you?" Xu Yuan said with a smile.

The light emitted by the spear pulsed more rapidly.

"Don't worry. I'm already Level 10. I can absorb you right now."

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