Abnormal Soul Skill Amplification Ratios

Azure Wood Puppet had already raised both arms high, ready to smash them down hard on the rapidly approaching Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake!

The Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake naturally saw Azure Wood Puppet's thick arms descending with overwhelming force.

If this blow landed solidly, the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake would probably lose all ability to resist at once.

The Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake understood this as well and immediately let out a shrill, urgent hiss.

The fleshy crest atop its head flashed once more. It abruptly twisted its body and narrowly avoided Azure Wood Puppet's ambush.

After using its instant acceleration twice in succession, the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake's crest looked noticeably withered, and the energy stored within had clearly been greatly depleted.

But it had all been worth it. After evading Azure Wood Puppet's attack, the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake immediately let out a delighted hiss.

It seemed to be celebrating its escape, or perhaps mocking Ning Chen and Azure Wood Puppet.

"Beast, you're celebrating too soon!"

During his earlier exchanges with the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake, Ning Chen had never revealed the Wind-Chasing spell attached to his Wind-Chasing Boots, relying only on ordinary acceleration inscriptions.

Just as the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake believed it had escaped death and was hissing in celebration, Ning Chen directly activated the Wind-Chasing spell attached to his boots.

His speed surged instantly, and within three seconds, he rapidly closed the distance between himself and the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake.

Three seconds later, the bright spell light on the Wind-Chasing Boots gradually faded, yet Ning Chen was still more than ten meters away from the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake.

Ning Chen immediately raised the Fierce Slash Blade in his hand high. As Soul Power poured into it, the intricate red patterns on its blade lit up instantly.

The Soul Power quickly finished gathering, and he swung down fiercely.

A scarlet blade aura, visibly more solid and longer than the blade itself, shot out from the Fierce Slash Blade.

Its blazing heat made the green leaves of the surrounding trees curl slightly just as it passed.

Flame Slash flew at astonishing speed toward the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake.

At that moment, the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake had exhausted the energy gathered in its crest and had yet to recover its momentum. On top of that, its stamina had been nearly depleted, and its speed was no longer anywhere close to what it had been at the beginning.

Though it dodged with all its strength, Flame Slash still struck the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake's body.

The scorching, razor-sharp slash instantly tore open the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake's body, but it did not end there.

The fire-element power within Flame Slash suddenly became active, and then a thunderous boom rang through the dense forest.

Ning Chen had directly detonated the fire-element power within Flame Slash, instantly blasting the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake until its flesh split and blood flew.

The explosion's aftershock sent it flying. Half of its left wing was even blown away, leaving it unable to maintain its flying posture.

This was the explosive effect attached to the Flame Slash unleashed by the Second-Level Flame-Slashing Blade. Its power had undoubtedly risen to an entirely new level compared to the first-level Fierce Slash Blade.

Ning Chen activated the Wind-Chasing spell of his Wind-Chasing Boots again. His speed soared once more as he arrived where the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake had fallen.

The Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake was still struggling desperately, but its body had nearly been blown in half by Flame Slash's explosion. It had even lost half of the wings on its back and had completely lost the ability to move.

Seeing Ning Chen approach, the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake struggled to raise its head and hiss at him, its eyes filled with cruelty and resentment.

Ning Chen did not care in the slightest. He walked straight up to the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake and ended it with a single slash.

He then had Azure Wood Puppet stand guard nearby while he sat cross-legged on the ground and began absorbing the purple Millennium Soul Ring produced by the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake.

Possessing the Nine Yang Divine Skill made Ning Chen's absorption of Soul Rings exceptionally fast.

In less than half an hour, Ning Chen had completely absorbed the Millennium Soul Ring produced by the Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake, and his Soul Power directly surged to level twenty-six!

Ning Chen's Soul Power had already reached level twenty three months ago.

He had merely delayed setting out to hunt a Soul Beast in order to forge protective magical artifacts.

Yet throughout those three months, Ning Chen had continued cultivating without pause.

Now that he had obtained a Soul Ring, all that accumulated Soul Power finally burst forth.

At Ning Chen's cultivation speed, his Soul Power would likely reach level thirty in another month or two, and he would need to consider obtaining his third Soul Ring.

Cultivating too quickly was, for Ning Chen, a happy kind of trouble.

When he summoned his Martial Soul, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda seemed to have become even more magnificent and exquisite. One yellow and one purple Soul Ring also emerged behind Ning Chen.

The soul skills of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul almost all followed fixed patterns. The first soul skill was strength amplification, so the second was naturally speed amplification.

"Seven treasures turn and reveal their glaze; the second treasure is called speed!"

Ning Chen immediately tested his soul skill. This time, he did not activate the Wind-Chasing Boots.

Yet under the enhancement of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's second soul skill, his speed was actually even faster than it had been when he activated the inscriptions on the Wind-Chasing Boots!

Like the strength amplification, the speed amplification granted to Ning Chen by the Millennium Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake also far exceeded the usual thirty-five percent amplification ratio of ordinary Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters.

Moreover, because he had gained another Soul Ring, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's amplification ratio had also increased. However, it was not the customary ten percent, but fifteen percent!

Adding that fifteen percent, Ning Chen's strength and speed amplification both reached fifty percent!

Such an amplification ratio had long since surpassed Ning Rongrong at the same cultivation level.

This was an amplification ratio that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters could only achieve at the Soul Ancestor level, yet Ning Chen had reached it while still a Grand Soul Master!

It was utterly abnormal!

One had to know that when Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters enhanced themselves, their power did not weaken like Oscar's soul skills did.

Whether enhancing others or themselves, the amplification ratio remained fixed.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was an auxiliary-type Martial Soul, stacking its effects on oneself was equivalent to possessing at least six amplification-type soul skills.

If one also possessed sufficient offensive methods, how would that differ from an assault-type Soul Master with an entirely amplification-based set of soul skills? Moreover, the amplification ratio of amplification-type soul skills would not weaken as a Soul Master's realm increased.

Ning Chen rubbed his chin, feeling as though he had discovered an entirely new way to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was an auxiliary-type Martial Soul, Soul Master cultivation realms were all the same.

Though the era of soul tools had not yet arrived in this period.

Self-created soul skills had always existed.

The direct-line Soul Masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had always sought out Soul Masters with powerful offensive abilities as partners to protect them.

But if they could spend more time creating self-created soul skills for self-defense, they could likewise greatly improve their ability to protect themselves.

In the end, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had been harmed by the entrenched ideas of the Soul Master World.

Did an auxiliary-type Martial Soul only have to create self-created soul skills related to assistance or amplified support?

Even if their offensive ability was insufficient, could creating several movement-type self-created soul skills not greatly improve their ability to survive?

Although Ning Chen currently focused on cultivating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, pairing it with a full set of soul tools could still allow him to display considerable combat power.