Crazy Diamond, Part Two

Crazy Diamond Part 2

(Disclaimer: This chapter reflects purely personal views. If there are official explanations or differing opinions, please take it easy! Just consider this a unique point in this timeline.)

"Alright, then I will briefly explain my plan." Jodio said slowly as he sat in the chair.

"First, I want to talk about my view on the Martial Soul. Soul Power bloodline, Martial Soul quality, and mental power (soul) are all indispensable and must form a triangle. If the mental power is too low while the Soul Power bloodline and Martial Soul quality are too high, it becomes difficult to form the triangle during Martial Soul awakening. This in turn affects the other two points, causing the overall structure to rapidly deteriorate in exchange for forming a triangle, which directly leads to the birth of Martial Soul mutation." Jodio explained with gestures.

"Explain in detail." Flender had heard Jodio's theory many times, but considering Zhao Wuji's pointy brain and Teacher Shao Xin's lack of understanding, he still asked Jodio to explain it again.

"The Soul Power bloodline is generated alongside your birth. Mutating through your parents' genetic heritage, your Soul Power bloodline will also undergo certain mutations. For example, if the mother is level 10 and the father is level 7, the offspring's Innate Soul Power will fluctuate around level 10 to 5. Can you understand this?"

Jodio looked at the teachers, and the teachers nodded one after another, so Jodio continued.

"The same goes for Martial Soul quality. It exists in a state awaiting awakening at the moment of your birth, waiting for your awakening ceremony. However, during awakening, what actually awakens first is not the Martial Soul quality, but the mental power. Um, let's use an analogy." Jodio continued.

"For instance, my ancestors possessed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, and this type of Martial Soul quality can be rated as A, which is theoretically the highest Martial Soul quality I can awaken under normal conditions for my three dimensions. Now I begin awakening, and the Martial Soul quality is awakened by the force of awakening. It first looks at your mental power. Note that at this stage, it randomly looks at your other highest-level item to accelerate the completion of the Martial Soul construction, so it might also look at the Soul Power bloodline first."

"Um, right, it takes a look at the mental power and thinks, Holy crap, it actually has A+ standards! The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon is selling it a bit short, let's find something better and see if there is a temple that can house this grand deity. Alright, the temple is found: it is a hidden, unstably inherited, matching Bright Holy Dragon. No problem, the equivalent spirituality bestowed upon the Martial Soul is qualified. The Martial Soul quality immediately prepares to awaken the Bright Holy Dragon, and the Martial Soul is already constructed at this stage, just waiting for the carriage of Soul Power."

"However, when it checks the Soul Power at this moment, disaster strikes. This guy's bloodline has suffered a malignant mutation, and there is no Soul Power at all. But the Bright Holy Dragon Martial Soul is already prepared, so what can be done? The triangle cannot be formed. Then it robs Peter to pay Paul, weakening, weakening, and weakening the Martial Soul level just a bit to ensure the formation of the triangle. As a result, at this moment, snap." Jodio spread his hands and said.

"Looking back, the Soul Power has finally been raised to half a level, and the Martial Soul has also turned into the Golden Holy Dragon, but the mental power was forgotten to be weakened. So how should the mental power be handled? Mental power is a person's core, the only product that cannot be reduced. Done for, then they can only adopt Plan B: pour the excess mental power into the Martial Soul to achieve a compromised reduction. The triangle is born right there, and the Martial Soul consequently undergoes a gigantic mutation. The Luo Sanpao Martial Soul appears just like that." Jodio continued.

"So this is why Grandmaster's... Martial Soul comes with a certain degree of intelligence?" Flender nodded in realization.

"Right, mental power cannot be folded; this is a person's soul, something even more important than the Innate Soul Power bloodline. Just like Hongjun, his mental power was too low, causing his Martial Soul and Soul Power to inevitably undergo malignant mutation and produce negative effects after combining. If Soul Power were low to an extreme while mental power was high to another extreme, what would appear is probably a second Luo Sanpao." Jodio nodded.

"But some people—" Teacher Shao Xin asked doubtfully.

"Bloodline is the hotel, which is your material substance. Quality is the signboard, which determines your upper limit. Mental power is the staff inside the hotel, which determines your development. If the signboard is too big and the hotel is wretched, it's hard to make it no matter how good the people are. If the hotel is huge and the signboard is also good, but the staff neglect their proper business, it will go bankrupt sooner or later. If the hotel is pretty good and the staff are great, but alas, the ancestors left no heritage signboard, then you can only set up a separate kitchen and self-mutate to open a page of your own genealogy." Jodio explained slowly.

"Of course, what I'm saying isn't necessarily completely correct; I'm just stating my own views and the superficial conclusions drawn from studying some examples. There are still major bugs in this process, such as the frequent appearance of special cases and problems that I often cannot explain. Take Oscar for example; theoretically, his mental power, Martial Soul, and Soul Power bloodline are all top-tier, but why is Little Ao's a sausage? Shouldn't it be various kinds of food no matter what??"

This was what had always puzzled Jodio quite a bit. The comic version was slightly more reasonable, possessing somewhat the demeanor of the Food God. But this... was this really not the taste of a certain Food God influencing the manifestation of the Martial Soul?

"Aba aba aba." Ma Hongjun and Zhao Wuji showed blank, silly expressions at the same time, completely baffled by Jodio's long string of explanations.

"I understand." Shao Xin nodded thoughtfully.

"When all is said and done, it's still a matter of mutation. Deficiencies in the Martial Soul will cause adverse conditions to appear in the Martial Soul, which is what we often call congenital deficiency."

Teacher Shao Xin said this to Teacher Zhao Wuji, and Teacher Zhao Wuji also had a sudden flash of enlightenment, finally understanding Jodio's meaning. It turned out to be such a simple logic, and Little Jo had explained it for so long??

"Then why didn't you just say that the Martial Soul mutated? What did you say all that stuff I couldn't understand for?" Zhao Wuji asked helplessly as he looked at Jodio.

Jodio was also stunned by the question. That's right, why did I explain such a large pile of things to you! Just a single sentence about a mutated and deficient Martial Soul would have cut it!

"Right, why did I talk so much with you, Teacher? Anyway, with your pointy head, you wouldn't understand either." Jodio said thoughtfully.

"You brat—" Zhao Wuji felt his fist harden. What's wrong with a pointy head! It was from sleeping!

"All in all, the words just now only indicate that I have done a bit of research on this, and everyone is welcome to actively voice differing opinions, but I won't listen. Now I am going to talk about the solution for Little Ma's Martial Soul." Jodio terminated the topic and immediately entered the next phase.

"My Crazy Diamond can repair damaged things. Through my theory just now about the Martial Soul establishing the triangle first and then being rebuilt, it should be able to repair Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul. But I cannot be certain it will definitely work, so this plan has an even more dangerous option with greater rewards." Jodio said seriously.

"That is to complete a re-damage of the Martial Soul through self-corruption, and then use Crazy Diamond to repair it according to my will. That way, the Martial Soul problem might just be completely resolved!"

←To Be Continued

Gao Weis—Jojo! (Sound of a coin dropping) (Part 5 Jojo transition music)

Currently publicly available intelligence:

Martial Soul: Phoenix Legend / Evil Phoenix (Phoenix Legend) (Level 31)

Holder: Ma Hongjun

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Spirit Rings: Yellow, Yellow, Purple (1,300-year-old Blazing Shadow Tiger)

Destructive Power: B+, Speed: B, Range: D, Persistence: D, Precision: E+, Growth Potential: B

Martial Soul Abilities: Summons roaring flames and a phoenix phantom to cover oneself, simultaneously enhancing attack power and speed. However, this Martial Soul is difficult to sustain; in fact, it is better suited for hit-and-run combat.

The Flame Scorching Guard can halve the impact received by the user and increase the flame radiation range, while the second spirit skill (Flame / Phoenix Burst Charge) can double the user's speed for a short time and create flame trails lasting for a period along the path traveled.

The newest third spirit skill (Phoenix Nebula Split) possesses exceptional offensive power and speed, and also boasts extremely formidable attacking capability. It can be said to be the current highest-damage skill of this Martial Soul. Flexibly utilizing the speed-defense-kiting effect of spirit skill combinations to exhaust the enemy's Soul Power, and then using the third spirit skill to unleash a burst attack, is a very mature and reliable combat tactic.