Big-boobed kitty?
The instant he spotted that figure, Tang San froze for a moment. If he remembered correctly, Zhu Zhuqing was about a year younger than him, wasn't she? He was only ten now-though admittedly, he looked eighteen-but wasn't it a little excessive for Zhu Zhuqing to look like a girl of sixteen too?
But remembering that this was the Douluo Continent, where everyone grew as though they were pumped full of hormones, Tang San promptly swallowed his doubts. After all, growing a few centimeters after absorbing a soul ring was perfectly normal. Add in the corresponding physical modifications it brought, and rapid growth was only natural.
At that thought, Tang San couldn't help marveling. The soul ring system might have been warped, but it truly was miraculous. Nine soul rings effectively gave one's martial soul nine chances to evolve and replenish its own fundamental essence. Absorbing soul rings that could awaken its potential or make up for its flaws would promote its evolution, even its sublimation.
The effects on the Soul Master were considerable too. In fact, if someone discovered a combination formula that could gradually improve their martial soul, then maintained it generation after generation, their clan's martial soul could advance another step after thousands or tens of thousands of years.
Take the Heavenly Dragon Sect in the original story's Douluo II-the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, in other words. From the first installment to Douluo II, and even Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King, their martial souls had kept evolving.
Their improvements hadn't actually been all that significant, though that was from a genius's perspective. In Tang San's eyes, if they couldn't upgrade a single martial soul in tens of thousands of years, they might as well find a block of tofu and bash