Dark Blue Silver Grass's second soul skill: Blue Silver Parasite Thorn.
It scattered tiny blue silver grass seeds through the air. After coming into contact with an enemy, they would slowly absorb the enemy's soul power and send roots into their flesh. Combined with the numbing effect granted by the Mandala Snake's first soul ring, this would escape the enemy's notice. Once enough soul power had accumulated, the blue silver grass would grow instantaneously inside the enemy, erupting into spikes.
It came from a sea soul beast, the parasitic sea urchin.
This special kind of sea urchin scattered tiny eggs for other sea soul beasts to swallow, parasitizing their bodies and gradually absorbing their vitality. By the time the sea soul beast realized something was wrong, the parasitic sea urchin had already absorbed enough energy to grow in one burst, stabbing it to death from within.
The parasitic sea urchin was a very weak sea soul beast. Generally, once it finished developing, it stopped growing and began reproducing continuously. Most parasitic sea urchins could not parasitize overly powerful sea soul beasts, so their maximum age was only a thousand years.
Unlike Blue Silver Parasite, which came from ghost vine, Blue Silver Parasite Thorn did not return the absorbed energy to the soul master, instead prioritizing its own reproduction.
Most importantly, it invaded the enemy's body. Combined with blue silver grass's characteristics, once introduced into the enemy, it was difficult to eradicate unless they noticed immediately and mutilated themselves. And because it came from a sea soul beast, it possessed resistance to fire and low-temperature attributes. Unless the internal organs were roasted or frozen, it was difficult to remove.
If it were paired with a meta-defining explosive soul skill in the future, it could soar straight into the sky.
What an Extra-Large Cup of a soul skill. To find a soul skill this strong—just what you'd expect of me.
Lu Yu smiled. This soul skill was his crowning achievement. Blue Silver Parasite itself was already large-sized, and plant-type parasitic abilities would only roll Blue Silver Parasite. He had searched for ages specifically to find a suitable animal-type parasitic soul beast, making sure parasitism was its only strong point so blue silver grass could roll it.
At the time, it had even sparked a wave of enthusiasm online for starting with blue silver grass.
Considering that Tang Ya had not used this soul skill on him just now, Lu Yu decided to show some kindness and pick an Extra-Large Cup third soul skill for her. When he reached rank thirty himself, he could get it to drop too.
"All right, all right, stop rolling around. If you have the energy for that, why not listen to me explain what you should choose for blue silver grass's third soul skill?"
At those words, Tang Ya immediately stopped crying and fussing. She promptly sat up straight, looking ready to listen at any moment.
Very good. Another power gamer.
"Your first soul ring now provides control, and your second provides sustained attrition. But have you ever thought about what your biggest problem is?"
"It's strength. Blue silver grass's strength is too low, so I wanted to enhance its devouring ability to resist being destroyed by opponents."
"Then what type of soul beast do you need to improve its strength?"
"Bamboo. Bamboo-type plants suit blue silver grass and are tough enough."
"Exactly. Next..."
Like a well-behaved student, Tang Ya immediately raised her hand.
Huo Yutong's heart tightened. Oh no, my ecological niche! Master's eldest disciple has to be me! With that, she too sat up straight beside them. Unfortunately, with her store of knowledge, she could rack her brains and still find no way into the conversation.
Watching the two grow increasingly animated as they talked, Huo Yutong felt that her teacher was gradually drifting away from her, ultimately walking off together with Tang Ya...
For some reason, she particularly hated bovine soul beasts right now.
"I get it! So we should choose a highly resilient bamboo-type martial soul, preferably one with thrusting and stunning soul skills. That way, it can also strengthen blue silver grass's own thrusting and stunning abilities!"
"Correct. A highly resilient bamboo-type martial soul with thrusting and stunning is indeed a good choice..."
"As expected, I do have a little tal-"
Tang Ya smiled.
"But that's large-sized thinking."
Tang Ya's smile vanished.
"An Extra-Large Cup is something that far surpasses its peers and can even fight above its level. If you can't even fight above your level, what kind of Extra-Large Cup are you?"
"The optimal answer is the split nine-headed snake!"
"The split nine-headed snake? What are you talking about? Didn't your book say blue silver grass inherits attributes better from plants than from animals? Why would we choose an animal for the Third Soul Ring when we want to improve resilience?"
Tang Ya wore an expression that said, "Are you messing with an idiot?"
"I do enjoy messing with idiots, but I never joke about power."
"Resilience, thrusting, stunning—those are all stats. Adding stats with your Third Soul Ring is just like your current first-ring Blue Silver Entanglement. In the hundred-year environment of the first and second rings, it's certainly usable. But once you reach the thousand-year environment of Soul Elders, others will break through it with ease."
"Likewise, if you choose a thousand-year bamboo martial soul, once you reach Soul King and ten-thousand-year rings, it won't be of any use at all."
"But... I only need to fight thousand-year ones..."
Tang Ya muttered softly. The target of her revenge was only a Soul Emperor with one white, two yellow, and three purple rings. Thousand-year soul skills really were enough.
"You useless fool! If you keep thinking like that, I'll report you right now!"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me."
Tang Ya dropped to her knees, converting to the Rabbit Sect.
"Let me ask you: what's the difference between the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and an ordinary crossbow?"
"Structure. The Godly Zhuge Crossbow's mechanical structure gives it far greater explosive power than an ordinary crossbow, allowing it to injure soul masters. Structure! Teacher, do you mean-!"
"Exactly. Since stat increases are limited, we'll start with mechanics. The split nine-headed snake's defining feature is its powerful control. Normally a large, two-meter-long nine-headed snake, when fleeing, it can actually turn into countless finger-thin little snakes and control them all simultaneously. That demonstrates its extremely powerful control."
"After absorbing it, you'll gain the soul skill Blue Silver Splitting Net. While the skill is active, the soul ring will increase your control by 100%. The fine strands of blue silver grass produced by splitting will retain their strength while responding as naturally as your own limbs. By wrapping them in a particular structure, their resistance to friction and bending should theoretically be four times the normal level at the same rank!"
"On top of that, the split snake itself has extremely high resilience, which can raise your blue silver grass's resilience to the level of a thousand-year soul beast, making it at least 1.5 times as strong as it is now. In other words, breaking free of your blue silver grass's entanglement will be six times as difficult as it is now. Even a Soul Ancestor won't be able to escape your Blue Silver Entanglement in a short time!"
"Not to mention that this soul skill can also assist the parasites, making them harder to eradicate. When the enemy unleashes a soul skill, it can instantly disassemble, dodge the skill, and then entangle them again. There are all sorts of uses."
The more Lu Yu spoke, the more excited he became. This was the greatness of the rabbit head—ultimate power. Praise the Rabbit Sect!
"I understand. In short, we just need to hunt a split nine-headed snake, right?"
Tang Ya struck one palm with her fist.
"You don't understand a damn thing! To kill a thousand-year split nine-headed snake, you need to kill all nine core snakes after it splits at the same time. Even if I can beat it to pieces, can you catch those countless little snakes after it splits? Do you have an area-of-effect soul skill? If you'd absorbed a field-covering soul skill for your first ring, we could put up a fight with an invincible skill set. Unfortunately, you have a useless Blue Silver Entanglement."
"Stop lecturing me! Teacher, stop!"
Tang Ya clutched her head and wept bitterly. They had the power now, but what could they do if they could not catch it at all? How about getting a hundred-year one?
Tang Ya did not dare say that aloud. Otherwise, the power-seeking Lu Yu would surely berate her until she was drenched in a shower of dog's blood.
Actually, that was not impossible either. After all, Lu Yu's soul rings automatically adjusted their age. What did Tang Ya's hundred-year soul ring have to do with him?
Just as Lu Yu was considering a solution, a powerful surge of spiritual fluctuations suddenly appeared. Lu Yu and Tang Ya abruptly grew dizzy and collapsed to the ground, leaving only Huo Yutong, who was grilling fish there, at a loss.
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