Second Soul Ring Upgrade

"Xiao Wu, let me show you something."

After Xiao Wu had recovered her mood, Hu Jiu smugly held out his hands.

From nothing, a ball formed entirely from condensed soul power appeared. It spun rapidly in Hu Jiu's hands, the airflow from its rotation stirring his clothes.

"Rasengan, go!" After being compressed and spun, the condensed soul power ball slammed into the ground, leaving a small crater as dirt flew in every direction. Its power was already comparable to a firecracker.

This was only its level-zero state. Once it leveled up in a few days, it could probably be used in battle.

Ever seen a Rasengan smashed into someone's face?

When that time came, he could attack with both hands, slapping one onto whoever he caught. His Attack Ability would be no weaker than a Battle Soul Master's.

"Huh? Xiao Jiu, did you successfully create your skill?" Pride filled Xiao Wu's delighted gaze. This was a self-created skill!

Ordinary Soul Masters could only use the few skills attached to their spirit rings for their entire lives. How could they be as talented as Xiao Jiu, creating one useful skill after another?

So—

"I want to learn!" Xiao Wu shouted.

"Hehe, learn it, then. This skill will be quite helpful to your fighting style." Hu Jiu nodded with a smile. "But if you want to learn my Rasengan, your current Soul Power Control Ability still isn't enough. Work hard. Once you meet the requirements, I'll teach you."

His Rasengan was considered an advanced Soul Power Control skill. It could only be learned after Soul Power Control reached a certain level.

At present, one needed at least level six Soul Power Control to learn the Rasengan.

Let alone Xiao Wu, even Tang San had not reached that requirement.

Tang San's Soul Power Control was roughly at level five, while Xiao Wu's was a little lower, only level four for now. Learning the Rasengan would not be so easy.

"Ah, Soul Power Control is so hard to improve." Xiao Wu became unhappy. The skills Hu Jiu created had always been notoriously difficult to train. Just hearing about the string of Water Walking training exercises was enough to make her head hurt.

"Haha, that's because you're too lazy. You spend all your time playing instead of training. Look at Little San—he's almost met the requirements already. You need to work harder."

Making Xiao Wu train seriously was not difficult. He only had to stir up her competitive spirit, and Tang San was the perfect person for comparison. After all, Xiao Wu had always refused to concede to Tang San!

Sure enough, upon hearing that Tang San's Soul Power Control level was higher than hers, Xiao Wu became extremely dissatisfied. She did not even rest, immediately beginning her training on the spot.

At Xiao Wu's level, she needed someone's help when training Soul Power Control.

She could already walk normally on water. Next, she needed to train fighting on the water's surface.

Hu Jiu said he could help with that training.

His new Rasengan had just been completed, and he needed practice before he could use it in battle. This was the perfect opportunity to train alongside Xiao Wu.

Hu Jiu's training direction was simple: mainly improving the Rasengan's casting speed and cohesion.

The faster the skill was cast, the smaller the condensed Rasengan became, and the greater its power.

With the AFK Panel providing him with experience simultaneously, it took only a little over a day for the Rasengan to reach level one.

A level-one Rasengan had been compressed to about the size of a pomelo and could be cast in roughly one second.

After that, it took around another ten days for the Rasengan to reach level two. At that point, it was about the size of an apple and could be cast in half a second.

It was also on that day that his Second Soul Ring reached the Hundred-Year Limit, becoming his second yellow spirit ring.

As for the effect of the yellow spirit ring...

"Hey, Tang San, why are you following me? Do you want to fight?" At dusk, Xiao Wu was walking down the road when she suddenly turned around and looked at Tang San, who was following her.

"Who did you say I am?" The person behind Xiao Wu stepped in front of her and asked with a serious expression.

"Is something wrong with you, Tang San? You're Tang San. What, did your brain break?"

Faced with Xiao Wu's blunt words, the person standing before her twitched at the corner of his mouth before finally bursting out laughing.

This Xiao Wu really was not very friendly toward Tang San!

"Xiao Wu, take another look. Who am I?" After the effect ended, the figure's face and body began to change. Before long, he had turned into Hu Jiu.

"Xiao Jiu?" Xiao Wu watched in confusion before immediately realizing that Hu Jiu had tricked her.

But Xiao Jiu's Transformation Skill had never been this perfect before. Not only was his face identical, even his body had changed.

"How Was It? Could you tell the difference between Tang San and me just now?" Hu Jiu asked with a broad smile.

He discovered that the Hundred-Year Level Transformation Skill had become much stronger. Now, not only could he perfectly transform into anyone's appearance, even his aura was completely indistinguishable. With this skill, he could impersonate others without any problem—as long as he did not reveal his Martial Soul.

His current Transformation Skill still could not transform Martial Souls.

"I couldn't tell. Not only were your face and body the same, even your aura was identical. That's amazing!" Xiao Wu exclaimed.

Amazing was exactly right. He just did not know whether a Hundred-Year Limit transformation could conceal Xiao Wu's Soul Beast aura.

There was no way for him to verify that. After all, no one below the level of a Titled Douluo could discover Xiao Wu's true form.

Whether it could hide it or not, he decided that he would have Xiao Wu eat one of his Transformation Carrots every day from now on. What if it really could conceal her aura?

Besides transforming into others, the Transformation Skill also strengthened him considerably. The Hundred Year Soul Ring raised his Soul Power Level to twenty-one, and when used on himself, it enhanced his muscles, nervous system, and more. The effect had improved by at least five times compared to before.

Just from its current effects, he knew that he had made the right choice. This Spirit Ring Skill had been worth it.

At the same time, he was looking forward to the changes after the spirit ring upgraded to the Thousand Year level.

Would he be able to perfectly create other people's spirit rings, or transform into other animals like Metamon...

A month later, with the academy's break approaching, the Rasengan reached level three. The condensed Rasengan was only the size of an egg, yet anyone with eyes could see the astonishing fluctuations emanating from his soul power sphere.

After training for this period, Xiao Wu had gained quite a bit as well. Her Soul Power Control had reached the requirement for learning the Rasengan, and she was currently undergoing the Rasengan's first training exercise: Exploding Water Balloon.

Tang San was not doing badly either. Since he had to train the techniques in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in addition to Soul Power Control, his progress had not been as fast as Xiao Wu's. Still, he had reached level six and was also beginning Rasengan training.

Speaking of which, in terms of cultivation talent alone, Tang San seemed to be inferior to Xiao Wu. However, Xiao Wu loved to play and did not put much thought into training, making her talent seem roughly equal to Tang San's.

In the blink of an eye, Hu Jiu had already spent a year at the academy. During that time, Old Jack, Hu Rui, and Emma had also visited several times.

Now, it was time for the academy's break.