Chapter 172 Qingzhu Zhu's Choice of the First Soul Ring
"I declare that the third round begins!"
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The friendly match started again.
Zhong Dingxiu announced: "However, since there are nine teams that have advanced, I will draw lots. The team I choose will skip the third and fourth rounds and directly enter the final fifth round to compete with the final winning team."
No one refuted Zhong Dingxiu's actions, and no one dared to express any opinion.
Most of the captains of the nine participating teams hope to be selected and given a bye.
As long as you hold this idea, if you are not selected, you can only sigh in your heart: luck is also part of strength.
After all, if you want to accept the luck of being selected and having a bye, then you naturally have to accept the consequences of not being selected.
"I declare that the team that is given a bye and goes directly to the fifth round finals is number 18!"
Zhong Dingxiu pulled out a ball from the box, and the number on it was exactly eighteen.
"Team 18?"
"Is this team led by a teacher from Notting College?"
"Humph! Shit luck!"
"They are not just lucky. Some of the soul masters are also very strong. The guy who was able to kill Mei Shi in one move is very strong."
"..."
【Was given a bye? 】
Zhou Qing didn't feel that surprised. He thought that maybe Zhong Dingxiu noticed the strength of Qing Zhuzhu's team and gave them a favor.
But it's good this way, I can have more time to rest.
"This way, we will have time to hunt for spirit rings."
Mother Zhu said to Zhou Qing, "I will take Miss to the nearby Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts. With the first soul ring, Miss will be stronger, and the final fifth round of battle will be easier."
"Indeed, when a soul master reaches a bottleneck, it is better to obtain soul rings and break through the realm as soon as possible."
Unlike the junior soul master academy, where students need to wait until the holidays to help teachers hunt soul beasts after reaching a bottleneck; once the children of large families reach a bottleneck, the elders in the family will personally help hunt, without wasting any time.
But Zhou Qing thought of a question as he was talking, so he asked, "Can I ask, what kind of soul beast does the Nether Spirit Cat's first soul ring usually come from?"
In the original novel, Netherworld Stab, Netherworld Hundred Claws, and Netherworld Slash are the soul skills possessed by Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun. The difference is that Zhu Zhuqing's third soul skill is Netherworld Slash, while Zhu Zhuyun seems to have placed Netherworld Slash in the position of the fourth soul skill.
However, from the perspective of the growth of martial souls, like Zhu Zhuqing in the original work, the first three soul skills are physical skills, and the last three soul skills utilize dark attribute energy, which is the most suitable situation.
"The first soul skill of our family is the Netherworld Stab."
Qingzhu Zhu had known about the cultivation of his own martial soul since childhood and knew it very clearly. "This soul skill can be obtained from soul beasts such as the Ghost Leopard, Shadow Wolf, and Leaping Ghost Tiger." Zhou Qing had seen these soul beasts in the soul beast information in the library of Notting City. They were all relatively common soul beasts, but they all possessed dark attributes.
However, this dark attribute does not change the attribute balance of the martial soul itself.
Under normal circumstances, the growth of a martial soul is directly linked to the improvement of soul power level, and the attributes of soul rings, generally speaking, are not brought into the martial soul itself, but only show the corresponding external attributes when performing soul skills.
For example, in the original novel, Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass’ first soul skill is Entanglement. Only when using the soul skill will the vines of the Blue Silver Grass show the toxin effect of the Mandrake Snake. At ordinary times, Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass is really just a special Blue Silver Grass - because its essence is the Blue Silver Emperor, which cannot be easily changed by a soul ring.
The stronger the quality of the martial soul, the more difficult it is for the spirit ring to affect it.
The greatest benefit of a soul master choosing a soul ring of a soul beast with the same or similar attributes as his martial soul is that it can reduce the pain and trouble of absorption, and increase the probability of obtaining the most original ability of the soul beast as a soul skill.
In addition, there is the role of assisting the growth of martial souls as envisioned by Zhou Qing.
Just like planting fruits and vegetables, giving them the corresponding fertilizers they need for growth can make them grow better.
The process of martial soul growth is similar to watering and fertilizing fruits and vegetables. Among them, soul power is the main source of energy for the growth of martial soul; and the main role of soul rings in the growth of martial souls and soul masters is to provide soul skills and give soul masters the ability to protect themselves. The secondary role is to assist the martial soul to grow better and faster under the same attributes as the martial soul.
The most important attack skills of the three types of soul beasts, the Ghost Leopard, the Shadow Wolf, and the Leaping Ghost Tiger, are hunting skills: at the moment of pouncing on the prey, the claws will extend to pierce the prey's skin, and then the prey's throat will be bitten off with sharp teeth and mouth.
The skill that the Nether Spirit Cat gained by obtaining the soul rings of these three types of soul beasts is probably this "pounce", but the soul skill was named "Netherworld Stab".
It can be said that the three soul beasts selected by the Nether Spirit Cat Family, the Ghost Leopard, the Shadow Wolf, and the Leaping Nether Tiger, are all very suitable for Qing Zhu Zhu.
"The talents of the Nether Spirit Cat are speed and darkness, but the darkness attribute is relatively small. It needs to wait until the soul power level is improved and the martial soul grows, the darkness attribute will gradually appear. And the first three soul rings choose soul beasts with dark attributes. Is it to make the dark attribute soul power in the martial soul grow faster and better, or even show up?" Zhou Qing summarized his inner guesses and described them.
"Yes."
Qing Zhuzhu pouted. She never expected that Zhou Qing would suddenly think of the key to the Netherworld Spirit Cat's martial spirit. "So you also study martial spirits?"
"I just like to think more... I want to ask again, is there anyone in your family who chooses a soul beast with pure dark attributes as the first soul ring?"
Zhou Qing wanted to confirm whether the spirit ring really had such a big impact on the growth of the martial spirit.
The spirit ring selection of the Nether Spirit Cat family could allow him to confirm/deny his previous guesses - after all, it was impossible for such a large family to have an alliance with the White Tiger family, and there would always be people who would try to choose other spirit ring combinations. However, judging from Qing Zhuzhu's current attitude that took it for granted, the first three or four spirit ring combinations of all the direct descendants of the Nether Spirit Cat family might be Nether Stab, Nether Hundred Claws, Nether Slash, etc., as they obviously thought that these three were most suitable for early development.
Ever since Zhou Qing recognized the arrogance in his heart from Wang Sheng, he no longer dared to underestimate the wisdom of the families and sects that had been established in this world.
At least, they have rich experience accumulated from generations past in the cultivation of martial spirits and the selection of spirit rings!
Maybe they can't explain it, but -
It works!
And it might be very applicable!
These families and sects that already have a certain system can also be summarized in one sentence: We don’t understand the specific principles, but we can do it!
"There are indeed people who chose a soul beast with pure dark attributes as their first soul ring..."
(End of this chapter)
