Chapter 33: Second Soul Skill

Some things can be yielded, but some things do not need to be. If one wants broader development in the future, and there isn't a big shot behind them capable of holding up a piece of the sky, one really shouldn't overthink trying to learn from Huo Gua.

It sounds cruel, but in the context of the Douluo Continent, either you have a sect behind you, or you have a powerful Title Douluo-level figure behind you; otherwise, don't even think about sweeping through your generation alone.

By the side of Sea God Lake, Xuan Lao was still leisurely eating a chicken leg, but given his Taotie Divine Ox martial soul, theoretically, if he kept eating, he could eat his way to becoming a deity...

"The New Student Class One you mentioned has indeed produced a few decent little fellows, but that little fellow acting as Class Monitor is truly not worth looking at. On the other hand, that little girl with Twin Martial Souls, Wang Dong with the Radiant Goddess Butterfly, and that Su Yu are not bad." Xuan Lao took a swig of wine and continued eating his chicken leg.

Wang Yan was a bit anxious and hurriedly spoke up: "But, Xuan Lao, his martial soul is a Body Martial Soul!"

Xuan Lao still did not agree with Wang Yan's viewpoint and said: "You should know what is most important for a Body Martial Soul. It is potential, it is the combat mutation of the martial soul. Whether it is today's match or past matches, Huo Yu Hao's martial soul has not displayed any powerful abilities; even his Spirit Detection Sharing can only be called a relatively powerful Support System ability. A single special soul skill cannot determine everything."

Wang Yan was somewhat unwilling, but he could not refute Xuan Lao's words, because everything Xuan Lao said was a fact.

Xuan Lao glanced at Wang Yan, stood up, and left the side of Sea God Lake. "Those two little fellows can be considered as alternates; as for that Huo Yu Hao, forget it."

The quarterfinals for the new students had already ended. In the original story, Xiao Xiao, who was Huo Yu Hao's teammate, unfortunately stopped at the round of sixteen, but the remaining four teams really made Su Yu feel the pressure mounting.

Among these four teams, the one universally recognized as the strongest was Dai Huabin's. If one didn't consider the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Su Yu would have absolute confidence in defeating them alone, but their Nether White Tiger is simply an unsolvable skill in the early stages; it can be called a divine skill of the early game!

However, not long after Su Yu returned, he was notified by a classmate that his homeroom teacher wanted him to go to his office for something.

Arriving at Zhou Yi's office, Su Yu stood quietly in front of Zhou Yi.

Looking at Su Yu before her, Zhou Yi said: "Your soul power has reached a bottleneck now, hasn't it? You need to obtain your Second Soul Ring. The academy will arrange for a teacher to help you obtain the soul ring when the time comes."

"Tomorrow is the semi-finals; strive to get me a first place, understand?" Zhou Yi's voice suddenly rose by eight degrees.

Su Yu nodded. "Understood, Teacher Zhou."

The teacher Zhou Yi arranged for him was likely someone from the Martial Soul Department. Su Yu had never seen him before, and the other party's strength was about the same as Zhou Yi's. Clearly, the treatment of having a teacher arranged to hunt for soul rings for a student was likely something only a very few people had; otherwise, Tang Ya wouldn't have had to take Bei Bei to obtain soul rings by themselves.

Shrek City is actually not very far from the Star Dou Great Forest. With a teacher leading the way, Su Yu was quite relaxed, though he didn't know how many years of cultivation his Second Soul Ring would need, or how many years he should go looking for.

Actually, Su Yu had a bold idea. Since he had a Mirror Martial Soul, why not try to see what would happen if he got a Mirror Beast every time? He hoped that, at best, he could copy the other party's soul skill.

However, Su Yu's thought was instantly rejected by himself. The reason was simple: unless the Mirror Beast had a qualitative leap, it would be fucking annoying if he ended up rolling the same skill.

Actually, Su Yu would rather have something leaning towards the spirit attribute. In the future, if he needed to control fragments to fight, he would either need strong Spirit Power or a certain secret technique from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

"Teacher, I need a soul beast around eight hundred years old, preferably of the Cyclops type."

After thinking for a while, Su Yu spoke to the teacher leading the team.

"I understand."

Before long, with his strength as a Six-Ring Soul Emperor, he found quite a few eight-hundred-year soul beasts, but he still hadn't found an eight-hundred-year-old Cyclops. However, this teacher leading the team found a three-thousand-year-old Cyclops...

Fuck my life, three thousand years. A three-thousand-year Second Soul Ring—you really think highly of me, you fucker!

In the end, from the many soul beasts found, Su Yu selected an eight-hundred-year-old Dark Night Bat. Although this Dark Night Bat was not entirely of the spirit attribute, Su Yu knew that, in fact, with certain abilities of the Dark Night Bat, the soul skill granted might be even more powerful than that of a Cyclops.

A Soul Emperor is a Soul Emperor; he slapped it half-dead without even using his martial soul. Su Yu wondered when he would also be able to slap people without using his martial soul to see if it was really that satisfying.

Su Yu stepped forward to deliver the finishing blow, and then a yellow Soul Ring emerged. Su Yu sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly absorbing this eight-hundred-year-old Dark Night Bat.

The absorption process was somewhat painful because Su Yu knew that his body was not considered that strong; eight hundred years was already close to the limit for his Second Soul Ring.

The yellow Soul Ring was continuously absorbed and finally merged into Su Yu's body. It seemed that after the soul ring was absorbed, the Soul Master's body would also be strengthened. This time, Su Yu felt his hazy Spirit Sea; clearly, this time it not only strengthened his physical body but also strengthened his spirit.

Although he still couldn't enter his own Spirit Sea, Su Yu could also guess the future development trend.

The Second Soul Ring absorption was complete, and the soul power that had been accumulating in his body for a long time also instantly broke through the barrier, soaring directly to level twenty-three.

Actually, this surge was within Su Yu's expectations. If it weren't for the fact that Su Yu didn't want to take all the pills that increase soul power all at once, he would have been more than level twenty-three after hunting for his Second Soul Ring this time.

But for things like pills, Su Yu knew that he absolutely could not take too many in a short period, otherwise, it was highly likely he would ruin himself. Because if it were really useful to just rely on popping pills, there would be no need to cultivate anymore.

"Let me see what my Second Soul Skill is."

Su Yu closed his eyes and carefully savored his Second Soul Skill.

Second Soul Skill, Phantom Shadow.

It creates a clone capable of attacking. Once this clone is shattered, it becomes ineffective, but this clone is completely indistinguishable from the original body and can even execute skills other than the original body's soul skills.

"Holy shit, this fucking thing is a Shadow Clone that can execute skills! It's a divine skill, it's simply a divine skill comparable to Shadow Clone! I've made a killing!"

Returning to the dormitory, Su Yu's smile became increasingly deranged, to the point that even Wang Dong was startled by his deranged smile.