Chapter 71: Anna's Third Soul Skill, Undercurrents
After about five minutes, the Ironwood Tree Demon's vitality was completely drained, and a purple spirit power floated from its body, condensing into a bright purple spirit ring suspended in the air.
> "Nana, it's ready. Go ahead and absorb the spirit ring."
> "Okay."
Anna nodded, walked up to the spirit ring, sat cross-legged, and released her spirit power to fuse it into her Black Jade Divine Grass Martial Soul.
In terms of innate talent, Anna was likely second only to Davis, who had taken five immortal herbs. Compared to Zhu Zhuyun, she might even surpass her.
After two hours, she completely absorbed the spirit ring, and her spirit power level rose to level 33.
Anna opened her eyes and smiled brightly.
> "Brother Weiss, my spirit power has reached level thirty-three!"
> "Hiss…"
Everyone gasped in astonishment. A level-33 control-type battle spirit master may not sound extraordinary, but Anna was only seven years old!
Even Qian Renxue, known as a prodigy, couldn't achieve this at seven. Her future was destined to reach Titled Douluo rank!
Of course, a portion of this progress came from the external support she had received.
> "Well done, Nana!"
Davis patted her head gently and asked with a smile:
> "What's your third soul skill?"
> "Brother, my third soul skill is called Tenacity!"
As she finished speaking, her third spirit ring flashed with purple light. The Black Jade Divine Grass extended out and tightly wrapped around a thick tree that would take two people to hug.
Anna channeled her spirit power and gave it a tug—bang!
The massive tree toppled instantly!
The delicate Black Jade Divine Grass, though thin as a hair, was sharp and powerful enough to cut down a tree in an instant!
> "After activating my third soul skill, the hardness and toughness of the Black Jade Divine Grass is doubled, and it gains strong resistance to fire and ice. Any fire or ice-type attacks that hit it will have their power reduced by 50%!"
> "That's incredible!"
Davis's eyes lit up. He reached out and grabbed the Black Jade Divine Grass, finding that even with his strength, he had to put in effort to tear it—something impossible without using a spirit skill if it were even a little thicker.
> "What's most valuable," Davis added, "is that this skill scales with your cultivation. Even after becoming a Titled Douluo, it will still be effective."
Then Davis continued:
> "Nana, with your three soul skills so far, you're well on your way. But for your third soul skill, have you ever thought about transforming the Black Jade Divine Grass into a weapon?"
He was encouraging Anna to develop derivative soul skills, just like Tang San did in the original work—developing his fourth soul skill, Blue Silver Prison, into Blue Silver Spike Formation, turning a control skill into a lethal attack.
Anna's Black Jade Divine Grass was comparable in quality to Blue Silver Grass, and probably only slightly inferior to the Blue Silver Emperor. If Tang San could do it, Anna certainly could too.
> "Transforming it into a weapon?" Anna tilted her head. "Brother Weiss, is that really possible?"
> "Haha, of course! Think about it—there are wooden swords and wooden shields. Your Black Jade Divine Grass is much tougher and stronger than ordinary wood.
> And it's lightweight, too—even regular people could lift it.
> You could twist the vines together to form a wooden shield, or even better—wrap them around your body to form armor.
> With its fire resistance, even against fire-type spirit masters, you'll be protected.
> In future training, keep exploring this idea—you might develop unique soul skills of your own."
> "I understand now, Brother Weiss! I'll do my best!"
Anna was a plant-type weapon spirit master. Compared to beast-type spirit masters, her physical constitution was inferior. If she could convert the Black Jade Divine Grass into armor, it would greatly increase her self-protection.
> "Alright then. Since everyone has obtained their spirit rings, let's head back."
Davis always kept his word. Naturally, no one had any objections. They left the Star Dou Great Forest, took a carriage, and returned to Star Luo City a week later, where they resumed their cultivation.
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Meanwhile, at the Star Luo Royal Alchemist Association, medicinal smoke wafted from chimneys into the air, carrying a refreshing herbal scent.
After the Po Yi Clan relocated to Star Luo City, many of the middle-aged members joined the Alchemist Association, refining various medicines for spirit masters—both helpful and harmful.
With the Association's establishment, the status of alchemists had risen dramatically. In the Star Luo Empire, alchemists were now on equal footing with blacksmiths and even spirit masters, attracting many renowned doctors and pharmacologists to apply.
As long as one understood pharmacology and passed the Alchemist Association's exam, they could become a respected alchemist and be regarded on par with high-level spirit masters.
The greatest beneficiaries of this shift were the Po Yi Clan. More than half of the association's members now came from their clan, and the president was none other than the clan leader—Yang Wudi.
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Inside a private room in a high-end restaurant across from the Alchemist Association, Yue Guan and Gui Mei sat quietly, observing the Association's operations and waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Yang Wudi.
Since this mission was top secret, both were extremely discreet. They wore realistic human-skin masks, and Yue Guan had even dyed his hair black to avoid recognition.
Unless either of them released their martial spirit, no one could identify them.
Yue Guan sipped red wine, sighed, and muttered:
> "Sigh… Old Ghost, if we want to kill Yang Wudi, we'll have to strike at night and flee immediately after."
For ten days, they had been monitoring Yang Wudi's movements. They had hoped to ambush him while he was en route to or from home—but had underestimated his obsession with alchemy.
Yang Wudi hadn't left the Alchemist Association once in ten days. He ate and slept inside the facility.
Yue Guan had considered poisoning his food, much like Dugu Bo once did, but it turned out there was an employee cafeteria inside the Association, with dedicated alchemists testing the food daily.
With so many detoxification experts and spirit healers on duty, tampering with the food was impossible.
Under such tight surveillance, the only option left was a direct assault—but even that wouldn't be easy.
Dai Pojun had assigned 1,000 elite guards to patrol and defend the Alchemist Association, including dozens of black-clad warriors with explosives strapped to their bodies.
And on top of all that, Yang Wudi's own strength was comparable to a Contra.
Given such defenses, successfully assassinating Yang Wudi was next to impossible.
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