Chapter 211: Dugu Bo: Do Other Elemental Academies Also Want Benefits?
"Controlling the seven elements? That's quite unexpected," Qian Daoliu said slowly.
Dragon-type Martial Souls are usually focused on powerful physical bodies, but the Silver Dragon is a long-range mage.
"Then, is your mental power also very high?"
Qian Daoliu now had experience with this.
To master elemental power extremely well, one's mental power must be high!
Only with high mental power can one freely shape elements and create various types of elemental soul skills.
Since Gu Yuena and Xiao Bai both follow the elemental path, probably, her soul skills are not of the active attack or defense type but rather enhance her control over various elements.
Several days passed.
The vanguard led by Dugu Bo had already arrived in Tianshui City.
Upon entering the city, they were warmly welcomed by the Tianshui City Lord, Shui Tao, and beside him was his wife, Shui Mianmiao.
"Dad, Mom, long time no see! I missed you so much," Shui Bing'er, who was in the team, immediately ran out and jumped into their embrace.
Shui Tao patted Shui Bing'er's head and smiled: "Dad missed you too. How have you been at Spirit Hall?"
Shui Bing'er said excitedly: "I've been very well! My two Masters, and also His Highness the Holy Son, are all very good to me."
Hearing this, Shui Tao and Shui Mianmiao exchanged glances but said nothing.
Suddenly, a tender voice rang out: "Sister, don't you miss me? Yue'er misses you a lot, too."
Shui Bing'er looked at her younger sister beside her and smiled: "Of course I do."
Then, Shui Tao respectfully said to Dugu Bo: "Senior Poison Douluo, it's truly wonderful that you've brought your team here this time. The Heaven Dou Empire's army has been stationed outside for a long time, and we've already had a preliminary battle."
"How are things?" Dugu Bo asked.
Shui Tao replied: "Things aren't looking good. Although Tianshui City is one of the major cities of the Heaven Dou Empire, its standing army isn't actually large."
"And after we announced our allegiance to the Spirit Empire, there were quite a few dissenters within the city. After killing a few, I let the rest leave Tianshui City."
When Shui Tao said this, he felt a bit awkward because among these people, a small number had been on good terms with him in the past, but they were completely loyal to the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
They could even be called staunch loyalists; even if they saw that the future situation was unfavorable for the Empire, they still stood on the Empire's side without hesitation.
Shui Tao admired this kind of loyalty.
He was just a common man. Since his daughter had received such great favor from Spirit Hall, the only thing he could do was pledge allegiance.
Letting them go this time was also a complete farewell to his past self.
"Oh, by the way, Blazing Academy and God Wind Academy, which have good relations with Tianshui City, have also secretly sent people to support us. They actually intend to join the Spirit Empire as well."
"It's just… it's just…"
Dugu Bo said, "It's just that our Spirit Hall hasn't promised them any benefits for recruiting them yet, right?"
Shui Tao nodded awkwardly: "Mm."
Dugu Bo chuckled inwardly. Spirit Hall had long been paying attention to both Blazing Academy and God Wind Academy, with even more focus on God Wind Academy.
After all, God Wind Academy had an Innate full soul power cultivator.
But times are different now!
If it were before, Spirit Hall might have promised some benefits because of Feng Xiaotian, who possessed Innate full soul power.
But now, in their eyes, Innate full soul power is not so special.
With Spirit Hall's resources, the cultivation speed of Innate nine-level soul power users is actually not slower than that of Innate full soul power users!
The Foundation Establishment Pill can improve their aptitude, while the Soul Ascension Pill can increase their soul power.
These two medicinal pills are enough to bridge the cultivation gap between Innate ninth-level soul power and Innate full soul power users.
Of course, Innate full soul power is not without advantages.
Thanks to their high innate talent, they can more easily overcome bottlenecks like moving from the thirty-ninth to the fortieth rank.
They also find it easier to reach the threshold of the ninetieth-rank Titled Douluo than Innate ninth-rank Soul Masters.
Of course, this is based on the premise that Spirit Hall only has these two medicinal pills.
But unfortunately, the age of the soul ring also affects the efficiency of a Soul Master's future breakthroughs through bottlenecks. High-aged soul rings provide greater attribute boosts, increasing the probability of breakthrough when encountering bottlenecks.
This involves the Body Tempering Pill that Spirit Hall developed based on whale rubber.
Therefore, the advantage of Innate full soul power is basically gone—unless they possess equivalent resources.
But unfortunately, these resources are only available to Spirit Hall!
As for God Wind Academy, it has even less value.
The only advantage of these two academies is that their students are all Soul Masters, and their overall strength isn't too weak, nor are their students' talents too poor.
But these points are not enough for Spirit Hall to try to win them over.
If Shui Bing'er weren't part of Sky Water Academy, Hu Bai wouldn't have specifically tried to recruit them!
Although Shui Bing'er doesn't have Innate full soul power, her potential far exceeds Feng Xiaotian's.
Feng Xiaotian didn't utilize his good Innate full soul power talent; instead, he practiced some self-created Soul Skill.
"Storm Devil Wolf XX Consecutive Slashes" — isn't this just borrowing from the Clear Sky Sect's "Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method"?
This hammer technique emphasizes exerting force; as long as it's mastered, the number of stacked hammer strikes can increase with strength, eventually reaching eighty-one strikes.
And Feng Xiaotian still boasts about his Soul Skill.
His Martial Soul is a rare mutated Beast Martial Soul. He didn't develop claw-type attack abilities or long-range wind-attribute area-of-effect abilities.
Instead, he focused on consecutive slashes.
His Martial Soul isn't a Weapon Martial Soul like a wind sword!
This is a clear disadvantage!
No matter how sharp the wind blades from wind elements are, they're not as hard or sharp as a Weapon Martial Soul itself!
But Shui Bing'er is different. Although her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul bloodline isn't pure—meaning she doesn't have Innate full soul power—in terms of racial rank, she completely crushes Feng Xiaotian.
The ice-attribute power unleashed by Shui Bing'er is far more shocking than Feng Xiaotian's.
And don't forget!
Shui Bing'er isn't alone!
She can also perform the Martial Soul Fusion Ability, Ice and Snow Drifting, with Xue Wu or Shui Yue'er!
In the original work, even when Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances, Shui Bing'er still made him lose his composure.
"I can't decide on this matter, but today I brought ten thousand Soul Masters to support you, including one thousand members of the Angel Legion and nine thousand other Soul Masters of various ranks. This will let these two academies see the strength of the Spirit Empire!"
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