Stacking Spirit Power.
Su Ming's face scrunched up.
It was precisely because of the Spirit Power amplification from his first Spirit Ring that he was forced to halt his Spirit Power at the 20th rank, not daring to obtain a second Spirit Ring.
If it weren't for the fact that his first Spirit Ring's passive gave him a thirty percent amplification in various forms under normal conditions, his Spirit Power wouldn't have condensed to a near-solid state so quickly.
In the Spirit Master world, Spirit Power amplification manifests in three forms. The first is a凭空 (flat-out) increase in Spirit Power upper limit. The second is an amplification of Spirit Power's quality, strengthening the Spirit Power itself. The third, which is rarer, is a reduction in Spirit Power consumption.
Su Ming's first Spirit Ring's passive included all three types of amplification: a thirty percent increase in Spirit Power upper limit, a thirty percent amplification in Spirit Power quality, and even a thirty percent reduction in daily Spirit Power consumption.
Although the quality seemed to only increase by thirty percent, the actual effect far exceeded this ratio because his Spirit Power improvement itself would feed back into his Martial Soul.
The Martial Soul's own mechanism, combined with the Spirit Ring's effect, caused his Spirit Power quality to improve too rapidly, forcing him to condense a Spirit Core at just the 20th rank.
"Without the Spirit Power amplification effect, I would probably only reach this state after absorbing the third Spirit Ring at around the 30th rank at the earliest."
Spirit Power amplification was a death sentence for him.
If his next Spirit Skill was also Spirit Power amplification, he might face the condensation of a second Spirit Core at the 40th rank.
"But, if I don't amplify Spirit Power, if I don't push my Spirit Power to the limit, how else can I approach the secondary awakening of my Martial Soul?"
Su Ming sighed.
So, he still had to choose a Spirit Soul that amplified Spirit Power, preferably one with a spiritual attribute.
Douluo 3.
"Teacher, can the Thousand Refined metal we forge, and the subsequent Spirit Refined metal, be fused with a Spirit Soul?"
Faced with yet another of Su Ming's whimsical ideas, Zhen Hua had to rub his temples.
On this first day of teaching after accepting him as a disciple, Su Ming had asked many questions. They seemed useless, but actually touched upon the essence of forging, making them quite taxing to answer.
The previous questions were somewhat like castles in the air, but this one seemed grounded in the present.
"Spirit Refinement and Soul Refinement can integrate into a Spirit Master's body because Spirit Masters are flesh and blood, capable of housing spirit."
"What about Spirit Beasts?"
"Spirit Beasts..." Zhen Hua said helplessly, "No one has tried it, but theoretically, it should be possible to integrate them into a Spirit Beast's body."
"Also, Teacher, Spirit Souls have no physical body; they are not flesh and blood. Although they can't house a spirit, shouldn't they be able to form a contract?"
"Contract?"
Zhen Hua was surprised.
He thought about it seriously.
"You want Spirit Souls to enjoy the amplification of Battle Armor like Spirit Masters do?"
"Not exactly. The main goal is to allow Spirit Souls to gain additional abilities and evolve with the help of external forces."
Zhen Hua sucked in a cold breath, seriously considering the possibility.
"There is!"
Before Zhen Hua could give his answer, Mu Ye, wearing chef's attire, pushed a food cart over.
On the dining table before them was a plate of shrimp surrounded by an aromatic aura, each shrimp seemingly carved from crystal.
"This question, I have already verified it," Mu Ye said. "My Spirit Soul has integrated into my mecha."
Su Ming looked at Mu Ye, waiting for him to continue explaining.
He knew Mu Ye's Spirit Soul had fused with that god-level mecha, but he didn't know the details.
"Little Red is my third Spirit Soul, and also my last. When I absorbed her, she was only sixty thousand years old. She attached my sixth Spirit Ring for me."
Sixth Spirit Ring?
Su Ming's eyes flashed.
If he remembered correctly, Mu Ye's Spirit Rings were five black and four red!
"In the original plan, I should have fused another Spirit Soul for my seventh ring, allowing my seventh, eighth, and ninth rings to reach the hundred-thousand-year level," Mu Ye said. "But, when I was still a Spirit Emperor, I had the same idea you just had. Plus, I was obsessed with mechas. Even though I was only a Spirit Emperor at the time, I already had a Black-level mecha."
Spirit Emperor, Black-level mecha!
Mecha levels are different from Battle Armor. Their correspondence to Spirit Master ranks isn't as strict because mechas have a large internal space, allowing for additional energy storage. They don't rely purely on the Spirit Master's Spirit Power. Battle Armor, on the other hand, is a transformation achieved by simplifying mechas to the extreme, leaving no space for storing additional Spirit Power.
Therefore, mechas rely more on operation. If Spirit Power is insufficient, additional energy sources can be configured.
It's hard to evaluate their actual combat effectiveness precisely. Roughly comparing destructive power: White-level mechas are the weakest. Yellow-level mechas are weaker than One-Word Battle Armor Masters. Purple-level mechas are slightly stronger than One-Word Battle Armor Masters but weaker than Two-Word Battle Armor Masters, and so on.
The highest, Red-level mechas, are stronger than Three-Word Battle Armor Masters. Furthermore, because materials offer room for upgrade, their theoretical upper limit is higher.
In terms of destructive power comparison, Black-level mechas are slightly stronger than Two-Word Battle Armor Masters. Two-Word Battle Armor also corresponds to Spirit Masters at the Spirit Emperor stage.
In reality, Black-level mechas aren't something a Spirit Emperor can easily handle because they are too expensive. Even if the materials used are several grades lower than those for Two-Word Battle Armor, the quantity required would make it difficult for the mecha pilot to sustain.
The hardships Mu Ye must have endured to own his own Black-level mecha as a Spirit Emperor are unimaginable, showing his immense love for mechas.
"I designed that mecha to be the most suitable for Little Red. The core parts even used Soul Refined metal. At that time, I had Little Red integrate into the Soul Refined metal."
"I also succeeded. Little Red smoothly integrated into my mecha's core. Her age even)increased because of it, rising from sixty thousand years to eighty thousand years. After that, I stopped pursuing hundred-thousand-year Spirit Souls and focused on cultivating Little Red, upgrading the mecha again and again."
A trace of reminiscence appeared on Mu Ye's face.
Back then, he was full of passion,only wanting to witness the pinnacle of mechas, the pinnacle of the fusion between mechas and Battle Armor as he envisioned it.
"After I upgraded the mecha to Red-level, Little Red smoothly transformed, becoming a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Soul. I also gained a full four hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings."
When Mu Ye reached this point, he didn't continue on this topic but suddenly asked Su Ming, "Xiao Ming, do you know what level your teacher is?"
"94th rank?" Su Ming said.
"Yes, 94th rank," Mu Ye said with a bitter smile. "When a Spirit Master reaches the 94th rank, wanting to break through to the 95th rank and become a Super Douluo requires developing one's Martial Soul. My development of my Martial Soul kept pace completely, but I failed to break through. Because Little Red fused with the mecha, she contracted with me and bestowed upon me a full four-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, causing my very being to become too deeply entangled with the mecha. My body is my Martial Soul. Therefore, I cannot break through to the 95th rank and become a Super Douluo."
He said to Su Ming, "Theoretically, as long as I continue upgrading the mecha, Little Red's age can increase accordingly. Moreover, as the mecha improves, the restraints on my body will disappear, and my Spirit Power will increase. But the amount of rare metals needed for one mecha is a hundred times that needed for Battle Armor! If all the materials inside the mecha were replaced with Soul Refined metal, the amount of Soul Refined metal consumed would be enough to make a hundred sets of Three-Word Battle Armor."
Hearing this, Su Ming's scalp went numb.
His teacher had really fallen into a deep pit.
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