Piling up spirit power...
Su Ming's face crumpled.
It was precisely because of the spirit power amplification from his first spirit ring that he had to stop at twenty-first rank and dared not acquire a second spirit ring.
If it weren't for the passive thirty percent amplification in various forms that his first spirit ring constantly provided him, his spirit power wouldn't have condensed to near-solid so quickly.
spirit power amplification in the Spirit Master's world has three forms: the first is a direct increase in the spirit power cap, the second is an enhancement of spirit power quality, strengthening the body itself, and the third, which is less common, is a reduction in spirit power consumption.
Su Ming's first spirit ring possessed all three types of amplification passively: his spirit power cap increased by thirty percent, his spirit power quality amplified by thirty percent, and even his daily spirit power consumption was reduced by thirty percent.
While the quality seemingly only increased by thirty percent, in reality, it far exceeded this proportion, because his spirit power increase would also feed back into his Spirit.
The inherent mechanism of his Spirit, coupled with the spirit ring effect, caused his spirit power quality to improve too rapidly, forcing him to condense a Soul Core at only twenty-first rank.
"If there weren't any spirit power amplification effects, I would at least be able to absorb the third spirit ring after reaching thirty-first rank before it would be like this."
For him, spirit power amplification was a death knell.
If the next Spirit Ability was still a spirit power amplification, then he might have to face the condensation of a second Soul Core at forty-first rank.
"But, if I don't amplify my spirit power and don't push it to its limit, where do I even begin with the second awakening of my Spirit?"
Su Ming sighed.
Therefore, he still needed to choose a Soul Spirit that amplified spirit power, and ideally, one that also possessed a mental attribute.
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douluo continent iii.
"Teacher, can the Thousand Forging metal we forge, and the subsequent Spirit Forging metal, be fused with Soul Spirits?"
Faced with yet another of Su Ming's wild ideas, Zhen Hua couldn't help but rub his temples.
After becoming his disciple, on this first day of teaching, Su Ming asked many questions; seemingly useless, yet all touching upon the essence of forging, making Zhen Hua's answers quite taxing.
The previous questions were somewhat theoretical, but this one seemed to be grounded in the present.
"Spirit Forging and Soul Forging can integrate into a Spirit Master's body because Spirit Masters are flesh and blood, capable of containing spirituality."
"What about Spirit Beasts?"
"Spirit Beasts…" Zhen Hua said helplessly, "No one has tried, but theoretically, it should be possible to integrate them into a Spirit Beast's body."
"Also, Teacher, Soul Spirits don't have a physical body; they're not flesh and blood. Although they can't contain spirituality, they should be able to be contracted, right?"
"Contract?"
Zhen Hua was surprised.
He began to think seriously.
"You want Soul Spirits to enjoy the amplification of Dou Armor like Spirit Masters do?"
"Not exactly. The main goal is to allow Soul Spirits to gain additional abilities and evolve with external assistance."
Zhen Hua gasped, pondering the possibility seriously.
"Yes!"
Before Zhen Hua could answer, Mu Ye, dressed in a chef's uniform, pushed a dining cart over.
On the table in front of him was a fragrant plate of shrimp, each one seemingly carved from crystal.
"I've already verified this question," Mu Ye said. "My Soul Spirit is integrated into my mecha."
Su Ming looked at Mu Ye, waiting for him to continue explaining.
He knew that Mu Ye's Soul Spirit was fused with that divine mecha, but he didn't know more details.
"Xiao Hong is my third and final Soul Spirit. When I absorbed her, she was only sixty thousand years old. She gave me my sixth spirit ring."
Sixth spirit ring?
Su Ming's eyes flashed.
If he remembered correctly, Mu Ye's spirit rings were five black and four red!
"In my original plan, my seventh ring should have been another Soul Spirit, making my seventh, eighth, and ninth spirit rings all hundred thousand years," Mu Ye said. "However, when I was still at the Spirit Emperor stage, I had the same idea you just had. Plus, I was obsessed with mechas, and even as a Spirit Emperor then, I already owned a black-level mecha."
Spirit Emperor, black-level mecha!
The ranks of mechas are different from Dou Armor, and their correlation with Spirit Master spirit power levels isn't as strict, because mechas have large internal spaces that can accommodate additional energy storage, not relying purely on a Spirit Master's spirit power. Dou Armor, on the other hand, is a transformation that streamlines mechas to the extreme, without space to store extra spirit power.
Therefore, mechas rely more on operation; if spirit power is insufficient, additional energy can be configured.
The specific combat effectiveness is difficult to evaluate; it can only be said that in terms of destructive power, white-level mechas are the weakest, yellow-level mechas are weaker than one-word Dou Armor Masters, purple-level mechas are slightly stronger than one-word Dou Armor Masters but weaker than two-word Dou Armor Masters, and so on.
The highest red-level mecha is stronger than a three-word Dou Armor Master, and because the materials still have room for upgrades, the theoretical upper limit will be even higher.
In terms of destructive power, a black-level mecha is slightly stronger than a two-word Dou Armor Master, and a two-word Dou Armor also corresponds to a Spirit Master at the Spirit Emperor stage.
In reality, a black-level Mecha Master is not something a Spirit Emperor can easily control, because it's too expensive. Even if the materials used are several grades lower than those for two-word Dou Armor, their quantity would make it difficult for a Mecha Master to sustain.
For Mu Ye to own his own black-level mecha as a Spirit Emperor, the hardships he endured are imaginable; he truly loved mechas.
"I designed that mecha to be most compatible with Xiao Hong, and the core part even used Soul Forging metal. It was then that I allowed Xiao Hong to integrate into the Soul Forging metal."
"I succeeded. Xiao Hong smoothly integrated into the core of my mecha, and her age even increased as a result, from sixty thousand years to eighty thousand years. After that, I no longer pursued a hundred thousand-year Soul Spirit, focusing instead on cultivating Xiao Hong and upgrading the mecha repeatedly."
Mu Ye showed a hint of reminiscence.
Back then, he was filled with passion, only wanting to witness the pinnacle of mechas, and the pinnacle of the fusion of mechas and Dou Armor in his own vision.
"After I upgraded the mecha to red-level, Xiao Hong successfully transformed, becoming a hundred thousand-year Soul Spirit, and I also gained a total of four hundred thousand-year spirit rings."
Mu Ye stopped here and didn't continue on this topic, but suddenly asked Su Ming, "Xiao Ming, do you know what rank I am?"
"Ninety-fourth rank?" Su Ming asked.
"Yes, ninety-fourth rank." Mu Ye smiled bitterly, "When a Spirit Master reaches ninety-fourth rank, to break through to ninety-fifth rank and become a Super Douluo, they must develop their Spirit. My development of my Spirit is completely up to par, but I haven't been able to break through, because Xiao Hong is fused with the mecha. She contracted with me and also gave me four hundred thousand-year spirit rings, causing too deep a connection between my body and the mecha. My body is my Spirit, so I have consistently been unable to break through to ninety-fifth rank and become a Super Douluo."
He said to Su Ming, "Theoretically, as long as the mecha continues to be upgraded, Xiao Hong's age can increase accordingly, and as the mecha improves, the restrictions on my body will also disappear, and my spirit power will increase. However, the rare metals required for one mecha are a hundred times that of Dou Armor! If all the materials inside the mecha were replaced with Soul Forging metal, the Soul Forging metal consumed would be enough to make a hundred sets of three-word Dou Armor."
Hearing this, Su Ming's scalp tingled.
His teacher had truly fallen into a pit.