Chapter 111: Emperor Sacred Spear
The old butler's gaze instinctively fell upon the young master's open palm as he heard the words.
A deep blue light, tinged with golden radiance, condensed in Lin Rong's palm.
Like flowing liquid, the light stretched and elongated, forming the outline of a long spear.
After a moment, the light dispersed.
A spear, adorned with faint golden patterns and seemingly crafted from flawless blue crystal, appeared in Lin Rong's hand.
"Is this… a weapon-type external Spirit Bone?"
The old butler's voice, filled with joy, carried a hint of uncertainty.
External Spirit Bones were exceedingly rare. Throughout the history of the Spirit Master world, the number of individuals possessing them could be counted on one hand.
Therefore, he could only infer that the spear before him was a weapon-type external Spirit Bone, by comparing it to similar weapon-type Spirit Abilities.
"That's right, it's a weapon-type external Spirit Bone," Lin Rong confirmed.
The Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, the eighty-five-thousand-year cultivation, and the sacrifice – these three factors combined meant the probability of dropping a Spirit Bone was infinitely close to the certainty of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast dropping one.
Although a Spirit Bone produced by sacrifice could be freely chosen from the conventional six Spirit Bones, Lin Rong had already decided on the remaining three conventional Spirit Bone slots.
Thus, Lin Rong attempted to intervene with the power of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, guiding the unformed Spirit Bone energy contained within the Spirit Ring to evolve into the form of an external Spirit Bone.
The process went smoothly, and the unformed Spirit Bone energy eventually condensed into the spear in Lin Rong's hand.
He wasn't surprised that the external Spirit Bone was a spear.
In the original work, after Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakened, the fifth Spirit Ring he obtained granted him the Spirit Ability, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
"This spear was condensed by the Blue Silver Emperor, hence I gave it a powerful name: Emperor Sacred Spear," Lin Rong stated, looking at the old butler with a lighthearted tone.
"Because it's a weapon-type external Spirit Bone, this spear doesn't provide any attribute amplification to myself. All its abilities are concentrated within the spear itself."
"Firstly, any Spirit Ability performed through the Emperor Sacred Spear will have its Soul Power consumption reduced by twenty percent, its casting speed increased by twenty percent, and its power amplified by twenty percent."
"This ability is fixed and cannot be strengthened by increasing the year-level of the external Spirit Bone."
"Secondly, the Emperor Sacred Spear possesses Emperor's Sacred Might. Enemies struck by the spear have a chance to have their currently cast Spirit Ability forcibly interrupted. The greater the power difference between the opponent and me, the higher the probability of interruption."
"The Emperor's Sacred Might can also be actively released by consuming mental power. As long as the target's mental power does not exceed mine, their currently cast Spirit Ability will be forcibly interrupted."
"Finally, the Emperor Sacred Spear can undergo Spirit Attachment."
"As my Martial Soul, the Nine Bend Vine Dragon's Dragon Soul can attach itself to the Emperor Sacred Spear, granting the spear various special abilities."
"The Dragon Might inherent to the Martial Soul goes without saying; the Emperor Sacred Spear can perfectly inherit it. The various elemental attributes possessed by the Nine Bend Vine Dragon can also be inherited by the Emperor Sacred Spear, evolving into some special abilities."
"For example, because the Nine Bend Vine Dragon absorbed the Kongqing Bamboo's Spirit Ring, it possesses some spatial elemental power. After Spirit Attachment, when the Emperor Sacred Spear inherits this spatial elemental attribute, the spear itself will evolve special abilities related to space."
Hearing this, the old butler smiled and praised, "This Spirit Attachment ability is a perfect match for your fifth Spirit Ability, the Dragon Soul Clone. Two Dragon Souls, one for attachment and one for possession—it's a perfect combination."
"Old servant, I believe, knowing your temperament, young master, you wouldn't intend to confront Yang Wudi head-on with this Emperor Sacred Spear in your battle, would you?"
Lin Rong's thoughts were accurately guessed by the old butler, and he inwardly marveled at Grandpa Yu's understanding of him. He replied, "Precisely."
"Yang Wudi is an arrogant and unruly individual. Crushing him head-on in the aspect he takes pride in will yield far better results in terms of his genuine acceptance of defeat compared to other methods."
"I don't understand spear techniques. Even if I practiced last minute, I wouldn't be as skilled as Yang Wudi, who has been immersed in this path for decades. However, sheer strength can overcome all. No matter how profound his spear techniques are, I will break them with my own power."
These words were spoken with an air of confidence and nonchalance.
The high eighty-five-thousand-year sixth Spirit Ring had improved Lin Rong's physical fitness more than the sum of the previous five Spirit Rings.
Simultaneously, his peak level sixty-four Soul Power cultivation, after all his Spirit Abilities were amplified, placed him among the top-tier Soul Douluo in terms of Soul Power intensity.
Whether it was physical fitness or Soul Power intensity, he was significantly stronger than Yang Wudi. Coupled with the power of the Emperor Sacred Spear, unless Yang Wudi broke through to Titled Douluo on the spot, Lin Rong was absolutely confident in suppressing and defeating him in a head-on battle.
Compared to the might of the Emperor Sacred Spear, the sixth Spirit Ability granted to Lin Rong by the Blue Silver Emperor, "Vine Dragon Prison Heaven Array," seemed less prominent.
The Vine Dragon Prison Heaven Array was an area-of-effect crowd control Spirit Ability. Its maximum coverage range was immense, closely related to the numerous banyan saplings of the Nine Bend Vine Dragon.
Within the Spirit Ability's coverage, it felt like being trapped in an endless banyan forest that blotted out the sky.
Each of these banyan trees could instantaneously change its position, collectively forming a constantly shifting array.
Within the array, Lin Rong's main body could instantly appear at any location within it.
The only way to break the array was to destroy all the banyan trees simultaneously. Otherwise, those trapped could only escape when Lin Rong's Soul Power was depleted or when he voluntarily deactivated the array.
The Vine Dragon Prison Heaven Array combined enemy containment and elimination, with its only drawback being a slightly… large Soul Power consumption.
However, it wasn't without its advantages. After releasing this Spirit Ability, the Vine Dragon Prison Heaven Array could actively absorb free-floating Soul Power from the air to reduce Lin Rong's own Soul Power consumption.
Lin Rong was quite satisfied with this Spirit Ability.
The strength of the Vine Dragon Prison Heaven Array depended on the strength of the Nine Bend Vine Dragon's banyan saplings. It could grow stronger as the Nine Bend Vine Dragon grew stronger, without its power ceiling being limited by the year-level of the Spirit Ring itself.
Lin Rong looked down at the many well-grown Blue Silver Grass on the ground and thought to himself:
"With Tang Hao dead and the Blue Silver King (Emperor) now my Spirit Ring, without finding this Blue Silver Forest and Blue Silver Grass of sufficient age to awaken its bloodline, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass likely won't be able to awaken a second time and upgrade to the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul."
"However, Tang San's own strength doesn't really rely on the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul anyway."
"A life-or-death duel isn't a Spirit Master competition, there aren't that many restrictions."
"With all the Tang Sect cheats he has, when his Soul Power is close, Tang San should have no problem dealing with Qian Renxue, who has almost zero combat experience."
"Therefore, whether Tang San awakens the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul or not has no impact on the plan. The most important thing now is to get the cultivation mantra of the Mysterious Heaven Skill from Tang San's mouth."
"For any genuine cultivation technique, the cultivation mantra is of paramount importance."
"Without the corresponding cultivation mantra, even if one can completely imitate the circulation path of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, it would be useless."
"To get these from Tang San's mouth, some extreme measures will be needed."
"Coincidentally, because Yu Xiaogang came to Heaven Dou City, Shi Nian also followed. I can try to have Shi Nian use Nightmare to create an illusion, so Tang San might reveal the complete cultivation mantra of the Mysterious Heaven Skill in his sleep."
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