Upon hearing Gai Yue's question, Oscar immediately revealed the effect of his new soul skill.
"Teacher, just as I anticipated, my third soul skill grants the ability to fly. After consuming the product of this third soul skill, I can fly for fifteen minutes and not just any flight, but at the speed of a Sharp Tailed Swift."
"Given my current strength, that means flying at the full speed of a Sharp Tailed Swift that's over 7,000 years old for a full fifteen minutes. As my strength grows, the flight speed granted by this skill will increase accordingly."
Gai Yue and Shao Xin were both stunned on the spot. If Oscar hadn't already shocked them so many times before, they probably would've screamed something like "Holy fuck" right then and there.
And for good reason: all three of Oscar's soul skills are scalable their effects grow stronger with his cultivation level. This is extremely rare for auxiliary type soul masters. Even among the tiny fraction who have scalable skills, none of their abilities are as terrifyingly powerful as Oscar's.
If his soul skills continue scaling like this, then:
His first soul skill will eventually let a Titled Douluo continuously recover soul power, stamina, injuries, and even mental strength.
His second soul skill will be able to detoxify even poisons from 100,000year soul beasts or Titled Douluo level enemies.
His third soul skill could potentially grant a soul master the flight speed of a 100,000 yearold Sharp Tailed Swift which would far exceed the speed of any Titled Douluo.
It's worth noting: even 50,000year old Sharp Tailed Swifts already fly faster than most 100,000year soul beasts. And a 100,000year Sharp Tailed Swift? There likely isn't even one on the continent. Which means, in theory, Oscar's skill could make someone the fastest flying soul master alive.
Of course, all this assumes Oscar reaches Level 90 (Titled Douluo). But with his current talent, Level 90 is clearly not his limit.
Thus, one of Oscar's soul skills alone could fundamentally alter a soul master's combat tier, enabling them to punch above their level in terrifying fashion.
This also implies: Oscar's future in the support category might even surpass the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
No wonder Gai Yue and Shao Xin were so shocked. Oscar himself wasn't quite as surprised, but he was still extremely satisfied with the outcome.
After all, with just a third soul ring, he could already fly for fifteen minutes faster than a 50thlevel flying Soul King. That's significantly faster than his sword flight technique, which while energy efficient, only matched the speed of similarly leveled flying soul masters (and was slower than theirs if they used their own skills).
So this third ring's flight skill also massively improved Oscar's escape ability. If he encountered danger, he now had a powerful way to flee quickly.
But while the shock was intense, it wasn't new Oscar had surprised them far too many times.
Besides the sheer strength of the soul skill and his Level 33 soul power, Oscar's physical constitution had also hit the critical threshold between Soul Sect and Soul King after absorbing a 6,700year soul ring.
Oscar was confident that with his next breakthrough, his physical body would reach Soul King level.
And as for his spiritual power, ever since his transmigration, it had been equivalent to that of a Soul Elder above Level 30, and now his physical strength and spiritual power were fully aligned both at the edge of breaking through to Soul King level.
This meant that even without external aids, like celestial herbs, Oscar would be capable of absorbing a 10,000 year soul ring as his fourth ring.
In other words, this powerful spiritual strength had been the biggest cheat Oscar gained since arriving in this world.
In fact, it was likely due to this spiritual strength that many limitations from the original story no longer applied to him.
For instance:
The lewd incantations required to activate his soul skills? Gone.
The 50% effectiveness penalty when consuming his own soul skills? Also gone.
Today's Oscar was vastly stronger than his canon counter part and he had worked far harder to get there.
After understanding Oscar's new soul skill and overall improvement, Shao Xin handed him the roasted meat of the Sharp Tailed Swift, which had already been prepared. It was time to replenish.
Due to their incredible flight speed, Sharp Tailed Swifts had extremely firm and flavorful meat chewy, yet addictive.
After eating, Oscar resumed his cultivation, focusing on familiarizing himself with his enhanced abilities. He trained all the way until dawn.
The next day, under Gai Yue's lead, they headed out to help Shao Xin acquire his seventh soul ring.
Now at Level 70, Shao Xin needed a soul ring of at least 30,000 years. Thanks to the whale glue he had taken earlier to enhance his body, he could even absorb one as old as 45,000 years which meant they had to venture into the core region of the Sunset Forest.
The Sharp Tailed Swift flock they had previously targeted for Oscar was only located near the forest's core. While they were extremely fast, their attack power was weak, so they didn't dare go deeper.
But for Shao Xin, a 45,000year soul ring required a deep expedition.
Fortunately, according to reports, the Sunset Forest did not contain any 100,000year soul beasts. As long as that was true, Gai Yue would be more than capable of protecting both Oscar and Shao Xin so there were no immediate safety concerns.
Yet thinking about entering the core region reminded Oscar of a legendary location within the Sunset Foresta place he had dreamed of:
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
According to the timeline of the original story, Dugu Bo should have already taken control of the site. Even if Oscar and his group found the location, they likely wouldn't be able to enter.
In the original work, it was stated that Dugu Bo had set up deadly poison arrays around the area to prevent intruders. Anyone below Titled Douluo entering would die.
Even though Gai Yue was stronger than a typical Soul Douluo, he still couldn't withstand Dugu Bo's poison.
Oscar's second soul skill could detoxify, but only poisons at his own level or lower.
Also, the second skill's mysterious immunity effect didn't apply to lethal toxins.
So even though Oscar hoped to get lucky and discover the Ice and Fire YinYang Well during this trip, he knew that with his current strength, he couldn't break through Dugu Bo's poison formations.
Unless he had highgrade medicinal herbs, in which case he could concoct antidotes. But such herbs capable of neutralizing Titled Douluo level toxins could only be found inside the Ice and Fire YinYang Well itself.
Follow me on my patreon for 30 Advanced chapters and 3 chapter daily updates pat*eon.com/GodofTranslation889