Chapter 31: One path leads to a hundred paths! Thunder City Spirit Hall Branch Master, Lei Kuang!
After learning Sky Fox Assault, Hu Bai had a sudden idea: this self-created Soul Skill could also be applied to the lightning element!
The light element Sky Fox Assault had repelling and purifying effects.
So, what about the lightning element, Sky Fox Assault?
It would most likely have repelling, defense-breaking, and paralyzing effects!
Among the many elements, if one were to discuss which had the strongest penetrative power, it would undoubtedly be the lightning element!
When Qian Daoliu learned of Hu Bai's idea, after his initial shock, he was also relieved.
He also realized that Hu Bai didn't need to worry about learning so many elemental applications; he only needed to grasp the essence, and many elemental Soul Skills could be interconverted.
This had already been demonstrated from the beginning: light ball, lightning ball, and fire ball were all attacks formed by condensing elemental power into elemental ball, weren't they?
Sky Fox Assault was the same; attacking with different attributes would produce different effects.
After mastering the first type—the lightning element Sky Fox Assault—Hu Bai didn't take seven days this time; instead, he completely succeeded in improving it in less than three days!
Because his daily tasks were very heavy, Hu Bai went straight to sleep every night instead of meditating to cultivate, which allowed him to recover his physical strength better.
And even if he meditated all night, what would it matter? It would only add a little soul power. It was better to cultivate with full concentration after dinner, which would be much more effective.
His innate talent was already quite good; there was no need to be so competitive late at night.
Of course, the main reason was that he indeed needed to recover his physical strength this way; self-created Soul Skills were very mentally exhausting.
And he didn't know if it was his imagination, but after these ten-plus days, he felt that his control over the lightning and light elements was more fluid. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but the power of his lightning element seemed to have become a little stronger!
Hu Bai, of course, would not know that whenever he fell into deep sleep, the surrounding lightning and light elements would become exceptionally joyful, surging into his body—or, in other words, into his soul ring.
Hu Bai didn't know if it was his imagination, so he planned to observe for a while longer. If it wasn't his imagination, then he should consult Bibi Dong or Qian Daoliu.
Even with his knowledge of the plot, he didn't know what kind of situation this was.
Today, the Branch Hall Master with the lightning attribute Martial Soul finally returned from Thunder City in the Heaven Dou Empire after submitting all affairs to the Vice Hall Master.
Inside the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
A middle-aged man dressed in deep blue robes knelt on one knee before Bibi Dong: "Lei Kuang, Hall Master of the Thunder City Spirit Hall Branch, greets Supreme Pontiff Your Excellency!"
Bibi Dong nodded and said, "Lei Kuang, I called you back because I have something to instruct you. I need you to be my disciple's teacher for some time, teaching him various applications of the lightning element."
Lei Kuang: ???
When did the Supreme Pontiff, Your Excellency, have a disciple? How did he not know?
He had no idea why Bibi Dong had summoned him back and thought there was some major mission to entrust to him, which was why he hurried back.
"Supreme Pontiff, Your Excellency, when did you ever have a disciple? How do you wish me to teach him?" As he spoke, Lei Kuang's eyes were already fixed on the handsome man with long, snow-white hair beside Bibi Dong, but this person's appearance… Why did he feel a sense of déjà vu?
Bibi Dong gave Hu Bai a look, and Hu Bai stepped forward, bowing slightly and nodding to Lei Kuang, performing a very polite salute: "Greetings, Master Lei. My name is Hu Bai. I have innate full soul power, and my Martial Soul is the Nine-tailed Sky Fox. I was taken as a disciple by my teacher a little over a month ago."
Nine-tailed Sky Fox?
Surname Hu?
Lei Kuang thought of something and said, "Is your father Xie Tian, and your mother Hu Leyao?"
Hu Bai's eyes widened slightly in surprise: "Does Master Lei know my parents?"
"Hahaha, so you're that kid Xie Tian's son. When I was still in the main hall, I went on a few missions with your parents. After I went to Thunder City, our contact became less frequent. You can just call me Uncle Lei."
However, Lei Kuang quickly became puzzled and looked at Bibi Dong: "Supreme Pontiff Your Excellency, since his Martial Soul is a mutated Nine-tailed Sky Fox, shouldn't he be learning mental control? Why are you having me teach him the lightning element?"
The Nine-tailed Sky Fox mutated from a Charming Fox Martial Soul. His innate full soul power talent shocked him, but based on stereotypes, shouldn't he be learning mental control and Charm?
Bibi Dong said nothing, and a powerful surge of lightning power emerged from Hu Bai, enveloping his body. His two soul rings also appeared.
They were one yellow and one purple!
What kind of soul ring configuration was this?
The effect of the whale rubber was still a secret of Spirit Hall and had not been spread. Even he, a Branch Master, did not know about it yet.
Spirit Hall's stock was limited and could not yet supply a large number of talented individuals with high-grade whale rubber, so they secretly selected a few talented individuals for cultivation and strictly forbade them from speaking about it.
Among these geniuses, besides Hu Bai and the other two, were the remaining five members of the original Spirit Hall battle team led by Yan.
Of course, originally, the lower grades were led by Xie Yue, but Xie Yue wouldn't be going to the academy recently, so Yan directly became the most talented and strongest.
Lei Kuang looked at this scene, somewhat astonished. It was then that Bibi Dong explained: "Hu Bai's Nine-tailed Sky Fox is not merely a Martial Soul mutation but a rarer bloodline reversion. The abilities he possesses are not limited to Charm; he also has elemental affinity.
As you can see, he can control the lightning element. Not only that, he can also control light, water, fire, metal, space, and a host of other naturally existing elemental powers. He now plans to walk a full-element path, which means his soul rings cannot grant him effective Soul Skills, only pure elemental power amplification. That is why you need to teach him.
I hope you can teach him to the best of your ability, and Spirit Hall will, depending on the situation, give you certain rewards. For example… When your cultivation reaches level ninety, Spirit Hall will send a Titled Douluo to personally hunt the most suitable Soul Beast for you. Also, you must be interested in why my disciple's second soul ring is a thousand-year one, correct?"
A Titled Douluo helping to hunt a Soul Beast?
Although he didn't know how many years it would take to become a Titled Douluo, with such a promise, when he became a Titled Douluo, he could at least obtain a ninth soul ring of around eighty thousand years, couldn't he?
As for a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, he dared not even imagine it.
As for why his second soul ring was a thousand years old, he was indeed very curious. Then, after Bibi Dong explained, he learned that it was whale rubber!
"Yes, Supreme Pontiff Your Excellency, I will do my best!" Lei Kuang said very respectfully.
"Oh, by the way, the lightning attribute self-created Soul Skill is secondary. The key lies in lightning tempering. He hopes to use lightning for body tempering. This method is too dangerous. As a Soul Douluo with a lightning attribute Martial Soul, you must have some insights into controlling lightning. I hope you can protect him while also imparting some cultivation experience to him."
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