Chapter 34: Extreme Attributes? Will my cultivation speed slow down?
This time, Bibi Dong watched over Hu Bai, and Lei Kuang could only continue to maintain the lightning power at a certain level. The time had reached the originally set half an hour.
However, Hu Bai showed no signs of waking up. At this point, Lei Kuang's soul power had been more than half consumed. If Hu Bai didn't wake up within another half an hour, he wouldn't have enough soul power to continue supporting him.
Bibi Dong looked at Hu Bai, wondering what she was thinking. "Extreme attributes?"
She had heard Qian Daoliu mention this for the first time; it was a blind spot in her knowledge. It seemed that to better cultivate Hu Bai, she would have to read all those books she usually didn't need, just in case they became useful later.
If extreme attributes could bring such a great advantage to a Soul Master, then they had a fatal flaw.
If an ability has an advantage, it must have a corresponding disadvantage!
As a Grandmaster of theory, Bibi Dong understood this well!
For example, her Twin Martial Souls indeed brought her great advantages, but the disadvantages were also obvious: her Physique needed to be strong enough, and she had to resolve issues like attribute conflict, Martial Soul conflict, and even soul ring conflict.
She might not be good at other things, but when it came to Martial Souls, she still had some experience; otherwise, wouldn't all these years have been in vain?
It seemed that for Hu Bai to advance his lightning and light elements into extreme attributes, he would need long-term accumulation and improvement, like this, which meant she still had time!
And half an hour was almost up. Lei Kuang's face was extremely pale, clearly indicating his soul power was about to run out. His voice trembled slightly: "Supreme Pontiff, Supreme Pontiff, my soul power is almost exhausted... What should I do?"
Bibi Dong frowned: "Then break through the limit!"
Lei Kuang: ...
After entering an ethereal state, Hu Bai felt these elements were so intimate, looking like adorable sprites. He could do whatever he wanted with them, especially the lightning and light elements, which seemed to be getting stronger and stronger.
Gradually, he opened his eyes, and the Nine-tailed Sky Fox Martial Soul behind him also retracted back into his body. He first looked at his own body and let out an "eh." Although he looked a bit dark now, there were no scars on his surface; he wasn't injured at all.
Then he saw Bibi Dong standing next to him. He immediately stood up, a bit curious: "Teacher, weren't you busy with something? Why are you here?"
Then he saw Lei Kuang's face was extremely pale, breathing heavily: "Uncle Lei, what happened to you?"
Lei Kuang felt relieved that Hu Bai had finally woken up in time. He shook his head and said, "It's nothing, just a lot of soul power consumption. What happened to you just now? You seemed to enter some kind of state?"
Hu Bai shook his head: "I'm not quite sure. I just felt that during body tempering, at a certain moment, I seemed to become very relaxed, couldn't feel the pain of tempering, and then the lightning and light elements were very active."
Saying that, Hu Bai looked at Bibi Dong and voiced his confusion: "Teacher, my lightning and light elements seem to have become stronger. I had this feeling some time ago, and again today. I thought it was just my imagination. Do you know why this is?"
Bibi Dong didn't speak. She gave Lei Kuang a look, signaling him to leave first.
After Lei Kuang left, Bibi Dong waved her hand, taking Hu Bai back to the Supreme Pontiff Palace. Once they both sat down, Bibi Dong explained to Hu Bai: "This shouldn't be your imagination. Although I don't know what that state you entered is called, what's certain is that afterward, the surrounding lightning and light elements continuously surged into your body and soul rings."
"In my perception, the purity of the lightning and light attributes contained in your two soul rings is increasing! Originally, the Thunder Hell Prison Vine and Light Unicorn already contained top-tier attribute power."
Qian Daoliu also came by just now and said that if this continues, the lightning and light attributes your Martial Soul controls in the future are very likely to advance to the legendary extreme attributes!
Regarding extreme attributes, neither he nor I currently knows much. There might be ancient texts left in Spirit Hall; I'll tell you more in a few days."
Extreme attributes?!
In this era, no Soul Master with extreme attributes has appeared— not even Ma Hongjun, who evolved twice in the Late Stage, was considered a true extreme attribute soul master.
Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu didn't know what extreme attributes were about, but Hu Bai did!
If a Martial Soul possesses extreme attributes, it will have the most extreme suppressive power in that attribute, allowing for easy cross-tier combat among Soul Masters of the same attribute!
That's right—not cross-level, but cross-tier!
For example, a Soul Grandmaster can completely suppress a Soul Elder, and a Soul Saint can suppress a Soul Douluo!
However, the flaws of extreme attributes are also very obvious: after soul power reaches level thirty, the cultivation speed will decrease significantly, reportedly geometrically, continuing until level seventy. After level seventy, the cultivation speed will be several times faster than that of Soul Masters with similar talent, like riding a rocket.
But he had a question: his Martial Soul was a mental type Martial Soul, not an elemental Martial Soul; it merely possessed the power to control elements. If the controlled elements became extreme, would his cultivation speed slow down?
If it slowed down, then he needed to prepare in advance, as it was very likely that in the future, all his attributes except the space attribute could become extreme.
And the more extreme attributes he possessed, the slower his subsequent cultivation speed might be.
In that case, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well must be planned for as soon as possible. He originally needed to wait until level thirty to go on a mission and pass by there, but now he had to accelerate that schedule!
"Alright, you should go back and rest today. From now on, lightning body tempering will be once every three days. If you temper your body every day, I'm afraid your meridians won't be able to handle it. Too much is as bad as too little, understand?" Bibi Dong seriously instructed Hu Bai.
"Mm-hmm, I understand."
"Also, if you have something to tell me, do so. Don't act on your own like last time. As your teacher, would I harm you? If I find out you're secretly trying lightning body tempering on your own, you'll..." Bibi Dong looked at Hu Bai with a very dangerous expression.
Hu Bai: ...
Bibi Dong held a grudge—that thing last time...
Alright, he had to admit one thing: Bibi Dong was indeed good to him as a disciple, for now.
Although this was because his talent was good, to be taken seriously by others, one naturally needed some capital. Now, if he wanted to try something, sometimes he didn't need to hide it from Bibi Dong, or she might even lend some assistance.
Of course, there was one exception: the matter of the Immortal Herb cannot be mentioned yet!
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