After this special red spirit ring appeared, Qing Mu suddenly opened his eyes and stood up.
"My soul power level has directly increased to level 75."
Qingmu examined her body and said softly.
With the experience Qing Mu had accumulated and the energy from the soul rings and soul bones provided by the Ice Emperor's sacrifice, it would have been normal for him to jump directly to level 80 or so. However, the condensation of the mega stone and key stone consumed most of the energy, which ultimately resulted in him only increasing by five levels.
"My soul power reserves have increased by more than 50% compared to before the breakthrough, and even my mental power has made considerable progress."
Before becoming a Title Douluo, a Soul Master's total Soul Power roughly doubles every 10 levels. Even though Qing Mu broke through to the Soul Saint level, there wasn't much difference.
This is one of the reasons why Douluo Continent is called the "floor tile" of fantasy novels. The improvement brought by a major realm might not even be as good as someone else's improvement by a minor realm.
The reason why a Soul Saint is so much stronger than a Soul Emperor is mainly due to his Martial Soul True Body.
After activating the True Soul, a Soul Master's first six Soul Skills will not only have no cooldown, but their power will also be greatly enhanced. The higher the age of the seventh Soul Ring, the more terrifying this bonus will be.
How important is the bonus from the Martial Soul True Body to a Soul Saint?
To put it simply, a Soul Saint who has just entered level 71, without activating their Martial Soul True Body, can at most contend with a few peak Soul Emperors. In fact, if these peak Soul Emperors cooperate well, this Soul Saint might even be defeated.
However, once the Martial Soul True Body is activated, even if a Soul Saint faces a well-coordinated peak Soul Emperor team, he can still achieve a crushing victory, because at this point, the Soul Saint already possesses the ability to instantly kill his opponent.
In this situation, unless the team's support is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which uses a 70% all-around attribute boost to create a powerful tank capable of withstanding direct confrontation, the team will basically collapse at the first touch.
Of course, if there's someone like Qing Mu in this team who's overpowered, that's a different story.
"I wonder how Hyotei is doing."
Thinking it over, Qingmu focused her mental energy and began to examine the situation of Hyotei.
The next instant, Qingmu's consciousness appeared in the sea of consciousness.
Upon noticing Qing Mu's arrival, Bing Di also glanced at Qing Mu. Judging from her solid body, nothing unexpected should have happened.
Qing Mu's situation is different from Huo Yuhao's. Qing Mu's physical and mental strength were already very strong, no less than that of a Title Douluo.
Therefore, Hyotei did not need to expend her own soul essence to expand Qingmu's spiritual sea and strengthen his body.
Aside from having a trace of their soul essence absorbed by the condensing Mega Stone and Key Stone when they first entered the Sea of Spirit, Hyotei was almost unaffected and was in much better condition.
However, just to be on the safe side, Qingmu still asked Bingdi, "How are you feeling?"
"I feel okay, but what exactly is this?"
As she spoke, Hyotei looked up at the sky above the Sea of Spirit, at the enormous sphere that resembled two planets.
Qing Mu glanced at it, pondered for a moment, and then replied, "These are the things that come with the seventh soul skill. In addition to releasing the seventh soul skill, they can also help me quickly recover my soul power."
The larger one, I call it the Mega Stone, and the smaller one the Key Stone.
"Megastone and Keystone, strange names."
Upon hearing this, Hyotei frowned slightly, clearly puzzled by Qingmu's name.
However, Qingmu did not explain. In any case, it was just a name, and it didn't matter if he didn't know. After all, many things are meaningless in themselves.
Immediately afterward, Ice Emperor spoke up: "Regardless of what you think, do you know what you're called in the mouths of us soul beasts?"
Seeing that Qingmu hadn't reacted for a long time, Bingdi couldn't help but feel a little smug. "Qingmu, although you have good talent, you are still too young and your experience is far less than hers."
"Hmph, you don't know, do you? Let Lord Hyotei tell you, this thing is called..."
"Soul Core?" Qing Mu glanced at Bing Di slightly.
Upon hearing this, Hyotei's smiling face froze, and he couldn't utter the rest of his words.
A moment later, Hyotei, realizing what had happened, became somewhat embarrassed and angry, "You bastard, you're really annoying!"
In her opinion, Qing Mu clearly knew everything and was just pretending to be a newbie to play with her.
"Haha, don't be so serious. As long as the effect is the same, the name doesn't really matter."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qing Mu's figure disappeared from the spot, leaving Bing Di stomping her feet in embarrassment and annoyance.
At this moment, Qing Mu opened his eyes again and looked at the blood-red soul ring with golden patterns beside him.
"Come out, Ivysaur!"
Qing Mu silently recited the command in his mind, and then activated his martial spirit.
Immediately, Ivysaur appeared in front of him, and the moment Ivysaur appeared, the large Mega Stone in Qing Mu's mind disappeared.
But Qingmu was not alarmed, because he could clearly sense that the Mega Stone had not disappeared, but was contained within Ivysaur's body.
"Da na~"
Ivysaur also sensed the Mega Stone within its body, and a look of joy immediately appeared on its face.
As a Pokémon, he naturally knew what that stone, which contained a DNA helix, truly represented.
That's the power that allows Pokémon to break through their limits and evolve once again!
Qingmu: "Ivysaur, let's try out the new seventh soul skill!"
"Da na!!!"
Ivysaur nodded vigorously, then a flash of white light appeared on his body, and he immediately evolved into Venusaur.
Xue Di watched this step quietly from the side. No matter how many times she watched it, she still found this martial soul that could control its own form very novel.
"Seventh Soul Skill, Mega Evolution!"
As Hyotei's spirit ring lit up, the Key Stone in Qing Mu's mind and the Mega Stone inside Venusaur's body immediately shone brightly.
The moment the two beads lit up, Qingmu and Venusaur seemed to merge into one, their thoughts flowing smoothly, with no distinction between "you" and "me" remaining.
"This is..."
Within the Sea of Spirit, Hyotei watched as the Keystone emitted a seven-colored light, almost filling Qingmu's entire Sea of Spirit, turning the entire Sea of Spirit into the color of that light.
"Da na!!!"
The next instant, Venusaur once again shone with the light of evolution, and its body underwent another change. At this moment, the aura emanating from Venusaur also rose at an alarming rate.
After a while, the light on Venusaur's body completely disappeared, and a brand new Venusaur, even larger and stronger, appeared in front of Qing Mu.
On the back of this Venusaur grows a strange 'tree' with flame-like petals and ice-blue leaves. Between the petals and leaves, several dark green vines hang from it.