Global Demon Transformation.

Chapter 78 The Skills of Demons

Lin Feng followed at the very back of the group. In his right hand, he held a ball of grayish-brown light, which was the spirit of the one-horned wild boar.

"The demon spirit that Ye Xuan refined should be a power-attribute demon spirit."

Lin Feng noticed that after hunting the unicorn boar, Ye Xuan stood still, seemingly intending to devour the demon spirit.

Ye Xuan was a soldier in the team. He was not tall, but he was strong and carried a machete.

He held the demon spirit in his hand and slammed it directly into his soul sea, then closed his eyes slightly.

Two minutes later, Xie Bing asked expectantly, "How did it go? Did the [Sprint] come out?"

His words confirmed Lin Feng's guess.

The unicorn boar has no attribute; it is a strength-type monster and is the most common first-tier monster in the forest.

Because it is a neutral spirit, there is no risk of elemental rejection, and it can become food for all spirits.

Although it has no attributes, the One-Horned Boar has its own innate skill, which is called [Dash].

[Dash] is one of the most basic soul skills for the warrior class, belonging to the bronze soul skill category.

The effect of a Soul Skill is to consume a certain amount of Soul Power to increase burst power for a short period of time.

Monsters are divided into nine ranks, and their strength corresponds to the nine grades of martial arts.

A demon spirit is a collection of the soul and energy of a demon beast after its death.

The higher the rank of a demon spirit, the stronger it is, but this does not mean that its innate skills, or soul skills, are stronger.

Soul skills and the rank of demon spirits cannot be generalized.

Some low- to mid-level demon spirits possess very strong soul skills.

For example, the fifth-tier Shadow Mouse, although low in level, has the innate skill 'Shadow Escape', which is extremely fast and has a teleportation-like effect, making it a top-tier soul skill.

For example, nightmares!
Nightmare possession, while not increasing combat power, can grant the refiner monstrous martial arts talent.

Some high-level demon spirits, though powerful, have rather ordinary soul skills.

The Demon Spirit Master Association categorizes the rarity of Soul Skills into five levels based on a comprehensive consideration of various factors, including their power, rarity, practicality, Soul Power consumption, and whether they have special effects: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Purple Gold, and Diamond.

Bronze-level soul skills are the most common, while diamond-level soul skills are the most precious.

Precious does not necessarily mean powerful!

Above diamond-level soul skills, there are some extremely rare and special soul skills, or even terrifyingly powerful ones, which are also known as god-level soul skills.

"No, my physical condition has just improved a bit."

As Ye Xuan spoke, he caught another one-horned wild boar spirit and shoved it into his soul sea. After a while, under the expectant gazes of everyone, he shook his head.

Although it was expected, Ye Xuan looked somewhat dejected.

At this point, the demon spirit was already full and could no longer devour other demon spirits in the short term.

"It's alright. In the past two months, you've only eaten seven unicorn boar spirits. The armored rhinoceros's attributes are slowly changing. That unlucky guy in Class 3 had to absorb seventeen before he succeeded. We're not geniuses; soul skills aren't so easy to obtain."

Seeing Ye Xuan looking somewhat dejected, Xie Bing, as the team leader, offered him some words of comfort.

A spirit master is possessed by a spirit, possessing not only a powerful physical body bestowed by the spirit, but also the spirit's innate skills.

As a spirit grows, it can absorb the innate skills, or soul skills, of other spirits by devouring them at each level.

The rank of one's natal spirit represents the strength level of the spirit master.

A one-star demon spirit master possesses one soul skill, while a nine-star demon spirit master can possess nine soul skills.

However, devouring demon spirits and absorbing soul skills is not 100% successful; the probability of failure is very high.

The more similar the race and the matching the attributes, the higher the probability of obtaining a soul skill.

Of course, if a demon spirit is of a high enough level, like Ye Qiu, absorbing soul skills of that level is as easy as playing a game.

A single unicorn boar spirit is worth around 5,000 Singapore dollars; three of them would be worth 15,000 Singapore dollars.

Ye Xuan wasn't worried about the money. After all, devouring the unicorn boar demon spirit was also beneficial to the demon spirit within him. The demon spirit became stronger, and its power attribute was also enhanced.

Few novice spirits possess innate skills.

The [Dash] skill is one of the most basic skills for a warrior. If he misses it, he will have to spend a lot of time searching for a new attack skill.

"I'm pretty lucky today. We've encountered a herd of one-horned wild boars in such a short time. We don't usually have this kind of luck."

As Xie Bing spoke, she handed the unicorn boar spirit to Awen.

Without the seal of the demon-sealing artifact, the demon spirit will dissipate within ten minutes.

Demon-sealing soul artifacts have three qualities, distinguished by three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Even the most basic demon-sealing containers are worth over a million, and can only seal demons for about ten days.

However, even the lowest-level ones are not affordable for ordinary people. Mid-level ones cost over ten million and can seal a demon spirit for about a month, while high-level ones cost over one hundred million and can seal a demon spirit for a year.

On the day of awakening, the important figures on the altar all used high-level demon-sealing soul artifacts.

Xie Bing's adventure team obviously didn't have any demon-sealing artifacts, so in order not to waste them, they devoured the spirit of the unicorn boar as food for their own spirit.

"Feng Lin? You're also a demon spirit master?"

Seeing that Lin Feng was holding the demon spirit of the one-horned wild boar and seemed to be absorbing it as well, Xie Bing asked curiously.

"Ok!"

Lin Feng nodded, without denying it.

Seeing Lin Feng nod in agreement, Xie Bing, Ye Xuan, and Awen didn't seem to notice anything. The other two members of the team showed a hint of envy in their eyes, which made Lin Feng realize that these two were probably just martial artists, not demon spirit masters.

"Ye Xuan refined a third-tier heavily armored rhinoceros, I refined a fourth-tier wind fox, Awen refined a second-tier long-nosed beast, Feng Lin, what about you?"

Xie Bing asked with some curiosity.

Lin Feng performed well along the way, and since he was alone, Xie Bing wasn't too wary and revealed the demon spirits that her team of three had refined.

“A fifth-tier Shadow Spirit,” Lin Feng said.

"Fifth rank!"

Xie Bing and the others sighed with a hint of envy in their voices.

The higher the rank of the spirit, the higher the level of the soul skill it can absorb, and the higher the success rate.

The difference between fourth-tier and fifth-tier demon spirits is only one level, which is not significant in the early stages.

However, once the Shadow Spirit reaches the fifth tier, it can absorb five soul skills. His Wind Fox, on the other hand, can only grow to the fourth tier at most and absorb four soul skills, at which point there will be a difference.

It's not just about having an extra soul skill, but also about surpassing the previous level and strength.

Given Xie Bing's talent and financial resources, it is impossible for him to refine a second demon spirit.

Once he becomes powerful enough, he might be able to replace his natal demon spirit, but that would undoubtedly mean starting all over again.

The spirit will have to start from scratch to grow and advance, which requires a lot of time and resources to acquire soul skills, making it a losing proposition.

Of course, every spirit has the potential to evolve.

The Wind Fox can naturally evolve, and it's not impossible for it to evolve into a sixth-order fox.

However, evolution is far more difficult than advancement.

Not only do you need to know the evolutionary path, but you also need to consume a lot of resources. Most people wouldn't play it, and they can't afford to.

"Feng Lin, have you absorbed your first soul skill yet?" Ye Xuan asked curiously.

"The Shadow Spirit's skills are a bit hard to find," Lin Feng said, shaking his head.

Xie Bing and the others were not surprised. Of the three demon spirit masters in their team, only Xie Bing possessed his first soul skill.

"No wonder you're so good with a dagger!" Xie Bing exclaimed with a sudden realization.

Refining the Shadow Spirit will likely lead to a future career path focused on assassination.

Assassins are spirits of the night, cold-blooded killers who are accustomed to using darkness to hide themselves, silently approaching their enemies, and unleashing destructive power to kill them in an instant!

Assassins are a fearsome profession.

It's a consensus among everyone that it's better to offend a warrior stronger than yourself than an assassin weaker than yourself.

After all, no one can stay vigilant all the time. If you are targeted by an assassin, you are in danger at all times.

Although assassins are recognized as one of the most powerful professions, true assassins are few and far between.

The main reason, besides the scarcity of suitable spirits for assassins, is that assassins' soul skills are far rarer than those of warriors.

The basic skills of an assassin—camouflage, stealth, and breath-holding—are relatively rare.

The disguise is obtained by hunting the Shapeshifter Lizard. Although the Shapeshifter Lizard is only a Tier 1 monster, it mostly lives in swampy areas, which are not only dangerous but also not as common as the Unicorn Boar.

As for stealth skills, they require hunting down eerie serpents, making them even more difficult.

"Your Shadow Spirit's innate skill is Shadow Stealth, and you want to choose [Dash] as your first skill? Although [Dash] has strong burst power and can assist in attacks, it makes too much noise, which seems a bit out of place with Shadow Stealth?" Ye Xuan asked with some doubt.

Lin Feng naturally knew this.

In the initial stages of becoming a Spirit Master, the first Soul Skill you refine should ideally be paired with the innate skill of your natal Spirit to unleash its full combat potential.

However, Lin Feng refined a nightmare, not a shadow spirit.

Lin Feng explained, "It's just to absorb soul power!"

After saying that, Lin Feng casually made an excuse to get away from the team. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he waved his right hand and directly slapped the demon spirit in his hand into his body. Then he carefully observed the Nightmare's reaction.

(End of this chapter)