Douluo: I am a biologist, awakening the weapon spirit?

Chapter 87: The Choice of the Second Soul Ring (4k words, chapters begin to merge)
Seeing Chen Feng looking exhausted, Xiao Wu said unconvincedly:
"What's wrong? Who says rabbits can't be warriors?"

"Sister, didn't you read my positioning recommendation? A warrior needs excellent attack and defense capabilities. Do you meet the requirements? Could it be that you only rely on condensing moonlight energy on your body surface to defend yourself?" Chen Feng spread his hands like a little bear.

"Isn't that possible?" Xiao Wu said stubbornly, "At worst, I can still get a defensive spirit skill."

Tang San, who was watching from the side, couldn't stand it any longer and advised, "Xiao Wu, don't be so willful. The principle of choosing spirit skills is to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. Your spirit power control is so strong, so the shooter is the position that really suits you."

"But I don't want to stay back and fight," Xiao Wu muttered. "I just want to fight head-on. I'm very good at close combat. If I want to play to my strengths and avoid my weaknesses, shouldn't I strengthen that aspect?"

Chen Feng sighed, "Your soft skills are indeed very useful against ordinary people, but when you reach a higher level, do you think you can still throw people with impressive skills?

"Times have changed, Xiao Wu. Now is the foundation-building era. Everyone absorbs the energy of various elements to cultivate, such as ice, fire, and thunder. You abandon your excellent soul power control and run to engage in close combat. Isn't this too much of a stretch?"

Xiao Wu pouted unhappily, "It's all your fault. If you hadn't published that foundation-building method, wouldn't everything have been fine?"

"I wonder who was so proud after obtaining the Foundation Establishment Ring." Chen Feng said sarcastically.

"It's not me anyway." Xiao Wu rolled her eyes.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing, both of you." Tang San tried to smooth things over. "Xiao Wu's path will be set as a shooter. It's a shame to waste your spirit power control talent."

Xiao Wu curled her lips and said:
"Okay, since you all say so, then I will reluctantly agree. Actually, I think my soul power control is just average, not as amazing as you say."

Chen Feng ignored the rabbit spirit's Versailles remarks and began to speak his own thoughts:
"An Archer's primary means of output is the release of energy. You can either choose attack-type spirit skills to increase your output, or you can choose status-type spirit skills to enhance the destructive power of energy, and then control the energy yourself to attack. Xiao Wu, the second path is undoubtedly the most suitable for you."

"Do you have any soul beast recommendations?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Howling Moon Wolf." Chen Feng gave his answer. "When this kind of soul beast is exposed to moonlight at night, the energy in its body will be greatly activated, becoming more aggressive. I think the soul ring of this kind of soul beast is very suitable for you."

Xiao Wu thought for a moment and said:
"This seems to be a soul beast from the Xingdou Great Forest, right?"

"That's right." Chen Feng nodded. "You are already level 20 now. Xiao San and I will be there soon. You can go back home first and ask your family to help you get spirit rings. Then come and try the experiment we did last year with us."

"Okay, no problem. By the way, have you two decided what kind of spirit rings you want to obtain?" Xiao Wu asked.

"I've already decided on mine. I plan to choose the Golden Blade Mantis as my second soul ring. This kind of soul beast feeds on metal ores. Its two blade claws are tough and sharp. It can also temporarily add golden energy to its blade claws during battle to enhance the attack power of the blade claws." Chen Feng said.

After listening to his description, Tang San felt something in his heart and asked:

"It seems that the spirit ring provided by this kind of spirit beast can be used as a foundation-building ring?"

Chen Feng nodded and said:
"That's right, but artifact spirits don't have the ability to grow like biological spirits, so I can't obtain the foundation-building ring. But I still want to try. Even if I fail, it doesn't matter, because the spirit skills of this spirit beast will definitely be useful to me."

He had looked through the records in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's library, and the records showed that when instrument-type soul masters hunted soul beasts that could provide foundation-building rings, they did not obtain foundation-building rings.

If it is said that this is because the soul masters in the past did not have this concept and therefore had no way of obtaining the foundation-building ring, then now that the "Foundation-Building Method" has been released for two years, Chen Feng has still never heard of any news about an artifact martial soul successfully obtaining the foundation-building ring.

Chen Feng didn't believe that no one had tried it. Even in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, there were people who tried it, but no one had succeeded so far.

But even so, he decided to give it a try himself.

The only two hexagrams he can use now are Qian and Kan. Kan is the water hexagram and is not very compatible with the sword. He has not yet thought about what skills he should acquire.

Qian is the metal hexagram, which is very suitable for increasing the attack power of Tai Chi Bagua Sword.

Since he wanted to obtain a gold-attribute soul ring, Chen Feng thought of trying the foundation-building ring, so he chose a soul beast like the Golden Blade Mantis as his target.

This way you can accept both success and failure.

In fact, if Chen Feng were really allowed to choose, he would actually want the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as his gold-attribute soul ring.

But obviously, this is just a luxury.

He was not a child of destiny like Huo Yuhao, who could encounter the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that ran to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

It is not the era of Douluo Dalu II yet, and humans have not explored the Star Dou Great Forest very deeply, so it is impossible to go deep into it to hunt the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

All in all, forget about the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and be lucky enough to find the Golden Blade Mantis.

"Golden Blade Mantis, this kind of soul beast should be found in the Gold Dust Valley, right?" Xiao Wu said.

"Yes, this kind of soul beast can be found in both the Gold Dust Valley and the Death Desert. For safety reasons, let's go to the Gold Dust Valley." Chen Feng nodded and said.

"What about Xiao San? What soul beast are you targeting?" Xiao Wu asked again.

"Xiao Feng suggested that I obtain a life-related spirit ring. I should continue along this path." Tang San looked at Chen Feng and said.

Chen Feng nodded and said:

"That's right, the Life System is your foundation, Xiaosan. This path has two development directions: one is pure support, and the other is to mainly strengthen your own semi-damage."

"Assist? Half output? Can you explain it in detail?" Tang San asked doubtfully.

"The so-called assistance means that while strengthening your vitality, you also need to give your Blue Silver Grass various functions, so that you can strengthen your teammates, or remove various negative states of your teammates, such as detoxification, or enhance various attributes of your teammates.

"But I think Blue Silver Grass isn't as effective as dedicated support-type spirits, like the Nine-Hearted Begonia and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower. Therefore, I recommend using half-damage, which means fully enhancing your own vitality, making yourself indestructible and indestructible, and then defeating the enemy through entanglement and wear."

If this develops to the extreme, perhaps a tree world will be descended like what happened to Hashirama Senju.

As the top soul beast of the life system, the Blue Silver Emperor controls the Blue Silver Domain, which possesses the mystery of immortality.

As long as she doesn't want to die, she basically can't die.

Even if you really die, you can leave behind seeds and have the opportunity to start over again.

But the Blue Silver Emperor is not without flaws. Her biggest flaw is her lack of attack methods, which is because the strength of the grass itself is not high.

As for this shortcoming, Chen Feng's solution is to use Hashirama Senju as a template to transform Tang San's Blue Silver Grass from a herb to a woody plant.

In this way, Tang San will become a blood bull warrior, his combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced, and it will also be beneficial for his future practice of the Clear Sky Hammer.

Of course, this still depends on Tang San's own choice. If Tang San is determined to be a support, Chen Feng will not have any objection.

"Xiao San, which path do you want to choose?" Chen Feng asked. "Which path will allow me to regain the ability to resurrect faster?"

"Of course, the second path is to fully strengthen your vitality and abandon all functionality."

"Then I'll choose the second path." Tang San said without hesitation, "Do you have any soul beasts you can recommend?"

"If it's the second way, then I recommend the Jadeite Bamboo. This soul beast is extremely tough and grows very fast. Even if it is chopped down to only the roots, it can still grow quickly." Chen Feng said.

Bamboo itself is a very fast growing plant, and the Jade Bamboo in the Douluo World has even stronger abilities in this regard.

Moreover, bamboo is a herbaceous plant, but its nature is closer to that of a woody plant, which should help promote the transformation of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial spirit into a woody plant.

"Emerald Bamboo?" Tang San thought for a moment and felt that this soul beast was quite good. "Then this is it. I feel it should be able to increase the growth rate of my Blue Silver Grass martial soul."

After the three of them decided on their target soul beasts, Xiao Wu left the academy.

In name, she was going home to ask her family for help in hunting soul beasts, but in reality, she was going back to the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Howling Moon Wolf to condense a soul ring.

The Star Dou Great Forest is her home, so she doesn't need any help this time.

Chen Feng and Tang San began their own training. They are now both at level 19, not far from level 20.

However, Chen Feng still had one thing to do before he started practicing, which was to reply to several of his pen pals.

At the beginning, Chen Feng only had one pen pal, Dai Mubai. Not long after, Dai Mubai mentioned Zhu Zhuqing, and Chen Feng had one more pen pal.

Then came Ning Rongrong. Chen Feng wanted to prevent the little princess from returning to her old ways, so he corresponded with her frequently.

He has to deal with three people alone, and he lives like a master of time management.

During the exchange of these letters, Chen Feng's relationship with the three of them gradually became closer. He knew that Dai Mubai had been bored in the Xingluo Palace recently and had run away.

Originally, Dai Mubai wanted to come and see Chen Feng, but when he visited Soto City, he heard about the Shrek Academy opened by Flanders. Out of curiosity, he went to take a look and then joined Shrek.

Chen Feng was a little surprised when he knew about this. He thought that since he had resolved Dai Mubai's brotherly conflict, this guy might be able to join Xingluo Royal Academy.

Unexpectedly, fate has its own inertia. Dai Mubai finally couldn't resist his inherent playboy nature and ran away from the Xingluo Empire.

I just don’t know if this tiger will play around with women every day like in the original book.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were fine. They were both staying in their respective families for training, and nothing serious happened for the time being.

A few days later, Xiao Wu came back.

Chen Feng and the other two came to the grove, and Chen Feng spoke first:
"Last time, when the two of you merged your soul powers, something strange happened. Now Xiao Wu has obtained her second soul ring. You two should try again and see if there are any changes."

"Okay." Xiao Wu couldn't wait any longer.

For Tang San, this experiment was just an experiment of martial soul fusion skills, but for her it was more than that.

On the one hand, Xiao Wu wanted to see if she could imitate Tang San's soul power characteristics after her promotion, even if it was only part of it.

On the other hand, Chen Feng wanted to use this experiment to see if Xiao Wu, after transforming into a human, could help others advance to a higher realm through the fusion of soul power.

Xiao Wu and Tang San sat cross-legged facing each other to avoid falling again later.

The two of them each summoned their own martial spirits. Xiao Wu grabbed Tang San's wrist, closed her eyes and began to mobilize her soul power.

Soon, the same strange phenomenon as last time appeared, and two shadows appeared above Xiao Wu and Tang San's heads respectively.

Just when Chen Feng thought that the blue silver grass phantom would move towards the soft bone rabbit phantom like last time, he didn't expect that the blue silver grass phantom would shatter directly.

Tang San also fell to the side weakly, and Xiao Wu's body also went limp, but she quickly supported herself on the ground with her hands.

But her expression was not depressed, but excited. "I feel a little bit, I feel like I'm about to succeed!"

Chen Feng reached out to support Tang San and said:
"But your martial soul fusion technique failed even faster than last time."

"Ah? Is that so?" Xiao Wu was stunned.

"Indeed, I feel it's because the gap between your martial spirits and Xiao San's has widened." Chen Feng analyzed, "Last time, it was because Xiao San's martial spirit phantom shattered first, which led to the failure of the martial spirit fusion. Now that you have advanced to a higher realm first, it is understandable that Xiao San's martial spirit phantom shattered faster."

"So that's how it is. It's okay. Next, let Xiao San get the second spirit ring, and then we'll try again." Xiao Wu said.

Tang San woke up at this time, rubbing his forehead, looked at Chen Feng and Xiao Wu, and asked:

"Did it fail again this time?"

"Yes, it failed even faster than last time." Chen Feng nodded and said, "By the way, did you feel anything this time?"

"Feeling?" Tang San felt his own situation, "Nothing special."

"Okay, then it seems you have to wait until you get the second soul ring before trying again." Chen Feng sighed softly.

The failure of this experiment means that soul beasts transformed into humans cannot help humans break through the realm by blending their soul power.

But it is still unclear whether it is a problem with the way soul power is blended, or a problem with the transformation of soul beasts into humans.

Therefore, further experiments are needed.

"Xiao San, when you get your second soul ring, I want you to make an attempt." Chen Feng said.

"What attempt?"

"I want you to use the life breath characteristics of your Blue Silver Grass to communicate with your target soul beast and find a way to merge your soul power with it." Chen Feng expressed his thoughts.

"Younger plant soul beasts lack wisdom, so communication is easier."

(End of this chapter)