Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Holding onto the heavy stone Shield of Glory, Long's father looked slightly embarrassed. This accident was actually due to his own shortcomings as a father, failing to consider things thoroughly.

The soul skills recorded on the Book of Records can be changed at any time. Since Long Lei is already a Soul Emperor, the soul skills recorded on his soul are naturally not in their initial state.

Although the soul ring absorbed at the time was only a hundred-year soul ring, which meant that when Longba changed his soul skills, he could only choose to change to a hundred-year soul skill, can a hundred-year soul skill and a nine hundred and ninety-nine-year soul skill be the same in terms of power?

The Shield of Glory, despite its name sounding like a magic shield, is actually a physical shield. The defensive power of a physical shield generally depends on two main factors.

First, there's the material of the shield. A titanium alloy shield is definitely not as hard as a shield made of clay. Second, there's the thickness of the shield. Even with the same material, a shield one centimeter thick will provide different levels of protection than one ten centimeters thick.

The Shield of Glory, rated for a hundred years, is made entirely of stone. While the density of stone varies, it is generally similar. However, the Shield of Glory for a hundred years is only one centimeter thick; the Shield of Glory for nine hundred years is a full nine centimeters thick.

The template soul skill provided by Long Lei was the Glory Shield soul skill, a level 900-year-old skill. Long You, an eleventh-level, one-ring soul master, used a nine-hundred-year-old soul skill that required double the soul power to unleash for the first time.

It's already good enough that your soul power wasn't completely drained; losing control is perfectly normal.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Long You waved his hand to cancel the release of his soul skill. At this moment, including the soul power consumed by the soul skill he had recorded earlier, Long You's soul power was less than one-tenth of what it used to be.

"Oops, oh dear. Son, meditate for a while to recover your soul power, and your mom and I will stew bear paws for you. When we get home, Dad promises to find you a first soul skill with the right age."

"There's no need to search any further. If we encounter any emergency, this kind of nine-hundred-year-old Shield of Glory, although it consumes a lot of soul power, also has strong defensive capabilities."

What's more, I also have the Insight Glasses. I just confirmed that the Insight Glasses can analyze this soul skill that has already been recorded.

At that time, I can use a defensive soul skill of 900 years level with normal soul power consumption. Although the version with halved soul skill power is no longer available, it is actually adequate if I consider this soul skill as my ultimate safety guarantee.

However, I'd better use the extra page provided by my first spirit ring to record a spirit skill below the 500-year level. After all, I still need a spirit skill that I can use regularly.

After saying this, Long You sat cross-legged back in the spot where he had been absorbing the spirit ring. Because a large amount of his spirit power had been depleted, Long You now felt a very tired and empty feeling.

Because cooking bear paws requires complex preparation, Long You ultimately didn't get to eat steamed bear paws in the Star Dou Great Forest. After finishing a meal of wild vegetable stewed with bear meat, Long You and his family of three immediately embarked on their return journey.

The Star Dou Great Forest is ultimately the territory of soul beasts. Although the three of them were only on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't encounter powerful soul beasts taking a stroll.

Xingluo City, the Long family. After a bumpy journey of nearly half a month, Long You finally returned to his own little nest, but before he could even have a proper rest, he was dragged to the Long family's soul guidance laboratory by his "blacksmith" master.

According to Long You's guess, the one who really wanted to abduct people was the third elder of the Long family.

Because of the Pearl of Imagination, a place where one can practice the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique more easily (without getting their hands covered in blood), Long You's practice in reality was somewhat lax and not very focused.

This behavior is very likely to cause the Third Elder, who already doesn't think much of Long You (Long You doesn't know why), to directly give Long You a no-go.

Long You estimated that his trip there was to face the pre-examination given by the Third Elder. If he failed, not only would he have to endure the Third Elder's ridicule, but Long You might also lose the opportunity to learn soul tool making in the Long family.

Fortunately, Long You was absolutely not afraid of assessments. Although the calluses on his hands had faded somewhat after not touching a hammer for almost half a month, thanks to the Pearl of Imagination, Long You's mastery of the skills had improved considerably.

Reaching the peak of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique with 81 consecutive strikes right now is unlikely, but striking eight or nine consecutively and accurately is not a problem. Theoretically, more is possible, but Long You estimates that his hands, currently lacking calluses for protection, are likely to have a layer of skin worn away, which would actually waste practice time.

As it turned out, Long You's guess was correct. Upon arriving at the Soul Guidance Laboratory, his mentor did not appear. Instead, the Third Elder, whom he rarely saw, stood in front of a forging table with a gloomy old face.

"Hey, our genius little Soul Master is back! He can get a Soul Ring just one week after his Martial Soul Awakening, he's a true genius!"

However, if your family lineage wants to become Soul Masters, then just be a Soul Master. Why do you have to come to our Soul Masters' side? Are you here to show off your talent?

You practice sporadically, only doing it for three days and resting for two. You barely get a grasp of the basics before you start asking for leave. So what if your spirit ring comes a little later!

Long You, let me tell you, our Long family's lineage of soul masters does not accept 'geniuses' like you who don't put their heart into practice, focus all their attention on soul power cultivation, and yet still want to benefit from both.

However, you are, after all, the first person in so many years to have the patriarch seek help from our Soul Master lineage. I'll give the patriarch face; if you truly are a genius, I can tolerate your lazy and unmotivated practice attitude.”

To be honest, the Third Elder's words made Long You's face change color. Such words were a serious insult, after all, what the Third Elder said was true. Judging from the surface, Long You's efforts were indeed not particularly diligent, and he had indeed taken a long leave of absence.

However, the Third Elder's very words, which immediately established the factional distinction between "your family head's lineage" and "our Soul Master's lineage," while seemingly factual, were invariably laced with contempt stemming from his own prejudice.

Criticism is fine; Long You admits that his performance, at least on the surface, is substandard. However, this attitude, which is clearly biased, is infuriating.

As a human being, one should fight for pride rather than material gain. Long You can't control the factionalism within the Long family, but he absolutely must slap back at the Third Elder's attitude of "I'm giving you a chance because it's an honor."

"Since the Third Elder looks down on this young man so much, then there's no need for further pleasantries. What are your criteria?"

Upon saying this, Long You changed his previous idea of ​​only aiming to swing the hammer nine times, and instead made up his mind to swing it at a rate close to twenty times even if his hands were unable to move for a period of time.