Watching Su Ming effortlessly kill the Death God's Emissary, Yan Shaozhe's pupils involuntarily constricted.
Although the Death God's Emissary was exhausted, his strength was still not to be underestimated.
This member of the Sun Moon Imperial team, who seemed to be merely a reserve member, could actually kill the Death God's Emissary with such ease?
Thinking of this, Yan Shaozhe felt slightly annoyed.
He, a mighty Super Douluo, had chased and fought for three days without killing the Death God's Emissary, yet Su Ming had instantly killed him upon meeting him.
He swept his gaze over the members of the Sun Moon Imperial team, snorted coldly, but did not vent his temper recklessly.
The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy was nominally an academy, but it was actually tied to the Mingde Hall. The Sun Moon Imperial team also represented the Mingde Hall, and the Mingde Hall was an organization on the same level as Shrek Academy.
The leader of the Shrek team was Yan Shaozhe himself. He didn't believe the Sun Moon Imperial team would only send a single eight-ring, eighth-grade Spirit Engineer.
"A bunch of filthy rats."
The hidden Spirit Engineers were the real threat.
Spirit Engineers secretly firing spirit cannons from the shadows posed the greatest external threat, hence they were "filthy rats" in Yan Shaozhe's book.
Waiting for the effects of the spirit cannon fired by Su Ming to dissipate and confirming that the Death God's Emissary had been utterly annihilated, Yan Shaozhe turned and flew away in the direction of Star Luo City.
"Are we just magnets for Evil Spirit Masters?"
Xiao Hongchen muttered.
After clearing out the black market in the Sun Moon Imperial Capital, Xiao Hongchen had gained a certain understanding of Evil Spirit Masters.
Before that, he had been very well protected. He only knew the concept of Evil Spirit Masters, had never encountered one, and hadn't been particularly wary of them.
It wasn't until that time, when he was ambushed by the Blood Mosquito Evil Spirit Master, that he first faced an Evil Spirit Master directly.
Once in the Sun Moon Imperial Capital, once at the border, and now again not long after crossing the border.
"Are Evil Spirit Masters this rampant in the three Douluo nations? We just arrived and were attacked by one," Meng Hongchen also couldn't help but wonder.
Those who knew the inside story, like Elder Ma and Su Ming, almost couldn't hold back their expressions.
Whether Evil Spirit Masters were rampant in the three Douluo nations was unknown, but in the Sun Moon Empire, they were certainly concentrated and had a unified organization.
"Alright, it was just a false alarm. That Evil Spirit Master was being pursued and was already in poor condition. Let's continue on our way," Elder Ma said. "Speaking of which, Su Ming, that cannon shot of yours just now actually managed to eliminate a Spirit King-level Evil Spirit Master directly."
"This was prepared for me by my grandfather. A fifth-grade spirit cannon, within my control range, and specifically developed to counter Evil Spirit Masters."
Elder Ma intentionally or unintentionally brought it up.
"Any confidential technology? If possible, I think Mingde Hall would be very interested in purchasing the blueprints for this kind of spirit tool. After all, we are now in direct confrontation with the Holy Spirit Cult."
Hearing this, Su Ming did not refuse.
He and Electrolux had developed it, initially just so he could conveniently use the Purifying Flame in front of others.
As for who made this spirit tool, it was naturally Su Ming himself.
But he had no desire to draw attention, so he shifted the credit to Su Can.
Never mind a fifth-grade spirit tool, he could even make sixth-grade spirit tools. Using spiritual alloy as material, he could even create Battle Armor components comparable to seventh-grade spirit tools.
Elder Ma's words reminded Su Ming.
This spirit tool capable of concentrating the Purifying Flame was indeed very suitable for the Mingde Hall.
The Holy Spirit Cult was simply too overpowered.
"Zhongli Wu has appeared and even used high-profile eighth-grade fixed-mounted spirit cannon shells. This has started to force Xu Tianran to pick a side again. Next, even if Xu Tianran remains silent, the Holy Spirit Cult won't wait any longer. There will be plenty of retaliation. If the Mingde Hall suffers too many losses, many of my plans will be hard to execute," Su Ming thought to himself.
He engaged in some simple negotiations with Elder Ma.
The Purifying Flame was exclusive technology; of course, he wouldn't sell it cheaply. This preliminary discussion was just to prepare Elder Ma mentally.
To be precise, it was to prepare Jing Hongchen, who stood behind Elder Ma, mentally.
After briefly discussing the acquisition with Su Ming, Elder Ma indeed found a way to relay the message to Jing Hongchen.
Sea of Consciousness.
"Elder Electrolux, find out anything?"
While the Purifying Flame was burning the Death God's Emissary to death, Electrolux had also acted, stripping the Death God's Emissary's Martial Spirit without anyone noticing.
Su Ming looked at the three balls of light floating in his Sea of Consciousness, each representing an Evil Martial Spirit.
"Specializing in stripping Evil Spirit Masters of their Martial Spirits... does that make me some kind of alternative Evil Spirit Master?"
Su Ming's expression turned strange.
How evil.
"But the Martial Spirits I'm stripping are all from Evil Spirit Masters. The principle Elder Electrolux uses to strip Martial Spirits relies on exploiting the flaws of the Evil Martial Spirits. I'm the bane of Evil Spirit Masters."
A double negative makes a positive. Being opposed to Evil Spirit Masters naturally makes one a good Spirit Master.
"This Death God's Emissary had indeed touched upon the basics of Necromancy. His Martial Spirit had the ability to transform Corpse Slaves, similar to creating undead."
Electrolux beckoned, and the Death God's Emissary's Martial Spirit floated over.
Su Ming stared at the Death God's Emissary's Martial Spirit, his eyes flickering.
"His Martial Spirit is a Lich. He probably died once but didn't die completely. Instead, his Martial Spirit mutated into an Evil Martial Spirit, and his soul attached to his own corpse, thus reviving in an alternative way."
"Additionally, after his Martial Spirit mutated into an Evil Martial Spirit, it gained the innate ability to transform the corpses of others into Corpse Slaves."
Electrolux's explanation was very thorough; he had thoroughly researched this Death God's Emissary's Martial Spirit in a short time.
Su Ming's gaze lingered on the Death God's Emissary's Martial Spirit for a long time.
Lich...
"A Lich consisting of only the corpse parts, blood, and bones... I'm almost collecting a full set."
Su Ming asked Electrolux if he could fuse these Martial Spirits.
"Martial Spirit fusion? A small matter. But the effect might be different from what you imagine. These Martial Spirits are, after all, stripped. Fusing them will only make the resulting Martial Spirit more complete and of higher quality; it won't cause a qualitative change."
After fusing these three Martial Spirits, it might become a super Martial Spirit, but it wouldn't produce a Trinity amplification effect.
"Even so, it's still very powerful. It's equivalent to a Martial Spirit that can be continuously upgraded by adding components."
Su Ming wasn't dissatisfied.
According to Electrolux, the specific strength of the super Martial Spirit formed by fusing these Evil Martial Spirits, when manifested, depends on the Spirit Power level of the Spirit Master manifesting it.
Su Ming's own Spirit Power level was low, but he had a real Trinity!
"Level 39. I hope to break through to level 40 during this tournament."
If disregarding Immortal Herbs, the present Su Ming, who faces the difficulty of Spirit Power compression among the three bodies, is actually the fastest cultivator.
He had been stuck at level 20 for a long time.
This actually demonstrates the function of the Spirit Core.
Condensing a Spirit Core in advance slows down cultivation speed before the successful condensation. But once the Spirit Core is formed, subsequent cultivation speed far surpasses that of peers. If ordinary Spirit Masters took this path, it would be a dead end, because they would have to compress their Spirit Power themselves, the compression efficiency wouldn't be high, and they would likely need to compress it to at least level 50 from the start. This process could take twenty or thirty years, and the subsequent effects of the Spirit Core couldn't make up for this loss.
In contrast, Su Ming's Spirit Power compresses automatically and even undergoes two rounds of feedback: Spirit Power increases, the Martial Spirit receives feedback and becomes stronger; the Martial Spirit strengthens, which in turn affects the quality of Su Ming's Spirit Power; then the improved Spirit Power quality triggers another round of repeated feedback.
The feedback amplitude becomes smaller and smaller, but it always exists, and the Spirit Power compression effect is very obvious.
With Su Ming's next Spirit Power increase, this feedback will occur again, continuing endlessly.
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