Su Ming's sudden move against Zheng Yiran's spirit soul was unexpected.
No one had anticipated that Zheng Yiran, who had come on stage to help him, would be backstabbed right from the start.
"Wait, not a backstab. He wants to use Zheng Yiran's spirit soul for forging. But Heavy Silver is a rare metal with inherent spirituality inside, so why would he need to use Zheng Yiran's spirit soul?"
Tang Wulin was shocked and doubtful.
Su Ming ignored the reactions of others and focused on forging.
The spirituality of the Jade Phosphorus Snake spirit soul was forged by him into the Heavy Silver.
Initially, this spirituality was foreign, without any foundation, and could only struggle to survive by relying on the bias in each of Su Ming's hammer strikes. Fortunately, Su Ming quickly fused it with the Heavy Silver's original spirituality.
Then—
Boom!
Six Chi Radiance soared into the air. Thousand Refined Sacred Grade!
"Now!"
Su Ming shouted. Zheng Yiran shuddered and immediately controlled the Jade Phosphorus Snake spirit soul to plunge into the Heavy Silver in front of Su Ming.
As the Jade Phosphorus Snake touched the scorching hot Heavy Silver, it rapidly melted like ice, merging into this piece of Spirit Refined Heavy Silver.
"Zheng Yiran's spirit soul fused with this piece of Heavy Silver?"
Tang Wulin watched this scene, his gaze flickering.
He didn't understand the significance of doing this.
If the goal was truly to fuse the spirit soul with the metal, one could simply perform Spirit Refinement first and then fuse the spirit soul.
Were the two fusion methods different?
Soon, Su Ming provided an explanation.
Sensing the increase in forging faith within his Sea of Consciousness, he revealed a heartfelt smile.
The amount of faith gained this time wasn't much, but it was pure.
Many old fogeyes secretly observing this scene had contributed.
"Everyone, this is a new forging method that Elder Feng and I jointly researched based on Spirit Infusion—the Spirit Fusion method."
"You have already seen the manifestation of the Spirit Fusion method. As for its uses—"
Su Ming looked around, meeting pairs of expectant eyes, before continuing his explanation.
"It works in two aspects. First, the spirituality of the forged metal fuses with the spirituality of the spirit soul. The metal's spirituality can be anchored to the spirit soul and can also integrate the spirit soul's abilities. This can reduce the difficulty of Soul Refinement by at least twenty percent, without affecting the results of the Soul Refinement."
"Second, the spirit soul can rely on the metal for its existence, no longer being a pure burden on the Spirit Master. The burden of a thousand-year spirit soul can be reduced by more than fifty percent, while the burden of a ten-thousand-year spirit soul can be reduced by about twenty percent."
"I know some Spirit Masters research special methods to alternatively circumvent the mental burden of high-age spirit souls, such as head spirit bones or some special Spirit Refined metals. But these circumvention methods undoubtedly also hinder your cultivation."
This was equivalent to a boulder heavy enough to collapse a bridge descending, and then building other structures next to the bridge to share the boulder's pressure. The bridge didn't collapse, but the difficulty of further constructing and expanding the bridge increased greatly.
So-called circumvention is actually just for looking good in the early stages, while suffering in the mid-stages.
Of course, what suffers is mental power; Spirit Power growth is actually quite good.
As Su Ming explained, the students below began breathing heavily.
This Spirit Fusion method might have come too late for them, but no matter how late, they could still use it.
"Metal, spirit soul, and Spirit Master form a Trinity. A triangle provides stability. Under this interdependent relationship, the Spirit Master's capabilities will be more three-dimensional and more powerful."
After speaking, Su Ming walked off the stage alone.
Zheng Yiran watched as the Heavy Silver on the forging table transformed back into the Jade Phosphorus Snake spirit soul. Hesitantly, she withdrew the Jade Phosphorus Snake into her Sea of Consciousness.
The Heavy Silver had disappeared.
To be precise, it had merged into her body along with the Jade Phosphorus Snake.
In other words, this piece of Thousand Refined Heavy Silver was essentially equivalent to a Spirit Alloy now.
"Old Madman, why didn't you tell us about this Spirit Fusion method since it's so effective?" Zhuoshi questioned Feng Wuyu with clear dissatisfaction.
"Although I was part of the joint development, Su Ming was the main force. Moreover, I haven't even mastered the Spirit Fusion method myself yet. When would I have had the time to tell you?" Feng Wuyu spread his hands.
"What do you mean? Does this Spirit Fusion method have some threshold?"
Feng Wuyu let out a bitter laugh and said, "My understanding of spirituality isn't as deep as Su Ming's. This Spirit Fusion method seems like something a Level Four Blacksmith could learn, but in reality, if your understanding of spirituality doesn't reach the level of a Sacred Blacksmith, you simply can't learn it."
"Aren't you a Sacred Blacksmith?" Zhuoshi was puzzled.
"So I can learn it. But I haven't mastered it yet."
Feng Wuyu glared, his beard seeming to bristle as he stared at Zhuoshi.
Do I have to spell it out?
I'm incompetent!
Alright?!
Tang Wulin stared at Su Ming's retreating figure, his expression constantly changing.
Another technology capable of having a long-term impact on the Spirit Master world.
Isn't Su Ming's talent in forging just too exaggerated?
Without a doubt, this Spirit Fusion method would definitely be fervently pursued by all talented Spirit Masters in the future.
Su Ming only explained two aspects of Spirit Fusion, but in reality, it involved all aspects of a Spirit Master's future cultivation.
If the metal fused with the spirit soul is confirmed to be part of the Battle Armor, then if one is confident of cultivating to the level of a Three-Word Battle Armor Master, should one consider the number of spirit rings the spirit soul provides?
Or consider the evolution of the Spirit Skills from the spirit rings already obtained from this spirit soul during Soul Refinement?
Also, after the metal and spirit soul mutually enhance each other, is the metal still just metal?
It completely becomes a different kind of life form.
Even without Heaven Refinement, it could probably cultivate on its own and improve through the spirit soul's path, right?
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Tang Wulin took a deep look at Zheng Yiran, who was still on the stage experiencing the changes in her spirit soul.
Although he didn't understand why Su Ming had chosen Zheng Yiran to cooperate, there was no doubt that Zheng Yiran had gained a huge advantage this time.
The forging competition was undoubtedly won by Su Ming.
Later, in the design and manufacturing competitions, the third grade, with their richer experience, naturally secured victories smoothly.
With the auxiliary profession duels concluded, the match reached the real deciding point.
"There are three matches: individual, two-on-two, and the final team battle. I will participate in all of them," Su Ming said.
Tang Wulin and Yuanen Yehui exchanged a glance, then said simultaneously, "Then you will be the last to take the stage in all of them."
There were three individual matches and two two-on-two matches.
"For the first individual match, I'll go. After me will be Wu Siduo, then Su Ming."
As the arrangements were finalized, the matches officially began.
Yuanen Yehui's opponent was a third-grade Spirit Master named Wu Rui. His Martial Soul was the Celestial Book, with 46th-rank Spirit Power. These alone didn't grant overwhelming power, but Wu Rui possessed a full five Battle Armor components!
Five Battle Armor components, even though it was just past the halfway point for a full set, was enough to boost Wu Rui's basic power from the 46th rank to the Spirit King level!
However, the core of his Celestial Book Martial Soul lay in replication, and Yuanen Yehui's Fallen Angel Martial Soul was least afraid of replication.
After Yuanen Yehui came Wu Siduo. Her opponent was named Ye Wu, with the Flame Body Martial Soul, possessing high attack and defense characteristics. He himself, however, took an unconventional path, not following the Strong Attack System route. Instead, he utilized the propulsion force of flames to follow the Agile Attack route. His overall strength surpassed Wu Rui's.
But unfortunately, he encountered Wu Siduo.
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