#24Molten Body and Dragon BreathAI Model: moonshotai/kimi-k2-instruct-0905
Chapter 24 – Molten Body and Dragon Breath
Dean Wang Zongchang, watching from the side, wore a look of keen interest.
Ordinary Spirit Masters absorb a spirit ring by guiding it directly into themselves.
Yet Lin Mo's External Beast Martial Soul actually let the Spirit 'eat' the ring first, then shared the absorption with its host—a peculiar method.
Perhaps that is the unique trait of an External Beast Martial Soul.
He kept the thought to himself while scanning the surroundings with heightened vigilance, protecting Lin Mo to ensure nothing disturbed this crucial absorption.
Time trickled past; beads of sweat dotted Lin Mo's forehead and his skin flushed faintly, as if enduring considerable heat.
Yet his breathing remained steady, his expression serious but free of pain—clearly the process was proceeding smoothly.
After roughly half an hour the spirit power fluctuations around him subsided; he slowly opened his eyes… the spirit ring absorption had succeeded!
His spirit power Rank had naturally risen to twelve, officially making him a First Ring Soul Master!
Yet there was little joy on Lin Mo's face; instead, clear disappointment showed.
He sighed softly.
As expected, things were not as perfect as imagined.
He had not obtained the long-desired Spirit Ability 'Sunny Day'.
Wang Zongchang, who had been monitoring him, noticed the expression and asked with concern:
"What's wrong? Did the Spirit Ability fall short of your hopes?"
Hearing the dean's question, Lin Mo quickly adjusted his face, shook his head, and forced a smile:
"Not at all. The new ability is excellent—called Flame Strike. It cloaks Charmander in fire, boosting both impact power and speed."
To lend weight to his words, he silently ordered the little lizard at his feet: "Charmander, show him."
Charmander understood; it growled and, with a whoosh, a modest orange-red flame flared across its body.
Then it shot toward a patch of open ground, leaving a shallow scorch mark behind.
Its speed was noticeably higher, the charge more ferocious.
But only Lin Mo knew that what they'd seen wasn't Charmander's true first-ring ability at all—merely an extremely weakened version of its already-mastered Flare Blitz.
He had told Charmander to hold back, displaying only a seemingly practical yet far-from-overwhelming 'Flame Strike'.
He had decided not to reveal the real first-ring ability for now.
That true first ability was 'Molten Body'—simple and brutal: after activation it boosts both attack and defense.
When he first learned Charmander had gained Molten Body, Lin Mohad been stunned; though he hadn't obtained his coveted Sunny Day, Molten Body was still an outstanding choice.
Its effect closely resembled the move Bulk Up in his memories: it strengthened attack and defense and could stack multiple times.
He was extremely satisfied with this Spirit Ability.
Moreover, it proved that, as his Spirit, Charmander could not only learn techniques as its spirit power Rank rose.
It could also, like any native Spirit, absorb localized Spirit Abilities from spirit rings produced by Spirit Beasts in Douluo Continent.
That was an unexpected bonus… Wang Zongchang watched the displayed 'Flame Strike' and nodded approvingly. "A very practical ability.
It combines X Speed and an explosive strike—useful for pursuit, surprise attacks, or frontal assaults.
And abilities of this type rarely become obsolete as your cultivation rises; you've laid a solid foundation."
Relieved by the dean's assessment, Lin Mo quickly agreed, "You're right, Dean. I find it very useful as well."
With the spirit ring absorbed, their goal achieved, the two set off without delay toward the edge of Soul Hunting Forest.
With Wang Zongchang, a four-ring Spirit Ancestor, at his side, unless they foolishly charged into the core domains of thousand-year Spirit Beasts.
They were unlikely to meet any danger in these woods populated chiefly by century-old beasts… Wang Zongchang easily steered them past several lairs of powerful creatures and retraced their steps to the forest entrance checkpoint.
Under the warm farewell of Officer Li, they boarded the carriage that had waited outside and began the return journey to Nuoding Academy.
The carriage rolled along the smooth post road; inside, the atmosphere was lighter than on the way in.
Lin Mo leaned back in the cushioned seat, eyes closed as if resting, while actually focusing inwardly to inspect the changes in himself and Charmander after absorbing the ring.
First, his own panel.
[Name: Lin Mo]
[Age: 6]
[spirit power: Lv12 (shared)]
[Spirit: Heart (blood)]
[Self-created Spirit Skill: Blood Burst – Tier-1 Boiling Blood]
spirit power had risen to Rank 12; otherwise nothing obvious had changed.
His second spirit, the Heart Body Martial Soul, had shown no reaction to the ring absorption.
The evolution requirement still read 'Unknown'.
He wasn't surprised; the path of cultivating a Main Body Martial Soulwould have to be explored step by step.
Next he turned his attention to Charmander's panel.
[Spirit: Charmander]
[Talent: Entei]
[spirit power: Lv12]
[Skills mastered: Scratch, Growl, Spark, Smokescreen, Dragon Pulse, Dragon Rush, Flare Blitz, Metal Claw, Molten Body, Dragon Breath]
Two new entries had appeared.
One was the ring-derived ability 'Molten Body'; the other was 'Dragon Breath'.
Unlike Molten Body, Dragon Breath wasn't obtained from the ring—it was a skill Charmander had spontaneously grasped upon reaching Rank 12.
At the bottom of the panel a line he had never seen before now appeared:
[Evolution requirement: Reach spirit power Rank 30]
Evolution requirement!
Lin Mo's heartbeat quickened. Charmander, a native pokémontransmigrated from the Pokémon world, had—despite being converted into his Spirit under local rules—retained its pokémon nature.
Not only could it automatically learn techniques as its Rank rose, it could still evolve.
The condition was clearly stated: reach Rank 30.
Seeing this straightforward requirement, Lin Mo fell into thought.
In the Pokémon world, evolution usually required reaching a certain level, using a specific ite, or meeting special conditions.
But here in Douluo Continent, Charmander had become his Spirit, and evolution now seemed governed by this World's rules.
spirit power Rank had become the decisive factor.
Still… what was the underlying logic of evolution here?
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