MM Racing Chapter 258 New Developments in the Soul
Chapter 258 New Developments in the Soul
Chapter 258 New Developments in the Soul
When Su Yu received Xu Jiawei's order, he knew that the Su family's matter had been resolved satisfactorily. However, he still wouldn't tell anyone that his parents and clansmen were still alive. Although Jing Hongchen might use this information as leverage, Su Yu wasn't worried at all because Luo Yu was still in the Sun Moon Empire.
This is his trump card, a secret trump card in a desperate situation!
Upon returning to the Su family home, Su Yu did not hesitate and immediately began issuing orders using Xu Jiawei's warrant.
In just three days, the Su family was brought to order, and everything seemed to have returned to normal. However, the former glory was gone. Su Xinyuan's disappearance meant that the Su family could never regain its former splendor.
Because his network of contacts had been completely severed, although Su Yu could spend time reconnecting with them, there was no need for it anymore.
"You little rascal, what brings you back to the Land of the Dead?" Old Yi asked kindly.
"I can't fall behind in my studies, can I? I still need to learn necromancy. After all, I haven't received my teacher's permission yet. Besides, if I'm not familiar with my teacher's necromancy, how will I be able to fully resurrect him in the future?"
Old Yi's necromancy had caused him to miss many lessons, but now that the situation had entered a brief period of calm, he could finally settle down and become a necromancer.
Under Elder Yi's guidance, Su Yu chanted obscure and profound magical incantations, beginning to construct magic based on his mental power. There is never a shortcut to necromancy; if there were, the price would be Elder Yi's own life.
In the original story, Huo Yuhao did not spend too much time learning Yi Lao's necromancy, but he was able to easily master the necromancy left behind by Yi Lao, which was obviously related to the third martial soul created by Yi Lao.
Overlapping magic circles rapidly construct within the realm of the dead, while intricate magical runes continuously take shape and are inscribed.
As time passed, the magic circle, which was glowing with black light, collapsed with a bang, and the gathered magic power scattered in all directions at the moment of collapse.
"Cough cough cough..."
Su Yu coughed a few times, looking somewhat embarrassed. There is a price to pay for failing to cast a high-level spell. Although the spell Su Yu was casting wasn't particularly high-level, the backlash wasn't too severe.
Thanks to his body, which had been modified by the Gold of Life, he could withstand this backlash. At most, his blood and qi would surge, but he wouldn't be seriously injured.
"Looks like I still need to practice more..."
Every failure is an opportunity to accumulate experience for success. If you keep falling in the same place several times, it is very likely that you are not making any progress at all.
"In a real battle, you'd probably be a full-fledged undead by now. Your casting speed is too slow..."
An aged voice echoed in Su Yu's ears. Old Yi slowly materialized in front of Su Yu. Old Yi seemed to have recovered quite well. Even his previously illusory body had become more solid. It was just unknown when he would be able to fully recover.
"Um, then I'll practice more, practice more..."
Su Yu offered a weak and unconvincing explanation.
Su Yu had indeed fallen behind in necromancy, but Elder Yi did not blame him. Elder Yi had been watching him through his ordeal all along.
However, Elder Ilex did not relax his assessment of Su Yu because of Su Yu's personal reasons. In teaching necromancy, Elder Ilex had very high requirements. His reason was that as my disciple, the requirements should naturally be higher.
Indeed, just one point.
Just a tiny bit...
"Don't even think about going out for the next two days. Practice the seven advanced magic arrays I taught you today until I'm satisfied. If you keep going like this, your great talent will really be wasted. What are you standing there for? Go practice. I've already assigned you the practice area."
With a wave of his hand, Old Yi caused Su Yu's feet to slip, and then, after a dizzying spin, he arrived at an open space in the world of the dead.
Before them lay a valley littered with corpses, a scene of utter desolation.
"I forgot to warn you, this Corpse Rock Valley might spawn liches, abominations, skeletons, or... well, just be careful..."
"Hey, hey, teacher, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, a pale, skeletal arm grabbed Su Yu's ankle. The icy touch made Su Yu instinctively want to circulate his soul power and summon his soul ring and martial soul.
But the next moment, he was dumbfounded; his martial spirit was gone...
The spirit ring is gone, and I can't sense any spirit power anymore!
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After a chaotic battle, Su Yu quickly recovered, having been tormented by Elder Yi in the same way before.
Although the seven high-level magic circles taught by Elder Yi were complex, after many practices, he was able to maintain them until they ended.
Of course, he also had to be wary of those guys suddenly punching Su Yu from time to time!
Looking at the vast army of undead outside the Corpse Rock Valley, Su couldn't be more excited. Given time, who wouldn't become an undead summoner?
three days later.
Exhausted, Su Yu slumped weakly onto a rock. Three days of intense magical output had left him feeling completely drained of his mental energy.
"Over the past three days, I conducted a simple experiment, and it turns out that my guess was correct." Old Yi walked over with a manuscript that Su Yu couldn't understand.
The text on the manuscript was neat and legible, but Su Yu couldn't understand a single word. This script was different from the scripts of Douluo Continent and Blue Star; it was clearly some kind of script from the world that Elder Yi once lived in.
"Although I can't fully understand the essence of martial souls yet, the fact that I can solve the problem of soul rings by transforming the soul of a soul beast into a soul spirit through a contract proves one thing: the essence of soul rings comes from a special energy of the soul of a soul beast."
"Because of the sacrifice of the giant insect, Huo Yuhao's ordinary spirit-type martial soul was given an additional ice-type blank martial soul. This shows that it is possible for the people of Douluo Continent to have their martial souls additionally added through some channel."
"However, these are just my speculations. I have limited energy right now and can't do that much research. So, based on the soul rings you absorbed through your previous soul contract, I've done some analysis. It turns out that the soul rings absorbed by soul masters come from a certain power in the soul of a soul beast. And the process of you absorbing soul rings is to remove the consciousness and part of the soul belonging to the soul beast."
"Regarding the creation of spirits, it's not necessarily necessary to use the soul of a spirit beast. We can gather power from spirit beasts and use a portion of their souls as a medium to perhaps create a prototype of a spirit ring. However, I still need spirit rings as research material. I think that little black dragon named Di Tian would be very interested in this."
Although Elder Yi is in a remnant soul state, his memories are gradually returning as time goes by. If Elder Yi were to return to his prime, he would probably be able to easily defeat those guys living in the sky.
"But, teacher, I have a question?" Su Yu knew what Electrolux was planning. Why do soul beasts have to die to produce soul rings? It's probably because it involves the realm of the soul, and Electrolux is a top expert in this area.
"Little guy, what do you want to say?" Electrolux looked at Su Yu with a puzzled expression.
"If we use the souls of soul beasts as a medium, how do we collect their power? Is it by directly extracting it from their bodies, or by absorbing it using necromancy? And no matter what kind of experiment it is, we need test subjects. But where are we going to find test subjects for the first stage?" Su Yu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Old Yi's courage was extraordinary.
"This brings me to the experiments I've been doing these past two days," Elder Yi chuckled, looking at Su Yu as he continued, "Although you were the only one who used our previous Soul Contract, and the outcome wasn't perfect, I made some improvements afterward. I also summarized my experiences and collected materials based on the changes in those two little guys."
"Over the past three days, I've tried to extract a bit of their souls from those two. As spirits, their power retains some unique characteristics from their previous lives, so they were used as our materials before we officially began our spirit ring experiments. As for you, you'll naturally be the vessel."
Su Yu's expression changed. "Could I be the guinea pig for that experiment?"
"What kind of lab rat? As the only human to successfully become a spirit, you naturally have research value. Don't worry, even if you fail, you won't die. At worst, we'll both become undead. But don't worry, the experiment will take place in the underworld, not in your sea of consciousness."
"As for when we'll set off, I think it's best to discuss this with Di Tian. We do lack sufficient materials, and if we continue like this, we'll eventually have to conduct research on living organisms. Many soul beasts die every day in the Star Dou Great Forest, and given your current condition, you should be able to conduct research for a long time."
Getting back to the main topic, while Su Yu is a good example, research on alternatives to spirit rings also requires experiments with living organisms.
There has been no substantial progress in the experiments on soul spirits. Although Di Tian knew that they couldn't rush such an important matter, Su Yu still hoped for some progress.
Otherwise, if the promises they make turn out to be empty, they'll lose all credibility.
The research on soul spirits was something that Su Yu and Elder Yi had discussed for a long time. Later generations of soul spirit research were conducted by hunting down a large number of soul beasts and forcibly filling the theoretical gaps with practice through countless experiments.
As it turns out, later experiments involving souls did involve the soul itself, and the Ascension Platform, in a sense, was a gathering place for the souls and soul rings of soul beasts.
(End of this chapter)