After all, when food-type soul masters obtain soul rings, the range of choices available to them is still extremely broad. Aside from soul beasts with particularly potent toxins, one could say that almost anything goes.
If the target soul beast cannot be determined before entering the soul beast forest, then once inside the soul beast forest, overly broad selection criteria are very likely to plunge the soul beast search into a chaotic, directionless mess.
"According to my calculations, Xiao Ao, if you don't want to take too much of a risk, the age of the soul ring you absorb this time should be kept below seven thousand years."
"Seven thousand years? Not bad." Hearing the number the Grandmaster gave, Ao Siqin nodded almost imperceptibly. This number was basically not much different from the number Ao Siqin had previously deduced himself. It was somewhat regrettable that it could not reach the ten-thousand-year level, but the soul skill provided by a seven-thousand-year soul beast would still be quite powerful, already giving it a considerable advantage compared with the fourth soul skills of most soul masters.
"Then what about the type of soul beast? Grandmaster, do you have any good suggestions?"
Seeing that Ao Siqin no longer had any doubts about the age of the soul ring, the Grandmaster stopped explaining further and directly shifted the topic to the choice of soul beast in response to Ao Siqin's question.
"If we're looking at it from the perspective of what would benefit your entire team, I suggest that the enhancement direction of your fourth soul skill should be to greatly increase attack burst power over a short period of time.
Among the eight members of your team, three have auxiliary abilities. Judging from the soul skills the three of you currently possess, the team's defense, speed, and even soul power enhancement have all reached the minimum standard. The only thing still lacking is an enhancement to attack burst power.
If you think back carefully, you should be able to discover that your team's strength is very stable, with a very high floor. But if you want to bring out your maximum strength, or even, under certain circumstances, display strength that exceeds your upper limit, you often need to rely on Xiao San or your command ability and battle analysis ability, using external forces or even your opponents' mistakes to achieve it. Your own combat burst power is not particularly outstanding.
Think back to that soul battle against the Mad Battle Team in Soto City. If you had also possessed an explosive auxiliary soul skill, wouldn't you have been so wary of the Mad Battle Team's Frenzy ability?
You were able to win that match so easily, but in reality, wasn't it because you had calculated that the opponent's protection of their own auxiliary soul master was inadequate?"
"Then what kind of soul beast should I choose if I want to obtain this type of soul skill?" Ao Siqin could still understand the Grandmaster's analysis.
When it came to utilizing martial soul abilities, Ao Siqin still had many shortcomings. Unlike the application of soul tools, the Omniscient Library only contained material on soul power cultivation and had no content guiding the development of martial souls. Sometimes, Ao Siqin was indeed rather at a loss when constructing the abilities of his own martial soul.
At present, the Grandmaster suggested that Ao Siqin obtain a soul skill similar to Battle Roar or Frenzy, and Ao Siqin agreed wholeheartedly. An explosive soul skill was indeed an essential foundation for creating miracles of defeating the strong while being weak.
Seeing that Ao Siqin had not conflicted with him over the direction of soul skill selection, the Grandmaster nodded in satisfaction and continued, "I've thought about it carefully. Given the characteristics of your martial soul, there are two types of soul beasts that are relatively suitable.
The first is the Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl. The innate ability of this soul beast is called Seven-Colored Primordial Light. All allied units bathed in this radiance will have their attack power increased by fifteen percent.
However, the Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl itself is not particularly strong in terms of attack or, more precisely, self-preservation. Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl at the ten-year or hundred-year level are relatively easy to find, but those over a thousand years old are extremely rare. In addition, the Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl has no particular restrictions on its habitat, so if you really want to find one with a cultivation age of seven thousand years, I'm afraid you'll need some luck.
In my view, your primary target should still be the second type of soul beast. This soul beast is called the Boiling Fish, a rare aquatic fire-attribute soul beast.
Under normal circumstances, the body of a Boiling Fish is milky white, and it lives in high-temperature waters similar to hot springs. However, when a Boiling Fish is subjected to a threat sufficient to kill it, its entire body turns bright red. In this state, all of the Boiling Fish's attributes will be enhanced, and the power of its primary attack method, flame spitting, will be greatly increased as well.
I speculate that this ability of the Boiling Fish is very likely achieved through the short-term accelerated operation of soul power. The vast majority of your soul skills are related to soul power, so judging from martial soul compatibility, this ability of the Boiling Fish should be extremely well matched with you."
"Since that's the case, I'll make the Boiling Fish the primary target of this soul ring acquisition operation. From what you just said, Grandmaster, it's not difficult to draw the conclusion that the Boiling Fish's habitat is limited, so it should also be relatively convenient for me to find.
As for the Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl, let's just treat it as a target to be picked up along the way. If we happen to run into a Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl while looking for the Boiling Fish, considering it wouldn't hurt.
I think Saiwa's storage device should have image information on the Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl. As long as that information is detailed enough, the detection soul tool can automatically search for traces of Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl habitation over a very large area, so there's no need to deliberately look for them."
"Oh? The detection soul tool can be used like that as well? I remember Flender telling me that when he was filling Saiwa with basic soul beast information, he collected detailed information on a ten-year-level Seven-Colored Jungle Fowl. That information should count as valuable information. "
And so, the target soul beast for Ao Siqin's fourth soul skill was settled. What remained to be done was to adjust his condition during the less-than-one-day period remaining. This soul-hunting operation would not rely on the team's strength as usual; Ao Siqin would need to rely on his own strength to solve the problem.
Time: six in the morning;
Location: Shrek Academy entrance;
People: Including Ao Siqin and Cowen, who had not yet walked out of the woods and been noticed, there were a total of three people and one dog. The other two people were Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
"That's great, I told you, Rongrong, you absolutely mustn't lose confidence in yourself. Your talent has been recognized by the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As long as you're willing to work hard, you'll soon be able to catch up with our progress."
Ao Siqin's slightly excited voice caused Ao Siqin to temporarily slow his steps, not rushing to leave the woods.
"Of course. I am the most talented direct disciple in the history of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As long as I put in a little effort, your current advantage in soul power over me doesn't amount to anything."
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