novelhk Chapter 4 Speculations on the Evolution of Martial Souls
Chapter 4 Speculations on the Evolution of Martial Souls
That night, in the quiet little house, Xiao Yan kept fiddling with the Digimon machine in his palm.
Although he had played with the merchandise sold by the agent, this was the first time he had actually held a real one in his hands. Unfortunately, this machine did not have any additional functions related to Digimon training.
So right now, the first problem Xiao Yan needs to solve is how to make the Black Ball Beast evolve.
It's not enough to evolve into Agumon; it has to be at least at the level of Agumon to have any fighting power.
The black ball beast, however, didn't pay any attention to this. After finishing gnawing on the shell of the digital egg that Xiao Yan had brought back, it peacefully fell asleep next to his pillow.
The Digimon's mind-based combat power is obviously not applicable in the world of Douluo Continent. In this world where soul power and cultivation are the core of the soul, does he need to acquire a soul ring to evolve Black Ballmon?
Fundamentally, a Digimon is just a string of data, and evolution is simply the result of reorganizing that data. So, if one's own Soul Beast can be a Digimon, does that mean one can also consider these Soul Beasts as Digimon?
If that's the case, then the process of killing a spirit beast and absorbing its spirit ring is essentially reorganizing the data of one's own spirit. In that case, the most suitable spirit ring for him would undoubtedly be one with a fire attribute. As far as he knows, fire-type spirit beasts are extremely rare in the Soul Hunting Forest, and the only one he can think of is that one.
However, the world is so vast that there are always some areas that people have never seen.
Fortunately, there was still enough time, and Xiao Yan planned to acquire his first spirit ring before going to Notting Academy.
At that time, we will use our superior status to temper the arrogance of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
……
"Xiao Yan, wake up, Xiao Yan."
A strange, murmuring voice woke Xiao Yan from his sleep. He immediately became alert, frowning as he looked around.
His house was built on the hilltop of the village. Normally, apart from the village chief, who would bother to come looking for him?
A moment later, he found the answer next to his pillow: a round, pink and white little beast was staring at him.
"Get lost, you bouncy beast?"
Xiao Yan hadn't expected that in just one night, the fluffy black ball beast would evolve into a ball beast. Although there wasn't much change in its combat power, it could now speak.
"I'm hungry, Xiao Yan."
Seeing that the other party had noticed it, the Rolling Ball Beast mumbled out its request. This was no small matter. It was fine for a Soul Beast to have its own consciousness, and it was fine for a Soul Beast to be able to make noise, but for one to have its own consciousness and be able to speak human language—if this were discovered, wouldn't it be tied to the bed and subjected to research every day?
If the Spirit Hall finds out, who knows how much trouble they'll be in.
Fortunately, he lived in a relatively remote place. Qing Shi Village was rarely visited, and his residence was even less frequented.
"Shh, Rolling Ball, I'll go heat up some breakfast for you, but remember, if there are any outsiders here, don't say a word."
"Ah, why?"
"Anyway, you have to promise me that this is for our own good. Come on, pinky swear, and once you pinky swear, you have to keep your word."
As Xiao Yan spoke, he extended his little finger. He realized that his soul beast didn't even have a hand, and couldn't help but laugh.
"Stop looking down on me."
The Koromon stretched out its long ears, and the two officially made a pinky promise.
Although he didn't understand why the Rolling Ball Beast could speak human language as soon as it hatched from its shell, Xiao Yan sensed that its temperament was no different from that of a child.
There have indeed been cases in history where martial spirits have become uncontrollable, but if a martial spirit were to disobey one's commands, one would probably be the first to do so.
Seeing Xiao Yan get out of bed, the rolling beast naturally jumped onto his head. He walked slowly to the stove, stuffed in the firewood he had gathered yesterday, and after starting the fire, put the sweet potatoes in to blanch.
"Aromon, do you have any means of attack now?"
Does blowing bubbles count?
"The one from yesterday?"
"It's bigger than yesterday's, and it didn't take any effort at all, hehe."
"..."
Then, the man and the beast followed Xiao Yan's daily cultivation route and went up the mountain to gather firewood.
"Xiao Yan..."
"What's wrong?"
"Can we not work so hard?"
At this moment, the rolling ball beast was struggling to perch on Xiao Yan's head, directly experiencing the rushing water in the stream.
"No, since you can replenish your strength by eating normal food, you need to train your physique with me. Only in this way can your combat ability last longer."
"But I'm only in my infancy. You can just wait until I evolve."
Xiao Yan heated up eight sweet potatoes for breakfast, not because he had awakened his martial soul and was consuming too much energy, but because the rolling beast seemed to be hungry.
Thus, Xiao Yan received both good news and bad news.
The bad news is that he tried again today and even communicated with the Rolling Ball Beast, but no matter how hard they tried, the Rolling Ball Beast couldn't return to his body. Compared to a martial soul, he was more like he had awakened a real soul beast pet, which was indeed too flashy, especially since it was a soul beast that people had never seen before.
The good news is relative, of course. Although he can't bring it back into his body, he can use a little soul power to summon the Rolling Ball Beast back to his side. Moreover, keeping the Rolling Ball Beast doesn't consume his soul power at all. It's almost negligible. Perhaps it will only start consuming it as a last resort. Then he can use his abundant soul power to restrain the Rolling Ball Beast in future soul master battles, while he assists in the attack through his soul tool.
However, he couldn't produce the materials needed to build the soul tool. All these years of collecting firewood had only been enough to make a living.
As for why he insisted on having the Rolling Ball Beast accompany him in cultivation, one reason was that, besides strengthening his physique, Xiao Yan couldn't think of any better way to forge his martial soul.
Forging a Soul Master's own physique, whether it's a Beast Soul or a Weapon Soul, can make Soul Power more abundant and its utilization rate higher. However, the strength of one's own Soul can only be enhanced through Soul Rings or Immortal Herbs.
However, Xiao Yan is different. The training he receives from the Rolling Ball Beast is real and tangible. In this way, while he is training with the Rolling Ball Beast, his own martial soul is also improved. This idea has been on his mind ever since he woke up this morning and saw the Black Ball Beast evolve.
In the original story, Taiichi even dragged Agumon along to train. Although it eventually evolved into Zombie in a bizarre way, Xiao Yan didn't mind. He could feel that he and Agumon were connected. In other words, although the two needed to communicate through dialogue, they could also convey their emotions through their hearts. Even as Zombie, it greatly increased its attack power.
This is a very important step. If you have to shout out all your commands during a battle, wouldn't that turn it into a Pokémon battle?
Therefore, he wanted to try and see if he could successfully evolve Koromon into Agumon through his efforts, so that his plan to go to the Soul Forest to obtain the Soul Ring would be more successful.
If every ten levels is a hurdle for a Soul Master, then I am already at level ten with full innate Soul Power. If the Rolling Ball Beast still hasn't changed, then...
Then he can only prepare himself and go get his first spirit ring.