Chapter 41: Urgency To Cultivate Faster

In the midst of battle, Su Wen naturally mastered the technique of integrating the pages of the book into his fists.

"Is this the feeling of being possessed those with a Beast Martial Spirit experience?" Trying again, feeling the increased physical strength after the integration of the pages into himself, Su Wen felt some emotion.

It's not without reason that the Spirit Masters with a Beast Martial Spirit surpass those of the Tool Martial Spirit in physical strength.

"Just like when the inspiration for the Spirit Fusion Method was proposed, merging the true body of the Tool Martial Spirit with the Spirit Master, what I'm doing here is actually the same as being possessed by the Tool Martial Spirit."

Or rather, Su Wen is actually on the path of practicing the Spirit Fusion Method.

"My fusion with the Martial Spirit must be very high, that's why I can do this."

With this new discovery regarding the First Spirit Skill, Su Wen had many thoughts.

By integrating the pages into his teammates, perhaps it could strengthen them making it a true auxiliary spirit skill. 

Integrating the pages with Wind Blades and Fireballs, if it could also enhance them, would be like adding an extra layer of reinforcement out of thin air. After all, when Su Wen uses the Martial Spirit to manipulate the heaven and earth energy to cast the Fireballs and Wind Blades or even the combination of Flame Wind Blade, the Martial Spirit itself already enjoys the enhancement from the First Spirit Skill. 

At this point, if those attacks cast by him could still be reinforced by integrating into them the pages of his Martial Spirit, it would be a double enhancement!

One Spirit Skill applied twice. Taking note of these thoughts, Su Wen continued to organize the gains from the two battles during the day. In this way, Su Wen's study life at the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy finally fell into place. Learning two types of elemental control under Xiao Zhan's guidance, sparring with Qin Ming, and summarizing the day's gains at night. In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. Su Wen's daily life was very fulfilling, and the gains were enormous, with the exploration of the wind and fire elements growing day by day.

However, he wasn't satisfied.

"The cultivation of Soul Power is too slow."

Half a month had passed, plus the time spent in the Saint Spirit Hall before and the seven days before joining the team, basically a month had gone by. And in that month, while he had taken a big step closer to reaching level twenty-four in Soul Power, it wasn't enough to satisfy him.

"It's been two months since breaking through level twenty-three, and based on the current progress, it'll still take another month to reach level twenty-four."

Three months for one level, and only a four-level increase in a year.

And that's just the current pace. If Soul Power levels continue to rise, maybe it will take four or five months to increase one level, or even further down the line, perhaps one level per year.

This is the norm for Spirit Masters in the Douluo Continent. For example, Salas who's a level eighty-seven Spirit Master has been stuck for several years at that level. And there are Titled Douluo stuck at level ninety-one for over a decade.

So, Su Wen's situation is quite normal.

Moreover, his speed isn't slow either. A four-level increase in a year, this is already remarkable at the Spirit Grand Master stage. Within two years, he will definitely become a Spirit Elder, and a thirteen-year-old Spirit Elder is an extremely monstrous existence in the Douluo Continent.

But he wasn't satisfied with these meager achievements!

'Not fast enough!'

'I want visible improvement!'

"The development of the Second Spirit Skill must be accelerated. The rich heaven and earth energy can accelerate the cultivation of Soul Power, but I have yet to reap the benefits of this Spirit Skill."

It is indeed feasible to use the Second Spirit Skill to mobilize the dense concentration of elemental energy around oneself to accelerate Soul Power cultivation. However, while using the Second Spirit Skill, Soul Power is also consumed. Even if Su Wen tries his best to control it, it is still inevitable that some elemental energy will be used to restore Soul Power rather than to break through its limit.

In fact, the overall cost-effectiveness is even lower.

"I must find the key problem."

It is natural for Spirit Skills to consume Soul Power. Su Wen can't find any fault with that. What he can try to solve now is the latter part.

"Most of the elemental energy I refine is used to replenish the consumption of my Spirit Skill. If I can figure out why this is happening and eliminate this part of the elemental energy recovery for Soul Power.

instead, using it to only expand the limit of Soul Power, then my cultivation speed can be improved."

Su Wen reviewed what he had learned, pondering its principles.

"Xiaowen, although you're a substitute team member, you can't miss out on the experience of the Great Spirit Arena."

After half a month of training, Qin Ming finally decided to let Su Wen try the Great Spirit Arena.

"With your strength at the Spirit Grand Master stage, you're completely stable. I'll set some restrictions for you. Without using flying techniques, only fighting with Flame Fist, you must obtain the Gold Spirit Badge within a year."

Without Ye Lingling's assistance, Su Wen's Flame Fist had dropped by a level.

During this time, Qin Ming also briefly discussed with Xiao Zhan the direction of improvement for Flame Fist, which is to continuously adapt to the eruption of flames within the body and gradually improve one's resistance it it.

That's why he set such requirements for Su Wen.

Yu Feng, on the other hand, stood beside Su Wen, explaining the significance of the Gold Spirit Badge.

...

Qin Ming, along with the seven official team members and Su Wen, left the academy and headed to the Great Spirit Arena in Heaven Dou City.

"Heaven Dou City is the place with the most Spirit Masters and the highest concentration of geniuses in the entire Heaven Dou Empire. There are also many sects entrenched here. Whether it's academies or sects, they often use the Great Spirit Arena to hone talented students. Therefore, the Gold Spirit Badges obtained in the Great Spirit Arena in Heaven Dou City are much more prestigious than those in other cities."

Arriving at the Great Spirit Arena, Su Wen was amazed. Even before entering, he was stunned by the scale of the Great Spirit Arena. Looking around, almost the entire square belonged to the Great Spirit Arena, with buildings belonging to the arena as far as the eye could see.

Upon entering, Qin Ming registered Su Wen.

"Scholar Warrior."

Seeing the name badge in Su Wen's hand, Qin Ming's mouth twitched.

What kind of ID is this?

Even though your Martial Spirit is the Book Martial Spirit, your development direction is clearly that of a combat Spirit Master.

Qin Ming still didn't know that Su Wen was a scholar. Although Su Wen didn't hide it, this kind of internal cultivation is generally not noticeable unless deliberately displayed, especially since Su Wen displayed a fierce fighting style with Flame Fist in front of Qin Ming every day, completely shattering the scholarly elegance.

"Never mind, choosing a name is your personal matter," Qin Ming waved his hand and said, "Today is your first time, so it should be quick."

The matching mechanism in the Great Spirit Arena goes from weak to strong. Whether it's consecutive victories or changes in the level of spirit badges, the level of opponents in the match will also increase.

"Alright, your opponent has been matched as well, Battle Axe."

Looking at the information on the big screen, Qin Ming instructed Su Wen to prepare.

The first match is also a quality check for newcomers, it won't be easy. Qin Ming's earlier statement that Su Wen would progress quickly is because Su Wen's own strength places him above his peers.

"Xiaowen, do your best later," Yu Feng and others cheered Su Wen, and then each found their own arena to prepare.

Su Wen put on his mask and arrived at arena number seven.

Ten minutes later.

"The Scholar Warrior vs. Battle Axe, please both players prepare for the match."

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