Chapter 112: The Last Pride Lost—Yu Xiaogang’s Tears
In the core area of the Star Dou Forest, beside the Lake of Life:
Upon learning that the punishment for Yu Xiaogang was to strip away the reality and wisdom power of his martial soul, Lin Yu was puzzled.
[Ding! The host should know that Yu Xiaogang's martial soul, the Three Cannons, possesses physical form and a certain level of intelligence compared to ordinary martial souls.]
[The system has removed the reality and wisdom power from his martial soul. From now on, Yu Xiaogang's Three Cannons will no longer be able to take physical form. To use his martial soul skills, he will need to be in a martial soul possession state!]
The system's cold voice echoed in Lin Yu's mind.
What? Does Yu Xiaogang now have to enter martial soul possession just to use his fart attack?
Lin Yu struggled to hold back his laughter. If it weren't for the presence of the Titan Giant Ape, the Sky Blue Bull Python, and the Silver Dragon King monitoring the surroundings, he would have laughed out loud.
This was too delightful!
Yu Xiaogang, who knew nothing and had so little knowledge, always maintained an air of mastery. His martial soul skills, particularly his infamous fart attack, depended entirely on the Three Cannons being able to take physical form to maintain a shred of dignity.
Now, with the loss of reality and wisdom power, the Three Cannons had become an ordinary martial soul.
To use the fart skill, Yu Xiaogang would need to enter martial soul possession. Lin Yu could barely imagine it.
When facing enemies, Master Yu Xiaogang would now have to summon his Three Cannons, enter possession, and then eat radishes like a madman, using his rear end to attack.
Given Yu Xiaogang's obsession with face, he would probably go mad!
"Wait a minute! System, does this 'wisdom power' mean that the consciousness of the Three Cannons is also stripped away? I was planning to merge this power into my Golden Dragon martial soul!"
Amid his laughter, Lin Yu suddenly became anxious. He didn't want his Golden Dragon martial soul to suddenly have the consciousness of a farting Three Cannons.
[Ding! Host, rest assured. Although the system has removed the reality and wisdom power from Yu Xiaogang's Three Cannons, the wisdom power refers to the source of the Three Cannons' intelligence, not its consciousness. The consciousness remains but will no longer be able to develop intelligence.]
[If you integrate the reality and wisdom power into the Golden Dragon martial soul, it will respond to your commands but will not possess self-thinking intelligence. Instead, it will have mechanical intelligence, similar to a computer's consciousness from your previous life.]
The system's cold voice responded.
"That's a relief!"
Upon hearing the system's reply, Lin Yu sighed in relief.
Lin Yu was indeed interested in reality and wisdom power. Since Yu Xiaogang's Three Cannons and the combined martial soul skill Golden Dragon were both non-corporeal, integrating this power might resolve his problem of choosing between a corporeal and non-corporeal martial soul.
However, if it meant his Golden Dragon martial soul would acquire the consciousness of a farting Three Cannons, it would be too costly—just thinking about it made him shudder!
But then Lin Yu thought of Yu Xiaogang and couldn't help but feel a sense of schadenfreude, wondering how Yu Xiaogang was feeling right now!
"System, since the slap in the face has been given, display my answer in the livestream!"
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Meanwhile, at the border of the Tiandou and Star Luo Empires, in the forested branch of the Star Dou Forest:
As golden specks of light were stripped from the Three Cannon's martial soul, the martial soul's body instantly became ethereal.
Yu Xiaogang collapsed to the ground, holding his head in agony and crying out in distress, "No! Three Cannons!!!"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang on his knees, weeping and pounding the ground in pain, Tang San felt somewhat speechless.
So, his martial soul had turned into an ordinary martial soul. Was it worth mourning as if a loved one had died?
If he didn't know the answer, he shouldn't have answered at all! It was ridiculous how confident Yu Xiaogang had been despite knowing nothing!
Tang San found himself growing more and more irritated with this so-called teacher.
The so-called martial soul theory master, who had only taught him about soul beasts and their ages over several months, was of no real use!
Despite his growing annoyance, Tang San still pretended to be concerned and rushed over to help Yu Xiaogang up.
"Teacher, are you alright?"
"I'm fine…"
Supported by Tang San, Yu Xiaogang managed a smile that was more painful than tears, feeling his heartbreak.
He realized that his Three Cannons martial soul had become an ordinary one.
Though it still had consciousness, his sole pride was lost.
Moreover, with the Three Cannons now being an ordinary martial soul, it meant he would have to perform martial soul possession to use his skills, just like other soul masters.
Just thinking about that scene was humiliating.
However, seeing that his disciple Tang San and idol Tang Hao seemed unaware of the real issue, Yu Xiaogang kept his concerns to himself.
The fact that his martial soul's skill was a fart attack had always been a source of shame for him!
[Notice: Lin Yu's answer: Martial souls are divided into Beast Martial Souls, Tool Martial Souls, and Body Martial Souls. Answer Correct!]
[Reward: Random Martial Soul x1, distributed!]
As the blood-red text appeared before everyone, a cold voice echoed in everyone's ears.
Besides Beast and Tool Martial Souls, what was this Body Martial Soul?
In the livestream, both the human nobles and soul masters, as well as the ten-thousand-year soul beasts, were stunned by Lin Yu's correct answer.
Even Yu Xiaogang was filled with disbelief.
"Body Martial Soul? What kind of martial soul is this? How come I've never seen it before?"
[Lin Yu (mockingly): @Yu Xiaogang, you can't even answer such a simple question. How dare you call yourself a master? You're better off being called a fraud!]
After Lin Yu's correct answer was displayed in the livestream, he mocked Yu Xiaogang again, causing Yu Xiaogang to nearly vomit blood.
Seeing Lin Yu's remarks, Liu Er Long was immediately furious.
But before Liu Er Long could retort or defend Yu Xiaogang, the virtual screen was once again flooded with appeals from commoners to the livestream!