Qian Mo stood up, reached out, and pulled Xu Lizhi up, saying indifferently, "It's just a small mental technique."
"Similar to the Purple Demon Eye?" Xu Lizhi asked curiously.
Qian Mo nodded slightly, "Roughly, but mine is not yet perfect. It can only scare people; it has no offensive capability."
"Who says it has no offensive capability? It almost scared me to death just now!" Xu Lizhi said exaggeratedly.
Qian Mo couldn't help but laugh. Just then, Ye Xinglan walked over from the side, frowning as she asked, "Li Zhi, weren't you coming to greet Qian Mo? Why did your greeting end up on the ground?"
Xu Lizhi scratched his head awkwardly, saying sheepishly, "I accidentally disturbed Mo Ge's cultivation."
"Speaking of which, why are you two here?" Qian Mo asked.
"Oh, because my mental force is relatively weak, I wanted to come here to train it and see if I could make my mental force grow faster. As for Ye Xinglan, she came with me." Xu Lizhi answered honestly.
At this moment, Ye Xinglan stepped forward and stood beside Qian Mo, her eyes full of fighting spirit. Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Qian Mo, who seemed to have anticipated it.
"Xinglan, you're not going to challenge me again, are you!" Qian Mo took two steps back, probing.
Ye Xinglan nodded as if it were only natural, "That's right, I want to challenge you. Let's set a time!"
"No way, you challenge me every couple of days. Don't you get discouraged after losing so many times? You don't mind losing, but I'm getting tired of winning!" Qian Mo said with some surprise.
Ever since Ye Xinglan's last spar with Qian Mo, she seemed to be obsessed. Every two or three days, she would pester Qian Mo for another match, never tiring of it, no matter how hard Qian Mo went or how harsh his words were.
Ye Xinglan was silent for a moment before slowly saying, "I'm sorry if I've annoyed you, but every time I spar with you, I benefit greatly in the way of the sword, and every failure spurs me to cultivate harder. So, I still want to challenge you."
Qian Mo looked at the stubborn and determined girl in front of him and was finally speechless. He said helplessly, "Alright, consider yourself my personal whetstone. From now on, challenges won't just be spars; we'll also discuss the way of the sword together. How about that?"
Ye Xinglan quickly agreed, "Okay, my talent in the way of the sword is decent. You can help me with the way of the sword, and I can also tell you my understanding of it."
"Then it's happily decided. As for the next challenge time, let's discuss it after I come out of seclusion and break through to three spirit rings." Qian Mo said.
"Ah! Mo Ge, you're already reaching three spirit rings," Xu Lizhi said enviously.
...
This time in seclusion, there were no obstacles. Qian Mo easily broke through the level 30 limit, becoming a true three-ring Spirit Elder!
Looking at the third thousand-year spirit ring slowly rising from his body, Qian Mo couldn't wait to check the third Spirit Ability he had obtained.
The third Spirit Ability obtained by the Eight-Winged Seraph Martial Soul was nothing special; it was a powerful attack system Spirit Ability.
However, the third Spirit Ability obtained by the Divinity Mask was quite interesting.
Divinity Mask's third Spirit Ability, My Appearance Is Mine to Define. Every Spirit Master or Spirit Beast that Qian Mo has copied will form a "spirit" stored within the Divinity Mask. Qian Mo can use these spirits as ink to create a new mask.
In short, Qian Mo can combine the abilities of different Spirit Masters or Spirit Beasts to create masks.
The more "spirits" used to create a mask, the stronger its power, but correspondingly, the creation and use will place a heavier burden on Qian Mo's mental force and body, and the consumption to drive it will also be greater.
After seeing this Spirit Ability, Qian Mo was overjoyed. With this Spirit Ability, the potential of the masks could be said to have been raised once again.
For example, he could combine the Demon Eye Magic Tree with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes Spirit. This would maximize both mental control and physical control.
Also, combining Ya Li's Prayer Angel Spirit with the Emerald Swan, Qian Mo couldn't even imagine the healing and recovery capabilities.
I'm invincible!
Thinking of it, he did it. Qian Mo took out the Demon Eye Demon Lord mask and the spirit of the Spirit Eyes Spirit that he had copied during his last battle against Huo Yuhao on the Heroic Spirit Stage. He mixed the two together and began to draw a mask.
"Hoo!"
As soon as he started drawing, Qian Mo felt as if a great mountain was pressing down on his soul, making it hard to breathe. This was the mental burden brought by controlling the fusion of the two.
As time passed little by little, Qian Mo finally let out a long sigh of relief, wiped away the sweat pouring down, and exclaimed, "Luckily, I only chose two kinds to fuse. If I had chosen several more spirits, I'm afraid my mental force wouldn't have been able to guide them to fuse onto one mask."
Over the next two days, after careful consideration from various aspects, Qian Mo specifically made a trip to Sea God Island and copied Ya Li's Prayer Angel Spirit. Combining it with the Emerald Swan mask, he created a mask that anyone who saw it would have to exclaim was heaven-defying.
As well as a mask that combined two sword-type Spirits and the Three-Legged Golden Toad Spirit, possessing supreme power of slaughter.
However, since Qian Mo had broken through to three spirit rings, he gained another slot for a mask. What kind of mask should he create? This was a question Qian Mo had been pondering.
"Attack system, agility-attack system, control system, defense system, healing system, support system, food system. There are a total of seven types of Spirit Masters," Qian Mo analyzed, counting on his fingers. "I currently have attack system, control system, and healing system. So, I'll choose my fourth mask from the remaining four types of Spirit Masters."
When drawing a mask, it's not just about what you're lacking, but also whether there are suitable "spirits"!
Qian Mo's small body was curled up in his own sofa, and he began brainstorming suitable Spirits or Spirit Beasts.
"For the defense system, there's Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Turtle. His Spirit has the bloodline of the Xuanwu and possesses extremely strong defense. This can be copied on the Heroic Spirit Stage."
"For the support system, there's Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, with its Spirit flaw compensated, is truly fierce. It provides a hundred percent amplification right from the start, along with invincible buffs and the like."
"For the food system, there's Oscar and Xu Lizhi, but the food system is mainly strong in providing supplies, which is a lower priority for Qian Mo. No rush."
"As for the agility-attack system..."
Speaking of the agility-attack system, Qian Mo fell silent because he truly couldn't find the agility-attack system Spirit Master he was hoping for.
In his understanding, agility-attack system Spirit Masters should be similar to assassins, hidden in the dark, looking for the enemy's weak points, and then delivering a fatal blow. If one strike fails, they should immediately retreat a thousand miles away.
Except for the instant you strike, the enemy should not be able to find your trace.
But the agility-attack system Spirit Masters on Douluo Continent focus on head-on confrontation, clashing fiercely with their opponents. The attached Spirit Abilities are things like wind blades, storms, and the like, and some even have defensive Spirit Abilities like Paragon Golden Body.
Is this right? Shouldn't they be choosing explosive Spirit Abilities and hidden-type Spirit Abilities instead?